Alrighty, here's another chapter. This may be a bit too dark and with lots of bloodshed, maybe a bit too graphic and horrific… I have so much stuff I have in my mind and I finally get to type it out. This will be the actual start of the plot instead of different flashbacks like in the beginning 6 chapters. This will be the alignment of the flashbacks and the events in the future in the plot and will be a very dark plot from how I am thinking now. So, if you think this is too graphic, then either stop and read it later or go to a different story. It will be very detailed in the scenes so you can easily picture it, so people who read this might be young… (I am not sure about that) and I don't want them to have nightmares. If not and there isn't any very young readers, then I don't care anyway. This is where Rias also comes in… =D. ^_^ Enjoy the very bloody chapter and the note on the bottom will explain kind of how Ashura has been living his 2 months back in the Pokémon world and his background story in the little flashback of Dark and his supposed to be lover… I spoiled it. Oops…

Ashura had just cut a way for himself in the void to the Kanto Region. He wore a light green t-shirt with black skinny jeans. His shoes were blue and black stripped. There was a necklace of a sphere that had a moonlight color.

He walked toward the way to Pallet town. His journey there was really… quiet, but only the sound of wind and Pokémon flowed through his ears. There were many he encountered, but he didn't seem to care a bit. He looked like he only wanted to see 1 of his most loyal Pokémon, Pikachu. He looked down at the road wondering if Pikachu was still under Gary's care. He knew that only Gary wasn't there to see the deed he did to protect Oak's precious research. He started feeling guilty, but an ominous aura flowed throughout his body and flowed in a high rate. As he neared the town, the aura grew stronger and stronger.

I don't think anyone will know it's me, it has been quite a while now. Besides, my friends would have either forgotten about me or still hate me and remember the same thing that happened years ago. If I remember correctly, they find out that I was still alive and well. I still remember the little suicide act I was able to do using a replica of my body using aura. That was fun, but too bad. They found out anyway.

ASHURA'S P.O.V.

My aura intensified and scared the people who I passed and made children cower behind their parents or some sort of visible cover they can hide behind. I just ignored them, but then I smirked when I passed the public area. I was to go to Oak's lab to see if Gary is there. I got closer and closer until I saw one of my former friends walking inside the lab. My aura started to keep on rising, like the way I can boost using my boosted gear. I started to see the aura radiating off of me, it seemed to get darker and darker every single time I think about or see one of those back-stabbing morons. I got to the door and knocked on it. A teen, about 15 years old, opened the door. I looked up and made eye contact with him, resulting in giving him nervousness and anxiety.

"H-hello, p-please come in!"

He stuttered, making me smiling due to my heart. In my heart, it is not pure, red and healthy, but half is very dark, corrupted, and enveloped in the darkness. The very same darkness that filled my thoughts every time I think of the scene that started in this very lab.

I looked around and saw that the lab is the same without the piled up papers of research everywhere. I looked at the person who entered the lab, Misty. One the god damn bitchy girls in the group, apart from May, Dawn, and Iris. I see her legs shake in fear of me. Then, she turned around and made eye contact with me. A few seconds later, she screamed so loud, it pierced my ear drums a little, but I wasn't that affected. The same teen ran to where we were and looked at both me and her.

"Gary! Why did you let this guy in! He's so scary!"

"It's okay! He won't harm you, trust me! Even if he has a scary aura radiating from him, he won't!"

"J-just keep him away from-"

"Shut the fuck up. You annoy the hell out of me! Now, either shut the fuck up or sit the fuck down and do whatever the hell you are supposed to do!"

"Y-y-y-y-yes, s-s-s-s-sir!"

I saw her run out of the lab with fear written on her face. It joyed me seeing it again. Gary stared at me in fear as well. He took a step back before looking away from me.

"So, where's Pikachu?"

"He ran into a cave not far from here. The thing is, when we followed him, he growled at us and the moment we get nearer and nearer, he started using thunderbolt at us."

"That's why the only person that can get near him is me. He is my most loyal Pokémon and would not let me down. If he did, he always tries his best at something that he is commanded to do. He isn't a tool, but a friend and a very trustworthy one at that."

With that said, Gary lead me to the cave Pikachu had hid and protected himself in. As we got nearer, they heard some of Pikachu's yells and crackling electricity getting louder and louder. We entered it, knowing full well that Pikachu is in there. Just as they neared the light inside the cave, we saw one of nature's most beautiful scenery. The most elegant scenery amazed us, the green, healthy grass that grew on the rocks and floor. The large waterfall coming down from one side of the cave. Then in the middle of the scenery, there were Pokémon. There were many in the sidelines watching the fight between two of the dark elemental Pokémon. One of the Pokémon was black and tall. It had a resemblance of white hair on top of its head and terrifying red teeth around its eyes, resembling the bottom half of a mouth. It had legs with a red surrounding to it imitating fire. Its eyes, a light greyish blue, were filled with no emotion, but was fixated on his target. It had flames colored in blue bursting from its arms. (Look as far as I know, Darkrai do not have legs, but this one is special. Ashura will explain his breed in a couple of paragraphs.) The other Pokémon resembled a wolf-like creature with bones mostly surrounding it, as if it was undead. It had blood red eyes filled with the urge to eradicate the opponent in front of him. It also had stripes of red and very dark yellow on its tailed and is fused with black. Its head looked like it had a mask of a wolf's skull and the menacing aura coming out from it made the appearance of the Pokémon dangerous and malicious. They both seem to be talking to each other. I looked at Gary and saw the fear in his eyes, he shook and his face was pale.

"Darkrai, are you implying that he will never come back for us?!"

"Yes, I am. There will be a time that this will happen and this time it has happened. Face it, this is reality… reality will soon come and you will realize soon eno-"

"Well, he is kind of right. You know that I will never abandon you guys or forget about you guys any day right?"

"My Prince!"

"Ash!"

All of the Pokémon looked at him in great happiness and the other fighting Pokémon softened their looks. Gary stopped shaking and calmed down from the frightening start of a fight.

"It seems I have doubted your statement Pikachu. I apologize greatly."

"I accept your apology, Darkrai."

They both shared a smile before they looked at me and Gary again. They waited for a command they are willing to do for me.

"So, have you all been training?"

They all nod with a smile. I thought of something that could let them stretch their bones for a bit.

"Let's all go and find a formidable foe to have a little warm up in battling!"

I heard their cheers, grateful and filled with exuberance. They started following both me and Gary out of the cave. Then we searched for someone to at least have a 6 vs. 6 battle with. Then I saw one of the arrogant trainers I fought in the past, Trip. I looked at him with fire in my eyes just like the old me. He kind of looked the same from the time I went to the Unova region. His hair was a bit longer and his body was a bit slender…? I stared at him for a bit, then walked to him and poke his right shoulder. He turned around and his eyes widened. His eyes filled with happiness and started to have tears flowing out if this eyes and suddenly he…hugs me? He held on my chest and cried on it.

"Ash! Y-you finally came back! I-I-I-I was so worried about you!"

"Why is that?"

"Because I never thought that you of all people would disappear. To be honest, seeing your smile and happiness warms me up in the inside. I'm sorry to be jerk to you that whole journey!"

"What do you mean?"

Just hope he isn't gay for me or anything, I don't swing that way.

"What I mean is, *sob* that I have been hiding my true self. Since I was a child, I would always get picked on because I *sob* was shy and very weak. But the truth is, I never wanted that to happen again so, I dressed up as a boy and *sob* is now the person you know! Another thing is *sob* that I thought you actually died and disappeared from the world's existence."

My eyes widen, the realization just hit me. Trip is a-a-a g-girl!

"Trip, y-you're a girl?!"

Another thing that surprised me, the soft tender feeling on my lips. I felt Trip put her arms around my neck. She stopped crying, she calmed down. I felt my face heat up. I took a quick glance at Gary before I softened my eyes and accepted the kiss that lasted from what seemed like forever. We parted and caught our breaths. I looked at Gary. His face was amazed at the sight in front of him. I gave him a smile and his face was replaced with confusion and jealousy. Then Trip let go of me. I looked at her and she smiled at me.

"There's a tag team tournament happening in Viridian city, would you like to be my partner?"

"S-sure, I guess it wouldn't hurt. Besides, I have to warm up my Pokémon anyway."

I smiled at her. She looked down and blushed, I saw the smile on her face. Gary startled me.

"Hey guys, it's heartwarming to see you two finally meet again from a couple years Ash was gone, but it seems that I must leave you guys. I had to finish a report for Prof. Birch. I'll see you guys later!"

I saw him run toward the way to the lab. There was feeling I started to have… it felt nostalgic… since the day… I started feeling the same feeling of warmth since I met her. I was in the heat of love again. Should I love again after the events that happened…? I don't want the lovers of my life die in front of me again. I started feeling the memories flowing through my head again, the things that broke me up and made me a monster. The heartless person who used to be the one now, the one who lived in the darkness killing and killing and hiding from the reality that keeps him sane. I never talked, but killed. Business is what I worked for in the past years. I don't want to have to go through that again.

FLASHBACK 4 YEARS AGO

The sound of the city's police cars driving around with the loud alarms and the blue and red lights flashing from the top of their cars. A man covered in black opened the curtains a bit and looked out in the city. He stared in the third tallest building in Viridian City. His eyes were blood red cold and his stare was emotionless as is his face. He then took out an amulet and opened it. He looked at the warm picture in front of him. He shed a tear before closing it and putting it away.

"Don't worry my love, one day we will be together again. That time it will be forever."

He whispered and smiled while he looked at the blue sky and beyond the white clouds. He felt a smile shining down on him, like he felt the presence of his still current lover looking at him brightly. He heard a voice in his mind.

"I shall be waiting for that day, my love. Please continue on living your now usual life. And please, cheer up a bit more, you know that I am always by your side."

Then the presence suddenly disappeared mysteriously and made the man smile with sadness. He then walked toward to the door and opened it. He looked down and thought only with the same memory over and over again to fuel his absolute rage and little emotion about the one beyond him, on their knees begging for mercy. He started to silently walk down the stairs. He wore a black jacket and black jeans. His hood was over his head and his eyes shined brightly behind the darkness that hid his face. Just as he got to the bottom floor, he walked out of the building and went into a sleek and very beautiful car, the saleen s7. It looked new and in great condition with its shining grey color. He drove to the third tallest building. He sped up and got stuck in a bit of traffic, but he then started to go over the speed limit and found himself being chased by the cops. He swiftly went into his shirt cut and managed to lose them. He then got to his destination and parked to the empty spot. He walked out of it and went inside of the building. He went to the sixteenth floor and went to the room six doors on the right. He walked inside, seeing that he was completely surrounded by his target. Surprisingly the guards did not move or act in hostility, but let their boss talk.

"Well, he is here. The assassin sent to kill me… unfortunately you are surrounded and I shall deal with you personally. I was lucky to have a spy to look into your background and your actions, as well as interfering with many types of killing that will affect my business. Now the tables are turned, it's my win."

"*grin* Checkmate…"

"What the hell are you talking about, I have the upper hand!"

As he said that, he pulled out a colt m1911 and pointed it at the man. The boss smirked and got ready to pull the trigger. Suddenly the lights mysteriously blacked out and the room was dark. The man in black proceeded to move toward the boss in complete silence and in stealth. He then unsheathed his blade, revealing a red and black scimitar and continuously killed the guards in the room. Next, he dashed at the boss and then. Gunfire. He sot in random directions before the gun was empty. The lights started flickering rapidly. The boss saw the man walk toward him slowly with his blood stained sword and watched in horror as he was in his face and his stomach was deeply jabbed before he felt the blade move up from its position, cutting him in half instantly. The blood was squirting everywhere. It stained the jacket the man wore and shrugged it off, seeing that it would not be recognized, but smelled. He smiled with insanity and an ominous aura covered him as he walked away from the gore-filled room. He sheathed his sword and fled in his car. As soon as he got home, he swiped his blade clean of blood and took of his jacket. He then called his client.

"Hello? Did you eliminate the target Ashura?"

"The target is eliminated and is out of your range in business."

"Good, meet me near the same building, I will give you your cash there."

"Alright."

They both hung up. Ashura changed his jacket to the neon green jacket that was not stained in blood. He also changed his jeans to the regular blue jeans. He then left his home again to the very same building the assassination occurred in. He then saw a man in a red hoodie with a suitcase. He walked over to him, the man seeing who it really is handed him the money.

"Here, the payment you wanted. Pleasure to have business with you."

"Same, thanks."

Then a loud scream overwhelmed the building.

"It seems that they finally saw the bloodshed. Hmm?"

"Yeah, I did a bloody hell of a good one at that. You wouldn't even recognize the look of their human body anymore. It's just body parts and torn up bodies."

"You are very merciless, I like that. Well, time for me to go back. I might go seek you again someday… Ashura."

"I know that. I will see you again when the time comes…"

Ashura waved goodbye and headed back to his home. As he arrived, he saw a couple of robbers about to go in his house. He then got out of his car and summoned his very weapon of choice, a scimitar. It appeared in cold frozen ice, the black metal sword covered in the frozen material of water. In a blink of an eye, Ashura appeared in front of them, stopping them in their tracks.

"Who are you two and why are you going in my home?"

His voice stung with venom and felt frigid. The robbers froze in their position, sensing that Ashura is a foe that is not to be reckoned with. They then looked at each other before they smirked at each other.

"There is two of us and one of you. Both of us can take you down!"

They then took out their Makarov pistols and shot at Ashura. The intercepted the path of the bullets that aimed at him with his scimitar and then rushed at the two. He slit one on the neck and proceeded to repeatedly slashing him with cuts to make sure he was dead. The other looked in horror and kept on firing until his magazine ran dry. He missed all the shots by his emotion of fear and was then decapitated by the icebound blade that was swung down. He started to laugh at the misfortune of their encounter with him. They deserved it, they should not live. Ashura laughed in a deranged manner and landed on the ground with tears of entertainment flowing from his eyes. The blood on his stained attire made him look like a deranged maniac that escaped from the asylum. His sadistic smile grew and grew as he looked at yet another of his messy bloodshed. Then, he heard a voice in his head…

Dark… please stop. No more… I beg of you! This is enough… just leave them be!

Then his body stopped and looked down in shame. His insanity stopped… his sadism disappeared… his feelings of regret started.

I should have never taken over your body, Ash. All I wanted to do was to protect you from the people and the things that will hurt you again. I never want to see you get hurt anymore… instead… I'm… just hurting you more…

Look, I know that you wanted to protect me. I know that you never want to see get hurt anymore. But this… it's just too much, like you… you actually want to kill anything that looks hostile or feels like it. Sometimes, it isn't and you just keep on killing and killing nonstop. You just don't know when to stop… just… just don't kill anymore with my body… I can't stand seeing things being killed with my stained hands…

Dark started regretting her decision more and more as Ash started making his point. Then, she looked down, ashamed, and walked to her door. She went upstairs and laid on her bed before drifting off in the dreamscape where Ash was. As she appeared, she saw Ash, laying down, shedding some tears. Dark got closer to him and the more she does, the more guilt she felt swelling in her heart. Then she was on the verge of tears, until she couldn't hold it anymore. She started tearing up… as she finally got to Ash, she fell on her knees and her tears obstructed her view. She wouldn't stop, until she felt warm arms wrap around her. She turned around and looked at Ash's warm expression.

It's okay, I will forgive you no matter what because you did this for me. Thank you.

She blushed and snuggled in his arms in silence. Relaxing and enjoying the atmosphere that made the two close again.

FLASHBACK END

My eyes widen at the memory and made my head ache. My dark side is about to come back, Dark as I named her, is awakening inside my dreamscape once more. The side… it was malicious, sadistic, masochistic, treacherous, wicked, villainous, heartless, merciless, emotionless, and limitless. But, that was only if… it was an act of killing. I stopped worrying, but the pain is too great… I blacked out on the floor. She was going to take over my body once more, but I know she will stop killing…

F.O.V. NORMAL; DREAMSCAPE

Ashura woke up with a soft feeling on the object his head rested on. He rose and sat, then he turned around, seeing a girl with a nostalgic ominous aura. He had dark black hair, with dark purple eyes. Her expression on her face was warm and non-hostile. She wore the same attire as Ashura but it was a bit big for her. Her figure was slender, her breasts d-cup from the shown cleavage. She was absolutely gorgeous. Ashura stared at her with a blush. She smiled at him and hugged with warmly and softly.

"Hello Ashura, it's nice to see you again, dear."

"It's good to see you again, Dark."

He happily accepted the hug and hugged her back with passion. He started to then think of the memories that happened from this world to the next. He then told Dark about it before a faint voice is calling his name. He looked at Dark before looking up in the sky of his dreamscape. Dark looked at him with a smile and nodded. He looked a bit worried but then he smiled and floated up to the sky where the destination was back to reality. He started to feel dizzy until he woke up in the Pokémon center. Until he heard the door open, he stood up. He walked out the door and saw Trip outside. He went outside to see Trip talking to Paul. He walked toward them and looked at Paul. He frowned as Paul stared back at him. They both had eye contact before releasing a burst of laughter and shaking each other's hands. After a moment they stopped and talked.

"How long was I out?"

"For several hours."

"Really? Aww, I have a painful headache… So, how's it going, Paul?"

"It's been good, how 'bout you?"

"Not much. So what are you doing here?"

"I came to see the rebuilt Pallet Town to remember you a bit until Trip told me that you were in the infirmary."

"Yeah, I kinda blacked out a bit. I sort of became bipolar where I came to."

"Really? So where have you been? You've been gone for a long time, Ash."

"Yeah, I know. I went to Japan and I kinda go to school there."

"Alright, so what have you been doing? Looking for blood?"

"Nope not today, I'm just here to get my Pokémon and I'll head back eventually after a month. I need to spend a bit of time here so that I can peacefully live here in a short time."

Paul nodded and then looked at Ash's blood red eyes. He started to grin from the changes Ash underwent. He then looked at the sky. The clouds covered the shining sun and turned dark. Rain started to sprinkle.

"It's starting to rain, let's head inside."

OCCULT RESEARCH CLUBROOM

Rias was currently looking out the window and wondered how Ash is doing back in his world.

I'm going back to the world I came from so I'll be back in a month. Kiba, please keep the girls from getting into trouble okay and contact me if something happened, ok? See you guys in a month.

She looked out the window and imagined Ash's face. She sighed and looked at the clouds.

Should I follow him or stay… it's so dull without him being here.

She sighed again and stood. She walked out the doors and went outside. Afterwards she cast a magic circle and envisioned Ash in her mind. She then walked in the circle and teleported to Ash's location in the Pokémon world.

POKEMON WORLD: MORNING ASH'S LOCATION

The bright light of the shining sun lit the dark room with light. It shined in Ash's eyes and woke him up. He then felt a presence of a body sleeping next to him.

Wait, I know that feeling… RIAS?!

His eyes lost the dark and coldness from the time he arrived there. His eyes instead bulged out of their eye sockets in realization of a misunderstanding between his friends and the image planted in front of them if they ever saw this. He looked at Rias and blushed a bit when she held on to his body like it was a pillow. Rias then smiled and continued to drift off in her dreams. Ash slowly went back to laying down on the bed and saw Trip wake up first. As soon as he saw, he closed his eyes and faked his sleeping.

"Hey, guys wake up it's the morning already!"

He felt Rias slowly waking up. She slowly opened her eyes. He took action and held her like a pillow and made sure she didn't speak a word. He held her naked body close to his clothed body and blushed. He then pretended that he would take a while to wake up.

"Ash! Ash! Come on wake up!"

"Mmmm, not yet…"

"Fine, we'll eat breakfast without you."

He heard them open the door and close it. As soon as they closed it, Ash sat up from his bed and still held on to Rias.

"Rias! What are you doing here?"

"I followed you and slept with you. Is there a problem?"

"Yes! I haven't told anyone about you guys yet not even my friends! Look just pretend that you are my cousin from Sinnoh."

"Sinnoh? Where's that?"

"It's one of the regions in my world. I already traveled there and finished my journey."

"Really? So all I need to do is pretend to be my cousin."

"Yes, now put on some clothes and pretend to come inside the Pokémon center in the front doors."

"Okay!"

"Oh, yeah… bring your bag with you. It looks more convincing!"

MEANWHILE IN THE KITCHEN…

"Where's Ash?! I want him to sit next to me so I can feed him!"

"You're too obsessed with him, like I am."

"Y-y-y-you're GAY?!"

"No, just look at my chest when I take off my jacket."

Paul took off his jacket… then two large sized breasted popped out from his jacket. Trip's right eye twitched.

"You're not gonna get him just cause you have a massive rack!"

"Oh, really now? You and your small breasts is nothing compared to mine!"

…

Ash walked down the hall and is headed toward the kitchen. Rias is outside waiting for a signal. As Ash walks toward the kitchen he saw Paul and Trip arguing over something he doesn't want to know. He then waved to them and sat down until he scratched his head. Rias then walked into the Pokémon center and into the kitchen and pretends to be Ash's cousin. She looks around and spots him the kitchen eating with his friends. She thought of a way they could have met: the obsessed cousin complex. She runs toward Ash and hugs him from behind.

"It's been a while Ashy!"

"W-what? R-rias?! Why are you here?"

Trip and Paul had looked at him with killing intent with eyes that lost their tint. They talked normally but with a deadly mix of venom and jealously behind it. Ash started sweating a lot, seeing that his plan was turned the other way into his own grave.

"So, who is this woman and how are you related to her?"

"We need answers or else we'll have your balls bitten off by one of us."

He gulped at their reaction and felt his heart beat faster and faster than he's ever felt.

"U-um, she's my cousin, Rias Gremory. Apparently she was supposed to be in the Sinnoh region with my aunt and uncle."

He finished that sentence off with a nervous laugh… making his statement suspicious to Paul, but not Trip. Both of the now known females lost their killing intent, making Ash's heart beat slow down to its regular beat.

TIME AND SCENE SKIP; NOON

Ash and co. went down the path that lead to Viridian City. They walked in silence before they heard a loud explosion and saw a tornado of flames striking the sky toward the way to the city. They ran toward it and saw a large group of trainers surrounding a Pokémon battle between a charizard and an aggron. Both Pokémon had scratches and looked tired from its deadlock in battle. Their power looks like of equal strength, but the charizard has the upper hand.

"Alright use metal claw!"

"Let's end this! Seismic toss, full power!"

Both Pokémon rushed at each other with their quickest speed and attempted to attack each other with the ordered attack. Unfortunately, the aggron missed his opportunity of striking his opponent and letting the charizard hold him on his back before it was spun multiple times in a circle and was thrown down onto the floor. Smoke then filled the battle ground and suspense built up in the crowd, wanting to see the outcome of the battle. The aggron was laying on his back and had swirls in his eyes. One of the trainers walked out from the crowd.

"The match is decided, the winner is charizard, which means Zack wins!"

The crowd became silent before whispers started among the crowd, hearing phrases of ", this guy is seriously powerful," and ", this is his 10th win."

"Alright who's next? Oh how about you with the red eyes and the long black hair! Yeah you turn around!"

Ash turned around dumbfounded and pointed at himself. The trainer nodded and made a gesture to signal him to come to the field. The trainer introduced himself.

"My name is Zack, how about yours?"

"I'm Ash."

"Alright, let's have a battle one on one! You look weak in my eyes."

"You're wrong, you look weaker in mine. That charizard isn't strong enough to beat my strongest and most loyal Pokémon."

"Oh really? Let's see about that."

The referee rose his hand.

"Both trainers will use one Pokémon each, no substitutions! Ready? START!"

"Appear from the shadows, Pikachu!"

"Get ready, Charizard!"

Ash threw a poke ball in the stage and released the new looking Pikachu, the version of the undead shadows. The trainers stared in shock and awe at the new and unknown Pokémon they have yet to know about. Some trainers pulled out their pokedex and scanned the Pokémon. Their eyes widen to see that the pokedex does not have information of the unknown species. The charizard stared at it in shock and stepped back a bit in fear. Then scowled and readied itself. Zack went back to his regular cocky face.

"Ok then, surprisingly interesting start. Flamethrower!"

"*smirks* dodge."

Pikachu dodged the searing flames that burst out of its mouth and then jumped in the air.

"Ward of blight."

Pikachu glowed purple and released the attack at the fire dragon, in a form of a red skull laughing with flames tailing it. The burst of impact was strong when it hit the charizard in blinding speed. The charizard stood and stared blindly without pupils in its eyes and it looked like it had started aging and aging, the color of it was disappearing and its strength must have disappeared as well, making the charizard collapse on its back with swirly eyes. For a few seconds the crowd was silent and then it boomed in a cheer for Ash. The charizard then started going back to its original state. Zack's eyes widen as he watched his Pokémon fall in 1 hit. The shocked trainer fell on his knees, while Ash just stood there and smiled in satisfaction.

"Charizard is unable to battle. The unknown Pokémon wins which means Ash is the winner!"

The crowd cheered louder in seeing that the undefeated was now taken down. Then Ash recalled the shadow being back into its respective poke ball and left the crowd led the others with him to Viridian City. Rias got close to Ash and whispered in his ear.

"Does everyone here have a familiar?"

"They are not familiars. You can pretty much find them anywhere I guess and they can either choose their trainer, be picked by one, or get caught by one. They can be trainable and can fight in gyms and arenas to get some badges or win something. They can also fight against other Pokémon and battle for dominance. They are not fit for abuse or for all uses. They have feelings and can shun their trainer or even rebel against them if they wanted to."

"So, they are different from familiars?"

"Yes, in a way. To be exact, Pokémon can't do almost anything their trainers tell them to and they can do anything in their own will."

"Really? Which one is one of the most powerful ones? I want to catch one too!"

"Ok then I will get you a dragon type Pokémon, a garchomp. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you that they can be evolved into more powerful versions of itself and it grows into a bigger one. Some Pokémon can't because they already are in their maximum level. A garchomp starts out as a gible, then it turns into a gabite, next into its final form, garchomp."

"Okay, so where can we get one?"

"In a cave near the city. There is one where you can find one in and I will come with you, but we have to do this at night."

"Okay!"

Rias smiled and made him blush. He then thought of what he can do to find one since it's kind of a rare find to get one. (Look, I know that gible is found in the Sinnoh region, but this is a fanfiction and anything can happen in it.) They neared the city and the skyscrapers are visible in their sight. Then they see three figures in the way. Ash stopped in his tracks, seeing the three familiar criminals of the Pokémon world. The three sensed their presence and turned around. Ash's eyes widen, then he grit his teeth and clenched his hands hard, to the point where he starts bleeding from his palms.

"You three, why the hell are you three here?"

"Oh, it's been a long time, brat. Or should I say Ashura Kogame, the heir of the throne and the prince of aura!"

So, cliffhanger… yeah I thought I should do this to piss you guys off but you know…. Anyway, in this chapter I feel like you might have not gotten it since I tried to make a scene where it's just a bit of fun and a couple of secrets are shown in the story and in the meantime I am very sorry for not updating in such a long time cause I have a project that's due on the first Tuesday of February. Besides, I kinda am stacked up in homework and I stopped working and all that crap… so just have some pity on this one guy ok? Well I'll see you guys in the next chapter. Peace!