The legend of the chosen one……

	In a time of war one would bring change. This person would be a person of 
considerable strength and courage. With the hero’s of old he traveled to all 
the kingdoms in the land of Kanto and Johto. The alliance of the kingdoms 
was made while in his youth and he was taught by the best they had to offer. 
None truly knew how he came to be in this world for he had no mother in the 
world. For five long years he traveled the lands with his warriors and 
sometimes without. Adventure seemed to follow him like a plague. Some said 
that he was a sorcerer, others a great warrior, but most importantly he was 
a prince in his own right. All knew him and adored him. Then the war broke 
out; the loyalists and takers against the young one. None knew whom these 
people were loyal to for their master was unknown. A great and mighty war 
was fought with many dying. Finally, the young one had enough death 
imprinted in his memory and invoked the Tiencha- the right to rule by 
combat. That is where the chapter of trial begins…..

	Ash was waiting atop mount Mieoshi. Waiting for his competition. Ash had 
won the war a long time ago when he took the Silver Mountain Castle, their 
base of operation. Ash had nothing to worry about other than the odd 
skirmish with the small rebel loyalists who escaped them all the time. Ash 
had enough with this tiresome game of cat and mouse. Their leader still 
eluded him time and time again so the war would truly never be over until 
the other was dead.

	“Ash?” Pikachu asked worried. Ash drifted out of his thoughts and pulled a 
strand of raven hair from his eyes. His hat hair had disappeared when he was 
about fifteen. Pikachu was worried about Ash. Ash hadn’t been himself lately 
since Bracken was seriously injured in an assassination attempt on Ash’s 
life. Garnick was taking care of him at Ash’s base of operation at Krofost 
castle. Ash wasn’t one to take a life unless he had no other choice but 
today he was focused and scary.

	“I’m fine Pikachu. Don’t worry about me.” Pikachu nodded from Ash’s 
shoulder and sighed. Today was the day that they ended this farce. A small 
child that was too young to know anything had delivered the message. Ash was 
to meet the leader atop the mountain of Mieoshi at quarter sun and Ash was 
waiting. The person to come down the mountain was the new ruler of the 
entire world. Ash had already made arrangement that if he won, their rule 
would be combined into one. Ash copied the system from his original world 
and placed it into this time. Ash had to make sure that he won. Then, in the 
distance, Ash saw a cloaked figure approaching him.

	‘At last.’ Ash waited until the cloaked figure was close enough. Ash looked 
at the person who had been causing him trouble since he was fourteen. Ash 
had just finished his training with Bracken and to maintain his athletic 
build, he was doing strength building. Ash never thought his muscles would 
save his life. First it was the life attempts and then the war broke out 
soon afterwards. Ash couldn’t believe how he could fight so well. Also, 
Garnick’s magic training was an enormous help in battles. Especially if that 
battle was against a pokemon.

	“Stop right there.” Ash ordered. The figure stopped. “Remove your cloak.” 
When the figure did, Ash was met with a horrid shock. “Lance?” Ash 
recognized the hero that he worshipped every league battle for the champion 
title. Ash hadn’t met the other alternate of Lance until now. Lance was as 
equally as surprised.

	“How do you know me?” Lance growled. Ash shook off his initial shock and 
crouched into a defensive position.

	“I don’t” Ash growled back. “Before we get this bout started, I want to ask 
you a question. Why did you form the council to control so many lives?  Were 
you bored or did you just want power?” The answer Ash got was expected.

	“I formed the council to appease the former councils expectations.” Lance 
said simply. Ash shook his head in disgust; people here never went against 
the grain. They just followed orders without thinking. That’s why so many 
had died.

	“I thought as much. So, what is your choice of weapon? The message said to 
bring one weapon and one weapon only.” Lance removed a gun from his pocket. 
It was a bit more up to date then the crude guns Ash had fought before.

	“Say goodbye. You were a worthy foe.” Lance said grinning. Ash copied his 
smile and chuckled.

	“You still don’t get it do you? You were never able to figure out why the 
battle at Mount Moon turned out the way it did. Sorry Lance, this time you 
lose. I will allow an unconditional surrender right now if you’re 
interested.” Ash offered seriously. Lance just laughed at Ash’s offer.

	“You’re bluffing. You and I know that you can’t outrun a gun and I had this 
one made up especially for you.” Lance pointed it directly at Ash and pulled 
the trigger. A deafening blast was heard from the mountaintop that could be 
heard in the valleys. When the echo died down, Ash was still standing.

	“You see Lance, some of the rumours about me are true. I have pokemon, I 
fight well and-“ Ash’s smile turned totally cruel. “-operate at a rate one 
sorcerer.” Lance’s face went pale and he dropped the gun. “Being all that 
and the chosen one is a lot of hard work but I don’t mind. The job lets me 
take care of trash like you. ??????????”

	‘No!’ Lance gasped as a wall of fire blasted towards him. That was all that 
Lance could remember seeing before winking out of existence. Pikachu sadly 
watched as the fool had underestimated Ash again and died in the wake of 
Ash’s onslaught.

	“The weapon I brought with me was the best you’ll find anywhere; me. I took 
care of the Mount Moon errand myself. You should have surrendered while you 
had a chance.” Ash turned away and began to walk the long hike back to his 
friends below.

At the base of Mt Mieoshi.

	“I don’t care about the rules! I’m going up there after him!” Tracey 
growled. Mysterious and Brock had to hold him down. “Let me go! Ash could be 
in trouble!”

	“We don’t know that for sure!” Mysterious said quickly. “It’s just going to 
be one little fight and it’s all over. We have to have faith in Ash.” Tracey 
settled down a bit and was released.

	“I feel so helpless. Ash is my lord! I should be up there in his place or 
at least helping him.” Tracey sputtered. Tracey peered out of the tent for 
the third time that day. “And those gun shots didn’t make me feel any 
better.”

	“I don’t think Ash would lose to anyone. Not after all of his hard work 
into the cause. All he has to do now is show up and we all have our 
freedom.” Brock said simply.

	“You’re calm just because you haven’t known Ash as long as I have. I’ve 
never seen that look in his eyes before when Bracken was hurt.” Tracey shot 
back.

	“Enough bickering both of you!” Mysterious growled. “Now is the time to 
wait. I have confidence that Ash will return to us and unharmed.” Both men 
simply sat down on the chairs provided and waited.

	“Mysterious, what will Ash do once he’s finished here?” Tracey thought out 
of the blue. Mysterious’s mind was thrown back to a memory of a clear starry 
night sky. It was the night that broke her heart into pieces. Ash had told 
her the truth why he couldn’t hold the promise stick and why he didn’t want 
to get involved with her or anyone else.

	“You kidding? He’s going to be married and have the pitter patter of little 
feet this time next year! That lucky little houndour!” Brock said in a 
laugh. Mysterious almost cried. Then, there was a great commotion outside. 
Thinking it was Ash, the trio raced out into the camp to see a familiar 
face. Not Ash’s mind you but a familiar face nonetheless.

	“Bracken! Garnick!” Tracey cheered. “I thought you were laid up man.” 
Bracken gave Tracey a scowl that could melt iron.

	“He still is.” Garnick said with an impish grin. “You’re just seeing his 
mind image right now. Mine as well.” Mysterious smiled knowingly at Garnick.

	“Curiosity killed the Meowth you know.” Mysterious teased.

	“Good thing he’s not a pokemon then.” Interrupted a voice. All eyes turned 
to see Ashura Satoshi Ketchum leaning on the nearest pole. “Did I miss 
something? Do I have a stare at me sign stamped to my forehead?” The group 
laughed and Ash grinned.

	“Ashura! Chosen One!” Before Ash could silence Bracken, the entire camp 
burst out into the normal cheer for when Ash won a significant battle.

	“ASHURA! CHOSEN ONE! ASHURA! CHOSEN ONE! ASHURA!” Ash lowered his head and 
blushed.

	“Looks like I’m the hero of the day. Why don’t I just pack up and leave for 
Krofost castle? We can celebrate th-*” Ash was suddenly cut off by a feeling 
that he hadn’t had in a long time. Ash neatly fell over on his back and 
stopped in shock.

	“Ash!” Three people and two shadows moved to help Ash only to be blocked by 
his powers.

	“Pikachu! To me!” Ash warped the space around him and collected what he 
thought as his worldly possessions; a bag full of magic powders, his opal 
staff and his weapons. Ash’s pokeballs suddenly appeared on his belt and he 
made sure he had everything mentally.

	“What’s the matter Ash?” Pikachu asked as soon as he was on Ash’s shoulder. 
Ash sighed and Pikachu could see the tears forming.

	“I hate to leave you all on such short notice. I guess my time here is up. 
I hope I can see you all again someday. Goodbye.” Ash said teary eyed.

	“What? No! Ash wait!” Mysterious cried.

	“Goodbye.” Ash said one last time. Mysterious watched, as Ash seemed to be 
swallowed by nothing and disappeared. The group was left in silence. The 
person they had grown to admire and love over the past years had finally 
gone home. Then a horrendous scream echoed the camp.

First World.

	“And in other news, the pokemon league has officially released the 
information that Team Rocket was responsible for the Goldenrod City Tower 
takeover.” Misty sighed and changed the channel. Nothing of interest to her. 
Misty stretched out her aching muscles and yawned. It had been another long 
day at the Cerulean Gym. Her sisters had once again insisted that Misty help 
out with the water show and was dragged into it.

	‘Why do I let them talk me into these things?’ Misty got out of the private 
living room in the back of the gym and walked around. Things had changed so 
much around the gym with Misty back from pokemon journeying that there was a 
lot of adjusting. Misty took a trip up to the pool to see how her pokemon 
were doing. Misty may have been the new water pokemon master but she felt 
something was still missing in her life.

	“Like, there she is.” Misty was by the pool when her sister Daisy spotted 
her. Misty lazily rolled her head to the side to see Daisy with another boy.

	‘When will she ever give up?’ Misty grumbled to herself. When Misty got 
back from her wanders, her sisters realized that she actually was a woman. 
When that happened, every bachelor they knew came a call’n.

	“Misty, this is like, Vern. He was like, so totally psyched to meet you 
that I had to bring him over.”

	“Hello.” Misty said coldly. Vern looked Misty over and decided that she was 
good enough not to take the cold tone in offence.

	“I’m Vern. Pleased to meet you.” Misty saw him extent his hand and ignored 
it. Vern didn’t like her for anything other then her extremely fit body.

	“Now Vern, what would you be doing here? Hmmmm? You do realize I’m a busy 
girl and moments like this to relax like this are rare for me. So, if you 
and my sister don’t have anything important to tell me, I’d rather be alone 
right now.” If he didn’t take the hint then, Misty would bring out her 
mallet.

	“I can always come back later.” Vern grumbled. Vern left Misty and Daisy 
alone and left the gym. Daisy was beyond angry.

	“How could you do that!?! Every time I want you to meet someone nice, you 
drop him like a hot potato!”

	“Calm down sis.” Misty’s other sisters entered the room. Lily and Violet 
sat down next to their sister by the pool. Lily was the one speaking to 
Daisy. “Like, we all know the reason like, Misty won’t like, date a guy.”

	“She should get over that-that scary Ash Ketchum guy. It’s been like, 
years!” Daisy growled in Misty’s direction. Misty ignored her sisters and 
looked up into the skylight. It was the perfect day in Misty’s own little 
world. A miserable existence ever since her Ash left. Daisy went on like 
this for hours at a time so Misty began to drift off into sleep when 
something out of the ordinary happened.

	“-ld maid for all I care. I’m through trying to help you find a gu-***” 
Daisy stopped midword. That never happened in the Waterflower household so 
all three sisters looked her way. Daisy had the most startled look of horror 
on her face any of them had ever seen before.

	“What’s going on?” Misty asked Daisy. Daisy pointed to above the pool and 
all three sisters looked to see something strange. There was a bright light 
hovering over their pool. The light source seemed to come out of nowhere and 
was getting brighter by the second. Misty had to cover her eyes before she 
went blind. There was a sound that resembled fireworks and the light finally 
flashed to his highest point and then winked into nothing.

	“WHOAH!” A splash was heard and some sputtering. When Misty’s eyesight came 
back, she was stunned to see someone in the pool. The pokemon in the water 
came to the rescue and her ferocious Gyarados dragged out the person.

	‘That’s odd.’ Misty thought as she neared the edge of the pool near the 
person. ‘I didn’t order any of my pokemon to save him.’ Misty neared the man 
and noticed he was a pokemon trainer. Ten balls adorned on his belt and a 
Pikachu was sopping wet next to him.

	“Pikachu pi pikapi.” The pokemon growled. Misty’s heart skipped a beat. It 
couldn’t be the Pikachu she knew and loved. Misty got a closer look at the 
pokemon. It wasn’t Ash’s, it was in too good of shape to be Ash’s Pikachu. 
The man moaned and began to regain consciousness. Misty walked closer with 
her sisters right behind her for protection.

	“Man, Pikachu. That was one wild ride.” The voice was unfathomable and 
deep. The stranger sat up. Misty studied his features to the T. Wild unruly 
black hair, zigzag birthmark cheeks, blue eyes. Misty’s heart stopped 
beating a thousand times a second and returned too normal. It wasn’t Ash. 
Ash had brown eyes. Once Misty regained her composure, she reverted from 
awed to angry.

	“Hey! Just what do you think your doing!!!!” Misty yelled. Ash shook his 
head trying to clear things up. Wherever Ash had ended up when he went 
through dimensions he had landed above water. When he got help to the edge 
of the pool, he could’ve sworn he heard Misty.

	“What?” Ash focused and saw four girls in bathing suits. For some reason, 
they all looked familiar. When the red haired girl marched towards him, he 
knew he was in trouble.  The only reason a woman walked that way was to give 
anyone trouble.

	“I won’t ask you again! What are you doing here? If you wanted a badge, you 
could’ve made an appointment like everyone else!” Misty growled. “Now get 
out of here before I sick my Gyarados on you!” Suddenly Pikachu leapt up 
into her arms.

	“Misty!” Pikachu said in delight. Ash’s attention reverted from the girl to 
Pikachu. Ash slowly examined the woman in front of him and gasped. Ash 
recognized the orange-red hair and her eyes.

	“Long time no see Misty.” Groaned Ash as he got up. Misty backed off from 
the Pikachu and man. He was twice as big standing up as he was on the 
ground. When it registered what he said, Misty couldn’t breath.

	“Ash?” Misty whispered. Pikachu bounded back to Ash. Ash didn’t respond 
until outside distractions came in.

	“Eeeeeeeek! You have like, got to be kidding us. Like, everyone knows that 
Ash Ketchum dropped off the face of the world like, years ago. Like, who do 
you think you’re kidding?” Daisy interrupted.

	“Fer sure! You’re nothing but a nasty fraud. Like, kick him out Misty.” 
Violet added. “I can call Officer Jenny right now you know. So don’t try 
anything funny.” Violet added as she shot a menacing look at Ash.

	“Now why would I do something funny?” Ash replied.

	“Like where have you been? We’re the sensational sisters!” Lily added in, 
her pride hurt.

	“Well, I guess I have dropped off the face of the world for years but 
that’s no reason to go ballistic on me.” Ash said in his defense.

	“Like, you’re not fooling anyone with you’re act. Violet, hand me your 
cell. I’ll call Officer Jenny.” Ash moaned inwardly, this is not what he 
needed right now.

	‘What’s it going to take to convince them I’m Ash?’ Ash thought to himself. 
Then he came up with the perfect idea. ‘Oh Mew? Would you come out for a 
moment?’ Ash sent telepathically to a pokeball. Violet had just handed Daisy 
the cell when a familiar stream of light shot out from one of the pokeballs 
around Ash’s belt. All four girls reached for their own pokemon when they 
all saw the pokemon that had come out of the ball. There was a crash as 
Daisy dropped the phone.

	“Mew!” Ash smiled at the reaction he got from Misty. Misty’s jaw had 
dropped, her eyes went wide and she stared at Mew.

	“Mew return.” Ash pulled out the ball and sucked the pokemon back into it. 
Once the pokemon was away, all the sisters seemed to regain their senses. 
Misty was the first one to recover.

	“Ash!” Misty ran and tackled him in a ferocious bear hug. Ash wasn’t 
expecting her to move so fast and they both fell in the pool. There was a 
large splash and bubbles. Pikachu jumped from the pair as they went in.

	“GASP!” Ash came up for air with Misty still attached to him. “Misty!” Ash 
growled. “Isn’t this where I came in?” Misty was crying. Ash didn’t know 
what to do so he simply got back to the side of the pool.

	“I never thought you would make it back.” Misty said looking up into Ash’s 
eyes. “I can’t believe you’re here.” Ash smiled back down at the water 
pokemon trainer. Misty remembered that warm overconfident smile from so long 
ago and remembered something. “Now maybe you can pay me back for my bike!” 
The look on Ash’s face was priceless.

	“Oh nooooo!” Ash groaned. “You’re still not hung up on that bike are you?” 
The response to the question was a splash; a certain perturbed red head 
dunked Ash underwater.

	“You bet I am! Do you know how much that bike cost me?! You are going to 
pay that bike back to me or else!” Ash was let up for air and grinned. Ash 
didn’t realize how much he had missed Misty’s unpredictable temper.

	“Fine! Just let me up. I’ll do whatever you say just let me live!” Ash 
joked. Misty gave him another dunk. After drying off and another set of 
cloths, Ash was sitting in a comfortable chair in the living room. “So, 
what’s been happening since I left?” Ash asked curious. Misty didn’t know 
where to begin.

	“Your mother is still in Pallet. People banded together to rebuild the town 
better than ever. It had gotten quite popular when the Ultimate Trainer was 
rumoured to have lived there.” Ash choked on the tea he was sipping.

	“Common knowledge?” Ash sputtered. “It’s common knowledge that I’m the 
Ultimate Trainer? Cripes! Mom must be worried sick about me by now.” Misty 
smiled a knowing smile.

	“Naaah! She knows that you’d come home eventually. Professor Oak has a new 
lab twice as big as before and Gary-.” Ash moaned at his rivals name.”-is 
the current pokemon Indigo league champion and has set up his own gym in 
Pallet.” Misty said knowing it would bug the heck out of Ash.

	“Oh great! I’m light years behind Gary now.” Ash moaned. Misty laughed and 
gave Ash a wink. Unknown to them, three girls were listening at the door.

	“Can you like, BELIEVE this?” Violet whispered. The two other girls behind 
the door shook their heads.

	“There is like no possible way that guy could like, be Ash. He’s way too 
big.” Daisy said. Lily listened and heard a giggle from Misty.

	“Like I don’t know if he’s a fraud or not.” Lily added. “I mean, like, 
Misty would be able to spot a fraud right? Besides, he does look a little 
like the kid.”

	“Ash had brown eyes! This guy has like, blue!” Daisy growled. “There’s like 
something going on here that we don’t like, know about.”

	“And I would like to know what that is.” Violet added. Their conversation 
didn’t go unnoticed. Ash could hear a petty scout three miles away; these 
were loud girls in the next room.

	“You know, your sisters don’t have to hide behind the door like that.” Ash 
said changing the conversation. Misty looked at him strangely.

	“What are you talking about? My sisters are handling the gym.” Misty said 
annoyed. Ash got up from his seat.

	“Oh no? Watch this.” Misty couldn’t believe what she was seeing. Ash was 
very carefully walking over to the door trying not to make a sound. What was 
surprising was that Ash was sneaking around quickly but quietly. Ash stopped 
at the door and grabbed the doorknob not making a sound the entire time.

	“Ash? What-“ Ash suddenly opened the door and three women fell over into 
the room. Misty was dumbstruck as Ash began to laugh. Misty’s three sisters 
scrambled to their feet embarrassed and walked out of the room and down the 
hallway.

	“Mmmph! What did I tell you?” Ash giggled laughing. Misty finally found her 
wits enough to be embarrassed for her sisters. Ash sat down back at the 
chair and began to settle down. “I don’t think they’ll be bothering us for a 
while yet.” Ash said grinning.

	“Very funny wise guy!” Misty barked. Ash smiled his sweet and innocent 
smile and continued to smile.

	“So, what’s Brock been doing all these years? Please don’t tell me he met a 
girl who can tolerate him.” Ash said in a phony cringe. Misty’s one eyebrow 
went up.

	“Why?” Misty simply asked.

	“Because I would be very, very afraid for Brock. A girl like that must be 
really- oh help me, what is the word I’m looking for?” Ash moaned.

	"Extraordinary? Brilliant? Patient?” Misty offered. Ash put a hand under 
his chin and thought for a moment.

	“Unique.” Misty threw a pillow at Ash and he dodged it.

	“OH YOU- you always were insensitive!” Misty growled. Ash threw the pillow 
back at her and let the subject drop.

	“So? How is our Brocko?” Ash asked smiling.

	“Busy.” Misty answered.

	“Wha? Busy? Doing what?” Ash asked stupidly. Misty shook her head.

	“Ash, I know you haven’t been here for the last few years but things have 
changed. Brock is a very highly paid for and sought after pokemon breeder. 
He set up shop in Pewter and is the number one man that everyone wants.” Ash 
smiled a large smile. It didn’t surprise him much.

	“So, when do we go and get the gang together again? I would’ve told you I 
was coming home so you would’ve had a surprise party ready but,” Ash just 
snapped his fingers and shook his head. “I just couldn’t afford the long 
distance phone call. You know, calls over dimensions are expensive.” Misty 
laughed.

	“You never change, do you?” Misty laughed. “I’ll make an appointment with 
him. They’ll let me through on the line because I’m an old friend.” Misty 
walked over to the vid-phone and dialed an old number.

	“Cool.” Ash walked up over to her. “Do you think we can used this to call 
my mom next? I would love to see her face after so long.” Misty didn’t have 
a chance to reply as an old crankily woman picked up the phone.

	“Brock Slates office. How may I help you?” The old woman put on her glasses 
and gasped. “Misty! Oh my dear. You look ravishing! Brock isn’t in right now 
but I can tell him you called.” Misty took a deep breath and cleared her 
voice.

	“I need you to patch me through to his cell right now. It’s-“ Misty looked 
at Ash. “-An emergency. I have to talk to him right now. Please put me 
through.”

	“Now now, Misty. You know what happened last time it was an emergency and 
you bothered him during a board meeting. I don’t think-“ The older lady was 
cut off by a deeper man’s voice.

	“Just tell him an old friend with a Pikachu is waiting on the other line. 
He’ll take the call.”

	“Ash!” Misty hissed. Ash smiled and backed down from the screen. “I’m 
sorry.” Misty apologized.

	“I’ll see what I can do. Please hold.” Ash sat down by Misty and waited, 
minus a smack for interrupting her on the phone that is.

	“-not to mention that the last time you guys sent me a costumer, his 
pokemon were in terrible shape! Next time, make sure that Nurse Joy takes a 
look at the pokemon first!” An older Brock Slate growled at his boarders. 
“And another thing! You haven’t sent me a decent trainer in weeks! How am I 
going to show off my skills on petty trainers pokemon?”

	“Sorry to interrupt.” Brock’s attention was adverted for a moment. A voice 
came over the speakerphone that Brock recognized as his secretary, Cara. 
“But there’s an important call waiting for you.”

	“Tell them I’ll call them back.” Brock growled back at her through the 
intercom.

	“But sir, it’s Misty Waterflower and she says it’s an emergency.” Cara 
insisted. Brock made a mental note to shriek at Misty later.

	“It’s always an emergency! Tell her, I’ll call her back.” Brock growled. 
There was a pause as Cara sighed.

	“Yes sir. I’ll tell the caller with the Pikachu to phone back on some other 
time.” Brock paled. The rest of the people in the room didn’t know what to 
think. Brock was hard as stone and stubborn as a mule, they had never seen 
the stone image waver before. The group looked startled when Brock almost 
leapt at the intercom.

	“Cara! WAIT! Did you just say a caller with a Pikachu?” Brock asked in a 
panic. Cara replied with a shaky yes sir. “This meeting is now postponed. 
Kindly leave until further notice.” Brock ordered.

	“But- we’re not finished yet.” Said and unknown voice. Brock turned toward 
the group with a ferocity that they had never seen before.

	“I SAID GET OUT!” After the order, men ran from the room in fear. Brock was 
seemingly upset and the news of the phone call made things worse. “Put the 
call through on my personal line.” Brock gruffed over the intercom.

	‘If it’s about another save me from my sisters I swear I’ll hire a hit 
man!’ Brock growled to himself. Brock walked into another room and scooted 
behind a large desk.

	“Com on.” Brock flipped a switch and he immediately saw the screen come 
down from the ceiling. Brock hit another switch and the screen came to life. 
The first thing he saw was the image of a crimson haired woman on the other 
side.

	“Hi Brock! How are you?” Misty greeted in a cheery voice. Brock scowled to 
let her know he was angry.

	“Misty, I don’t have time to waste so get to the point. What is your big 
emergency? It had better be important or I’ll-“ Misty was suddenly off the 
screen. “What?” Brock said confused. Brock heard Misty arguing with someone 
on the other side of the phone. He clearly heard Misty saying.

	“Hey! I haven’t seen him in a while! I should go first!” Brock heard her 
distinctly say. The voice that argued with her was deep and oddly familiar.

	“You’ve at least seen him a few times in the last five years! I should go 
first.”

	“I’m going first!” Misty growled

	“I am!”

	“Me!”

	“No me!” There was a large crackle from the other side of the line and 
Brock held his breath.

	“Pikachu pika!” A voice suddenly said from out of nowhere. Brock finally 
lost his temper and banged his hand on the desk.

	“Misty!!!!! If this is some cruel joke, I’ll never speak to you again!” 
Brock yelled over the phone. Suddenly, the phone was picked up and there was 
a sound that sounded like hissing. Brock gasped when the sight of a charred 
Misty came back into view.

	“Sorry about that Brock. As I was saying-“

	“Yo BROCKO!” Brock nearly had a mild heart attack when he heard the voice 
in the background. In the background was a silhouette of a large, smoking 
man about Misty’s age. Misty put her hand over the receiver and growled at 
him to shut up.

	“Ash? Ash! Misty is that Ash?!” Brock asked in the utmost shock. Misty 
growled at Ash and returned her attention to the phone call.

	“You’ll never guess who decided to drop in on me today. “ Misty said with a 
huge grin. “It seems that a little wanderer came for a visit. When do you 
think you can come and see us here in Cerulean? I know someone who wants to 
meet you.”

	“Come on!” A voice whined in the background. Misty shushed Ash for the last 
time.

	“Misty, I’m on the next flight there.” Brock hung up the phone and dashed 
out the door.

	“Mr. Slate what is going on?” Cara was absolutely surprised when her boss 
came whipping out of his office like a banshee on the run.

	“Don’t have any time to explain. Get me tickets for the next plane to 
Cerulean and I mean now!” Cara gasped as he rushed out the door and waved 
for a taxi. Cara furiously phoned the only airplane strip in town and had 
them reserve a seat for him on the next flight to Cerulean, which was in 
about three hours.

	“So? Is he coming? Ash asked with his old youthful like fervor. Misty 
shrugged her shoulder in an I have not a clue gesture. Ash plopped down onto 
the seat and began to dial a number when he realized what he was about to 
do. “Ummm. Misty? I know this is going to sound weird but, what’s my moms 
phone number?” Misty burst out laughing and sighed.

	“Here.” Misty dialed the number and waited for the phone call to connect. 
When there was no answer, Ash was a little disappointed. “She could be 
helping out at Oaks. Let’s try there next.” Misty dialed up the number and 
waited again. Ash had the receiver in hand and waited for the phone to be 
answered.

	“Hello?” Ash was relieved when it wasn’t Gary who answered the phone. The 
face was instantly recognized.

	“Tracey?” Ash said in awe. There was a pause on the other end.

	“Who is this?!” Demanded the older voice. The more distinguished version of 
Tracy Sketchit couldn’t place the face of the kettle black haired young man 
who was calling.

	“It’s me Tracey. It’s Ash.” To Ash’s surprise, Tracey began to laugh.

	“Oh right! That’s original! Nice try. It’s going to take a lot more than 
that to pull the wool over my eyes. Who put you up to this? Gary? May? I’m 
not in the mood for practical jokes buster.” Ash sighed and realized 
something.

	“Hey, Tracey. Remember the time we went to Pinkan Island and Pikachu ate 
the pinkan fruit? Remember the way I acted when Pikachu started to turn 
pink?” There was a gasp on the other line. “Remember when I said ‘Then you 
would be pinkachu.’.”

	“ASH! It is you! How-“ Tracey never got another word in. Ash sweatdropped 
when another figure crashed into Tracey. “waaaaa!”

	“ASH! Honey is that you?” Ash barely recognized his mother. Delilah had 
aged considerably while he was away. Her brown hair had streaks of grey 
through it, there were a few more wrinkles then he remembered and she looked 
more mature.

	“Hi mom.” Ash said like nothing had ever changed. “How are you doing? I’m 
fine. Before you say another word, yes, I have been changing my 
you-know-what’s. Pikachu and my other pokemon are doing fine and I’m sorry 
for not calling you sooner.” Ash saw the tears overcome his mothers 
beautiful eyes.

	“Ash, oh, Ash. My baby! It really is you!” Misty sniggered and was silenced 
by a hostile glare from Ash. “I’ve missed you so much! Where are you? Please 
tell me so I can see you again in person!” Ash smiled as he replied.

	“I’m with Misty mom. I’m in Cerulean city. I want to come home as soon as 
possible. I have so much to tell you all.” Ash felt the tears of joy wash 
over his face. This was his mother, his real mother. “I can’t wait to see 
you again.” Misty felt that it was a time for Ash to be alone with his 
mother so she tried to creep out of the room. As she opened the door, her 
sisters walked into the room.

	“Like, Misty. We’ve figured it out. Misty?”  Daisy looked around for her 
sister. The door had clobbered Misty when it suddenly swung open.

	“Like, what are you doing on the floor?” Lily asked finding Misty on the 
ground. Misty groaned something that sounded like none of your business. 
“Like, we have got to talk to you like, now!”

	“What is it?” Misty growled when they were outside. Misty’s sisters lead 
her to the kitchen and sat her down at the table. When Misty saw the 
backpack Ash had been carrying, she got mad. “WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR 
DOING!?!” misty yelled.

	“Like, simmer down sis. We want you to see what Mr. Fraud has in his 
backpack.” Violet spilled the contents onto the table and Misty let out a 
gasp. There were weapons and other undecipherable things in his bag. Things 
Misty had never seen spilled out of the bag such as a big bag of powders, a 
set of polished knifes that weren’t knifes and a staff that looked weird.

	“What is all of this?” Misty asked in awe. Her sisters gave her a scowl.

	“That’s what we want to know.” Lily growled. “It seems you’ve invited a 
regular psycho into our home!” Misty just sat at the table dumbstruck. Ash 
had just talked with his mother and the professor for about an hour and had 
just hung up the phone. Ash looked around to see no Misty.

	‘That’s odd.’ Ash thought to himself. ‘Misty probably got fed up with me on 
the phone, she’s probably with her sisters somewhere.’ Ash picked himself up 
and went to the gym. It looked a little different than the last time he had 
been there. Ash smiled and touched the small velvet bag he had always kept 
close to his heart. It contained his badges and his special stones. These 
were Ash’s most prized possessions.

	“Ash?” Ash didn’t turn around to Misty’s voice.

	“You have no idea how much I missed this place.” Ash said quietly. “I’ve 
fought so many battles Misty, so many. Even when there was no hope in 
winning, I fought on because I wanted to go home. I can’t express the joy I 
feel being back home.” Ash turned around to see Misty’s back to him. 
“Something the matter?”

	“Ash, if that is your name. Why did you come here? How did you come here?” 
Misty said choking on the words. Ash gave her a confused look then realized 
she still didn’t know the whole truth. Ash smiled and walked over to Misty.

	“Here I am expecting you to understand when you don’t know a thing. Let’s 
find some place to sit so I can tell you the whole ordeal.” Ash paused for a 
moment. “And without your sisters listening in.” Ash said loud enough for 
the three girls around the corner to hear. Misty led him to the kitchen. 
When Ash saw his backpack strewn out on the table he laughed.

	“What’s so funny?” Misty growled. Ash stopped laughing for a moment and 
sighed.

	“Inside joke, sorry. I’ll explain everything and maybe you can judge for 
yourself whether or not I should have these or not.” Misty sat down at the 
table and listened. Ash’s story went deep into the night and Misty had to go 
to the bathroom twice at Ash’s morbid descriptions at some of the battles he 
had been in. After Ash was finished, Misty was bleach white and crying.

	“Dear lord Ash. How could you stand it? It’s horrendous! I wouldn’t have 
lasted a week in that place.” Misty asked sick. Ash patted her back as the 
last of the vomit came up.

	“It’s a horrible thing I know. It was just something I had to do and never 
again.” Ash said with tears in his eyes.

	“You’ve been through hell and back Ash. I feel so ashamed.” Misty sobbed. 
Ash cradled her in his arms and sighed. “I should have been with you.” Ash 
whirled her around to meet his gaze.

	“No! I’m grateful you were left behind. I’ve seen so many things in my 
lifetime that I never want you to experience. You have nothing to be ashamed 
of, even if you weren’t with me in body, you were with me in my memory and 
that made me strong.” Misty sobbed and clutched Ash close to her. Soon her 
sobs stopped and she fell fast asleep. Ash effortlessly picked her up and 
tucked her in her bed.

	‘Thank you for everything.’ Ash thought as he left the room. ‘If I hadn’t 
had an anchor in this world I wouldn’t have been able to do anything.’ Ash 
closed the door and walked back down into the living room. Pikachu was 
waiting for Ash on the couch and fell asleep with its master.




Hello?

Garnick?

The one and only!

What are you doing?

Checking up on you. Mysterious is going nuts over here.

Tell her not to worry and that I’m fine.

So, you’re finally home.

Wait a minute! What are you doing contacting me through dreams!

Yesh! Pipe down! With the council gone, I can do this all I want.

Rigggght. Just don’t do this all the time. I would like to dream you know

Like you would have any good dreams.

What? Why you-

Just kidding! Boy, did you lose your sense of humour on the way over there?

Na. I lost it when I got here. I’m in a world of stress

Stressed? What do you have to be stressed about over there?

One word for you. Paparazzi

What?

I’m about as famous here as I am there.

Oh you pooooor guy. I was just hoping you would know when you would be 
coming back.

How should I know? It’s unpredictable. Remember?

All right then, do you want me to send you the stone of regen? It might come 
in handy.

I don’t think I need it just yet. Keep it safe for me.

If you say so. Don’t get yourself killed over there. You still owe me a game 
of spell toss.

HAHAHA. You know I will

You know where to find me.

Talk to you again soon then.


“Wake up!” Ash turned over on the couch and snored louder. Brock couldn’t 
believe it was Ash. Then again, Ash could always sleep when he wanted to. 
“Ash!” Misty growled again.

	“Just five more minutes Bracken.” Ash mumbled in his sleep. Misty and Brock 
had the same reaction. The look that they gave each other was who’s Bracken?

	“Pikachu? Thundershock!” Misty ordered. Pikachu was in the same boat Ash 
was in and turned over as well. “Fine then! Starmie! Watergun!” A spray of 
water poured over the sleeping pair and they immediately reacted. Ash jumped 
over the back of the couch and landed with a thud as Pikachu did a 
thunderbolt attack that knocked out Starmie.

	“What the?” Ash collected his wits and peered from behind the couch and 
moaned. Misty and Brock were wide-eyed and staring at Ash and Pikachu. 
Pikachu looked very embarrassed at the moment and let out a sheepish chuuu.

	“Ash! What did you do that for?” Brock growled. Ash squirmed from behind 
the couch and dusted himself off.

	“Sorry. Force of habit. Life attempts usually happen when you sleep you 
know.” Ash sighed and sat down. “It’s something I’m going to have to break 
now if I don’t want this to happen everyday.” Brock collected himself and 
smiled.

	“So, who’s Bracken? A girl?” Brock asked in a teasing mood. Ash’s face was 
priceless and Brock began to laugh.

	“NO WAY! Bracken was my sensei on the other world. Toughest guy I ever 
met.” Ash said with a sour face. “You have a one track mind Brock. If it 
wasn’t a Nurse Joy, it was an Officer Jenny. It seems that not everything 
changes over time.”

	“Now I’m convinced your Ash.” Brock gathered Ash up in a hug and squeezed.

	“Brock! I went through this with Misty! Leggo!” A wheezing Ash was set on 
the floor. “Geez! If everyone I meet is going to crush my ribs, I’m going to 
become a hermit.” Ash said trying to get his breath.

	“How are ya little guy?” Brock asked serious. Ash looked from one to the 
other and sighed.

	“How much did she tell you?” Ash moaned. Brock sat down on the chair 
opposite from Ash.

	“Everything you told her.” Brock said seriously. “I lost my breakfast Ash 
and I’m the one with the cast iron stomach.” Ash sighed and sat down beside 
Pikachu on the couch.

	“So, you know everything huh? Well, lets just say I’m fine considering what 
I’ve been through.” Ash scratched behind Pikachu’s ears. Brock and Misty 
stared at the young man they once knew with Pikachu and saw Ash still there.

	“So the question is what now?” Misty said interrupting the moment. Ash put 
on his best grin and gave the pair a wink.

	“What else? Go back to pokemon training. Not that I ever stopped really.” 
Ash said with a smile. Misty and Brock both shook their heads at the same 
time, same old Ash. “I just have a lot more experience and a few more tricks 
up my sleeve.” Brock and Misty saw the glint in his eye and wondered what 
Ash meant by that.

A week later

	“Mom!” Ash ran into his mother’s arms. Delilah gasped as a grown man picked 
her up in a ferocious bear hug.

	“Ash!” Delilah squeaked wanting air. Ash set the gasping mother on the 
ground and smiled.

	“Hi mom. What’s for dinner?” Ash said smiling. Delilah was crying as she 
studied the grown boy before her. “I hope you can make extra pizza pot pie 
for Misty and Brock too.” Ash sidestepped to let her look at his friends. 
Misty and Brock had reverted from the bathing suit queen and up town 
businessman to the pokemon breeder and water pokemon trainer.

	“Hello Mrs. Ketchum.” They both greeted at the same time. Delilah smiled as 
she choked back the tears. They had all met up at her favorite café and sat 
down to have a good long talk. Ash and company had agreed that they would 
tell her nothing of what happened in the other world. They filled Ash in on 
their lives from the point he left. Ash was impressed at all of their 
accomplishments.

	“You’re telling me that ever since the word leaked out to the press that my 
mother was the Ultimate Trainers mom, you were hounded for six weeks 
straight.” Delilah nodded. “Sorry mom.” Ash apologized sheepishly.

	“It couldn’t be helped. By that time, I was given league help and was able 
to live off of what they gave me. When I wanted more than just to live by, 
they made a deal with me.” Delilah took a deep breath before continuing. “If 
I would sell the house to them, they would make sure I was taken care of for 
the rest of my life and they would put up the house as a historical 
landsite.” Ash was bowled over by this information.

	“You mean you sold the house?” Ash gasped. Delilah nodded again. Ash began 
to laugh hard. “Boy, did you pull one over their eyes mom! I wish I had been 
there to close the deal!” Ash said between breaths.

	“Laugh at it if you will but that house is a major tourist attraction!” 
Misty growled. That shut Ash up quickly.

	“You’re kidding!” Ash said in disbelief. “I mean it’s just a house!”

	“That the Ultimate Trainer lived in.” Brock added. Ash saw their point and 
shut up. “If word got out that you finally have shown your face, well…lets 
just say you wouldn’t like it.” Ash was about to say something when he 
noticed something.

	“Why is there a shadow cast over this table on a sunny day?” Ash growled. 
Misty and Brock looked up to see an all to familiar balloon in the sky.

	“Prepare for trouble!” came a female voice from above.

	“And make it double!” echoed her male cohort

	“To protect the world from devastation.”

	“To unite all people within our nation.”

	“To denounce the evils of truth and love.”

	“To extend our reach to the stars above.”

	“Jessie.”

	“James.”

	“Team rocket blast off at the speed of light.”

	“Surrender now or prepare to fight.”

	“Meowth, that’s right!” The balloon landed directly on the group’s table 
and Ash backed off perturbed.

	“Delilah Ketchum! You’re coming with us!” Growled an older Jessie. Jessie 
was holding an automatic with clips attached to her belt instead of pokemon. 
James pointed another gun at the crowd.

	“No one move or the mother of the Ultimate Trainer gets it!” James growled.

	“You guys have the worst timing ever.” Misty growled. The trio finally 
recognized Misty and Brock and were shocked.

	“Well, well! It’s a three for one deal here! I like dis restaurant 
already!” Meowth said grinning. “Yous guys are coming with us too. Get in!” 
Meowth barked.

	“No one is going anywhere. ‘Cept maybe you guys blasting off again.” Ash 
sneered. “Pikachu, give these guys a taste of electricity.” Pikachu jumped 
from Ash’s shoulder and gave the old team rocket a thunderbolt attack.

	“Aaaaaaah!” The trio yelled as they were electrocuted.

	“I know that attack!” Meowth moaned. Meowth got up from the charred floor 
and saw Pikachu staring right back at him. “WAAAA! It’s the ghost of 
Pikachu!” Pikachu and Ash both sweatdropped.

	“I’m not dead you numbskull!” Pikachu growled. Meowth wasn’t convinced and 
leapt back into the balloon.

	“What?” Jessie and James looked up to see their attackers and gasped.

	“It-it-it’s the Twerp!” James said in a squeak.

	“It can’t be!” Jessie gasped. “It’s not possible.”

	“You leaving or should I give the boot myself?” Ash said interrupting their 
thoughts.

	“I won’t believe it!” Jessie yelled. “It’s not him! It can’t be!” Jessie 
reached for her gun and let a round of ammo go. Misty, Brock and Ms. Ketchum 
screamed at the same time.

	“NOO!” The bullets hit nothing but air. Jessie gasped and looked around for 
her target. A whistle came from behind her and she turned around to see a 
face sneering at her.

	“Screech!” Jessie jumped five feet in the air and pointed the trigger at 
Ash. Again, the bullet hit nothing but air but barely missed her partner.

	“Jessie!” James growled. “Watch it!” Before anything else happened, Ash 
heard sirens.

	‘Uh oh!’ Ash thought in a moan. ‘If that is who I think it is, I might blow 
my identity to the public! I have to get rid of these guys and fast!’

	“Pikachu! Thunder! Let’s send these guys blasting off again!” With a nod 
from Pikachu, there was a horrendous crackle in the air.

	“Pikaaaachuuuuuuu!” A large bolt of electricity found it’s mark and blasted 
the trio away. After being successfully blasted off, Officer Jenny took the 
time to interview the savior of the most famous woman in the entire world.

	“Now, who was it that attacked you?” Officer Jenny asked the raven-haired 
young man.

	“Their names are Jessie, James and Meowth of team rocket.” Ash answered 
truthfully. Ash was a little bit nervous by the way the officer reacted to 
the news.

	“NO WAY! You’re telling me that you beat the Jessie James and Meowth of 
team rocket? With just your Pikachu? That’s phenomenal! What’s your name?” 
She asked. Ash felt his stomach do a thousand jumping jacks! He gave a help 
me here look to his friends. Brock obliged happily.

	“My name is Brock. Brock Slate. Perhaps you’ve heard of me.” Brock said in 
a goofy voice. Ash was bumped to the side so he could sneak away from the 
question. Ash walked outside the café and waited for the rest of his gang to 
be turned loose from questioning.

	“That was a close one huh Pikachu?” Ash said in a relieved voice. Pikachu 
nodded and watched as the traffic went by. Ash didn’t notice the person 
walking up behind him. Richie walked up behind a fellow trainer and tapped 
him on the shoulders making the trainer jump five feet in the air. “Don’t do 
that!” Ash growled at the stranger.

	“Sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. I was wondering if you knew what 
happened here concerning the attempted kidnapping on The Ultimate Trainers 
mother.” Ash felt a sweat drop form on the back of his head and sighed.

	“I was there. What do you want to know?” Ash asked in a small voice. Richie 
thought that this guy was familiar and decided to let him in on the secret.

	“I’m a friend of the family. I was wondering if Ash’s mother is alright.” 
Ash gave the stranger a closer look.

	“Who are you?” Ash asked curious.

	“Oh! My names Richie.” Richie had a case of the deja vuu as he looked at 
the trainer before him. Black spiky hair, a Pikachu on his shoulder and 
zigzag birthmarks under his eyes. “And you are?”

	“Nice to see you Richie!” Ash thought that this was a nice surprise. “It’s 
been a while! When was the last time we spoke? Just before the tournament? I 
never thought I would see you again so soon.” Ash said with a grin. Richie 
gave Ash a disbelieving look.

	“No way!” Ash smile grew even bigger.

	“Yes way! Nice to be home finally! So, how are Sparky and your other 
pokemon? Abra’s doing fine and is a bit grumpy now that we’re finally home.” 
Richie laughed and gave Ash a quick once over.

	“Man Ash! You sure grew up a lot! I didn’t recognize you. When did you get 
back?” Richie said smiling.

	“I decided to er- drop in on Misty first. Things went from there.” Ash said 
unsure.

	“Misty huh? I bet you made a big splash with her.” Richie said grinning. 
Ash blushed a bit and almost said you have no idea. Before the conversation 
could go any further, Ash spotted the group heading their way.

	“Look what I found!” Ash said smiling. Misty, Delilah and Brock ignored 
Richie and began to ask questions.

	“Alright you! Freeze!” Misty growled. Ash sweatdropped at the tone of voice 
she was using and turned blue in fear.

	“What did I do?” Ash said as Misty grabbed the front of his shirt. Misty 
got into Ash’s personal space and began to shake him.

	“What kind of freaky stunt did you pull off in there Ash Ketchum?”

	“Can’t breath!” Ash moaned.

	“Answer me!” Misty growled. Ash sighed and whispered something not audible. 
Suddenly Misty was holding nothing but air. “What?” Misty whispered. 
Suddenly two hands came from behind her and covered her eyes. There was a 
definite gasp from behind Ash.

	“Guess who?” Ash said playfully. Misty swung around in a roundhouse punch, 
which hit nothing but air. Misty looked around to see no sign of Ash again.

	“Ash what’s going on?” Delilah addressed behind Misty. Misty looked behind 
her again and saw a toothy grin. Richie, Brock and Delilah were in total 
shock.

	“It’s a new trick up my sleeve right Pikachu?” The Pikachu on his shoulder 
sighed and nodded yes. “See? Nothing to worry about?”

	“I’ll give you something to worry about here in a second. Come’ere!” Misty 
growled. Ash saw the look on her face and about faced.

	“Exit stage left!” Ash ran down the street with Misty in hot pursuit. 
Brock, Richie and Delilah sweatdropped and sighed.

	“Wait for me!” Brock roared after the pair.

	“Same old Ash.” Richie joked.

Meanwhile.

	“Are you sure our agents are in place?” Growled an older Giovonni. The 
scientist rocket member nodded and quivered at the sound of his master’s 
laugh. “Good! It’s time I finally took my rightful place as the leader of 
the pokemon league and the world!”

	Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon or anything related to pokemon. Pokemon 
and its associated characters are copyrighted by Nintendo/Game Freak. This 
is a pokemon fanfic created by my mind only.