Dark Ash

"This world will bow before me, THE KING OF POKÉLANTIS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

## Character

Dark Ash is Ash Ketchum after accidentally freeing The King from Pokélantis and soon after he was possessed by the King, thus losing control of his body

## Backstory

Ash is skeptical, as Max takes him to a forest where the Battle Pyramid should be, his doubts are dispelled when they see a large pyramid. May reminds him that when he wins, they will go to the Indigo Plateau, Ash tells her that he will win in no time, but the heroes fall into a deep hole, everyone is more or less okay, Max wonders if Team Rocket dug the hole. hole, but Brock says it's unlikely since they're in some kind of ruin, to get out, they see some light, so they go there, Team Rocket sees the huge hole and suspects that the idiots fell into it, however, the hole size increases and they also fall.

The heroes see a Pikachu statue, Max warns Ash not to take it, but Ash says he will just go see it, triggering something, as the Pikachu statue's eyes glow, a nearby door opens and a large boulder rolls into it. low, causing the heroes to flee.  A man sees them and knows they activated the trap, so he sends his Regirock to help, Regirock uses Focus Punch to destroy the stone, Ash thanks the man for saving their lives, but the man shouts at them as his name is Brandon.  The heroes say that the floor collapsed and they wanted to get out and Ash revealed that he touched the Pikachu statue because he went crazy, Brandon recognizes Ash as the Pokémon trainer and says that he should be ashamed, a trainer must be alert at all times, Brandon says that the ruins they are in belong to a nation that wanted to conquer the planet using Ho-Oh, and this nation was called Pokélantis, but Ho-Oh rebelled and the nation was defeated, but the king supposedly escaped and took revenge by sealing Ho-Oh and placing it in an orb and dug the ground to place it (that being the story of the legend).

Team Rocket hears this and wants that orb to free Ho-Oh and they rush to find him, Ash would like to see the orb but Brandon doesn't want "brats" roaming the ruins.  Ash argues, as he takes the six Frontier Symbols, and runs to see that orb, later, Jessie takes a statue of Smoochum, but the trap is activated and they are being chased by the stone, Ash reaches a passage and touches it, but it's a hidden door, May and Max try to open the door but can't, Brandon says he must be in the king's chamber and that they need to find the mechanism to open the door. Ash and Pikachu see the throne and Ash takes out an orb, Brandon found the button and pressed it, then May, Max, Brock and Brandon entered the chamber, Ash says "Ho-Oh, come here!"  and the orb begins to glow, releasing dark energy towards Ash, Ash stands up, but laughing a lot, revealing that the spirit of the king of Pokélantis has possessed him.

Team Rocket arrived at another door, Meowth sees through the lock that there is something with wings inside, thinking it is Ho-Oh, however, when opening it, Team Rocket ends up being chased by a Pidgey.  Meanwhile, Ash (in a different voice) tells them to hand over the Pokémon, and a dark energy takes away Max and May's Poké Balls, but Max and May quickly take them back, May and Brock demand to know why Ash is acting like this, but Ash tells them why they are talking like that to the King of Pokélantis.  Brandon tells the heroes that Ash is possessed by the spirit of the king of Pokélantis, The King tells them that he will conquer the world once again, Brandon tells him that evil is what defeated him and Brandon will defeat him once again, Brandon tells the King that he is also the King, the Brain of the Frontier, Brandon the "King of the Pyramid", if Brandon loses, the world will belong to the spirit and Brandon's Pokémon will belong to the king of Pokélantis, so the spirit laughing, accepts the challenge.

Team Rocket sees a door, but it is broken, Meowth screams for Ho-Oh and they hear a powerful roar, so they enter, however, the Pokémon is a Salamence, which makes them flee from a Flamethrower attack.  Scott arrives and greets everyone, telling Brandon that Ash is a tough opponent, even though Brandon thinks Ash is still a foolish child, the spirit controlling Ash pushes Scott so he can get to the battlefield, the heroes tell Scott the what happened, Brock tells Scott that Brandon knows a lot about ruins, so Scott says that Brandon divides his time doing research on Pokémon and ruins, Scott would like to know what Ash has up his sleeve to defeat Brandon. The spirit and Brandon will use one Pokémon each, Brandon sends Regirock, Ash wakes up inside his subconscious and realizes that there is a battle about to happen, the spirit sends Sceptile, so the heroes believe that Ash must be inside, Ash tells Sceptile to use Leaf Blade, so the spirit orders him to use it, but Regirock uses Iron Defense for protection.

Sceptile uses Bullet Seed, but Regirock uses Iron Defense and manages to resist the attack.  The spirit tells Sceptile to use Bullet Seed on the ceiling, and he does, causing rocks to fall on Regirock, Regirock uses Iron Defense to protect himself, although the rocks trap Regirock, Brandon calls the spirit a coward, so Ash hears this and momentarily regains control of his body.  However, the spirit again takes control of Ash's body, in addition, Regirock comes out of the rocks and uses Hyper Beam (starting to charge the attack), then the spirit orders Sceptile to go behind the referee, Sceptile hesitates, but the does it anyway, so Regirock is forced to stop the attack, Sceptile uses Leaf Blade on Regirock's leg, injuring him, the spirit begins to provoke Brandon.

***In the Original***, Regirock uses Lock-On and hits Sceptile, Sceptile uses Leaf Blade, injuring the other leg, Regirock uses Hyper Beam and launches the attack towards Sceptile.  Although Sceptile jumped to escape, because of the Lock-On, the attack is redirected and Sceptile is hit and falls to the ground, fainted and unable to continue fighting, the referee declares the battle over, as Sceptile was defeated, the spirit says who isn't over yet and wants Pikachu to fight, however, Brock, Max and May tell Ash that he should fight the spirit, Ash doesn't know what to do and calls out to his friends for help, but the spirit orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt , Ash is convinced to protect his friends, so he orders Pikachu to use Thunderbolt on him, Pikachu can hear Ash's voice and uses Thunderbolt, hitting Ash, then the spirit leaves his body and soon after Brandon shakes the orb and says: “A Light comes out of darkness and returns to darkness!, Darkness comes out of light and returns to darkness!" The orb glows and the spirit is trapped inside the orb once again, thus being defeated once and for all and leaving Ash free

***In the Bad Ending***, after Regirock uses Lock-On and hits Sceptile, Sceptile uses Leaf Blade on Regirock's leg and then uses Bullet Seed, which ends up defeating Regirock. The Spirit starts laughing and says that Brendan's Pokémon now they were his, Brendan says that the Spirit is a coward and that he cheated, the Spirit starts laughing and says that Brendan's opinion didn't matter and suddenly, several dark energies go towards Brendan and steal his Pokémon, the Spirit starts laughing and saying that he will rule the world, he then keeps Regirock and calls all the Pokémon that were Brendan's (Registeel, Regice, Dusclops, Ninjask and Solrock), the King of Pokélantis is impressed with his new Pokémon, soon after he orders his pokemons to attack the humans (except himself) who were in that place with their most powerful moves, Registeel uses Flash Cannon, Regice uses Hyper Beam, Dusclops uses Shadow Punch, Ninjask uses Sandstorm and Solrock uses Solar Beam, causing a large explosion , killing all of Ash's friends, the only ones who were alive were Pikachu and Brendan, the King of Pokélantis started laughing like a crazy psychopath, Ash (who was still in his subconscious) seeing that his friends died, starts screaming and crying Desperate, Brendan calls the Spirit of the King of Pokélantis a heartless monster and soon after, Pikachu attacks the Spirit with his Thunderbolt, but Registeel uses Focus Punch and defeats Pikachu, the Spirit tells Registeel to kill Pikachu with his Metal Claw, at that moment, Ash tries to regain control of his body and tries to stop Registeel from killing Pikachu, but it was too late.....Pikachu took the blow and couldn't resist, Ash in shock, gives a desperate scream and starts crying a lot, but then, The King of Pokélantis returns to control and says that he is now in control, The King of Pokélantis decides to arrest Brendan, so that he can see the Spirit dominate the World, The King of Pokélantis gave an evil smile and says that this world now belongs to he

## How and why he would join Bad End Friends

After a month, The King of Pokélantis (now Dark Ash) had already dominated but half the world, becoming a cruel and sadistic dictator, not caring about anyone but himself, Dark Ash tortured Brendan, just because he found it amusing to see Brendan's suffering, he forced Brendan to teach him how to pilot the Battle Pyramid (which facilitated his World conquest), he also destroyed the Orb that was previously trapped, so that no one could stop his conquest , after 2 months, Dark Ash had completely conquered the world and now anyone who didn't follow his orders would be killed, Dark Ash was bored, as he had conquered the world and caused a lot of chaos and destruction, until suddenly, a portal opened in his throne room, Bipper and Darcy appeared, Dark Ash is curious and asked who they were, Darcy looks outside the Pyramid and sees some destroyed cities, Darcy suggests that Bipper invite Dark Ash to the group, after all he was powerful, Bipper then says that they are recruiting members for their group and asks if Dark Ash wants to join them, Dark Ash realizes that there is no point in just commanding that world anymore, so he accepts the invitation and so Dark Ash joins the BEF, with the aim of conquering the infinite worlds of infinite dimensions

## Appearance

Dark Ash is a thin and slender pre-teen with a dark shade of spiky cyan hair, lightly tanned skin, and brown eyes with two distinct lightning bolt-shaped markings on his cheeks below each eye. He wears a black and red hat with a Poké Ball. green, a blue sleeveless sweatshirt with gold details and a white hood, a black short-sleeved t-shirt with a red stripe, black fingerless gloves with light green edges, light blue jeans and blue sneakers, Dark Ash always has an aura of his own Dark Energy

## Personality

Dark Ash is a selfish and arrogant tyrant who sought absolute control over everything around him, and managed to dominate his world, he will do anything to win Pokémon battles and to get what he wants, Dark Ash had absolutely no qualms about using dirty tactics in battle, such as causing debris to fall on his opponents and using living shields, due to his arrogance, he totally refuses to accept defeat, Dark Ash is completely sadistic and crazy, he will kill anyone who stands in his way and will do anything to emerge victorious

## Abilities

•***King Experience*** (as the former King of Pokélantis, Dark Ash has good knowledge and experience about Pokémon)

•***Athletic Physical Characteristics*** (Dark Ash has athletic ability, despite his young age, Dark Ash is very athletic and physically capable, in fact, Dark Ash has been called the “human Mankey” because of his ability to climb, in addition to climbing, Dark Ash can run, swing on vines, carry heavy loads and swim, Dark Ash can also survive attacks from Pokémon for a long period of time without taking much damage, although this depends on the situation, additionally, Dark Ash is a fighter talented and skillful)

•***Battle Intelligence*** (Dark Ash's tactical battle ability is incredible and insidious, he uses type advantages against his opponents and will also do anything to win, such as using hostages or cheating in battle)

•***Dark Energy*** (Dark Ash can use and control dark energy, and can use this ability to steal items such as Poké Balls, after his Bad Ending, this ability became more incredible and powerful, Dark Ash can summon a lot of Dark Energy, to the point of covering a large room completely, this Dark Energy has become even faster and more accurate, so Dark Ash can steal more quickly and easily, as well as arrest people faster too)

## Pokémon team and their abilities

***Regirock***: Focus Punch, Iron Defense, Hyper Beam, Lock-On, Stone Edge, Shock Wave and Zap Cannon

***Registeel***: Metal Claw, Zap Cannon, Lock-On, Hyper Beam, Iron Head, Flash Cannon and Focus Punch

***Regice***: Blizzard, Ice Beam, Focus Punch, Rest, Zap Cannon and Hyper Beam

***Dusclops***: Confuse Ray, Mean Lock, Will-O-Wisp and Shadow Punch

***Ninjask***: Double Team, Aerial Ace, Sandstorm and Sand Attack

***Solrock***: Shadow Ball, Solar Beam, Psywave and Confusion

***Sceptile***: Leaf Blade, Pound, Quick Attack, Bullet Seed, Solar Beam, Agility and Leef Storm

## Weaknesses

•***Arrogance*** (Dark Ash is very arrogant, always underestimating those who appear to be weak)

•***Weak Possession*** (If Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on Dark Ash, the Spirit of the King of Pokélantis will leave the body, but this weakness was overcome when the King of Pokélantis completely dominated Ash's body)

•***Destroyed Body*** (If Dark Ash's body is completely destroyed, the Spirit of the King of Pokélantis will leave and be left without a body)

## Interactions with the BEF

Dark Ash loves to cause terror and chaos across dimensions, just for the pure pleasure of it, Dark Ash loves to cause destruction alongside Bipper, Darcy, Demon King Tanjiro, Evil Jake and Madness Pico, but the BEF he calls on most to cause destruction is Rocket Red, after all, are both Pokémon trainers and hate losing, but Dark Ash hates Rocket Red's "sentimentality" towards his Pokémon and "family members" (stating that Rocket Red should stop caring about it, but Rocket Red doesn't care what Dark Ash says, but always agrees to cause destruction alongside Dark Ash)

## Behind the scenes

Pokémon is a Japanese anime series, part of the Pokémon media franchise from The Pokémon Company, which premiered on TV Tokyo in April 1997, Dark Ash first appeared in the 33rd episode of Pokémon: Battle Frontier: Battling the Enemy Within!  (this episode is the 455th overall)

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## Trivia

•Dark Ash is the first BEF in the Pokémon anime

•Dark Ash is the second character in the Pokémon franchise, the first being Rocket Red

•The only Ash Pokémon that Dark Ash uses is Sceptile, other than him, he only uses Brandon's Pokémon

•After conquering the world, Dark Ash still tried to find Ho-Oh so he could get revenge, but he never found him

•Dark Ash destroyed the Orb he was trapped in before, so nothing could stop him from dominating the World

•Ash's original Japanese name is "Satoshi" and he is named and based on Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon

•For some unspecified reason, Ash is 10 years old, even though there are some indications that at least 1 year has passed since the beginning of his adventures, so he should be 12-13 years old, but his canonical age is 10 years old (his age until became a meme in Pokémon fandom, due to the fact that Ash doesn't age)

•When Dark Ash killed Ash's friends, Ash's mind was completely broken, and so his mind ceased to exist, losing control of his body forever

•Dark Ash still uses the Battle Pyramid as a type of ship, he mainly uses it to invade worlds, Darcy further improved the Battle Pyramid, so the Battle Pyramid flies faster and fires extremely destructive energy blasts (which can destroy mountains easily)