Chapter seven (AKPKMN)

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It was finally the day that Ash would earn his eighth badge and he was looking forward to a great battle.

Ash entered the Viridian City Gym. "Giovanni! I've come to challenge you!" He called out.

"I've been expecting you, kid," Giovanni said, sitting on a raised platform in the shadows. "This will be a five-on-five battle, with substitutions allowed. Go Golem!"

"Go Blastoise!" Ash said.

Giovanni started the battle off by having Golem use Rock Slide, which was countered by Water Pulse and followed up with Hydro Pump; blasting Golem into a wall, unconscious. Giovanni returned Golem and sent out his Nidoqueen, which Ash knew could learn Thunder.

"Thunder!" Giovanni said, going right for the kill.

"Dodge and use Ice Beam!" Giovanni had Nidoqueen dodge it, but she was forced on the defensive and was eventually hit by an Ice Beam and rendered unable to battle, angering Giovanni, who needed to defeat Ash's powerful Blastoise.

"Go Nidoking, use Thrash!"

Ash had Blastoise dodge and use Water Pulse, which was dodged, but now Ash's Pokemon was forced on the defensive, but, unlike Giovanni's Pokemon it was in a fighting retreat and was still weakening Nidoking quite badly. A simple Rain Dance to exploit Blastoise' hidden ability Rain Dish to recover and then another Water Pulse and Giovanni had his third defeated Pokemon.

"Impressive," Giovanni admitted grudgingly.

Giovanni returned his defeated Nidoking and sent out his Dugtrio and had it use Dig. Ash replied by having Blastoise soak the ground in water to make it move easier and give hints as to where Dugtrio was... After figuring out where Dugtrio was going to attack, Ash had Blastoise use Protect, and once Dugtrio surfaced, used Hydro Cannon. Dugtrio was easily defeated and Giovanni returned it and sent out his Rhydon, which was quickly defeated by yet another Hydro Cannon...

"Well, you win," Giovanni said, very irritated. Giovanni tossed Ash the Earth Badge. "8000 Poke dollars will be transferred into your account within the hour."

"Thanks, I'm off to train." Ash said before leaving.

After informing his mother of his victory, Ash left for his private island to train.

With his eighth badge won, Ash also decided to finally complete his purge of Team Rocket.

It actually didn't take him longer than a month.

Annie and Oakley, and Ash was starting to think there was a gag there, were both easily killed. Ash put them both to sleep and then killed them instantly... because that made murder so much better. Yes, that was sarcasm.

The Admins of Team Rocket were all hunted down and mercilessly killed.

All remaining Team Rocket grunts associated with the admins and teams were killed, and some who were still involved in crime but had left Team Rocket were murdered too. Ash was being very thorough in his purge and had already stolen billions in wealth from Team Rocket.

Ash just needed to kill Giovanni and the last surviving members of Team Rocket that had joined together for safety in numbers.

Viridian City Gym, the place where Team Rocket would finally die... When Ash arrived, he quickly killed the two men guarding the door and entered.

"What are you doing in here?!" An assistant asked, but she quickly had her throat cut and fell onto the floor and began to bleed out. Ash normally would have hesitated, but everyone here was with Team Rocket.

"Saving the world..." Ash replied, to the still living assistant, in a distorted voice caused by his disguise.

Ash used his Aura and Psychic powers to sense out Giovanni's supporters and kill them... crushing them, burning them, beheading them, and even blowing them apart with Aura Spheres.

And that was only in the actual gym, and not in the secret base underground.

Ash tore through Team Rocket at first, blasting the bases door to smithereens and sending shrapnel at the grunts... dozens died in mere moments and Ash continued the slaughter by killing over a dozen more.

And then Ash encountered Team Rocket members who were waiting for him... Ash was blasted into a wall by a Flamethrower before redirecting it onto other grunts and burning them alive. With a burst of psychic energy, all grunts and Pokemon were sent flying backwards, but Ash caught the humans and snapped their necks with a mere thought. The Pokemon, a Houndour, was quickly returned to its Poke Ball and was left unharmed.

Ash continued deeper into the base, but he sensed a team arriving to capture him. He used his magic and disabled all technology within the base... including the lights and night vision goggles. When the team arrived, all ten of them were easily killed by Aura Blades.

Using ambush tactics, hundreds were easily killed... and Ash was soon faced with Giovanni himself.

"If you join me, I'll make you a very powerful and wealthy man," Giovanni said, having restored power to his office.

"Die with some dignity, Giovanni... I already have money and power. I'd have thought that you would be asking me why I targeted Team Rocket."

"Why then?"

"Because you eventually succeed in ruling the world and expand your ambition to include the multiverse. Your one mistake was failing to understand that there were powers beyond even Pokemon... beings who embody concepts like Death, Fate, and Destiny... All of them want all versions of you dead. Speaking of..." Ash levitated Giovanni from his chair, taking his Poke Balls away and then pinning him to the wall.

Ash accessed Giovanni's accounts, draining them into his own untraceable account, and then Ash took knowledge of Giovanni's other assets, wealth, and resources.

"Death will see you now... well, after your execution, anyway," Ash said, before using a version of the Cruciatus Curse designed for executions that fed upon life-force to torture people to death. Giovanni lasted twenty minutes before he finally died, but Giovanni had the last laugh... all of his screaming gave Ash a headache.

With Giovanni dead and Team Rocket finally destroyed, Ash began training for the Indigo Conference. All known clients and agents of Team Rocket were later assassinated.

Pikachu, Gyarados, Pidgeot, Starmie, Cloyster, Kingdra, Venusaur, Blastoise, Steelix, Alakazam, Gengar, Electivire, Magmortar, Golem, Ninetails, Arcanine, Rhyperior, Houndoom, Machamp, Magneton, Gligar, Misdreavus, Heracross, and Piloswine were all leveled up to 75 and they began learning additional moves. It was very time consuming and extremely exhausting. Ash had to teach Piloswine Ancient Power so that it could finally evolve, but it was done and Ash was pleased with his Mamoswine.

Charizard was leveled up to 77 and was taught Blast Burn and several other moves.

Dragonite and Aerodactyl were leveled up to 81 and began learning new moves.

Tyranitar was leveled up to 82 and began learning a few more new moves.

Lapras was leveled up to 70 and began learning new moves.

Apart from that, Ash had doubled his base magical power, then tripled it, and then multiplied it by seven-fold with rituals. He could now support a lot of Pokemon with familiar bonds... a small army of them in fact. Pikachu and Gyarados were the first, Ash was the closest to them, and Charizard was next, but Ash was saving his power for his others and possible future Pokemon.

Ash also 'acquired' the designs of the machine to resurrect fossils and adapted it to operate in a magic-rich environment. Once that was done, Ash began resurrecting the extinct Pokemon and created a preserve for them all to live. Long term, Ash hoped to have their populations up high enough for trainers to be able to catch them in a few centuries.

It was inevitable that he would eventually tire of training and need a break though... It was also inevitable that Ash would also technically work during that so-called break... His goal? Catch a Zapdos and Moltres to complete the trio. Ash, of course, succeeded and he even killed some prick named Lawrence the third who intended to capture the original trio... an act that would have endangered the world. Ash had also added a few billion to his account.

Ash had also completed his acquisition of the wrecked Pokemon Land and the Celadon Game Corner and had bought up some of Giovanni's family estates and other properties. It required liberal applications of his magic, but it was done and his future was secure. The wrecked robotic Pokemon were salvaged and Ash had arranged for Pokemon Land to become a festival and tournament grounds as part of his plan for his legacy... an all new challenge with the strongest trainer at the top, a trainer stronger than any champion, and with former champions as the Elite Four, and Elite Four level trainers as Gym Leaders.

Ash wasn't sure why, but Death wanted to speak with him... Ash was nervous and was wondering if he had done all that was required to purge Team Rocket. Ash knew that he could kill anyone that he had missed and that neither Death nor Fate could kill him, but they could still make his life very very difficult. Still, Ash began to meditate so that he could focus on the conversation.

*"You aren't in any trouble, Ash,"* Death spoke into his mind. *"You were extremely thorough, all those who deserved death were killed... and now you must be rewarded."*

"I'll be declining eternal life if it's offered," Ash snarked.

*"It won't be,"* Death replied. *"How about a Mew that we resurrected? And a male Lugia that desires to grow far stronger?"* Death asked.

"Will that get you into trouble?" Ash asked.

*"No, I am Death. Resurrecting humans is forbidden, but resurrecting any good Pokemon is acceptable. It betters the world by restoring its guardians... besides you have done a great deed and this is your reward. As for Lugia, he will come to you."*

"Then I accept," Ash agreed.

*"Good. We hope that you will destroy Cipher next,"* Death said. *"They corrupt Pokemon and are a priority target, but a circle of holy fire will easily purify the Shadow Pokemon... Some may even wish to be caught by you."* Death said, before retreating from Ash's mind without so much as a goodbye.

When Ash exited meditation he was greeted by a floating Mew.

"Hello," Ash said politely, and Mew replied by hugging him. "Okay then," Ash said in amusement, hugging Mew back. "Would you like me to officially catch you?" Mew responded by touching an empty Poke Ball and allowed herself to be caught... after she was successfully captured Mew came back outside and went to go play with Togepi and the others.

Ash only needed 13 more Pokemon and then he would have the entire Kanto Pokedex completed.

After retrieving his Pikachu, Electivire, Zapdos, Articuno, Gengar, Gyarados, Magneton, and, finally, his Gyarados, Ash went to wait for the soon to be arriving Lugia... and Ash expected a fight from it. Lugia would likely want Ash to prove himself worthy of being his trainer.

The Lugia arrived half-an-hour later and Ash was eager and hopeful.

"Hello, Lugia," Ash greeted. "Have you come to join me?"

*"Show me the strength of your Pokemon and I might,"* Lugia replied, telepathically.

"Then face my oldest Pokemon," Ash said, before selecting his Gyarados' Poke Ball and sending him out. Gyarados roared in challenge at Lugia... a challenge that Lugia accepted with great confidence.

Lugia used Aeroblast, but Gyarados countered with Hydro Pump and the attacks were of equal power... Gyarados used Ice Beam next, which Lugia dodged and replied with Ancient Power, but Gyarados blew it apart with Dark Pulse and then used Thunderbolt, knocking Lugia into the water and allowing Gyarados to get in yet another Thunderbolt and then trapping Lugia with an Ice Beam. Still sensing Lugia's willingness to keep fighting and its usage of Recover, Gyarados blasted the ice apart with Hyper Beam, damaging the freshly healed Lugia and causing him to surface and attack the rapidly recovering Gyarados.

But that endurance and stamina training had paid off and Gyarados barely dodged and hit Lugia with another Thunderbolt before freezing Lugia in ice with Ice Beam.

"Now! Finish him with another Thunderbolt!" Ash called out, and Gyarados hit Lugia as it was still using Recover to heal itself, undoing the healing and allowing Ash and Gyarados to capitalize by using a final Thunderbolt... defeating Lugia.

Ash threw a Poke Ball, capturing Lugia... after three dings it registered a successful capture.

After having Lugia healed in his private Pokemon Center, which was partly automated, he introduced Lugia and Mew to his other Pokemon.

"Everyone!" Ash said, getting his Pokemon's attention. "This is Mew who allowed herself to be caught after being guided here, and this is Lugia he battled Gyarados to assess my skills as a trainer and to assess my Pokemon's strength. Lugia was defeated and caught."

"I'll win next time," Lugia stated boldly.

"In your dreams," Gyarados replied.

Due to both his Aura and Psychic abilities Ash easily understood them.

"Boys! You're both very strong, but save it for our enemies." Ash said, to his other Pokemon's amusement. "After the Indigo Conference I'll be training all of my Pokemon and thankfully most of the new Legendaries are around level 75-to-77, with Mew being at level 100. I hope to get all of you up to level 100 Post-Indigo Conference and while traveling through Johto and training for the Silver Conference." The Pokemon all cheered.

"There will be some really hard battles in the Indigo Conference, but if we all work hard, prepare, and are well-rested then we should manage a win. It will require an ideal balance between the three though... that's why we will be resting frequently and making sure that every single one of us is at 100%. That means routine check-ups after training. There are just a few weeks until the Indigo Conference so we will mostly be just maintaining your current strength, refining your control over moves and your bodies, and studying our possible future opponents. I will also be completing the Kanto Pokedex, only needing 13 more Pokemon."

So it was with three weeks until the Indigo Conference that Ash began catching Pokemon again... it wasn't that hard, until he realized that he needed a Snorlax and three Eevee's.

For the Snorlax, Ash was informed of one terrorizing the Grapefruit Islands. Ash easily caught it with his Machamp.

Eevee's were harder to get, but Ash had managed and getting them up to a level where evolving wouldn't ruin their potential thankfully wasn't hard.

Through hard work, luck, and divine favor Ash had finally completed the Kanto Pokedex.

With the Indigo Conferences beginning imminent, Ash went to sleep eager to prove himself and get himself one step closer to becoming a Pokemon Master.

To become a Master you had to complete the Pokedex; catching all Pokemon, win a League Conference, and then defeat the Elite Four and Champion. There were different kinds of Mastery though. Regional, multi-regional, national, multi-national, and finally global. The problem was that becoming a Pokemon Master was extremely difficult, but Ash was fortunate enough to catch Mewtwo; a truly unique Pokemon.

There were now two possible Pokemon Masters, and Ash was one of them.