Chapter five (AKPKMN)

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**Lezaroth:** Silver is a minor character, on the Pokemon wiki he's listed as Silver (Sevii Islands), and in my story he's Ash's dad. I might use it to hide knowledge, but I have another option for the Legendary issue. His older Pokemon receive training to maintain their power and skill.

**Lazymanjones96:** Well I'm posting two chapters today to celebrate the story being added to a community and gaining a hundred followers.

**frankieu:** You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it.

**Phenomenal Ultra Instinct:** If Sabrina learned that she would probably just extort him into conceiving children with her in the future. Yeah, Ash had years of preparation and the Resurrection Stone for advice.

**SkylerHollow:** Ash was given entire armies of enemies in the form of Team Rocket and the like. Ash will also battle champions and Elite Four to spice things up.

**keyblademeister88:** Glad you liked that little joke at Giovanni's expense.

**Lilithnocte:** Yeah, Team Rocket had to die in at least one of my stories. And the pairing is... Ash/Cynthia, but it'll be a minor thing.

Ash had arrived in Saffron City and was eager to challenge Sabrina and hopefully get his fourth badge. Ash was reasonably confident in his victory and he had trained his Pokemon hard. Ash had trained his Gengar, Houndoom, Misdreavus, and his Tyranitar to the point that they should easily win him the badge. Ash would be using Gengar, Tyranitar, and Houndoom against Sabrina though, they had the advantage and should help him win. Ash entered the Saffron City Gym.

"Hello?" Ash asked, seeing an empty room. "I'm here to challenge Sabrina to an official battle!" Ash sensed someone trying to sneak up on him, but not with any ill intent so he let them have their fun despite his own irritation.

"I'll lead you to Sabrina," a nearby voice said.

"Thank you," Ash replied, finding the old mans annoyance at having failed to scare him very amusing.

"Lady Sabrina. You have a challenger, Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town." The old man said before leaving.

"Thank you," Sabrina said, speaking through her doll with her powers. "Your mind is the most well-protected that I've ever encountered. It's a solid impenetrable wall of power guarding it. Very impressive." Sabrina said, admiring Ash's mental defenses created over a period of several centuries of life in his original world.

"Thank you," Ash replied, finding the attack on his mind annoying.

"This will be a three-on-three battle with no substitutions allowed." The referee said. "The first to lose three Pokemon will lose the battle."

"Go Espeon!"

"Go Houndoom! Use Foul Play!" Ash said, starting off strong and inflicting major damage to Espeon. It was super effective and then Ash had Houndoom follow it up with another Foul Play; rendering Sabrina's Espeon unconscious, and shocking Sabrina with the speed and brutality. Ash wanted to end this quick to save Houndoom's strength for her other Pokemon.

"Espeon is unable to battle. Gym Leader Sabrina, send out your next Pokemon." The referee said. Sabrina sent out her Mr. Mime next and had it use Psychic.

"Dodge and use Flamethrower!" Ash said, though Mr. Mime sent it right back at Houndoom, activating her ability of Flash Fire and strengthening her. Ash decided to use his own psychic abilities to communicate with Houndoom. They were vastly superior to Sabrina's powers and would help him greatly.

Flamethrower, Ash commanded to Sabrina's shock and Mr. Mime suffered severe damage, which was then worsened by a Foul Play attack and finally a Crunch attack that caused it to faint. That Flash Fire ability was really helpful!

"Mr. Mime is unable to battle. Gym Leader Sabrina, send out your next Pokemon."

"Go Abra!" Houndoom dodged the Psybeam and counter-attacked with Smog and then followed it up with Flamethrower. Houndoom was suddenly grabbed and then slammed into the floor, walls, and floor again, while Ash waited. Flamethrower! Ash thought suddenly and Abra took a direct hit and was burned, but still managed to blast Houndoom into a wall, unconscious.

"Houndoom is unable to battle. Challenger, send out your next Pokemon." Ash returned Houndoom and sent out Gengar.

"Destiny Bond!" Ash mentally commanded, while Abra was still recovering. Ash smirked when it hit. That secured his victory. "Hex." Ash mentally commanded and Abra was blasted into a wall. "Shadow Ball barrage!"

"Abra is unable to battle. The winner is Ash from Pallet Town!" The referee said.

Sabrina levitated over and silently presented Ash with the Marsh Badge. "5000 Poke dollars has also been transferred into your account. Your psychic abilities are quite impressive for an eleven year old."

"Thank you. I'm self-taught." Ash replied, but they were actually quite mediocre considering that he was centuries old. His psychic potential grew greatly in this short life and his abilities were actually quite under-developed.

"Feel free to contact me you are ever interested in further training."

Ash merely nodded in reply, having no intention of doing so. Spending more time with Sabrina would risk his exposure and it wasn't impossible that he would have a lapse in concentration or forget to conceal his true full power. Sabrina would be the most likely to expose him as the one wiping out Team Rocket and that was unacceptable to Ash.

After having his Pokemon checked out and healed, Ash apparated to Fuchsia City.

For his battle with Koga, an Elite Four candidate, Ash would be using his Steelix, Graveler, and Tyranitar, but had his other Pokemon on hand to better adapt to Koga's strategies. Ash was fortunate to get his battle request immediately accepted.

"This battle will be a three-on-three Pokemon battle, with only you allowed to make substitutions." Koga said. "This is to make it more challenging for me." Koga added in explanation.

Ash nodded, and sent out his Steelix. Koga sent out his Venomoth.

"As the challenger you may have the first move," Koga said.

"Alright. Sandstorm!" Ash said, to Koga's annoyance. That move had just countered his spore and powder moves quite well.

"Use Toxic!" Koga ordered.

"Counter with Dragon Breath and then use Stealth Rock," Ash ordered, and once Steelix did as ordered, annoying Koga further in the process, Ash had Steelix use Rock Slide to knock Venomoth down to the ground and then Stone Edge to finish it off.

"Venomoth is unable to battle. Gym Leader Koga, send out your next Pokemon."

Koga returned his defeated Pokemon and sent out his Koffing, which took damage from Sandstorm and Stealth Rock, but Koga had it use Smokescreen and then he ordered it to get close... to counter Koga's suspected strategy Ash had Steelix use Dig. Sure enough, Koga blindly ordered Koffing to use Self-Destruct, not realizing that Steelix was safe under ground.

Ash just took the win and smirked when Koga looked shocked.

"That's why you don't fight blind..." Ash said with a smirk.

"I am a Ninja Master, I can easily fight blind," Koga refuted.

"Apparently not, oh mighty, wise, and powerful Ninja Master. Or maybe it just applies to actual human battles." Ash said, angering Koga. "Either way, please send out your final Pokemon. If my Steelix can do a team sweep on you then I'm throwing a party."

Koga glared and sent out his Golbat, which took damage from Sandstorm and Stealth Rock.

"Steelix, surface and use Rock Slide!" Ash ordered.

"Double Team!" Koga replied, and Golbat evaded the attack.

"Use Dragon Breath on all of them!" Ash ordered and the Golbat were quickly burned away and the real one was revealed. "Rock Slide!"

"Golbat is unable to battle. The winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" The referee said.

Koga walked over and presented Ash with the Soul Badge. "6000 Poke dollars has also been transferred into your account..."

"I'm surprised that I was beaten so easily, but you are very skilled and your Steelix is very well trained. I look forward to watching you in the Indigo Conference and hopefully battling you in the future should you decide to challenge the Elite Four and Champion."

Ash nodded and after saying farewell he left the Fuchsia City Gym.

After having his Steelix healed, Ash continued traveling and training...

In the Safari Zone Ash caught a Chansey, which was extremely fortunate for him.

After winning over twenty-thousand Poke dollars off trainers, Ash was in good spirits... it was ruined when he discovered an abandoned Eevee. He wasted no time in taking it back to its trainer... who abandoned it due to lacking the nerve to stand up to his idiotic brothers. And then they tried pressuring Ash into evolving his Pikachu into a Raichu.

"Okay, morons, listen up," Ash said, angering them. "You don't even know my Pikachu's personality, level, or his own ambitions. He wants to reach the limit of his strength as a Pikachu, which is quite a bit. Skill and experience can counter a more evolved Pokemon and that is an undeniable fact that is accepted by experts everywhere. If you ever force another trainers Pokemon to evolve then you can have your trainer license stripped from you. Yes, that is a great crime that you so casually speak of committing... it strips a trainer of their choice and a Pokemon of their choice."

"You evolved your Eevee's too soon and they lost access to several helpful moves due to your immaturity and mind-numbing idiocy. As for you, Mikey. Know your rights and don't be afraid to stand up to your idiotic brothers... your Eevee could have died, gotten eaten, been stolen, or you could have gotten into serious legal trouble. Consider this an unofficial warning from the Research Assistant of Professor Samuel Oak... and yes I do have the authority to do that." The brothers were angry, but were easily cowed into submission.

Ash raided Evolution Mountain for a lot of Evolution Stones, a little gold and silver, and a Pidgeotite Mega Evolution Stone... Ash was silently building up his collection collection of Mega Stones and he already had several.

Eventually, Ash arrived at a town plagued by a sleeping Snorlax and his sympathy for people who could soon starve to death was stirred. A casual use of the Imperious Curse and Snorlax was up and even ate the thorns that were blocking the river. Ash had tried to catch it, of course, but it already had a trainer.

Ash settled for a simple thank you after informing the mayor that the Snorlax had a trainer.

With his powerful Pokemon, Ash easily defeated the two rival gyms and bound them in chains. They were stripped of their wealth, which was set aside to pay for repairs to the city, and once a Nurse Joy from the Pokemon Inspection Agency got involved she insured that they would rebuild it themselves as punishment.

Of course while doing all of this traveling, Ash was also training. Getting all Pokemon up to level 60 was fun... Ash mainly battled other trainers and won their money.

At level 60, Ash evolved his Rhydon into a Rhyperior and his Graveler into a Golem.

As for the others, Ash began teaching them moves... Blastoise learned Hydro Cannon, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse, and Ice Beam, and Venusaur learned Frenzy Plant, Energy Ball, Double-Edge, and Toxic.

As for right now? Ash learned of a fossil rush and arrived in Grampa Canyon mere minutes ago. Ash had one plan and one plan only... use magic to find fossils and resurrect them, and then rebuild the population. Before he went public with that project Team Rocket and groups like them would all have to be purged... but all would be soon enough. Ash was hoping to deal with the Orre regions problems such as Team Cipher and Snagem soon, but he would also have to build a league and government there afterward.

"Point-Me Aerodactyl-" Ash began, but the Elder Wand suddenly pointed down. "I love magic!" Ash said, before warding the area and then using a tunneling spell to go down and catch it.

Ash arrived minutes later and he had a warded tunnel accessible only to him, and quickly cast spells to support the cave better.

It wouldn't do for it to come down on his head after all!

"Go Electivire, Pikachu, Magneton, Venusaur, Blastoise!" Ash called out, making sure to be loud. "Okay, we are hunting for a thought extinct Pokemon and we need to catch it and any others that we may find down here."

Drawing them out sort-of worked, but it attracted Pokemon other than Aerodactyl. According to the Pokedex, they were Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, and Omastar. Ash wasted no time in ordering his Venusaur to use Frenzy Plant, and Pikachu, Magneton and Electivire to use Thunderbolt. The ancient Pokemon never stood a chance; not even with what Ash suspected were powerful abilities, and all quickly fainted. Ash caught them all moments later.

"Keep your guards up. There is suppose to be an Aerodactyl too."

"Pika-pi!" Pikachu said, pointing in a direction where a strange noise was coming from. Ash psychically linked up to his Pokemon... Once it came into sight, Venusaur used Solar Beam, Blastoise used Ice Beam, and both Pikachu and Electivire used Thunderbolt, knocking Aerodactyl out. Ash quickly caught it.

"Thank you, all of you. With these few Pokemon a few species might be brought back from the brink of extinction."

Ash went to the surface to contact Professor Oak to warn him before he kept searching.

"Hello Ash. I just noticed your five new captures and I was about to go check on them. Is that why you're calling?"

"Yes, Professor. You know of the fossil rush on Grampa Canyon?" Oak nodded. "The rumors of extinction were somewhat exaggerated and I captured Aerodactyl, Kabuto, Kabutops, Omanyte, and Omastar. Two of each except the Aerodactyl. I'd like you to be extra secretive. This is a chance to restore near extinct species."

"That's incredible, Ash!" Oak said, looking forward to studying them. "Of course I'll keep them secret."

"Great. If Team Rocket found out... well it wouldn't be at all pretty. I'm working on locating huge numbers of fossils and if possible start breeding them to restore the populations... perhaps within a few centuries there could be larger numbers of them. I'm going to get back to searching, Professor."

"Take care, Ash," Oak replied, before ending the call.

Ash spent two days searching, but he found no more still living and thought extinct Pokemon. Ash found a Mega Evolution Stone for an Aerodactyl, a lot more fossils, rare metals; gold and silver, and he ended up leaving the subterranean cave very pleased with the fruits of his labor.

It was as he was leaving that he discovered a Pokemon egg... Ash didn't hesitate to pick it up. Ash hoped that it was an egg of a rare Pokemon, but he would cherish it either way.

After leaving Grampa Canyon Ash encountered a thief named Keith, who tried to steal his Poke Balls... Ash broke his arms and legs and then left him to suffer.

It was shortly after that when the new Pokemon Egg hatched... into a Togepi. Ash was glad that there were no witnesses, because he acted like a teenage girl when he was loving on it, but she was a baby Pokemon and didn't mind it. Ash was soon carrying Togepi and Pikachu around... Ash was also allowed to carry up to 13 Pokemon now after speaking with Professor Oak. Togepi had imprinted on Ash and saw him as her surrogate human father.

Ash also discovered another Team Rocket plot led by people named Butch and Cassidy, which Ash found odd. Jessie and James, Butch and Cassidy; it was an odd coincidence. Anyway, both were brutally killed and any of the stolen Pokemon were returned to their trainers.

Ash arrived on Cinnabar Island days later, eager to locate Blaine's disguised form and challenge him.