Ash's Aura Training

After leaving Pallet Town, Ash was on his way to Rota. This time he wasn't just going to visit it. He was going there with the intention of training his aura. Ash had no idea what he going to do to train his aura, but he did know it would be serious training.

"I need to prepare once I arrive." Ash said to himself.

Soon he reached the town of Rota and made his way over to the Pokemon Center. Once he entered the Pokemon Center, a young woman came up to him.

"Excuse me." She said. "Are you Ash Ketchum?"

"Yes I am." Ash answered.

"Oh thank goodness." The woman said. "My name is Annie and I work at the palace. I had received instructions to bring you to the palace as soon as you arrived."

"So we're going to Cameran Palace?" Ash asked.

"Yes and her majesty is waiting for you." Annie said.

Ash couldn't believe it. He was going to Cameran Palace to see Queen Ilene again.

"It's been a while since my last visit to the palace." Ash said.

So Ash went to the palace with Annie. Once they got there and entered the throne room they were greeted by Queen Ilene and Jenny.

"It's nice to see you again Ash." Queen Ilene said.

"It's been a long time Ilene." Ash replied. "Thanks for inviting me here."

He bowed to the queen.

"Ah so you are Ash." A voice said.

There was a man in the throne room with a Lucario by his side. He had black hair and blue eyes and he wore brown trousers, a black jumper, a blue jacket and hat and black shoes. He also nearly looked like a reincarnation of Sir Aaron.

"You must be Riley." Ash guessed.

"Yes I am." Riley said. "I had heard about you Ash and Prof. Oak was right about you having the power of aura. I can feel it emanating from you."

Ash stared for a second.

"Me too." He said. "I feel it emanating from you as well. I was told that aura users can sense other aura users."

"That is true Ash." Riley said. "And I'm happy to know about you using aura."

"I must ask Riley." Ash said. "Training my aura won't stop me from being a Pokemon trainer, will it?"

"Normally it takes years for someone to master their aura." Riley said. "But your aura has already developed. So this training may not take as long as a year or so."

Ash was relieved because he didn't want to give up his journeys for a long time. Riley explained to Ash that they were going to stay at Cameran Palace to train Ash's aura. Ash was amazed that he would be living in the palace; it was almost like he was royalty. Jenny told the men that she had two bedrooms ready for them, but she also warned them not to mess up the rooms and no battling either. Ash and Riley promised to be good while they stayed in the palace.

That evening, Ash and Riley had dinner with Queen Ilene. The training was going to start tomorrow.

"Ash, Queen Ilene told me that you have psychic powers as well as aura." Riley said.

"It's true." Ash said.

He explained that his ancestor Celeste and about how he discovered his psychic powers at the Saffron Gym.

"It felt weird when I first used my psychic and aura power because I never knew I had these powers before then." Ash said.

"I understand Ash." Riley replied. "Because I also didn't realize I had aura power when I was a little kid either. It was after I had grown up more that I realized I had aura power. Sometimes it takes a while for people to unleash the power they had been born with."

Through the rest of dinner Ash told Riley and Queen Ilene how helpful his psychic powers were at identifying bad people in disguise, stopping bad people from getting away and other things like that. He also told them how his aura power had helped him whenever he was lost. Riley thought that Ash had done very well with using his power.

After dinner was finished everyone went to bed. Ash was happy to be sleeping in a big room; it was living like royalty.

"Time for me to get a good night's sleep." Ash said. "Tomorrow's going to be a long day."

*The next day...*

Ash's aura training was about to begin. Queen Ilene had allowed him and Riley to use the castle grounds and the forest for their training. Ash wasn't wearing his hat and hoodie.

"Okay Ash, the first thing we are going to do is meditate." Riley said. "Meditating will help connect you more with your inner aura."

So Ash, Riley and Lucario sat cross-legged on the grass to meditate.

"Concentrate Ash." Riley said. "Do not let anything, even the slightest noise distract you."

Ash did as he was told; he had meditated before and he knew how important it was to concentrate while meditating.

"Good Ash." Riley said.

After the meditating was finished Riley decided to test Ash and his aura.

"Okay Ash, what you'll be doing is walking your way through the forest to where there is a rock in the shape of a Pidgey and coming back again." He said. "But you will be doing it blindfolded and you have to use your aura to see where you are going."

This was to test to see how good Ash was using his aura to see where he was going. Riley placed a blindfold over Ash's eyes and then he went off into the forest himself.

So Ash started to walk into the forest alone. With the blindfold over his eyes he couldn't see where he was going, so he concentrated to use his aura.

"I can do this." Ash said. "I know I can because the aura is with me."

It was then Ash saw his surroundings, thanks to the aura and made his way to the Pidgey shaped rock and then back to Riley and Lucario.

"Phew." Ash sighed. "That was quite a challenge, especially since I was blindfolded."

"It's for a good cause Ash." Riley said. "If you get lost in the dark or in the fog, your aura will show you the way."

Ash understood. After all, his aura helped him in a cave and a building before.

"Now Ash I will be doing more tests with you and something else." Riley said. "Are you willing to go through with them?"

"I am." Ash said. "I made a promise to an old friend before he died that I would train my aura, and I will do it no matter how long it takes and no matter what it takes."

Riley liked Ash's determination and promised him that they would be working hard.

So Ash got through his first day of aura training, but he still had more work to go through.

Over the next few days Ash worked hard on his aura training. After meditating with Riley and Lucario, Ash would be doing more practicing with aura. Riley still tested him with having to use aura to see where he was going blindfolded and he even had him use it to see where he was going at night time when it got pitch black outside with no moon to light the way. And when the foggy days came Riley also had Ash use his aura to find his way through the mists and fog. Ash was happy to be practicing this; he knew that this would be very helpful in the future like it had been in the past.

One day, Ash and Riley were meditating again.

"Today Ash, you will be learning something very difficult for aura users." Riley said.

"What is it?" Ash asked.

Before Riley could say anything, Ash's ears picked up on something.

"We'll have to wait." He stood up and went into the forest. "I think a Pokemon's in trouble."

Riley and Lucario followed him.

They came to a river, which was rampaging dangerously. Ash noticed a Pokemon clinging to a rock in the middle of the river. It was black, blue and yellow and it resembled a lion cub.

"That's a Shinx." Riley said. "It must have fallen into the river."

The river was too deep and dangerous to get to Shinx by foot.

"In that case."