Hey all, just wanted to let you all know that this is my first fanfic, so any kind of feedback is highly appreciated. Another thing I wanted to tell all readers before I start the story is that not all of Ash's Pokemon will be included in this story, as well as characters from his journey. Pokemon that he rarely encountered in his adventure are on his team, and though the story might start kind of slow, it does get more "Interesting." Some of the Pokemon in this story talk in Italics, Flashbacks are also in italics. Sorry, just one more thing! This is a betrayal story, and this takes place also after the Kalos league, which to my knowledge hasn't happened yet. So it's set in the future. Enjoy!

FANFICTION: The Betrayed Rises

Chapter 1: 5 years later…

It was cold and windy at the top of Mount Silver, located between the Johto and Kanto Region. But something else was even colder, the mind of Ash Ketchum on December 26th, which happened to be the exact date when this story starts. He was 6 foot 1 inches tall, standing at the summit of the mountain, staring out into the clouds. He was calmly thinking about the event that had occurred 5 years prior, when a particular yellow mouse Pokémon ran over to him, and hopped on the same shoulder it always had not long after they began they journey in Johto. The Pokémon knew exactly what ash was thinking of, and though it didn't like to interrupt its master, it decided to anyway.

"Are you thinking about that day Ash?" Pikachu asked the small mouse Pokémon.

Ash let out a sigh and said to his trusted partner " Yeah, I am buddy. I just can't believe it's been 5 years since we left."

" Don't worry about it Ash, it was the right thing to do, I didn't see it coming either because neither of us thought they would betray us." Pikachu reassured him.

" I know buddy, it's been a training-filled 5 years huh? It just seems like yesterday that we were in the finals of the Kalos league…"

Flashback

It was the finals of the Kalos league. The fans were roaring as the Pokémon on the field below were giving it all they had. Each trainer was down to their final Pokémon, and it looked like it was about to end.

"Mamoswine use Blizzard!" A girl called across the field.

"Pikachu, you gotta get out of there!" A boy called desperately back to his badly injured Pokémon.

But it was too late. The powerful ice-type attack smashed into the electric type, ending the battle and the Kalos league final.

"Pikachu is unable to battle, Mamoswine wins! And the Victor of the Kalos League is Katherine Swanson!"

As she and her fans let out cries of joy, the boy was just sitting there, dumbstruck that once again, he had gone so far into a league and fell just short. Nevertheless, He ran over to his starter and grabbed him, and then took off for the Pokémon center.

Just a few days later, he arrived in Pallet Town, his home. Ash Ketchum looked down at the place he called home for his whole life. Slowly, a grin spread across his face, and he said to the Pokémon on his shoulder, "Come on Pikachu, let's go home." And with that, he took off for his house. As he burst the door open, he shouted: "Mom, I'm back!" And he was quite surprised when he felt someone grab him from behind and give him a bone-crushing hug. Ash knew exactly who it was and managed to get out: "Mom….Can't…Breathe…" and with slight hesitation Delia Ketchum released her death grip on her son.

"It's so great to see you again sweetie! Professor Oak said he wanted to see you at his lab for something. I'm sure it's nothing too important, so you should just head up there as soon as you can." Delia said while smiling at him.

When his mom released him, he said."Thanks Mom! I'm gonna go right now, so I'll be back soon!" as he sprinted back out the door to go to the Pokemon Lab.

As he got nearer and nearer to the laboratory, he felt his excitement increasing to see his Pokémon, as it always did. Like what he did at his home, he burst open the door of the laboratory, and was surprised to see nobody there even to welcome him. After a few seconds of thinking, he decided that they were waiting out back for him. Sure enough, he sprinted to the back where his Pokémon were supposed to be, and they were all back there, strangely all sitting by his friends from his previous regions, which was what he didn't expect. He was cheerful by this, thinking his friends were here to greet him, and said to them: "Hey guys, did you all come here to see me?"

Brock was the first to say anything, and it wasn't good:

"Actually Ash, we have something else we want to talk to you about."

He was speaking in a harsh manner; one that Ash had never heard brock ever speak with. Ash looked confused, but that turned to worry when he saw all of his other friends there, but he noticed a few were absent, which included May, Gary, and a few others. But his attention quickly was diverted back to the issue at hand, which he wasn't sure what the issue was just yet. But Misty quickly dismissed that thought:

"Ash," She began, "Look, we have traveled quite a bit with you, and we have decided that you aren't good enough to win any kind of tournament or league or whatever!" Cilan added: "With that said, we think you're kinda pathetic and should give up on that dream."

Ash looked stung and surprised, but what really made him surprised was what he asked next: "S-so you all f-feel this way?" He asked in a painful voice. After a few seconds, Iris finally said: "Yes Ash, we all do." Dawn added to that with a sigh: "You're always screwing things up for us, getting into mischief, and you are quite impolite at meal times on top of all that!" He then looked around and saw everyone nodding in agreement. He looked at all of them, with tears slowly forming in his eyes, and said in a roaring voice: "I'M NEVER GOING TO JUST GIVE UP ON THAT DREAM JUST BECAUSE YOU ALL THINK IT'S WORTHLESS TO PURSUE IT!"

After that, there was a moment of silence, until finally, Misty said: "Well Ash, now you have a choice. Give up on your dream of becoming a Pokémon master, or loose you friends for good." Ash didn't need any considering options after what he was going through. With tears streaming down his cheeks in large amounts he said: "I choose my dream over you traitors!" He then turned to his Pokémon, and his heart fell even more.

There in front of him, almost all his Pokémon stood with angry looks on their faces. The only exceptions were Infernape, Charizard, Sceptile, Gible, and Frogadier. They stood glaring at those who opposed them, Pikachu among them, who was still on Ash's shoulder. The ones that weren't and still were with Ash walked over to him with smiles on their faces. (Or however Pokémon show their respect to their trainer.) Ash then smiled at them, still crying slightly. He said: "Thanks guys." He returned them all, and with one last glare at the group, he said to them: "I'll be back, more powerful than ever, and every one of you will regret betraying me!" And he sprinted away, back towards the lab, and in midstride, called out charizard and flew away.

Ash shook his head at the memory of the betrayal. He had re-traveled the regions, getting more Pokémon and becoming stronger by every second. He wasn't sure if he wanted to return, but he knew he had to gain his revenge. And that opportunity had been given to him as he had earlier received a letter that stated:

Dear Mr. Satoshi,

Due to your excellence in recent events, you have been formally invited to

the Pokemon Tournament of the Century, the Tournament of Legends.

The tournament will be held on March 1st, of the current year. If you wish

To participate, please go to Lake Valor in the Sinnoh Region to enter. Only

the best are allowed to participate, so please consider entering. I thank you

for reading this letter and hope you consider entering the tournament.

Yours Truly,

Pikachu decided this would be a good time to ask Ash about just that and said to him: "Ash, are you going to enter that tournament? I highly recommend you do, I think it's time we get some revenge on those who didn't and probably still don't believe in us." Ash mused this over for a few minutes, Pikachu all the time still watching his trainer. After a bit, Ash stopped walking, smirked a little and said to his partner:

"Why don't we ask the gang what they think?" Pikachu smiled at his trainer, and they both sprinted back to their summit cave, where Ash's Pokémon were either resting, practice battling, or doing something else.

"HEY EVERYONE!" Ash yelled at the top of his lungs.

All his Pokémon got out from whatever they were doing and went over to Ash, who was standing there with a look of determination on his face, one that none of them had ever seen before since the day he was betrayed as he swore revenge on those who did betray him.

"We got a letter from not too long ago, and he has invited us to a very important competition! It's apparently called the Tournament of Legends, and I think we should enter it! I need your opinion right now, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD ENTER THIS CONTEST!?" He roared the last part, trying to rile up his team. His team gave their designated cries back in return, giving him the proof he needed that he should come out of hiding to enter this tournament.

"Alright, guys, the tournament isn't for another 3 months, so I say we train until maybe 2 weeks prior to the tournament. Are you all with me?!" Ash yelled the last part like before. The Pokémon cried out one last time and all cheered. Yes….it's finally time to get the revenge that we deserve…. Ash thought mentally.

Day of Betrayal…Gary's POV…1st person (POV)

I was walking into the lab when I saw Ash flying away on his Charizard, and I was even more surprised when he didn't stop at his house, just kept flying until he was out of sight. I was a little worried because I knew Ash had just gotten back, why was he leaving already? I then proceeded to go to the backyard where Ash's Pokémon were supposed to be kept. I was just about to walk through the already open door when I heard somebody, a male definitely, say in a harsh tone, "I can't believe he didn't listen to us. He's pretty worthless and he sure can't battle." I instantly recognized the voice as Max, Ash's good friend. I couldn't help but wonder what was going on, but then I heard Misty say: "Ash can't even win a tournament to save his life. He probably cheated to get through the Orange Islands." Now, after hearing what Misty said, other people were agreeing with them, I could easily guess who they were, I could guess what happened. It was Ash's friends and they had done something wrong to him. So, I made myself known. I walked through the door and yelled at them, "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO HIM? ASH HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY HIM?" I continued to yell at them in anger. After about 30 seconds of yelling, I realized that I was the only one who probably was going to know about the betrayal. So, I left them there with my words, hopefully stuck in their minds. Sighing, I knew I had to tell my dad and Ash's mom. Sure enough, my dad seemed dumbstruck, and Ash's mom started crying, and not shortly after demanded to speak with each of the betrayers parents. I gave each name calmly and slowly, the ones that had been new faces to me I had asked my dad for their names and Cross-Transceiver number.

Brock 123-456-4321

Misty 123-456-7890

Max 890-346-1290

Iris 489-092-1235

Cilan 489-092-2938

Dawn 357-678-0434

I left the Ketchum house pretty angry, but I remembered that Ash was feeling a ton worse than I was. I wondered where he currently was, and what he currently was doing…

2 weeks after betrayal…May's house…3rd person (POV)

May was sleeping peacefully, having a wonderful dream of a certain raven-haired boy she had been thinking of her whole life since she met when her alarm went off, ringing loudly. She cried out because she hadn't set an alarm of any kind. She quickly recalled who had came back from Kanto just the day prior, and she screamed: "MAX!" She got up, infuriated, stomping over to her brothers room, and sure enough, he was laughing hysterically, a tear falling down his cheek since he was laughing so hard. In fact, he was laughing so hard that he didn't see his elder sister looming over him with a murderous intent in her eyes. When he did stop a laughing a little, she had just taken a step towards him, and then charged at him. That made him stop laughing completely, and instantly begin to panic and jump out of his bed, immediately running towards the door and down the stairs, while may chased him around. However, they both stopped when they saw their parents walking down the stairs, with a not-so happy looks on their mom's face, and a mirroring her look. Both Max and May said together: "We'll be making breakfast!" Both parents calmed down after that.

After a early breakfast of 6:30, which had taken an hour to make, the Maple household sat down in their living room to discuss what happened in the Kanto region. Normally, Max wouldn't have been able to go, but Brock offered to accompany him along, saying he wanted to see Ash. As Max sat down in his favorite chair, the conversation started. It was normal, how Max arrived safely into the region and got to meet Professor Oak. But when the topic of Ash came up, he began nervously:

"Well, I waited awhile for Ash to show up, and his group of friends was already there, and they told me this plan, and well, I had to agree with them. Ash showed up, he looked pretty happy, and,… and, umm…. We kinda told him that,… that,…. He sucks at training Pokémon and should just give up on his dream. He sorta,… broke down after that,… took his Pokémon with him, and,… left the region." He finished awkwardly.

The living room was completely silent. Literally, no sound was made, NOT EVEN BREATHING WAS HEARD. Then, May exploded in many emotions, it started as anger, "YOU DID WHAT?! YOU TOLD HIM HE WAS A FAILURE OF A TRAINER?!" May yelled at her little brother in pure rage. Then she turned into a different emotion, "Do you have any idea what he meant to me? I LOVE HIM! And you just ruined my chances with him, now and maybe forever!" May cried with tears forming in her eyes. She then sprinted off to her room, and slammed the door loudly.

Max, still sitting there on the chair, looked at his parents and saw mainly two things, disappointment, and anger. Mrs. Maple was the first to regain her voice, after about 2 minutes of sitting quietly, which also counted May's outburst. She said quietly: "Max, you are grounded from leaving this house for 1 week, and are grounded from training your Pokémon for one month. CLEARLY, you cannot be trusted to be off on your own." She said somewhat angry, and the other disappointed. Max's jaw had dropped at the first punishment, and the second punishment had only doubled the length his jaw had fell. Norman just sat there, still too stunned to move. Mrs. Maple left the room shaking her head. Max still sat there, waiting to see what his dad had to say. But instead of exploding, he did something much worse in his opinion. He talked slowly, and very quietly.

He started with: "Do you know how much that boy meant to May? She's loved him quite some time now, and her plan was to tell him of her feelings when she went to Kanto next week so she could see him and get to do the contests there, of course, if there were any. You've just shattered her chances Max, I think further punishment should be included. Go up to your room and think about what you have done to Ash and May." Norman concluded. He got up and looked at his son with one last disapproving look. He then walked away, going to see his daughter.

In May's room…right after Max said what happened between her and Ash…

May sobbed into her mother's chest, saying quietly: "No…No…It can't be…" Her mom gave May a sorry look. May managed to choke out: "M-Mom…I-I-I was t-telling the truth d-down there…" she said between muffled sobs and cries. Her mother did nothing but stroke her hair, trying to soothe the young brunette from her pains. Then her father came in and stated to his wife and partially to May: "I don't know if Max has suffered enough for what he has done." His wife Caroline sighed, knowing he was right, and that it was going to be a harsh year.

Alright then, that's the end of chapter one, how'd I do? Just a few things I realized while I was typing up this chapter:

I forgot to say I don't own Pokémon and I also don't watch Pokémon. Having this said, I don't know currently what Pokémon is being recorded as "New" shows. I think the new shows are in Kalos if I am correct. This story will include Pokémon found in ALL REGIONS.

If I decide to put Ash and May together, I think there will be lemons. Not sure if I wanna do that yet 100%, cause this is my 1st one…

The characters that everyone knows that I won't be including, at least I'm thinking I won't be including, are Harley, Ritchie, Clemont, Bonnie, and others. Not sure of all just yet.

Next chapter should have one of the following

2 ½ month time skip from PRESENT DAY, Ash goes to the Tournament of Legends and encounters the betrayers

2 ½ month time skip from PRESENT DAY, Ash is doing last minute training/preparing when he sees May.

I think one of these should be included next chapter. Not sure either when I will upload it.

This part is VERY IMPORTANT: The Pokémon in this fanfic, don't have a four-move limit! I may change this depending on how the fanfic goes, but for now that's what I chose.

LAST ITEM! Please review and comment! I need the advice, any kind, any time. Thanks!

LegionZ