AN: Sorry for the super long wait but I've been having problems at home. I want to shift my course but my family objects and says to finish what I started but honestly I don't like it anymore. I chose my course because I thought it was fun but now it's like a chore that I don't want to do. I'm still trying to convince them that doing it half-heartedly would be bad but they wont listen. So yeah having many problems right now but I managed to get this out for you guys.

Happy reading.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon.

'Thoughts'
"HumanSpeech"
"PokeSpeech/pokedex"
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Chapter 6

It was dusk with the sun almost completely gone and darkness was beginning to settle in. Nurse Joy was standing at the counter looking at the PC, which gave her the current condition of the pokemon in her care. The nurse hummed to herself as she saw that almost all her patients were all healed except for the newly arrived ones and their treatments were almost done too. She allowed herself to relax and think about what her cousins in Viridian and Pewter said about a great new trainer over the phone.

Nurse Joy was worried then relieved when she heard what happened at Viridian. Thankfully, no one got hurt and even though it could've been dealt with easily it was obvious the boy played a great part at uniting the trainers there. Then the Pewter contest was over and she heard about the boy again as his performance was judged by her other cousin.

The nurse recalled that her cousins said his name was Ash and that he was a psychic. Now she wasn't like other people who were afraid of psychics. She and her relatives all treated them the same way they treated normal people. They treated a lot of psychic type pokemon and sometimes their trainers too so they knew that even with all the power they have they were still human. Judging by what the Pewter Joy said he should be going to stop by soon.

Nurse Joy was right as she saw a boy stop outside the doors and hastily getting off pf his bicycle and then one of the pokeballs on his belt opened and out came a larger than normal Espeon. The two hurried to the counter with grave expressions that had the nurse on edge.

'That look could only mean one thing,' Nurse Joy thought as she pressed a red button on her desk to call for a gurney in case there were some heavily injured pokemon.

By the time Ash got to the counter the gurney was already there with some Chansey nearby and Nurse Joy was right beside it.

"Nurse Joy, please help!" Ash said as he handed a pokeball to the nurse. The nurse turned off the stasis lock, released the pokemon, and was shocked.

"What happened!?" Nurse Joy exclaimed as she looked at Ash who looked angry and worried.

"Team Rocket," Ash said with gritted teeth and that was all the explanation she needed.

"Come with me," Nurse Joy said as she placed the Jigglypuff in the gurney and let the Chansey take it to the emergency operating room.

Ash and King were currently stuck in a waiting room.

After Nurse Joy had taken him to the room he was in now she told him to stay there and don't wander as she went back out. Almost 3 hours have past and the scene outside the window of the room was dark with slivers of light coming through some of the branches of the trees that surrounded the Pokemon Center.

Ash released the rest of his team but immediately returned Lee after the bug type tried to train inside the room and almost left slash marks on the walls... hopefully the next residents won't notice the thin lines on the wall. Mael on the other hand, was in a big aquarium in the room and behaved himself. It was the opposite for King as he was bored and repeatedly tried to release Lee and mess around the room though Ash was quick to respond but it didn't matter as King just laughed it off and made another attempt at taking Ash' attention.

Ash released an exasperated sigh as he again stopped King from dropping the vase onto the bathroom toilet to see if it would break when he flushed it. He turned around and saw his reflection on the mirror eyes glowing from using his powers to levitate the vase back to its proper place and sighed again when he saw King looking around for more things to do. He was grateful for the distraction though.

Ever since he found that Rocket Ash had been thinking of the possibilities, that maybe Team Rocket had a hand in his maternal mother's death. The fact that that grunt, Ash was sure he was, had done that much damage to Jigglypuff meant that the possibility was high. Jigglypuff...thinking about the fairy type made Ash shiver a bit but he was mostly worried of the effects that this event would have on the balloon pokemon. The fairy type would probably have a trauma and hate humans now and that could lead to it slowly being corrupted because of the negative emotions.

Seeing that Ash was once again brooding King rolled his eyes as he turned on the faucet at the base of the mirror and squirted Ash with the water by redirecting it with psychic. Ash spluttered before stepping out of the bathroom and used his own psychic to redirect the water back to King who quickly jumped away but Ash was determined and controlled the water to chase his annoying friend.

Mael, not wanting to be left out, subtly controlled some of the water in his tank and aimed at King because he would never attempt to do anything bad to his liege. King not expecting Mael to join was soaked. Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny walked into in this scene. Ash stopped when he noticed the two women enter and mareepishly chuckled and scratched his cheek a bit.

"Uh... I can explain," Ash said as he noticed that the room was now mostly wet with water still on the floor. Officer Jenny sighed as Nurse Joy just giggled.

"So tell me about what happened," Officer Jenny said as they were now in another room that was smaller than the last and only had a small desk and two chairs. If Ash didn't know any better he would've thought this was an interrogation room but this was a Pokemon Center and the fact that the rooms walls was all covered up by file cabinets means that this must be the Center's record room.

After Ash explained what happened the office gained a hard look in her eyes that had Ash worried.

"You said you tied him up to a tree around half a day's distance from the Center right?" Jenny asked him again and Ash nodded in response feeling King touch his arm with his tail to, at least ease him.

"Well I didn't find anyone in the vicinity only this," the officer said as she took a cut up pieces of rope from her pockets.

Ash instantly knew what happened. The rocket escaped and he wasn't alone because Ash made sure to tie him up the best way he knew how and the fact that he took that grunt's pokeballs means that he didn't have help from that end. Speaking of pokeballs, Ash remembered he still had the rockets pokemon. Ash took the ball from his backpack and offered it to the officer.

"This is the guy's pokeball. It has his Ekans in it," Ash said as Officer Jenny took the pokeball and gave Ash a small smile.

"Thank you for your time. I'll make sure to alert everyone in the stations of both Pewter and Cerulean about this and we will capture these lawbreakers and bring them to justice," Officer Jenny said as she stood up from her seat and left.

Ash though was curious. Officer Jenny said both Pewter and Cerulean when the rocket was found in Pewter's side of the mountain. Ash thought about it before he realized that Officer Jenny must have known that Team Rocket was here about this beforehand. Seeing, as the distance from Pewter to here was quite far and getting here in 3 hours would be impossible for the officer. That meant that she was already here.

Ash thought about her words and realized what they meant. The rockets were here in the middle of Cerulean and Pewter...in Mt. Moon.

***FLASHBACK***

"Ash before you go you should know that Mt. Moon is currently closed off right now," Crystal said as Ash was about to leave the Pewter City Pokemon Center.

"What? Why?" Ash asked.

"They said that there was a cave-in so the path in the mountain is inaccessible until they dig another one so you should just go around it," Crystal said.

"Oh, Thanks Crystal," Ash said as he gave his farewells and went out of the Center.

***FLASHBACK END****

Tam Rocket must've caused the cave-in and they're using this opportunity to do something in the mountain. However, what that something is, is what Ash wants to know. After all, why go through all the trouble of causing a cave-in if they weren't up to something. The only things Ash could think of that are important in are the moon stones and the Cleffa-line that live there.

While both are rare, Ash doubts that what the rockets are after. With how team rocket operates, they would have a ton of them already and thinking about it made Ash mad. The amount of pokemon both stolen and poached by evil teams and people had Ash gnashing his teeth. He's a legendary and he couldn't help any of those pokemon.

King noticing where this was going had his tail touch Ash's arm, which brought Ash out of his brooding.

'Sorry, it's just...you know what this means right?' Ash said and King nodded. King knew that one of the reasons Ash travels is to help any and every pokemon he comes across. It does not matter if it's a trained pokemon or a wild one so knowing something like this is happening really messes with Ash.

"I know but that's why instead of moping and brooding you should think of ways to save them," King said. "Rather than think of the whys or how just act."

Ash's eyes widened a bit before he gently smiled at King and pet him. 'You're right sorry. Though I thought you would be against taking action and tell me to leave it to the league.'

King snorted. "You would just involve yourself no matter what I say so rather than trying to persuade you it's better to accept it and move on."

Ash chuckled at that.

Ash and King were in one of the guest rooms in the Center.

After their little chat, Nurse Joy came in and gave them the room to stay in while informing them that Jigglypuff was now healed and only needed to sleep for a bit before she became healthy again. That's right she. The Jigglypuff was revealed female and Ash wasn't surprised as they were a mostly female species with only a few males. Ash was happy to hear that Jigglypuff was going to make a full recovery and hopefully he could talk to the fairy when he returned.

It was just past midnight, right now Ash was preparing to storm Mt. Moon. He knew that this was a crazy idea to go into a possible rocket infested place by himself but he couldn't help it. He wanted to help any pokemon that the rockets have surely abused in there. Of course, he wanted to go in as a Latios but King quickly scolded him that even though he was a legendary he had his limits and facing all those potential dangers as a legendary would only get him captured so he was going as a human. That and was he even going to fit in the cave as a Latios.

Ash thought about what could be waiting him there. There were probably grunts and lots of them with a lot of rocket pokemon but that's not what he... well King was worried about. Team Rocket had support of a legendary and probably a corrupted one and going in as a Latios would be a bad idea since he didn't know who or what he would face. There's also the fact that there were only four of them going in.

Now that he thought about it the league would be there too though when they would strike is something Ash didn't know. They could've already been battling the rockets right now, still Ash would go just to either help or see that the situation was under control.

'this should be enough,' Ash thought as he loaded his pockets and belt with some of the same things that he used in the contest though it now also included some sleeping gas, tear gas and some other things rather than just smoke screen. He was also wearing a new attire just for tonight's mission.

He changed into a black long-sleeved leather suit that covered his entire body. He also had a mask that covered the lower half of his face and black gloves on. All in all he looked like a thief or maybe a ninja.(kind of like male cat woman outfit except it has a Kakashi mask and no it doesn't cover one of his eyes)

His mom had sent this outfit him along with a few others in a box. When he first opened the box, it was full with all sorts of clothes neatly piled but still very full. This was one of them and he was originally planning to use it if there would be a contest in Fuchsia City when he got there.

'I was not expecting to use this here,' Ash thought as he adjusted his mask, sadly he had to leave his hat...he was really attached to it ok.

The reason he was wearing this is to keep his identity a secret. If he was going to interfere with what Team Rocket was doing then he would most definitely be targeted by them in the future and when that happened the rockets might target his friends and family. By doing this he was decreasing the chance of the rockets knowing who he was and make it safer for him and those close to him.

'I feel like one of those cliché wannabe superheroes,' Ash said to King. They were talking using telepathy so that they wouldn't wake anyone else up.

King just gave Ash a deadpanned look. 'You're the one who chose that outfit. There were other clothes but you chose that one.'

'Hey! I'll let you know that this lets me blend in better in the dark and it also helps hide my identity as you pointed out,' Ash defensively said. It's not like he chose this one because he thought it looked cool and mysterious and he wanted to know what it felt like being a superhero, nope he didn't... HE DIDN'T OK.

King just looked at Ash and even though he didn't have them it looked as if the psychic type was raising an eyebrow at Ash. 'Then why are you wearing that piece of cloth like a forehead protector and why are you wearing that scarf when you already have a mask.'

Ash stopped placing what would be the final addition to the outfit. While it didn't have metal he tied the cloth like a forehead protector from the ninja anime and the scarf was something he thought looked good on this outfit. Like his outfit, the cloth on his head was black while the scarf was a darker shade of blue. Ash tried to think of an excuse but then King just turned around and went out of the room murmuring but Ash could still hear him say 'I don't care anymore' and some other things that had made Ash pout before following King out.

Getting out of the Pokemon Center had been easy. Ash returned King and teleported himself out then released his partner. Normally Latios like Ash can't learn teleport but if he was in his human form he can though he can only teleport while in human form and he can only teleport to places he has been.

Ash shivered a bit when he remembered the time he tried to randomly teleport to a place he had never been before only to teleport inches away from a huge tree. He swore he that he almost died because if that something in him, which he thinks was instinct, didn't stop him then he would be inside a tree and he was pretty sure he wouldn't exist anymore. Now, he never teleports unless he knows the area

Ash and King decided it was better to walk rather than run or use the bike as it would help conserve stamina and they would be able to sense if there were anyone near. That and the fact that it was only a 10 minute walk to the entrance.

Ash and King also made sure to make the radius of their psychic senses only up to a few meters to make sure that they were undetected. They weren't sure if Team Rocket had psychics and if they did and if those psychics were at least somewhat skilled then those psychics would sense them using their own psychic senses. It was better this way because they were close enough to knock out the rockets caught in their senses and it helps them focus on covering up themselves from the possible rocket detection. They only did this because they were sure they could knock out the rockets that come close to them after all power-wise no one was stronger than Ash... or so they thought.

However, if they increased the sensory radius then they would've sensed the one following them right after they left the Pokemon Center.

'Ash what do we do next?' King asked as they were now standing in front of the entrance of the tunnel in Mt. Moon that was currently buried in rubble.

'Well...' Ash started but stopped and turned sharply at the forest west of the tunnel and extended his senses.

'Is there something there!?' King asked as he went into his fighting stance. Ash narrowed his eyes as he let his senses wash over the forest area. Sensing none but remaining cautious.

'No it was nothing.' Ash said but he was tense and King could see that but didn't say anything else as Ash relayed their plan. Soon enough Ash had scanned the area through the rubble. sensing no one was near it, probably the rockets thought no one was dumb enough to dig through the area yet seeing as they might trigger another cave-in, had King lift the rocks to make a small entrance just enough to fit a one person at a time .

Ash and King quickly went inside though soon afterword the bushes of the place where Ash turned to rustled and out came two people and in the shadows more could be seen but they quickly went back to hiding as they heard something approaching and entered the tunnel.

Ash and King were inside and saw that the whole tunnel was lit up with a series of lights hanging from the tunnel roof. Seeing as Mt. Moon was in a natural state with almost no human interferences this only proved Ash's theory, well not a theory anymore, that the mountain was infested with rockets.

Ash could sense a lot of them near the place where he currently was, he was in a shadowy corner where the lights didn't reach. He took a peek around the corner there he saw two men and a woman in a conversation dressed in team rocket uniform.

'Well there are rockets alright,' King said, Ash nodded, and he tried to listen to the rockets conversation.

"Man, I can't believe we got to do this," One of the men said.

"Well we are still grunts, the bottom of the food chain," the other man said.

"And we could be climbing that food chain instead of searching for a goddamned relic that might or might not be in this huge ass mountain," the woman said.

'Relic?' both Ash and King thought as they continued to listen.

"It's a direct order from the boss we can't say no to that," the first man said.

"I know and if that were all I would've been ok with that but the fact that that freaking s***head is the head of the operation gets on my nerves. She isn't even part of team rocket," the woman said again and by now, Ash thought that maybe when this woman says a sentence she would add a curse or two.

"She's part of that group that gives funds to team rocket and it was their request that we search for it. The boss doesn't want to lose such good partners," the second man said.

"Good partners my ass. If you didn't know the boss hates them and every rocket worth their s*** knows it," the woman said again. "If it weren't for the fact that team rocket is in f****** debt to them the boss wouldn't bother wasting time doing their s***."

"Well at least we managed to get those rare Clefairy and moonstones," the first man said and other two nodded while smirking.

Deciding he heard enough Ash quickly scanned the area and, sensing that there was no one around but hose three, launched a psychic pulse at the three. The rockets didn't know what hit them. They didn't even have the chance to scream as they instantly fell unconscious.

'We can interrogate them later right now freeing those pokemon is our top priority,' Ash said when he felt King's gaze that was silently asking why they weren't looking at the rockets memories concerning their organization.

King nodded and both Ash and King searched the rockets' memories concerning the captured pokemon and found the location and what route they should take. They didn't look at anything else as that might take some time.

Immediately Ash went to the route that led to where the rockets kept their captured pokemon after dragging the now hogtied trio to a shadowy corner. They were careful to travel in the shadowy parts and corners to avoid detection from the patrolling rockets. Ash didn't knock out any rocket he encountered unless absolutely necessary. Knocking out too many rockets would cause them to get suspicious especially if they had a guard relay. They would immediately question why the other members haven't returned yet. Ash decided to minimize the amount of rockets he would knock out... well until he freed those pokemon.

When he reached the area he saw that it was in the wider part of the cave there were multiple paths that seemed to converge into the area. The Area had at least 5 rockets surrounding multiple cages filled with not only Clefairy but other pokemon native to Mt. Moon. Seeing the current state of the captured pokemon even from where he was had Ash's blood boiling. Each and every one of the pokemon he saw were injured, some minor like a few cuts and bruises while others had such severe injuries they were barely alive.

It was only because of Sabrina's mental training and King holding him back from possibly putting the 5 rockets in the same state as the captured pokemon. When he finally calmed down a bit Ash knew that knocking the rockets right now was bad because he didn't have a plan on what to do when he released the captured pokemon. He would have to escort them somewhere... no he would have to bring the cages outside himself, as there were pokemon that were in no condition to move.

He thought of what he could do. He instantly rejected the idea of dragging the cages trough the cave as not only is it dumb but even he can't hide the cages. Even though Latios were psychics that can make illusions he never practiced it much and with this many cages it would be hard. Plus with the rockets patrolling, it would be easy for them to crash into the cages if he turned them invisible or something else.

Ash thought of just knocking out all the rockets in the mountain before dragging the cages out but without knowing how many rockets were here it would be bad cause if they miss even one then there was a possibility that the psychic legendary that team rocket has would make a move. It would either transport everything in the mountain via teleport to another location that would be full with rockets or teleport reinforcements here. If it wasn't that good at teleport then it would probably only be able to teleport those it met or saw but if it was really good at it then everything living in the mountain might be teleported. If it was a normal psychic then it would be impossible but if it was a legendary and had a bit of help from other psychic pokemon then it would be possible and Ash didn't want to risk it.

King said to teleport the cages instead and Ash thought it was a good idea but he had no idea if he could teleport that many cages even if it was one at a time and it's also filled with pokemon but it was their best bet at saving those pokemon from this hellhole. Once they decided Ash and King instantly knocked the 5 guards with a really painful migraine then they went closer to the cages.

When they were finally close enough it was obvious that the condition of the pokemon were much worse than they thought. Ash cursed and glared at the unconscious rockets for a while before approaching the cages King in tow.

The pokemon looked up, were wary, and shielded their more injured comrades when Ash was now in front of one of the cages. Every pokemon in the cage were injured but the worst ones were the ones at the middle. They had horrible burns, static signaling paralysis and, judging by the purple hue on their faces, poison.

Seeing the state the pokemon were in Ash and King decided to change their plan a bit and decided to at least heal for a bit them to make sure the severely injured ones make it. Ash and King exchanged a look before King nodded and the small area was filled with the sound of a bell as King released blue waves from his gem.

Heal bell is a move that heals the user and those who hear it by releasing sound waves filled with purifying aura. Unlike refresh, which completely removes status effects on the user's body by expelling said ailment, Heal bell is only temporary but it can be used on other pokemon instead of just the user. The aura using the sound waves as a medium temporarily represses the effects of status moves like burn and poison for duration but it continually consumes a lot of the user's energy for its effects to keep going making its usability in battle very limited.

As King continued using Heal bell, Ash kept his guard up while preparing his own healing technique. A burst of rainbow colored light comes from Ash and then a circle-like area of rainbow colored light shines from the ground underneath Ash and it continued to expand until all cages were in it. The pokemon in the cages noticed that their injuries were starting to heal and they looked at both the human and the Espeon in a new light.

Ash was using heal pulse. Heal pulse is a move that releases an aura that promotes healing. The aura affects the body and makes it release certain hormones that would speed up the healing of injuries though it doesn't affect status ailments and it makes the recipient very hungry later as it uses the body's nutrients at a fast pace to heal and in some cases helps them grow a few centimeters. Heal pulse like heal bell uses a lot of energy though this time its effects are not temporary and it's a little less energy consuming than heal bell but only a little.

Ash continued using the heal pulse as he kept a close eye on King and the captured pokemon's condition. Both Heal bell and Heal Pulse are strenuous moves to use because of its energy consumption and even a legendary like himself would be exhausted if he used it too much though too much for a legendary is different from a normal pokemon even a special one like his partner.

When Ash saw that the captured pokemon were mostly healed and weren't in danger anymore he decided to stop though some injuries still looked grave but thankfully no longer life threatening. Heal pulse isn't only hard on the user but the recipient as well as it uses a lot nutrients in their body and if Ash isn't careful he might make their condition worse from the lack of nutrients in their body. The move could lead them to starving though thankfully they just looked a bit hungry after the impromptu healing session.

Seeing Ash was finished King also stopped using heal bell. King just used the move to help speed up the recovery of the pokemon in Ash's heal pulse as their ailments would reduce the effectiveness by quite a bit. He was grateful that it was over because continually using that move was really tiring.

"We should hurry and get these pokemon out of here," King said and Ash nodded and was about to start teleporting the first batch to the front of the Pokemon Center in this route when he sensed something with his dragon senses. In addition to his psychic senses, Ash also used his draconic ones to a lesser extent but now he was glad he did cause this guys passed his psychic ones.

Ash quickly jumped to the side as the area he was in a second ago was now frozen after being hit by a blue beam.

"Well what do we have here," A familiar feminine voice said as sound of footsteps echoed through the area.

"A thief that's trying to steal from other thieves," A second male voice said in response as the two appeared from the entrance and Ash barely restrained himself from reacting as the two Rocket members he saw back in Viridian were standing before him.

"Now that's against the code and James Team rocket aren't thieves," the woman who Ash remembered as Jessie said as she knocked James in the head and at their feet was the Meowth and he wasn't alone.

There were two bipedal, weasel-like Pokémon with a pale gray body and several feathery areas. They had bright red crowns and collars made of wide feathers, and a single, thinner feather on each ear. They also had two tail feathers and three claws on each paw. There is a yellow, oval marking in the center of they're forehead. They're eyes are red with three eyelashes, and four fangs protrude from its upper jaw. The Weaviles attention never strayed from Ash and King even though the two rockets were well messing around and they gave off a huge amount of bloodlust. Those two dark types would gladly kill if allowed and, judging by the size of the shadowy aura coming from them, were very much corrupted and, from what Ash could tell, quite high leveled.

Then Ash noticed something. Both rocket members seem to have accessories Jessie having earrings and James a ring and that would've been fine if it wasn't for the fact that dark type energy surrounded he two and he could easily see that the aura was leaking from the jewelry was the dark stones he saw in them.

'Looks like I was right about team rocket having trinkets that prevent psychic detection and it seems that grunts weren't given them so that must mean these idiots might have a rather high ranking or at least higher than grunts,' Ash thought as he saw that the talking Meowth had a collar with a black stone too.

"Will ya guys shut up were wasting time here," Meowth said. Jessie glared at Meowth a bit before giving her attention back to Ash.

"Well what do you have to say for yourself? If you ask us really nicely we could let you go and by nicely I mean beg us for forgiveness of course," Jessie said with as much attitude as she could.

"Or else we would have to do this the hard way," James said as he took a switch from his pocket and pressed it. Immediately Ash could sense multiple people converging at this location and before he knew it all entrances were surrounded by at least 20 rocket grunts all with pokeballs in their hands.

"Come on were waiting," Meowth said before he saw the large Espeon that was behind one of the cages. "Hey what d'ya know you have a big Espeon just like that brat from Viridian."

"What really!?" James said as he saw King who had come out to stand in front of Ash ready to protect his partner.

"Grrrr... that kid really annoyed me. The boss wouldn't have been mad at us if it went for him," Jessie said with clenched his fist.

"Though because of him we got these dark stones that make us immune to psychic attacks," James said as he lovingly looked at his ring.

"T'was the only good thing that came from that encounter," Meowth said as he too looked at the jewel attached to his collar.

"Since you remind us of him were gonna take it out on you," Jessie said as she smirked. The other Rockets smirked too as that meant that they could do whatever they wanted and seeing as they were quite bored they decided it would be fun to mess with the little thief in their midst.

Ash was in trouble and he knew it. All escape routes were blocked. Thankfully the neither of the original trio recognized King or him but now the grunts were closing in and while he could escape with King via teleport he didn't want to leave the captured pokemon in the cages.

King was of the same opinion but the odds were not in their favor. If worse comes to worst he would launch a mental attack on all rockets close even if it meant being open to attacks from the weavile. He would do anything to keep Ash safe.

Just as King was about to do just that he stopped, Ash, and all the human did too as they heard something approach. It sounded like something rolling and most of the thoughts were all considering running away if it was a boulder though what happened next was quite surprising. From the entrance where Ash and King came from grunts were launched left and right into unconsciousness to the cavern walls going as a pink round something came rolling in before stopping when it was near Ash and the cages.

Coming out of the rollout attack was a Jigglypuff. What surprised Ash the most was that it was the same Jigglypuff that he saved. She should've be in the Pokemon Center. As soon as she had her bearings, Jigglypuff released a sparkly blue mist around her that reached all the cages but not the entrances though a few rockets were inside the mist including Jessie, James, Meowth and the two Weavile. As soon as she finished she sang. Musical notes came out of her mouth as Jigglypuff continued using her sing attack. It was obvious that it was anxious as instead of really singing all it said was lalala again and again but it was working.

The rockets weren't idle during that time too. The grunts quickly released their pokemon after Jigglypuff released the mist. The whole area seemed to be full with poison types like ekans, koffing and grimer and their evolved forms with the occasional Houndour, Houndoom, drowzee and Hypno and zubats...lots and lots of zubats and a few golbats.

As Jigglypuff continued to sing Ash could see some rockets and their pokemon got sleepy until a note hit them and there were out for the count. There were still rockets who made it inside the mist which Ash guessed was misty terrain as it prevented him and those in it from falling to the effects of the sing attack. The rocket pokemon that Ash could see had dark auras and black lightning surrounding them signaling that they were corrupted.

"Get up you lazy bums. Grrr," Jessie said as more and more grunts fell asleep until there were half of them left awake.

Ash couldn't be more grateful towards Jigglypuff because now they had a chance. He quickly released Mael and Lee. Both pokemon didn't look surprised as they were briefed about this possibly happening when they were in the pokemon center and were already in their battle stance. Lee was instantly moving to attack the grunts pokemon while Mael went to back King who has dealing with the two Weavile.

King in the meanwhile was busy stopping the two weaviles with great difficulty. The moment Jigglypuff released her misty terrain the weavile ran to attack the fairy type and the only thing that stopped them was King using Signal beam though they both dodged. Now both dark types were circling him and the two were getting testy, trying to move close and attack only to back off when he readied to counter. He was relieved though he didn't show it when Mael arrived and hit a signal beam to one who was too focused on him.

"Took you long enough," King said though he never looked away from the two dark types.

"I was just released," Mael snorted though he too focused on their opponents. The two sides didn't move for a while before Mael started the battle with a signal beam.

After his release, Lee quickly used agility and quick attack in tandem. He was instantly busy fighting hordes of zubats with the occasional golbat along with the other pokemon the rockets released. The mantis was always on the move never staying in one spot for too long and constantly attacked any and every enemy pokemon in his path with slash, false swipe and fury cutter with the occasional wing attack. Lee made sure to keep his attacks non-fatal but the mantis couldn't help but flinch every time he slashed a rocket pokemon and blood that appeared still he couldn't hold back on them or else he would be in a much worse position. He was also getting tired and there were still many enemies left but he kept on going and hoped he could still move after this was over. He would have to ask Ash for one his heavenly massages after this as a reward.

Normally pokemon battles had pokemon hold back to only bruise their opponents or give a minor injury at most to keep battles humane for the public. Normal trainers are given the responsibility to teach and train their captured pokemon restraint in battles. With crime organizations like Team Rocket who completely disregard that rule, they have to fight for real with not holding back because they're opponents would surely use that weakness against them. Pokemon Rangers and league trainers were the only ones with training for battles against those organizations.

Pokemon Rangers work for the Ranger Union rather than the Pokemon League. Pokemon Rangers are pacifists in nature and they dislike making pokemon battle as well as capturing them though they do acknowledge it as a way for humans to get closer but that doesn't mean they won't fight when required. Area Rangers are rangers operating outside of their lands in Fiore, Almia and Oblivia are and are able to capture and train pokemon like normal trainers but their job is to guard wild life preserves, keeping the environment safe and helping lost or injured travellers. Sometimes the Ranger Union would send their operatives to other regions for missions relating mostly to pokemon and those people have direct command over all Area Rangers in that region. Unlike Area Rangers, Pokemon Rangers use the capture stylers instead.

Capture stylers are devices allows Rangers to temporarily take command of wild pokemon for a task and are released back into the wild after the task is finished. The capture stylers are unique in that only the Ranger assigned to it can use its capabilities, which makes sense since the device is said convey the feelings of the ranger using it. It also acts as a pokedex and communication device.

League trainers are just like what their called pokemon trainers under the direct command of the Pokemon League. They are different from normal pokemon trainers in that they're paid for their services by the league and that they have certain privileges. Their jobs mainly concern the security of the region they operate in and the apprehension of criminals such as poachers and disbanding crime organizations like Team Rocket. They are skilled in not only pokemon battles but in self-defense or hand-to-hand combat. The only way to become a league trainer is by recommendation of a member already in the service then the candidate in tested and if they passed, they would be training under a member of the regions elite four. It's also a known fact when an elite four member retires that only league trainers or one of the gym leaders could replace them.

Some people call the league trainers as Ace trainers mostly because the privilege that allowed them to use any league owned vehicle. That was quickly abused and most of the trainers started flying planes everywhere they went before the league made a rule that stated they could only use the vehicles if the mission they had required them to which lessened the amount of league trainer candidates the next few years.

The two organizations have an alliance in where the rangers are in charge of defending while the trainers in catching criminals. Pokemon professors such as Prof. Oak and Gym leaders have been given similar training to that of the league trainers and because of that, Ash and Gary learned from the professor on how to fight against those kinds of criminals just in case they ever encountered some.

As Lee continued his assault, Ash was also fighting against the grunts that were still awake and were smart enough to target the trainer first though not smart enough to realize after seeing Ash mentally give one of them the mother of all headaches to unconsciousness that they had no chance in harming him. Though they didn't go one at a time which meant they weren't that moronic and that gave Ash some trouble but thankfully Jigglypuff was there using rollout and knocking them into the cavern walls.

Ash continued to monitor the events happening even while knocking out grunts. He could see Jessie, James and Meowth screaming and kicking nearby rockets awake. He could see Lee continuing incapacitate the other rocket pokemon though Ash noticed the Lee was getting tired and was almost out of gas but seeing as the pokemon in the cages were releasing their own attacks supporting Lee it looked fine for now. He could see Mael and King slowly dominating the two dark types. Pausing a moment as he looked at the two Weavile he couldn't help the shiver that ran down his spine. It wasn't the fact that they were dark types but there was something more and the source of it came from his mother's soul dew. He could feel something but couldn't really understand what he felt. He pushed back that thought as he saw the rockets got tired of him and were now arming themselves with not batons like before but guns.

Ash's eyes widened a bit before he put a major effort in spreading his psychic powers to every single grunt armed with guns and using telekinetic force broke every single rockets arms, both of them. He couldn't allow them to use fire arms like that as they could possibly hit some of the pokemon with them and bullets were really effective on pokemon that did not have a hard layer of skin. Ash then proceeded to use his destroy the guns with his psychic. He would not allow any chances when it involved firearms.

Ash heard a cry and saw Lee was now on the ground with one of his legs having a huge cut, a golbat the likely culprit hanging above the mantis wings glowing ready to deliver the final blow. Ash could only watch in horror as the glowing swung down before a black ball hit the golbat's side. Ash turned and saw King and Mael behind just finishing the last Weavile with a water pulse. Both looked like they were trampled by a Taurus but were still alert and battle ready. Ash quickly returned Lee while dodging a strike from one of the remaining healthy rockets that quickly became road kill as Jigglypuff tore through him.

Ash noticed that the mist surrounding them was beginning to fade and that Jigglypuff who finally stopped using rollout was now panting hard. The rockets that were put to sleep that weren't woken up by Jessie, James or Meowth were beginning to wake. There were also still quite a few rockets and their pokemon left, Jessie, and James too were now raising their pokeballs. Ash knew this was the only chance left so he concentrated and used a lot of his psychic power. The ground beneath him began to glow a shiny blue color before all the cages and the pokemon in them vanished plus the sacks of probably moon stones. Ash panted a bit from exertion but grinned though it was hidden by his mask and scarf. The rockets could only stare as their prize disappeared.

As the rockets were busy, gaping Ash was about ready to transport himself and his partners when a huge wave of psychic power drowned the area. In the opposite entrance from where Ash entered footsteps could be heard. From the darkness came a woman, she looked to be around late teens to early twenties. She was average in height with fair complexion and had shoulder length red hair with pink highlights and two white hairpins on each side. She wore a black suit with a skirt with the letter C embroidered on the breast pocket with golden string. She would be beautiful if it wasn't for the cold and emotionless look in her green eyes.

Ash could tell by the moment the woman appeared the rockets around him released emotions ranging from loathing to respect but strongest was fear. He could see all the grunts shake in their place and even Jessie, James and Meowth cowered. Ash himself felt disturbed by the woman as he couldn't feel any emotions from her. He could feel emotions from even Sabrina his master but this woman had none at all.

From behind the woman stepped a tall bipedal Pokémon resembling a fox. It was covered in a coat of fur that resembles a robe; this "robe" is primarily dark red, with red-orange, flame-like markings near its knees, as well as a thin tuft of white fur on its torso, flanked by yellow fur draping down from its shoulders. It has three tufts of red-orange fur protruding out of each ear. Its forearms feature long red fur resembling sleeves, and its hands and feet are dark gray with three clawed fingers and toes, respectively. A tail covered in yellow fur protrudes from its "robe".

Ash knew from his studies with the professor that this was a Delphox, one of the final evolutions of the starter pokemon from the Kalos region. However, this Delphox was different as it had a dark aura surrounding it along with large streams of black lightning running across it. Another thing Ash noticed was that the woman had the similar aura coming from her or specifically from the golden C stitched on her suit and Ash remembered, something Ho-Oh told him.

***FLASHBACK***

"It isn't just pokemon that get corrupted. Humans also have a similar condition but it wasn't called corruption but something else that I don't remember," Ho-Oh said as Ash's eyes went wide at what he heard.

"What do you mean?" Ash asked really confused about the situation.

"I'm not really that knowledgeable about the condition because as a legendary pokemon my concerns were only for pokemon and human problems were something that humans solved themselves but it had something to do with negativity," The phoenix replied. "The ones who dealt with this problem were the aura guardians of old and those who were linked with pokemon. I am not sure with the process but it had something to do with an object that I believe is connected to the human's negativity."

"Then what's the difference between this and regular evil people?" Ash asked starting to get it but just a little.

"These people were originally pure but something happened either they experienced something tragic or like pokemon influenced by another with the same negativity. Like how humans influence pokemon to become corrupted, corrupted pokemon also influence humans," was Ho-Oh's answer.

***FLASHBACK END***

The fact that this woman had this meant that she was originally a good person and that made Ash hesitate a bit in using his psychic powers on her since he didn't know what could happen. Ash's thoughts quickly changed when he felt something probing his mental defenses before it launched an attack. Ash was pushed to defend and saw that the woman was starting at him and that her eyes were glowing.

Ash was surpirised to find that while not as strong as him her psychic powers were better than even Sabrina which meant that she was second only to him in psychic power. Now Ash might be a powerful psychic but his control wasn't the best and this woman had that and the finesse. She attacked his mind in multiple angles before focusing on one point that had him scrambling to cover faster as his control allowed. This went on for a while before eventually she gave up.

"Cinder," said Jessie in a hesitant voice. It was obvious to Ash that the rockets expected her to win their psychic battle as they all looked at him surprised.

The woman, Cinder, narrowed her eyes before turning to a rocket grunt.

"Who is he?" she asked eyes never Ash and constantly pressuring him with psychic to keep him from concentrating on teleporting.

"He is an intruder who came here through unknown means. Not much else known except that his pokemon are at a high level except for his scyther who is currently out of commission," The grunt said, fear palpable in his voice.

Cinder didn't show any reaction and just continued to stare for a second before she brought her hand up. As she did this, Ash noticed the Delphox move to the front of Cinder. Mael and King instantly went in front of Ash ready to defend before Cinder brought her hand down.

It happened in an instant. The delphox swung its wand in a circle and released its mystical fire attack at such a speed that Mael and King couldn't react in time. Ash watched in horror as the intense flames hit his partners and launched them straight to the wall behind him, not noticing Jigglypuff glow a bit next to him. Ash quickly turned and ran to his partners, Jigglypuff right behind him walking backwards using disarming voice to prevent any attacks on him while he runs.

'Please be ok,' Was all Ash could think about as he reached them. That attack was powerful and Ash knew that the delphox was at a very high level probably close to elite four level. Ash knelt down next to his partners and was surprised to see that while knocked out and injured they weren't as severely injured as he thought they would. The attack would've been enough to put them in critical condition but Ash was relieved none the less before he saw Jigglypuff collapse.

The beam of purple hearts released from Jigglypuff's mouth in a loud voice was able to buy them some time as Ash checked on his partners before she finally collapsed out of exhaustion. The shock only lasted a moment before Ash felt Cinder's psychic power again and this time he was not ready for the attack because this time it wasn't mental assault. Ash felt Cinders psychic grasp on left his arm and before he knew it she broke his arm.

'I forgot how human bodies were not that sturdy,' Ash thought. He didn't scream but he almost did. The pain coursing through his arm left his mind open for Cinder to attack. Cinder was about to start her mental assault when dark rings of a dark pulse came from the entrance where Ash came from.

Cinder and delphox jumped to the side to avoid the attack before Cinder turned to the figures coming out of the entrance.

"League trainers," Was all she said as her eyes narrowed but her face remained emotionless.

From the darkness, Ash could see trainers coming out each with a badge that had a pokeball with two crossed swords on some part of their clothes. League trainers were given these badges to give visible proof that these trainers work and answer to the pokemon league. The badges were said to be made of a special metal that made telling it apart from a fake one easily as it give a strange shine even in the dark.

The ones leading the group were a man and a woman. They both looked like they were in their late teens. The woman had silvery-blue wavy hair and eyes and was wearing a yellow armored vest. The man had purple hair but was wearing a mask and was wearing a suit rather than a vest that all the league trainers were wearing. Beside the two were an Umbreon and Xatu.

The two sides stared down at each other but Ash didn't pay attention to any of them as he returned King and Mael to their pokeballs and placed them in stasis then picked up Jigglypuff careful not to put pressure on his broken arm. The next moment he was pulled by some of the league trainers into a circle where the masked man was looking at where Cinder and the yellow vested woman were battling each other.

"Do not worry, we know of your actions and that you have done no wrongs let us handle the rest," The man said as he continued to watch the battle between the two women. Ash let himself relax and just watched the battle alongside the masked man. That and he kind of wanted to see the rockets get beat up.

The two women were not just having a pokemon battle but also in close combat with their pokemon somewhere away from them battling as well. Cinder and the league trainer were exchanging punches and kicks while the umbreon and delphox's dark pulse and flamethrower collided resulting in a tiny explosion. The rest of the league trainers were busy facing off the rocket grunts and quickly subduing them.

Just as Ash thought this would be finally over a grunt came from one of the other entrances. He was carrying something wrapped in a cloth but the moment Cinder saw it her eyes immediately glowed and snatched the object with her psychic.

"We have what we need let's retreat," Was all she said as the area was immediately bathed in a powerful psychic energy that Ash was familiar with.

"You better remember us brat cause the next time we meet were gonna make you regret getting in Team Rocket's way," Jessie and James said but Ash didn't care as he tried to stop the teleportation and by the psychic energy the masked man and several other league trainers and their pokemon were releasing they did it too.

"The legendary," Ash muttered and the masked man immediately turned to Ash and was distracted but it didn't even matter as every single rocket disappeared including their pokemon except for the dark types who were quickly knocked out.

"Secure the area! Make sure that there are no rockets left," The woman said as she approached their position.

*slap*

"What you did was stupid. Next time don't interfere with events that don't concern you. You should be happy that you only had a broken arm and that you and that your pokemon weren't seriously injured," She said after she slapped him.

"But I like your style and you understand what's important. If you're really after trouble like this then try to catch some league trainer's attention and you might get recommended."The woman said that and left to talk to another league trainer.

Ash was dumbfounded. The woman just slapped, insulted and complimented him at the same time. The masked man next to him laughed before offering a hand. "Come now let's let the kind nurse get a look at that arm and heal you pokemon."

The walk back to the Pokemon Center was nice. Ash was still carrying Jigglypuff with his good arm while coating his broken one with psychic to alleviate some pressure. The masked man offered to carry the fairy but Ash wanted to be close to his partners even if Jigglypuff was only recently caught and might be a temporary member if she didn't want to leave her home here.

In addition, the masked man was a psychic because of that Ash couldn't get a read of him even though he was a league trainer Ash trusted only his senses with people he didn't know. There had been incidents where a league trainer had been actually part of a poaching gang or spies from organizations like team rocket. Of course, the league has counter measures for that but there are still some of them that were not all committed to the league and that worried Ash.

Instead of teleporting, both decided to walk to get rid of the adrenaline coursing through them. During that time Ash, who had taken his mask off but not his scarf, introduced himself and learned the man's name was Will and the woman who slapped him was Karen. They were one of the highest-ranking league trainers the league had and that Will specialized on psychic types while Karen specialized on dark.

When Ash asked how they kept themselves hidden from his senses, Will just smiled before saying it was classified. Ash pouted but gave up when Will continued to smile. He guessed that it was Karen who kept them hidden using her dark types. She might've even been linked but Ash didn't know because at that time he was too worried for his partners and trying to ignore his broken arm.

Will was once Sabrina's student and that he heard of Ash from her. Will told him how Sabrina said that he was the student that she expected would surpass her. Ash blushed when he heard that it was flattering and embarrassing though his suspicions of Will lessened it wouldn't disappear until Sabrina confirmed it. Will laughed at him for a bit before turning serious.

"What did you mean by legendary?" Will asked voice grim.

Ash remained silent for a moment trying to think of ways to give an answer without revealing too much. "You know how strong of a psychic I am right?"

Will nodded and Ash continued. "This wasn't the first time I encountered something like this. Back in Viridian those three rockets in white tried to steal from the Pokemon Center but me and some other trainers stopped them. When they were about to be captured they were teleported by the same psychic who did it just now. I am strong enough to prevent even high level Alakazam's from teleporting but this psychic easily broke through my attempts also the fact that it was able to transport every single rocket and their pokemon out of Mt. Moon."

"I see," was all Will said before turning to Ash. "Even knowing that you still did what you did."

Ash didn't answer because he knew that Will was judging him right now. He knew what he did was foolish and rash but he felt that he needed to do something. He was a legendary and legendaries look after other pokemon but he couldn't say that to Will.

"You know that you could've died there and the fact that you still did it says a lot of your character. Your pure-hearted, kind and brave but there is a line between bravery and stupidity and what you did was an example of that," Will said and Ash just looked at the ground knowing this lecture wasn't finished yet.

"You were over presumptuous thinking that you could've handled it by yourself and thought that you were strong enough to just waltz in and teleport out without a problem. But you did save every single one of those pokemon and of behalf of the league I thank you," Will said and Ash was stunned. He thought this would be like every other lecture like the ones he got from his mother and the professor but Will was thanking him. He then heard sounds and saw that they were at the Pokemon center and the pokemon he sent there were out of the cages and were on a stampede to get to him. Soon he was trapped underneath the overly grateful pokemon who kept saying thanks with Will carefully taking Jigglypuff from his hand before they reached him.

'Oh and before you get a big head over this know that if you do this kind of thing again without league permission that you would be arrested for interfering in league business,' Will said to him telepathically. Ash paled at that under the cluster of pokemon and trying to keep the psychic bubble on his broken arm.

*Rocket HQ*

"You've gotten your relic now leave," Giovanni said forcefully.

"Hey now no need to get angry. I mean sure you lost those dark types you could always get more after all." A man said but a quick glance from Cinder stopped him from saying anything else.

"With this 25% of the money is removed from your loan. We will contact you if we would require anymore assistance," Cinder said voice completely void of any emotion before leaving Giovanni's office.

Giovanni grit his teeth as he stared the retreating backs of the two. He hated that his mother struck a deal with them. All they brought him was CHAOS.

Ash (Latios) | (M)| Ability: levitate | Hidden Ability: None| shown Moves: Wter Pulse, Dragon Pulse, Protect, Thunderbolt, Recover, Luster Purge, Calm Mind, Psychic, Heal Pulse.

King (Espeon) | (M) |Ability: synchronize | Hidden Ability: Magic Bounce (active)| Moves: Helping Hand, Tackle, Tail Whip, Sand Attack, Bite, Confusion, Quick Attack, Swift, Psybeam, Future Sight, Psychic, Morning Sun, Psych Up, Signal Beam, Growl, Baton Pass, Covet, Dig, Trump Card, Double Edge, Refresh, Hyper Voice, Round, Echoed Voice, Light Screen, Reflect, Shadow Ball, Double Team, Calm Mind, Heal Bell, Return, Dazzling Gleam.

Mael (Seadra) | (M) |Ability: Poison Point | Hidden Ability: Damp (active)| Moves: Smoke Screen, Leer, Bubble, Water Gun, Twister, Bubble Beam, Focus Energy, Brine, Agility, Rain Dance, Return, Scald, Double Team, Bounce, Signal Beam, Whirlpool, Water Pulse, Aurora Beam, Protect, Dragon Pulse.

Lee (Scyther) | Ability: Swarm | Hidden Ability: Steadfast (locked) | Known moves: Vacuum Wave, Quick Attack, Leer, Focus Energy, Pursuit, False Swipe, Agility, Wing Attack, Detect, Fury Cutter, Bug Buzz (egg move:locked)

AN: Really sorry for the wait. I hope that I can solve my problems and write the next one quicker and better.

Pls. Review or PM me if you see mistakes or parts I missed cause I wasn't able to properly review this.