Ash had just left the cave and returned Greninja when he got tackled by a weeping Mew. She buried her head into his chest. Eventually, she let go, although reluctantly. The Pokémon hovered in front of his face and lightly grabbed it, checking if it was real. Her lips morphed into a grin and she happily cooed. She felt numerous emotions travel through her; joy, happiness, anger and... Are those abs? Her face flushed red and she shook it off. Get a grip.

"I can't believe your alive, Ash! We all thought you died!" Her excitement had barely reached its maximum.

"Wait, we?"

"Yeah! God, we've missed you!"

Ash waited for a dramatic reveal of someone he knew, but alas, none came. He studied Mew for a moment, she seemed to have started crying recently. Her nose had only just started to run.

"Who is this other person you're with anyway?"

"That would be me." A gruff voice called out from behind him. Ah, there it was. He turned around and saw a Lucario stood there, perfectly still like a statue. Lucario grinned slightly and walked towards Ash. He extended his paw forward, offering it for a handshake. Ash accepted it.

"Nice to meet you, Ash. Properly, at least." Lucario said.

"You too. Not be rude or anything, but what are you doing here?."

"We were following a large, and quite frankly, the strongest aura I have ever seen. As you can see, that leads us to you, Ash." Answered Lucario. Ash nodded and turned around. He glowed blue and his trainer clothes formed out of his skin ( Kalos attire).

Charizard walked out of the cave and stood next to him, he lowered his wing, inviting Ash to get on.

Ash eyed the legendary and aura Pokémon. "You coming?"

Within a few moments, Ash was in the air with Mew on his shoulder and Lucario behind him. Mew sighed comfortably and stretched. She yawned, which Ash found adorable, not like he'd tell anyone that.

He found being in the air rather freeing. The wind blowing through his hair gave him a feeling that he couldn't quite explain. Thankfully, Charizard was making this a comfortable flight, but that didn't mean it was slow either.

The only bad thing about flying though was the sun. It was often blinding, for some reason he never bought sunglasses.

"I'm guessing you guys want to know how I'm still very much alive?" The group beside Charizard nodded their heads."You two know about what happened at the Tree of Beginning so I'll skip that part. After I drained all my aura into saving you and the tree, Mew. I didn't actually die. As it turns out when you drain all your aura you only get displaced in the timestream. And Dialga is a very nice guy as it turns out."

Lucario seemed pleasantly surprised and hope flickered across his face."So that means my master could still be alive?"

Ash seemed to grin slightly and replied. "Yeah, but don't get your hopes up. The chances of him appearing to this time are second to none. Although, I may know a way... Ever heard of Reflection Cave?"

"Isn't that the place where an Aura Guardian can look out into multiple different realities and dimensions? Even enter them if they are strong enough, according to legend. Apparently, if the Chosen One is also an Aura Guardian, they can transcend into heaven or hell from there." Mew spoke up. Eyeing Ash's reaction carefully. He seemed to get excited but he quickly deflated.

"But at what cost, " He muttered. "Everything has a balance. Love and hate, Yin and Yang, so on and so forth. including life and death. If we were to bring someone back, we would have to trade someone else's life for it. And that's not a price I'm willing to pay."

Charizard started to dip below the clouds. The Pokécentre's red roof became visible and the fire-flying type nose-dived.

"Hey, Mew. Don't you think it might be a good idea to transform into something else?" Mew obliged and turned into an Eevee. She yipped at Ash

He pulled up at the last second; landing with a heavy thud. Drawing a lot of looks. Some looked fearful and others didn't seem fazed. Ash smirked and jumped off of Charizard.

He thanked the lizard for a job well done and turned his back to him.

"Stay here, Charizard. I shouldn't be too long. Just have to do some investigation."Ash spoke softly. Charizard nodded and nudged Ash towards the Pokécentre with his blood red snout.

Lucario followed Ash as he strode to the Pokécentre and waited outside. Letting Ash do his thing.

Ash made it through the automatic doors and looked around. The pristine white floors looked recently cleaned. There was no queue to the front desk. The phone both were empty. He looked at the phones and let memories wash over him.

Ash strode proudly over to Nurse's desk.

"Hi, would you like a room?"

"Yes, please... If you don't mind."

"Not at all. Just sign this document and hand me your Pokémon." Ash sighed at the lousy attempt to steal his Pokémon and stared straight in her eyes. Having a quick mind scan. and finishing his deduction. He spoke up.

"Honestly, I was expecting a Team Rocket Grunt, not an Elite. Doing this part of the job is a bit below your pay grade, no?" Ash eyed her reaction. She seemed taken off guard.

"W-What makes you say that?" She stuttered.

"One, I'm an Aura Guardian. Two, there is no law that requires trainers to document their Pokémon and store them in the back room. Three... I'm just that awesome," The Elite trainer stared at him. "never expected Team Rocket to work with Damon."

The "Nurse Joy" fired a Dark Pulse out of her hands, catching Ash in the shoulder. He flew threw the crowd and into a table and Mew went through the window. Ash rolled to the right and avoided a black mace. It hit the floor and quickly disintegrated. Ash quickly pushed his leg out into the woman's knee. Her leg buckled and she fell to one knee.

At this point the people still in the lobby of the pokécentre we're all rushing out of the door, screaming as they did.

Ash delivered a powerful uppercut that knocked her onto her back. She scrambled back to her feet.

"Who're you?" She asked.

"Ash, you?"

"Jhanvi Stocker."

She rushed towards him with a black sword. Ash dodged to the side of the jagged blade and rammed an Aura Sphere into her stomach. It exploded and knocked them both back. Jhanvi winced in pain and Ash never felt better. He slid across the floor.

Jhanvi glared at Ash and reached her hand to her forehead. A purple light split her skin. A sharp horn protruded out of her, creating a deadly spike that was oozing venom. Her skin cracked and fell, revealing dark purple scales and large wings. A tail soon spouted out through a crack in her skin. It was dark purple and had a sharp, seamless blade attached to its back. Jhanvi's jaw extended and another row of teeth as sharp as knives set in. (Think of Ridley from Super Metroid)

She looked upwards and roared. Ash raised a brow; grinning at the same time. "Nice, Demon mode. So you've finally become a challenge, huh?"

She stared at him icily and flew at him.

Charizard came charging at her through the broken doors, rearing his fist back. He punched the demon across the jaw, creating a small shockwave and the demon's head collided with the rock hard floor, dazing her. He Wrapped his sharp claws around her head and snout and repeatedly slammed it against the cold surface of the pokécentre. Over and over again.

Lucario came running in through the door and stopped at the sight of a beast of a Charizard smashing the ever-loving shit out of a demon.

Eventually, the demon reverted. Changing back into a human. Dark energy fled out of the woman's body and into the atmosphere. Charizard let go and stood.

Her frail voice whispered in mortification as she crawled to all fours.

"No, please no, come back!"

Ash looked down at her and reached his hand onto her shoulder.

"Come on, " he urged, "You know what happens now..." Ash looked at her in desperation and sympathy. Jhanvi turned around and wrapped her arms around Ash.

"I have too many regrets to die now, please. Please use some of your Aura and allow me to atone for what I've done. I beg of you." She fell to her knees and wept. She looked at her fingers as they started to crack away. The rest of her body started to collapse in on itself and before Ash knew it, she was gone.

Mew poked her head out from underneath the broken window.

"W-what happened?"

"She died." Replied Ash.

"B-but why?"

"Her life force left after she returned to normal. We all have either dormant or active powers that act as our life force. Every single living thing. For humans, it consists of either dark, the power of darkness or Giratina. Psychic, the power of Mew. Aura, the power of life. However, there is one other."

"What is it?" Asked Lucario.

"The power of the Original One. Also known as the power of Arceus. It is rumoured to be the most powerful of the four powers. So far, only Arceus has ever had access to it, It's how our planet was created," Ash seemed to snap out of his monotone exposition dump and smiled at everyone. "Let's head back home."

AN: Hey guys, sorry for taking so long and removing Red from the story, I just felt like it was too much work to work on 2 separate plotlines and intertwine them in a way that made sense. Once again, Sorry.

Now, as for a question from a Guest:

I've only used Greninja as Ash's "Aura Partner" because I personally believe that the bond phenomenon is caused by some sort of Aura Power.

I feel like Lucario is overused in Aura stories tbh.