Chapter 1: Betrayal, Mutation, and Seclusion

"Darkness… loneliness… sadness… all of this has made up my life for the past four years…" muttered a young man standing on the roof of an office building. He looked to be about 17, had long, raven black hair that was pulled back in a ponytail that went halfway down his back, and had a chocolate brown left eye, the right being covered by his hair. He wore a sleeveless, tight-fitting dark grey shirt, a dark blue tie, a black jacket, black fingerless gloves, blue jeans, and gray trainer shoes. What really stood out about him, though, was the fact that he had raven black wings and a pale white tail with what appeared to be a blue energy ring circling around it. Perched on his shoulder was a small, yellow mouse with long, pointy ears and a tail resembling a lightning bolt. The rodent looked at the teen with sad eyes. "You're thinking about that day again, aren't you, Ash?" it asked. So it could talk, then. The teen, apparently named Ash, looked back at the creature with a depressed expression. "I told you before, Pikachu, as of the incident, I go by my full name; Ashura Nozuna Ketchum, or, just Ashura." He paused for a second before resuming his statement, "You know, considering I can understand you now, I guess this mutation has a few upsides, key word; few." So he wasn't always like this…

(Flashback)

Four years ago, Ash, Iris, and Cilan were returning home to Pallet Town, where all his friends from the past were waiting to welcome him. Things were going smoothly until a certain group of failures, also known as Team Rocket, interrupted their reunion. However, instead of going after just Pikachu, they kidnapped Ash too! The group did their best to free him, but to no avail. But what shocked Ash the most was that after their futile attempts… they just gave up! The raven haired boy looked back with tears; his friends had just given up on him and left him to suffer. Team Rocket then took the poor boy to their headquarters… where hell was waiting…

…and hell it was. They didn't just torture him; they conducted experiments on him. Apparently they were working on a way to create half-pokémon. And they would have succeeded, had a miracle not happened. One of the captive pokémon escaped, destroying the lab and freeing the trainer, who took no time rescuing Pikachu and getting the hell out of there. Unfortunately, when he went to a nearby lake, he saw that the experiments took their toll on him; he now had wings and a tail. Not only that, his right eye was mutated; it was now deep blue with a black sclera and a slit pupil. Seeing what Team Rocket had done to him and remembering how his friends abandoned him, Ash decided on one thing… he would never trust anyone again. He snuck into Professor Oak's lab that night, took a few of his pokéballs, and left without a trace. The teen then snuck into his house, and left a note where his mother slept:

Dear Mom,
I'm sorry to do this, but it's clear I have no friends; they all abandoned me. So I'm leaving. For good. Don't bother looking for me. I need to find my place in this world. I love you dearly, and I'm grateful to you for everything you've done for me, but sadly, it's time for me to go…

Goodbye forever,
Ashura Kyon Ketchum
P.S.: If Professor Oak notices some of my Pokémon are missing, I took them with me, as well as some Pokémon food.

… And with that, Ash was gone in an instant…

(Present)

The young man cringed at that thought. He had no one except a few of his pokémon. He got by in life by doing two things: working as a mercenary for the police, and gambling; which he made billions by doing, by the way. He also became a highly powerful Pokémon Trainer, and even became a highly powerful Aura Alchemist. But even with all this success, he still couldn't recover from the pain he suffered years ago… but that would change soon…