Chapter 1: The first step into Reborn

A man who's 18 years old, raven black hair and with zig-zag cheek patterns is sitting on a chair in a train with a yellow Pokemon and his partner on his shoulder Pikachu.

"Why? Why would they do this?" He asked himself.

"Pika, Pi." Pikachu replied as he nuzzled his cheek.

"Thanks buddy, I'm fine." He thanks as he scratched his chin making him 'chu'.

The man was Ash Ketchum he looked down and thought about what happened to him.

Flashback

Ash was walking back to his home town after coming second in the Alola League he beat Hau and Gladion but lost to a trainer call Sun.

But he felt proud and he was confident he would win the next league.

Soon he saw his house and ran with Pikachu on his shoulder.

When he arrived, he knocked on the door, "Mom I'm home!" Ash shouted.

The door opened revealing his mom with a smile, "Welcome home Ash." Delia said she hugged him which he returned.

After a bit they broke apart, "Oh by the way Oak wants to see you." Delia told her son.

Ash raised an eyebrow, "Why?" Ash asked.

"Pika?" Pikachu also asked.

"I don't know. He just said, 'When Ash comes home tell him to come to my lab.' That's all he told me, it's probably not serious but you shouldn't keep him waiting." Delia answered.

Ash nodded and ran to the lab.

Once he reached the lab, he opened the door, "Hello." Ash called out as he walked in but saw no one.

Ash and Pikachu looked around, "Where is he?" Ash asked.

"Alright Ash comes home today." A voice said making Ash turn and saw a door that's opened with a light on.

"Professor?" Ash thought to himself.

"Yeah and we know what we have to do." Another voice said.

"Misty?"

Ash walked quietly to the door. He and Pikachu peeked through the gap in the door and saw Oak, Gary, Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Drew, Dawn, Paul, Iris, Cilan, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, Lana, Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles, Mallow and Gladion.

"What's everyone doing here? Wait a minute how did my classmates get here before I did?" Ash asked silently.

"We need to tell Ash that he should try something new." Tracey said.

"Try something new?" Ash asked to himself.

"Yeah, Ash lost seven Leagues now, maybe it's time that he should just give up and try something new." Misty said.

What she said made Ash's eyes wide open in shock and horror, "T-they can't be serious?" Ash asked himself.

Pikachu meanwhile starred at them with his cheeks started to spark in anger.

"Yeah Ash might be better at trying Pokemon contest or something and he may be able to make a reputation." May said.

"Yeah but he won't beat me or you May." Drew added on.

"If Ash does choose to try contest, I can join him, we can practice to be the best and maybe be a couple." Serena added with a small blush and moving her shoulders up and down.

"Serena? Why?" Ash felt tears started to come out of his eyes.

"Yeah or Ash might be able to be better at something else." Brock agreed.

Pikachu's rage started to fill even more.

"Yeah or he might be able to give inventing a try." Clemont said.

"Or maybe Ash should get a job or something that will give him good favours." Cilan added on.

"You know that Ash you forgive us if we tell him to give up something that he loves." Dawn told the group in a sad tone.

"He'll get over. And one he'll thank us one day when he realises that his dream on becoming a Pokemon Master will always be just a dream and nothing more. So, when he gets here, we'll convince him to give up and try something new." Oak replied.

Ash's heart shattered into pieces, he turned to Pikachu who had sparks coming from his cheeks like crazy.

"Pikachu." Ash told his partner who looked at him.

"It's not worth it. Come on, let's go." Ash said as he walked away.

He went in the main room, grabbed all of his Poke Balls and walked away.

He walked outside, walked around until he found Bulbasaur trying to sperate the Grass and Water Pokemon, "Bulbasaur!" Ash shouted.

Bulbasaur turned to the front, saw Ash and smiled.

He ran to Ash and jumped into his arms who hugged him. Ash turned to Bulbasaur, "Can you call everyone please?" Ash requested making Bulbasaur nod in response.

He hopped to the ground fired a Solar Beam into the air.

All of Ash's Pokemon saw the signal and ran towards the source.

Everyone saw Ash and started to run faster, "Hey everyone!" Ash shouted.

"PIKA!" Pikachu shouted.

All of Ash's Pokemon tackled Ash to the ground after a bit all of his Pokemon were in front of Ash then released his Alolan Pokemon, "Alright everyone I went inside and I heard that everyone we travelled with wanted me to give up my dream on becoming a Pokemon Master." Ash told everyone who are shocked by this.

"They want me to try something that I might be better at!" Ash shouted with tears falling from his eyes.

Ash turned to his Pokemon, "But I'm going to prove them wrong and I'll show them that my dream will become a reality. So, who's with me?" Ash asked.

All of his Pokemon step forwards without a hesitation and smiled at him.

Ash was happy knowing that the Pokemon he raised and loved with all of his heart won't leave him, "Thanks guys you're the best." Ash returned all of his Pokemon and walked back to his house with Pikachu on his shoulder.

Once Ash made it to his house, he walked inside and told his mom what happened, "HOW DARE THEY TALK ABOUT GIVING UP YOUR DREAM!" Delia shouted making the house shake.

"Mom I want to get as far away from here as possible." Ash requested.

Delia looked at her son, "Of course Ash." Delia replied.

Ash then stood up, "The next time I call you I'll be a Pokemon Master." Ash told his mother.

Delia smiled, "Make me proud." Delia said as they hugged, she than turned to Pikachu.

"Take care of Ash." Delia requested making Pikachu nod and left the house.

At the airport Ash was looking for Regions to go but there were none that would be far enough from where his so-called friends lived.

He walked up to a woman at the counter, "Hello how may I help you?" She asked.

"Is there a Region that I can get far from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos and Alola?" Ash asked.

The lady started to type into her computer until, "There is ooone, the Reborn Region." She said reluctantly.

Ash noticed the tone but ignored it, "Can I book a flight to this Region?" Ash requested.

"Um I wouldn't recommend you go to that Region." She told Ash.

Ash and Pikachu raised an eyebrow, "Why?" Ash asked.

"Even though it's supposed to be the strongest Region around not many people go there these days because it's horrible to live in." She answered.

Ash looked down, "The strongest Region." Ash said to himself.

He clasped his right fist, turned to Pikachu who is looking at his trainer and nodded his head making Ash nod as well.

"We'll take our chances." Ash told the lady.

She sighed, "Very well. The only way to get to Reborn is to catch a Train, which that's takes around 10 hours to get there and it won't depart form the Kanto Station til Midnight. But here's a map that will take you there." She explained as she handed Ash a map that will take him to the train station.

"Thank you." Ash replied as he walked out of the Airport.

When Ash got to the station he walked to the man at the counter, "Can I have a ticket to Reborn please." Ash requested.

"Sure. Just give me your name, your gender please and your age." The man requested.

"Ash Ketchum, Male and I'm eighteen." Ash replied.

The man typed into his computer and then printer out the ticket.

"Here you go. Though I don't know why you would want to go there. I heard it's a total dump." The man told Ash.

"To be the best." Ash told him and walked to the platform.

The man watched Ash walking away, "That kid had better be prepared." The man thought to himself as he took a sip of his coffee.

Flashback over

Ash sighed, looked around seeing there were a few trainers all look like beginners, before he looked out the window to see the scenery was a desert with mountains.

But what caught his attention was an Absol standing on a cliff looking down at the train.

Soon the Absol jumped away, "That can't a good sign." Ash thought to himself.

"Hey there, sorry about the wait." A voice called out to him making Ash and Pikachu turn to see a woman with white hair that runs down lower then her shoulders, wearing a black scarf, a black tight shirt with white shoulder caps, purple jeans and wearing black leg boots that go up to her knees.

"Uhm, I don't mean to be rude but. Who are you?" Ash asked.

The woman laughed for a bit, "Sorry my name is Ame and I'm an official of the Reborn Region. It's nice to meet you." Ame introduced herself as she offered her hand.

Ash accepted it and they shook hands, "I'm Ash and this is my partner Pikachu." Ash introduced himself and his partner.

"Pika, Pikachu." Pikachu said.

"Forgive me." Ame bent over to stare at Pikachu's eyes after a bit she withdrew herself.

"Wow, I don't I've ever seen a bond like your before. Can I ask, how long have you been together?" Ame asked.

"Eight years now." Ash answered making Pikachu nod in agreement.

"Eight years, not bad. So, I assume that you aren't a beginner, are you?" Ame asked.

Ash shook his head, "Many how regions have you travelled?" Ame asked.

Ash glanced up recounting the number of regions he's been to until he turned back to Ame, "7 region." Ash answered.

"7?! That's impressive. So, what brings you to Reborn?" Ame asked again.

Ash eyes widen a bit until he looked down as he remembered what his so-called friends said, "I came here for a challenge." Ash told the truth at a point.

Ame wasn't convinced but saw the hurt look on his face and decided to drop the subject, "Well if you came for a challenge. Reborn is the perfect region for you." Ame replied.

"So, I heard." Ash said as he turned to Ame.

"You see unlike other regions Reborn has 18 Gyms." Ame told Ash.

"18?!" Ash asked shocked.

"Pika!?"

"Yep. One Gym leader for each type, and all of have a full team of six." Ame explained the camera pointed above her showing black silhouettes of all of the gym leaders with their eyes white.

"All of them?" Ash asked shocked again as the camera turned back to him.

"Chu."

Ame nodded before she turned to Ash's wrist and saw a Z-Ring, "I haven't seen one of those in a while." Ame said while looking at Ash's left hand.

Ash looked down and saw what Ame was talking about, "Yeah the last Region I was in was Alola. And Tapu Koko gave this to me." Ash explained.

"You met the island deity?" Ame asked making Ash nod in response.

"Well back to the Reborn topic, there was one time Reborn was completely abandoned by everyone, even by the Pokemon." Ame explained.

Ash and Pikachu were shocked, "What happened?" Ash asked.

"An incident a few years ago. (Sigh) And while I'm being honest, we only managed to get things lifted off the ground again." Ame answered.

"It's sounds like you have your hands full." Ash pointed out.

"Yeah, but if it wasn't a challenge it wouldn't be any fun. So, that's why-" Ame stopped herself as she looked above Ash.

Ame's POV

I'm looking above Ash and I saw Shade, "What's he doing here?" I asked myself before he vanished into thin air.

Third Person POV

Ash saw that Ame is starring above him, he and Pikachu looked up but saw nothing.

Ash and Pikachu looked at each other before turning back to Ame, "Are you ok?" Ash asked.

Ame didn't answer him but looked out the window, "Something's wrong. Why aren't we slowing down?" Ame asked as she moved next to Ash to look out his window.

Ash and Pikachu looked his window, "Oh no!" Ame shouted making everyone turn to him.

"LOOK OUT!" Ame shouted as Ame tackled Ash and Pikachu out of the window.

BBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!

The last thing Ash saw was the train being blown up before getting knocked out.

"Hey, Ash!" A voice tried to call out to him but was fuzzy.

Ash's eyes started to flutter as he woke up and saw Ame kneeling in front of.

Ash saw Pikachu next to him who just woke up and went back to Ash's shoulder.

Ame sighed in relief and got back stood back up, "You're alive. Thank Arceus." Ame said as Ame helped Ash help him to his feet.

Ame then turned to the station.

Ash turned and saw the station has been completely blown up shocking Ash and Pikachu to the core.

"I saved you but everyone else." Ame didn't say anything else.

"Who would do something like this?" Ash asked.

"Wow!" A voice called out making the three turn and saw a women around a year younger than Ash, with teal colour hair that is tied in a ponytail by a yellow hairband, which runs down to her shoulders, she's wearing a yellow shirt and a dark yellow skirt that matches her socks that go up to her knees and shoes.

"Julia. Did you do this?" Ame demanded to know.

Julia placed a hand above her chest, "You really think I would blow up a train?!" She asked.

Ame just gave her deadpan, "Ok I would. But I wouldn't blow up a train with people in it!" Julia continued.

Ame just sighed, "That's true." Ame said before turning to Ash.

"Julia this is Ash, Ash this is-"

"Say no more!" Julia interrupted, brought out pompoms and started to do a dance.

"My name is Julia and welcome to the REBORN Region!" She shouted as she raised her right arm above her head.

Ash felt awkward by this because it attracted the police's attention.

But before he could response, he smelt something terrible making him cover his mouth and Pikachu followed suit.

"What hell is that smell?!" Ash asked.

Julia lowered her pompoms and pointed to her left, "That would be the ocean." She answered.

"The ocean?" Ash said confused.

Ash and Pikachu turned to ocean, uncovered their mouths, with their eyes wide open by what they're seeing, the ocean wasn't blue but brown with a lot of Grimer's, Muk's and Skrelp's swimming in it.

Ash turned back to Ame and Julia only to see how buildings that are smashed, the ground has cracks and debris have fallen on the ground.

Ash and Pikachu are shocked and horrified by what they're looking at, "Th-this. This is the Reborn Region?!" Ash asked in horror as one thought rolled through his mind.

"What did we get ourselves into?" Ash asked.

Author's notes.

First chapter done.

Let me know what you thought about it. I enjoy playing Pokemon Reborn so i decided to make a story with Ash in it.

I went for a different style then the Torren Champion. If anyone have ideas about what Pokemon Ash should catch let me know. But no Legendries.