POKEMON: REAL ENEMIES

Your Real Enemies

THIRD PERSON's POV

A 16 year old boy, with his trusty Pikachu on his shoulder, is standing atop the snowy peak of Mt. Silver. He stares at the horizon as the cold breeze of snow blows pass him.

The boy is wearing a ripped blue-collared shirt, tattered dark blue jeans and a red cap with a white pokeball design. His hat covers his auburn eyes and jet black raven hair as he takes in every detail of what happened a few hours ago.

[FLASHBACK]

The boy was going against the remaining evil organization that he was not able to take down in the pokemon world, Team Rocket.

Team Rocket is an evil organization that steals other people's pokemon and researches about what pokemons truly are and their existence. Team Rocket pestered the boy throughout his journey across five regions; however, they did not create any significant disturbance in the world so the boy was not warry about them until now, when it is already too late.

"Ash Ketchum, the famed hero. It has come down to this after all. You and I, face-to-face inside my lair. I could have defeated you one-on-one but I will just be damned if I go out there with the whole world watching and discover that you are dead here," Giovanni, the leader of team rocket said trying to provoke the boy, revealed to be Ash, to attack first.

Ash was determined not to let himself get frustrated by Giovanni's taunting so he looked at him carefully as he assessed the situation before he heard Giovanni sigh. 

"You see! I am not planning to drag our battle any longer because it will just hinder my plan. Let us finish this already," started Giovanni as he showed Ash a watch around his wrist , showing a little over 3 minutes and a half counting down.

"Once this timer reaches zero, the building with you, me, your friends and everyone in here goes... Kaboom!" Giovanni exclaims bluntly.

With worry plastered across his face, Ash commanded his most trusted companion, "Pikachu, use thunderbolt on the watch! Go!" Pikachu, without any hesitation, attacked the timer around Giovanni's wrist to no avail. Not even a scratch was seen on the watch, which frustrated the 16 year old veteran trainer.

"Sorry Ash! This thing will not break unless it explodes and the only way for no one to be harmed, except us, is to send us both high up to the sky!" Giovanni shouted.

Ash, without even thinking why Giovanni is giving him a hint, took a pokeball from his belt and out came a massive orange winged-lizard. He hopped on the back of the creature and commanded it to take Giovanni up in the sky as much as possible.

"Come on, Charizard! Pikachu! This will be our last stand!" 

"CHAARRR!"

"PIKAAA!"

They flew up above the sky with Charizard carrying Giovanni. A minute left before an explosion, with catastrophic consequences, takes place.

"Hey Ash!" Giovanni stated showing no signs of resisting against Charizard. Giovanni's calm demeanor bothered Ash. "I'm not the real enemy," Giovanni continued.

"KABOOM!"

A blinding light covered the night sky. A deafening sound flooded the ears of those within a hundred miles. In the eyes of everyone, the explosion resembled a firework. It signalled the end of a reign. Little did they know that it was a warning of what is yet to come.

[END OF FLASHBACK]

"You heard it loud and clear too right, Pikachu?" Ash asked the yellow rodent on his right shoulder for confirmation.

"Pika..." the mouse pokemon nodded in response.

It was evident in both the yellow creature and its trainer the disbelief in what the Team Rocket Boss revealed.

Ash then turned around, his back facing the scenery, and reached for his belt that held 15 of his pokemon. He raised his hand and swung his hand downward creating a whipping motion with the belt that threw the pokeballs upward, releasing all of his pokemons with him right now.

The pokemons Ash have right now with him are Pikachu, Charizard, Sceptile, Greninja, Pidgeot, Tauros, Snorlax, Torterra, Infernape, Krookodile, Staravia, Goodra, Noivern, Talonflame, Gible and Gliscor.

"RAAWWWRRRR!!"

Each one of Ash's pokemon yelled their signature shouts.

"Hey pals," Ash started as he sat down on the ground. "This is something I'm not so sure myself but I think you guys should know..." He explained to his pokemons everything that Giovanni told him before the explosion.

It was clear as the sky, the shock of his pokemons but they made their decision solid that whatever happens they are with their trainer for better or worse.

"Thanks Guys!" Ash grinned through the pain of the cuts and bruises all over his body.

"But before we act. We should first know if it's true so let's go and find them and see everything for ourselves" Ash stood up from his position, returned his pokemons to their pokeball except for Pikachu and Charizard and wrapped his belt around his waist.

"I do not know if what Giovanni said is the truth but if it is, I am gonna let the world know what your true colors are." Ash mumbled to himself.

"Let's go Pikachu and Charizard! We have a meeting to catch!"

Ash jumped from the mountain only to emerge riding behind Charizard's back, with Pikachu on his right shoulder, as they fly to their destination.

<Few Hours Later>

In a secret underground base at the center of the Kanto Region posed a meeting room.

5 figures is sitting comfortably on their seats as a video of the explosion flashed before their eyes at the front of the meeting room, which caused smiles from everyone to be seen.

"Giovanni is now out of our way and luckily he took with him Ash Ketchum the son of that meddlesome man. Wow! As expected from his son. Able to take down 'real' evil organizations single-handedly. How amusing!" laughed a cloaked red-haired man at the back aisle of the table.

An irritated long-haired blondie interrupted the man, "Can you shut up? Your voice is very annoying. It's ridding me the joy I should be feeling right now!" 

"I second that!" agreed a fashionable light blue-haired man.

"HAHAHA. Let's just rejoice that everyone standing in our way are now gone. No more obstacles!" explained an old-looking red-head.

"So what's the next step?" asked a black-haired woman.

"Gather as much trainer as possible from all over the world. We will conduct a tournament and we will commence the plan once the victor has been decided." said the cloaked man.

As they were discussing their plan, they didn't know that someone has already infiltrated their base.

ASH's POV

'So what Giovanni was saying was the truth after all,' I thought to myself as I clenched my fist because of the anger that was piling up inside me but I know even a miracle would not let me win against these guys the way I am now.

As much as I would like to stay and listen I need get out of here fast because the dumpster may already be closed.

As I got pass the security I went and called Charizard to let me take a ride on his back.

"Charizard let's go. It's better if we hide from society first. Safety of everyone comes as top priority," I told my pokemon as we flew away with pikachu on my shoulder.

Just you wait! 5 years is a long time for improvement!