Red Eyed Master

Chapter 03

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I DO NOT OWN POKÉMON

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"Hello" – Speech

'Hello' – Thoughts

"Hello" – Pokémon speech/Aura/Psychic communication

'Hello' – Pokémon thoughts

[Hello] – Pokédex Entries

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Ash continued to walk sedately down route one. He stuck close to the road but also just far enough that he would encounter pokémon. Using a minute portion of his potent Aura to augment his already decent stamina, he continued with this pace for several hours. Snivy suddenly shuffled lightly on his shoulder and he stopped in the shade of a tree to glance at the small grass type.

"Are you alright Snivy?" Ash questioned his pokémon.

"Yes Ash. I'm fine just tired and a little hungry" Snivy admitted after seeing the concerned expression in her trainer's eyes.

Ash glanced up at the sun. It was high in the sky and judging by the shadow of the tree, it was somewhere around 1:00pm.

"Snivy, Seviper. We'll stop here for lunch before we continue on." Ash informed his pokémon. He could practically hear their stomachs growling at the mention of food. 'Great; pokémon that probably eat as much as I do' he sighed.

Ash released Seviper from his pokéball and began setting up for their lunch. A few sandwiches and some generic pokéchow later, they were ready to continue, Ash returned both pokémon upon their request and proceeded down the path.

Ash walked for a good hour or so when he suddenly stopped. He didn't know why he stopped but that damned gut instinct of his was screaming at him. He followed the feeling and came upon a simple clearing deeper into the grass lands of route one. Ash calmly walked into the exact centre of the clearing and took a deep breath. He slowly exhaled and let his Aura meld into the air surrounding and flowing through the clearing.

Peace that was what Ash felt at that moment. Peace that came from the gentle breeze that brushed through his hair and caressed his face. Ash removed his hood and let the breeze completely blow through his hair to cool him down. His eyes glowed red as he pushed his Aura further through the clearing and into the surrounding trees that littered the landscape. Ash was patient; he knew that he wasn't going to get an instant reaction. It was like a PC connecting to wireless internet; it had to find a signal first.

'There!" he thought as his eyes snapped open 'Due west, approximately 950 metres, a failing life force.'

Using his Aura to augment his speed; he burst out of the clearing, startling the pokémon nearby as he closed in on the dwindling life force.

'Faster,' he thought to himself '800 metres ... 750 metres ... I'm not moving fast enough!'

Pumping even more Aura into his legs he doubled his speed in an instant. The surrounding scenery blurred as he went even faster. He was vaguely aware that he was entering the Spearow nesting grounds and that they were squawking out battle cries before following after him but it didn't slow him down.

Finally he made it to the source. He stood in a simple looking field but it had scattered craters and a stream close by, clearly a training ground for the young Spearow. He honed in on the life force's Aura signature and followed the feeling of dread that was bubbling in his stomach. There in a small crater was a tiny orange and yellow pokémon and it wasn't moving. He rushed up to the tiny pokémon and immediately scanned it. A robotic male 'I'll have to change that later' voice beeped and spoke.