[Pokémon] Aura vs Mirage

Well since I'm putting one of my stories on whole and my writing style has sort of changed...I want to put this one up instead :D Tell me what you guys think of it.

Index:
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5

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Prologue

"At least two years has passed since I've first introduced my Mirage Pokemon," a male voice chuckled. "No one was able to find me and now I have created an even better system." He put his hand on a lever, pulling it down. Suddenly a glow filled the room and a purple Pokémon appeared. He smiled at the figure, impressed at how fast it had generated into space. "Welcome back Mewtwo."

Mewtwo opened its eyes, staring back at its creator. More Pokemon appeared by its side, Lucario, Aggron, Entei, Articuno, Mightyena, and Machoke. They all looked to their master waiting for a command. He only chuckled.

"I need you, Mewtwo to set this off straight," he ordered. "Set off a few explosions for the Pokemon to go out of hand. Then, our devices shall be set out everywhere into the region, reaching greatly until all over the world."

The Pokemon didn't respond, only disappearing in the midis. Moments later a loud explosion was heard, the ground rumbling beneath them. Dr. Yung let out a laugh at the sound while the rest of the Pokemon looked at each other in confusion.

"The time has come."

Meanwhile, Dr. Yung didn't know he was being watched. A pair of blue eyes peeked out from around the corner staring at the blue-haired man. Its pink tail twitched back and forth nervously as it watched. It remembered what had happened the last time Dr. Yung had set Mirage Pokemon loose. They had taken over, he had become evil, and attacking the poor trainers it remembered. Then it had risked its life to save them, trying its best to defeat its mirage family. Though its data didn't return to the system, it didn't truly have a full soul yet. The doctor was able to just recreate it again trying to control it over again, but Mew wasn't going to let this happen.

Mew knew what Dr. Yung was planning. If she could just a bit longer for all the devices to be set out around the region, Mew could find help. She knew that maybe she could find that nice trainer that helped her and others too. She waited alone in darkness and silence for the breaking storm.

Days had passed as more explosions went by. Mew was becoming agitated, wanting to do the same as the other Mirage Pokemon and attack others, but she held out. She flew up into the air, gazing behind her back before teleporting away. She quickly teleported herself to the Tree of Beginning. She was grateful this was in the region that she lived. If she could just talk to the Mew here she just might be able to stop this madness before it grew out of hand. She flew passed figures, hidden within in crystals. She stared at them, one looking like a Pokemon and the other a human.

"Mew!"

Mew turned around, hearing the voice of the other Mew. It eyed her with curiosity.

"What are you doing here?" it asked, its voice sounding feminine.

"I need help," Mew replied. "There's great danger heading for the Pokemon world being caused by Mirage Pokemon. They will be unstoppable. There must be a way to stop them."

The Mew blinked, her eyes narrowing. "And you're asking me? You're a Mew yourself."

"True, but I am only a Mirage. I can travel around to anywhere because my Master - no they're Master - created devices that are everywhere now. If he can be beaten, I believe the devices will too."

"I see..." the Mew's eyes trailed away focusing on the crystallize structures."But I cannot do anything to help with that. They were the last ones before they all disappeared."

"They? Who disappeared?"

Mew's eyes clouded in grief as she remembered. "The Aura Guardians."

"Aura Guardians..." she echoed. Mirage Mew watched as Mew flew a couple of circles around the imprison Aura Guardians. "So there's nothing we can do?"

"Well...there is some, I believe, that are out there, but don't know of their true being," Mew whispered. "I met one, but he didn't stick with the idea. But if his Partner Pokemon will show and help, I'm sure it will happen. There is always an Aura Guardian King after all."

"So how will this happen?"

"Just leave everything, to me."

Sorry for the long wait every one...I saw how this caught more attention while I was away so I just had to get back on it. Well here's the next chapter for the long await. This one is just a bit shorter as it contains something that I'm still working at perfecting at writing. I promise they'll be up quicker now :)


Chapter 3

Ash could hardly believe that Marill had evolved right before them during a battle against a Spiritomb. They all were now on their way back to camp, Pikachu and Marill ahead of them while he and Misty walked in silence. The presences of Spiritomb was the one thing that kept crossing his mind. How could the Pokemon possibly show up out of nowhere?
They were nowhere near the Hallowed Tower. That was the place where he, Brock, and Dawn had first encountered a Spiritomb after knocking the tower down and the Spiritomb emerged. There they had learned of an Aura Guardian that had put the exact Spiritomb away before into a keystone; the group was able to seal it away again. This troubled Ash completely, could there be a keystone around somewhere? He would remember to question the gang as they entered the camp.

The others noticed them approaching and looked up in amazement at the new sight. Brock, who was preparing breakfast, looked up from his work. Croganuk sat where he was, doing his usual croaking as he sat near Brock's feet. Buneary and Piplup rushed over, eying Marill, and were soon followed by Glaceon. May and Dawn quickly followed after their Pokemon.

"Is this Azurill?" Dawn questioned.

"Yes, its is," Misty replied. "She evolved!"

"Evolved?" May exclaimed. "Congratulations! But how?"

Misty began to explain their story while they were out in the forest. Ash closely watched their expressions, pretty sure that they would react at how they were spending time alone away from camp, especially at an early time. Ash caught Buneary and Marill talking, back into their Pokemon speech causing him to worry. What could these two Pokemon be up to now? He looked at Pikachu who was also watching them with a look of distraught.

"Misty," Marill began. "I'd like to try out my new moves with Buneary, if its ok?"

"Oh please, Dawn!" Buneary pleaded, pulling on her trainer's leg.

Ash heard Pikachu let out a gasp, his face screwing up into many emotions. His Pokemon had him very confused. What could be wrong with the two battling? The two female trainers agreed with Brock agreeing to referee the battle. May took the liberty of watching the food while the two battled. Ash decided to let his Eevee out and watch the battle.

"Eevee Eev!" he chimed as he appeared from his Pokeball. He landed on the ground beside Ash, shaking his fur. He then caught the sight of Misty and cringed. "Not her again!"

"Relax," Ash replied petting the Evolution Pokemon. "You're not going to battle her Vaporeon."

"Then what am I doing?"

"You're going to watch a battle."

"A battle?! This is what I've been waiting for."

Eevee waved his tail in happiness and began to bounce on his paws. Pikachu padded over to sit beside him, quivering with anticipation. Both Pokemon looked onto the field watching as the female Pokemon took their positions of the battle field. Glaceon and Crogunk stared from the opposite side where they sat at May's feet. Ash couldn't wait to see how this would turn out, but he wasn't positive of who to cheer for.

"This will be a one on one battle between Misty, gym leader from Cerulean City and Dawn, trainer from Twinleaf Town," Brock announced. "Are the trainers ready?"

The trainers and their Pokemon nodded.

"Then let the battle begin!"

"Alright Marill, use your Water Gun!" Misty ordered.

"Marill!" The Aqua Mouse chimed. She opened her mouth and fired the water.

"Buneary use Ice Beam!"

"Bunnnnneary!"

Buneary's attack hit, the light blue rays freezing the Water Gun on target. Marill quickly stopped, dodging the rest of Buneary's attack as the Ice Beam continued to freeze everything in its path. On command, Marill began to charge at her foe using Aqua Jet. Buneary was unprepared for this and was hit by the attack. Regaining her balance, she began to attack back using her Dizzy Punch.
Ash stared in dismay at the sight, still not sure on whether to cheer for Misty or for Dawn. He glanced at May and Brock who were looking on at the battle as if the decision didn't truely matter to them to see who won. Why did this possibly bother him so much? He knew Misty had trained Azurill well, seeing how she easily dodged punch after punch of Buneary's Dizzy Punch, and he seen just how much Buneary had grown training with Dawn. This battle just had him baffled. His attention snapped back to the battle upon seeing Marill finally hit.

"Good job Buneary," Dawn cheered seeing the now dazed and confused Aqua Mouse stumbling around on the field. "Now attack back with bounce!"

Buneary quickly leapped into the air, tumbling into a flip.

"Listen to me, Marill," Misty yelled. "Use Refresh!"

Ash knew Misty was relying heavily on fate for Marill to do this attack through all of her confusion. Suddenly, memories of Misty's Corsala flooded back through his mind. It had used the move Recover multiple times to save itself, and Misty, when they were in a tight situation. Refresh was on a different level of a move, but it could still help one out in case of a status problem, just not heal Marill's health. He watched in silence, sighing with relief when he saw Marill begin to glow a light blue.

At once, Marill shook herself after the Refresh took affect. She recovered quicly enough to dodge the attack, seeing Buneary's foot land into the soft sand. On command, she attacked back using Water Gun sending Buneary flying backwards out of the sand. Buneary hopped back to her feet, shaking her fur to get rid of the water. Marill couldn't resist smiling at her soaked foe.

"Dizzy Punch again!" Dawn growled.

"Dodge it and use Aqua Jet!" Misty ordered.

"Buneary!"

Buneary's ears began glow multicolored and she quickly rushed forward, punching with her ears. Marill began to dodge the punches simutaneously, almost as if it was a graceful dance. The Aqua Mouse finally leaped far back for her to have enough range to finally attack her opponent. She engulfed herself in water and sprang at her foe, breaking through the many punches. Buneary landed on her back, struggling back to her feet until she was suddenly hit again by a Water Gun, flying into the nearby bushes.

"Buneary!" Dawn gasped, watching her Pokemon land in the thicket. Without waiting for her friends, she raced over towards her injured Pokemon. Her eyes widen in astonishment at the sight she found behind plant. "Uh guys....you better come see this."

Ash looked over towards the brush, turning his attention away from the celebrating Pokemon. He walked over towards Dawn who didn't bother to get up from her spot.

"What is it?" he questioned.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you but...look."

He peered over her arm, his mouth dropping in a gap at the Pokemon he saw before him. Not only was Buneary lying there unconcious, but another one was as well. It was none other than a Riolu.

Well, I'm not one for shippingish stories (not saying this one is an outright shipping story yet) but I like it. You could redo the way they use moves though since a hyper beam doesn't mean much to a person who hasn't played the game/watched the anime before. You could say "A twisting beam of immense destructive power shot out of its mouth, towards Pikachu." Same with other moves. Bulbapedia could really help when you're researching how to describe moves in a story based on the anime.

Actually rather well written, you impressed me with the kinds of description. But, with that silver lining is a darker cloud. The paragraphs are nice and easy to read, however, the entire ensemble pleads for more padding in the flair department. It gives a good tale of what happens and what things look like, but I am hoping for consistency with the pacing of the description. For example, in the most recent chapter you go from rich detail of the battle toward general lack of it at the climax and falling action.

I hope to see more from you.

Aww don't you love summer break? xD I know I do!!! Now that school is finished I'm able to get chapters up even faster :3 of course until my internship starts up -.- .......anywayz this is just a short chapter to follow the battle and, uh just read it :P

Chapter 5

Ash could hardly believe all of this had happened so fast. That move had been Aura Sphere and he knew that Lucario could know that while Riolu weren't suppose to. Unless...that Riolu is the same one we met before. He stared in bewilderment at the Riolu as it stood protectively infront of Pikachu and Marill. The Spiritomb seemed stunned after watching its attack easily countered by just one move. Quickly, it began to glow and an orange ball developed at its mouth.

"It's preparing another Hyper Beam," Ash whispered. He glanced over towards their Pokemon who were recovering from the shock. Raising his voice to a yell, he called out,

"Pikachu, Marill get out of there!"

"Wait!" Misty objected. "I have a plan, Marill use Refresh on you both."

Glancing over at her opponent, she padded over to Pikachu. She held out her paw towards Pikachu and he took hold of it. Closing her eyes, she began to glow light blue and waves of energy began to come off of her. In a matter of seconds they both were completely healed. The two then looked over at their trainers eagerly.

Suddenly, Spiritomb released its attack. Riolu swiftly jumped to defense, running up to its opponent. It held out a paw, standing just a few feet away, and fired a huge light green blast. This attack quickly engulfed Spiritomb's, breaking through and striking it. The Forbidden Pokemon let out an agonizing groan. Pikachu and Marill quickly joined in the attack using Thunderbolt and Water Gun. Spiritomb was unprepared for the attacks and it was damaged. It let out another groan, eyeing the Pokemon before finally disintegrating into the air.

This caught the attention of the other Spiritomb, stopping their attack. They spotted Riolu and exchanged glances with each other. Finally, the Pokemon growled and disappeared into thin air as well, leaving the group to stare and sigh in relief.

"For a minute there I thought we were doomed," Dawn sighed. "Thank you Riolu."
Riolu blinked at Dawn and then nodded. It looked over towards Ash. Ash blinked in confusion and suddenly froze. His eyes began to dialated and images began to flash before him. He could see Hunter J and her Salamence, a wooden carved Riolu, Pokemon Ranger Kellyn, and finally himself and Riolu waving goodbye. The images came to a sudden stop, letting his senses return. He was able to see everyone around him.

"You're...that Riolu we helped?" Ash whispered.

Riolu smiled. I've returned to find my master.

Ash gasped in shock. He can speak telepathy now. "Master? But you belong to-"

No! It is you that I serve.

Ash stared in confusion at Riolu. He remembered returing Riolu to his rightful Trainer. Why was he now calling him his master? Better yet, why did he have to serve him? He exchanged glances with his friends who all shrugged. He caught of Pikachu who was shuffling uneasy on his paws. Did he know something about this?

"Well," Brock said. "It's a good thing you came to find Ash then. We would have been in a lot of trouble if you hadn't showed up and healed."

I thank you for healing me. Riolu replied.

"Does someone mind explaning to me what I've missed?" Misty questioned.

"Me too," May agreed.

"A while back we met this Riolu when he was hurt and lost," Brock began. "We ran into Kellyn, a Pokemon Ranger - they're people who keep an eye on Pokemon and nature - whose mission was to return Riolu back to his home. However, he was being hunted by Hunter J; she steals or captures Pokemon and sells them to people. We were able to get him away from her and her henchmen and return him to his rightful owner."

"That's horrible," May said, looking at Riolu. "I'm glad you guys were able to get him home. So you must be related to Lucario if you're able to use Aura Sphere."

I am able to evolve into Lucario. Riolu replied. However, I am a special Riolu as most aren't able to use Aura Special.

"That's something. So Ash you must be able to read his Aura?"

"Heh, yeah," Ash chuckled. He caught the confused eyes of Misty's and explained, "Aura is a something every living being has, but some people are able to use and see it. Those who can are known as Aura Guardians."

"Seems like you always end up with something," Misty smiled.

And he has a special aura which is why he is my master. Riolu added. We must join together and stop those fake Pokemon from taking over.

"Fake?" Ash echoed. "What are you talking about? We know those Spiritomb were able to use unlike any other Spiritomb but look at you."

I was specially trained! Those Spiritomb are sent from someone who is out to take over the world. Pikachu, you know of this.

Ash glanced at the Electric Mouse who was now cowering in fear beside Marill and Buneary. He never had seen Pikachu so frighten before. "What's he talking about Pikachu?"

"Why wasn't I able to see this coming," Pikachu murmured. "It all makes sense now..."

The others stared impatiently at Pikachu while Ash growled with rage. He demanded that he knew what Pikachu had been hiding this instance. Finally, Pikachu sighed.

"The time of the Aura Guardians have come again," Pikachu whispered. "And you, Ash, have been selected."