Empathic Adventures

Empathic Pursuit

by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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Here we go again. Season 11, away we go!

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A lilac haired girl laid on her side, with a leg draped over her black haired boyfriend as he slept. Anabel had a contented smile on her face. They hadn't had sex, they were staying at a center and couldn't really do that. However, they were only wearing panties and boxers respectively.

As content as she was, she couldn't sleep. By all rights, they shouldn't have won that last tag battle tournament, but they did. Their pokemon had gone beyond what she thought they could go in battling Dawn and Conway's pokemon.

'What was it that gave our pokemon the strength to keep going?' she thought to herself. Her mind reached out to the sleeping mind of her boyfriend. She found blissful nothingness there. No emotions, which somewhat unnerved her. However, there was something else there that she hadn't felt before, or something she just hadn't noticed until now. It wasn't an emotion, so what was it?

'Is this...could this be...I better call Brandon...he'll want to know about this.' Anabel thought to herself before she quietly slipped out of bed, dressed, and headed out to make a phone call.

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"Are you for certain? You could be..."
"I know what I felt, Brandon. I know the difference between a person's emotions and what I felt from Ash and that was not an emotion I felt from him."

"Then he is dangerous to be around."

"What!?"

"Aura guardians, while not loners, could not stay in one place for too long. Even trained aura guardians couldn't keep their powers from effecting pokemon and other humans."

"You never mentioned that before when you first told us about aura guardians."

"That's because I didn't think that it was necessary for anyone to know that information at that time. You've got to get away from him, now. If you are able to feel his aura, then its already starting to effect you."

"You better explain yourself, Brandon," Anabel demanded with a growl.
"Pokemon can feed off the power that an aura Guardian puts out if those pokemon have deeply bonded with the aura guardian. However, a different sort of effect happens with humans, especially female humans."

"What?"
"Female humans can be drawn to the guardian due to the aura that the guardian puts out. They become enamored and feel as if they are in love with the guardian, but it's the pull of the aura. The aura is trying to make sure that the powers are passed on to another generation. This has lead to unfortunate situations. So, Anabel, I suggest you and any other girl that's near Ash needs to stay away from him and Ash needs to be trained."

"He doesn't even know that he has the power yet."

"What!? And you were able to sense aura from him!? You must leave him now!"

"I can't! Pokemon hunter J is after me and she's probably been hired by Team Rocket to get me back in their clutches. I'm not going to put myself at risk just because you think that my feelings for Ash are being manufactured by his untapped aura powers! You aren't my father, Brandon. If I want to be with Ash then I'll be with Ash, even if I have to fight for him or share him if it comes to that," Anabel fumed out and hung up, not wanting to hear anymore of Brandon's parental advise. Just because she was the youngest brains gave the rest of the brains no right to treat her like she couldn't take care of herself. She calmed herself and went back to bed. Hopefully, Ash was still asleep and wouldn't ask any questions that she wasn't ready to answer.

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"Is she in any real danger with being with Ash?" Scott asked.

"No but.."

"Brandon, I know that you know more about pokemon legends and myths, but if the only thing you can tell me is that she'll probably get into a fight with another girl for Ash's heart then you didn't go to high school," Scott said with a smile and Brandon held his tongue for a moment before speaking.

"Scott..."

"She'll be fine. Remember, she is a brain. Now go find another legend to chase down," Scott said and hung up. He then made another call.

"Lance, we may have another problem.."

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"Ash?"

"Mmmm?"

"I think I know why Chimchar was acting so emotional. Brock had it partially right, but there is another reason why."

"What?"

"I finally figured out just exactly how Paul trains his pokemon. He uses negative reinforcement while you use positive reinforcement. When Chimchar lost to Piplup, it thought you would say the same thing that Paul said to it whenever it lost. However you complimented it and Chimchar didn't know how to handle that."

"Whoa, that makes sense. Grrr...that Paul," Ash began, but Anabel pulled him closer to her and kissed him.

"Calm down, he's not here for you to explain how wrong his training methods are."

"Sorry," he apologized. "He just makes me so mad the way he treats his pokemon."

"I know. Now, get some sleep," she said and in a matter of moments, he was snoring away.

"How can you stand that?" Dawn asked.

"I've heard worse," Anabel said with a smile. 'Brandon is right. I can feel the aura working on Dawn as well. I'll keep my senses trained on her for now on until Ash finds out about his powers.'

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Anabel closed her eyes as she ran her hand through his messy hair. He was using her lap as a pillow which she didn't mind. If there had been any doubt in her mind of what Ash might be, that doubt had been washed away by the actions of that Spiritomb.

"I don't get it. Ash seemed to be just as worn out as Pikachu was when we got to this center."

"That wasn't the first time I've heard a story about aura guardians," Anabel began.

"Brandon?" Brock asked.

"Who's Brandon?" Dawn asked.
'He's another Frontier Brain that is very knowledgeable about pokemon legends," Anabel answered. "What are the chances that Ash might actually be an aura guardian?"

"Well...after what Ash as gone through and what he's been able to do I wouldn't be surprised," Brock replied with a grin.

"Ash? An aura guardian? Wow," Dawn said.

'Wow indeed,' Anabel thought as Ash continued to sleep.

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Anabel bit her lip in worry. Why did Zoey need to talk to Ash alone? Anabel slowly followed and got her answer almost immediately.

Why can't you slow down!" Zoey shouted, smacking Ash upside his head. "Dawn's copying you to a tee! You don't seem to want to slow down between your gym battles and she's following your lead!"

"Uhhh..hey! It's not my fault that she's trying to imitate me!" Ash shouted back.

"And that's why she doesn't take time to re-charge and think about why she lost. You just can't wait to get to the next gym and Dawn can't help but to follow the lead of a stubborn, hot headed speed demon! She'd do better traveling alone!"

Ash took a step back and felt as if he had been punched in the gut. Was yet another coordinator copying him?

"That's enough," Anabel calmly said.

"I'm not finished with your partner," Zoey retorted.

"I believe you are. You've helped Dawn and you made your point with my boyfriend so you can go."

"Boyfriend huh? You ought to train him to slow down for Dawn's sake," Zoey retorted.

Anabel closed her eyes. Zoey had made her point. Why couldn't she leave now?

"Hey, why don't the two of us have a double battle. Let's see how good you are without Ash to tag up with."

"Uh, we don't have.." Anabel began.

"What? Are you afraid I'll beat you?"

"I accept your challenge," Anabel said, now wanting to shut Zoey up.

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"Where are the others? I thought Ash would be ready to leave Solaceon Town. I know I am," Dawn commented as she and Brock exited the pokemon center.

"Hmm, there they are and it looks like Zoey is testing herself against Anabel."

"What!?"

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"I knew that I couldn't play around with you, so that's why I'm using Misdreavus along with my Glameow. Now, Glameow, shadow claw and Misdreavus, confuse ray!"

"Alakazam, psybeam on Glameow, Metagross, use Meteor Mash on Glameow.'

Zoey's eyes widen in horror, seeing both attack hit Glameow. It almost fainted from the onslaught, but managed to stay up.

"What's going on Ash?" Dawn asked.

"Brock, referee this match," ash quickly said and dragged Dawn away.

"Hey!" Dawn protested but Ash kept dragging her off away from the battle.

"Well, better keep my eye on the battle," Brock said to himself.

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"Why did you drag me away from the battle!?"

"Zoey thinks that you might be picking up my bad habit of going at a break neck pace. I may be an experienced trainer, but I'm not a coordinator. I can't give you good enough advice like Zoey can. She thought that maybe you would do better if you traveled by yourself. That way, you aren't force to move so quickly from town to town and will give you a chance to think about your contest without having to worry about Team Rocket or J or me wanting to get to my next gym battle."

Dawn bit her lip. Zoey had told him that?

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another tandem attack from Alakazam and Metagross knocked out Glameow. Knowing that she didn't have a chance now, she recalled Misdreavus.

"Ok, I know when I'm beat. Misdreavus, return."

"A wise move."

"I might have won, but having to face two psychic pokemon at once against my one ghost would have been too much."

"You've helped Dawn, but I would appreciate it if you leave Ash out of it. You don't' know what we are going through. You don't now how it feels to be chased down by Team Rocket day after day, nor do you have to deal with Pokemon Hunter J either."

"Pokemon Hunter J!?" Zoey repeated, having her the name in her travels.

"Team Rocket's boss wants me for my powers and will hire anyone to get me back to Kanto. Thinking before you speak would be a lesson that you should take from this battle. C'mon Brock, let's go find Ash and Dawn and head on."

"right," Brock agreed.

"I guess I might have crossed a line," Zoey said to herself and headed off as well.

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"I...I..don't want to leave," Dawn cried against Ash's chest. Ash felt quite uncomfortable. Hearing footsteps, he turned to see Brock and Anabel. He was about to ask Anabel to help him, but she shook her head at him and made a gesture with her hands, telling him to continue comforting her.

"Are you sure that you want to keep traveling with us?"

Dawn looked up at him and said, "I'm sure. It was my fault that I lost..I lost focus on what I needed to do to get out of the first round of last couple of contests. I won't lose focus like that again," she finished and hugged him back to reassure him that she wasn't going to leave him.

'I feel drawn to him, no matter if he's seeing Anabel or not, I'm staying by his side,' Dawn thought.

'Yes, his aura is drawing her in,' Anabel observed.

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"Arrrrrrrgggggg!"

"feel better?"

"A little. Man, that Paul almost messed our plan to get the Gligar out of the city."

"Hey," Anabel said and put her arms around him, "you got yourself a new friend."

"Yeah, but he doesn't seem to know how to fly all that well."

"I'm sure you can help him. Now, let's get some sleep," she said and the two walked out of the bathroom and the couple went to bed.

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"Ugh, that was a miserable failure. Why are those dolts still on the team!" Cassidy yelled.

"And why hasn't Pokemon Hunter J done her job?" Butch added.

"J's probably had just as much trouble with those twirps as we have had. C'mon, let's go back to Namba's lab," Cassidy suggested and the two left.

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"You're still up."

"Yeah."

"Is it because we ran into Butch and Cassidy again?"

"Yeah. I don't know if I can protect her, Brock."

"Now don't' doubt yourself. Butch and Cassidy might be tougher than Jessie and James, but we can beat them as well."

"And J?"

"J hasn't shown back up again and if and when she does, we'll deal with her, together."

Ash smiled at his long time friend an felt the weight slightly lifted from his shoulders. He looked over to where Anabel was sleeping peacefully in their shared sleeping bag and silently vowed to keep her safe, no matter the price.

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"Finally!" Ash shouted, his hands raised victoriously as Veilestone City could be seen. Then, to Anabel's surprise Ash jumped aside and a blue ball of energy went by him.

"Aura sphere!" Ash shouted and took off like a bullet. Anabel followed right on his heals as Brock explained to dawn about aura sphere as they tried to keep up with the pair.

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They watched as a pink haired women fought a Lucario, the apparent source of the aura sphere.

"Ash, how did you know that stray aura sphere was coming for you?" Anabel asked.

He looked at her, his eyes a soft brown. She knew that he had been hiding something from her. "Later, I promise," he said while taking a firm hold of her hand. Before she could say anymore on the matter, the group heard a sound of laughter and then an electric attack aimed for Pikachu.

Pikachu responded unkind by using thunderbolt and the two pokemon started fighting up close, in an electrical hand to hand style.

"Hey, stop! Ash shouted and Pikachu did so, but the Electabuzz didn't and knocked Pikachu for a loop. Ash ran over and checked to make sure Pikachu was ok.

"That's Paul's Electabuzz. I recognize it's emotional behavior," Anabel explained.

"You're Paul's Electabuzz!?" Ash shouted.

"It sure is, and you must be Ash. Paul's mentioned a trainer with a Pikachu with volt tackle. Anabel? What are you doing in the Sinnoh region?"

"Reggie? What are you doing in Veilestone City and why do you have Paul's Electabuzz?" Anabel asked.

"I live in Veilestone city and Paul's my brother."

"Paul's your brother!?" Ash shouted.
"I see that Paul's training of his pokemon doesn't agree with your own. So, what is a Frontier brain doing so far from home?" Reggie asked.

"That's a long story, but," she said and took Ash's hand and showed him the tag battle bands and the purpled breeder smiled to himself.

"Interesting...y'know, it took me four tries to beat her, how many tries did it take you?" Reggie asked.

"Two," Ash replied with a grin and Anabel rolled her eyes.

"Well now, we need to have a..whoa!" Reggie shouted and Lucario blasted the fighting pair of Pikachu and Electabuzz.

"Sorry!" the pink haired girl said after running over to them.

"I see that Lucario is putting you through its own brand of training, huh Maylene?"

"He's a little...aggressive," Maylene replied.

"Well, I think Ash here will wont a battle with you since you are the gym leader," Reggie said and Maylene hung her head and sighed dejectedly.

"I can't, you know that," she said and and Lucario growled at her in frustration.

"I see that my brother's battle with you is still haunting you. C'mon, let's go to my place," Reggie said.

"I think I'll stay...I want to talk to Maylene," dawn said. Ash gave her a look, but Anabel squeezed his hand and he said nothing on the matter.

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"I can't believe Dawn is actually challenging the gym leader," Ash commented that night.

"She hopes to get her and Maylene's confidence back in one felt swoop. You sure you are ok? you and Staravia had some intense training."

"I'll sleep good tonight that's for sure," Ash answered.

"Tell me."

Ash sighed, "If I actually pay attention or if there's a strong aura around, I can sense it."

"You do have aura guardian powers."

"How...Brandon," Ash said remembering that most likely Brandon knew about aura and aura guardians.

"Why didn't you tell me?"
"The next time Team Rocket gets you, they may want to know more about me and they may put you through worse than they did when they were trying to figure out your powers. I thought if I did come out right away and told you..."

He never finished as she threw herself against him and held him tightly to her. She didn't want him to finish that statement. She would never tell anyone that would harm her Ash about her love's powers.

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He sat on the end of the bed the night after his gym battle with Maylene as Anabel slept. He couldn't sleep due to the fact that he had been given a badge but didn't actually defeat the gym leader. He was about to get up and leave but a hand on his shoulder stopped him.

"You feel like you don't deserve the badge?"

"Yeah."

She got off the bed and knelt before him. Her hand went under his black boxers and started stroking him to full hardness. She pulled aside the fa brick and kissed the head of his cock. Ash moaned, enjoying the feeling of her mouth on his cock.

She slowly took the head of his penis into her mouth and began to apply suction. His legs parted so she could have more room to play. Her mouth slowly took more of him in. His hand found its way into her lilac hair and she began to bob her head up and down on his cock. The fingers of her right hand played with his balls as she continued to suck, tasting his pre-cum.

"Anabel," he grunted, letting her know that he was close. She let most of the shaft out of her moth and focused her mouth's work on the head. Ash threw his head back and flooded her mouth with his salty seed. She laid her head on his leg and looked up at him, licking her lips of his cum.

"Feel better?"

"Yeah," he answered with a goofy smile and she giggled at him and tackled him to the bed and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Good, now get some sleep you crazy goof."

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Something wrong?" Brock asked, having seen Ash stop abruptly. Instead of a verbal answer, Ash took off and the others quickly followed. They then soon came upon a Riolu.

"It's hurt Brock," Ash said.

"Your aura ability?" Brock questioned and Ash nodded.

"Easy now Riolu, we're here to help," Anabel tried to reassure, feeling the pokemon's emotional distress. Ash's eyes lost focus again and he groaned in pain for a moment before recovering and shaking his head, trying to clear it.

"What happened?" Dawn asked.

"I just lived through what Riolu has gone through. We've..."

"There are those kids again! Get that Riolu and the empath!"

"Uh oh, more of Pokemon Hunter J's thugs," Dawn pointed.

"Hold it!" another voice shouted and a pokemon ranger could be seen by both groups.

"Get that Riolu and the empath, now!" J shouted her orders.

"Run!" the ranger shouted and Ash and the others took off towards the river.

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"For all the trouble I went through to get that Riolu, I ought to triple my fee," J said, handing over the Riolu that was in a box.

"I knew that the great J could get the job done," the buyer said and then Kellyn along with the others showed up. The buyer ran off while J took off as well.

"Why didn't we go after the girl after the client had his pokemon?" one of her thugs asked.

"Now isn't the time for that. Trying to get the both of them at the same time or one after the other would have gotten us caught eventually by those damn ranges and or the police. Now, let's plan out how to get Giovanni's prize shall we."

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"How did you manage to find me!?" the buyer shouted.

"Simple, Riolu told me," Ash replied

"Should have knocked it out...Aggron, teach that kid a lesson!"
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted and Pikachu used volt tackle, knocking Aggron out. The buyer tried to get away, but Ash snatched the container that was holding Riolu. He took it out of the box as officer Jenny and the others catch up to take the client away. Ash gave Riolu the doll he'd been holding onto.

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"It is true," Giovanni said looking over a file, "Ash Ketchum is Alex Ketchum's son. This is most troubling indeed." Giovanni said to himself. 'Alex's set pokemon were far stronger than any trainer should have had. Throughout the battle between Alex and my predecessor, there seem to be a calmness about the man. It was as if he knew that he was going to win. However, now Alex has vanished and hasn't been heard from since. I must find him! His son is becoming a thorn that needs to be plucked.'

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A Dragonite landed and Lance jumped off and returned the pokemon. He approached the hooded figure with a purpose.

"I didn't think that when I formed the G-Men that they would become worry wort's."

"Things have gotten difficult and your son is in the middle of it."

"Believe me, I know."

"Aren't you going to do something?"

"I can't reveal myself yet. It isn't safe for either of us. His aura powers are developing just as quickly as mine did. Let's give Giovanni something to think about instead of those that are in Sinnoh."

"Right, but you didn't have the problem that he's about to have though."

"More than one girl being drawn to his aura..yes. That's going to be another problem he'll have to deal with on his own. Tell the rest of the G-men to start rattling the cages of the rockets here in Kanto."
"yeah. That ought to keep some of the heat of Ash until J's caught," Lance agreed and soon left the hooded figure.

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"You got some nerve asking that Ash put up his Pikachu if he loses to you," Anabel said with her hands on her hips.

"Hey, he's the one that's not willing to trade with me," Sho complained.

"Then, why don't you throw out a second pokemon and I'll tag up with Ash and if we win Pichu comes with me," Anabel offered with a smirk that Ash mirrored.

"What?> No way!" Sho replied.

"Excuse me..."

Everyone turned to see Paul standing there with his Electabuzz.

"Sho, if you don't act like a fool and lose, I'll tag up with you and maybe these two will learn that their methods of training pokemon are weak. Ash was ready to run over and knock Paul's block off, but Anabel held him back. She released Espeon and the battle was on.
It quickly became a test of power as Pikachu and Raichu traded electrical attacks and iron tails. Paul, at first, thought that not hearing the commands from Anabel wouldn't unnerve him, but as the battle progressed, Paul's anger started to get the better of him.

However, an explosion soon caught everyone's attention. Pikachu, trapped against a rock by Raichu, had taken a hyper beam at point blank range.

What happened next was something that no one would forget. Espeon used psychic, sending Electabuzz crashing into Raichu. Then it charged up zap canon. When it fired, it had psychic backing it up, making the move a blur of motion as it drove through the two pokemon with such force that it knocked both of them out cold.

"Impressive...return," Paul said without emotion. "I don't have a pokemon that can take such a combo move."

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"I shouldn't have battle that Raichu like that," Ash bemoaned.

"Pikachu didn't have the same move set that it does now when it battle Surge's Raichu. Besides, we know how Pikachu feels about Raichu," Brock said and Ash nodded.

"What I'd like to know is what got into Espeon," Dawn said.

Anabel blushed, "Espeon wanted revenge on Raichu and Electabuzz and just came up with that attack out of anger."
"Remind me never to make Espeon mad," Brock with a small smile.

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Brock frowned as the second battle took place between Sho's Raichu and Ash's Pikachu. Sho, went he saw Pikachu and Ash training, had gone off on the black haired trainer. Sho had even insulted Anabel. That had almost started a fight between the trainers, but Anabel held Ash back, but Sho, still bitter after what her Espeon had done to his Raichu, knocked her to the ground.

So, in true hot headed Ash form, Ash got into Sho's face and now they were battling once again, but it was personal this time.

For the first part of the battle, Pikachu was on the defensive, avoiding Raichu's attacks by dodging or spinning out of the way. The two then traded electrical attacks and iron tails.

Pikachu's better conditioning was starting to show through when the two pokemon traded volt tackles. When Raichu had Pikachu pinned against a tree, about to use hyper beam, Ash ordered a thunderbolt which soften the blow.

Raichu tried one more hyper beam, but Pikachu avoided it and used the energy of the attack to do a volt tackle iron tail combination, which put an end to Raichu.

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"Do I know you?" Ash asked the Beautifly that was on his head.

"Anabel giggled, "I think it does."

"Hey guys!" May shouted.

'His aura is reacting to May's presence as well. Beautifly came right to Ash,' Anabel thought as the group greeted May. 'Dawn and May seem to be the only two his aura is attracting, besides myself of course.'

"I heard you were now traveling with Ash," May began with a grin, "I also heard that you and Ash are a couple too," she teased and Ash and Anabel blushed. "He may be a hot head, but he's a good catch."

Brock chuckled quietly while Dawn had an odd look on her face. Ash and Anabel continued to blush.

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"I thought you would be with Ash tonight," May teased the Salon Maiden.

"The Joy at this center doesn't want trainers that are in relationships sleeping in the same room.," Anabel answered.

"How do you know that?" Dawn asked with a blush.

"It's good to be an empath sometimes," Anabel answered with a smile.

"So, is he a good kisser?" may asked and Dawn slapped her forehead.

"Ash will be tonight's subject, but I'm not going to brag about how good he is or what he may or may not have when he's naked. I want to talk about his aura abilities and a little known fact about aura guardians."


The two coordinators looked on, waiting on what the lilac girl was going to say.

"There is another lesser known fact about aura guardians. The only reason I know this is because Brandon is the expert on pokemon legends and mythology. An aura guardian's aura can bind itself to the pokemon of that aura guardian. This can strengthen the pokemon if there has been a strong bond made between guardian and pokemon."

"However, there is another bond that an aura guardian cannot control. The aura can drawn girls if the guardian is a boy."

"Girls?" Dawn and May asked.

"Be truthful, and I'll be able to tell if you are lying, you both like Ash."

May blushed and Dawn tried to hide her face. Their reactions were all the answer Anabel needed.

"Even if this was just a normal situation with Ash, I wouldn't be jealous because I'm not like that. However, this isn't a normal situation. Ash can't help that his aura is drawing us to him."

"Why is it though?" May asked.

"And, why the three of us?" Dawn added.

"His powers started to come out when you were traveling with him, May. His powers have gotten stronger while traveling throughout Sinnoh. I've accepted the fact of his aura doing this. Now, do you two have strong enough feelings for him that you'll be willing to share him if it meant that he would be happy?"

"Does he even like either one of us since he's with you?" May asked.

"Yeah, Ash isn't very good when it comes to the romance department," Dawn added.

"Yeah, he's very..."

"I know and the only reason why we got together was because Team Rocket kidnapped me."

"Why would his aura be drawing us to him like that?" Dawn asked.

"To make sure that the powers continue," Anabel answered.

"What do we do then?" May asked.

"We can't fight it. Nor can we run away from it. May, you've missed him haven't you?>"

"yeah. I feel...empty without him," May said.

"I enjoy getting compliments and encouragement from him," Dawn added.

"He can inspire one that is for sure," Anabel said. Ok, we agree that if he does have feelings for all of us then we share him," Anabel said and the two girls agreed quickly.

"Anabel, are you entering the Wallace Cup, too?" May asked.

"Hmmmm," she thought out loud and the two girls looked quite nervous as they waited on his answer. "I heard that Zoey's entering, but I think I'll pass. I've got to focus on me and ash's next tag battle tournament," Anabel replied and the two coordinators sighed in relief. Anabel was a tough trainer and would have probably carved her way through all the other trainers to get to and win the finals.

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The group watched as the boat carried May off back to the Johto region. Dawn and Anabel wearing smiles that were mirror by May, the three thinking the same thing, that they would reunite with Ash some day.

"I'm...ready for my next contest!" Dawn shouted in joy and Ash chuckled, knowing that Dawn was going to be ok now.

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Giovanni sighed to himself. Those dolts sent him a pokemon that Team Rocket had just gotten a large number of. He was tempted to call J and tell her to rid the world of Jessie and James, but she probably would jack up the price for Anabel.

"Send that Yanma back to those fools. And, we must counter the G-men's recent offensive against us. Lance is trying to keep me from expanding out of the Kanto and Johto regions."

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"What were you doing in entering the Wallace Cup, giving every single trainer a bad name? That pathetic performance made me sick," Paul growled.

"Wallace thought it would be a good idea for me to enter and I thought it would give me a chance to get closer with my pokemon and get them stronger," Ash replied.

"Aren't those the same reasons you criticized me for entering that tag battle tournament?"

"You don't do it out of care or love for your pokemon!" Ash shouted.

"Hmph, I'd wish you would make your mind up. Either be a weak trainer or an even weaker coordinator," Paul spat.

"Face me in a battle!" As shouted and in response, Paul walked away. Chimchar started yelling at its former trainer and Paul stopped and looked back over at Chimchar.

"Amusing...fine, a three on three battle," Paul said and he let loose his Gliscor. "Send your Gligar, that is, if it's not afraid."

"Gligar, go!" Ash called out and the battle began.

Anabel and the others watched on as Ash and Gligar valiantly fought against Paul and his Gliscor. Unfortunately, Gliscor was far superior and took out Gligar with no effort.

"It's about time Gligar learned that its loss comes from the failings of a weak trainer," Paul coldly taunted.

"Grr," Ash growled after making sure that Gligar was going to be alright.

"Ash, don't let Paul's words get to you. He just wants you to lose your focus," Anabel encouraged and Ash calmed down.

"Why don't you stay out of this. You barely qualify as a girl, or Ash likes feminine looking boys, or ironing boards," Paul let out.

"Oooh! Hey Chimchar, you want to teach Paul a lesson!?" Ash asked and the chimp pokemon took no more time in jumping into the battle.

"Ursaring, teach my former fire type a lesson."

The battle looked to be all on Paul's Ursaring's side, but then, Chimchar's blaze ability showed itself.
"What's wrong? You look worried," Dawn commented to Anabel.

"It's Chimchar...the rage..the pain..." Anabel said and Chimchar took out Ursaring, but continued to attacked wildly. This led Ash to grab ahold of Chimchar in order to get the fire type back under control, but Chimchar bit Ash's shoulder.

"Ash!" Anabel and Dawn shouted and both were about to go over to him, but Brock stopped them.

"i know it's hard to watch but Ash has to do this on his own," Brock said while their water pokemon started putting out the flames.

Finally, after another minute, Chimchar finally calmed down and started shivering in fear of Ash's anger.

"If you think you can somehow help Chimchar control that then you are a bigger fool than I thought. This battle is over, I'm out of here," Paul said and left.

"It's ok," Ash comforted and Chimchar started crying again.
"ash, if it comes down to it, and no other option presents itself, Chimchar may benefit from the experience of your other fire type," Brock began.

"Charizard?" Ash asked and Brock nodded.

"if you think about it, Charizard and Chimchar have similar pasts with not so desirable trainers," Brock remarked.

"I'll do that if things do get worse with blaze. I want to see if I can do it on my own so I can show Paul that he's wrong."

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"Pastoria City won't forget us anytime soon," Ash said, smiling at the badge and sapphire crest.

"I think Chimchar appreciated you using it through the entire tag battle tournament," Anabel said, admiring her own crest.

"Yeah," Ash said and removed his shirt and Anabel grabbed the bandages and peroxide and started changing Ash's bandages.

"He took a bite out of you that's for sure."

"Yeah," Ash said while gritting his teeth.

"That scared me, Ash," she said after putting the bandages away. Ash laid on his side and pulled her to him and rubbed his face into her lilac hair.

"I'll be fine," Ash said, "you are making sure of that,' he finished and Anabel sighed and the two fell asleep.

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"Oooh, when I get my hands on Team Rocket," Anabel fumed as she, Gary, Dawn, and Brock continued their search for Ash and Gligar.

"Ash will be fine. Those dopes don't know what trouble they are in for. If I know Ash, he's planning his escape right now," Gary commented.

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"That's the way!" Ash cheered as Gliscor tore the Team Rocket mecha in half. He was about to have Pikachu send them off, but the sound of pokemon collectively coming out of their balls stopped him.

"Uh oh, she's got that look that only Sab gets one time of the month," Gary remarked and all of Anabel's pokemon attacked together, sending Team Rocket off towards the horizon.

"I'm really getting tired of them, Ash," Anabel complained.

"I know," Ash replied and shared a smile with his Gliscor.

'Like a couple of kids," Gary commented.

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"Take it easy Psyduck, we don't mean you any harm!" Anabel shouted. "Why do you feel so threatened by us!"

"Hope they'll listen to Anabel," Brock said.

"You're defending your eggs?" Anabel questioned and the Psyduck nodded. "We don't want to take your eggs, we just want safe passage."

The Psyduck huddled and then motioned for the humans to follow them.

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"Ahhh! Three Muk!" Ash shouted. "Chimchar, go!"

"Croagunk, go!" Brock called out.

"Espeon, I need your help my friend!" Anabel called.

The three pokemon, along with Piplup, drove the Muk out of Psyduck lake. As the group left, a Psyduck came frantically running towards the group and stopped in front of Anabel, presenting her with an egg, but it wasn't a Psyduck egg.

"You found a lost egg didn't you?" she asked and Psyduck nodded. "I'll take good care of it, I promise," she vowed and the group continued on their journey.

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She looked at the pokeball nervously. Anabel hadn't done anything like this before. She was worried that a dark type might be in the ball and that would make her task more difficult. She pressed the button and the pokemon came out.

"Grrr."

"Uh oh..." Anabel said, seeing Poochyena. 'A dark type...I guess I'll have to do this the old fashion way.'

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All of team red settled into their cabin. It hadn't been the best start to the first day. They were behind, Angie and Ash seeing to that.

"Man, lights out is too early," Ash complained.

"Well, we aren't all traveling trainers you know," Angie replied quickly.

"They certainly found the most timid Raichu," Ash muttered ignoring Angie for the moment.

"Try being and empath with dark type," Anabel bemoaned.

"Hey, you'll bond with Poochyena," Ash encouraged.

"Well this is different," Angie commented.

"Anabel is the girlfriend," Dawn said with a grin.

"What? You've got a girlfriend? How can you stand him?" Angie complained.

"There's a right way and a wrong way to handle Ash and you are doing it the wrong way," Anabel answered and the rest of the boys in the cabin chuckled.

"Doesn't the red team know the meaning of lights out!?"

"Ah! Yes sir! Sorry sir!" the entire group shout in unison and head on for bed.

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"Ok, Poochyena, you are going to stop trying to make a meal out of me," Anabel said with her hands firmly on her hips and giving the dark type a hard look. Poochyena did the same and a staring contest began between the two. Then, Poochyena came to stand right in front of her and then laid its body on her feet.

"That's what you wanted, you wanted me to show that I wasn't going to be a push over. You don't respect a trainer that can't handle you.," she said now on her knees and the Poochyena started licking her face.

'Ok, I got Poochyena's respect, now to learn what moves it has. Well, if my crazy boyfriend can do it, then so can I.' "Ok, let's train," Anabel said after springing back to her feet. "Now, show me what you've got!"

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"Go my friend," Anabel said, letting Poochyena out.

"Hitmonchan, mock punch!"

"Swagger!"

Hitmonchan became quite confused before it could use mock punch. It smacked itself and Anabel followed up with a tackle and then used bite.

"C'mon, use dynamic punch!"

'Use sucker punch!"

The sucker punch hit first, stopping the Dynamic punch, confusing the fighting type even more.

"Now finish it off with tackle!" Anabel shouted and Poochyena tackled Hitmonchan hard, knocking it out. To add insult to injury, Poochyena glowed white and evolved into Mightyena.

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"We have a tie, so the award for most development in their relationship with their pokemon goes to Dawn and Anabel," Professor Rowan announced and everyone cheered. "Blue team is in first, green is in second, and red is in third, but not as far behind as they would have been if Anabel hadn't been able to evolve her pokemon. So, red team, no more naps!"

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"They seem to have enrolled in the Pokemon Summer academy. They're in a cave as we speak, should we go..."

"Negative, not yet. We wait until the final day," J said over the radio.

"Understood," the thug said and continued to spy.

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Rowan frowned as the Officer Jenny that was on the phone warned him that Pokemon Hunter J's thugs were in the area, looking for Anabel. The professor sighed to himself. Part of him thought that the lilac girl should be put under protective custody, but there wasn't enough protection in Sinnoh to protect anyone or any pokemon from J.

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Ash, Angie, and Anabel were heading straight for the finish line. They didn't hear the sound of a pokemon diving towards them from a high altitude. The moment the three crossed the line, a Salamence grabbed Ash and Anabel in its claws and flew away.

"Well well well, good to see you here," J taunted.

"J!" Ash shouted.

"I wouldn't try to struggle too much..that fall will kill you. Now, back to the ship!"

'Darn it! I've got to get us out of this before we reach her ship!' Ash frantically thought.

"Let Ash go, you've got me and that's what you want isn't it!?" Anabel shouted.

"Unfortunately, Giovanni wants to use your boyfriend to lure some "Alex Ketchum' out. I offered to help, but when I told him my price he declined,' J explained.

'Alex Ketchum? Ash's father?' Anabel thought.

Ash heard none of this though. His thoughts were completely on trying to free himself and Anabel.

'What good is being an aura guardian if I can't save Ana!?'

"Salamence!!" Salamence groaned out as a glow of aura burned the dragon pokemon and both Anabel and Ash fell out of its grasp.

"Damn it!" J swore.

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"Ash!" Anabel shouted as the pair fell, but Ash was out like a light. Then, a pink bubble engulfed them, slowing their drop and safely put them back on solid ground. Anabel looked around for the source of the psychic energy, but couldn't find it.

"Ash!" Rowan shouted.

"Over here Professor Rowan!" Anabel shouted back and the Professor along with a search party behind him came over.
"Ash!" Angie shouted and she and Dawn came over to him.

"He's unconscious, but that's nothing for him," Anabel answered.

"What happened?" Rowan asked.

"Ash's special ability saved us," Anabel cryptically answered and Rowan nodded his head in understanding. The knowledge of Ash being an aura guardian shouldn't be spread or more evil individuals and organizations would want Ash for his powers.

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"I see that you needed some time to think," Anabel said as she and Dawn Sat on either side of Angie.

"I don't get it...he saves me twice and I start crushing on him!" Angie shouted.

"He may be clueless at times, but he's an easy guy to get a crush on, trust me," Dawn said with a blush.

"And why do you think I'm the girlfriend?" Anabel asked with a grin.

"You're lucky you know? But we got on each other's nerves and then I'm crushing on him after he saves me..." Angie fell silent.

"It's ok, I know how it feels to start acting like a school girl with a crush. I'm sort of a tom boy myself," Anabel said.

"Is this where I have to accept the fact that he's yours?" Angie asked Anabel

"Things are more complicated than that," Dawn started and the two girls explained everything to Angie. She sat there, shocked to hear all that Dawn and Anabel had to tell her.

"His aura has reached out to you. You, unlike myself, Dawn, and May, who is another one of Ash's fans, can get out of it. Ash doesn't know that he's got one girlfriend and two other secret girlfriends. He doesn't fully understand his powers just yet," Anabel continued.

"Can Ash understand that he's going to be shared?" Angie asked.

"We'll have to break it to him in a creative way since subtle hints won't work on him," Dawn said with a grin.

"This is going to be a big decision for you and his pull on you may leave you. Just remember, you are in for a lot of trouble if you do decide to be one of us," Anabel said.

"But for now, let's go have some fun," Dawn said and the three girls head back for the fire.

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"Grr, what do you want?" Giovanni snarled at the man on the other end.

"If you don't recall your bumbling operatives out of Sinnoh I shall have to send them back to you in full body casts," Cyrus said and the call ended.
"Damn him!" Giovanni snarled, slamming his fist on his desk. "When I get my hands on Cyrus I'll mount his head on a wall!" 'I'll have to see if J has gotten Anabel yet and find out what that bastard Cyrus is up to.'

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"Get married!" Angie exclaimed at her father who had just made that statement of her and Ash getting married. "He's seeing Anabel and is an aura guardian!" she said then slammed her hand over her mouth, knowing that she shouldn't have said that.

"An aura guardian! Stay away from him, do you understand? Aura guardians only lure trouble to themselves," her father said and Angie gulped nervously. It appeared that her decision had already been made for her

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I'm glad that everyone is enjoying this. Let me know what you thought of this and I know that I'm probably going to be flamed for the direction this one is taking.

So, review. I'll be watching season 12 and writing the fourth part, if anyone wants to see it that is, lol!