34. Look out

The group woke up in the morning one by one with the first one being Riolu. After stretching out his entire body, the canine pokemon promptly woke up Pikachu, then Ash and finally Mewtwo.

They all stretched a bit as they woke up with Ash letting out a loud yawn. Once fully awake, they agreed to go check out the aura crystal that Mewtwo brought and placed in the office.

When they got down to the office level and grouped around the large blue crystal, except for Mewtwo who saw it already, they were astonished over its size and beauty.

For the aura crystal looked to be in flawless condition with no nicks, scratches or blemishes of any kind while as large as a small two person car like the old beetles. It was sitting on top of a pure white metal stand that held up the crystal into the air by a few feet, making the crystal about a foot taller than Ash.

Riolu turned his gaze towards his Master. "Are you ready to channel your aura into it?"

"I don't really know how to do that. Mew didn't tell me. Do you know?" Ash asked the aura pokémon.

Riolu nodded.

"Of course. All that knowledge being transferred wasn't for nothing you know." Mewtwo scoffed over what he said that made Riolu glare at him before continuing.

"Anyway, just place your hand on the crystal and then focus on your Aura."

Ash nodded and did as he was told. Placing his hand on the crystal, he took in a breath and then closed his eyes to focus on his aura.

Pikachu jumped down onto the floor so as to not bother his friend while he tried to do so. A minute passed, then two. Ash was beginning to get nervous and Riolu sensed his Master's aura spike in distress.

"You must relax Master. Do not get anxious or impatient. Just concentrate on your aura. There is no reason for you to feel any kind of distress."

Ash nodded at the encouragement. He shook his head a little, as if to clear it and refocused.

After what felt like an eternity when it was really just a couple of minutes passed, Ash had a faint glowing blue outline appear on his body.

Several seconds later, his hand that was placed on the crystal began pulsing out blue energy into the crystal. The crystal started to glow brighter and brighter as more energy was poured into it.

After a little while longer, Ash became tired and stopped pulsing aura into the crystal as he couldn't go on. Exhaustion took hold of him, making him barely able to keep standing.

The large aura crystal glowed a bright blue for a moment before the glow faded away only for the crystal to have the same normal blue color it sported originally.

"Do you guys think that did it?" asked a weary Ash.

"Yes it did. The bond has been completed," answered Riolu.

"Let's test it. Ash, hold out Riolu's ball and place it against the crystal," said Mewtwo.

Ash took out Riolu's luxury ball and held it up against the large aura crystal and then gently had them touch. The ball instantly glowed blue for a second, and then vanished. The group was surprised. Mew hadn't told them about that happening.

"Was that supposed to happen?" asked Ash while scratching the back of his head.

"Perhaps. Let's give it a shot. Master, try to summon my poke ball."

Ash began focusing his aura again after telling Riolu to stop calling him Master, who didn't hear him. It was harder now, since he was pretty exhausted already.

A small ball of blue energy appeared in his right hand. He raised his hand and focused more energy into making the poke ball appear. The blue energy ball grew larger and the ball of energy faded away to reveal Riolu's luxury ball.

"Pika pikapi!" Pikachu congratulated Ash on being able to do it. Riolu and Mewtwo smiled, glad that he was able to do it, especially on his first try.

"Yea, I did it!" Ash yelled out in joy while pumping his fist.

"Wow, that's cool! With a little more practice I should be able to summon them much more quickly and easily." Ash tapped the ball with his finger, causing it to shrink into its minimized form and it vanished quickly after.

"Alright guys, I'm afraid that was the easy part. We need to think up of a way to tell my friends and family that I'm going to be gone for a while. Let's go see if there's any food here, make ourselves some breakfast while we think this over."

The others nodded in agreement and the group went back up, moving towards the kitchen to see if they could find any food.

Unfortunately for the hungry group, there was no food to be found. Arceus and the reality dragons may have set up the island well for their training needs, but it looks like they had to get the basic necessities on their own.

Ash sighed as his stomach growled pretty loudly, enough for the others to hear it even though they were at opposite ends of the kitchen. This caused the rest of the group to chuckle.

"Damn, there's no food here. And I'm pretty sure none of you came up with a way to tell them huh?" asked the hungry teenager. The others shook their heads.

"Well, let's go check out the rest of the island while we think of a way to tell my friends." The others nodded and they stepped into the backyard. Mewtwo suggested that he use his psychic powers to levitate everyone into the air so they can check out the island quicker, which they agreed to.