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Identity

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Ash's POV.

"Alright, time to start the battle bond test." Luke smiled. "My daughter was really close in accomplishing the test, but then she failed in her sleep the last night. She was so disappointed."

"Who's your daughter?" Ash asked.

"Serena's mentor, Luna," Luke explained. "Anyways, time to start. I want you to bring out Greninja real quick."

I let out Greninja from his PokèBall.

"Here, put these trackers on. They track your bond on this screen here," Luke explained, hitting a button on a remote.

Out of nowhere, a large blue screen appeared in front of us. It was just a hologram.

"This machine was based off of one of Clemont's, the Lumiose City Gym Leader's, inventions," Luke explained. "We don't need to go into the tech. Ready to receive your first mission?"

"Yup." I nodded.

I looked over on the chart. Greninja and my little lines on the hologram graph were right over each other.

"Run around this whole prairie 5 times. Go, now!" Luke ordered, pointing to the exterior of the code Pokèmon.

I nodded, and dashed at the same speed as Greninja. That either meant I was really fast, or Greninja was really slow.

"Greninja, let's pick up the pace." I smiled.

Greninja nodded, and we started running faster.

I looked at Luke, and his face was in shock. Once he saw me looking at me, he smiled.

"Don't worry about my reactions, just keep on running!" Luke yelled.

Luke's POV.

I stared at utter shock and surprise at the bond tracker. Ash and Greninja were almost in perfect sync already. He was about to use battle bond. It was an obvious yes.

How you can tell if someone has battle bond or not is by looking at the screen. If you can't even see each different's person's bond track, they don't have battle bond.

Ash and Greninja were so in sync, it looked like even making it to the top/bottom halves of their screens were impossible. They must be really close.

I watched them run, challenging each other to run even faster. I was also surprised at how fast Ash could run. He's running at at least 10 mph without wearing out. If Ash went into sprint, maybe he could go 13.

"You guys don't have to run anymore!" I yelled, stopping Ash from wasting his energy on the first mission. "It's useless for you to run when your sync hasn't changed at all. That's a good sign, by the way. Usually, when the Greninja and the trainer run, they tend to get out of sync. Congratulations, Ash."

"Thanks, Luke." Ash smiled.

"Ninja!" Greninja replied.

Greninja and Ash high-fived.

I'd declare Ash the one-in-a-century battle bonder, but I could be jumping to conclusions. Sleeping is always the hardest part for the bonds to stay in sync, so we'll see what happens.

"Here, why not you go get some food?" I asked. "I'll start a fire."

"Okay." Ash smiled.

He dashed off with his Greninja.

Ash's POV.

"Greninja, let's go kill some Magikarp so we can eat. Are you in the mood for seafood?" I asked.

"Gren," Greninja nodded.

"Alright, let's go!" I smiled.

We dashed off. Afterwards, we walked near a river.

"Look, there's some Feebas in there too! Should I catch one to give Serena?" I asked.

"Gren."

"Got it, I will then." I smiled. "I have a heart scale in my bag, too. I got it for Serena, so hey, I can use it to evolve Feebas into Milotic."

"Greninja!" Greninja cheered.

I brought out a quick ball and threw it at Feebas. It caught instantly. The PokèBall started to sink under the water, though.

"Greninja, can you get it?" I asked.

"Ninja."

Greninja dove into the water and received the quick ball. I smiled.

"Alright, Feebas, come on out!" I called.

"Fee," Feebas cried.

"Hold onto this heart scale for me," I replied.

"Basssssssss," Feebas responded.

I gave it the heart scale, and quickly returned it to its PokèBall.

"No offense, but Feebas are pretty ugly," I whispered to Greninja.

(Fish is the plural version of "fish" (irregular), so I applied this to Feebas as well. I don't think anyone would say Feebases.)

"Gren," Greninja nodded, showing agreement.

We killed a few Magikarp and took the skins off of the meat. We returned to Luke with full hands of food. He cooked the fish, and we ate a big feast for dinner. Luke, our Pokémon, and I all stuffed our stomachs with a lot of leftovers.

I went to my tent, and soon, I saw the same bright blue flame in the sky again. It started rocketing towards Luke and my camp.

"Take cover!" Luke yelled, seeing the same as well.

I dashed into the tent. The flame landed right in front of my tent, revealing an alien-like Pokèmon.

"Who... are you?" I asked curiously.

"Deoxys," The Pokèmon replied.

"What do you want to tell me?"

The Pokémon dashed off straight after I asked the question, only to be seen flying into the stars once again.

"What was that?" Luke asked.

"I don't know," I lied.

Luke wouldn't know anything about the Pokémon if he didn't know that's what the flame was.

"I'm just going to go to sleep. I'll see you in the morning, okay?" I asked.

"Got it." Luke nodded.

I got into my sleeping bag, and Greninja slept right by me. Before we fell into a deep slumber, I put my hand on Grenjnja's arm. He looked over to me.

"Gren?"

"Even if we win or lose this battle bond thing, I'll still always love you as a friend," I stated. "If it's my fault or yours, or if we're actually the chosen ones times two, I'll always be fighting beside you."

"Gren!" Greninja smiled.

"See you in the morning, buddy."