"You're leaving again so soon" Professor Oak said surprised.

Ash had only been back for about three days; in those three days he had visited his mother, who gushed over him after seeing the new scar he had on the one side of his face, and the rest of the time he stayed and trained.

However now Ash was going off again "Sorry about the short notice, but Mew's been acting up a little bit. She gets a little stir crazy sometimes when we're in one place so I take her out for a little adventure. Don't worry; we'll be back in about a day or two."

"So you'll be taking Mew with you" Professor Oak asked.

Ash nodded "Her and Dragonair as well; Mew likes to race her in the skies every now and then." With that Ash climbed atop Dragonair as Mew flew about excitedly around them "We'll be back soon Professor" he called as Dragonair rose into the air.

"Stay safe Ash" Professor Oak called as Ash flew off into the distance. As soon as they flew off into the distance Ash went all serious.

"Alright Mew, you sense him nearby" Ash asked. Mew nodded with a serious look as well and flew off at high speeds. "Follow her Dragonair." Dragonair cooed and followed after Mew as fast as she could. What they did back at the ranch was a hoax to fool Professor Oak so they could leave quickly without too many questions. Since Mew was a psychic type she had the ability to sense other Legendary Pokémon. She had been sensing one following them for a while, but now it was close enough for them to find it.

They followed Mew across the skies for a few miles before ending up in a nearby mountain. Once near the mountain they touched down with Mew circling around a dark cave entrance 'mewing' quite loudly. Ash got off of Dragonair and stood by the entrance to the cave.

'You can stop now sister; I hear you' a male voice said. Ash blinked when he heard the voice and saw a pair of glowing blue eyes light up the cave. A bipedal creature then came floating out of the cave. It definitely had some feline traits and was mostly grey in color with long purple tail and two blunt horns on top of its head.

Ash did not know what this Pokémon was; pulling out his Pokedex he quickly scanned it. "Pokémon unknown; no data available" the Pokedex told him.

'No data huh' Ash thought nervously. His Pokedex was updated on every Pokémon all around the world so to here that there was a Pokémon out there that had no available data on it kind of scared him.

The mysterious Pokémon turned its gaze to Ash 'So this is the human you have chosen for yourself' it said. Mew continued to 'mew' quite vigorously flying around the mysterious Pokémon speaking rapidly. 'Yes Mew I am quite aware of who this human is, but that does not mean I think he is worthy.' The mysterious Pokémon turned to Ash 'Show me human, prove your worth.'

The glowing blue eyes startled Ash more than he liked to admit and he didn't know what it was talking about when referring to him, but he got the gist of what was going on. "Alright I will" he said. "Mew, you better sit this one out."

That seemed to surprise both of the Pokémon 'What' the mysterious Pokémon said. 'You would have Mew, the strongest Pokémon you have with you, stand aside and not fight me.'

"That's right" Ash said with a simple smile. "I don't know everything about what you said, but I heard how you addressed Mew. Your siblings, I couldn't make you guys fight each other. It just wouldn't be right." While the mysterious Pokémon showed nothing, but shock Mew was smiling happily at her trainer. He truly was the perfect and nice person she thought him to be "Okay Dragonair, get ready."

The long, blue serpentine dragon cooed and flew in front of Ash ready to battle. Mew flew up to a safe distance letting Ash and the mysterious Pokémon face each other. They stared eye to eye for almost a minute before Ash made the first move.

"Dragonair, use Dragon Rush" Ash called. Dragonair's body glowed a bright sapphire blue color before charging at the Pokémon. The mysterious Pokémon's eyes glowed blue before lifting its hand. Dragonair was frozen in place before being thrown back. "Dragonair, are you okay" Ash called worriedly. Dragonair cooed softly and flew right back in place ready for more. 'With just a wave of the hand Dragonair was stopped dead in her tracks and thrown away. That's some strong psychic power.' "Alright Dragonair let's try something else, use Dragon Pulse."

Dragonair formed a turquoise ball of energy in front of her mouth before launching it. Just as Ash suspected the move was deflected once again "Quick Dragonair use Draco Meteor." Her body glowing orange for a moment Dragonair launched an orange ball into the air where it exploded and rained down many other orange balls.

The attacks hit all around the area causing a massive sea of explosions. Ash waited with Dragonair waiting to see the outcome. A quick blast of wind dispelled the smoke revealing the mysterious Pokémon to be completely unharmed. "Not even a single scratch" Ash murmured.

'Is this all you have human' the Pokémon asked him.

Ash was quiet for a moment before he sighed a bit. Looking up he smiled "Yeah this is it." That got him a surprised look "Draco Meteor is Dragonair's strongest attack and if it did absolutely no harm to you then inevitably Dragonair would lose. I don't wish to bring unnecessary pain to Dragonair in a one-sided battle."

The mysterious Pokémon stared at Ash with complete shock this time at his caring attitude towards his Pokémon. 'So... you are giving up?'

"Far from it" Ash responded. "We'll just have to try again when we get stronger. We've come a long way since starting our journey and we've still got many challenges to overcome. You can bet that we'll get stronger and be back for more, right Dragonair?" Dragonair gave a nod with a call of agreement.

The mysterious Pokémon was still trying to absorb all of this; this human had challenged him and, seeing that he was outclassed, withdrew because he knew he was outclassed and didn't want to hurt his Pokémon. He turned to look at his sister to see her smiling at Ash with affection.

Ash had climbed on top of Dragonair when 'Mewtwo' he heard. Turning around he stared at the mysterious Pokémon. 'That is my name, Mewtwo. When you wish to challenge me again, this is where I will be. Until then.'

Ash smiled in response "Alright Mewtwo, until then. I'm Ash by the way; Ash Ketchum. I'll be back one day; you can count on it." With that Ash flew off on Dragonair with Mew following close behind.

'Ash Ketchum' Mewtwo thought quietly. With a small smile, Mewtwo turned and walked back into his cave awaiting the time when he and Ash would meet again.