Archive of Our Own

When Cyrus tried to force Diagla and Palkia to create his "World without spirit", it was Pikachu who stopped him and seized the power Cyrus desired. Unable to return to Ash's side without remaking the world, Pikachu unintentionally created a new world where humans and Pokemon live as equals and his best friend, Ash Ketchum, was born a Riolu. Even more shocking, Ash is his actual brother!

Join the brothers as they travel the regions they did the first time around and hopefully beyond, able to talk and fight alongside each other and learning from the mistakes and missteps of their past lives as both strive to be the very best, like no one ever was.

Inspired by a lot of other fanfiction, this series has given me writing energy like never before. I don't know how far I can take it, but I hope that you enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it.

Also, Ash evolves into a Lucario about a third of the way through Kanto, sorry to those who wanted Ash to stay a Riolu for the whole story but I've seen that before and this is how I chose to write the story