Only a week remains until the Masters Tournament. The vicennial event that will crown the next World Champion. Ash has been a Regional Champion for a few years now, he isn't the same boy who set out from Pallet Town with a hot head and a Pikachu on a leash, 9 years ago. Yet the fact remains that in 6 of his 7 Pokémon League appearances, he has lost; not due to a lack of skill, but a lack of something else. Every time, he has tasted victory, even grasped it, yet failed all the same. Ash has spent his whole life running. In all his years as a Pokémon Trainer, he hasn't allowed anyone to get too close to him, and every time it seems like someone will break down the walls, he runs and never looks back, too scared to feel the pain again. With old faces guaranteed to reappear at the tournament, and nowhere left to run, will Ash find what he's missing? Will he finally feel complete? As another threat looms on the horizon, its time he realised, the greatest threats.....come from within.
4 parts