Return Of A Hero

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"ғяιεη∂s ∂ση'т cнαηgε, тнεү яεvεαℓ ωнσ тнεү яεαℓℓү αяε"

- Unknown

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"What do you want Ketchum?" Asked Dark Ash in an agitated tone.

"I told you already, I want to talk." Responded Ash.

"Yeah, I know, you said that already. I mean what is it that you want to talk about?" Asked Dark Ash getting increasingly annoyed.

Ash sighed.

"Well if you had been paying attention to what's been going on out there you'd realize that we're getting our butt handed to us." Responded Ash.

Both of them looked to the side in the same direction, looking out a window of sorts allowing them to see what was happening in the real world.

Fortunately, while both of them were communicating inside this strange mind scape of theirs, time around them moved an infinite number of times slower.

"Yeah so?" Asked Dark Ash looking back at Ash.

Ash sighed once more.

"I... need your help." Said the legendary warrior.

Dark Ash stared at the one he was cloned from.

"Why on Earth would I help you? You defeated me, humiliated me, and then took my body for your own." Said Dark Ash.

"Ok, to be fair that last one was your fault, we'd still both have our own bodies if you hadn't absorbed me." Pointed out Ash.

Dark Ash glared at him.

"You aren't helping your case, you know, that right?" Asked the evil clone.

Ash pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Must I remind you that if I die in this fight, so will you?" Pointed out Ash.

This caused Dark Ash to waver, but only for a moment.

"So, what? I'm not exactly living life as it is. I'm literally a prisoner in my own skin." Pointed out Dark Ash.

"That is fair, but don't forget that, that was because you tried to kill me and my friends." Said Ash.

Dark Ash looked off in a different direction.

"Touché." Said Dark Ash.

Then after thinking for a moment he looked back at Ash.

"Why are you willing to trust me?" Asked Dark Ash.

Ash looked at his clone softly.

"People can change. I've seen it enough times myself. I'm willing to bet my friends won't trust you at first, but they'd still give you a chance." Responded Ash.

Dark Ash glared at the legendary warrior.

"Change? Ha! I was created specifically to destroy you!" Snapped Dark Ash.

Ash continued to look at his clone.

"Is that what you believe, or what Giovanni told you?" Asked Ash.

Dark Ash clenched his fists and looked at the ground. Then he looked back at Ash.

"Why do you do it?" Asked Dark Ash.