While writing on my Altoshipping I started reading some Advanceshipping, and now I can't say which one I like more. Probably Advanceshipping simply because it's so much easier to a story with two human characters. So, what can you expect? A better story, that's for sure. After having written the first one I got some experience to write better stories. For those who didn't read the first part of chapter 11 of my Altoshipping, I'm not quite done with it yet. I'll upload chapters for it when I got time or got no ideas for this story. So, for this story Ash will be quite different. When he's battling he'll be a lot like Red from the games. But then he would nearly be undefeatable. Yes and no. I got a plan to make sure he isn't like Red in every single battle, so for the most part he'll be like Ash in the anime when he battles. And why's that? It'll be explained in the story eventually. So, for the time line. This'll take place right after Sinnoh, where I added some twists to make it more interesting and there'll be a repeat, at least I think of it like that, of the Sinnoh introduction fight. And Unova? It'll be mentioned, but Ash hasn't been there yet. Also, let's think that May never has been to Sinnoh, to make things more interesting. My upload schedule won't be the most consistent. For some shorter chapters I might upload it on the same day I start writing. For the longer ones I might need two days. But you can expect at least two chapters a week, three would be standard if possible, and four if I'm in a good mood and got lots of time to spare. But I'll talk more about that in the next chapter. So, Welcome to Chapter 1 of my Advanceshipping Story!
" "- Speech (Pokemon Speech included)
' ' - Thoughts
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
"I'm impressed Ash" Cynthia said "I nearly thought I could beat you, until the end where you somehow nearly became a different trainer" she finished. Ash scratched his head slightly at the comment, fully aware of what had happened to him. But he couldn't control it, and he became a lot more distant and effective during battles.
"Well, I think I'll take my leaves after the ceremony" Ash said to Cynthia's surprise.
"Leave?! You're the Champion of Sinnoh. You need to defend your title" Cynthia exclaimed surprised.
"I know, but unless someone defeats you there's no need for me to be here. And if someone manages, just call me and I'll come" Ash responded.
"Alright, but at least attend to the ceremony. But what should I say if someone asks for you?" Cynthia asked, still not completely sure about Ash's plan.
"That you don't know, only that you should call me if someone manages to defeat you" Ash said, while thinking through his plan.
"Alright, but let's waste no time. The ceremony is about to start" Cynthia said and took Ash and led him out of the arena to the hall where the ceremony would be held. Entering the hall, Ash could see, every reporter with a camera started to take pictures of him. Someone even started to ask questions. Ash ignored them, knowing everyone would ask questions once he stood up on the podium.
"That was more exhausting than I thought" Ash said to Cynthia after having left the hall.
"I know right?" Cynthia responded "But you don't need to worry, you won't see any of them once you've left could recognize you though, if anyone you don't know talks to you, try to avoid a conversation" she added.
"Thanks, I'll remember that" Ash said.
"I think it's time for you leave. I hope we'll meet again Ash Ketchum" Cynthia said, having spotted Ash's friends waiting for him.
"I hope we'll. If we don't I know no one is good enough to beat me" Ash shouted back to her, laughing, heading over to his friends.
"I suppose it went well" was the first thing Brock said, as he saw how happy his friend was.
"I won!" Ash shouted to them, not believing it, but knowing the reason he won wasn't something he had done.
"Congratulations Ash!" Dawn said to Ash, happy for him that he now was Champion of Sinnoh.
"But if you're Champion, shouldn't you stay here?" Brock asked.
"Nah, I managed to find a solution. If someone defeats Cynthia, she'll call me and I'll fight the trainer who defeated her" Ash said smiling. He still remembered the last battle, where he sent Pikachu against Cynthia's Garchomp. He should have lost it, but he didn't. And he still couldn't fully enjoy his win. It simply felt like he had done nothing to contribute to the win.
"Alright, but what're your plans then?" Brock asked, interested what his friend had in mind.
"Well, eventually I'll continue to travel. But before that I'll head home and rest" Ash said, happy to finally go back home.
"Could I come with you?" Dawn now asked, catching Ash off-guard.
"Uh, well, I suppose" Ash said, not sure if that was the best option.
"Ash, if Dawn comes along I suppose I've no choice to follow. Someone needs to keep an eye on both of you. I hope your mom is okay with so many guest" Brock said with a smile on his face.
"What would I do if I wouldn't have you Brock?" Ash asked, faking annoyance.
Having boarded the ship, the friends could only wait until they reached Viridian. Ash sat down sleeping together with Pikachu. Something in his dream would enlighten him to do something. Brock and Dawn stood at the rail, looking at the ocean.
"I wonder what's wrong with Ash" Dawn said, having noticed that Ash was in deep thoughts since he had defeated Cynthia.
"I admit that something is different. But I can't put any words on it. Even when he battles he sometimes become a different person. He becomes cold and distant, but then he's nearly undefeatable" Brock said, also worried about his friend.
"I think I'll need to help Ash, even if he won't approve of my methods" Dawn said, smiling again, having come up with a plan.
"Where're you going?" Brock asked as he saw Dawn walk away.
"I'm going to make some calls!" she shouted back, leaving Brock to wonder what she was planning.
Having finished her first call, Dawn entered the next number. Waiting for someone to answer, her waiting had paid off.
"Hey May!" Dawn said, happy to see her friend.
"Dawn?" May asked, surprised that her friend had called her.
"I think I could use your help" Dawn said, having quite the big grin on her face.
"How can I help you?" May asked, wondering what her friend had in mind.
Having explained her plan to May, Dawn could only be happy she had accepted it. Walking back to where the others should be, she saw that Ash was awake, with Pikachu on his shoulder. Brock was standing next to him and they were talking about something important. She decided to listen for a while, trying to avoid them noticing her.
"Brock, something is wrong with me" Ash said to his friend, referring to that when he sometimes battled, he became so cold and distant. But also effective, knowing exactly what he needed to do in order to win. But he also knew that it wasn't him who commanded his Pokemon. Or it was him, but a different side of him that he didn't know.
"I've never heard of something even close to what you're saying Ash" Brock responded "But I've never seen it, so I can't judge. I know that you don't like that condition during battles, but once it comes out maybe I can help you more" Brock finished. Dawn having overheard the conversation, didn't even fully understand what they were talking about.
"Hey!" Dawn shouted, having listened to them without them having noticed her.
"Hey Dawn" Ash called back.
"So who did you call?" Brock asked, being interested in who Dawn had called.
"Just some friends" Dawn said, not wanting to spoil it for either of them.
"Looks like we've arrived" Brock said, who saw they got closer to Viridian. After the ship had docked, the three friends together with Pikachu left the ship. Carrying their luggage Ash and Brock started to walk towards Pallet. Dawn, who never had been here, could only follow them, hoped that they knew where they were going.
After a quite long walk they finally reached Pallet Town. But the person who stood there and greeted them, was someone Ash had not expected.
"If it isn't the legendary Ash Ketchum!" the voice shouted with a grin on his face, still impressed that Ash had become the Champion of Sinnoh. He remembered the battle they had before Ash left for Sinnoh.
"And if it isn't my old rival Gary Oak!" Ash responded, happy to see his rival. Finally reaching him he saw that his mom and Professor Oak stood there watching them.
"Before you go anywhere Ash it's time that I put you back where you belong" Gary said, fully aware that Ash remembered the crushing defeat at his hands after he had won the Battle Frontier.
"I don't think you can beat me this time Gary" Ash said, smiling at his old rival, also remembering last time they had battled.
"We all know that your ego often grows a bit too much after a big win. So why not a rematch of last time?" Gary asked, still confident in his skill. But he knew that Ash was much stronger than last time. But he prepared for this, but he wouldn't know how wrong he was.
"Let's go!" Ash said and Pikachu quickly jumped down from this shoulder, ready for battle. Once again, the feeling overcame him similar to his battle with Cynthia. He managed to hold it back.
"Go Electrivire!" Gary shouted, releasing his Pokemon.
"Electrivire" the Pokemon said, looking down at Pikachu and smiling. Pikachu also remembered their battle and how he got beaten so badly by Electrivire.
"You ready Ash?" Gary asked with a smile on his face. Having battled for a while, Ash couldn't hold it back anymore. His other side came out and took over. Brock immediately noticed the difference.
"Ash!" he shouted with everyone looked at him surprised.
"What's wrong Brock?" Dawn asked, not having been as observant as Brock.
"Gary, retreat Electrivire now!" Brock shouted. Gary looked at him but it was too late.
"Pikachu, use Volt Tackle!" Ash shouted, the happiness gone from his voice. Pikachu felt the change, but wouldn't disobey his trainer. Running faster and faster he slowly got surrounded by electricity. Gary, who was surprised at Brock's outburst reacted to late. But even then, Pikachu's Volt Tackle was far more powerful than before. Pikachu hit Electrivire with full force sending him flying until he hit the ground and managed to stop himself from flying any further.
"Electrivire!" Gary shouted, surprised at the power of Pikachu's Volt Tackle. Ash saw that Electrivire barely managed to get back up started to order another attack. Everyone could clearly see the difference now.
"Ash stop!" a new voice shouted, coming from the direction of his house. Ash slowly turned around, trying to find the source of interruption. He didn't even flinch, until he recognized the person who was screaming at him.
"May?" he asked faintly, before falling down to the ground.
Slowly opening his eyes, Ash could only remember seeing May before falling down, with everything turning black. May sat next to him, looking at him.
"Ash!" she shouted as she saw him open his eyes, she quickly pulled him up and hugged him. Ash could feel that she was crying and hugged her aswell, trying to comfort her.
"Why're you crying?" Ash asked, not remembering much before he fell.
"How can you ask that? Don't you remember what happened?!" May asked, starting to worry even more about Ash. Brock and Professor Oak walked over to them and looked at Ash.
"Now I understand what you meant Ash" Brock said, having now seen it with his own eyes.
"I've never seen something like that before" Professor Oak added, shocked that something like that even was possible. Having helped him up, May put her arm around Ash feeling that he wasn't fully recovered.
"What happened?" she now asked him, wanting to know why he had changed in the middle of the battle.
"As I saw that I wasn't winning a weird feeling overcame me and I couldn't resist it. I closed my eyes and I was opened them again I only knew I wanted to win, didn't matter the cost" Ash said, feeling guilty for what he had done to Electrivire.
"Amazing" was the only thing the Professor said, thinking through what had happened.
"I can see that you don't enjoy that state, even if you're much more powerful and capable of nearly beating everyone" Brock said.
"Yea, I mean I'm not even sure that I'm fully in control of what's happening. I don't even feel excitement or fun when battling. I would do anything to get rid of it, even if I would have to lose more battles" Ash said. Trying to make Ash at least somewhat happier May had an idea,
"I think it's time for dinner" she said, and as she thought Ash's face immediately had a smile on it as he heard the word dinner. Together with Dawn and Brock they walked to Ash's house and entered it. Ash, smelling the delicious food his mom had prepared, rushed into the dining room and sat down. Only May was even close to Ash's excitement and quickly followed and sat down next to him.
"You know, I still haven't thanked you for everything you had done for me. Without you I would have never gotten so far in any of my contests" May said to Ash, and quickly kissed him on his cheek making him blush heavily. May thought no one had seen it, but Dawn saw it just as she entered the room.
'Well, it seems like that May has fallen for Ash. But it seems like Ash needs some help along the way' Dawn thought, knowing that Ash's blush meant that May hadn't hit a complete wall. But it would still take some work to get those two together. Finishing her thought she quickly sat down, with Brock not far behind.
"It smells delicious Ms Ketchum!" Brock exclaimed as he smelled the food and sat down. Even though his cooking was quite good, he did never cook this much. He simply didn't have everything he needed or did he have the time during his travels.
"Well, thank you Brock" Delia, Ash's mom, responded. Ash and May, as usual, took the most food but still finished first. Dawn, Brock, and Delia didn't eat so fast, still enjoying their food. Dawn quickly stood up and went over to Delia, whispering something in her ear before sitting down again.
"Good that you brought it up Dawn" Delia said "Ash, you'll sleep on the couch. Brock, sadly I got no room for you so you've to join Ash. Dawn will take the guest room and May will take Ash's room" she finished. That May should take Ash's room, wasn't her idea but Dawn's. But no one had to know.
"Mom that's not fair!" Ash exclaimed "I get home from all my travels and you don't even let me sleep in my own room?" Ash asked, not liking how things were going.
"Ash, you better don't complain or I'll let you sleep outside. Be happy that you got Brock to keep you company" Delia said with a smile on her face.
"So what do we do now?" May asked, having no plans herself.
"Well, I'll get my things up into the room and then take a shower" Dawn said, partly to let Ash and May some time for themselves.
"I think I'll Ms Ketchum in the kitchen" Brock said.
"What about you Ash?" May asked.
"Well, I thought about heading over to Professor Oak. I haven't seen all my Pokemon in a long time" Ash answered, interested to see how his Pokemon were doing.
"I think I'm gonna come along" May said to Ash. To his own surprise Ash enjoyed the thought of May's company, not sure why though just yet, without any of his other friends with him. And he could ask her something without the others listening.
With everyone doing what they had said, Ash and May walked towards the door. Ash opened the door, but decided to let May outside first.
"Well thank you Ash" May said, noticing his gesture and wondering if her kiss had done anything to him. Ash blushed slightly as she thanked him. He closed the door and follow her to the lab. Repeating what he had done earlier, May could only smile. Maybe her kiss at really triggered something inside Ash. They walked through the lab and went outside. Everywhere May could look she saw Pokemon.
"Are there more Pokemon here than last time?" May asked, maybe she just was imagining. But she also saw multiple Pokemon she didn't recognize while some of them she did recognize. She wondered if Ash's gesture had anything to do with her kiss. Why not ask him?
"Hey Ash, what did the kiss mean for you?" May asked, remembering him blushing quite heavily.
"Uh, well, I enjoyed it?" Ash said, sounding quite insecure on his answer.
"I hope so!" May said, quickly putting a hand over her mouth as she just understood what she had said. But Ash didn't think very much about it, mostly focusing on the Pokemon. His answer wasn't what she had expected though.
"I honestly enjoyed it May" Ash said, not sure what he felt yet. Was her kiss a thanks or was it more? He would think it through eventually. Ash released all his Pokemons so they could be together with the others while he and May enjoyed their time together. Unaware to everyone besides Pikachu, Ash had changed since he had become Champion of Sinnoh. The Elite Four and Cynthia had taught him some things about how he should act. He had still a hard time trying to get rid of some of his habits that they had tried to remove. Being at home he thought he wouldn't need to use what they had taught him. Maybe once he left he would use it, maybe he even could impress May with it.
'I wonder why Ash acts so different' May thought, having noticed the change in how her friend acted. 'Maybe this is my chance'
"Hey May, haven you been to Sinnoh?" Ash asked before May could say what she wanted.
"N-No…" was the only thing May said, blushing heavily, hoping she wasn't just imagining it.
"May, do you want to go with me to Sinnoh?" Ash asked with a serious face, not knowing if she would want to go to Sinnoh. "May?"
"Yes!" May shouted, extremely happy that Ash had asked her. She quickly hugged him, forgetting that Pikachu was lying in Ash's lap.
"Chu!" Pikachu shouted before he quickly escaped from getting squashed.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Pikachu!" May exclaimed as she noticed the yellow fur ball run away. "But why would you go to Sinnoh again?"
"Well, you would need someone to guide and teach you. Wouldn't you?" Ash asked with a smile, knowing that if he wanted to start acting like a champion should, he had to start now. Even if we would go slowly with it.
"You would do that?" May asked surprised, slowly noticing how Ash had changed since their last meeting. "Has something happened?"
"Nothing special" Ash said, "I just got some unfinished business in Sinnoh.
"Thank you Ash!" May exclaimed, once again kissing him on his cheek. Ash could only turn dark red as May kissed him on his cheek. He knew that he would enjoy the trip through Sinnoh, but he still had to explain that he was the Champion there.