Hey, everyone. I'm back. I have a habit of writing a story and then not finishing them (Not just the ones on this site). I won't promise that I'll finish them (Which probably makes you not want to read this) but I will continue as long as I'm interested in writing it.
Now, this is just a bit of an Overpowered Ash. But don't worry if you don't like that. He will primarily use the Pokémon he catches in Sinnoh, unless he gets into a hard spot, or wants to teach a lesson or press a point.
If I'm using something from another story, then I'm sorry. I found many stories with this type of Plotline so I don't know who to give credit to.
Anyway, I'm keeping you from the story. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, only the OC's that I put in (If - and that's a big if - I put any in, of course) are mine.
Edit: 8/03/17. I toned down some of the things in here and added others, as well as fixed some general mistakes. Sorry if you don't like it, but I think that it's best.
Ash was eating dinner with his mother, Gary and Prof. Oak after coming back from his second Journey around Kanto so that he could defeat the Kanto/Hoenn Battle Frontier, when suddenly his mother sat up straight in her seat.
"What's the matter, Mom?" Ash asked.
"Oh, I forgot! You received a letter and Package from Charles Goodshow after your defeat of Brandon! I'll go get them!" Delia said, leaving the kitchen only to come back moments later with a large box and letter, setting them on the table in front of Ash.
He set his finished dinner plate aside and opened the letter.
'Dear Ash Ketchum, I hope that this letter finds you in good health! I have written because after winning two Championships you have been gifted with the title 'Ace Trainer'. That is quite the Promotion, I assure you. With this Promotion comes a raise in your carrying limits. You may now carry up to twelve Pokémon, outside of the Training case that you have also been gifted. The case allows you to carry sixty Pokémon at a time, but it is ONLY for training! You will also find a full Training kit, Prize Money, a Master Ball that every Champion gets, a Keystone along with the Mega Stones for some of the Pokémon that you have that can achieve Mega Evolution.
If you do not know what Mega Evolution is, do not worry. So far not many people outside of the Champions and Regional Professors know about it. I'm sure that Prof. Oak won't mind filling you in. You will also find the latest model of X-Transceiver, an entire set of Evolutionary items and a Pokémon and Pokémon egg from every Champion and Frontier Brain. With this you are also granted access to Mt. Silver. Congrats, my boy! You have made quite the achievements what with you only being fifteen!
This Promotion is not the only one you have. You have also been granted title of Pokémon Ranger seeing as you helped out with saving the world many times, such as with the baby Lugia, Phione, Celebi, Lugia, Moltres, Suicune, and Zapdos, and I heard that you were involved with stopping that planet killing storm on New Island.
On behalf of the entire Pokémon World, I would like to thank you. There is Money to compensate your Promotions, also a thanks for you being our Savior.
But be warned, with these Promotions means that you are 'on call' for when we need you, Major or Minor. But it also means that you can go pretty much anywhere. Inside the box are your official badges to signify you as such. Do not lose them! Well, good luck, Ash Ketchum. Prof. Oak will answer any questions that you may have.
Sincerely, Charles Goodshow, President of the Pokémon League.'
If Ash hadn't already been sitting down he would have fallen down from shock. "Wow!" he breathed.
"What is it, Ashy Boy?" Gary asked curiously, seeing his friend and former rival and his Pikachu sitting there in shock.
Ash handed the letter over and the other three read it, becoming just as shocked as the Promoted Trainer.
Soon that got overridden for Delia as she squealed in happiness and pulled her boy into a bone crushing hug, telling him how proud she was. He got released moments later.
"Well? Open the box!" she demanded.
With a shaking hand because of excitement, Ash opened the box to see fifteen different checks sitting on the top with the reasons for them being given written on them. He gave them a glance and stopped in shock, his jaw hitting the floor after seeing the amounts on them.
"One Million Dollars on each of them?! That's a lot of money! There's no way I deserve that much!" he sputtered.
His mother handed them to Oak so that they could be put into Ash's account later.
He dug further after getting over the shock of it. Too bad that that wouldn't be the only shock that he would get. Next was the X-Transceiver. Oak gasped. Ash looked at him, confused. "What is it, Professor?" he asked.
"That model that you're holding there Ash is a Champions X-Transceiver! It has not only a GPS and Alarm function, but it also serves as a Pokedex! But not only that! It also acts as a Pokémon Transporter!" Oak said.
Once again, Ash was shocked. But he got over that quick and strapped it on. He found the Badges for his Promotions next and pinned them onto his jacket. Looking at them, he noticed that one said, "Advanced Ace Trainer? What does that mean, Professor?" he asked.
Again, Oak looked shocked. "It means that you are a more experienced Ace Trainer than normal ones. They must really think highly of you to have given you that rank!" he said.
Numb with the repeated shocks, Ash just reached into the box again and pulled out two Master Balls. "Huh? Why two?" he asked, confused.
"Because you won two Leagues," Gary explained this time.
Ash nodded and placed them in his bag. He took out three Pokeballs that contained Pokémon from the Champions and Frontier Brains. Then he pulled out fifteen eggs in incubators.
Confused at this, he was about to ask when he saw a note pinned to one of the Incubators. 'Sorry, but not all of the Pokémon that we planned to give you hatched before we gave them to you. Please still count that as one Pokémon and one egg from each. Also, you may be wondering why all of the Champions and Frontier Brains are doing this for you, right? Well, it's for two reasons. One: we trust that you will take care of all of them properly. Two: we are hoping that with this gift you will be able to raise these Pokémon well enough to give us a challenge. Take care.'
He accepted this and moved on.
He then reached in and pulled out the Mega Items and the last item out of the box: a bag that held the Evolutionary items.
"Let's go outside so that you can release the Pokémon from their balls," Prof. Oak suggested.
Ash agreed and they all finished dinner before heading outside so that Ash could release the Pokémon.
Out came a Dratini, a Beldum, and a Gible.
They looked at him curiously as he knelt down to their level. He gave them a smile. "Hi! I'm your new Trainer, Ash Ketchum. Did they tell you where you would be going?" he asked.
They nodded and they handed him a note that each was holding, either in a paw, mouth or were holding using their psychic powers.
He took them and read them. They were basically congratulations and telling him who gave him who. Lance had given him Dratini for example, Steven the Beldum, and Cynthia the Gible. The notes also said that these Pokémon and the Eggs came from Champion Breeding Lines, meaning that they would be very strong and had lots of Egg Moves and most had Hidden Abilities and would be able to develop other Abilities, so long as he trained them well.
Once done reading, he smiled at them again. "I'm on the road to become the Strongest Pokémon Master ever. Would you like to join me on that Journey?" he asked them.
He received cheers and nods in return. They liked what they'd seen of their new Master and their old Trainers had spoken highly of him, so they had no problems with going with him on his Journey, or obeying him. But they had one final shock for him.
Gible caught his attention by pointing to the backs of the notes for him to find nine more checks, three on each, from each Champion or Frontier Brain. Each had one and a half million on them, which, while Ash was recovering from his shock, his mother took and handed them to Prof. Oak.
Ash added up the checks in his head. The first fifteen checks added up to fifteen million dollars, added with the nine checks of one and a half million made another thirteen and a half, added together that was twenty eight and a half million dollars!
"But I don't deserve that much just for becoming Champion of two Championships and saving the world many times! They didn't have to do that! I mean, heck! Potions are only two hundred dollars each! That's a lot of supplies that I could buy! Combined with the money I've already made from battling and entering the Leagues, and the money that Dad's put into my account every week since a year before my Journey and continuing into my Journey and even now, that's a lot of money! It's not fair for me to be that rich!" he exclaimed.
The three onlookers laughed. "Only Ash would protest to getting more money!" Delia said through her laughter.
"True!" Gary and Oak agreed.
Ash shook his head. "Well, we'll train later. Return for now!" he said to his new Pokémon and he returned them to their Pokeballs.
They walked back inside where Oak borrowed Ash's X-Transceiver for a minute while he used it to deposit Ash's checks into his account and to put all of Ash's contacts into the phone app.
"Well, Ash, where are you going next?" Oak asked when he was done, giving it back to Ash.
"Well, I was thinking that because I ended the Frontier Challenge early, and the Sinnoh League won't open until three months from now, that I would train. I can think of many ways that I could have done much better in my battles and I didn't. So I'm going to train to iron out those problems," Ash said.
His mother and the two Oaks looked proud of him. "That's using your head! Good job, Ash!" Prof. Oak said.
Ash blushed. "Thanks. I guess that I just thought that it was time to really train and train hard. I want to keep winning the Leagues and to do that I need to really kick up the training!" he said.
"I'm so proud of you, Ash! Your Father will be so proud of you too!" Delia said.
"You really think so?" Ash asked.
"I know so! In fact, why don't we call him?" she asked.
Ash's eyes widened. "Really?! Talk to Dad?" he asked.
She nodded with a bright smile.
Ash grinned wide. "I'd like that!" he said.
So they went over to the video phone, the two Oaks saying farewell for the night. Delia dialed up Ash's father's number.
After a few rings a man with long, messy, gray-silver hair picked up. Upon seeing who it was, he grinned. "Delia! Ash! How nice to see you! Ash, I'm so proud of you! I've been watching your achievements these last few years and I'm really impressed with you! But what's this? The badges for an Advanced Ace Trainer and a Pokémon Ranger? What are those for and when did you get them?" he asked.
So that was the opening for a rather long tale of the past few years of Ash's adventures.
Needless to say, Ash's father was very proud of Ash. "Well, my little Ash, all grown up! So, met any girls yet? What about that Misty or May?" he asked.
"Daaad!" Ash whined.
"Silver, he's too young for that!" Delia defended.
Silver raised an eyebrow. "We were dating at fourteen. He's fifteen now, a full year older than we were when we were dating! And you're telling me that he doesn't have a girlfriend?" he asked.
"Dad!" Ash protested.
Silver laughed. "Okay, Ash. Okay. I won't tease you anymore. Well, it's late and we all need to sleep. Especially you if you're really going to get even more serious about your Pokémon training. Good night, Dear, Ash," he said.
After they said their goodbyes, they hung up and went to bed themselves. Ash and Pikachu couldn't wait for the next day.
III
The morning light seeped through the window, waking a certain Electric Mouse up. He looked tired for a minute before he remembered that they got to training today! He looked at Ash, who was still sleeping. He nudged Ash's shoulder. When he didn't wake up, Pikachu tapped his face. When he still didn't wake up, well, in Pikachu's mind it was time for a shock.
"Chu!" he said, firing a Thunderbolt at Ash. He watched in disbelief as Ash slept through it for a few seconds before sighing.
"Alright, Pikachu. I'm up. You didn't have to shock me. Not that it works real well anyway. I've been shocked so many times that it doesn't affect me anymore," Ash said, sitting up.
Pikachu cut out the Thunderbolt and placed Ash's hat on his head. The message was clear: it was time to get going. They had things to do today.
Ash got dressed in a black T-shirt and jeans, a jacket that was a lot like the one he had at the beginning of his Journey, except it was crimson instead of blue. He pulled on his fingerless gloves that were black, but the trim was crimson, matching his jacket.
He strapped on his new belt that held twelve Pokémon in it. Then he walked downstairs. If he was going to be an Advanced Ace Trainer and Pokémon Ranger then he was going to act the part.
His mom looked up as he entered the kitchen. "Ah, Ash! Another package came for you!" she said. "It's on the table!"
Ash looked at the table and saw another large box sitting there. He opened it and pulled out the letter that was on top.
'Dear Advanced Ace Trainer and Pokémon Ranger Ash Ketchum, I hope this letter finds you well. You see, we here at the Pokémon Ranger Institute have recently learned from Charles Goodshow about your Promotions. As such you need the supplies to be a good Ranger and Ace Trainer.
In the box you will find your Capture Styler, a full set of Pokeballs, excluding the Master Ball, a full set of Healing Items for your Pokémon and the Signature Pokémon Ranger Jacket. Though in this case we have given you one of the Jackets that has been made for those who are both Rangers and Advanced Ace Trainers.
You also have a Mission from us. It's quite simple. Inside you will find the Pokeball of a Pokémon that came to us and signaled to us that he wanted to go with you. The Mission is thus: raise him and evolve him into his final Evolution and still have him listen to you.
Good luck, Ash. You have respect from all of us.
Sincerely, Jake Mason, Pokémon Ranger.'
Ash shook his head and picked up the other letter that was in the box.
'Dear Advanced Ace Trainer and Pokémon Ranger Ash Ketchum (Boy, that's a mouthful!), I hope this letter finds you well. We here at the Ace Trainer Facility have long wanted you to join us, and finally we have you in our clutches! (Evil laughter). Nah, not really evil.
Anyway, inside you should find the Jacket of an Advanced Ace Trainer and Pokémon Ranger. You will also find a full set of Pokeballs, minus Master Ball, a full set of Healing Items, an app for your X-Transceiver that is a detailed map of all Regions including the Migration Paths of all Pokémon that we know about and an egg and Pokémon. Don't worry, we believe that you can handle it.
You will also have a Promotion check from both the Facility and Institute. No more than half a million each.
You also have your first Mission from us. There is a Pokémon breaking the power lines in Cerulean City and we need someone to stop it. We have chosen you for this Mission.
Good luck, kid.
Sincerely, Keith Davies, Advanced Ace Trainer.'
Ash set that down, shocked but excited. He quickly grabbed the egg and placed it with the other fifteen. Then he placed the Items in his bag, noticing as he did so that each set had about twenty of each item.
He then took the Pokeballs and went out side to let them out. He could feel one of the Pokeballs quivering with excitement.
"Come on out!" he called, holding out the Pokeballs to release them.
Out came two Pokémon, one that he was very familiar with and who tackled him in a hug. "Lar! Vitar! Larvitar!" it said.
Ash laughed and hugged him back. "Well, what do you know? Welcome back, Larvitar! I missed you! Did you miss me?" he asked.
Larvitar nodded, his head buried into Ash's chest, tears sliding down his cheeks.
"Hey now, don't cry! You don't need to cry," Ash said, rubbing Larvitar's head to calm him down.
"Larvitar," Larvitar said, stopping his tears with difficulty. That didn't make him let go of Ash, so Ash picked him up and turned to the other Pokémon.
It was an Absol. "Hi, I'm Ash! I'm your new Trainer. I hope that we can be friends!" he greeted.
"Sol! Absol!" Absol barked, happy that his new Trainer wanted to be friends as well as his Trainer.
"Great! We'll do some training later. For now, Return!" Ash said, recalling the Pokémon. Larvitar showed no signs of letting go, so he returned to the kitchen with Larvitar still in his arms.
Delia looked over at them and grinned. "I see that you have Larvitar back with you! That's nice!" she said.
Ash grinned back. "Yeah! Apparently, he showed the Rangers that he wanted to go with me, so here he is! And I'm glad he's here!" he said.
Larvitar grinned happily, happy to have pleased his Trainer, Friend and Father. Because that's what Larvitar thought of him as.
Ash set him on the table as he rifled through the box. He pulled out the app and scanned it into his X-Transceiver. He found his Capture Styler and placed that in a slot on his belt. He found the checks and sighed before scanning them into his X-Transceiver, knowing that if he didn't his mother would.
Lastly he pulled out his new Jacket. It was mostly a crimson color, but the trim on the bottom was a green and the zipper was black. With that, though the letters had not mentioned it, came a pair of black shorts with yellow trim on the bottom, a pair of black pants with the same yellow trim, and a Black T-shirt.
He smiled and ran up to his room to put them on. Upon doing so he noticed that his hat did not fit with the image, so he put it aside sadly.
Running back downstairs he looked through his Mega Items. He saw an earring with a Keystone in it. He put it in right away, ignoring the sting that came with making an earring hole with the hole puncher that came with it.
Then he looked through his Mega stones. Charizardite X, Gardevoirite, Galladite, Pidgeotite, Sceptilite, and Raichunite.
Well, that's odd. He didn't have a Gardevoir or Gallade. He looked at the eggs. Maybe one of those was a Ralts egg and they didn't know if it was a boy or girl and so didn't know which form he'd evolve it into and so gave him both? It was possible.
As for the Raichu Mega stone... He saw Pikachu stare at it intently. He smiled reassuringly and scratched him behind the ear.
"Hey, it's alright. I know that you don't want to evolve, so I won't force you just because I have a Mega stone for you," he said.
Pikachu looked up at him and smiled. "Cha!" he said.
Ash chuckled. He put the things back into his bag and stood up. "Come on, we've gotta make some calls and then set out on collecting a few Pokémon," he said.
"Pika?" Pikachu asked as he jumped onto Ash's shoulder. Ash recalled Larvitar and clipped the ball to his belt.
"Well, for one, I promised Pidgeot that I'd come back for her. Seeing her Mega stone reminded me. It's late, but better than never!" he said.
"For another, I really miss Lapras. I was thinking about going to try to get her back. And as for Primape, Squirtle, Haunter and Charizard, well, I'd like to see if they'd like to rejoin the team!" he said.
Pikachu perked up. He'd like that! He was ready to get going!
Stepping outside, Ash dialed Officer Jenny, the one who had his Squirtle.
One quick call later and it was revealed that Squirtle had wanted to come back anyway.
Another quick call later and he got Haunter back. Another and he got Primape. The last call, when he said that he was going to train on Mt. Silver, got Charizard ready to go with him. He was really psyched.
He then went out into the forest in Route one to search for Pidgeot. About an hour later of fruitless searching he ordered Pikachu to fire a Thunderbolt straight up to call Pidgeot.
Minutes later they heard a cry and Pidgeot flew down to her old Trainer. She settled down on the ground a few feet away. She was looking at Ash with just a bit of hurt in her eyes. He understood.
He walked up to her until he was right in front of her. He looked her in the eyes. "Pidgeot, I know that I've made a lot of mistakes concerning you, but I've come to fix them. I came back for you just like I said I would. Yes, it's late, I know, but I never forgot you. The reason that I didn't come to get you sooner was because I was afraid that you wouldn't want to be with me anymore. I was afraid that you'd want to be here more than with me. I can see that those fears were silly now. I'm sorry," he said.
Pidgeot looked at her old Trainer in shock. He didn't come back because he was afraid that she wouldn't want to go with him anymore? All these years she had the secret fear that it was because he didn't want her anymore, and he had the same fear? She wrapped her wings around her Trainer in a hug. It looked like both of them were being silly. She laid her fears aside as he hugged her back, tears running down his face.
"I'm really happy to see you, Pidgeot!" he sobbed.
She cawed softly and preened his hair. She was happy to see him as well.
He pulled back a minute later and held up her old Pokeball, a hopeful smile on his face. "So, what do you say, Pidgeot? You wanna rejoin the team?" he asked.
There was no hesitation as she pecked the button and got sucked in, the ball pinging in success without a fight.
He grinned from ear to ear, then let her out. She looked at him, waiting for an order.
"Alright, Pidgeot! We need to go to Seafoam Island! That's where the Migrating Lapras stop every year. They should be there right now, and I want to see if Lapras will rejoin us!" Ash said.
She nodded and let him onto her back, making sure that he had a firm grip before she launched herself into the air, heading for Seafoam Island.
Minutes later, with Ash swearing that Roller Coasters would never hold any excitement for him ever again, they got to the Island. He immediately got to work searching for Lapras.
A displacement in the air made him turn in time to see a Water Pulse being fired at him and dodge it. He looked to see the source and saw a herd of Lapras surround them.
One in particular stood out as it walked towards him, eyes shining with happiness and excitement. "Pras!" she called.
Ash, upon recognizing her, laughed and hugged her. "Hey, Lapras! How are you doing, girl? Is your herd stronger now?" he asked.
"Lapras!" she said, nodding with a smile.
"That's great! Listen, I wanted to know, would you be willing to rejoin my team? You don't have to, if you'd rather be with your herd. I'll understand, I promise," he said.
She seemed happy as she nodded. He laughed. "Great!" he said and re-caught her in her old Pokeball. "Glad you're back, girl," he said.
He looked at the herd. "Hey, sorry for taking her from you, but I'm sure that you can manage, right?" he asked.
They nodded, showing no hard feelings.
He thanked them and left, flying back to Pallet in minutes. She let him down in Oak's Corral. He immediately found Bulbasaur who was walking around a small lake.
"Bulbasaur!" he called.
The Seed Pokémon looked up at the familiar voice and grinned upon seeing who it was. "Bulba!" he said, running up to Ash.
Ash bent down to rub Bulbasaur's head. "Hey, buddy! Can you call the others together for me?" he asked.
Bulbasaur nodded and fired an incomplete Solar Beam from his bulb. Soon enough, all of Ash's Pokémon were surrounding him and ready to hear what he would say, after Charizard fired a Flamethrower at him, Bayleef tackled him, and Primape punched him, though looking disappointed that there was no hat to steal.
"Alright, guys, we have some training to do! After I complete my Mission we are heading off to Mt. Silver to train! There are some really strong Pokémon there and only the best Trainers get to go there! Now, I won't call myself great, but you guys are! We have three months to train until the Sinnoh League starts up so that we can collect Badges, so until then we will train! How about it, guys?" he asked.
All those there cheered. Then Ash noticed something. Only one Tauros was there. The main one that he used in all his fights. He asked why that was and the answer came back that they didn't feel that they were included in this, making him feel guilty.
Oak came out and offered him the chance to transfer them to him so that they could stay on the Ranch and not be away from each other. Ash thought that it was a great idea and talked to the other Tauros, who agreed. All but nine anyway, and they wanted to battle.
"Well, I suppose that we can put them on the GTS, the Global Trading System, so that you can trade them for more Pokémon of types that you don't have yet," Oak suggested.
Ash nodded. "What do you mean, types I don't have yet?" he asked.
"Well, you do not yet have any Fairy, or Psychic types. So why not try to get some?" Oak asked.
Ash thought about it and nodded. They entered in his trading information for the system.
"There, you're all set. I'll send them to you when they come in and you can choose whether to trade or not," Oak said.
"Thanks, Professor. Well, I'll head out on my Mission now. Then it's straight to Mt. Silver for me!" Ash said and he went back into the Corral after loading his Training case with his Pokémon's Pokeballs, with them in them, of course. Except for Pikachu and Pidgeot, the latter going to fly him to Cerulean.
He mounted and got straight to it.
III
The Mission went pretty quickly. All he had to do was circle the City in the air for a bit before he spotted the trouble makers, then he landed and challenged the two to a battle.
The Scyther and Magneton accepted, eager to go back to the wires that they were chopping down so that Magneton could feed.
He called out Charizard and the battle ended rather quickly with him catching them and placing them in his case. He then spent a bit of time with Misty, catching up, before heading off to Mt. Silver.
III
When he arrived he recalled Pidgeot into her Pokeball and stepped up to the gate that would allow him entrance. Two guards were blocking his entrance. He smiled at them. "Hi. My name is Ash Ketchum. Here's my pass authorizing me to go in," he said, handing over his pass.
One of the guards looked it over and nodded, scanning it into the system and then putting it in their files. "You're all set, Mr. Ketchum. You may now come and go as you please," he said.
"Thanks!" Ash said and he walked through the gates and onto the path of Route 28.
He looked around in awe of seeing all of the Pokémon that were here. Most ignored him, knowing that Trainers did come occasionally. And knowing one Trainer that stayed year round at the top of the Mountain.
A few however turned to him, ready to attack if he did. Only one attacked him.
"Watch out for that Rhyhorn, Pikachu! Use Iron Tail on its head" Ash commanded.
Pikachu jumped over the head of the charging Rhyhorn, then brought his glowing tail hard down onto its head.
This dazed the Rhyhorn for a second before it shook its head and got back up, angrier than before.
Ash smirked, liking the challenge. "Well, if it's a battle you want, it's a battle you'll get! Pikachu, get close with Quick Attack, then use your speed to hit it with Iron Tail!" he ordered.
"Pika!" Pikachu said and he did as ordered. He sent the Rhyhorn flying back into a tree. The tree fell over and the Rhyhorn got back up.
'Well, he's a strong one!' Ash thought.
He saw the Rhyhorn charge at Pikachu with Take Down. "Quick, use Agility to dodge! Then use Double Team to confuse him! Then finish it up with Double-Edge!" he ordered.
Once again, Pikachu did as ordered. He winced from the Recoil damage as the Rhyhorn was sent crashing into another tree, and they waited to see if he would get up. To their great surprise, he did. He was severely beat up, and was barely standing, but he fired off a Rock Throw.
"Climb them to the top, then jump and use your momentum to bring another Iron Tail down on his head!" Ash ordered.
Pikachu nodded and began to climb the rocks that were thrown at him until he was a good distance above its head, then his tail glowed as he jumped, using his momentum to spin around and slam his tail onto the Rhyhorn's head, finally knocking it out.
"Pokeball, go!" Ash called as he threw the Pokeball that he'd been holding. It hit the Rhyhorn's side and sucked it into the ball. It rocked three times before it dinged, signifying capture.
"Yeah! We did it! Good job, buddy!" Ash said, picking up the Pokeball and putting it in his case.
Looking at how tired Pikachu was he said, "We need to train a lot more if we're going to stand up to the Pokémon that are in here. And the Pokémon inside the Mountain are even tougher!"
Pikachu nodded, agreeing.
What both ignored was that Pikachu should not have done so well against a Rock type from the trail leading up to Mt. Silver. This was probably a good thing as it firmed up their drive to get stronger.
And so that was the beginning of his three months of Training.
III
During those three months was a lot of training and Missions. He could now defeat most of the Pokémon in Mt. Silver and the surrounding easily. Still, he couldn't defeat all of the Pokémon of that guy up on the Mountain, who introduced himself as 'Red'. He could get through three out of six, but then the guy pulled out his Pikachu and all of his Pokémon would go down.
That was until their last match, where he had taken down the Pikachu. And then Red had pulled out his Charizard and it was all over.
His Missions consisted of helping out around the Mountain, the surrounding area, and most of Kanto. He often wondered why no one else could take care of them when he took care of it so easily.
Doing those Missions he caught a Kangaskan, a Nidoking, a Nidoqueen, an Alakazam, a Houndoom, a Gyarados, a Flareon, a Jolteon, a Vaporeon, an Espeon, and an Umbreon.
From his trades he got a Clefairy, a Sylveon, a Tyrunt, a Zangoose, a Duskull, a Zorua, a Porygon(Which had been holding an Up-grade, so it evolved), a Fennekin and a Bergmite.
From the Eggs hatched a Ralts, another Ralts(One was a girl, the other was a boy. Pretty lucky for him), a Litwick, a Honedge, a Torchic, a Rufflet, a Mudkip, a Skarmory, a Trapinch, a Bagon, a Swablu, a Riolu, a Goomy, an Axew, a Deino and an Elekid.
After a month had gone by he'd been able to start training them safely, so he did. Most of his Pokémon, old and new, evolved into their first or final Evolutions by the end of the training time.
So now he had sixty seven Pokémon that he was Training. Seeing as the Case held sixty and his belt held twelve, and Pikachu stayed outside his Pokeball most of the time, that meant that only five of his slots were not filled. Well, that could be filled soon with his upcoming Journey through Sinnoh.
He'd be keeping six of his old Pokémon with him, that way he kept six slots open for any new Pokémon that he'd catch.
As he finished strapping things on and getting ready, he turned to Red and smiled, holding out his hand to shake, which Red did.
"Hey, thanks for helping me train and for being willing to battle me a lot," he said. "I still have a long way to go until I can catch up to you," he added.
Red listened to the last part with disbelief. A long way? This kid here had taken three months – three! - and was able to defeat all but Charizard and Venusaur in those same three months, where many others trained for years and still couldn't come close!
He smirked to cover it up. "You're welcome, kid. But I must say, either you're strong or I've gotten weaker sitting up in this Mountain doing nothing," he said. Nothing but Training, that is.
Ash laughed, throwing aside the compliment. "Nah! You're making a Mountain out of a Molehill!" he said.
Red smirked. "So, kid, where are you heading now? Off to another Region? Another League?" he asked.
"Yeah, the Sinnoh League! I may have lost all the others, but this time I'm gonna win!" Ash said, clenching his fist in determination.
Red nodded. "Well, Ash, I guess that this is goodbye for now. Please come see me when you come back to Kanto," he requested.
Ash nodded back. "I will. Well then, see ya later, Red!" he said, picking up his pack, leaping off the Mountain and letting out Pidgeot to catch him after he'd fallen a bit, enjoying the rush.
Red shook his head in amusement as a smile played on his face. 'I hope you like my gift, Ash. Good luck. Do what I didn't. Don't give up on humanity. You are the only human that I'm putting my trust in. Don't fail me,' he thought as he turned and walked away.
III
As they were flying to Pallet for a quick goodbye before he set out on his next Journey, Ash looked at his best friend: Raichu.
He still didn't quite get why Pikachu decided to Evolve, but got the gist of the matter. Pikachu had seen all of the others get much stronger, while he was hitting a barrier.
Bulbasaur and Squirtle had found the same problems, so they Evolved and their Evolutions blew the limits off of their past abilities, making them much stronger.
So, faced with that, and really wanting to Mega Evolve, he took one of Ash's Thunderstone's and used it to Evolve.
Immediately he felt stronger. He tested it out and had fainted Rhyhorn with one strong Thunderbolt. After that he couldn't wait to try out Mega Evolution!
So, now he had a Raichu. A very strong Raichu at that. One capable of defeating Rock types in one hit with an electric attack.
He smiled and looked towards Pallet that was now almost under them, so Pidgeot tucked herself into a dive, pulling out of it just in time to land in Oak's Corral.
He let out all of his Pokémon and congratulated them and thanked them for their hard work before he went inside, telling them to take a nice long rest.
Stepping into the Lab and into Oak's office, he found Gary there too. He stopped in shock. "Gary? I thought that you were in Sinnoh!" he exclaimed.
Both Oaks looked up as he said this and smiled at him.
"Well, I came to see if Gramps would shed some light on my area of study. What about you? How are you doing? Defeat any strong Trainers yet?" Gary asked.
Ash shook his head sheepishly. "No, but I was close to defeating his Charizard!" he said.
That made them both curious. "Who's Charizard, Ash?" Prof. Oak asked.
"Oh, Red's! He's up on Mt. Silver and he helped me train by battling me often!" Ash said.
"THE Red?! Well, that you came close to defeating ANY of his Pokémon is a cause for celebration! Don't be upset that he beat all of your Pokémon with just one of his," Prof. Oak said in a comforting voice.
Ash blinked. "What do you mean? The only Pokémon that I couldn't defeat was Charizard and his Venusaur! The rest were no slouches, but I defeated them!" he said proudly.
Both Oak's had their jaws scraping the floor. "Y-You mean that you almost beat him?!" Oak asked.
Ash looked confused. "Yeah. What's the big deal? I know he's strong, but what's so great about him?" he asked.
"Ash, Red is the Strongest Champion ever known and the Greatest Pokémon Master so far! He was so good that he retired to the top of Mt. Silver because no one was giving him a challenge anymore! That you defeated even one of his Pokémon is a marvelous achievement! That you defeated FOUR! Is a matter of a great Celebration!" Gary said, wondering how such a strong Trainer could be so stupid.
Ash froze. "Wait. He's that Red!?" he asked.
The two Oak's breathed a sigh of relief, glad to have gotten through at last. They nodded. "Yes, Ash. He's that Red," Oak said.
"Wow! That's amazing!" Ash said.
"Yes it is. But don't you need to get going? The ship leaving for Sinnoh is going to be leaving in a few hours, so you'd best get going!" Oak said.
"Yeah. I just gotta say goodbye to mom first," he said, already having the Pokémon that he would be bringing with him on his Journey clipped to his belt.
He quickly said goodbye to the two Oak's and Tracey, then left to go say Goodbye to his mother, who told him to call her at least once a week and reminded him to change his underwear every day.
"Moooom! I know that by now!" he said, greatly embarrassed, picking up the food his Mom had made for him and placing it in his pack. Which, he noticed, didn't seem heavy or full at all. Determined to look into that later, he turned to his mom, who looked teary eyed.
"Oh, I know, dear. It's just, it's a Tradition now, right?" she asked, giving a weak giggle.
So he smiled for her. "Right!" he said.
She pulled him into a hug. "I'm going to miss you! Well, go on, Ashy! Go get 'em!" she said, pushing him out the door.
Waving goodbye he let Pidgeot out of her ball and mounted. She launched into the air and started for Vermilion City.
III
It had been a great day, very relaxing. He sat on the deck of the ship just watching the smaller of his Pokémon play. Pidgeot, because she was so large, was resting next to him. One of their number was still being watched very closely, but so far he seemed sincere in his wanting to change and be part of the team: Meowth.
And not just any Meowth. Team Rockets Meowth.
See, while waiting for the ship to leave Jessie, James and Meowth came to stand in front of him, lacking a uniform. He was getting ready to blast them away when he saw rings on Jessie and James' left hands.
He had smiled at them. "Glad to see you finally had it set in stone," he had said.
They had looked shocked, before James had smiled and pulled Jessie into his side. "Yeah. Jessie and I decided to quit Team Rocket and settle down. For awhile she didn't think I meant it. Punched me a few times before I made her see I meant it," he had said, chuckling.
Jessie had blushed and apologized.
Ash had settled back in his seat, still ready to defend if need be. "So, considering that we've helped each other before, I assume that you need something?" he had asked.
They had nodded. Meowth had stepped forward, looking nervous. "I-I want to get stronger. I think that you're the best person to make me strong. Please, may I be your Pokémon?" he had asked.
Ash had been shocked. Then he looked over Meowth critically. His fur was unbrushed, unwashed, and matted in places. He had obviously not been taking care of himself out of his nervousness.
That had made him realize that they were not pulling a trick on him. They were being sincere.
"Are you sure? You don't want to stay with Jessie and James?" he had asked.
Meowth had looked at the two adults sadly, but looked determined. He looked back at Ash. "I'll tell you the real reason I want to go with you. One day these two nut heads are going to have kids, and I need to protect the kittens! And to do that, I need to be strong! Nobody could make me stronger than you. Please take me with you!" he had said, shocking Ash more.
He had looked at Jessie and James, who were blushing at Meowth's statement, but both nodded in agreement with his words.
He had looked back at Meowth and slowly nodded. He had pulled out a Pokeball and caught Meowth, who put up no resistance to being captured.
Ash had clipped the ball onto his belt after letting Meowth out to say goodbye. Once recalled, Ash looked Jessie and James in the eye. "I promise that I'll make him strong and then return him for you. Watch out for my battles because he may just be used. You need to keep an eye out on his growth as he's doing this for you and your future children. Just, one favor?" he had asked.
"Name it," James had ordered.
"Teach your children well. Don't let them make your mistakes. Please, promise me," Ash had plead.
They had smiled. "That's easy. We promise," Jessie had said.
Ash had smiled back. "Thank you," he had said.
A little bit later as he was boarding the ship, Jessie called out to him. He turned to them when he was on the deck.
"Yeah?" he had called.
"Two more things before you leave!" James called.
"Yeah?" he had asked, grinning.
"One, good luck on your new Journey!" Jessie had said.
"Thanks! And the other?" Ash had asked.
"Will you be our kid's Godfather?" James had asked.
While severely shocked, Ash had grinned from ear to ear. "Of course I will! Thank you for that honor!" he had said.
By now the ship was pulling out of port.
"You're welcome! Thank you! Take care of him! Goodbye!" the former Rockets had said.
He waved to them, a big grin still on his face, the ship now too far away to say anything that they would understand.
He was determined to help them. But he couldn't start training Meowth yet while he was on the ship. It would have to wait until he got signed up for the League.
He knew that Meowth would be strong. He had a year and a half to become so afterall. He would help him realize his dream to be strong enough to protect his future Godchildren.
He still felt extremely shocked and happy that they'd asked him to fill that slot. He promised himself that he would do his best to be a good Godfather to their future children.
"Boss?"
He looked up to see Meowth standing there, looking nervous. He sighed. Try as he might, Meowth insisted on calling him 'Boss'.
He smiled reassuringly. "What is it, Meowth?" he asked.
"Well, I wondered, since you're such a good Trainer and all, could you help me with my problem of being unable to perform Pay Day?" Meowth asked.
Ash smiled wider. "Sure, Meowth! No problem! Why are you having trouble with it?" he asked.
"Well, I think that it's because I learned how to speak human tongue. Someone told me that, anyway," Meowth explained.
Ash snorted. "That's not likely. It has to be something else... I know! Meowth, how do you feel about others of your kind and your Evolved form, Persian?" he asked.
Meowth scowled. "I don't like them! Actually," here he looked like he was about to admit a humiliating secret. "I'm kinda scared of them. I don't want to be like them!" he said.
"And why is that?" Ash asked gently.
So Meowth explained about his being kicked out of his Pride, making Ash nod in understanding.
"So, do you think that this not wanting to be like them is what's stopping you from learning other moves of your species? Especially your species signature move?" Ash asked kindly.
Meowth paused in thought. Then he nodded. "I never thought about that before, but yeah. I think that might be it!" he confessed.
Ash reached down and rubbed Meowth's head and scratched behind his ears, making him purr. "Then I suppose that we need to work past that if you want to get stronger so that you can protect my future Godchildren," he said.
Meowth nodded in determination. "I will! I promise!" he said firmly.
"Good. Look, I can see Sinnoh! We're almost there! Come on back, everyone!" Ash commanded, recalling back all but Raichu and Meowth, both of who climbed onto his shoulders. Raichu took the right one while Meowth took the left.
Now, while before those three months happened Ash might have had trouble with the weight. But now he didn't even feel it, being very fit, lean and strong. Heck, he had a six-pack! That alone showed how much he worked out!
He got off the ship soon after that, taking his first step onto Sinnoh. He smiled as he saw the Starly flying overhead when he raised his head to the sky.
Soon after that he started onto the path towards Sandgem Town.
III
Meanwhile on another path a young ten year old was making her way to Prof. Rowan's lab to collect her Starter.
III
"Aahhh!" Ash heard from somewhere off to his right in the forest. Not pausing to think he rushed into the forest in search of the person who screamed.
The scream came again from right ahead of him about thirty seconds later. Moments later he rushed into a clearing beside a lake.
The one who screamed was a girl who looked like she was a new Trainer, seeing as she held a Piplup in her arms to protect it. Well, both of them would get eaten if he didn't do anything.
A group of about a dozen Ariados were converging on the girl, all firing Sludge Bomb or Poison Sting.
He moved into action right away. "Meowth, stand in front of the girl and use Protect! Raichu, use Thunderbolt to take down those Ariados!" he ordered calmly.
Both Pokémon launched into action immediately upon his ordering them. Meowth had been taught Protect by a TM that Ash had. It was one of those new ones that weren't used up by one use, so he had used it on all of his Pokémon.
Meowth jumped in front of the girl and her Piplup and raised a green barrier just in time to stop the attacks launched by the Ariados.
Raichu meanwhile had fired a Thunderbolt at the wild Ariados, causing them to be hit and faint.
Ash debated catching one, but didn't really want such an aggressive Pokémon on his team, so decided not to. Instead he turned to the frightened girl.
"Hey, you alright?" he asked gently, seeing as she might just be in shock.
"Y-Yeah. Thanks for the save. I would have been a goner without you there!" she said, sitting up, looking up at him with awe clear on her face.
He smiled as Meowth and Raichu returned to his shoulders. "Not a problem. I'm glad that you're alright. Is your Piplup alright?" he asked with concern, bending over to look at the Water type.
"Huh? Oh! He's not mine. I was searching for him for Prof. Rowan because he and a Chimchar escaped. I just saw the Chimchar being brought back to the lab by a Staravia, so that's one less to look for!" she said, smiling at the end.
"Nevertheless, yours or not, is he okay?" Ash asked.
The girl looked at Piplup. "Are you okay, Piplup?" she asked.
The proud Pokémon stuck his chest out. "Pip Lup!" he said, arrogantly.
Ash laughed. "Glad you're fine. Still, we should get you back to Prof. Rowan before he starts to worry, and so that we can get you checked out," he said.
The girl and Piplup nodded and she stood up. She smiled at him. "My name's Dawn Berlitz by the way! What's yours?" she asked as they walked back to the lab.
Ash chuckled. "Ash Ketchum. I'm from Pallet Town in Kanto," he said.
"Wow! So far away? Why are you in Sinnoh then?" she clamped her hands over her mouth, realizing that sounded rude and demanding. "Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to be so rude!" she said.
She was stopped from any further apologies by Ash chuckling. "Hey, it's no problem. I know you didn't mean for it to sound that way! I'm in Sinnoh because I wanted to meet new people and Pokémon, see new places and compete in another League. One that I hadn't lost, preferably," he said.
"What? You lost? But your Pokémon are so strong and well trained! How did you lose?" she asked, confused at how this strong (And handsome, but she didn't want to admit that) Trainer had lost a League.
He laughed cheerfully. "Well, the Indigo League I lost because I was inexperienced and my Charizard wouldn't listen to me and so I lost the match," he started.
Charizard still felt bad about that after realizing what he'd cost his Trainer in that match. To this day he put 120% in every battle, even against weak opponents, to make up for that loss, even though Ash said that that wasn't necessary.
"The second League I competed in, I won. I'm the newest Champion of the Orange Islands. Johto and Hoenn, well, I got cocky and arrogant about it and it cost me my matches, placing me in the top eight in each of them. Still, I defeated Brandon of the Battle Frontier just three months before I came here," he said.
"Wow! So you really are strong! I can't wait to see you in a real battle!" she said excitedly.
He chuckled. "Well, if you go to my Trainer Profile you can watch all of my Official Battles. Though I apologize ahead of time for some of the lackluster battles that you will see," he said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"I find it hard to believe that any of your battles are lackluster. Your mastery over your Pokémon in that battle was simply amazing!" she said.
Ash chuckled again, feeling no desire to tell her of his Promotions. "So, Dawn, are you traveling to compete in the League or the Grand Festival?" he asked.
"The Grand Festival! My dream is to be a Top Coordinator!" she said happily.
She was reminding Ash of May and Meowth of Jessie with her attitude.
Ash laughed again, though not with any malice in it, not like he was mocking her either, so she just looked at him in confusion. He seemed pretty easy going, and he seemed to like to laugh a lot.
"I've competed in Contests before as well, so how about I help you out a bit? I'll show you the ropes and then when you're ready to go out on your own you can travel on your own if you want?" he asked.
"Wow, really?! Thank you! How far have you gotten in Contests?" she asked, happy to have found a mentor.
He blushed. "Well, I may have tied with my friend May at the Grand Festival in Kanto," he said, almost as if he'd rather not admit it. Why though she didn't know.
"That's awesome! I'll be glad to travel with you!" she said.
They were on the road by this point, when a truck pulled up beside them and out came, "Brock!" Ash exclaimed happily.
"Hey, Ash! Who's this lovely young lady?" Brock asked, greeting them.
"This is Dawn Berlitz! She's traveling with me until she gets the hang of how Contests work," Ash explained to one of his oldest friends.
Brock smiled, happy to have a new friend. "Nice to meet you! Any friend of Ash is a friend of mine! My name is Brock Harrison," he introduced himself.
"Well, either you know each other or you're too friendly, Brock!" said a female voice said from inside the truck.
"Ah, this is my friend Ash and our other friend, Dawn!" Brock said with a lovestruck grin on his face.
"Well, howdy! My name's Claudina! I'm the driver of this big rig!" the woman said.
"Claudina and I are on the road to true love!" Brock said in a quiet voice to Ash.
Ash looked confused. "In a truck?" he asked.
"It's a long road, Ash and many ways to traverse it!" Brock said.
Raichu and Dawn sweatdropped at this statement.
The ringing of a phone caught their attention. Claudina picked up her cell phone and answered it, smiling almost immediately. "Hi, Honey! I was waiting to hear your sweet voice!" she greeted.
To make a long story short, Brock got his heart broken again and left on the road with Ash and Dawn. Only then did he notice Raichu and Meowth.
"What? Pikachu evolved? Why? I thought that he didn't want to! And you have a Meowth? You know, he looks an awful lot like Team Rocket's Meowth. Wait a minute, it is that Meowth! Ash, you have some explaining to do!" Brock said.
So Ash explained everything about getting Meowth and Raichu's evolving. Though he kept the information that he was the Godfather of Jessie and James' children to himself, to make it a surprise for later.
They had exchanged numbers so that they could keep in touch and so that Ash could be informed upon him becoming a Godfather.
When he was finished, Brock looked shocked, but he took it all in stride. He peered at Meowth. "Well, I suppose that if Ash trusts you then I can too. Welcome to the team, Meowth!" he said.
Meowth was truly shocked. "Wait, you're forgiving me for all that I've done to you over the past five years?" he asked.
"Yeah. Can't speak for Misty though, considering how many holes you made her fall into. She can really hold a grudge, and since she really hates falling into holes... well, you're on your own," Brock said with a grin.
"No," Ash contradicted. They all turned to him, despite Dawn being shocked that Meowth really could talk. "He's not on his own. He's part of my family now and I will protect him. I will stand by him, through thick and thin," he continued.
"You're right. Sorry, Meowth, Ash," Brock apologized.
They smiled and brushed the apology off. They had made it to Prof. Rowan's Lab by now. They entered to see the Professor restoring order.
He turned upon hearing them enter and spotted the Piplup in Dawn's arms. "Ah, Dawn! So it seems that you found Piplup afterall. That's good. Who are your friends? I feel like I should recognize the young man, but for the life of me I can't," Rowan said, frowning in thought.
"I'm Brock Harrison," Brock introduced himself.
"I'm Ash Ketchum," Ash said, introducing himself.
Rowan snapped his fingers. "Ah, yes! The rather remarkable young man who beat Pyramid King Brandon of the Kanto/Hoenn Battle Frontier, taking down his three Legendary Pokémon! Also the youngest Advanced Ace Trainer and Pokémon Ranger in history! Well, my boy, that's quite impressive! Weren't you also the youngest to be allowed to enter Mt. Silver?" he asked.
As Ash nodded Dawn couldn't help but feel awed. She knew what those were and she couldn't help but feel impressed that her Mentor was a person of great achievement.
"The battles are on my Trainer Profile if you care to see them," Ash offered.
He realized he was talking to an almost empty room. Empty except him and Brock, of course. He followed them to Rowan's computer to find that they were already watching his fight with Noland's Articuno. He beat it, then lost. After that they watched his first, second and third battles where he beat Brandon's Regirock, Registeel, Regice, Dusclops, Ninjask and Solrock.
They looked at him when it was done with impressed looks on their faces. "What? It was no big deal," he said, not getting the point of their impressed looks, having fought and dealt with even better. "I'm not trying to brag, but look at these videos," he said, clicking on a few videos so that they could be watched back to back.
They watched as he fought Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Zapdos, Articuno, Moltres, and others and defeated them. They turned to him, speechless and very impressed and some were in awe.
"Well, Ash, it would seem that you have this League in the bag," Prof. Rowan said, turning back to the videos. One video caught his eye. "Hmm? What's this? Ash VS Red? No, not the Red?" he clicked it and his eyes widened as he watched Ash battle Red. From the very first battle where he'd beat only one of Red's Pokémon to the last battle where he'd defeated all but Charizard and Venusaur.
He seemed too shocked to move at first, then he, too, turned to look at Ash with awe. "You, young man, better not disappoint my expectations of you! You better win that League or I will think that those wins were a fluke!" Rowan said.
Even Brock was unable to speak out of awe. Only one person wasn't, and not because the battles weren't awesome, because they were, but because she didn't know who Red was. So she asked and it got explained and then she, too, was looking at Ash with awe.
On the inside she was celebrating. She had a really strong Trainer as a Mentor! She was really lucky!
Ash looked embarrassed. "It wasn't that great. Those victories only came with my strongest Pokémon. I'm sure that there are plenty out there who are stronger than me," he said modestly.
'When you're using new Pokémon, maybe,' was the collective thought running through everyone's heads.
Ash looked at the sky. "Well, Dawn should choose her first Pokémon before it get's any later. I want to head out before noon," he said.
They nodded and followed his suggestion, having much more respect for this Trainer than they had before. So Dawn was soon standing before the three Sinnoh Starters.
"Here are the Starters from Sinnoh. They are: Chimchar, a Fire type," Rowan said. Said chimp got into a pose that basically said 'pick me!' "The one that you saved earlier is Piplup, a Water type." Said Penguin crossed his arms over his chest as if he didn't care if Dawn didn't pick him. Ash saw through it, of course. "And the last is Turtwig, a Grass type. Now you get to choose who you will take with you to start off your Journey," Rowan finished.
Dawn smiled and didn't hesitate. "Piplup!" she said. Chimchar fell down from his pose, looking at her in disbelief. Dawn walked over until she stood in front of Piplup. "We already had an Adventure, huh, Piplup? It's my hope that we'll have many others. Though hopefully not as dangerous," she said, picking up the Penguin.
Piplup cheered and hugged Dawn out of happiness.
Rowan smiled at her. "Well, that settles it. Here, take your Pokedex and these Pokeballs," he said, handing her the mentioned items.
She took them with a smile and pocketed them. He gave her a few more instructions, then the group left.
III
On their way down the road they didn't notice a boy about Ash's age with purple hair looking down on them with an arrogant expression from on top of a small hill. He smirked. "That Trainer looks strong. He still won't beat me, but my Pokémon should gain plenty of experience from the battle," he stated arrogantly. Then he turned and walked away.
III
Bet that you didn't see Jessie and James making Ash the Godfather of their children coming! Meowth being given to him has been done before, but I bet that that twist was my own! Although if it wasn't then I'm sorry for taking credit for your idea, despite not having read it.
Thank you to those who told me that Shadow Lugia was from a game, it was helpful and I edited that correctly.
I actually don't need many more Pokemon for Ash. I think that he'll have plenty for each Region now. Thank you to everyone who gave me ideas for Pokemon.
I know that plenty of you are going to Flame me for many of the things I've put in here. But they won't phase me. I will just ignore them because you just sound stupid when you leave a Flame.
Edit: I'm actually surprised that I got NO Flames whatsoever. Thank you all for that!
Also, those who are worried about Ash receiving so much money, don't worry, I have big plans for it.
Hopefully I explained things well enough this time.
If any of you have any ideas for this story I will consider them.
Thanks again for the help and reading this story!
Aisu signing off!