AN: I started posting this fic on AO3, but when attempting to put it here just...fucked a lot with my formatting. So I hadn't bothered to try and bring it over here until now.

For some reason I decided to start a chat fic for this fandom. But I kept wanting to add characters that I wanted to see in it, and didn't think it was fair if I only had characters from one or two seasons of the anime. I've watched at least some of every season of the anime since it's started back in the 90's, so I feel like I know most of them well enough.

I added and added characters, and soon enough I created a list of like 40 characters I wanted to see in this thing, and I churned out this...behemoth...of a first chapter.

Someone help me.


Chapter 1: The Creation of a Cursed Chat


Ash Ketchum added Brock Takeshi, Misty of the Waterflower, May Maple, Dawn Berlitz, Iris of Opelucid, Serena Romilly, and 35 others to the chat!

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Ash Ketchum changed the chat name to 2BA MASTER Chat.

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Ash Ketchum has banned Mom from 2BA MASTER Chat.

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Ash Ketchum has banned Professor Oak from 2BA MASTER Chat.

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Ash Ketchum has changed their name to Pikachoose you.

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Misty of the Waterflower: ash its literaly 4 am what t eh FUCK

Pikachoose you: where u live maybe :p

Mallow Ma'o: ! A GROUPT CHAT!

Kiawe Kaki: Why

Brock Takeshi: ash its too late. or early i guess.

Sophocles Māmane: owo whats this?

Lillie of Aether: What is this?

Tracey Sketchit: I haven't even brewed coffee yet, Ash.

Dawn Berlitz: new chat who dis?

Gary Oak: This is Cursed, I can already feel it in my bones.

Gary Oak: GDI Ash.

May Maple: ?/ w

Lana de la Pacifica: I don't recognize all the names here.

May Maple: wht its 5

Lana de la Pacifica: Ash, how many friends do you even have?

Pikachoose you: I dunno a lot? Lmao

Brock Takeshi: ash is every1s friend

Pikachoose you: Yeah! :)

Brock Takeshi: sadly.

Pikachoose you: rude :/

Dawn Berlitz: "and 35 others to the chat" ash what the f UCK

Cilan DeKooning: Jinkies, Scoob.

Clemont Citron: **Pikachoose you YOU FOOL

Pikachoose you: wtf Clemont?

Gary Oak: Accurate.

Misty of the Waterflower: fking mood

Clemont Citron: **Pikachoose you YOU ADDED BONNIES # TOO

Clemont Citron: TO THE CHAT

Dawn Berlitz: who dat

Clemont Citron: **Pikachoose you DELETE HER B4 SHE SEES THIS

Clemont Citron: SHES 2 YOUNG FOR THIS

Mallow Ma'o: lmaoooo rip

Lillie of Aether: Oh dear.

Pikachoose you: O H

May Maple: ash plz;;

Dawn Berlitz: w ait how old?

Brock Takeshi: ASH THINK OF THE CHILDREN

Clemont Citron: SHES 6

Dawn Berlitz: o shit

May Maple: oooo

Brock Takeshi: OH NO

Tracey Sketchit: Oh no!

Mallow Ma'o: riperoni

Clemont Citron: **Pikachoose you DELETE DEELTE DELE TE

Misty of the Waterflower: A S H

Gary Oak: Dear Gods, Ash. You fool. You buffoon.

Clemont Citron: N O SHES ON

Bonnie Citron: ?

Sophocles Māmane: :0

Bonnie Citron: hi ash!

Kiawe Kaki: Welp.

May Maple: asdklf

Pikachoose you: uh hi bonnie

Pikachoose you: sorry but

Bonnie Citron: who r they?

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Pikachoose you has banned Bonnie Citron from 2BA MASTER Chat.

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Clemont Citron: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

May Maple: h u ogh

Mallow Ma'o: that's rough, buddy.

Dawn Berlitz: mood

Pikachoose you: laksjfdlks

Brock Takeshi: that was The Worst.

Gary Oak: I knew it. This chat is Cursed.

Sophocles Māmane: Hello 911? I think Ive witnessed a murder

Misty of the Waterflower: 4am and already a fuckup

Pikachoose you: L ISTEN

Clemont Citron: IVE JUST LOST 10 YEARS OFF MY LIFESPAN GOOD GODS

Tracey Sketchit: I feel like I've just watched a full Greek tragedy play out before my eyes.

Lillie of Aether: Honestly.

Kiawe Kaki: Accurate.

Cilan DeKooning: That was so sad, Alexa, play Despacito.

Mallow Ma'o: lmao nice

Dawn Berlitz: ayyy

May Maple: m ood

Clemont Citron: **Pikachoose you NOW IVE GOT TO EXPLAIN THIS TO BONNIE

Serena Romilly: I feel like I should b more surprised at what just happened here b ut im not.

Pikachoose you: I'm sorry!

Cilan DeKooning: lol yeah

Lillie of Aether: Very true.

Clemont Citron: SHES CRYING GTG

Brock Takeshi: OH NO

May Maple: noooo

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Clemont Citron is now offline

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Dawn Berlitz: rip :[

Serena Romilly: BONNIE! D:

Pikachoose you: I M SORRY!

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Iris of Opelucid has changed their name to draGONE.

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draGONE: U DONE GOOFED ASH

Gary Oak: Yep, classic Ash.

Tracey Sketchit: Poor girl!

draGONE: JUST BARELY CHECKD MY PHONE + LOOK WHAT U DID

Mallow Ma'o: press f to pay respects

Dawn Berlitz: f

Mallow Ma'o: f

May Maple: ff

Cilan DeKooning: F!

Tracey Sketchit: f?

Sophocles Māmane: fffff

Pikachoose you: b lz

Brock Takeshi: f

Kiawe Kaki: f

Misty of the Waterflower: its all ashs fault tho

Lillie of Aether: I don't understand, but f?

Serena Romilly: [broken heart emoji] f

Lana de la Pacifica: f

draGONE: Im giving no f's :/

Cilan DeKooning: Iris, cmon.

Gary Oak: Ash doesn't deserve respect, much less mine. Why would I start now?

Sophocles Māmane: OOH

Pikachoose you: G ARY

Dawn Berlitz: lmao

Mallow Ma'o: RIP

Brock Takeshi: y IKES

May Maple: o o f

draGONE: **Gary Oak I like you already.

Kiawe Kaki: Damn, that's a sick burn.

Pikachoose you: why am i even surprised anymore

Cilan DeKooning: Iris

Gary Oak: **draGONE Thank you. A lot of people do.

Serena Romilly: Ash, do I have to kill Gary? [gun emoji]

Pikachoose you: I cant believe;;

Cilan DeKooning: [eyes emoji]

Dawn Berlitz: fiiiiight!

Gary Oak: Bring it.

Mallow Ma'o: ooh [eyes emoji]

Misty of the Waterflower: u can try serena. gods knows we have

Serena Romilly: I'll Do It

Serena Romilly: Don't Test Me [gun emoji]

Gary Oak: I'm a bad bitch, you can't kill me.

Misty of the Waterflower: g ODS

Cilan DeKooning: big mood

Brock Takeshi: W h at?

Dawn Berlitz: lmao

Mallow Ma'o: noice

Pikachoose you: w AS THAT A VINE REFERENCE?

May Maple: haha holy shit

Kiawe Kaki: An iconic vine.

Gary Oak: Obviously.

Kiawe Kaki: Incredible.

Serena Romilly: **Gary Oak …you'll live.

Serena Romilly: For now.

Gary Oak: **Serena Romilly Thanks, I guess.

Pikachoose you: I CANT BELIEVE WE'VE COME TO THE DAY THAT GARY OPENLY MEMES

Tracey Sketchit: I can.

Tracey Sketchit: Gary constantly memes when he comes to Oak Labs.

Gary Oak: Lies and Slander.

Misty of the Waterflower: thats so Cursed

Dawn Berlitz: lol

Sophocles Māmane: iconic

Brock Takeshi: I can't believe it.

Brock Takeshi: but then again I can.

Lillie of Aether: **Gary Oak Um, excuse me…This is quite a lot for me to process. That you, The Gary Oak, 'memes' like any other millennial.

Mallow Ma'o: wait Lill, is this Gary guy important?

Pikachoose you: LMAOOOO

Mist of the Waterflower: H A

Brock Takeshi: Hoo boy.

May Maple: i sPIT

Dawn Berlitz: im shooketh

Gary Oak: I

Gary Oak: I'm Professor Oak's grandson.

Pikachoose you: i cant believe weve come 2 the day some1 doesn't know who Gary is

Pikachoose you: im LIVING

Sophocles Māmane: Mallow u can't just ask who Gary Oak is! wth

Tracey Sketchit: I feel like I'm watching a train crash and I just…can't look away.

Lana de la Pacifica: Sounds about right.

Dawn Berlitz: big mood

Kiawe Kaki: Gods save us.

Mallow Ma'o: ok sooooo ur a guy that just rides on ur grandpas fame? lame :/

Lillie of Aether: Mallow! You can't say those type of things!

Cilan DeKooning: Zoinks, Scoob.

draGONE: Damn, get a waterfall for that sick burn.

Gary Oak: I'm also a two-time Pokémon League winner and a published, well-respected researcher.

Gary Oak: Thank you very much.

Misty of the Waterflower: damn tht was quick

Brock Takeshi: Pretty fast response time, yeah.

Tracey Sketchit: I'm surprised there wasn't more, honestly.

draGONE: Still professional thru it all. I respect that.

Gary Oak: **draGONE You. You are the only worthwhile person here.

Gary Oak: And the Lillie girl.

Lillie of Aether: I…I am honored!

Pikachoose you: **Lillie of Aether plz dont be

Pikachoose you: Ive known Gary since diapers, u can take my word on it

Dawn Berlitz: pics or it didnt happen

Gary Oak: **Pikachoose you Your opinion doesn't count, Ash. You're not nearly to my level.

Misty of the Waterflower: well I am, and ashs p accurate

Brock Takeshi: Yeah, I actually agree with Ash here.

Tracey Sketchit: Sorry Gary, but I've seen every single one of your baby photos in existence.

Tracey Sketchit: I cannot take you seriously anymore.

Dawn Berlitz: [eyes emoji]

Cilan DeKooning: [eyes emoji]

Mallow Ma'o: [eyes emoji]

Sophocles Māmane: [eyes emoji]

May Maple: [eyes emoji]

Serena Romilly: [eyes emoji]

draGONE: Interesting… [eyes emoji]

Pikachoose you: lol, try living by the guy fr 10 yrs Tracey

Gary Oak: Lies and Slander.

Misty of the Waterflower: ah, the smell of sweet blackmail

Drew LaRousse: hey you FUCKS its FIVE in the FUCKING morning, the absolute ASS CRACK OF DAWN, so why on RAYQUAZAS GREEN EARTH is any1 up right now?

May Maple: lmao hey babe!

May Maple: [heart]

Brock Takeshi: Good question.

Drew LaRousse: May?

Drew LaRousse: why the FUCK r u up rn?

Misty of the Waterflower: big ol mood

May Maple: :(

May Maple: not my fault!

Gary Oak: Blame Ash.

Drew LaRousse: ah

Drew LaRousse: also

Drew LaRousse: [heart] u may

May Maple: !

May Maple: :) [heart] u 2

Sophocles Māmane: wrow

Mallow Ma'o: dawww

Dawn Berlitz: wow whipped

Dawn Berlitz: nice catch may

May Maple: lol thnx dawn

Pikachoose you: wait may

Pikachoose you: since whenve u and drew dated?

Misty of the Waterflower: I M

May Maple:

Drew LaRousse:

Dawn Berlitz: alskLAJSDLS

Brock Takeshi: Ash, seriously?

Cilan DeKooning: Ash, that's just sad.

May Maple: like 3 yrs ago

Serena Romilly: I'm so baffled right now.

May Maple: ash im p sure I told you?

draGONE: ASH ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Gary Oak: Alright, that's just ridiculous.

Lana de la Pacifica: Yikes.

Pikachoose you: …listen

Dawn Berlitz: b u st ed

Tracey Sketchit: This is honestly an all-time low.

Mallow Ma'o: lmaoooo

Cilan DeKooning: Zoinks

Gary Oak: It really is.

Pikachoose you: L ISTEN!

Gary Oak: And I didn't know Ash could get any lower.

Kiawe Kaki: It's actually impressive.

Drew LaRousse: may… WHY r ur friends like this

May Maple: beats me

Misty of the Waterflower: thats just how it be in this bitch of a world

Pikachoose you: I invited all my friends to a fun group chat, and this is the thanks I get…

Pikachoose you: I feel so betrayed;;

Drew LaRousse: Groudons balls all these ppl r ur friends?

Pikachoose you: Yeah!

Gary Oak: Somehow.

Pikachoose you: :/

Drew LaRousse: theres like 12 of u here

Pikachoose you: ur just jealous gary!

Kiawe Kaki: From what I can tell, there's about 15 to 18 users in this convo.

Lillie of Aether: It is actually closer to 40 people who were added to this chat.

Dawn Berlitz: ye

Drew LaRousse: GOOD GODS

Serena Romilly: Woah.

draGONE: h o ly

draGONE: ? HOW?

Cilan DeKooning: I'd say jeepers, but I already knew this lol

Tracey Sketchit: Ash is a surprisingly charismatic person, it seems.

Brock Takeshi: Ash just gets along with people really well.

draGONE: Sounds fake, but ok.

Misty of the Waterflower: big mood

Sophocles Māmane: oh worm?

Pikachoose you: H EY

Dawn Berlitz: lmao

Mallow Ma'o: lolol

Pikachoose you: ALSDJFLKS

Drew LaRousse: anyways may? go the FUCK to sleep

May Maple: lol ok

May Maple: cya guys

Misty of the Waterflower: oh same

Dawn Berlitz: bye may!

Mallow Ma'o: bye u 2!

May Maple: l8r!

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May Maple is now offline

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Drew LaRousse is now offline

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Sophocles Māmane: twu love

Brock Takeshi: Yeah, I think I'm going too.

Brock Takeshi: It's past 4:30am here.

Tracey Sketchit: True.

Kiawe Kaki: That's fair.

Cilan DeKooning: Zoinks that's early…

Misty of the Waterflower: ash ur ded to me

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Misty of the Waterflower is now offline

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Lillie of Aether: It was nice meeting you!

Pikachoose you: mISTY

Lana de la Pacifica: You're all valid.

Mallow Ma'o: mood

Dawn Berlitz: worm

Brock Takeshi: Bye all!

Sophocles Māmane: byee

Mallow Ma'o: bye!

draGONE: Anyone who's at an insane time zone, get some sleep!

Pikachoose you: Bye!

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Brock Takeshi is now offline

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Dawn Berlitz: k bye

Dawn Berlitz: its 6 still lol

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Dawn Berlitz is now offline

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Tracey Sketchit: I better go and convince Gary to actually sleep.

Gary Oak: You can certainly Try.

Pikachoose you: gary uve;;; been up this whole time?

Gary Oak: I never went to sleep.

Pikachoose you: W H

Gary Oak: Sleep is for the weak.

Mallow Ma'o: oh mood?

Serena Romilly: Strangely accurate

Cilan DeKooning: Sleep? I don't know her.

Lillie of Aether: That sounds unhealthy!

draGONE: Terrible, but also valid.

Sophocles Māmane: lol

Tracey Sketchit: That's Gary in a nutshell.

Pikachoose you: ALSKDFJKASL

Gary Oak: Lies.

Tracey Sketchit: Truth.

Mallow Ma'o: lmaooo

Gary Oak: Ugh, I'm not doing this.

Gary Oak: Smell ya later, losers.

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Gary Oak is now offline

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Tracey Sketchit: Good.

Tracey Sketchit: Looks like I win again :)

Pikachoose you: IM SHOOK

Sophocles Māmane: wrow

draGONE: I'm impressed!

Mallow Ma'o: that smiley looks so evil lol

Pikachoose you: SINCE WHEN COULD U DO THAT TRACEY?

Tracey Sketchit: Oh, for a while now :)

Serena Romilly: Good.

Sophocles Māmane: nice

Pikachoose you: too powerful;;

Tracey Sketchit: Anyways, I'm off too!

Mallow Ma'o: oof

Tracey Sketchit: It was nice talking to you all!

Cilan DeKooning: You too!

Sophocles Māmane: byeee

draGONE: Same!

Pikachoose you: BYE TRACEY

Mallow Ma'o: bye!

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Tracey Sketchit is now offline

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Lana de la Pacifica: It's getting late here, I think I'm going to sleep too.

Serena Romilly: Really?

Mallow Ma'o: lana!

Mallow Ma'o: its barely 10!

draGONE: Wow, that's early.

Kiawe Kaki: There's a lot I need to do on our ranch before school starts, so I'm hitting the hay too.

Serena Romilly: I'm jealous.

Lana de la Pacifica: I have to wake up at dawn to help at the docks.

Pikachoose you: aw! :[

Lana de la Pacifica: It's way past my bedtime.

Lillie of Aether: It is rather late!

Cilan DeKooning: That's a lot of responsibility! Get a good night's rest!

Mallow Ma'o: oh yeah :(

Mallow Ma'o: sucks but go sleep!

Sophocles Māmane: cya at school then!

draGONE: Yeah, go to sleep guys!

Lillie of Aether: Eight hours is the recommended amount of sleep for the average person!

Lana de la Pacifica: Bye.

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Lana de la Pacifica is now offline

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Kiawe Kaki: We'll talk later, then.

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Kiawe Kaki is now offline

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Lillie of Aether: It's been a pleasure, but I will go as well!

Mallow Ma'o: awwww u 2 Lil? :(

Pikachoose you: ok bye lillie!

draGONE: Good that you're all responsible!

Lillie of Aether: Thank you for this interesting experience, everyone.

Lillie of Aether: Yes, I would like the proper amount of sleep, Mallow.

Lillie of Aether: Goodbye!

Mallow Ma'o: fiiine

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Lillie of Aether is now offline

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Sophocles Māmane: ugh g2g

Mallow Ma'o: u too?

Sophocles Māmane: moms yellin 4 me 2 go 2 bed

Cilan DeKooning: Ruh roh

Sophocles Māmane: l8r

Pikachoose you: rip

Mallow Ma'o: l8r!

Pikachoose you: l8r!

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Sophocles Māmane is now offline

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Cilan DeKooning: Wow, everyone just dropped like flies these past 10 minutes.

Pikachoose you: I cant believe my chat is p much fucking dead;;

Mallow Ma'o: rip in rip, ash

draGONE: Maybe if you didn't make a chat when half your friends are in the Eastern hemisphere and its insanely early over there

draGONE: This wouldn't have happened

Mallow Ma'o: lmao

Pikachoose you: aklsjdflas don't call me out like this;;

Serena Romilly: She's actually got a point, Ash.

Cilan DeKooning: Iris often does.

Pikachoose you: l i sten

Pikachoose you:

Pikachoose you: ok nevermind Ive got nothin

Mallow Ma'o: ripperoni

Cilan DeKooning: loooool

Serena Romilly: How about we take a break? This chat's been going for nearly an hour.

Mallow Ma'o: Good thinking!

Pikachoose you: ooooh ye ok

Cilan DeKooning: I need to help w/ lunch, so this is perfect.

Mallow Ma'o: I dont sleep, so this is perfect :p

draGONE: Sounds terrible, can't relate.

Serena Romilly: Same.

Pikachoose you: ffff well brb!

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Pikachoose you is now idle

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For this fic, I personally headcannon that Ash went to a new Region every year in this order:

Kanto and Orange Islands= Johto= Unova= Hoenn= Sinnoh= Kalos= Alola

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Here's also a guide over which region/seasons the characters are from:

Kanto, seasons 1+2 (Indigo League and Adventures in the Orange Islands): Ash Ketchum, Brock, Misty, Gary Oak, Tracey Sketchit

Johto, seasons 3-5 (Johto Journeys, Johto League Champions, Master Quest): N/A

Hoenn, seasons 6-9 (Advanced, Advanced Challenge, Advanced Battle, Battle Frontier): May and Drew

Sinnoh, seasons 10-13 (Diamond and Pearl, Battle Dimension, Galactic Battles, Sinnoh League Victors): Dawn

Unova, seasons 14-16 (Black and White, Rival Destinies, Adventures in Unova and Beyond): Iris and Cilan

Kalos, seasons 17-19 (XY, XY Kalos Quest, XYZ): Serena, Clemont, Bonnie

Alola, seasons 20-current (Sun Moon, Sun Moon Ultra Adventures): Mallow, Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles, Lana