Terra Conference
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POKEMON, ALL RIGHTS GO TO NITENDO.
Ash has just got back after losing in the final battle in the Unova League. Meeting up with old friends he learns of a league that was meant to keep the elite four and champions in top condition. After getting an invite to the conference Ash goes on the hardest journey of his life. AAML.
Ash-18
Misty-19
Brock-23
Cilan-23
Iris-15
Tracy-20
Delia-43
Gary-18
May/Dawn-16
Max-12
Chapter 1
After taking a defeat in the final round in the Unova league we find our young hero returning home to Pallet town with Iris and Cilan deciding to came and see Kanto for a little while before having to return to their lives.
"Come guys Pallet town is just over this hill." said Ash, being excited to be back in his home region and wanting to show his friend where he started his pokemon journey. "You're such a kid Ash can't you just wait a minute for us to catch up." Iris said. "I agree we have been running for the past 10 minutes trying to keep up with you and your enthusiasm." Cilan breathlessly said. "I guess you guys are right I'm just excited to come back home after being gone for so long." Ash calmly replied. "Well I wouldn't blame you for that, but can we catch our breath please, I don't want to make it to your house just to pass out on the couch when I get there." "OK Cilan I guess we can take a quick rest here." Ash commented with a faint hint of annoyance in his voice.
Meanwhile at Ash's house, "OK I just saw Ash go though Viridian Forest he should be here in about ten minutes." "Alright Brock thanks for coming out and helping me get this 'Welcome Home' party for Ash." "No problem Ms. Ketchum, any thing for a friend." Delia, Brock, Tracy, Gary, Professor Oak, and Misty where getting a party for Ash for both is homecoming and for getting second place in the Unova league. "Hey Brock, did Ash have any company with him on his way here?" Misty asked. "If I remember right I saw a tall, thin green-haired waiter and a short, dark-skinned, purple-haired girl." Brock replied. "Oh, OK well we will have to get ready for them too." she responded. Then there was a knock on the door, Delia went to get it, it turn out to be May, Max, and Dawn carrying her Piplup. "Hi I hope we are not late." May said. "Not at all, come in you guys can help Misty and Gary set up the living room." Delia replied. "OK." Dawn said, "Pip piplup." Piplup agreed.
Back to Ash, we see him finally come over the hill looking over Pallet town. (deep breath in, the out) "IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!" Ash exclaimed. With that Ash broke into a run straight for his house. Iris and Cilan giving a sigh ran after the excited raven-haired teen. When Ash reached the outskirts of town he slowed downed and walked, for two reasons, one to admire the view he has missed for so long, and two to let his friends catch up. "Sheesh Ash when your are in a hurry, you can run." said an exasperated Iris. "I agree rushing a dish when you're excited can ruin the flavor." replied Cilan. "Sorry guys, but at least we are in Pallet now." Ash apologized. "Ya I can't what to meet everybody." exclaimed Iris.
Ash and his friends walked through Pallet taking in the sites and what new in Pallet. Finally around twenty minutes later they came to Ash's house. Feeling a rush of nostalgia Ash ran straight for the front door. When he got to the door he stopped, taking in a deep breath, and opened the door. "WELCOME HOME!", everybody shouted. This surprised Ash, but none the less he let out a little chuckle and said, "You guys, you didn't have to do this for me." "We know that sweetie, but you deserve it for getting second place in the Unova league." Delia said. "Besides it nice to throw a welcome home party when you been gone for two years." Brock added. "Ya I guess so, anyway it is great to see you guys again." Suddenly Ash felt two arms wrap around him real quick which made him jump. Then he heard a giggle as he pulled away to see who it was. "Long time, no see hey Ash." Misty said. Dressed in her normal yellow tank top, blue jean shorts, red suspenders and tennis shoes. With her signature side-ways pony tail she looked like she never changed since they parted ways, Ash thought in his head. "Hey Misty great to see you again." He quick returned the hug. "Hey there Ashy-boy." Gary said. "I told you to stop calling me that!" Ash said in a slightly louder than normal voice. "Whatever, anyway congrats on making second I expect nothing less of my rival." Gary said. "Ash, honey, aren't you going to introduce your friends that came with you." Delia ask. "Oh, ya guys this is Iris and Cilan." Ash said. "Hi I'm Iris, and I'm training to become a dragon master." Iris said. "And I'm Cilan a class A Pokemon connoisseur." Cilan replied. "Um, what a pokemon connoisseur?" Dawn asked. "A connoisseur is someone that can accurately judge the quality of a trainer and his or her relationship with there pokemon." Cilan replied. "Oh, ok that sounds cool." Dawn said. Piplup jumped out of Dawn's hands while Pikachu hop off of Ash's shoulder, and Axew got out of Iris's hair. Pikachu introduced Piplup to Axew. The three ran off to the side to let the humans have their conversations with each other.
Later in the evening the gang has settled down after the little welcome home party, Gary, Tracy, and Professor Oak went back to the lab, leaving Ash, Brock, Misty, Dawn, May, Max, Iris, Cilan and Delia to clean up. After they cleaned up, they all sat down to relax and chat. "So Ash what are you going to do now?" asked Misty. "Well I figure I would hangout here for awhile till I figure that out."Ash replied. "Well me and Cilan have to leave tomorrow to go back to Unova."Iris commented. "Me, Max,and Dawn are all going to Johto to compete in contests." said May. "Ya so we are also going to have to leave tomorrow as well." Dawn added. "So I guess we will all hangout here and have a sleep over, if Delia don't mind." Iris said. "Of course, I don't mind just boys and girls in separate rooms." Delia said. "Ok everybody I guess guys in my room and girls in the guest room?" Ash asked the group. "Sure, and it is getting late I guess it is time to hit the hay." Misty replied. "Agreed." everyone said.
The next morning after breakfast Ash, Misty, and Brock watched their friends leave to go there separate ways. "SEE YOU GUYS!" Ash yelled to all of them. "SEE YOU LATER!" "BYE!" "WISH US LUCK!" "SEE YA ASH!" "GOOD LUCK WITH WHATEVER YOU PLAN ON DOING!" Iris, May, Dawn, Max, and Cilan yelled back. "Then there were three." Brock said. "Well what do we do now?" Misty asked. "Good question." Ash pondered the statement. "Well while you think of something I'm going to do something. I don't want to be cooped up in the house all day." Misty said. "So what you going to do about it?" Ash asked. "I'm going swimming." Misty said. "Sounds fun!" Ash exclaimed. "Brock can you help me make lunch for when they get back?" Delia asked. "Sure no problem." Brock replied. A few minutes later Ash and Misty came down stairs. Ash in his navy blue with a red stripe down each leg swimming trunks, and a black shirt. Misty wore a loose fitting blue shirt, and green shorts over her teal bathing suit. "We will be back in a couple hours." Ash told his mom. "Ok sweetie, be safe." "We will." "Come on Ash lets go." Misty complained. "Alright, alright."
After an hour or so, because Ash decided to drop his pokemon and Pikachu at Professor Oak's lab. Then they started back tracking to the river so they can swim. It was a warm, sunny day and not a cloud in the sky. While on their way to the river Ash and Misty caught up on old times and chatted about what the other missed. Ash was glad to see Misty again after being gone so long, and so was Misty, she missed Ash's thickheadedness, and how he was oblivious to everything except pokemon battles, food, and his friends. Although a little bit get through on that last one. As the river came into view Misty grabbed Ash's hand and dragged him faster to the river. "Gees, Misty can't you hold on one moment." Ash yelped when Misty grabbed him. "Oh, stop whining we are here." Misty replied. "Ya, but you didn't have to drag me." Ash shot back. "Well, I didn't want to leave you behind." "I can keep up with you, and out run you any day." "Oh ya." "Ya." "Ok, race you from were we started to the river edge." "Ok your on." Ash agreed. So they quickly walked back turn got ready. "Ready, set, GO!" Misty yelled. They quickly got to the edge. Although the match was a tie neither gave in to the other. "HA, I won admit it Ash, I won." "No, I won, you two feet behind me." "No I wasn't, you just don't want to admit it." "NO I WON." "NO I WON." "I WON." "I WON." "I WON." I WON." Unbeknownst to the teens, as their shouts grow louder their faces drew closer, they only notice this when their foreheads started bumping into one another. Noticing this they both took a step back and started blushing for how close they were. "Um, didn't we come here to swim?" Ash said to break the tension. "Ya I think we should get in now." Misty replied still madly blushing. Ash took off his shirt and started to head toward the water. This was the first time Misty saw him with out his shirt in a long time. She started to blush when she saw that, though he wasn't built, he was tone through the years of training with his pokemon. She quickly pushed those thoughts out of her mind when Ash hollered why she hasn't come in the river yet. As she took off her shirt and shorts revealing the swim suit beneath, Ash stared unable to utter a single word, he was the most beautiful site he has seen. He didn't know what to think, he never felt this way back when he was traveling with Misty, nor with May, Dawn, or Iris. Growing up he figured out that what love was, he just never felt this before. Misty caught sight of Ash staring, and under her breath giggled a bit. Though this caught her off guard, she still had feelings for Ash but she didn't thought Ash was too thickheaded to realize. Now he was awe-struck by her beauty. She didn't want him to think that she didn't notice, that and this silence is getting awkward. "Um Ash, what are you staring at?" Ash had a sudden panic attack in his mind, "Crap, she notice. Got to get her to think I wasn't looking at her, umm come on think." Ash happen to notice a Caterpie near Misty. "I was just looking it that Caterpie that's coming to you, and seeing how long it would take you to notice." The color from Misty's face drained, she turned and saw the Caterpie look up her and give her a friendly smile. "AGH! BUG GET IT AWAY FROM ME!" She screamed and ran straight into the river. Ash laugh, Misty hasn't changed a bit.
After their fun in the sun, they dried off, changed, and headed back. When they got back, they notice a limo was siting in the driveway. Giving each other a puzzled look, they ran inside. Upon hearing the door open Delia said, "Ash honey, you have a visitor." Ash looked in the living room and there was and older looking man, around his 60's, top hat, a suit, and a cane with a pokeball on top. Ash and Misty knew all too well who this was. The owner of the Pokemon League, Mr. Goodshow. "M-M-Mr. G-Goodshow, what brings you here." Misty stammered, shocked that her technical boss was here in Ash's house. "Well I'm here to talk to Ash, after that wonderful performance in the Unova conference, I figure I'd come by and invite him myself." "Invite me to what?" Ash questioned. "Why to the Terra League of course." "I never heard of that league before." "Well many haven't for it is invite only, the exception being the people who live in Terra. You are only allowed in through an invitation given by a champion, elite four, or me." "And your inviting me?" Ash asked dumbfounded that he is getting an invitation to an elite league only a select few get into. "Rules are as follows, one you are only allowed one guest, any companions you make along the way are not counted. Two You can only used pokemon you have already caught, you can not catch others and use them on your journey. Lastly gym battles are not the same every gym battle is a full six vs. six with both trainer and gym leader, elite four, and champion allowed to switch. This could be the hardest challenge in your life. I offer my invitation to you and hope you will accept it." concluded Mr. Goodshow. While Mr. Goodshow has been talking Ash had his head down thinking and listening to every word he said. When he ended Ash slowly lifted his head and looked at Mr. Goodshow right in the eye and said, "When do I leave."
A/N: Yes my first chapter of my first fanfic is done. Please rate and review, I need feed back, so in the future I can write better chapters. Also thanks to truch28 for the advice, and my friends for helping me build the characters that will be in the later chapters. I don't know who Ash's team will be, I know Pikachu and Charizard, but the rest I don't know so I'll take request, remember pokemon ash already has including pokemon he has given away. This is The Steam Gear Alchemist signing off.