BP: I know I should be concentrating on my PAL Series stories, but this is an idea I can't help but get when reading some of the fanfics. Who knows, I might even do a Danganronpa version of it if I have the time.

This is more a relaxing, humorous fic rather than anything serious and dark like the original PAL fanfics. This fic would be written in the purpose of having my muse return to me so I can write my PAL Chronicles and Dark Chronicles.

The school featured here takes inspiration from the schools featured in Danganronpa, High School Story and elements of training to be Hunters taken from a previous story.

Ash's former female travelling companions, Misty, May, Dawn, Iris and Serena were at the living room of Ash's house, waiting for him to come home from Kalos. Especially Serena, who said she was on the plane to Hoenn, but had decided to visit him as a surprise.

Unknown to each other, each of them had the same reason to visit Ash.

Misty wasn't a person you would consider sweet and optimistic. In fact, her temper had always gotten the better of her- and she herself knew it.

When Misty first met Ash, she thought he was an incompetent idiot who fried her bike. Even so, the reason she was following him around because of her bike felt unconvincing even to her own ears all the way back then.

She was glad she had followed him for it was the times spent with Ash that she got to find out what she had wanted for herself and how she got her moments with Ash, such as dancing with Ash during the Summer Festival at Maiden's Peak. At that moment when they held hands, she had felt a connection, though she was unsure if Ash had felt the same.

Misty had hoped he had felt the same way for her when a Gym Leader named Rudy started courting her. She was almost sure he didn't seem very happy when Rudy declared that he was dedicating the battle to her, who saved his sister and captured his heart.

However, her travels with Ash ended when her bicycle was repaired, taking away her only excuse of travelling with him. Furthermore, her sisters were going on a world tour, and as much as she wanted to, she couldn't stay with Ash since she was needed to take over the Gym, otherwise it would be shut down if left unattended. She had given him her handkerchief, hoping he would know the significance of it.

Misty was delighted to meet Ash again in Hoenn, but was inwardly jealous of his new female travelling companion, May. Her travel led to the incident that happened during the Togepi Festival, which culminated in her leaving her newly evolved Togetic in Mirage Kingdom to protect the other Togepi in the Togepi Paradise from people like Hansen.

She inwardly wished she could continue travelling with them and try to keep May at bay, but knew she had her Gym to take care of and with a heavy heart, she left for Cerulean City once more after her adventure in Mirage Kingdom.

Misty felt drawn towards Ash through all the times they spent together and thinking back, she could only come to one conclusion. She was in love with Ash Ketchum.

With her sisters finally agreeing to take over the Cerulean Gym and allowing her to seek out what she wants, she is here in Ash's house, waiting for him to come home so she could confess to him.

May was at first, someone who did not know what she had wanted. In fact, she started her journey as an excuse to travel rather than having a liking for Pokémon.

With no idea how to start, she had decided to follow Ash, figuring that she might as well ensure she would have some company in her travels and was delighted when he had agreed. She finally found what she wanted in the form of Pokémon Contests when she had watched a Pokémon Contest in Rustboro City and a Coordinator named Janet kindly told them how Pokémon Contests work.

Having been fascinated by the concept of Pokémon Contests, she had decided she would dedicate herself to being a Pokémon Coordinator. She was pleasantly surprise when Ash was the first to express his unconditional support of her, and telling her he would do whatever it takes to help.

When she lost the Rubello Town Pokémon Contest, Ash was the one to find and comforted her, sitting next to her on the bench to cheer her up, even patting her Bulbasaur on the head. May had noted that his tone was both kind and compassionate, where he even stated that he doesn't blame her for yelling at him when they were arguing about Contests and Gym battles prior.

May knew how compassionate Ash can be as when she lost the Hoenn Grand Festival Ash had offered her a vanilla ice cream cone, saying he thought she may have wanted dessert. In fact, this was further proven when she was worrying about the Mulberry City Pokémon Contest, Ash had volunteered right away, saying he would be happy to help her train. He had kept his promise by finishing his food quickly and telling her he was right behind her when she asked if he wanted to train after she was provoked by Harley.

At that moment, she knew Ash was a very good friend, willing to do anything for her just to see her grow into her journey. In fact, she was delighted that the Terracotta Contest was a tie, as it allowed them to share two halves of a Ribbon. To her, it was like she completed him…or so she likes to think, as the ribbon had reminded her of Ash's encouragement, and how this had saved her numerous times during her journey in Johto.

When she visited his home, she was delighted to see that he had placed the wooden Teddiursa doll she had given him among the objects he had on display in his room, and hoped it meant that Ash liked it.

May could safely admit that she would give more than her friendship to Ash. She would gladly give her love to him.

Dawn wasn't like May. Unlike her, she knew from the very beginning that she wanted to follow in her mother's footsteps with the goal to be a Top Coordinator. In fact, she had left home with the very first Ribbon her mother won as a good luck charm.

She had decided to travel with Ash and Brock, reasoning that their experience would likely be helpful to her in her journey. Furthermore, it was more fun to travel with friends than doing it alone.

Dawn could tell Ash appreciates her efforts to cheer him on during Gym matches. For instance, when he was about to battle Roark again, she had decided to wear a cheerleader outfit to cheer him on alongside her Pokémon. She noticed when he saw her in her outfit, he had a grin and thanked her, showing a hint of how it might have been the very thing he needed to find his confidence to win his battle against Roark.

It had been reciprocated by Ash as well. When she lost the Hearthome Contest, Ash had attempted to cheer her up by registering her in the Hearthome Tag Battle Tournament. Though she had doubts of doing well, Ash had told her his belief that she would do great and said to try her best in the tournament. Dawn knew Ash probably thought a change of scenery was needed and even gave her a high-five, which was their signature gesture together.

He had even stood up for her when Ursula insulted her when they first met, telling the arrogant Coordinator to her face that she was a much better Coordinator and Trainer than her. In another instance, he had said that she was awesome and was the number one.

During the Daybreak Contest, after the first round, Dawn noticed Ash had ran into the contestant area to tell her that she was awesome and complimented her Pokémon. This was where they shared one of their many high-fives again. Those small gestures from Ash always touched Dawn, knowing she would always have Ash in her corner when times are bad.

Dawn knew that she had attracted quite a lot of attention, such as from Conway and Kenny, the latter being her childhood friend. But neither of them held a candle to Ash. This was because Conway was too creepy in her opinion and Kenny was rather childish with how he often likes to tease her. In fact, she was irritated at how Kenny always calls her Dee Dee in reference to an incident involving a Plusle and Minun when she was a child.

After hearing Ash would be coming back from Kalos, Dawn had decided to visit him to confess her feelings as she felt that she only had one chance to confess her feelings to him, and hoped to let him know she would give everything she had just to make him happy with her.

Iris had thought Ash was always a little kid when they had first met. It didn't help that the first impression Ash made was to throw a Poké Ball at her after scanning an Axew or that his Pikachu had directly shocked her, as he had struggled to breathe when she hugged him tightly and started cuddling him, not having seen a Pikachu before.

However, the start of the change in her view was when she first witnessed Ash battle Jessie, James and Meowth in order to get Pikachu, Pidove, and Axew back from them. She had even outright stated that and from then on, she had on and off accompanied him on his journey.

Although she had declared that they were not traveling together and took off on her own after the Gym battle at Striaton City, they had inadvertently met again in the Striaton City Pokémon Center as her Axew had started glowing pink.

After the incident at the Dreamyard involving who she knew to be members of Team Rocket, she decided to officially travel with them, as she had felt that having people to watch her back would have been better in case anything similar happening to her Axew were to occur again.

When Team Rocket stole her Axew and Emmy's Druddigon, Iris had attempted to use her senses to find the two Pokémon. She noted while Cilan and Emmy doubted her and thought she went the wrong way, Ash had defended her, saying that because of her senses they would find Axew and Druddigon and even told them that he will believe in Iris before he followed after her. His confidence in her abilities and her bond in Axew made her rethink his maturity, though she would never admit it to his face.

Another time, when the group is working at a daycare, there was a Deino whose trainer has yet to return for it. Iris knew how much Ash was looking forward to his Gym battle had decided to tell Ash and Cilan to go on ahead to Driftveil City first while she waits with Deino, though she dreaded the thought of being without her travelling companions temporarily. However, Ash had reassured Iris that if Deino is her friend then it's also a friend of theirs and had decided to stay with her, as did Cilan. Iris was relieved yet pleased Ash had decided his Gym battle can wait in favour of accompanying her.

Iris smiled as she remembered how adamant she was cheering for Ash during her final Gym battle against Roxie, despite the crowd supporting Roxie. She felt that the beating on drums, coming up with her own cheer, dressing up and painting of hers and Cilan's faces was all worth it just to give Ash an extra boost of confidence. She was overjoyed when he had won, feeling her efforts had paid off.

When she was feeling anxious about her upcoming rematch with Drayden, someone who had curb-stomped her a long time ago, Ash had constantly given her words of encouragement, which helped set her mind at ease, and even cheered her on enthusiastically during the battle.

In return, she had cheered him on to do his best in the Vertress Conference and continued doing so until his battle in the Vertress Conference against Cameron. Even when others think it's a long shot, Iris stated Ash would definitely win and was not regretting her words when he eventually lost.

Although she had declared that she wants to keep traveling with Ash and visit Kanto to learn about the dragons there, she had instead decided to head for Johto to battle Clair in the Blackthorn Gym. After her adventures in Blackthorn City which gained her a new Gible, she had followed a Rayquaza flying in the sky, wondering what adventures await her.

She had kept the flowers he had given her in a special box although they long withered to remind her of Ash's character and inspiring words that had helped her in her travels through Unova.

Eventually, she had heard of the news of Ash returning to Kanto after his adventure in Kalos, and decided that since she was nearby, she should pop over for a visit. She had regretted parting from Ash and knew this was her second chance to accompany him on his travels again. If he decides to settle down, she wouldn't have minded, as long as she was with him.

Iris admitted Ash wasn't just a little kid anymore and felt she had enough regrets already not accompanying him on his journey to Kalos. She was going to get the one thing she wanted- to be Ash's companion once more.

Serena knew from the moment she met Ash in the Pokémon Summer Camp that he was the only one for her. She had felt this ever since she was a child where Ash had helped bandage her knee injury with his handkerchief, telling her it was a good-luck charm and that the pain would go away. He even told her, "Don't give up till it's over" and helped her up, inadvertently making her fall into his arms in a hug. After pulling away, he had held her hand and led her out of the forest back to the camp.

That very memory stuck to Serena, which was how she recognized him when she saw him on a television news where he leapt off the Prism Tower to rescue Pikachu. That made her decide to begin her journey to find the boy, knowing he might have been the same boy that kindly helped her all those years ago.

Serena was delighted to have finally found him in the Santalune Gym battling Viola, though he didn't really notice her after his loss against Viola, paying more attention to his injured Pokémon. However, he had apologized to her for that after she had returned his backpack to him, and Serena felt that she could let this slide.

After his win against Viola, Serena was ecstatic when Ash had invited her along to travel with them, knowing she would be able to spend more time with the boy she liked since she was a child. He had even remembered her, though he had called her "the girl with the straw hat."

At one point, they had attended the Pokémon Summer Camp hosted by Professor Sycamore, agreeing with each other that it would be as great as the experience they had back in Kanto, they had reached a point where they were required to make a Pokévision video, and that the team with the best Pokévision video would be the day's winner. When she had found an interesting place to shoot their video however, she had accidentally fallen off a cliff. Ash ran after her and attempted to grab her hand to try to stop her from falling, but ended up falling down with her instead. Although he was the one with the twisted ankle, he asked Serena if she was okay instead of worrying about himself. Serena felt it was a chance for her to pay him back for his kindness back in Kanto and helped nurse his injury with a wet cloth.

When her mother showed up at Baa de Mer Ranch as a special coach for the Rhyhorn racer training camp for beginners, and was telling Serena during lunch to practice Rhyhorn racing in order to prepare for her future as a Rhyhorn racer, Ash had noticed that it wasn't what Serena had wanted. Serena knew he was prepared to tell her mother before she herself cut him off, as she wasn't ready to tell her mother about her goal.

After the incident with Team Rocket attempting to steal cheese, her mother had told her it was time for her to go home to train as a professional Rhyhorn racer, but Serena had found the courage to tell her that she wants to be a Pokémon Performer and refused to go home and even stood her ground by challenging her mother to a Rhyhorn race when her mother had argued that Serena would just give up when things become too difficult for her to manage. Her mother agreed, but compromised with a Skiddo race due to her being a professional Rhyhorn racer. Serena managed to win, impressing her mother as the Skiddo Serena was riding was able to sense how strong her dream was. This also allowed her mother to support her in her dream, and even told Serena there will be a Showcase in Coumarine City.

During the Coumarine City festival, Serena had helped Ash with an idea of what gift his Pokémon would like in order to be able to give the special presents to them under the Pledging Tree at sunset. In return for her help, he had given her the blue ribbon he had won for being the millionth visitor to the monorail. The ribbon later became part of her new outfit after her loss at the Coumarine City Pokémon Showcase, where Ash had complimented how the ribbon he had given her looked great on her.

Ash's belief in her carried over to her subsequently Showcases, being the only one to go out of his way to cheer her and Eevee when they lost at the Couriway Pokémon Showcase and his support carried over to the Master Class Showcase, where he had chosen to put off his eighth Gym battle until after her performance. When Ash found her after her loss to Aria, he had shown concern for her injured wrist first before encouraging her. This gesture had touched Serena and made her realize her goal was far from over and it was just the first step.

When it was near the end of their journey, Serena was still at a loss of what to do. Ash had suggested the two of them go out together and even took her to a clothing store, showing her an outfit, he'd think she'd like and when he thought she wasn't looking, he had a look of concern on his face. At one point, he decided to battle her and took her hand before dragging her to the battlefield, telling her he wanted to cheer her up and resolve her confusion by having a battle together.

After the battle, he gave her more encouragement, telling her that as long as she had her Pokémon with her, she'll never be alone and that he would always be supporting her in whatever she decides to do. That resolved her confusion and allowed her to decide on the next step she should take on her journey, which was met by him congratulating her for figuring out what her next step and gave her further encouragement.

Before parting, Serena had given Ash a kiss to remember her by, and was inwardly sad that her time with Ash had ended. However, as she landed in Hoenn, she wondered if things could have been different if she stayed with him. This decision led her to take a flight back to Kanto to visit him and to tell him that she had decided on staying with him longer.

Serena knew that her crush on Ash had developed into love, and had resolved to get the one thing she wanted- a life together with one Ash Ketchum.

The five girls had come to the same conclusion. They were in love with Ash Ketchum, their former travelling companion. They had also decided that their visit was in the purpose of getting Ash to themselves. It didn't hurt that they had a few people to talk with and get to know while they were waiting.

Unfortunately, they did not know that the others were thinking the exact same thing.

All the girls perked up at once when they heard the door open. "Mum, I'm home!" Ash announced.

"Hey, Ash!" The girls said in unison.

Ash blinked, as he looked at his former female travelling companions (sans Bonnie). What are they all doing here? He plastered on a smile and said, "Hi guys…what are you doing in my house?"

At once, all five of the girls ran up to Ash with a glint in their eyes. "Ash, could we have a-" they girls said simultaneously.

All the girls stopped at the same time and looked at one another, realizing they were about to say the same thing at the same time. Their looks of surprised faded into anger and now they were looking at each other with the utmost hatred in their eyes.

Ash was still oblivious as to what was going on and spoke up, "Erm….is everything okay?"

"Give us a minute, Ash." The girls replied. "We are going to have a talk with one another." With that, they stalked out of the room, leaving Ash alone with his Pikachu.

Ash blinked in confusion and asked Pikachu, "What is going on?"

Pikachu merely shrugged, as a voice called out, "Ash! Are you here?"

"Over here, mum!" Ash called, momentarily forgetting about what he just witnessed.

"Could you come for a second? There's a letter here for you." Delia said.

"Coming!" Ash started towards the source of the voice, pushing his worry aside for now.

The five girls were storming towards one of the guest rooms, where they could have a private conversation without anyone in the house overhearing. Their faces bore looks of anger and they glared at each other with murderous intent, looking like they were ready to kill each other if needed. They reached the room and slammed the door behind them before facing each other, clearly livid.

"Who do you think you girls are, going after MY Ash?" Misty shouted.

"YOUR ASH?" May screamed. "He is MINE!"

"Oh no, he's NOT!" Dawn yelled. "He belongs to me!"

"What the hell are you talking about, he's MINE!" Iris bellowed.

"No, Ash is mine. So you girls just back off!" Serena shrieked.

All five girls glared at one another, before Misty saying, "How do you girls think you're good enough to be with Ash? I'm definitely the best person to be with him."

All the other girls laughed at Misty's words.

"You? You're so hot-headed and use the mallet when things don't go your way. This screams abusive if you ask me." May snorted. "I on the other hand, at least don't berate him for his appetite."

"Yeah, you join in, which is so unladylike." Dawn scoffed. "At least I don't blame him for the bike damage that his Pikachu did by accident."

"But look at your skirt." Iris pointed out. "You just scream for boys to pay attention to you, which is what Ash doesn't need. I can help Ash loosen up and have fun instead of focusing on battles."

"But you're too wild." Serena pointed out. "I knew him as kids and I got a kiss from Ash."

The girls paused, before grinning as they remembered the event Serena told them about. "Oh really, if I remember correctly you kissed him not the other way round." Misty said.

All five of the girls glared at one another, not willing to back down an inch. They all wanted Ash and they were ready to use their Pokémon or even fight each other physically if it comes to that.

"You know…I know we all want Ash, but standing here and glaring at each other isn't going to accomplish things." Serena finally spoke.

"I agree!" Iris replied. "Why don't we just go back to him and straight out ask who he likes?"

The other girls nodded, and began making their way back to Ash with mixed feelings- hope that he would choose him and dread that he might choose someone else. After all, they only had a twenty percent chance of being chosen by him.

'I don't want to do this…' the girls thought as they saw Ash sitting at the kitchen table.

"Oh, hey guys." Ash smiled at them as he read a letter as his mum smiled proudly at him. "I got something to tell you guys."

"What is it, Ash?" They seemed surprised, temporarily forgetting their own intentions.

"I've decided to put a pause to my travels." Ash announced.

"WHAT?" The girls were shocked. Their hopes of accompanying Ash alone to whatever next region he decided to go had been dashed.

"Yeah…" Ash nodded, looking unnerved at their reaction as he read the brochure his mother had provided. "I've decided to accept the offer from a school called the Specialized Institute of the Arts. The prestigious academy in the PAL Region that enrols students based on two criteria: they are at high school age and they are the best experts at what they do. The school has a reputation of graduates being guaranteed success in life, with many of their graduates holding high positions in every field of the professional world."

"Ash's been offered to enrol with the official title of Ultimate Adventurer from all the travels he did around the regions." Delia clapped her hands proudly. "And in a new region too! Perhaps this school would help you broaden your perspectives."

Misty snatched the brochure and read on to see how she could enrol to be with Ash. She widened her eyes as she realized she could enrol as well, but in the Reserve Course, which was specifically catered to talentless students, though an entrance exam is required to be taken in order to attend and how highly competitive it was due to the brand recognition of the school. At that moment, she made a decision.

"I'll come with you." She declared, surprising everyone.

While Ash was beginning to smile at her gratefully knowing he had a friendly face in his upcoming new school, the girls realized Misty's game and shouted, "We'll apply to attend the school too!" There was no way they were going to let Misty have Ash to herself.

"Really?" Ash smiled hopefully, oblivious to the competitive glares they shot at one another.

"Yes! In fact, we'll apply now." And raced out of his house to Professor Oak's lab with such a speed that would have put Sonic the Hedgehog to shame, as they knew he probably has a computer that would allow them to access the Internet and complete an online application to the school. All of them were racing to see who could access the computer and submit their application first.

Back in the house, Ash blinked after their exit, scratching his head in confusion.

"Come Ash, let's pack your stuff. We should prepare early." Delia offered.

Once again, Ash pushed his confusion away in favour of listening to his mother's advice. 'Well, I'm not going to get mixed up in whatever they are involved in.'

At the airport, Delia hugged Ash again, crushing the air out of him. "I can't believe my baby boy is going to the most prestigious school in all of the Pokémon world!"

"Please, mum…I won't be alone." Ash smiled. "I have my Pokémon, and the girls are with me."

"But I'm so proud of you!" Delia said again. "Remember to write letters."

"Of course, mum." Ash smiled, and wondered how the girls were doing in their entrance exams. Due to the fact that they registered rather late, they only had but a few days to pack their stuff and get to the PAL Region to take the entrance exams.

Unknown to him, in the Entrance Hall of the Specialized Institute of the Arts, everyone could only stare open mouthed as the girls scribbled so fast that their hands are practically a blur, each of them competing to see who could finish the fastest with the most correct answers. One of the examinees even fainted from watching the movements of their hands.

Each of the girls silently glared at one another as they wrote their answers, wanting Ash to direct his congratulations to them when they get full marks for the entrance exam.

'I'll be the one with Ash's congrats!' All the girls thought.

"Fifteen minutes left!" The examiner announced.

The girls looked down to check their answers quickly. To their horror, they had written, "Mrs. Ash Ketchum" all over the exam papers as their thoughts of Ash had unconsciously overtaken their writing answers. They hastily cancelled all the words and started writing the actual answers despite their wrists being sore from all the fast scribbling done earlier.

After handing in their papers, the girls started arguing once more about a certain boy while walking alongside each other towards the entrance of the school.

"The one with Ash's compliments will be me!" Dawn declared.

"No, that would be me, Dee Dee!" Misty refuted.

"Hell no. Those compliments will be directed to me!" Iris screamed.

"No, you dolts! His compliments are too good for the likes of you." May growled. "I on the other hand will have the honour."

"No, his compliments will be mine!" Serena objected, and the girls glared at one another once more, which got them started to punch, kick and scream at one another willing to do anything to refute the others' claims. The examiners tried their best to stop them, but ended up getting beaten to the ground themselves.

They did not notice that everyone else was giving them a wide berth with fear in their eyes, unwilling to be caught in the crossfire of their argument. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, indeed.

All the noise eventually attracted Ash's attention, who was driven to school from the airport via a car that was arranged by the school's principal. After seeing the beaten adults on the ground groaning in agony, he made the right decision for once and decided to walk away, deciding he wasn't going to get involved in that fight.

'I don't even want to know what they are fighting about.' Ash thought, quickly walking away before the girls noticed him.

BP: This was something I thought about when reading Ash harem fics, where all the female travelling companions compete over to see who would get Ash for herself. Hence, there might be some OOC in it.

This story is more like a writing block therapy for me as I am currently having writer's block for my original stories and I feel something comedic for a change might do me some good.

The side plot for this fic would be how Ash would develop in this school, though it won't be too focused on as this is more a comedy fic of the girls competing over Ash.

I won't include Alola because I seriously dislike the anime and how Ash had to go back to what is essentially a Pokémon School, which is why I developed a school of my own.

The characters that will be featured in this school are mainly N. Aepic Fael's Genesis Pokemon League members for our upcoming fic, the Genesis Factor and ofc, the PAL Elites would also make their return here. I will also try my best to explain their roles through the story. I will also do my best to see how other Pokémon characters can make their appearance here.

Since I have many ideas for how the girls will compete for Ash's attention, the chapter length may vary, as opposed to a near constant length for my other stories.

Do tell me what you think, since this is really mainly a therapy for my writing block.