Alright LADIES and GENTLEMEN I would like to welcome back my story of Path To Be A Pokémon Champion. Now now I know what you are all probably thinking. And I can promise you this time I will not leave this story unfinished. I know my words may not mean much so how about I just show you instead, I hop you guys will stick around.

So I have decided to rewrite my previous Fic which I didn't finish and as you all know it called Path To Be A Pokémon Champion and as promised I will finish this story.

My name is Tubeday and I hope you stick around.


In the Kanto region a young boy called Ash Ketchum and his mother, Delila Ketchum, were getting ready to move to a new home in to a new home in the Kalos region. The reason behind it was that Delila had gotten a job interview to work for the Kalos press and they accepted her and as for Ash Kalos was the area he would be having his last journey...possibly and the play he was finally going to achieve his dream.

"Ash come on we're going to be late." Delila shouted as Ash was still upstairs packing his bag. Soon he came running down carrying his bag on his back.

"Gee Ash really, we're going to miss the flight next time if you delay like that. Now where is Pikachu?" Delila asked as she noticed Pikachu wasn't on Ash's shoulder as usual.

"Pika pika!" The electric mouse shouted from the taxi that was waiting for them outside. Ash and Delila could do nothing but smile.

"Come on mom, Pikachu is waiting for us." Ash said.

"Oh so now you're in a hurry." Delila said as she followed Ash to the taxi.
Ash took one last look at the home he had known his whole life, the home he had grown up in and the home that held many memories both good and bad. He sure was going to miss this place but he knew what awaited him in Kalos might be even better and that a new adventure was awaiting him there.

After about thirty minutes they were already seated in the plane as they waited for it to take of. Delia had taken the seat to the window because Ash had insisted since he had seen many of these views when he had travelled to other regions, Ash then took the seat next to Delila and to the magazine that was was in front of him meanwhile Pikachu then took this as a chance to take a nap and fell asleep on Delila's lap. As Ash was reading his magazine a thought came to his mind.

"So mom I've been meaning to ask but I forgot to, Who's going to pick us up when we arrive at the Kalos airport?" Ash asked out of interest but but was still reading the magazine, Delila smiled at this.

"We're actually being picked up by an old friend of mine who also happens to be the mother of an old friend of yours." Delila said gaining Ash's interest, she could tell because he had put his magazine down.

"Really and who is this person exactly?" Ash asked.

"Her name is Serena, you two were actually the best of friends when you were little. I remember it was almost impossible to separate you too when dinner tim came because you wanted to continue playing. I don't really expect you to remember her." Delila said.

"Actually I do remember her we were friends back at Pallet Town and we met back at Professor Oak's summer camp." Ash said as he resumed reading his magazine.

"Yes that's the one. Are you excited about seeing her after all this time?" Delila asked.

"I don't really know if I should be. I mean it be better if I stayed away from her." Ash said as he opened the next page of his magazine.

Delila knew Ash had been through a lot over the past few years during his multiple adventures around the world and that those events had changed him greatly. He used to be one of the happiest people she knew and nothing would turn him down and he always seemed to have a positive attitude towards everything... But all of this changed when he went on his adventures. It started with when he came back from Kanto and it got worse as travelled to the rest of his regions. Delila hoped that things would turn out better for him in Kalos and that her son would return to her one day.

Meanwhile in the Kalos region a young girl about Ash's age was having trouble riding on a ryhorn as her mother tried to instruct her from the fence. The girl had honey blond hair, was wearing a pink riding suit and her mother had brown hair, was wearing a black top and green tights.

"come on Serena close your moth, you don't want to catch a bug do you?" Grace (the mother) asked.

" I...I am trying, it's not as easy as you make it out to be." Serena said as ryhorn was moving up and about violently as if he was trying to get her of him. After a few seconds Serena lost her grip and went flying before crashing to the ground.

"Ooowww"

"well at least you lasted longer than yesterday." Grace said.

"That's it mum we're are done for the day!" Serena shouted as she got up and began walking towards the house.

" Come on Serena it wasn't that bad." Grace said while sweat-dropping causing Serena to stop in her tracks and face her mom.

"Mum I literally went flying into the air and crashed to the ground face first!" Serena shouted as she showed her mum the bruises on her face causing Grace to nervously sweat-drop. Seeing as her mum was not going to reply Serena stormed into the house.

"Well I guess that's it for today." Grace said as she followed Serena to the house.

As the sun began to set Serena noticed that Grace was getting ready to go out somewhere.

"Where are you going?" Serena asked curiously.

" I'm going to pick up some friends at the airport. Do you want to come too?" Grace asked.

"Sure I don't really have anything better to do." Serena said as she quickly got ready to leave.

Back at the airport Ash and Delila had finally arrived in Kalos. The first thing they noticed were the pokemon that were there, then the advanced technology. After taking their luggage Ash and Delila went to the waiting section.

"So what time did they say they are getting here?" Ash asked as he was starting to get hungry.

"They should be here any minute now." Delila said as she looked around but saw nobody familiar.

"Delia!" Ash heard he then turned to see where the call came from.

"Delila!" This time Delila heard it too and turned to see Grace and Serena walking their way from a distance.

Grace and Delila met each other midway and gave each other a long hug.

"It's been so long hasn't it?" Grace asked as she laughed.

"Yes it has. Ten years at most." Delila said as she also laughed.

Ash and Serena noticed each other. Serena tried to greet Ash but Ash simply turned away and began taking the luggage to the car.

After about an hour or so they arrived at the Yvonne(Grace and Serena's surname) residents.

"Please make yourselves at home Grace said as welcomingly as possible.

"Thankyou again Grace for the dinner and for letting us stay here while our furniture is being moved into the house." Delila said.

"Delila, I already told you it's no problem I know you would have also done the same for me." Grace said as Ash and Delila sat down in the living room followed by her and Serena.

"So Serena I hear you're training to be a ryhorn racer." Delila said.

"Yeah, I am. It's been a painful process so far especially for my face but with some practice I know I'll just keep getting better." Serena said sound ing slightly unsure of herself but only Ash picked up on this.

"That's the spirit, well I wish you the best of luck." Delila said.

"What about you Ash what are you doing?" Grace asked.

"Well I'm actually a trainer at the moment and my aim is to become a pokemon master." Ash said.

"Really and how many leagues have you competed in and what was your position in each of those leagues?" Grace asked.

"Well I came top four in the Indigo League in Kanto, I won the orange League at the Orange Islands, made it for the finals in the Johto League in Johto, won the Hoenn League in Hoenn, won the Sinnoh League in Sinnoh and I recently won the Unova League in Unova." Ash said to Grace and Serena's surprise.

"Wow that's amazing." Both Serena and Grace said.

"Thanks, I really worked hard to get to where I am.*Yaaaaawwwnnn* Well I'm going to call it a night." Ash said as he stood up and went upstairs.

Several hours later Serena wakes up from her sleep when she hears some noise coming from downstairs. She got of her bed and went out of her room as she went out the noise got a bit louder and she could see some light coming from downstairs. As she went downstairs it became clear that the TV was on and someone was watching it. When Serena got to the bottom of the stairs she noticed it was none other than Ash. Serena then checked the time on the clock in the living room and noticed that it was 1am in the morning.

"Ash? What are you doing down here it's 1 am?" Serena asked.

"watching TV. Couldn't really sleep." Ash said in a solid tone as if he wanted Serena anywhere but here right now. Serena picked up on his tone but didn't go away infact she actually went and sat next to Ash.

"So... what are you watching?" Serena asked as she noticed Ash was annoyed by her presence.

"Last year's Kalos League." Ash simply answered.

(TV)

"Ladies and Gentlemen I think you have all witnessed an amazing battle but it all comes down to this match as both trainers are left with one pokemon each. Who wil be our Victor!" The announcer shouted

"Please may both trainers enter their last pokemon." the referee said.

"Alright pangoro it's time to shine." A boy said as she threw her pokeball and a large panda pokemon came out.

"lets show them how beautifly and elegant we dance Gardevoir." A girl shouted as a pokemon in a white dress appeared.

"It looks like Kate is going with her elegant gardevoir and John is going with his mighty pangoro. This looks like a promising match!"The announcer shouted

"Right gardevoir lets start of with moon blast." Kate shouted.

"Counter with dark pulse!" John shouted.

Gardevoir then absorbed some power from the moon and shot it toward pangoro who countered it by releasing a beam of dark energy. The two attacks collided as smoke was formed in the center of the field.

" Use power up punch." John said.

Before Kate could even react pangoro went through the smoke and punched gardevoir in the gut. He then lifted her up holding her in a tight position.

"Good work now use sucker punch." John said.

" Use hypnosis." Kate said.

Just as pangoro was about to deliver a solid punch from up close he hesitated a bit, feeling uncomfortable about hitting gardevoir twice in the gut that alone was all gardevoir needed as he eyes glowed red forcing pangoro to start getting drowsy. although he was sleepy pangoro managed to delivery the punch which sent gardevoir flying into the sky.

"Use psychic to catch yourself then finish this with dream eater." Kate said.

Gardevoir then used psychic on herself allowing her to float mid air before landing on the ground as her eyes once gain began to glow red as dark energy was being absorbed from pangoro. While this was happen pangoro was squirming until all of a sudden he stopped and his eyes were swirly.

"And There you have it folks the kalos league champion this year is Jane Offspring!" The announcer shouted as the crowd went into a tremendous applause.

(Reality)

As soon as the battle was finished Ash switched off the TV which kind of annoyed Serena but she chose to let it slide. Serena then looked at Ash, in all honesty it was hard to believe this was the same guy she used to be best friends with back when they were little he had changed so much... especially in terms of personality.

"I know you're looking at me is there something you want to ask me?" Ash asked.

"Uh no not really, you just seem a bit bothered so I was just wondering what was wrong."Serena said.

"it's nothing." Ash said trying to end the conversation..

"So i take it you don't really remember me. We met..."Serena started but was cut off.

"I know, back at Professor Oaks summer camp." Ash said with as much interest as being told they were in the same room together.

"Yeah, so why have you been treating me like a complete stranger?" Serena asked as she noticed Ash was starting to get annoyed with this conversation.

"Because in a way you are." Ash said shocking Serena.

"What." Serena asked thinking she had heard him wrongly.

"Listen to me and listen carefully. I am not who I was all those years ago and I have no intention of being that guy again. I do not live by the past I focus on my present and I'm only here for one reason only. As far as I'm concerned you are just a girl I met a few hours ago and therefore that makesyou a stranger in my book and I intend to keep it like that." Ash said before getting up and walking upstairs

Serena was still in the living room trying to process what just happened.

"Are you okay Serena?"She heard a voice before turning around and seeing Delila coming to sit next to her.

"How much of that did you hear?"Serena asked.

"About all of it."Delila said sweatdropping.

"Man Ash certanly has changed it's like he's a diferent peerson now."Serena said.

"That's because in a way he is." Delila said

"What happend to him?" Serena asked eagerly.

"It's not my place to say Serena you'll have to hear it from him. Oh And if you want to get close to him the best way to do that is through his pokemon. If they can trust you more likely he will too. You should get some sleep it's getting late." Delila said as she went upstairs with Serena following before they went their respective rooms.


Well folks that raps up the first chapter. I'm sorry if the battle wasn't as exciting as it was supposed to be considering it was the finals of the league match but please do note I am saving my strategies for future battles

Anyway expect the next chapter some time next week and hopefully you join me as the story goes on. Please feel free to ask questions they will be answered on the next chapter at the bottom.

Chapter 2: Reunion at the lab