The Two Sides of Ash: Pearlshipping.
This is an idea from one of my readers, BigInferno, this person deserves a lot of credit for the idea and the concept of the story. The idea of this story is there will be three parts, two of those parts will be played at the same time and would like it to be read at the same time as this one, there are two pairings in this story and both involve Ash, this part involves one of the more popular pairing. The two stories will then converge into one main story with a twist, the two stories will start off in a similar fashion but the first chapter will end differently depending on the pairing you choose to read of it you decide to read both, the two of them should go ten chapters each so please enjoy this story.
Disclaimer: Pokemon will never belong to me, I make no money from writing the stories.
Ash: 19
Dawn: 18
May: 18
Chapter 1: Fateful Storm
It was a warm day near flocessy town with the gentle breeze blowing through the town with the pokemon playing through the fields outside the small town and the, a group of friends walked through the town on the last legs of their journey after the failed unova league for the trainer in the middle wearing mostly blue with red and white sneakers and hat with a blue pokeball design on the front of the hat, he looked over to his purple haired friend who was getting ready to travel back to her village to complete her training after her travels. "Well you two it was a great journey," she said with pride as her axew leapt from her hair and onto the ground to say goodbye to the small yellow pokemon walking in front of the group.
"Well Iris, it has been a great trip, just stay safe and keep getting stronger," Ash told his bushy haired friend while his pokemon said his farewells to the small tusk pokemon.
"I will see you soon ash," Iris promised while a person wearing a waiters suit with short green hair, "and Cilan, thanks for the amazing food, I will come to your restaurant whenever i can," Iris waved goodbye to her other friend while climbing up a tree and grabbed a vine to swing away from the group.
"Wow, she hasn't changed much," Cilan stated while picking up his bags to leave ash, "It seems like i will be heading out to start my own journey around the world," Cilan stated while extending his hand out, "I will see you again," Cilan said with dignity.
Ash let out his hand and met Cilan's to shake his friends hand, "well Cilan i will see you again," Ash declared while his pikachu jumped on his shoulder to wave to Cilan. Ash watched as the last of his friends leave the area bringing an end to the journey in the unova region, he looked over to his pikachu who was upset about seeing his friends off, "don't worry buddy we will see them again," Ash promised as he looked over to the old house at the other end of the small town, "first I want to have one last battle with Alder," Ash declared before starting his journey to the champions house.
Alder sat in the house playing with his pokemon before one of them started to panic, "odd, pokemon don't panic unless there is something going to happen," Alder seriously pointed out while trying to calm the small pokemon down, he walked up to the door to see what the fuss with the pokemon was all about, "oh it's just ash wanting to visit," Alder pointed out with a smile as the trainer approached him calmly.
"Hi Alder, how are you going," Ash enquired with a smile as he entered the house with the man with long orange and red hair, wearing a white pair of trousers and a cream colored poncho.
"Ash, I was just busy spending time with my pokemon," alder admitted while some of the pokemon jumped out of the house to play with one another in the yard, "so what brings you here?" Alder asked the trainer quickly as he showed ash around his humble abode.
Ash looked around to see that the house was a total mess while children and pokemon running around, "geez Alder this place is a dump," Ash commented irritated at the mess that was in front of him, the comments caused the champion to scratch his head in shame while the trainer tried to navigate around the cardboard boxes and pokeballs laying around the place not wanting to get hurt from either, "Alder before I ask you a question, let's get this place cleaned up," Ash instructed the champion with a grimace.
"Oh come on Ash, I just moved here a short time ago," Alder commented forcing ash to sigh in disbelief.
Ash placed his hands on his waist and waltzed towards the exit of the house, "come on Alder, at least make an effort to tidy this place up," ash berated the champion, 'man this guy is a lazy bum,' Ash thought while preventing one of the children falling over the pokeballs resting in one of the areas, "Alder before I leave the region to travel to the next region I want to have another quick battle with you," Ash stated with a frown while making sure none of the children got hurt from the mess.
"I would love to ash, but there is a lovely lady at the pokemon center I want to ask out for tonight," Alder boasted with a cheeky smirk.
Ash looked to the ground in shame knowing that he was planning on hitting on nurse joy again, "oh come on Alder just a one on one battle," Ash requested but Alder remained uninterested in the proposition, he ran out of the house and towards the pokemon center, "come on Pikachu, we need to make sure the champion doesn't get into any trouble," Ash remarked while letting his partner pokemon jump onto his shoulder.
The two friends walk down the tree lined street, trying to find the champion of the region, "oh come on, we all know you're head over heels in love with the champion," Alder told the woman before she rode off on her motorbike leaving the champion in shock at being turned down.
"Oh man, why does he seem to hit on the women?" ash asked himself while shrugging his shoulder while watching him try his luck on officer jenny, "oh this again?" Ash questioned while officer jenny got out her hand cuffs.
"I said no, if you keep this up I am going to arrest you," Officer Jenny threatened the champion who quickly backed away from the officer after receiving the threat.
Alder spotted Ash as he was about to get ready to make another advance on a beautiful woman, "Alder, I just want a quick battle," Ash demanded as the woman ran off, Ash walked back to the Pokemon Center to think about what to do next, 'this is stupid, I want one last battle before I head back to Kanto,' Ash thought as he watched Alder walking in to the medical facility to get a drink after a difficult time hitting on the women. "where is a Croagunk when you need one?" Ash asked himself with disdain while sitting there resting his head in his right hand to watch Alder walking towards the exit, "Alder how about make a bet with you," Ash called over to the champion.
Alder walked over to ash who was drinking a bottle of water, alder sat opposite ash with a plate of food in front of him, "oh please do tell," alder requested before placing a large portion of food in his mouth.
"We have a one on one battle, if I win you have to clean your house up for the safety of the children," ash replied to the champion's request.
"But if I win," alder replied before lifting his hand and pointing towards the pink haired nurse, "if I win you must set me up on a date with that beauty," Alder issued his interest to the trainer who drooped his head n regret knowing that he might have to try and get Nurse Joy to go out with Alder, "what's the matter Ash?" Alder asked with a chuckle.
Ash stood up and extended his hand to alder, "alright we have a deal," Ash replied as he shook his opponent's hand, Ash walked out of the Pokemon Center regretting the bet he made with the champion, 'why did I make this bet with that skirt chaser?' Ash wondered to himself as the wind started to pick up with few clouds starting to move in, an uneasy feeling started to crawl down Ash's back and as he went into a nervous sweat, "seem like old friend there is a storm on the way," Ash told his pokemon while walking through the streets of the small town towards the champion's home, 'maybe we can finish the battle before the storm sets in,' Ash thought while his pokemon started to get a little nervous.
Ash sat on the front porch of the champions house while noticing the clouds getting darker and more menacing, "you waited all this time, sorry I was doing something important," Alder told Ash his excuse while the trainer got up to get to his end of the battlefield.
Ash walked over to his side and smirked at the champion, "important? Most likely trying to get Nurse Joy's number," Ash exchanged his counter to Alder's excuse much to his dismay, "just hurry up and call out your Bouffalant," ash dictated with a smile.
Alder picked up his pokeball and called out a large brown pokemon with a black afro and two large horns protruding from each side of his head, "well, who will battle with?" Alder asked the as ash nodded to his partner pokemon to contest against the champ's pokemon, "ah, just like in Nimbasa City," Alder remembered the last quick battle with Ash.
The thunder started to rumble with rain starting to fall lightly, "Pikachu start things off with Electro Ball." Ash instructed his pokemon quickly.
"Head Charge," Alder replied to Ash's attack.
Pikachu jumped up and formed a ball of electricity while the large buffalo pokemon ran towards the small electric type pokemon, the electric mouse pokemon threw Electro Ball at the charging pokemon hitting the large pokemon forcing it back due to the strength of the attack, "keep going with Iron Tail," ash instructed his pokemon not wanting to give the champion a chance to counter the trainers faster pokemon.
"Attack with Mega Horn," Alder instructed his pokemon with certainty.
The two combating trainers watched their pokemon charging towards one another, Bouffalant's horns started to glow while Pikachu's tail stiffened up and gained a metallic appearance, the two pokemon slammed into each other before falling back towards their respective trainers. The two trainers looked at one another with a proud smile, "this is a great battle," Ash commented while Alder nodded in agreement.
"Yes I agree ash, this battle is really fun," Alder commented while the pokemon started to pant from the powerful two attacks.
Suddenly a clap of thunder roared overhead forcing the trainers to take a quick glance at the darkening skies, "wow we better get this battle over and done with," Alder told the challenge while noticing some of the pokemon in the house starting to panic from the approaching storm, "attack now with Giga Impact," Alder told his pokemon wanting to bring a quick end to the battle before the storm set in.
"Alright buddy, attack with Volt Tackle," Ash told his pokemon as the buffalo pokemon charged towards the small electric pokemon with an orange and white aura, the small electric type charge at the incoming attacker with a thunderous aura.
The two trainers watched the two pokemon running at each other without flinching for a second, the two pokemon made contact with their devastating attacks, the dust started to pick up leaving the trainers guessing as to what happened to their respective pokemon, Ash and Alder continued to wait in hope as to see what happened to their pokemon when a sudden gust of hot wind blew the dust away to reveal the winner of the battle between the trainers, "what, I lost," Alder surprisingly stated while finding that his pokemon was knocked out by ash smaller pokemon.
Ash looked at his pokemon panting from the intense battle with Alder, "no way I won the battle," Ash said almost as surprised as Alder was, he walked over to his pokemon while alder walked up to the center of the battlefield, "hey little buddy you did a good job," Ash complimented his partner pokemon proudly as he picked up the small electric type pokemon.
"Hey that was a great battle, you've improved a lot through your journey in this region," Alder complimented Ash while extending his hand, Ash noticed this and met the champion's hand to shake proudly, "well I better get started on the cleaning," Alder said submissively while recalling his fallen pokemon, "so Ash, what do you intend to do?" Alder asked as a flash of lightning crashed some distance away, "from the looks of the clouds and the lightning, this town is in for one heck of a storm," alder commented while ash looked around to see what Alder was talking about.
"Well, it is safer to stay until the storm passes, I will be heading to the Pokemon Center until the storm passes," Ash replied to Alder's concerns before turning away from the house, "I will come back for a visit after my next journey," Ash declared happily as he waved goodbye to Alder and walking away with the storm getting worse by the moment.
Ash walked down the street with the winds picking up and the thunder getting louder and the lightning becoming more frequent, it was during the small break that a loud roar was heard from within the clouds, "hey buddy that sounds like Zekrom," ash commented as his partner pokemon jumped off his masters shoulder to get a better look, "we don't have much time, we need to get to a safe location," Ash stated with urgency before hearing another roar coming from a different location, ash looked over his left shoulder to see a large white pokemon approaching the dark clouds, "oh man that's Reshiram, why are they fighting?" Ash asked in curiosity while being unable to take his eyes away from the potential battle between the two powerful legendary pokemon getting ready to clash overhead.
The two pokemon let out a mighty roar between them before unleashing their powers into the surrounding areas, ash tried to move out of the way of the battle but was prevented from making a move, he tried to reach a house behind him but it was hit by a large bolt of lightning from the deep black pokemon, "oh this isn't good," Ash commented as his misfortune while hearing the clashes of the two powerful dragons, "there must be a reason why they are fighting," Ash wondered while trying to run towards the pokemon.
The battle raged on as ash and his partner pokemon made an effort to get to the medical facility. eventually the two made it to the pokemon center, Pikachu entered just in time while ash was pushed back by a bolt of blue lightning, Ash got up and ran towards the entrance of the medical facility, but before he could reach the entrance he was hit by a blast of flames from the sky and a large blue bolt at the same time, Pikachu watched in horror as his trainer was engulfed in the flames and lightning powerless to do anything, he fainted from the sheer shock of what was happening in front of him.
After the fire and lightning disappeared Ash fell to the ground with smoke rising from his body and sparks leaping from his body, resting there lifeless from the two attacks that slammed into him, the two legendary pokemon looked down to see the trainer and looked at one another, they nodded as they started to glow. At the very same time ash started to glow a pure white splitting into two people with the exact same appearances, after this occurred the two pokemon let out another bellow and left the area leaving the two copies of Ash laying on the streets of Flocessy town.
After the storm had passed the trainer stirred for a moment, but remained un aware of what was going on, he moved slowly got up unable to see his surroundings properly, "oh man did someone get the license of the truck that him me?" Ash asked while trying to find to find something to lean on while he got his sight back for a moment. The trainer extended his hands out to find out where he was going, "oh man that sudden flash must have blinded me for a while," he told himself while placing his hand on a building next to him.
Pikachu woke up after the storm noticing the trainer in front of him was alright, he called over to the trainer relieved to see that he was alright, "Pikachu, you're alright," Ash said while trying to figure out where he was, "keep calling buddy," Ash instructed his pokemon while walking over to the voice, gradually his sight started to come back but it was still difficult to see, he collapsed to the ground exhausted from the earlier storm, "oh man that was harsh," Ash said with a frown while seeing a blurry yellow shape in front of him.
Pikachu walked in front of the trainer leading him away from the small town , eventually the two started walking towards the west of the region towards the next port, 'it's strange it feels like there is a part of me missing,' Ash thought while following the calls of his partner pokemon who was making sure he didn't crash into any nearby trees.
They continued their walk for a few hours with Pikachu leading the trainer to the airport just outside the Aspertia City, "hey buddy can you get my plane ticket from my pocket," Ash requested the small electric pokemon, Ash allowed the small electric pokemon to search his pocket for the ticket until he found it, Pikachu placed the ticket in the trainers hand before leading him towards the entrance to the Airport.
They walked up to the front counter to hand his ticket in, "hello sir, you taking the plane to the Johto Region?" the female attendant asked quietly.
"Yes," Ash retorted quickly and confidently, he handed the ticket to the attendant. After getting the ticket back he walked to the plane which was getting ready to take off for the next region. The two friends boarded the plane and slowly made it to their seat, "sorry for having you do that buddy," Ash apologized sincerely while his pokemon looked at his trainer with concern.
The plane took off towards the Johto Region, Ash fell asleep thinking about what had happened earlier in the day, "I remember seeing Reshiram and Zekrom," Ash whispered while thinking about what happened afterwards, 'but I should be dead after being hit by those attacks,' Ash thought while remembering the two attacks hitting him, 'I know that something happened but what happened?' Ash wondered while the plane continued through the skies towards the destination.
Meanwhile in the Johto Region, May was hanging out with Dawn after a successful contest for he bluenette, "so May, you're expecting to see Drew soon, he should be on the next flight by now," Dawn stated with a bright smile.
"That's right, I really want to greet him," May replied happily as they started their walk to the Airport, they walked to the meeting area and proceeded to wait for the plane to arrive.
Dawn sat down with her lunch as May went over to the kiosk to get her food, "so May, how will you greet Drew? You haven't seen him in months," Dawn enquired as her friend sat next to her eating her large lunch, the brunette wearing mostly red looked up to see more planes landing on the tarmac.
"Well I have missed Drew, so seeing him will be a relief," May answered with joy as she placed a large amount of food in her mouth, she tried to talk but her mouth was still full of food, Dawn sat there in disbelief as she tried to eat her food.
"You know May, since I started my journey here, I have missed one person," Dawn confessed with a grin while looking at her food.
May put her fork down to see her friend's face turning a little red, "can I guess who it is?" May asked her friend while Dawn picked up a sandwich and at it, "could it be Kenny?" May asked before her blue haired friend shook her head, "well how about Paul?" May asked with a smile but Dawn shook her head again while looking up to the window to see another plane landing, "Conway?" May question causing her friend to spit out her food in shock, "okay I take that as a no," May said with laughter as she picked up her food to eat her food.
"You couldn't guess May, gee you forgot one person," Dawn pointed out while May turned her head and looked over to her friend, "I really miss Ash," Dawn professed with a smile.
May looked over to her friend with a proud smile before hearing the declaration, "so have you ever told Ash how you felt about him?" May asked as they got up to greet Drew.
Dawn started blushing after hearing her friends question, "no I was a little nervous," Dawn told her friend as they walked over to the gate to greet Drew.
After waiting for the people to come out of the plane they started to realize something was wrong, "hey hold on a second," May said with while becoming visibly upset at not seeing Drew emerging from the plane, "did Drew miss his flight?" May asked as tears started flow from her face.
It was then Dawn spotted a familiar face, "hey that's Ash," Dawn said in shock before noticing something wasn't right, she walked over to the trainer, "Ash," Dawn called repeatedly with joy but her expression soon changed as she watched the trainer stagger from the plane, "May something isn't right," Dawn proclaimed before she started to rush towards the trainer.
May watched as her friend approach the trainer, 'yeah there is something not right,' May thought while Dawn finally stood face to face with Ash.
"Ash, it's so good to see," Dawn joyfully said before looking into the trainers eyes.
Ash tried to find out where the familiar voice was coming from, "Dawn, sorry my vision is a little messed up," Ash stated before he felt he started to collapse, "it's so good hearing your voice again," Ash said with a smile as he fell on Dawn's shoulder.
"Ash, what happened to you?" Dawn asked the trainer before falling to the ground with Ash on her shoulder.
Ash slipped into unconsciousness much to Dawn's shock, "Dawn, it must have been his will power that lead him here," May replied to Dawn's query as she took her pokegear, "I better call for an ambulance," May declared seriously before pressing in her numbers to call for medical assistance, 'Drew better have a good explanation for this,' May thought as she waited for her call to be picked up.
Dawn placed Ash on the ground and looked at him with concern before turning her gaze t May who was in the middle of calling for help, Pikachu who was equally concerned for the trainer, 'he made it here through sheer will power,' Dawn thought while looking back to the trainer concerned for his health.
"Alright, the ambulance is on the way," May whispered to her friend who remained by his side.
After fifteen minutes passed the medical crew and made their way to the unconscious trainer, they did a quick check up, "this is odd," the doctor stated while the two girls waited to see what was going on.
"What's going on?" Dawn asked with even more concern, she tried to approach the trainer but was being held back by her friend, "please tell me!" Dawn demanded in frustration.
The medical crew looked over to the two coordinators, "he seems to be healthy," the doctor said as they placed Ash on the gurney to get him to the ambulance, "we need to keep him at the hospital for a couple of days," the medical crew told the duo calmly.
Dawn, May and Pikachu followed the trainer wanting to know more about what was going on, "Ash, please be alright," Dawn pleaded while placing her hand next to Ash as they placed him inside the ambulance.
The trio of friends jumped into the ambulance before it took off towards the hospital. May and Dawn sat there with concern feeling like that there was something not right, 'they said he's healthy, but he is out cold,' May thought while watching Dawn keeping her gaze on the trainer not moving an inch.
After the quick drive to the hospital, they took the trainer from the back of the ambulance and rushed him through the hospital with Dawn, May and Pikachu following with great concern as the trainer remained on the bed still unconscious.
I hope you liked this first chapter of the story, the other side of the story is in the Ash and Skyla section and will follow a different path to this one.
The concept of two stories being told at the same time is new to me, so please take it easy on me.
Will Ash recover from the events of the chapter? And what is the significance of the spilt?
Next time chapter 2: Towards the Road of Ideals
