As Ash Walked back into the pokemon Centre,he noticed that Iris and Cilan were Sitting together (awkwardly closely) and Talking to each other in whispers. He listened carefully,but couldn't make out any words,but he did her Iris giggle at one point. He Sighed and turned towards Nurse joy,who lead him to the phone.

He sat down at the computer and picked up the phone. The computer connected and professor Oak appeared on the screen. Ash Smiled at the aging professor. Pallet town was always great during the summer weather and Professor Oak's skin had a nice tan on it. Although his signs of aging were almost undeniable, He still was fit enough to do whatever he liked. His hair had gone a lot more grey and some parts were white. But,that charming smile on his face made Ash know that professor Oak wasn't going anywhere for a long time.

"Hello Ash! My,it certainly has been a long time since we last saw you! You pretty much look like a new man!" Oak exclaimed.

"I do?" Ash looked down at himself questionably. It was true that He had begun to grow into a man now,leaving his kid-boyish body and turning into a strapping teenager. His muscles had bulged a bit and his arms,as well as his legs have began to get firmer and stronger. He had been lifting a lot of Heavy weights before the food epidemic,and this was to show for it. He felt rather proud of himself.

"Anyways Ash, this isn't exactly a social call...I have a favor to ask you."

Then ash heard a voice that he hadn't heard in a long time. A voice whom he had gotten so used to hearing everyday. A voice he missed so much.

"Professor, please, I think I should tell him."

Ash got excited,knowing he was right about the voice he heard. His answer appeared to him as professor Oak left the seat,and a girl took his place. She had beautiful short orange hair in which she tied up into a pony-tail. She was wearing a yellow tanktop and was smiling at him with pearly white teeth,while Her Sea-green eyes sparkled in the light. Ash blushed lightly. She had filled out a little and Her breasts could easily be seen through her shirt. He smiled,watching his closest female friend.

"Misty!" He Exclaimed. "It's so good to see you! I've missed you so much."

Misty closed her eyes while her cheeks went slightly red.

" Wow Ash.." She began. "I didn't think you'd miss me this much..I missed you alot too.."
She shook her head furiously and looked at Ash with determination. "I have to talk about something important."

" Well can't that wait? I wanna know about what you've been doing all this time. How is the gym doing?" He rushed out.

Misty eyes went down and she suddenly seemed really upset. Ash didn't understand. "Oh no..Did I Offend her? I'd better back up."

But before he could,she spoke.

"Actually..That's what I need to talk you about.." She sounded like she was on the verge of tears. He felt the need to put his arms around her and make her troubles go away.

"What happened Misty?" He asked,ready to help her.

She looked up at his eyes,then she got a pouty angry look on her face. Ash turned around to see that Iris and Cilan were listening to every word from right behind Ash. Ash Cringed.

"Um..Do you guys mind? I'm trying to have a conversation here with her."

CIlan backed up,but Iris stepped forward.

"Whatever it is." Iris started. "I'm positive we should be allowed to hear it! We are your friends and it will concern us as well!"
Ash Glared at Iris ,but that wasn't what she backed up from. Ash looked at the screen to see that misty Had a look of intense hatred on her face. It made Ash remember the times where She constantly got angry at him. But this, no, this was Way worse.

"Ash..Unplug the mic..let me speak to her.." Misty said,her voice trying to remain calm. Ash obliged and unplugged the mic. Iris backed up and her Axew disappeared into her hair. What Misty did next made Ash Fall out of the chair, as if Ash was pushed down.

"HOW DARE YOU, YOU EGOTISTICAL BITCH!" Misty was Screaming Her head off at Iris. The entire pokemon centre had fallen silent as well as the Lab on the other side.

" You think that Just because you've spent a few months with Ash that you automatically control his life?! In Friendship,you're supposed to be able to trust one another and if Ash Felt that he had the need to,he would have brought you over! You should be ashamed of yourself! I can't believe how disgusted I am with you! You'd better hope to god that I never see you or you are going to pay missy!"

She was panting. Iris had backed away behind Cilan and was scared,which was pretty amazing considering her attitude could outweigh any conversation..Misty calmed down finally.

"Fine, It doesn't matter anyway if they hear..it's not like there is anything I need to hide ,where are you?"

Ash was still on the floor. He slowly got back up and scrambled back into the chair.

"Uhh..I'm right here." He answered innocently.

"Good...now.."

Her face went back into the same sad expression from earlier.

"The fact is that my sisters Left Ash..They were sick of taking care of the gym..and they made me run it..you know that..but they promised that they'll come back in only a few months.."

"Yea..They should be back by now. What's going on?" Ash asked.

"Ash..They found these guys..Who they said they fell in love with..The men invited them to live in a manor with them for the rest of lives and be happy..and they accepted.."

Ash sighed. Misty's sisters were,unfortunately, very attractive. He looked at Misty again and she sighed,continuing.

" So now I have to run the gym all by myself..but..The fact is..I have no way to pay for it..The trainers aren't coming anymore..everyone's moved on the Sinnoh and Unova regions..The trainers think that the pokemon there are much better..The pokemon are so sad and the gym leaders no longer can work..."

Ash was shocked. "There were no trainers coming to Kanto anymore? That's not fair! What about everyone else?! What's going on?!" He thought to himself.

Misty continued. "Without any more trainers,all kinds of buildings are going bankrupt...We won't have any money left..and since nobody will be able to pay from trainers,the other stores will eventually go bankrupt as well.."

Ash was starting to get nervous. His mom never had a job and got money from the bank. What if She loses that too? Everyone could start to starve or worse..they might start eating the pokemon..Ash winced at the thought..

"but what can I do about it Misty? Even I don't have enough money to feed the entire Kanto Region!"

Her eyes glittered a bit when he asked.

"We've been watching your performances on tv. You've been doing extremely well and have become quite popular in all of the regions. The reason people have been getting so much business everywhere,is because of you,Ash."

Ash blushed a bit. MIsty was complimenting on his skilled pokemon training?This was a real first. What was going on.

Misty smirked at Ash,knowing exactly what he was thinking.

"Of course, it's still no match for me Ash,hmhm" She winked at him and he grinned. She was still pulling the tough girl attitude with him.

"So what do you want me to do?" He asked her.

Another voice came from,another that he recognized.

"Misty,You've been on there long enough,let me have a turn!" The husky male voice came closer to the screen and Misty Sighed.

"Oh alright.."She said in defeat. "but I'm talking to him again in a few minutes."

Ash Smiled and he felt his face go red when she said that. Did she really miss him that much that she wanted to spend every second on the phone with him?
Nevertheless, Misty said goodbye to Ash and left from the computer. The next second, Ash's best male friend Brock took the seat and grinned at Ash.

"Hey Ash! Long time no see!" Brock announced.

"Brock! It's so great to see you again!" Ash Smiled at his Male best friend. "It's been too long!"

Brock was a pokemon Breeder who was also a great trainer himself. Ash started to chuckle at the memories of Brock,who kept trying to Flirt with all the nurse Joy's and Jenny's. Brock gave him a look as if he knew exactly what Ash was thinking.

"Let's get serious Ash, We need your help."

Ash nodded slowly and sat up straight and listened Carefully.

"As Misty has told you,you've gotten a lot more popular over the years. We want you to come back home to the Kanto region. There, we're gonna Host a tournament For pokemon trainers all over the pokemon world,and it will be held in cerulean City. Each trainer will have to pay a 1500 (around $15.00 US Dollars) pokedollar fee to get in and Challenge all the trainers. The Entire Kanto Region is already preparing for the tournament and we've talked with the council. The Grand Prize will be a Special ribbon. This ribbon will be given to the trainer along with a trophy. The Ribbon's special as it will let you for one time only guarantee you a spot in the pokemon league,no matter where you are or how many badges you have."

Ash was astonished! This was incredible!

"You'll get hundreds of contestants! I can't wait to sign up!" Ash Exclaimed.

"but Ash, I'm afraid you won't be able to win the ribbon." Brock said.,his always closed eyes never moving. Ash started to wonder (for about the tenth time) how Brock was always able to see,but never opens his eyes.

"How come?" Ash asked.

"because We're using YOU as our sponsor. When we get the tournament started. you won't be able to enter the tournament. Instead, we're offering the winner of the tournament a chance to Battle against you. Think about it Ash. Anyone who's anyone knows who you are and will want to battle against you. The popularity will Skyrocket off the Charts!" Brock exclaimed happily.

Ash smiled to himself, he loved the idea of going back home,but then there was Cilan and Iris now..he had to look after them..

A flashback of earlier and Iris's words echoed through his head.

"We Don't need you and we're sick of stopping at every Fucking city so you can challenge the gym leader! If you don't like my methods of training, then why don't you just butt out?!"

Ash growled at the thought and looked at Brock with determination,then nodded.

"I'll do it! I'll return to Kanto."

He heard two female squeals behind the camera. One was Misty's. Evidently she was extremely happy that Ash was coming home. Then he realized that the other voice was his own mother's.

"My mom's there too?" Ash asked,kind of embarrassed as Iris and Cilan were still watching.

"Yea. She's happy to hear you're coming home."

"I can tell" He smiled. "can I talk to her?"

Brock shrugged and waved over to Ms. Ketchum. Who took his seat and exclaimed over Ash.

"Ash Darling! It's so good to see you!" She voiced happily.

Ash's face went red and he smiled. "It's wonderful to see you too mom. I can't wait to come home."

"Well, when you come home,I'm gonna make you a huge dinner with all your favourites! I promise." She expressed with rejoice. Ash beamed. He was about to tell her that was great when Oak's voice was heard.

" Hey! This call is costing money you know and it's almost over my limit!" Oak said Hastily.

"Oops!" Ash's mom said. "I guess We'll have to talk to Ash when he gets home. We'll talk to you later sweetie!"

"Hey!" Misty's voice chimed in. "I wanted to talk to Ash some more!" She whined. Ash felt really embarrassed after that.

"You can talk to him when he comes back Misty" Oak said.

"Yeah Misty" Ash said. "and I can't wait to see you and Brock."

"Awww" Misty said from the background. "We'll be waiting Ash! Bye!"
"Bye Ash!" Everyone on that side said to him.

"bye Everyone! see you soon!" He replied,and then he hung up.

Meanwhile, In the bushes of the pokemon centre, three figures were listening in through the window.

"So, the twerp's finally going home,is he?" The woman With long Red hair spoke.

The man with blue hair nodded. "It seems so. He'll have the home team advantage over us. there."

"Meowth. Don't give up! We've got the catch that pikachu!" The Talking Cat pokemon spoke to them.

The three stood up and Did their famous Motto.

"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nations"
"To denounce the evils of Truth and Love!"
"To Extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!" The Girl Exclaimed.
"James!" The Boy narrated.
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
Meowth jumped on their shoulders.
"Meowth! That's right!"

James turned to Jessie and smirked. "Let's head to the balloon and head the twerp off! If we can get there in time,we can ambush him and Pikachu!" he proclaimed to her.

"Excellent Idea James! Let's go!"

They Ran off into their meowth head balloon and started it,flying away.

-

As Ash put down the phone, he felt a certain loneliness. He missed his friends alot. Iris and Cilan were sort of fun to be around sometimes, but they were kids..Ash was a teenager now..and he felt really uncomfortable around them..true that they were on journey together for different reasons,but it still felt like they were trying to achieve the same goal. But to ash,nobody could replace his two best friends. He turned to Iris and Cilan.

"Ahh..the sweet call of a woman's stressful need for her companion. Mixed in with a wonderful history between these two,as well as adding a few sweet moments together can give you a recipe for nothing but love!" Cilan said in his critique form.

Ash cringed,hating these. Why did Cilan always have to do these types of things when they aren't necessary?

He turned to Iris. Iris gave him an odd look, it almost seemed like pity and rage mixed between.

"Umm.."Ash began. "I-I don't know when I'm going to be back Iris..I could be gone for a very long time.."

"Just go Ash...You need to take care of your region.." She said scornfully.

"Well Geez,you make it sound like you care alot!" he said Sarcastically,getting angry with her again.

"PIIIIKAAAACHUUUUUU!" *Pikachu shot out electricity from its cheeks and Shocked both Ash and Iris*

"AAAAAAGGGGHHHH!" They both Cried.

When it was finished,they both looked burnt to a crisp.

"Thanks Pikachu.." Ash said softly,wincing from the pain.

Cilan walked up to them. "I'm afraid I have to agree with Iris's statement. Your region needs you Ash. You should Go.."

Ash looked at Cilan. "You do realize there is a chance that I will never come back right?"

Iris's expression Changed to Shock. "Y-You're never coming back?!"

Ash looked at Iris, who's eyes filled with Tears. Ash looked down.

"I'm sorry Iris..But I don't think I will..my region will need me to stay even after the tournament..I'm sorry.." Ash spoke quietly.

Ash and Cilan hugged Iris,then shook each other's Hands.

"It was fun hanging with you guys. I promise I won't forget you all." Ash said.

Iris Hugged Ash again tightly. "You'd better never forget me! I'll miss you so much!"

"AXEW AXEW!" Axew said happily to pikachu.

"Pi-Pikachu!" Pikachu responded happily.

They each hugged each other once in turn and then Ash turned and left the Pokemon centre,Heading for The port,to catch a ferry, Heading home.