Sup guys, its Pokemaster342 and I would like to thank all the people who told me about the formatting problem. It should be fixed, and I would also like to put a spotlight on MANbearPIG01 for helping with the OCs. Thanks, man, I really appreciated it. There may be some changes later on, but that's it for now. Thank you for reading my story and hopefully you like it. Please tell me what you think of the story, what you liked and didn't like about it, if there is anything that I should add, and if you would like to see more. I really value your opinions. Thanks again, peace out.
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"Pokémon": legendary pokémon
Greetings and Meetings:
Ash, Serena and Chrissy were running through Pallet Town, Ash pointing out all the different places that they saw on the way. A few minutes later Ash stopped outside a large house, though large didn't begin to describe it.
It was 3 storeys tall, at least, with large windows positioned around the walls. The walls were painted pearl-white, and the roof was a bright red colour, as if it had been soaked in tomato sauce. The wooden veranda was surrounded by a white railing and in front of the railing was a lush, green hedge. The front lawn, bordered by a long, white, wooden fence, was divided up into areas; to the left was a moderate-sized, healthy-looking garden, complete with berries bushes, fruit trees and vegetable patches, a large tree with ladder rungs going up the side of the trunk to the right, and a dirt path going down the center of the front lawn, extending from the veranda to the edge of the lawn.
A pokémon was rapidly sweeping the veranda with a broom. It was a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon that had a round, white body with a magenta dot in the middle. It had light pink arms and legs, which were connected to its body by magenta spheres. Its knees had small, white coverings. There were magenta pads on the tips of its white fingers, and its dark blue feet curled upward at the tips. Blue growths resembling clown hair extended from the sides of its pale pink head, and there were magenta circles on its cheeks. Its jaw was curved inwards, resembling the mouth of a wooden dummy. It was a Mr. Mime, and it was so occupied with the cleaning the veranda floor, that he didn't notice the three teenagers standing at the gate behind him. Ash quietly sneaked up the path, up the steps, and stood behind the barrier pokémon.
"Hey, Mimey!" Ash shouted, scaring the poor pokémon to the point that he jumped high into the air and grabbed the roof with invisible claws. Ash sweatdropped, "Sorry, Mimey, I didn't mean to scare you that much." He chuckled.
Mr. Mime got down from the ceiling, grabbed his broom and started to rage at Ash, "Mime Mr Mime Mime Mr. Mime!" He chanted angrily, waving the broom around, causing dust and other dirty particles to fall out from the bristles.
"Ok, I get it, I said I was sorry, didn't I?" Mr. Mime calmed down after a moment, and then strangely, hugged Ash, a smile spread across his face.
"Mime Mr. Mime." He replied.
"The garden is looking awesome, Mimey." Ash said as the pokémon let go of him. Mr. Mime puffed his chest out in proudness; he had planted the garden about a year ago, and it always brought good, nutritious food to the table and was used in all of the pokémon food that was made. Ash was about to speak, when he heard someone clear their voice.
"Ahem, but I think we should be going now Ash we need to get to your house. Pikachu is probably waiting for us, wondering where we are." Chrissy said.
"Hmm, oh right, Mr. Mime meet Serena and Chrissy, Serena, Chrissy this is Mr. Mime, or Mimey. He is my mum's pokémon." He replied with a smirk on his face.
The shock was evident on the girl's faces, "Y-you mean thi-this is yo-your place." Serena stuttered, eyes wide and mouth hanging open, wide enough to make her look like a Goldeen, a beautiful Goldeen.
"Yep this is my place, right Mimey?" He asked.
"Mime Mime!" Mr. Mime answered, while holding up a peace sign, closing one eye and smiling, all at the same time.
"This isn't a house, it's a mansion!" Chrissy shouted.
"No it's not a mansion, it's a ranch. My mum is a pokémon researcher, and keeps a lot of pokémon on the ranch behind the house, including all of my pokémon that I have caught over the years." He says. Serena's jaw dropped a couple more inches. Ash walked over, put his hand under her chin and closed her mouth. Serena looked up at him,
"Do you want to catch a Flygon with your mouth?" Serena pouted, and punched his shoulder playfully.
"Don't be mean, Ash." She giggled. Chrissy started to giggle as well. "Oh, so you think this is funny, do you? Fine, I'll just have to do this..." Serena stepped towards her sister, and started to tickle her under her arms.
"Sere-hahaha-Serena, please-hahaha sto-hahaha-stop, it-haha-hurts." Chrissy cried, tears of laughter falling from her cheeks.
"Do you yield?" Serena said
"Yes-hahaha I d-hahaha-do!" Serena stopped, smiling widely at the fact that she won. Chrissy was breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath. Ash, seeing that the ordeal was finished stepped onto the veranda once more,
"Okay, now that that's over, shall we go inside?" The girls nodded blushing crimson red; Ash had just witnessed what just happened. The girls were so mortified, that they mentally slapped themselves for being so immature in front of their love interest.
Ash opened the front door and immediately got tackled by 3 people. Ash sweatdropped, as he looks at the girls who were on top of him, staring down at him with red cheeks and huge grins,
The first girl was a 15-year-old with dark blue eyes, dark blue hair, held up by yellow clips, and fair skin tone. She wore a pink skirt, black sleeveless vest, white under shirt, black socks and pink boots that went up to her knees. A white beanie, with a pink pokéball insignia on the front, sat on her head, hiding the top of her hair.
The second girl was a 16-year-old brunette, with long hair, blue eyes and fair skin. Her attire included an orange sleeveless jacket, short black cycling shorts, orange trainers and a green bandana. Covering her hands were a pair of gloves, like Ash's, except instead of red and black, they were white and black.
The last girl was younger than the other two, about 14 years of age, (I know she is 8 in the anime but bare with me. There is a reason why she is 14 years old), with blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin. She wore a brown t-shirt, a white skirt, pink shoes, and short black tights. A yellow satchel hung from around her neck, holding a small, brown mouse with a long tail, similar to an antenna, and a small green snake.
These three were Dawn, May and Bonnie, "Ash!" The three squealed, ecstatic to see that the raven-haired teen had arrived. They hugged him tightly, much to the dismay and anger of Serena and Chrissy.
"Jeez, girls, Ash-boy just got in the door, give him some breathing room." A voice called from across the room. Serena looked around the room, eyeing everything. They were amazed at how big the house was, along with how well presented it looked.
The roof was white, the walls cream, and the floor consisted of wooden floorboards. A large T.V. was mounted on the wall, above a cabinet with several draws. Another cabinet was placed between the entry to the hallway and the entry to the kitchen on the far side of the room. Portraits of people and pokémon were hanging on the walls and the windows let in lots of light, illuminating the whole house in brightness. A large, comfy looking lounge surrounded a coffee table in front of the T.V. and there were people sitting on it. A few of them got up to greet the newcomers, while others stayed on the lounge, watching the scene unfold before them. Those who had gotten up were Ash's mum, Delia, his brother, Red, Gary Oak and Brock.
"Ok girls, you can get off him now. Come on move along." Brock said lifting the girls of Ash, before hugging him himself, "It is good to see you, Ash."
"You to Brock, how's the gym going?"
"I handed the gym over to Forrest a few months ago."
"Is he doing a good job?"
"By good job, you mean beating me at everything. His Rhyperior is much stronger than he ever was thanks to all the training and classes he gets from Nurse Joy and her Latias. He keeps defeating me, even with Steelix's strength" Brock sighed.
Ash chuckled before turning to his mum, giving her a tight hug, before speaking, "Hey mum, how have you been? And is Pikachu here?"
"Good, it has been peaceful around here, except for the company provided by Red and the pokémon. And yes, Pikachu is here. He got here about ten minutes ago, so he went outside to play with all the pokémon." She said, as Mr. Mime walks through the doorway and sees the mud that trailed from Ash's shoes. The barrier pokémon goes on another rampage,
"Mime Mime Mr. Mime Mr. Mime!" It cried, while grabbing a mop, a water bucket, a rag, and some detergent out of nowhere and starts to swiftly clean up the mess. Everyone sweatdropped over the pokémon's obsessive need to keep everything neat and tidy. Not a minute later, the floor was so shiny; the light seemed to reflect of the floorboards, as if they were mirrors. Mr. Mime glared at Ash for a second, before walking back outside.
Ash rubbed the back of his head, "Some things will never change. Though I hope it stays that way: his cooking is as tasty as yours is, Brock. Come to think of it, with all the cleaning, cooking and helping the two of you do, you could be twins. Speaking of twins," Ash turns to his brother, staring into his eyes, as if he was trying to see into his soul. Red stares into his eyes as well, like it was a staring contest. No one gave an inch. Serena and Chrissy, confused about what was going, were about to speak, when there was a rush of movement. The two brothers had surged forward, tackling each other into a hug. As the two were embracing one another, Serena and Chrissy were observing the encounter. Red was only a few centimetres taller, though you couldn't really tell if they weren't standing next to each other. They heard a voice speak from the huddle,
"So Ash how was Kalos?" Red questioned. As a pokémon trainer, he wanted to go to Kalos with Ash, but had to stay, as he wanted to help his mum, while also learning more about how to raise a pokémon, so that it could someday reach its full potential. The lessons his mum had been giving him were most helpful, as, being a well-respected pokémon professor like herself; she didn't do things by the half.
"We can talk about that later. I need to introduce you to some friends of mine from Kalos, well two of them actually as I see the other two are already here. Guys, this is Serena and Chrissy Yvonne."
"Ash, we know who they are. Mum, Gary, Professor Oak and I know them from camp when we were younger, plus Clemont, Bonnie, Grace, Professor Sycamore, and Alexa know them personally."
"Wait, did you say, Grace and Professor Sycamore?" Chrissy asked, puzzled at how they knew her and Serena's parents.
"Yes he did." A cheerful voice boomed from the kitchen. A man with wavy black hair and a white lab coat on, was standing in the doorway, his arm around a woman with brown hair, both smiling and waving at the two girls, "Serena, Chrissy, it is nice to see you again, it has been to long."
Serena and Chrissy were astonished; their parents were here and they hadn't even told them that they were going to be here. They ran into their parent's open arms, embracing them in a group hug. Everyone was smiling at the confrontation between the family, until Grace looked up and beaconed Ash over. Confused, Ash cautiously walks towards Grace, following her into the kitchen. He finds the older woman leaning against the back wall, next to the back door, which led out to the ranch. She smiled at Ash,
"Thank you for allowing my daughters to go on that journey with you and for keeping them out of harms way, Ash I hope they weren't a burden for you. They can be troublesome at times."
"The girls were the ones looking after us. They were one of the reasons that kept me going on my journey."
'Interesting.' Grace thought to herself. "Still, I can't thank you enough. They have matured a lot since they left. All they used to do was fight, but now they seem to get along perfectly."
'You weren't outside before we came in, otherwise you would not have had to bite your words, but I don't care, they were the best thing to happen to me in Kalos.' He mentally said, before speaking aloud, "I can't take all the credit, you and the professor raised them to become the beautiful, intelligent and elegant girls they are today."
"Wow, Ash, I didn't know you thought so highly of them, maybe this is a sign from the heavens." She said. In all honesty, she actually was quite surprised that Ash had said that out loud, 'Maybe I have been looking at my future son-in-law for all this time. I certainly know that Serena and Chrissy have affections towards him, but I need to find out what he thinks of them in this case.' She thought, as she imagined what their future would be like.
She saw a framed picture. A man stood in the middle, smiling as his messy, raven black hair exploded in different directions. On his head was a Pikachu, healthy and energetic-looking. As it smiled at the camera, its paw was flashing a peace sign. In his arms, a small, baby girl, swaddled in a pink blanket, looked up into the man's eyes, reaching out as if she wanted a hug, a smile clearly evident on her face. On the man's shoulders, a young boy, about two or three years of age, with honey blonde hair, was laughing, his arms raised in the air above him, like he was on a roller coaster. A Pichu sat on the boy's head, mimicking his actions. Two people stood on either sides of the man, arms wrapped around him. On his left, was a woman that looked exactly like Serena, but older, though not that old, possibly in her mid twenties. On the other side of the man, was a woman that looked like Chrissy, but like Serena, she was in her mid twenties, as well. Grace smiled at the photo; seeing her children with the man they love brought a smile to her face. She took a step forward, reaching out to grab the photo. Suddenly, Grace feels a shake, as if an earthquake had hit. She broke out of her trance, as she hears a voice ask,
"Grace, are you okay?" It sounded like Ash's. She opened her eyes to find herself staring up at the ceiling. Ash was standing above her, a concerned look on her face. Grace slowly sat up, scratching her head in confusion.
"Ash, why am I on the floor?"
"I was trying to talk to you, when, for some reason, stepped towards me, and fell. I caught you just before you hit the ground. Do you remember anything?"
She remembered her dream, but didn't want to tell Ash about it; it was something she wanted to keep private, for the sake of her daughters, so she answered, "No, I don't remember a thing."
Somehow, Ash could tell she was lying to him, and hiding something, but he shook the thought off, realising it wasn't really that important. "Maybe you need some rest, you did have a long flight here from Kalos."
"I'm surprised you aren't tired yourself." She replied
"Well I'm used to long aeroplane flights. Let's get you to one of the guest rooms." He finished, helping her up and leaning her against his shoulder, as he helped her up the stairs. As he returned to the living room, everyone looked at him as he came in and sat on the lounge. Professor Sycamore spoke up,
"Hey Ash, where is Grace? Wasn't she with you a minute ago?" He asked.
"Grace was feeling jet lagged, which is normal after such a long trip, so I helped her to one of the spare bedrooms upstairs." He answered.
"Oh okay, I'm going to go see her." And with that, the professor stands up, walks out of the living room, and goes up the stairs. Everyone returns their gaze back to Ash,
"So Ash how was your journey around Kalos?" Delia asked,
"It was awesome. There were so many activities to participate in, like the Pokémon Summer Camp, which reminded me of the summer camp we were in when we were kids, the battle chateau, which I am now a Grand Duke as a result of defeating Diantha, and many other exciting events."
"How was the Kalos League, Ashy-boy?" Gary sniggered, thinking that Ash failed again.
"Well, now you are looking at the winner of the of the Kalos league." Just to prove his point Ash took his bag off his back, unzips it, and reaches inside to search for something. A moment later, he pulls his hand back out, and withdraws a trophy from the bag. He smirks at Gary, whose jaw was touching the ground.
"Wow, Ash. Congratulations." Dawn beamed, happy for her crush to have finally beaten a league.
"I agree; this is awesome." May exclaimed, for she was also happy for her love interest to finally win a league. They keep chatting for a couple hours, until Serena asks,
"Hey Ash where is the bathroom?" She says politely.
"Wow, I forgot to give you a tour of the house, sorry. Come on I'll show you around." As the two of them stand up, Chrissy also stands,
"Do you mind if I come along?" She questions.
"Not at all. Let's go." Ash shows them around the house. First, he showed them the first floor, which included the kitchen, the lab where his mum researches the pokémon, the pokémon's play room, where the pokémon have lots of toys to play with, while Delia was doing research on them or when they were bored, the laundry, and the bathroom, which Serena rushed into, causing Ash and Chrissy to wait outside, before continuing when she got out. Then he takes them to the next floor, which had five bedrooms, two more bathrooms, and a large walk-in wardrobe with all sorts of clothing, for guys and girls, all different sizes and styles. Ash had to drag the girls away, so that they couldn't try on every piece of clothing in the wardrobe. The final floor included the master bedroom, three more bedrooms, another two bathrooms, and Ash and Red's room. "Ok girls, I need to put this in my room. You are welcome to follow, if you want to that is."
The girl's faces turned red; being invited into their crushes room might not sound like much, but remember, he was everything to them. As they walked in, the girls were astonished at the state of the room. It was actually clean, but, being Ash, they thought it was going to be like a dump. Books were stacked neatly on the shelves, the desks were spotless, the floor had not one scrap of rubbish on it, the wardrobe was tidy, all the clothes hanging from coat hangers, and the walls were deprived of any marks or dirt. Ash was standing by the shelves, setting his trophy down on one of the compartments. As he turned and walked off, the girls stared at the shelf; medals, trophies, badges and many other valuable achievements covered the whole drawer. Ash had won more events than anyone they had ever known.
Something caught their eyes; a case of four badges, a golden trophy and a picture with Ash and six pokémon; a Tauros, a Lapras, a Bulbasaur, a Squirtle, a Charizard and Pikachu. Ash was holding the trophy in his hands, as he and his pokémon posed for the photo. At the bottom of the picture, a caption read, 'New champion of the Orange Islands'.
"You are the Orange Island champion!" Chrissy squealed, bewildered by the fact that Ash was an actual champion.
"But you said you have never beaten a league until Kalos." Serena queried
"That is true, the Orange Island isn't registered as an official league, but there has been some rumours that it will become official soon."
"So how come you didn't stay as champion?" Chrissy asked
"At the time, I still wanted to travel around, and I couldn't do that if I was champion. Plus I wouldn't have met up with you guys or half the people here. So I asked the former champion, Drake, to fill in for champion while I am gone." Serena and Chrissy were blown away by the maturity and common sense Ash was showing. Sometimes, Ash was way too intelligent for his own good; he could get any girl to fall for him, if he wanted to. "Anyway, let's go downstairs, I still haven't said hello to any of my pokémon yet." Ash concludes.
As the three walk past one of the rooms on the second floor, the door opens, and Grace and Professor Sycamore walk out, yawning and stretching their arms. Then they see Ash, Serena and Chrissy running down the stairs. "Hello, Ash, girls, where are you rushing off to?" Grace asked.
"Well, I still haven't said hello to my pokémon yet, so we were going to get everyone and go out to the ranch out the back. Do you want to join us? Ash answered politely.
"Sure we would love to join you." Grace said, as the professor, as fast as lightning, ran back into the bedroom. Not a second later, he bolts out and stops in front of the group. He was holding a clipboard, a pen, a video camera, a microphone, a set of headphones and an amplifier.
"Come on everyone, let's go." He booms in delight. The others sweatdrop at his actions,
"I've never seen him this excited before." Serena comments.
"I remember one time, Professor Oak had come over to talk to my mum about something he was researching, and he saw me walk in with Bagon. I was covered in bruises and cuts, as I had jumped off a cliff with a makeshift hang glider made out of bed sheets."
"You did what?" the three girls scream.
"Well Bagon have a rite of passage that, when they are of a certain age, must jump off a cliff. My Bagon was different, as he was scared and didn't want to jump off. So I told him I would do it with him. We jumped and jumped until the hang glider broke. The funny thing was that it worked, well, it did until the right wing was ripped to shreds when I flew too close to a low hanging tree branch and it cut the fabric."
Serena and Chrissy were astounded by what Ash had just told them. The lengths Ash was willing to go to help a friend in need. Grace was surprised as well, 'Arceus knows how brave this boy is.' She thought.
"Well, let's go find the others and go see my pokémon." The others were in the lounge room still. "Hey everyone, we are going outside to go see the pokémon. Who wants to come with us?" There was a chant of agreement, mainly from Professor Oak, Professor Sycamore, Bonnie, Max and Alexa. As they walk through the kitchen, everyone who had seen Ash's pokémon react to seeing Ash knew to brace themselves. Ash opened the door and stepped outside, the others following close behind.
From out the front of the property, the house looked big. Inside, it looked ginormous, but out the back, where the pokémon were looked after and sheltered was larger than the whole of Pallet Town, though wasn't as big as Professor Oak's lab was. As everyone gathered around each other, Professor Sycamore, Grace, Serena, Chrissy, Clemont, Bonnie, and Alexa were all astonished at the vast size of the ranch, which accumulated to be larger than a city in the least. Forests, mountainous areas, volcanoes, a large cave system, lakes, and large meadowy plains covered the land. The group gathered on one of the larger grasslands, where they were all turning in circles, trying to grasp the full extent of the scene.
"Okay, how big is this place?" Chrissy squeaked out, surprised by the sheer enormity of the ranch, her jaw lying on the floor.
"About 100 hectares, give or take." Ash says as he sees Pikachu talking to a Bulbasaur, his Bulbasaur. "Hey Pikachu, Bulbasaur." Ash calls out. The two pokémon turn to him and bound over to where he was standing. Pikachu jumped onto his shoulder, nuzzling his neck, as Bulbasaur leaped into his chest, Ash managing to catch him just before the pokémon made contact with his chest. "How are you doing, buddy?" Ash asked the grass type.
"Bulba saur Bulbasaur saur Bulbasaur." It chanted happily. Ash set him down, before turning his head to face Pikachu.
"So buddy, how does it feel to be back hom-" Ash started before the ground started to rumble.
"Is that an earthquake?" Grace shouted over the noise, covering her ears, while trying to keep her balance. Suddenly, a stampede of Tauros came over a small hill, running straight at Ash.
"Ash, look out!" Serena, Chrissy, May and Dawn try to shout, but it was too late. The bull pokémon ran straight into Ash. The girls were extremely worried and concerned for Ash, as he would have been hurt by the encounter. But for some reason, instead of shouts of pain, they heard laughter; the Tauros were licking Ash.
"Hey I want to be licked by Tauros". Bonnie cried, as she runs into the pile and starts to laugh as the bulls lick her. "It tickles so much!" She squeals in delight.
"Bonnie, get out of there, Aipom arm go." Clemont ordered, as a purple arm with three white appendages protruding from the point, extended from the back of backpack, makes its way towards the stack of Tauros, and pulls Bonnie out. The arm sets her down next to Clemont, pats her head, and then returns to the bag. Bonnie pouted, crossing her arms in the process.
"But I want to be licked by Tauros." She moaned.
"Just stand still and wait for a minute or two for Ash to get out." After a moment the pokémon finally let him go. When they did though, he was covered in slimey saliva.
"Well that went better than last time." Ash said as he dries himself off with a towel that Red had already gotten, as if he knew what was going to happen. "Last time, they broke the fence, and Pikachu and I had to mend it ourselves; it took a couple hours for us to finally finish fixing the fence." He chuckled. "Okay, everyone brace yourselves, this is going to get nasty." Ash turns around. Putting his thumb and index finger in his mouth, he lets loose a loud whistle.
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, suddenly, a loud roar called, the sound waves rolling across the landscape. From every direction, pokémon swarmed towards the clearing. The first pokémon to reach the trainer resembled a pale yellow sauropod dinosaur or a lizard. A large leaf shaped like a scythe protruded from its head. Curled leaf-like growths, which seemed to be buds with small tree shoots inside, sprouted in a ring around its neck, and it had red eyes, a short, blunt snout, and a short, pointed tail. There was one large toenail on each of its four feet. It slammed into Ash knocking him off his feet. "Bay, Bayleef Bay Bay!" it called, nuzzling her trainer's chest and head.
"Aww, it's so cute!" Bonnie exclaimed. Bayleef seemed to hear her, as she looked over and saw a group of people. She stared at the girls intensely, before getting off of Ash and standing in between the girls and Ash, wanting to keep him for herself. Ash realised what she was doing and got up, putting a hand on the pokémon's head.
"It's okay, Bayleef, these are my friends. They wanted to meet everyone."
Ash turns around, so that he could view his pokémon. The others, especially the two professors, Bonnie, Max and Gary, were staring at the large group of pokémon in front of them.
There was a Charizard, a Kingler, a Muk, a Snorlax, a Heracross, a Quliava, a Totodile, a Noctowl, a Donphan, a Swellow, a Sceptile, a Corphish, a Torkoal, a Glalie, a Staraptor, a Torterra, an Infernape, a Buizel, a Gliscor, a Gible, an female Unfezant, an Oshawatt, a Pignite, a Snivy, a Scraggy, a Leavanny, a Palpitoad, a Boldore, a Krookodile, which for some strange reason was wearing a pair of black and red sunglasses, a Butterfree, a Pidgeot, a Squirtle, a Lapras and a Primeape, with a P1 champion belt around its body.
The professors were writing down note after note about the pokémon in front of them. Gary, being Gary, asked in a mocking tone, "They're alright, I guess. But what pokémon did you catch in Kalos?"
"Well, since you asked so politely, I just might do so." Ash retorted. He grabs several pokéballs from his hip, and throws them into the air, as they released their contents. The crowd gazed upon the forms that were revealed from inside the balls, everyone, except for Chrissy, Bonnie, Serena, and Clemont, who had been on the journey with Ash, and Delia, who talked to Ash whenever she could, were wide eyed at the pokémon that had appeared before them. There was a Greninja, a Talonflame, a Noivern, a Hawlucha, a Goodra, a Lucario, a Tyrantrum, and a shiny Salamence. They tilted their heads towards the sky, and roared, Salamence and Tyrantrum shooting Flamethrowers into the air. This caused a chain reaction, as the other pokémon started to mimic their actions; some roaring, while others shooting flames skyward.
"Hey Ash, aren't you forgetting someone?" Serena asked, as realisation dawned on Ash's face,
"Right, thanks for reminding me, go pokéball." From the pokéball, an Eevee came forth, swivelling its head from side to side, before finally spotting Ash. He leaped into the trainer's arms, and snuggled into his chest. "Hey, Eevee, how are you doing."
"Eevee!" He cheered, before jumping back onto the ground and running over to the group of pokémon, with Pikachu following him. The Kalos team walked over to the group, as Tyrantrum, Salamence and Lucario introduced them to the rest of the pokémon. Bayleef lumbered over and stood next to Bulbasaur, before starting a conversation with him, and the thirty odd Tauros ran into the huddle as well. All of Ash's pokémon together, as one large family, bring a smile to his face; they had all trained so hard, relentlessly. Now it had paid off.
"What the, is that your Bagon, Tyrunt, Froakie, and Riolu from camp, when we were younger?" Red asked.
"Yeah, they, along with everyone else, have come so far since back then, haven't we guys?" The pokémon all cheered, before returning to their conversations. "You guys can send out your pokémon as well, if you want to." Ash said before walking running over to his pokémon.
"Alright then, come on out, guys." Red yelled, throwing multiple pokéballs into the air, releasing a shiny Druddigon, a Charizard, an Arcanine, a Dragonair, a Nidoking, and a Gyarados. He then went inside and grabbed the rest of his pokéballs and threw them out as well. Watching the many white forms take shape was an amazing sight. When the light ceased, before them stood a Raichu, a Pidgeot, a Beedrill, and an Aerodactyl. The other's grin widely, before grabbing their own pokéballs, and throwing them across the plain. From Misty; a Psyduck, a Gyarados, an Azurill, a Staramie, a Horsea, and a Corsola were released, landing in one of the lakes; a Croagunk, a Steelix, a Geodude, a Crobat, a Forretress, and a Sudowoodo came from Brock's pokéballs, either saluting him or walking off to the other pokémon; Gary released an Electivire, an Umbreon, an Arcanine, a Blastoise, a Nidoking, and a Scizor, which all roared loudly upon being released; May revealed her Blaziken, Skitty, Munchlax, Wartortle, Venusaur, and Glaceon onto the plain next to Ash's pokémon; followed by Dawn's Piplup, Buneary, Pachirisu, Mamoswine, Quliava, and Togekiss; next was Serena and Chrissy's pokémon, which were Chu the Pikachu, Braixen, Sylveon, and Pancham, and Brionne, Braixen, and Absol, respectively; and finally came Clermont's pokémon, which were his Heliolisk, Bunnelby, Magnemite, Magneton, Chespin and Luxray. Dedenne hopped out of Bonnie's bag and ran to Pikachu.
"So many wonderful pokémon. This could be amazing for my research." Professor Oak exclaimed, as Professor Sycamore wrote down notes, and Alexa took a video of the scene. Professor Oak turned to Ash, "Is there anymore secrets that you are hiding, Ash?"
"Well, maybe..." Ash replied, hesitantly, not really wanting to show it. Luckily for him, his Charizard roared at Red's Charizard, before embracing him in a hug. Red's Charizard would act like the older brother to the younger dragon, as Ash's Charizard was found by Ash as a young Charmander, and, at the time, Red's Charizard was a Charmeleon, so he was dubbed as the older brother.
"Aw, that is so sweet." Alexa said, recording the spectacle with her camera. Her Helioptile chirped from her shoulder, then jumped off of her and landing on the ground, scuttling over to the large group of pokémon.
What really caught everyone's attention was Pikachu. He was surrounded by Dawn's Buneary, May's Glaceon, and Serena's Pikachu, Chu. He looked embarrassed; his cheeks were a darker red than usual, and he was scratching the back of his head, like Ash did when he was embarrassed.
"Well, Ash, your Pikachu seems to be a notorious ladies man..." Grace observed, as she turned around and saw Ash surrounded by Serena, Chrissy, Dawn and May.
"Wow, Ash, I didn't know you had so many pokémon." Dawn proclaimed, stars in her eyes, rosy red cheeks and a large smile plastered on her face.
"I know right, they are awesome." Chrissy added, acting like Dawn was. The four girls continued to compliment the raven-haired trainer, as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, like Pikachu was before.
"Like trainer, like pokémon." Grace said to herself, giggling at their plight. Everyone stayed outside for a while, playing with the pokémon and talking between one another. A couple hours later, Delia came out with platefuls of food, which she set down on a long table, next to the lake. Mr. Mime used Psychic to lift up all the pokémon food bowls, and set them down on the grass, the smallest bowls were the size of a dinner plate, while the largest, for Snorlax, would of been able to fit a small car into it. Delia called out to the crowd of people and pokémon,
"Dinner is served, everyone, bon appetite." Everyone came running towards the table. Snorlax had somehow got their first before any one else, and started to eat all his food. By the time everyone had sat down at the table, Snorlax's bowl was completely empty, licked clean from any crumb that may have escaped the sleeping pokémon's massive mouth. Content with the food that filled his stomach, Snorlax yawned and fell onto his back, overcome by sleepy thoughts. Yawning once more, he stretched his arms above his head, before falling to sleep, everyone sweatdropping at the pokémon's obsession of sleep.
"Well, I guess we should start eating, shall we?" Delia commented and started putting food on her plate, causing everyone to quickly grab any food they could get their hands on. As everyone finished grabbing their food, Ash finally reached over to the get some food, having waited for everyone else had gotten their food, before getting his.
"Since when have you had table manners, Ashy-boy?" Gary gawked.
"Well, it started in Hoenn, May showed me what I should act like when around a woman, I honed them in Sinnoh, with the help of Dawn, and I perfected them in Kalos, thanks to Serena and Chrissy." He said, as everyone stared at the four girls, wondering how they could turn an all out eating machine, to the well-mannered teenaged boy, who was actually using a knife and fork to eat, instead of his hands. The girls flushed red from the attention, and stared down at their plates in embarrassment.
After a while, everyone stopped gawking at Ash and the four girls, and started to eat their, now cold, food. Soon after that, everyone was finished, and were conversing between themselves, "So Ash what are you planning to do next?" Delia asked. The girls were hopeful that he would be doing something that they could do with him, and spend some time with him, preferably alone. Ash thought for a moment before answering,
"I have no clue, I will probably stay here for awhile, until I figure out what I want to do next. Is that alright with you, mum?" He responded, noticing the girl's faces light up as he said this, but acted like he didn't see it.
"That is fine, sweetheart, it will be nice to have some company around the house."
Red and Mr. Mime looked offended, "What am I, chopped liver?" "Mime Mr. Mime ime?"
"I'm sorry Red, Mimey, I didn't mean to offend you. But I know for a fact that you two are happy that he will be staying here for a change."
"Yeah, you're right." "Mr. Mime."
"Then it's settled, I'm staying here." He shouted, startling the people around him. "Sorry about that." He says, as Brock calms down from almost jumping out of his skin, a piece of bread sticking out from his mouth.
A few hours later, everyone was inside, and getting ready for bed, as it was quite late at night. Those who were still up, which was Ash, Dawn, May, Red, Chrissy and Serena, were watching a late night comedy movie, called Mudbray (Jackass). When it was finally over, Ash looked around to see Serena and Chrissy, one on either side of him, leaning on his shoulders, May's head on his lap, and Dawn's head lying on his chest. All four of them were fast asleep. Red turned the T.V. off and turned around. He saw the girls lying on top of Ash and chuckled at his predicament, before walking up the stairs to go to their room to sleep. Ash sighed before picking the girls up, easily, mind you, and carried them to their rooms. As he lay each one down on their beds, he tucked them in, and kissed them on their foreheads,
"Sweet dreams, girls. Thank you for being in my life." He whispered, before walking to the door and closing it, not witnessing the girls smiling in their sleep.
Ash made his way upstairs, and into his room. His brother was already sound asleep, baffling Ash, before he shook it off, smiling, 'I swear, he is going to turn into a Snorlax one of these days.' He thought, as he got dressed for bed. As he slipped under the sheets, his mind wondered to the four girls, Arceus above, they were perfect. As his mind wondered, his drowsiness took over, pulling him into a deep sleep.
Ash's Dreamscape:
"Whoa." Ash was standing in a large room; well, room didn't describe it properly. It was much larger than the Silph company building, much larger, and almost ten times as wide. The walls, lit by torchlight, were pearl white, and decorated in mosaics, forming pictures of all the legendary and mythical pokémon alive. The roof, which slanted upwards was made of glass; so you could see stars and planets, was held upright by tall, cylindrical columns, forming arches as they reached the roof. The floor was made of polished granite, smooth and shiny. Before him, a long marble table, surrounded by what looked a lot like thrones; each seemed to be coloured differently to represent a different legendary or mythical pokémon, stretched for at least a couple hundred metres, before ending at a platform, elevated from the rest of the room, stairs leading to the large platinum throne, that sat atop of the platform. This place was beautiful.
"Where am I?"
"You are in the Hall of Legends, Chosen One." A voice boomed across the room. A bright light illuminated the whole room, causing Ash to cover his eyes to shield the brightness. When the light dissipated, the large throne that was on the platform was no longer empty. There was now a large pokémon sitting on it. It was a white equine resembling a qilin or centaur with a grey, vertically striated underside. The striated pattern had similar recurrences on the underside of its mane, tail, and face. Its four pointed feet were tipped with golden hooves. Its long mane jutted away from its head, and its face was grey, with green eyes and red pupils, and a green circular pattern below its eyes. It also had a streak of gold colouration on its head, and ears that pointed upwards. Its neck was fairly long, with two pairs of extrusions on each side, and a flap-like feature on the neck's underside that was coloured white, like much of its body. It also had a golden cross-like wheel attached to its body by its round abdomen, which kept changing colours every time it blinked. The wheel also had four jewels attached to it. The pattern of striated grey of its underbelly resumed past its waist. Its limbs had grey undersides and extrusions at the tops of its legs. Its tail was fairly like its mane in shape and colouration. It was Arceus, creator of the Universe, divine lord of the pokémon world. He lay majestically upon his throne, head raised in the air, while looking down on the newcomer.
Ash bowed before the large pokémon, "Lord Arceus." He said, head lowered to the ground.
"Please rise, Chosen One, we have much to discuss." The deity said.
"Is there a reason for summoning me, Lord Arceus?"
"Yes, there is, and it is something that I need to inform you of."
"Okay, what may this request be, Arceus? I will always be willing to go the lengths for anyone who is in need of my help." Ash says, gaining more respect from Arceus for his statement. Arceus takes a deep breath, before starting,
"Chosen One, in the future, I foresee an event that could end all life as we know it, if it is not combatted. This danger is inevitable, unless stopped by someone of a hero's blood, along with his pokémon. This hero is the only one capable of saving the world from this disaster, and this person is you." Arceus takes another breath, "I also foresee a tournament, which will be held in 5 years time. You will need to attend to this tournament, to test your strength and finesse at. But during this 5 year duration leading up to the tournament, you must train harder than ever before, without distraction or human interaction." Arceus let that sink in.
Realisation dawned on Ash, "I won't be able to contact anyone for 5 years." He said quietly
"I am sorry, Chosen One, but it must be done. I have already found training sites in each region, of which you will alternate between, plus a main site, for which you will commonly use as headquarters. These places are; Cerulean Cave in Kanto, Shamouti Island in the Orange Archipelago, Mount Ember in the Sevii Islands, Mount Quena in Johto, Mirage Mountain in Hoenn, Stark Mountain in Sinnoh, Giant Chasm in Unova, the Deserted Island in the Decalore Islands, the Unknown Dungeon in Kalos, and Clawed Hill in Alola. Your headquarters will be at the summit of Mount Silver. These places are recorded to be the most dangerous and isolated places in the world, so you will have no trouble training at an intense level. But, you will also need to travel around the world to catch more pokémon, accomplish missions that I, or one of the other legendries, give you, and to train your aura powers. You do know about your aura, don't you?"
"I do, my lord," Ash spoke, telepathically to the legendary, "But know one knows, and I hope it can stay that way. I have had some close calls, like in Sinnoh, when I had to find that wild Riolu, and when I had to heal Mew in the Tree of Beginning. Fortunately, I have been lucky enough to have not been noticed."
"Very well," Arceus chuckles, "You will be able to master it with the help of you Lucario, as well as a second pokémon that I assume you will be aware of," Arceus inclines his head, towards the roof, before shouting, "Come forth!"
A large, purple portal opened, and a pokémon flies through the opening. The pokémon was a bipedal, humanoid creature with feline features. It was primarily gray with a long, purple tail. On the top of its head were two short, blunt horns, and it had purple eyes. A tube extended from the back of its skull to the top of its spine, bypassing its neck. It had a defined chest and shoulders, which resembled a breastplate. There were three digits on each hand and its feet had spherical tips. Its tail was thick at the base, but narrows before ending at a small bulb. It floated over to Arceus, bowing his head to the deity, "Greetings, Lord Arceus." He says, before turning to Ash,
"Hello, Ash, long time, no see." Judging by the masculine voice, Ash knew that this Mewtwo was the one he helped in Johto, not the female Mewtwo from Unova.
"It has Mewtwo, I hope you have been well."
"I have, so has Arceus filled you in on the situation?"
"He knows all that I have known, Mewtwo." Arceus commented, "Are there any questions that you have for me Ash?"
"Yes I have a few; who, out of all my pokémon, should I take with me, where shall I go in the beginning, and when will I start?"
"Firstly, you will be able to take all your pokémon with you. I have granted your pokédex with the ability to carry as many pokémon as you want, without a limit, but after you have mastered your aura training, if you are away from your training sites, you will be able to summon the pokémon's pokéballs, wherever you go. Secondly, when you are ready to leave, Mewtwo will take you to Mount Silver, to start your training. And thirdly, you will start as soon as you wake up. Anything else?"
"No, my lord. I hope I can make you proud." He says before he and Mewtwo disappear, leaving Arceus alone in the great hall,
"You already have, Chosen One." He says, before staring up at the stars above him.
Reality:
Ash opens his eyes, slowly, light seeping in through the window. He blinks a couple times, before sitting up. He looked around, and saw that he was in his room, still in bed. Red was still asleep, silently snoring. "It was all just a strange dream, but then why do I remember it so vividly?" he says.
"Maybe because it wasn't a dream."
Ash almost hit the roof. Mewtwo was sitting at the end of his bed, smirking. Ash pauses, as he thinks over what had happened while he was asleep. A moment later, he makes a statement, "Let me get ready, gather my pokémon, and say goodbye to everyone before we leave, ok Mewtwo?"
"Ok, but remember, no one is allowed to accompany us, or allowed to contact us, or know what we are doing, or..."
"Ok, I get, Arceus wants this to be confidential. Jeez, stop nagging me, I don't need to mums." Ash complained. Mewtwo smiled.
Ash slipped out of bed, tiptoed past Red's bed, as he was still sleeping, and out the door. He walks down the hallway, and the first set of stairs. As he reaches the second floor, he creeps into the walk-in wardrobe, and grabs a hoodie, a vest, an undershirt, a pair of jeans, several pairs of underpants (his mum would never let him go out on a journey without at least three pairs of underwear), a pair of socks, his joggers, and his baseball hat. Now fully dressed, he runs down the last flight of stairs, seizes his bag from the lounge room coffee table, and stuffs the spare clothes into the bag. As he reaches the lab, he takes all his pokéballs and his pokédex, which was updating something, and walks out to the ranch. The morning air was cold, and there was a slight breeze. He finds all his pokémon sleeping on the grass, Pikachu already awake and playing with Eevee, as he was too excited to go to sleep. The two pokémon see Ash standing there, with everyone's pokéballs piled in his arms. Pikachu's instincts kicked in, knowing whatever was about to happen would change their lives forever.
Ash sets down the pokéballs, puts his fingers to his lips and whistles. All the pokémon wake up, see Ash and give him their full attention, "Ok, everyone, listen up. We have work to do."
By the time everyone else was awake, Ash had eaten breakfast, fed all his pokémon, and returned them to their pokéballs, gotten everything he needed and packed it into his bag and brushed his teeth. When they all walked downstairs, they were surprised to see Ash, fully dressed and packed, with Pikachu on his shoulder, as if he was going out. He was watching a battle on the T.V., while drinking some hot chocolate, and conversing with a strange grey and purple pokémon, that most of them hadn't seen before. Those that had, which were Misty and Brock, had wide eyes and their jaws on the floor.
"I just don't know how to t-" Ash was saying, before noticing that the others had finally come downstairs, "Good morning, guys"
"Is that Mewtwo?" Brock said, making, Professor Sycamore, Professor Oak, and Delia take note pads out of thin air, and start jotting down notes and photos.
"Hello, Misty, Brock. It has been a while."
"Did that pokémon just speak?" May asked.
"It is called telepathy, it is the communication of thoughts or ideas by means other than the known senses. Such pokémon as Beheeyem, Medicham, Gardevoir and Lucario can speak telepathically, as well as all legendries." Ash recited, causing everyone to gawk at the fact that Ash had just said something intelligent, as the three professors kept writing down notes. Though there was something wrong, and someone had picked up on it,
"Hey Ash, why is your bag packed?" Red asked.
Ash looks at both Mewtwo and Pikachu, who both nod. He then took a deep breath, before opening his mouth, "I'm leaving for a while." This caused an uproar of questions and comments, most of which were about going with him.
"Where are you going, Ashy-Boy?" Gary asked
"What will you be doing?" Delia questioned
"Can I come with you?" May queries, with Serena, Dawn and Chrissy all nodding their heads in agreement.
"First off, no one is allowed to know where I am going, know what I'm doing or allowed to join me. Everything I am about to do is confidential, and I have Mewtwo as my witness." Everyone stares at Mewtwo, who nods.
"But then why are you doing it?" Chrissy says.
"Again, I can't answer that question, but I will say that it is for a good cause."
"Then here is something to remember me by." Dawn says. She walks up to him, grabs his hand and gives him a ribbon. "This was my first ever ribbon, please don't forget us." Dawn moves closer to him, and pecks him on the cheek, both of them going red. When she had finished, May walked up to him and gives him a ribbon as well,
"Here is my first contest ribbon, please keep it for good luck." She whispers, as she also gives him a kiss.
"And here, have these blue and pink ribbons, the ones you gave us in Coumarine City." Serena as she and Chrissy come up and kiss Ash, one on each cheek, making his already red face turn crimson. Ash was frozen, unable to register what had just happened. Everyone else was either, gawking, giggling or smiling, despite the situation at hand.
"Pikapi Pika chu Pichu" Pikachu said, as it waved its paw in front of Ash's face, causing him to come back to reality.
"Thanks buddy." He replied, rubbing behind Pikachu's ear. Pikachu coos in delight.
"Ash, we must be leaving." Mewtwo says, as everybody comes to terms with what was about to happen.
"Ok, Mewtwo just let me say my goodbyes." He replies, as he walks around room to where Brock was standing. He shakes his hand, "I'll miss you, Brock."
"I'll miss you too, Ash." Was Brock's answer, shaking his hand as well. Ash then moved on to Misty.
"We will see each other again, don't worry." Ash says gently, giving Misty a friendly hug, which she returned.
"We will meet again." She replies. After releasing him, Ash moves onto the next person, and repeats this process, until there were only six people left,
"Mum, Red, don't worry about me, I'll be fine." He says, embracing them.
"We know you will, Bro." Red replied.
"I'm so proud of you Ash," she says, as they finish the hug, "But remember to pack clean und-"
"I know, mum. Arceus above, you're almost as bad as Mewtwo." He groans, making Mewtwo and Delia, smile in victory. Finally, Ash turns to the four girls, all of who had tears threatening to fall down their rosy red cheeks.
"Serena, May, Dawn and Chrissy," each girl blushed as the heard him say their name, "You four have kept me going my whole life, from meeting Serena and Chrissy at the Pokémon Summer School, to meeting May, to meeting Dawn, and then to reuniting with Serena and Chrissy in Kalos, you have been my biggest inspiration. For that, I thank you." Then Ash did something that he had never done in public before, and something that the others thought that they would never see as long as they lived; he kissed May on the lips. Their soft lips collided. May was shocked at first, before melting into the kiss. A brief moment later, the kiss ended, as Ash also did the same with Dawn, and Serena. Once Ash had finished with Serena, who looked like she was about to faint, he moved towards Chrissy. Before Ash could do anything, Chrissy rushed forwards, and crashed into him, as their lips touched. The kiss was a passionate one, and took a while for it to end. When it did, Chrissy had a blissful look on her face, as if she was daydreaming.
'I wonder how many grandchildren I will have.' Delia thought, as she suppressed her giggles, 'It doesn't matter, though; I will love them all.'
"Ash, it is time to leave." Mewtwo reminded Ash, who nods in acknowledgement.
"Ok, Mewtwo, I'm ready. Let's do this." Ash replies, as he, Mewtwo and Pikachu glow for a second before disappearing in a bright, pink flash. Everyone looked dejectedly at the spot where the trainer had stood seconds before. Well, all except the girls, who were still in their own little worlds.
"He kisses like an angel." May mumbled
"It felt amazing." Were the words that came out of Dawn's mouth.
"I feel like I'm floating on a cloud" Chrissy sighed
"Where did he learn to kiss like that?" Serena questioned. Then all of a sudden, the girls squealed out in happiness and joy. Then reality sunk in, "We will never see him again."
"No need to worry Serena. We will find him." Dawn said, putting an arm around the girl.
"I wonder where he is now..." Chrissy said.
Mt Silver Summit
A bright glow bathed the rocky landscape, before dying out, revealing a boy, a Pikachu and a Mewtwo. "Ok Mewtwo, first things first. When do we start this aura training?"
Mewtwo smiled. This was going to be a fun 5 years.
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