A/N I do not own Pokemon. I am sorry that it took so long to update as I realized that I have trouble writing long battles so from now on I will be only writing a 6v6 battle at most in a chapter. I would like to thank Reaper4991 for beta reading the chapter. Now if any of my readers are homophobic in anyway the end of this chapter is not for you. Do not worry it is not Ash and there are no details just the mention of a homosexual relationship. The plot point only has one impact happening way later down the road so it wont be in the story much and I will put a warning before it. Thank you for you patience and enjoy the next chapter of the Champion Elite.
Chapter : Kanto's Champion vs Sinnoh's Best Pt 2
Before Ash could even ask who was calling, a voice erupted from the phone, "BIG BROTHER!" Ashley exclaimed loudly in excitement causing Ash to flinch away from his phone due to the volume.
"Ashley, I thought I told you to use your inside voice while on the phone and I thought I told you that you should only call me if it is an emergency." Ash lightly scolded the young girl while turning on the video feature and saw Ashley show up on the little screen.
Ashley smiled seeing her brother on the screen, "But I'm outside big brother." Ashley stated as if it was the most obvious thing in the world making Ash hold back a smile at the innocence his sister had.
"Well what about when I told you to only call me if there was an emergency?" Ash sighed knowing that she took things literally all of the time, though from what he remembered he did too so it isn't that surprising.
Ashley pouted and exclaimed, "But it is an emergency!"
"What is the emergency then Ashley." The Kanto Champion responds knowing that it was more than likely not going to be more than an emergency in her eyes only.
Once he saw the puppy dog eyes coming from his little sister, he knew that he was correct in that assumption, "I missed you." Ashley stated in her cutest voice possible getting some "awes" from the females in the area.
The Champion of Kanto sighed slightly shaking his head at his sister's antics, "I missed you too. How are you doing with the assignment that I gave you before I left?" Ash asked since he wanted to know if he should expect May to still be down when he got home.
The girl's face lit up at the fact that she could tell her big brother her progress in her 'mission' as she liked to call it, "Rosy has been playing with me all day today. Me, Starry, and Tini cheered her up." She stated with a smile making Ash raise an eyebrow.
"Why did you give her that nickname?" Ash was curious why Rosy was the nickname that Ashley gave May.
The little girl smiled, "Well I called her Sissy for a while, but every time I did her cheeks got all red so now I call her Rosy. I tried to ask mommy why she was doing that but she just laughed at me telling me I would understand when I'm older." She stated as her smile quickly turned into a pout making Ash raise an eyebrow.
"Speaking of mother, where is she?" Ash asks knowing that the phone that she was using was most likely his mother's.
As if on cue a faint voice came over the phone, "Ashley where are you? I know you took my phone."
Ashley widened her eyes before turning back to the phone, "Bye big brother, I love you." The young girl said frantically before ending the call.
Ash chuckled underneath his breath, "I swear that girl will be the death of me." He then turned to his next opponent, "So are you ready to give me your best shot Flint?" Ash asked smirking as he saw a fire ignite in Flint's eyes.
"Don't think that just because you have the type advantage that I will be an easy win." Flint responded with his usual fiery passion before releasing his first Pokémon Rapidash.
Ash smiled, "I wouldn't dream of it, but I will let you make the first move." Ash offered as Greninja stood ready.
"Rapidash, use Sunny Day." Flint called out as the sun immediately seemed to get brighter and the battlefield's temperature increased by 10 degrees making everyone a little uncomfortable.
Ash, knowing that water attacks will be useless as the shuriken on his Pokémon's back was barely holding together, responded by calling out his first attack, "Greninja use Night Slash." The ninja frog Pokémon charged the fire horse but his opponent was too nimble and easily dodged the attack. The Kanto Champion then proceeded to praise his opponent, "I am impressed it is not often that Greninja is out sped by a Pokémon."
"Rapidash is nearly as fast as Cynthia's Garchomp." Flint replies before calling out his attack "Rapidash use, Solar Beam." He ordered as the Pokémon gathered energy from the sun and launched the blast within seconds. Greninja was barely able to dodge the attack and, before the fire horse could launch another attack like that, he charged at his opponent with a night slash at the ready, "Don't let him get close to you Rapidash, so use Solar Beam to blast him away." Greninja only got within five feet of Rapidash before the beam was launched and he had to attack the blast before it connected.
The ninja frog was able to cut the blast in half with his attack but the explosion that came from the collision threw him back to his starting position. Greninja glanced back at his trainer whom just gave him a nod, "You know what to do." Ash stated and Greninja nodded then preformed Double Team causing there to be multiples of the frog.
Flint paid close attention to who was the real Greninja, but before he was able to tell his Pokémon the right one to attack all of the Greninjas began weaving with each other and he quickly lost track of the real one, "Rapidash just keep using Solar Beam until you hit the real one." Flint called out to his Pokémon, who began to launch a barrage of Solar Beams. The constant stream of attacks quickly reduced the number of Greninjas back down to one but when the fire horse tried to launch the finishing blow, the sunlight died down meaning Rapidash was now stuck charging it's attack and Greninja was now back at full power.
"Greninja, use Hydro Pump." Ash called out to his Pokémon as a torrent of water came from the ninja frog's mouth scoring a direct hit sending the horse back.
The fire horse collapsed from the damage and Flint recalled him knowing that his Pokémon was out for the count. He quickly tossed out his next Pokémon as well as calling out its first attack "Magmortar, use Thunderbolt." The fire Pokémon pointed his cannon at Greninja and a lightning bolt was fired at Greninja. The ninja frog Pokémon was only able to dodge because he anticipated an attack once the arm cannon was pointed in his direction.
Ash used his Aura to communicate with his Pokémon telepathically, 'Greninja you need to clog those arm cannons. Using Ice Beam should do the trick.' Greninja scoffed at his trainer since that was what he was trying to get into position to do while dodging the constant Thunderbolts being fired at him. Flint wasn't going to fall for the same trick twice and called for his Pokémon to stop his attack so that he could let Greninja become the attacker to flip the script on his opponent. Ash was surprised as from the little that he knew about Flint's battle tactics that he was always on offense and never liked to play defensively and that could be used to his advantage.
When Greninja charged at Magmortar, Flint called out to his Pokémon "Magmortar, use Fire Spin to cloak you in fire." Flint called knowing it would block any attack Greninja tried to use.
Ash did not even have to tell his Pokémon his next move as Greninja had already jumped up into the air directly above his opponent and launched an Ice Beam. The frozen beam continuously was hitting the dome of fire protection producing water that was quickly weakening it.
Flint instantly saw this and knew the chance of being hit by the Ice Beam was going to cause much less damage then the eventual downpour of water so he yelled to his Pokémon, "Magmortar, stop using Fire Spin but quickly get out of there."
The fire Pokémon was able to dodge the Ice Beam and the water from above but ran into his opponent whom was preparing his next attack. "Greninja, use Water Pledge." Ash called out as the ninja frog performed a hand sign and began to be raised into the air on a pillar of water that when it descended washed away Magmortar knocking him out. Maybe it was because Flint already saw how powerful Greninja was, but his opponent did not act nearly as hot headed as he thought he would be, "I had thought you would be showing your famed hot headedness a lot more than you are." Ash stated curiously and saw the others smirk at bit at the jab.
Flint smirked, "That was the case before I began to get used to getting my butt handed to me by my Champion and with how easily you handled Aaron and Bertha, I assumed that your Greninja would be as strong as her Garchomp. This just gives me another opportunity to test my strength against one of the elite Pokémon trainers." Flint stated with a grin since he liked fighting strong opponents.
"Well then let's see what you are made of then." The Champion from Kanto smiled seeing that his Intel coming from Sinnoh was in need of an update.
"Flareon, it is your turn to take to the battlefield." Flint said sending out his next Pokémon who looked like he was ready to battle immediately. Flint shouted out his order, "Flareon use Sunny Day then use Flame Charge." The sun got brighter almost immediately before both Ash and Greninja became surprised at the speed of their opponent as the ninja frog used his past experiences of fighting other Flareons as a judging point and got punished for it as the attack caught it. However, it wasn't enough to stop the Ninja Frog.
Ash then admitted, "You have trained your Flareon very well as all of the ones that I have ever faced were only about half as fast as yours." Ash stated since he wanted his opponent to know that he was impressed.
"Thanks for the complement, but it does not mean anything to me unless I can knock your Greninja out." The fire type Elite Four member replied while proud of how fast his Flareon was compared to others that the Kanto Champion has faced, "Flareon, use Fire Blast." The fire type Elite Four member called out as his Pokémon proceeded to launch the attack at Greninja.
Even though the incoming attack was launched at a much greater speed than it had normally faced, the ninja frog Pokémon easily dodged it and charged preparing his counter attack, "Greninja, use Hydro Pump." Ash said when Greninja was within a few feet of his opponent.
"Flareon, counter with Fire Blast." Flint responded to his opponent as the two attacks then proceeded to cover the field in a steam cloud. The fire Pokémon frantically looked for its opponent but was having no luck unlike Greninja whom had trained in these types of conditions several times with his trainer. Greninja used Night Slash to score a direct hit knocking Flareon out of steam cloud as it was dispersing revealing the ninja frog. Flint saw that his Flareon was trying to stand out of stubbornness but he clearly had barely enough energy to stand, "Flareon, that's enough, you did a great job so return." Flint called holding out his Pokéball as the fire type relented and was recalled to be able to take a well-deserved rest.
"I am glad I am not the only one who has Pokémon that will never accept when they have lost." Ash said knowing how stubborn fire Pokémon could be.
Flint smiled slightly before sending out his next Pokémon and calling out his first attack hoping to catch his opponent off-guard, "Houndoom, use Dark Pulse." The moment the fire dog was released it sent a ring of black energy towards Greninja who was prepared and was still only able to barely dodge the attack, "Ugh how can your Pokémon be so fast?" Flint said frustrated that the only attack that he was able to connect was when his opponent was careless.
Ash smirked as he knew that the answer was just going to make Flint more frustrated, "Well, it has to do with that one of the fastest Pokémon in the world, Deoxys, is Greninja's training partner." Ash stated with a smirk making Flint chuckle slightly.
"Must be nice to be you." The fire member of the Elite Four responds in a joking tone as he didn't know what else to do but to laugh, "Houndoom use, Solar Beam to take advantage of the sun before it runs out." The attack was launched just in time as the sunlight faded as it was firing but it did not hit its mark as Greninja dodged it with relative ease.
"Let's see how good your Houndoom is when it is on the defensive, Greninja use Water Shuriken." Ash called out knowing that if Flint's Pokémon was going to be better than any of the Houndooms that he has fought; it was going to be in its defensive categories. The fire dog used his Flamethrower to counter it turning the mini shuriken into a light mist over the battlefield, "Greninja, use Ice Beam now." Ash called out and his Pokémon did just that but the beam did not hit Houndoom, it hit the ground below him creating a layer of ice.
Flint immediately knew that he had to get rid of this ice as his Pokémon was barely keeping his footing, "Houndoom, use your Flamethrower to melt the ice before it is too late." However it was too late as Greninja skated across said ice with ease and launched a Hydro Pump at point blank range knocking Houndoom out of the battle. Flint did not waste any time calling out his next Pokémon, "Infernape, use Flamethrower to get rid of this ice." He called before the burst of fire hit the field and once the fire monkey was done the entire battlefield changed from an ice rink to a large puddle.
Ash knew that he could have used this to gain the upper hand if this was a normal battle but because he wanted to see what they could do, he patiently waited to make it an even playing field, "Are you ready to finish our match because Greninja is ready to test your Infernape's power against mine?" The Champion of Kanto asked as his Greninja used their bond to state his feelings towards his next opponent as he had faced Ash's Infernape many times and wanted to see how another stacked up.
Flint grinned and shouted, "Let's show them how strong we are, Infernape use Flamethrower."
"Greninja, counter with Hydro Pump." Ash stated as the fire and water met creating a cloud of steam that clouded the field causing both Pokémon to cease their attacks. The Kanto Champion was quite impressed that his opponent was able to hold his own even with the type disadvantage, but knew that his own would have been able to push his Pokémon's Hydro Pump back,
As the steam dissipated, Flint notice that Ash already made his next move as there were now several replicas of Greninja and knew he had to find the right one quickly, "Infernape, use Thunder Punch to find the real one." Before Ash could even react one of the "clones" was gone so deciding to test the Pokémon's instincts ordered Greninja to throw Water Shuriken even though it will give away his location. Infernape allowed the attack to connect knowing that the only one that hit would be the attack from the true Greninja. While it was obviously in pain, Infernape charged his opponent whom used Night Slash and was only able to block some of the direct damage.
"Greninja are you alright?" Ash asked his Pokémon whom gave him a quick nod before deciding that he could not get hit again with that attack. The frog ninja took the large shuriken and hurled it with all his strength at his opponent scoring a direct hit. Infernape immediately fell to the ground unable to battle and Flint returned his Pokémon while sighing at his defeat. Ash smiled after hearing from his Pokémon, "Greninja saw the potential in your Infernape and knew that if he did not take him seriously there was a chance that he could be defeated. However from the short battle I can still tell that your Infernape is still inferior to my own."
Flint looked at his previous opponent with determination, "Well I look forward to proving you wrong in the tournament." He stated before returning to his Champion and the others. The fire type trainer was curious about his fellow member, Lucian, as he expected his superior to walk towards the battlefield now but he stayed in the same spot that he has been standing in the entire time reading a book, "You know it is your turn Lucian." Flint stated irritated by the fact that Lucian did not even have the courtesy to watch his battle.
Lucian then looked up and asked Ash, "Where would you rank your Greninja in relation to all of your Pokémon in terms of power, disregarding legendaries of course?"
After thinking over the question for a few moments, the Champion of Kanto responded, "Well Greninja would most definitely be on my best team of six Pokémon but if I had to place him on that team, he would probably be third in terms of power."
This stunned the three trainers that had already faced the ninja frog as they know realized why he had no problem testing them even with a type disadvantage. However, this information did not surprise either Lucian or Cynthia as both of them had already determined that this was the case so Lucian made a decision, "Knowing that information, as well as seeing how easily you handled the others, I have already decided that I would stand little to no chance with my Pokémon in their current state and would rather finish my book than battle him so that when this is over I can start training without distractions."
Flint responded, "You could at least battle him to see if you can win or maybe even see what you need to work on." Flint muttered not wanting anyone to think the Sinnoh Elite Four was weak in any way.
"Well I would much rather see how our Champion fairs against one of the strongest trainers in the world." Lucian replied hoping the given answer would satisfy Flint.
Greninja, realizing that his services were no longer required, reverted back to his normal state and gave his trainer his recommendation on who should take his place against the Champion of Sinnoh as he then proceeded towards the children to entertain them. While Cynthia was bummed that she would not get the opportunity to face this strong Pokémon, once she saw the children's faces light up when playing with the water/dark Pokémon that feeling quickly went away. She then approached the battlefield with the Pokéball of the Pokémon she was choosing in hand and wondered what Pokémon her opponent would use, "Which Pokémon will you be using for our one on one battle?" She asked wondering if he knew which she chose or not.
"Don't worry, Greninja and I have both agreed on the Pokémon that would go toe to toe with your Garchomp. Infernape, I choose you." Ash responded with a smirk.
Cynthia gave a fake sigh with a small smile, "I guess I am too predictable." She stated before sending out the land shark Pokémon whom was ready for battle. Cynthia smirked at her challenger, "So you think you can beat me with a type disadvantage?" She asked teasingly and Ash chuckled.
"I guess you have not done your research on me or my alias as you would know that I work best if I am at a disadvantage in terms of types." The Champion from Kanto responded with a smirk of his own already knowing she had been looking into him based on how her Aura shifted slightly when he mentioned it.
For her part, Cynthia didn't want to give away how much research that she had done about the mysterious enigma that was Ash Ketchum since she had returned from Kanto. However, there was one question that had plagued her since it was first brought it up so she decided that now was as good a time as any to ask again, "So can you tell me more about Ashley like you promised?"
Ash nodded, having expected it, and began to explain his little sister's origins, "When I was selecting the team for my Elite Four, I received some Intel that Cyrus had stolen some of my DNA in hopes of creating an Aura Guardian that also had a connection to Arceus that would only serve him and him alone. However, because I was basically waging my own war on the different organizations, he had to use someone else to perform the cloning due to his past with Mewtwo so he paid Giovanni to do it. What Cyrus didn't expect was for Giovanni to discover who he got the DNA from and that the clone would possibly be as strong as I am, he betrayed Cyrus and Cyrus couldn't do anything since he would get caught in the crossfire. Once I learned where Giovanni and Ashley were, I quickly grabbed several of my strongest Pokémon and began my siege of Team Rocket headquarters. I easily handled any of the grunts that stood in my way and told them to leave if they valued their lives as I was too angry at the moment to deal with anyone trying to stay in my way. I guess news of my arrival traveled quickly as the grunts eventually stopped trying to battle me and just fled from the building. I proceeded to the bowels of the building to find Giovanni alone as all of his scientists fled hearing that I was approaching the labs and he was using torture on the young girl to try and trigger her Aura abilities. That was the last straw as my Charizard knocked him out with his tail while Pikachu broke the machine hurting the girl causing her to faint from relief. I released her from her restraints, wrapped her in a blanket, and placed her on my back as the others made sure we weren't sneak attacked. I returned all of my Pokémon except for Charizard and Pikachu as I used the fire dragon to quickly escape from the building while Charizard also carried Giovanni below him and Pikachu was ensuring Ashley was alright. We landed in front of the group of Team Rocket employees before dropping Giovanni on the ground in front of them with him still being unconscious. Seeing how I could tell from a glance that most of them were worried about what was going to happen to them and were just thrown into this because of circumstances out of their control, I decided to give them all a second chance by providing the opportunity to come work for me to help make the world a better place. However those that did not want to work for me were able to go on their own way and, as long as they stayed out of trouble, they would be free to live their lives however they wanted."
"And that worked?" The blonde haired Champion questioned not believing that Team Rocket could be turned so easily.
Ash chuckled and nodded his head before answering, "While there were a few whom turned back to a life of crime, the vast majority of them live quite peaceful lives now."
Cynthia, satisfied with his answer, spoke with a smile on her face, "Well I guess the challenger should go first."
"Well, how gracious of you. Infernape, use Mach Punch on Garchomp." The Kanto Champion stated before ordering his first attack. Cynthia didn't react as she used Flint's Infernape as a reference as her Garchomp could always block that Pokémon's Mach Punch quite easily on reflex alone. However, she quickly learned how big a mistake that this was as her opponent not only landed the attack quite easily but it also drove her Garchomp back. While Infernape returned to Ash's side of the field, Ash smirked slightly, "I didn't think that I would have you underestimating me." He stated trying to get his opponent riled up.
"That was a mistake that will not happen again." Cynthia responded giving her Pokémon a look to see if she was ready before calling out her attack, "Garchomp, use Dragon Breath."
"Infernape, counter with Flamethrower." Ash called out to his Pokémon as he saw the incoming attack. While the two attacks colliding caused an explosion, most of the shockwave was directed in Infernape's direction as his Flamethrower was significantly inferior to the opposing attack. Ash realized that his Infernape would have to win this battle on the physical side as that was more than enough proof that Garchomp had the clear advantage with special attacks.
However, Cynthia did not waste any time calling out her next attack, "Garchomp, use Sandstorm." She called and Garchomp complied causing the battlefield to be engulfed in sand.
Ash cursed himself as he realized that her Garchomp was now faster as because his Infernape was not injured from making contact with his opponent it must have the Sand Rush ability, "I know that you will not like what I am about to suggest but we have to ride out the sand so I need you to go on the defensive." Ash stated to his Pokémon, who was not happy with this recommendation but trusted his trainer to give him the best opportunity to win.
Cynthia began her full out assault "Garchomp, attack with Dragon Claw and continue attacking until you land one." Infernape knew that when his trainer told him to go on the defensive that he would have to rely on his instincts and used a claw attack of his own to defend himself in the form of Shadow Claw. The two Pokémon's hand to hand combat raged on as Garchomp looked as though it easily had the advantage.
Ash knew that if this kept up that Infernape would run out of energy and knew that he would have to do something to change the tide, "Infernape use Low Sweep than jump in the air using Flamethrower." The attack combination worked to perfection as the Low Sweep was able to knock the land shark Pokémon on its back while the Flamethrower was used to create distance between the two Pokémon rather than actually doing damage though it did a bit of that too.
Cynthia was slightly impressed by how quickly her opponent recovered, but wasn't about to stop now, "Garchomp, continue your Dragon Claw attacks." She called knowing her Garchomp would not fall for the same tactic twice. The distance that Infernape created caused Garchomp to waste some time trying to catch Infernape once more. However once the hand to hand combat started up again Cynthia noticed something different about her opponent, that the Shadow Claw attacks were able to counter Garchomp's Dragon Claw attacks much easier than before.
Ash saw that the sandstorm was about to expire and saw his opportunity, "Infernape, use Close Combat now." The fire ape Pokémon threw a barrage of punches that sent Garchomp flying backwards in pain as the sandstorm stopped.
"Garchomp, use Dragon Rush before he can recover." Cynthia called out as her Pokémon glowed blue and charged at her opponent scoring a direct hit sending it skidding back.
Ash was angry at himself for thinking that his Close Combat would finish the battle and did not have a plan if it didn't, but he snapped out of it when his Infernape was trying to get his attention. He was surprised at what his Pokémon was asking and wanted to be sure, "Are you sure that you want to show that?" After receiving a nod in response he turned to his opponent, "Well, I guess you should feel honored that you are the first opponent I have had to use this technique on, Cynthia."
Before Cynthia could even respond, Ash started glowing blue with Infernape beginning to become engulfed in his trainer's Aura as well. Infernape's flames turned blue and began burning twice as tall when Cynthia asked in shock "What is this?" She asked in awe having never seen anything like this before.
"This is the technique that I created myself in order to become an Aura Master that I call Aura Infusion. Without having to bore you with too many details, it is similar to using Mega Evolution but this is fueled by me and my Pokémon's aura being in harmony and them taking in my aura to boost their power." The Kanto Champion explained with a smirk, "Now it is time to show you the power of an Aura Master, Infernape use Aura Flare Blitz." Ash called out his attack as Infernape was engulfed in blue flame.
The fire ape charged at his opponent so fast that Cynthia did not have much time to react so she ordered her Pokémon to use her strongest attack they had to counter, "Garchomp, use Dragon Rush." The land shark roared and charged forward as well. The two Pokémon colliding together created an explosion where everyone would have to wait for the smoke to die down. However, once it did, the fire ape was back to his normal self and walking back towards his trainer knowing that the battle was over with the land shark Pokémon lying on the ground unable to continue.
The crowd was stunned at the fact that Cynthia's Garchomp was defeated by a Pokémon whom had a severe type disadvantage. Cynthia was about to recall her Garchomp, but was halted by Ash walking over to the Pokémon after recalling his own. Everyone watched as her Garchomp was surrounded by the same blue Aura that was around her recent opponent and it looked much like when he healed Mew during his double battle against Lance and Steven.
Garchomp opened her eyes to see that this Aura Guardian had healed her to perfect health and was in awe at how strong this Human was. Ash smiled, "Now I need you to get stronger because my Charizard will want to battle you as he cannot lose to Infernape, ok?" The dragon Pokémon roared stating that she would be ready for the challenge and next time she would win.
Ash smiled walked over to Garchomp's trainer smiling at the blonde, "The bond that you have with your Garchomp would make it easy to use mega evolution, so I would recommend that you talk to Professor Sycamore when he attends the tournament." Ash stated extending his hand out.
Cynthia happily took it while stating, "I will and I look forward to the next time we battle."
The Champion of Kanto had one last thing to do before he would take his leave as Greninja found someone whom he saw potential in. Ash looked at the ninja frog for a sign for which child it was and Greninja answered by placing his hand on a little girl's head before returning to his ball. Ash could see that the child was nervous as she had no idea what was happening so Ash softly asked, "What is your name?"
"Lizzy." The little girl answered so quietly that Ash barely heard her though it was understandable since she was probably afraid she did something wrong.
Ash kneeled down to be at eye level with the girl, "Well Lizzy, it seems that Greninja thinks that you have potential to be the trainer for his son." Seeing the girl's eyes widen and light up, the Kanto Champion continued with a chuckle, "So what do you say to getting your first Pokémon today?" The little girl could not nod her head fast enough as the Champion of Kanto released the blue frog Pokémon Froakie. Froakie looked around and quickly jumped on the girl in excitement and hugged her startling the girl before Ash continued, "This little guy is very mischievous so you will have to bring him with you everywhere you go so he doesn't get into trouble." He informed which got her fellow classmates excited that he would be coming to their classes.
The young girl wrapped her little arms around the young man saying "Thank you" as Ash reciprocated the gesture with Froakie saying his thanks too.
Ash smiled down at the girl, "I look forward to battling you when you are ready." He stated with the girl responding with a nod. Deciding that his time here was coming to an end, Ash said his goodbyes, "Well it has been fun but I really must be going since I have one more stop before I return to Kanto." Ash smiled before whistling while he flared his Aura to call back the fearsome black dragon. Rayquaza rushed over to his trainer's side startling those in the area and as quickly as the legendary from Hoenn came, it was gone with the Champion of Kanto and his partner.
Cynthia smiled at the scene before her; all of the young children surrounded her Garchomp praising her for her power and talking about how she would win next time. The Sinnoh Champion was slightly worried about how her Garchomp would take the loss as she had not lost a battle in the past five years. While her Garchomp began playing with the children by chasing them around and such, Cynthia vowed that the next time she and Ash faced off the outcome would be different.
THIS IS YOUR WARNING
Berlitz Residence (Twinleaf Town)
"When are you going to tell your mother about us Dawn?" The read headed coordinator named Zoey asked her girlfriend.
Dawn sighed sadly, "I am just worried that my mother will not accept us Zoey."
The redhead, knowing that this could change the mother and daughter dynamic forever, wrapped her blue haired girlfriend in a hug, "I know but how are we going to move things to the next level if she does not know."
Ash, who was watching the scene unfold from the window, smiled as he knew that Dawn's mother would be more than accepting of Dawn and Zoey's relationship due to her past. He then decided to make himself known, "The quicker that you tell her, the quicker you'll know how she will react."
This scared the two females in the room but Dawn quickly ran up to the young man attempting to hug him. Pikachu saw this coming and jumped inside while Ash lost his balance and fell out of the window causing Dawn to scream, "Ash!" She went to the window worrying for his safety but when she looked out the window and was stunned by what she saw: Ash had landed atop a Rayquaza's head and said dragon lifted him back up to the window.
Once inside Ash thanked the Hoenn legendary, "Thanks for the save Rayquaza. If you want to fly around it is okay just don't fly too far as we will not be here too long." With a roar, Rayquaza flew up into its favorite place in the world, above the clouds.
"How in the world do you have such a powerful legendary Pokémon?" Zoey questioned with her jaw hanging due to having never seen a legend before.
As Pikachu returned to his shoulder Ash smirked, "Well you see I battled it with my own to weaken it then I threw a Pokéball at it. I would think a high ranking coordinator would know the basics." He stated making Zoey deadpan at him which caused Dawn to giggle at her. Seeing that, Ash decided to now throw his former traveling partner under the bus, "Dawn it's like your girlfriend has never seen a legendary Pokémon before. Have you not shown her Shaymin yet?"
As soon as he said its name Shaymin popped out of its Pokéball located in Dawn's satchel and jumped on Ash's shoulder "Did you come to visit me?" Shaymin asked nuzzling his cheek since Shaymin did love Ash like all Pokémon love their trainer, it was just so much fun giving him a hard time.
As he rubbed underneath the grass hedgehog Pokémon's chin, Ash responded, "Actually I came to help these two with their problem but seeing you is a bonus." He stated knowing he had to say something like that or the Pokémon would get mad and pout all day.
"How do you even know about us? It is not like we are announcing it to the world yet." Zoey questioned with her girlfriend wondering as well.
Ash smiled at the duo, "You think that I didn't keep an eye on my former traveling companions and how their lives have been going? Well I have and, those who I think are worthy of receiving a second chance, I make sure that they are happy. Besides you don't hide it as well as you think you do at least in front of your fellow coordinators." After seeing the slight smile come across the two's faces with blushes to match, Ash continued, "Now let's go downstairs so you two can receive a history lesson."
Dawn then began to panic, "What do you mean? I have no idea what to say to my mom!" She stated frantically with Zoey on a similar path of logic but was too busy trying to calm her girlfriend down.
Ash placed a hand on Dawn's shoulder and used his Aura to calm her, "Just trust me and I would not worry about what you are going to say to your mother as she will be giving you a history lesson that will make everything clear." Ash smiled at the two girls then proceeded to descend down the steps with the two confused women trailing behind him.
Johanna was cleaning up from the lunch that she had prepared for her daughter and her girlfriend. Of course she knew about her daughter's relationship but she did not want to be the one to force the issue. Johanna wanted Dawn to be comfortable to tell her of her own volition but was worried that her daughter was afraid of telling her. All she wanted was for her daughter to be happy whether it be with a man or a woman as she promised herself long ago that she would never put Dawn in the position that her own parent's put her in when she was that age.
The mother was broken out of her thoughts when she heard a masculine voice from behind her, "Excuse me, Mrs. Berlitz, I am here to help your daughter tell you something important."
The elder woman turned around to see a familiar young man in front of the two girls and once she finally figured out where she recognized him from she said his name in a questioning tone "Ash Ketchum?" She asked and Ash smiled as Pikachu waved.
"Hello Mrs. Berlitz, I am glad to see that you are doing well." The raven haired young man responds with a nod signaling that she was correct.
Johanna then curiously asked, "What gives me the honor of hosting the Champion of Kanto in my home?" She stated feigning praise of his status jokingly.
"Well I had some business to attend to in your lovely region and figured that I would help your daughter with a situation." Ash responded in a similar tone playing along.
Figuring that this young man would not know about her daughter's relationship, she thought something else was wrong with her Dawn, "What are you talking about?"
Ash smiled, "I know you know what I am talking about but I want you to tell Dawn and Zoey about your first best friend." He stated surprising her for knowing about both of those things.
"How do you know about that?" Johanna questioned as not a lot of people knew about that situation.
Ash calmly answered, "I perform extensive background checks when hiring my new employees and over the years I have had the pleasure of meeting their family. Throughout all of our talks, they just wished they could find a way to reconnect with you as they miss your friendship." He stated trying to be as vague as possible to not give away the surprise for Dawn and Zoe.
While Dawn and Zoey were both confused about the vague comments that Ash stated, Johanna smiled as she was happy that her best friend received her own happy ending. She then walked over to her table and motioned for the two girls to sit next to her, "I think it is time I tell you about Cecilia." Dawn and Zoey finally put all of the pieces together that Johanna had been in a situation from which she could relate to them and Johanna began her story, "Growing up in my hometown, next door to me there was a little girl my age and we quickly became the best of friends. We did everything together as we were inseparable but things changed as we reached our teenage years. Our relationship grew to more than just a friendship as we became a romantic couple before we knew it had even happened. However, once my parents found out about our relationship, they forbid me to see her again as we moved to the other side of the region accusing her of corrupting me. In our new town, they forced me to see a therapist, who was one of top therapists in the region, to show me that they were in the right. However, they got a rude awakening when she told them that the relationship was just an act of me and Cecilia finding ourselves and it was completely natural for our age. Not liking that they weren't being told what they wanted to hear, they then accused the therapist of being a fraud who did not know what she was talking about which was the last straw for me. I received my emancipation from them quickly with the support of my therapist and my new neighbors who gave me a job to support myself due to them having to deal with people like my parents with their son's sexual orientation. I tried to find Cecilia but I learned that her and her family had to move because my parent told the whole town their version of story which caused Cecilia's family to be literally run out of town. I blamed myself for that but that is when I met your father who after hearing my story told me that I was wrong and that it was my parents' fault."
She didn't finish as her daughter and her daughter's girlfriend had heard enough of the story and both young women almost tackled the eldest in a hug with tears in their eyes. After they had calmed down a bit, he handed Johanna a card and stated, "Well I will be leaving now that my work here is done." He stated walking towards the door.
Hearing this, Dawn quickly let go of her mother and ran up to hug Ash, "Thank you." She stated with thankful and happy tears went down her face and Ash smiled.
"I would do anything in my power to help my friends." Ash stated as he embraced his friend while patting her back hoping to calm the blue haired girl down. After he was finally released from the hug, he was taken into one by Zoe who also thanked him because she was afraid of being rejected too. Ash comforted her like he did Dawn before finally getting one last hug from Johanna before Ash got ready to leave the room with his final words, "I think she would love to hear from you since I told her that I would be giving you that today."
Johanna looks down at the card to see her best friend's name, address, and phone number before she quickly rushed over to the phone and dialed the numbers. She was getting anxious as the phone rings and rings until she heard someone pick up the phone. She smiled at the familiar voice that says hellos to which she responds "Hello, C.C." Johanna stated hearing a happy gasp on the other side of the line.