Inside the remodeled pokeball factory Ash and Aaron approached the entrance to the infirmary that was supposed to be housing Serena.

"Really?" Ash asked as they continued walking. "Meloetta? Around here?"

"Yes, it's been watching us for some time. It zips in and out of the perimeter every 12 hours or so, I swear." He chuckled opening the door.

"I thought she'd just stay in Unova for-" He was cut off when he looked forward and saw no Serena in the bed she was left in. "What!?" He doubled over the room quickly. "Where's Serena and my pokemon?!" His eyes landed on a very nervous Orvis, whose eyes were darting all over the room. He stomped ahead and looked the man straight in the eye. "What did you do to them?" He asked glaring.

"Nothing! Honest!" He yelled in defense/horror.

"Relax Orvis. He's just a stupid kid, it's not like he can hurt you." One of the other scientists laughed. "You're so frail."

"I don't want to hurt you." Ash shot back. "That's not my style, but as you can see," He said averting his gaze to Oak. "if you make me too mad, bad things can happen. Until I can control myself, I suggest you cooperate."

"Is that a threat, little man? You don't scare me. I've got more than enough experience to take you and your insignificant Greninja on in battle."

"Khan!" The boss snapped. "I suggest you treat Ash with more respect." He said dangerously. "This young man is my honored guest, and shall be treated as such. Now where is his friend and the pokemon?" He asked.

"The girl woke up, attacked us, and ran off!" Orvis said. "I told her we should've cleared her departure with you but she wouldn't listen! She had the Charizard light me on fire twice!"

"Why didn't you just tell her I'd be right back?" Ash asked angrily narrowing his eyes. "She was probably just scared and something tells me you guys don't have much of a calming effect on people."

"Ash." Aaron interrupted. "I must insist you clean up your attitude with my employees. On the other hand, Ash is right. Did you not try reasoning with her? Why would she just run away instead of wait?" He asked raising his eyebrows. 'Perhaps my scientists said too much.' He thought.

"Well I've got to find her." Ash said pivoting himself back towards the door. The boss extended his arm out in front of Ash stopping him mid step.

"Allow me. I'll just make a call to Butler in security and have him give me her location. It'll be much faster." He said. Ash nodded in reply. As he stepped out of the room he turned back to Ash and the scientists. "try not to behead each other while I'm gone." He closed the door behind him.

"Butler. You in your office?" He said after bringing a finger to his ear.

'Yes Sir. What do you need from me?' A feminine voice replied from the other side.

"Pull up the security cams. There's a young girl running around where she shouldn't be. I need to find her."

'Yes sir.' The woman replied. There was a silence between them for a few moments before she spoke again. 'I see a blonde girl in red and pink wandering the indoor battlefield. She looks familiar. Isn't she that performer?'

"Yes, that's her. Send Clancy to pick her up, but leave her unharmed. I also need a special favor."

'What is it, sir?'

"When Clancy finds her have him use his Malamar to give her a temporary mind-wipe. No more than two days. Can't have her squealing."

'Wont that raise suspicions with the Chosen?' Butler asked.

"Nope. We'll blame the memory loss on the Professor's hypnosis move. He'll believe me." He responded smirking.

'And the pokemon on her? He didn't use hypnosis on them.'

"Find a way to confiscate them, I don't care how as long as you don't hurt her. A single scratch on that girl and the Chosen will start to suspect something. I have to get back to Ash. My orders are to be followed. To. A. T. Understood?" He finished with heavy emphasis.

'Yes sir.' She replied. 'I will contact him immediately.'

"Good." He said ending his call. He returned to the infirmary to see that no one had been maimed. "We've found your friend. It seems she's a little delusional after the attack. Once my men get ahold of her, I've ordered them to bring her directly here."

"Thanks. I didn't know hypnosis could have this kind of lasting effect. It's weird."

"There's much we don't know about pokemon. Even after eons of existing together in harmony, there is still much to learn." He said knowingly.

"I guess." Ash replied. "Your men won't hurt her, will they?"

"Of course not! My boy, we aren't barbarians. To harm an innocent child is inexcusable." He replied in mock offense. "After all I've done for you, do you really think I would hurt your girlfriend?"

"Sorry." Ash chuckled. "And she's not my girlfriend."

"But you care so much for her. I can see it in your eyes."

"You can?" Ash asked.

"When you get to be my age and run an organization, you learn to read people very quickly. Why not tell her?"

"Well you see, there's this girl back at Sycamore's, Anabel and-" He started rubbing the back of his head.

"Ah. A regular heartthrob, eh? Stolen the hearts of two girls?" He laughed.

"I didn't mean to!" He said in defense. "But I can't choose one without hurting the other. They're both really reasonable about the whole situation but eventually they're going to get tired of waiting and I'll need to make a decision. Anabel or Serena."

"Well as your new-found friend, let me give you some advice. If you care for them both equally, why choose at all?" He smiled.

"What?" Ash said taken aback.

XXXXX

Serena and her Braxien were currently surrounded by two older men who had beckoned her to come with them and they would take her to Ash. Serena didn't know who these men were but if they were here, then the probably weren't thinking of her best interests. So she decided to fight back.

"Mystical Fire!" She said pointing at the Malamar in front of her. With a wave of its stick the bipedal fox fired a circular form of fire at the squid-like pokemon.

"Dark pulse, Malamar!" The two moves met head on and with an explosion knocked both parties back a few feet. The man, Clancy, fell backwards onto his back and Malamar flew back, levitating, while Serena and Braxien slid back on their feet.

"You okay, Braxien?!" The fox nodded before looking back at their opponent. "You're not so tough." She taunted the man.

"I've had enough! I've got things to do yet today and not on the list is play with some dimwit kid!"

"Hey!"

"Malamar, do it!" Malamar glowed a brilliant purple and shot a blast forward at the young girl. The move connected with her face and she started to waver in her stance. Braxien rushed forward to her but was cut off by Malamar who dropped down from the air right in front of her. The second man who came to collect her ran behind her and caught her just as she was about to fall over. While she was still unaware of her surroundings, he stuck his hand into her pocket and pulled out three pokeballs. He pocketed the first two and pointed the third at the fox pokemon before returning it to its now prison, much to Braxien's dismay, just as Serena began to regain consciousness. He shoved the last in his pocket quickly before she took notice of him.

"Where am I?" She looked behind her to see a man holding her by the arms. She gave a shrill shriek and brought her foot back to kick the elder man in the shin.

"Ow! You little brat, what was that for?"

"Who are you and why were you touching me?!" She asked taking a few steps back. "Where am I? Why am I all alone? Where's Ash? Clemont? Bonnie? They know I hate being in weird, poorly lit places alone!"

"Calm down." Clancy said in a calm tone. "What's the last thing you remember?"

"I was in Kanto. I received my new pokemon from Brock, then nothing. And you still haven't answered my questions!" She said pointing at Clancy. She relaxed them back to her side when she felt something odd, or more what she didn't feel. "My Pokemon! Braxien?! Pancham?! Anyone!?" She said franticly checking her pockets. Behind her the second man nodded at Clancy.

"You didn't have any pokemon on you when we found you." The man lied.

Serena let out a heavy sigh. "How did I get here?"

"From what we understand you were following your friend when you were attacked by another man. The man hit you with a powerful attack which seems to have had some... negative effects on your mind." Clancy said.

"You totally spaced out and ran off. It's like you were in another world." The other added.

"We chased you here to bring you back to your friend. If you come with us, we can take you to Ash."

Serena's heart nearly leaped out of her chest at the mention of the subject of her never-ending affection. "He's here?! Yeah, sure, whatever, just take me to him so we can go the heck home!"

Clancy nodded. "Malamar, teleport me and the girl back to the infirmary. You can go back to the lab." Malamar glowed purple once more and in a flash of light the two were gone. Once they were out of sight, he pulled the pokeballs back out of his pocket.

"We could always use more workhorses down at the lab." He snickered. He began to juggle the three as he walked away. "Once we tame them, that is."

XXXXX

A bright light engulfed the infirmary blinding Ash, Aaron, and the scientists. When it faded the men were joined by two new people.

"Ash!" Serena said rushing up to him. "You really are here!" She exclaimed resting her hands on jis shoulders.

"Of course he's here! He carried you himself." Aaron said from behind Ash. He gave Serena a smile as he looked down at her.

Suddenly Serena took a few steps back and cradled the left side of her head, wincing. She slowly released her head and brought her eyes back to Aaron. "Who are you? I know you. From where, though?"

"I'm afraid you're mistaken, dear. Though I have been told I have a very reminiscent face." He said still smiling.

"No. I know you." Serena argued narrowing her eyes in thought. Seconds later her eyes shot open and she buried her face in her hands, groaning.

"Serena! What's going on with her?" Ash asked Aaron.

"I don't know. Maybe she's still weak from the attack and all that deep thinking is hard on her mind." Aaron offered.

"I don't think so." Ash said.

Khan scoffed. "So, what do you think it is?" He said glaring at the boy.

"I don't know, but I've got a bad feeling about this." He said. "Serena! Hey! Just calm down. You shouldn't strain yourself so much."

She tore her head away from her hands once more. "Why are we here? Where is here?" She finally took notice of her surrounding and spotted the professor for the second time, though she didn't know it was her second time. "And what's he doing here!?" She said, her voice turning angry. Ash sighed.

"My employees and I will leave so you two may talk privately." Aaron said. "Out." He ordered his scientists and Clancy. The five of them shuffled out of the room and Orvis shut the door behind them.

"So?" Serena said expectantly.

'Here goes nothing,' He thought. "Remember when I left for that walk?"

"No." Serena said tilting her head.

"What?"

"Ash, the last thing I remember, I was in Kanto getting my Vulpix." She said. "In my head it feels like there are memories after that, but I can't make out what they are. It's all a blurry haze."

"That's so weird." Ash responded. "I've never heard of Hypnosis giving someone amnesia before."

"Hypnosis? Ash, what's going on?"

Ash told her of the battle between him and Abel and his secluded walk. "That's when I ran into Oak. Unknown to me, you had followed me and when you arrived Oak attacked me. We battle and somewhere along the line, I snapped. I used my most powerful Water Shuriken and it hit Oak. He died, Serena."

"He's...he's dead?" Serena said in disbelief. "How could you do something like that?"

"It was Ash-Greninja. We fought. If I won, he was going to leave Kalos for good. Then he started taunting me. I soon as I was filled with uncontrollable rage, so was Greninja. We didn't know what we were doing. I was about to turn myself in when Aaron found me. He told me he could help me control my rage. He's been training myself and Greninja to keep it under control."

"How long have we been here?"

"Two days." Ash answered.

"We have to get back to the lab. Professor Sycamore will know what to do!" Serena said.

"I can't go back. Not now." Ash said sadly. "I'll just risk hurting them."

"And what about poor Pikachu? He's probably worried sick about you! You have to at least go see him," She argued.

"Right now, the safest place for him is with the others. Once I get this under control, I'll make it up to him and everyone else. I already texted Clemont and let him know I'm okay. Besides the world isn't going to fall apart at the seams just because I'm here and not back at the lab."

"How long will it take to finish your training?" Serena asked.

"I don't know. With luck, only one more session."

"Ash something isn't right here. I know that man. But the harder I think about it..." She dipped her head and groaned in pain again. "It's like there's a road block in my head."

"I'm sure as long as we stick with Aaron, we'll be fine. He hasn't steered me wrong, yet. Why don't you come to the battlefield with us? You'll see, he's a nice guy."

"Ash, I'm serious!" She shot back. "We should go back home and talk to the others."

"Until I get Ash-Greninja under control, it's just too risky for me to leave, but I'm sure Charizard would be happy to fly you back to the lab." Ash offered smiling at her.

"Charizard? Ash I don't have any pokemon on me."

"What?! That's impossible! I left Charizard and Noivern with you to watch over you! Did you lose them?" He asked in a panic.

"I don't know! The man who brought me here said I had no pokemon!" She shot back. "Amnesia remember?! And would you not yell at me?"

Ash sighed. "You're right, sorry. Listen, we gotta find my pokemon. I'll ask Aaron for some time off to look for them. Once we find them, you can leave."

"I can't just leave you here." She sighed. "You promise as soon as you finish training, we'll go straight home?" She asked, eyes pleading.

"I promise." He said leading her out the door. He looked to see that Clancy and two of the scientists were gone. "Where's dumb and dumber?" He said turning to Aaron.

"I thought I told you to treat my employees with more respect." Aaron said sternly. "Word of mouth is the fast form of spreading information. Make one underling mad, chances are the others aren't going to like you."

"Well I'm not exactly here to make friends." Ash retorted.

"Really, now?"

"Present company excluded." He corrected himself. "Anyway, I know you've already done so much for me, but Serena seems to have dropped some pokemon during her space-out and-"

"I'll have a few men sweep the building." He interrupted. "But it's time for your next session. Why not have your friend come along this time. It might convince her of my...sincerity." He offered smiling.

"How did you-" Serena started eyeing the man carefully. "I didn't-"

"Oh please, young one. Your distrust is coming off in waves. Come with and maybe you'll learn to like me."

"Not until you tell me where I know you from!" She argued once again. "You're so familiar but I can't-" Like history repeating itself she started groaning in pain and grabbed the side of her head.

"Serena! Not again." He groaned. He walked up to her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Snap out of it!" He said shaking her slightly. Slowly she lifted her head back up.

"Thanks."

"Maybe it's best if you stayed here, Serena. My presence doesn't seem to be helping you. Perhaps we knew each other in a past life." Aaron said.

"No. I'm coming with." Serena said determinedly. "And I'm going to figure you out."

~Sycamore's Lab~

Pikachu was sitting outside the front door of Sycamore's lab, all alone, watching the sunset. Occasionally seeing different species of pokemon making their way by. Nothing new to him, just some Fletchling, litleo, spewpa, the usual. He had had enough of the planning stage and wanted to jump straight into the fight. Of course, he did. Some madman had his best buddy locked away in a factory somewhere. But Clemont insisted on having a solid plan before leaving.

Deep down, though he wondered if he should even go with. Everyone knew he wasn't a powerhouse anymore, not even average. What worth was a Pikachu in battle if he can't even use thunderbolt? Or volt tackle. Or electro ball. Or-

"We thought we'd find you out here." A voice said from behind him. Pikachu turned his head to see Anabel and Bonnie walking towards him. Bonnie plopped down on Pikachu's left and wrapped her arms around her knees as Dedenne dragged itself out of her purse. Anabel stood on his right. "You just 'huffed' and left the room."

"Pika." He said sadly, looking down.

"We miss him too." Anabel said. "But we aren't going to get him back by rushing in unorganized like a bunch of spearows with our heads cut off. You know that." She said looking at the little mouse.

"Pika." He nodded. "Pikachuuu. Pika Piii?"

"Stay here?" Anabel said.

"Why would you want to stay here?" Bonnie asked. "Ash needs you!" She said enthusiastically with Dedenne nodding along.

"Pikachu." The little mouse replied. "Chu."

"Oh, Pikachu." Anabel soothed. She knelt down on one knee and began scratching his ear.

"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.

"He doesn't think he should go because of his condition. Pikachu, I know this last year has been rough on you, but you shouldn't sit this out. If anyone should be there to rescue Ash it's you." Anabel said. "Who's Ash's best friend?"

"Pikachu." The little mouse responded.

"That's right. Who does Ash share his shoulder with?"

"Pikachu." He echoed.

"And who's the most important person to Ash? Who would he forsake all others for?"

"Pikachu." He said as a tear fell down his face.

"So, who's gonna be there to bail him out of this mess he's in?" Anabel finished.

"Pikachu." He nodded. "Pika pi chu."

"You're welcome." She said extending her arm. "Now come on." Pikachu nodded and jumped on top of her wrist and made his way to her shoulder. "There's still a debriefing going on."

"Actually, we're finished." Anabel pivoted to see that Clemont had joined them. "But I do have a question." He said reaching into his pocket. "What do you make of this?" He pulled his phone out of his pocket and tossed it to Anabel.

She caught it easily and flipped it open. Pikachu leaned in also curious of what it was. The first thing on the screen when she opened the phone was a notification of a text from Ash.

'Hey Clemont, don't worry about me. I made a huge mistake but a new friend is helping me fix it. Hopefully I'll be home soon. Serena's here as well, and he's helping her as well. See ya.'

"I'd say Ash is in deeper than we originally thought." Anabel said stroking her chin. "My guess is that Ash's new 'friend' and that madman from earlier are one and the same."

"What makes you say that?" Bonnie asked looking up at the elder girl.

"Remember? He said when we find Ash, he'll be a different person. The best way to subtlety force his agendas would be to pose as a friend." Anabel reminded the little girl.

"Then there's that ;mistake'. What could Ash have done that was so bad, he would go to a complete stranger for help, and not us?" Clemont added. "I don't like this one bit. I was originally going to wait a couple more hours to finalize our plan, but I think we'll just have to do without. I'll round everybody up and we'll leave for the factory."

XXXXX

Clemont had gathered everyone they had recruited just inside the lab and was currently going through a checklist he had made earlier. "Duffle bag?" He called.

"Check." Anabel replied holding up the bag containing Ash's pokemon, save for Charizard, Noivern, and Pikachu, of course. "Also put several full restores and max potions in there."

"Any word from Dawn and Paul?"

"Nope. It's official, we'll have to go on without them." Bonnie reported.

"A pity." Clemont responded. "But we'll work it out. Professor, have you figured out where the hostages would be held?"

"Most likely in the lower levels due to the space needed for something like that. Not to mention the need to not raise suspicion. If need be, we could always resort to interrogation." Sycamore replied.

Clemont nodded. "Bonnie give everyone those communicators." Clemont said. Bonnie reched into her purse and pulled out many tiny earpieces. "These communicators will allow us to keep in touch no matter where we are within the premises." Bonnie began passing out the small machines.

"Good. It sucks that we weren't able to finalize the plan, but times running out. Let's run through what we do have. There are to main entrances to the factory. One in the front and one in the back." He started. "He wants us to come to him, so there's a 99% chance that we'll be walking straight into a trap. But I have faith we can handle what they throw at us. The blueprints of the factory I found were very outdated so don't expect to know exactly where you're going. Anabel will take Kidd and Ritchie and find Ash." He stated. "Meanwhile Professor will take Trip and Tory and go to the lower levels to finf the missing persons and hopefully cut the external power source."

"Got it." Sycamore nodded.

"Going off the blueprints, the quickest way for Sycamore's team to get to an elevator to take him to the lower levels would be to go through the back. While Anabel's will go through the front. There will probably be many lackeys who will try to stop us from getting inside so, I'm splitting the rest of you up as well." Everyone nodded in understanding. Bonnie, Clembot, Miette, Bianca, Molly, and I will help Anabel, while Max, Abel, Team Rocket, Mairin, and Alain help Professor Sycamore."

"Anything else?" Trip asked impatiently.

"Yeah. Watch each other's backs. I bet my favorite jumpsuit these people won't play fair." Clemont replied.

"Oh please." Jessie retorted.

"Team Rocket invented the art of not playing fair." James finished.

"Yeah, sure, whatever lets you sleep at night. Now let's go save Ash!" He yelled pumping his fist. The room was then filled with cheers from the group before they all made their way outside.

~Pokeball Factory~

Ash, Greninja, and Aaron were sitting on their knees, eyes closed, in deep meditation. "Feel the tranquility. Nothing can burst through your concentration." Aaron said softly. "Every emotion equalized and under control."

"Every emotion under control." Ash echoed.

"Think of your Mother." He added. "What was supposed to be the closest person to you. Then she brought on you the worst pain possible." He heard Ash breathe heavily. "Keep breathing." He ordered. "We're approaching the last step to your training. Find your inner tranquility."

"Tranquility." Ash echoed once again. Suddenly a circular swirl of wind kicked up around the three and began rotating around them pushing back dust and gravel around the perimeter.

"What's going on?" Ash asked in a very relaxed, unattached voice.

"The united form of our aura's. It's created a powerful source around us." He replied in an equally relaxed voice. "The closer we get to pure tranquility..." He paused for a second as the force around them grew in depth. "the more powerful the aura source will become."

From the bleachers of the battlefield, Serena sat alone, not taking her eyes off the scene. It truly was an amazing sight to see what Aaron was teaching Ash, but she still didn't trust him. She was still having on and off headaches from trying to figure out who the man was.

"Hey! You're that girl." A foreign voice said. She turned to see a man who looked to be in his twenties with an Aipom hanging off his shoulder by his tail hand. He approached her and sat down next to her on the bleachers.

"Uh...I guess. What girl are you talking about?"

"The one that the Chosen was carrying when he got here. Nice to be able to talk to you this time." He smiled.

"Pom!" The little monkey swung himself up and over the shoulder he was hanging on and did a little flip in the air before landing his feet in front of Serena.

"I'm Kane and that's my best buddy Aipom." He said gesturing to the little pokemon who extended his arm out to the young girl.

"It's nice to meet you too." She replied grasping the monkey's stubby arm and shaking it lightly. "You're so adorable." She began scratching his head gently.

"Looks like the boss is back to training Ash, huh?" He asked directing his gaze to the field. "The boss sure likes to get to the point."

Serena wasn't really listening. He had lost her at 'The boss'. She was staring blankly in front of her when she suddenly was sucked into her subconscious. Kane noticed her blank stare and began to wave his hand in front of her face.

Inside Serena's mind she was experiencing unfamiliar settings. She first found herself in the cafeteria of the lab surrounded by her friends, and Abel, but not Ash. She couldn't make out anymore than that, though.

'...reversing the aging process...'

'...What happened to that lady...'

'...got to be pure science fiction...'

'...Chuu...'

Then the scene faded away and she was now in pure darkness.

'ASH!' She heard many people call out.

'Someone has to go get Ash. Preferably before someone else does.' She heard the disembodied voice of Clemont say. She then heard her own voice echoing around her.

'We'll go! C'mon Pikachu.'

'Pikachu has to stay here. Serena, you still have Charizard.' She heard the voice of her love rival ask. 'Take him and search for Ash.'

She blinked and found herself in a new scene. Before her she watched her past self climb on top of Charizard and shoot off to the west of the lab.

"What is going on? These must be suppressed memories." She realized. "But I can't make out anything big."

'WAKE UP, KID!'

Suddenly, like she was traveling through time she was sucked back out of her subconscious and back into the real world. She blinked once and found herself back at the bleachers.

"You're awake!" Serena turned to see Kane and his Aipom staring at her. "You just zoned out for a good three minutes. You okay? Was it something I said?" He asked.

"No. No. I don't know what's wrong with me. Every time I try to think about that man I space out and my head start throbbing. I know I've seen him somewhere before."

"Oh. I'm sorry." Kane knew it probably was his boss's doing. Being the messenger and an assistant to the record keepers of this company he heard a lot of stories, most of the time when people didn't know he was listening. He had heard from multiple different people that anyone who upsets the boss disappears...forever. He wished he could warn the girl that it might be best to just stay away from the subject around him, but if his boss found out he helped the chosen one's friend find his identity, it'd be his head, and possibly Aipom's on the wall. "So you know the chosen?"

"His name is Ash. He never really liked being called anything more than that. He knows he's special but would prefer to keep his identity as Ash and not 'Ash the aura-sensitive prodigy or the so-called chosen one." She responded making quotes with her fingers.

"Huh. He's got all that and doesn't want to acknowledge it?" Kane asked thoroughly interested in the boy. "He's somethin' else."

She sighed dreamily. "Yeah, he is."

"Ohhh." He said in realization. "You like him!"

"Yeah." She said in the same voice.

"Something tells me you haven't acted on it. Afraid to tell him?

"No." She said honestly. "He found out a long time ago. It's another girl. He doesn't want to choose between us. I'm positive he's afraid the one he doesn't choose will hate him because of it. I'm getting tired of waiting for a decision though."

"Sounds like you got a problem, then."

At the same time back on the field, the force around the three men died down quickly.

"That's enough. You did excellent. With this I have one thing left to teach you." Aaron said standing up. "We'll take a break for now and with luck you'll be on your way home by tomorrow afternoon." He finished smiling he extended both his arms out to the two who were still sitting and hoisted them up.

"Only one more? What?" Ash asked.

"I'll tell you later. But I did want to ask you about an... extra lesson. Are you up for it?" He asked.

"What is it? You've already done so much, you don't really have to-"

"I can feel how sensitive you are to the aura around you. How would you like to learn a power that could heal any injury?" He smirked with a gleam in his eye.

Ash's eyes widened as far as they could and he started breathing heavily. "ANY injury?" He asked. "Even say... irreparable nerve damage?"

"And then some." He replied. "I take that as a 'you're interested.'?" He smiled.

'Pikachu's gonna be so stoked!' "I'm in one thousand percent!" He yelled jumping up slightly off the ground. "I can't thank you enough!" He said wrapping the elder man in a hug. "This has to be one of the best days of my life!"

"I'll just need one thing from you in return." Aaron said.

"Whatever you need!" Ash responded happily. Honestly he was only paying a quarter attention to him, he was actually planning a day full of fun and love once Pikachu gets his mobility. Behind him Aaron grinned widely.