A/N: hey guys, just wanted to tell you I'm going on a trip, and I don't have a labtob, so I won't be able to ubdate for two or three weaks, sorry.

Wrote this note on Monday, june 26th, 2017

"Speech."

'Thoughts.

'Telepathy.

"Pokespeech."

The path of the chosen one.

Chapter 11: fear.

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Weakness.

What was a weakness.

A weakness was a thing which could be used against a person to harm him. It could be used to make him do things which he didn't want to do.

It could be used to torture him. And it could be used to haunt him.

Those who overcame their greatest weakness were seen as the bravest souls.

But what was someone's greatest weakness?

Fear? Pain? Love?

Some people said that emotions were someone's greatest weakness, and in some cases, they were right. Because an emotion was connected to every weakness. An emotion could be the cause of many problems. It could ruin someone's life; it could drive a person insane.

It could make someone's life hell.

But there was a way to get rid of your emotions, or at least, a way to hide them.

Control.

One word. Yet, it was the solution to many things.

It couldn't get rid of someone's weakness, but it could hide it so no one could take an advantage.

Control couldn't destroy emotions, and it didn't need to do that. If someone had control over their emotions, he or she could get rid of their weakness. Or just hide it so no one could see it.

And that was the problem.

Because he didn't had control over his emotions.

A storm of emotions was raging in his mind, destroying every kind of control.

And he didn't know what to do.

He wanted to cry. He wanted to scream.

Anger. Shame. Regret. All were fighting for dominance.

Why him?

There were countless humans who were selfish. Who just cared about themselves. Who just wanted to act upon their selfish desires without caring for consequences, yet, he found a human who was the most selfless being on the planet.

He found the one who was ready to give his life for a person. Even if he didn't know that person.

In the end, anger won and he unleashed his rage on the forest with a loud scream.

"Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Lightning connected with trees and plants, immediately destroying them. Pokemon ran away in fear from the mighty wielder of thunder.

But pikachu didn't care. His rage was clouding his judgement. He had desperately tried to control his raging emotions, but he had failed.

"Why!" screamed pikachu while firing a thunder. The attack destroyed the forest around him, but it didn't matter. "Why did I meat you! Why!"

He had failed because he didn't had the control over his emotions like pika pi did.

"Why are you like that! Why are you so selfless!" he roared while firing attacks everywhere. He used iron tail many times on different trees, he fired thunderbolts everywhere, but he still couldn't regain control.

Pika pi.

Because of that thought, anger turned to grief and he began to cry.

Tears fell from his eyes while he desperately looked at the sky for answers. "Why? Why did you become my friend? Why did you risk your life to save me? Why! Answer me!" he screamed to the heavens.

Sadly, he didn't get an answer.

"His name is pikachu." Explained the professor to the young trainer.

"He's so cute!" exclaimed the child.

Pikachu just looked on. "He's the best!" said the child.

The human hugged the pokemon. "High pikachu!" said the human happily.

He smiled sadly at the fond memories, those were the good times. when they didn't had to save the world, when they weren't expected to be amazingly strong. They started like other trainers, but soon their path turned different from normal.

"Chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" screamed the pokemon while firing a thunder shock both in memories and reality.

"Quite a shocker, isn't he?" said the professor in amusement.

"The first time we met, I attacked you. Yet, you wanted to be my friend! Why! Why were you so kind to me!" he sobbed while tears fell like rain from his eyes.

"I'm not going to be a slave to some human!" thundered the pikachu.

Ash was confused now. "What? But no one said that you are my slave. I want to be your partner and friend!" said the human.

Pikachu's eyes widened. "What! You can understand me!" he screamed.

The human gave a wide grin. "Yeah! So if you give me a chance, then we can be the best of friends!" said ash happily.

"Whatever."

Pikachu chuckled sadly. "You were unique from the beginning. No wonder it was your destiny to save the world. But still, even when the world was in danger, even when you could die, you wanted your pokemon to be safe. Just why did I meat you!"

"Pikachu, get inside..." Ash whispered to his wide eyed Pokémon. With a trembling hand, Ash put Pikachu's Pokeball in front of the Pokémon, who looked at the ball with fear in his eyes.

"I know you're afraid of going in there, but if you're inside maybe... maybe I can save you." Ash continued as Pikachu looked at him with utter shock and disbelief. "Please, Pikachu, please listen to me and go inside. After that then..." Ash gave a mirthless chuckle. But Pikachu couldn't help but... but believe in the words of the human in front of him.

Ash looked at Pikachu with steeled brown eyes, the fear replaced by confidence. "After that, just trust me."

By this time, the Spearows had gathered over the fallen forms of Ash and Pikachu. Looking with bloodthirsty eyes towards the duo, the Spearow grinned at the prospect of an easy victory.

But much to their shock, the human in front of them got up... weakly and with many trembles, but got up none the less.

Ash looked up at the Spearows with confident brown eyes. Lightning sparked across the skies, showering momentary light upon Ash."Spearows, do you know who I am? I'm Ash from the town of Pallet! I am destined to be the world's number one Pokémon master. I can't be defeated by the likes of you! I'm going to capture and defeat you all. You hear me?" Ash then looked back at Pikachu, who stared wide eyed at the scene "Go inside the Pokeball, it's the only way!"

He then turned back to the Spearows, spreading his hands to protect Pikachu.

Pikachu was amazed. This human, he had just met him, yet he was trying to protect him. "Attack me if you must, but I will not let you harm my friend! Come and get me!" just when the child said that, lightning crackled in the sky.

Pikachu had enough. If this human was so selfless, then maybe pikachu could give him a chance.

He used ash's shoulder as a springboard and jump high in the air. "Pi, ka, chuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!" a huge lightning bolt connected with the pokemon, defeating them.

"You protected me from them, even if I didn't trust you. While knowing that those pokemon could kill you. But you didn't care, did you? I always wanted an answer, but even after seven years, I still don't get it. You became my best friend! We know everything about each other! Why! If this was suppose to happen, then why doI feel like I shouldn't have done it? Why!"

All the pokemon were fighting. But they weren't fighting to win, they were fighting to kill.

"Someone needs to take a stand. Someone needs to stop fighting," Ash said sadly. "Like pikachu."

Pikachu's clone was hitting him, slapping him, taunting him to fight. But he didn't fight. Fighting wasn't the answer.

Both mew and mewtwo continued their battle in the air. After landing on the ground, they charged their final attacks. Blue for mewtwo and pink for mew.

"You need to stop!"

Pikachu looked on, horrified while his trainer and best friend ran between the two attacks.

The attacks connected, but not with each other. No, the young trainer became their target.

"Pika pi!"

When the smoke cleared, sadness was the only thing pikachu felt.

Because his best friend, his brother, his trainer, his pika pi, had turned in to a stone.

"Pika pi!" screamed pikachu while running towards ash.

"Pika pi? You are going to wake up, right pika pi? Pika pi? Pika pi! Wake up!" begged pikachu while shaking Ash furiously.

Pikachu used thunder shock several times, but it didn't had any effect on pika pi.

Because he wasn't pika pi, he was just a stone now. Soon, he realized that his pika pi was gone.

Tears fell from his eyes while he whispered one name again and again.

"Pika pi."

"Pika pi, you can't leave me." Whispered the pokemon. "You can't leave me."

"I still don't get it why you did that on new island," said pikachu while crying. He wanted to stop the memories, but he also wanted to remember. "Some of those pokemon weren't even yours. Still you gave your life to protect them. You gave up your life, your dream; you gave up everything just to protect pokemon. Why are you like that!" thundered the pikachu.

"You transformed in to a latios," he whispered. "I don't even know if you are okay or not. I can contact you through aura bond, but I can't do It." he said while crying.

Pikachu rubbed his cheek against ash's. "You okay, pika pi?" asked pikachu.

Ash didn't reply for a while. "Yeah, just thinking."

"Pika pi is thinking?" said pikachu playfully. "It's the end of the world!" teased the pikachu.

But pika pi didn't laugh, and soon, pikachu also turned serious.

It was weird; it was like they were connected to each other. When one was sad, the other felt the same. It was like they could feel each other's emotions.

"What are you thinking about?" asked pikachu while looking at Ash curiously.

Ash scratched him behind the ears. "It's just," he stopped, but soon continued. "I think that I'm not a good trainer." Said ash.

"What!" screamed pikachu.

"I mean, there are many trainers who are better them me," he explained. "And I wonder, am I holding you all back from your potential?" he asked. "I'm suppose to bring the best out of you guys, but am I a good friend? Am I good enough for you guys?"

Pikachu looked at him sternly. "Ash," he said. "Firstly, you are a very good trainer. Secondly, even if you weren't a good trainer, I would still be your pokemon. Do you know why?" asked pikachu.

He didn't had anything to say to that.

"Because you care for us like no one can do. You are my best friend. And I will always be there for you." Said pikachu with a smile while holding a paw to his heart while the other on his pika pi's heart. "Now cheer up!" he said while rubbing his cheek against ash's.

Ash smile widely. "Thanks buddy," he said with a smile. "I don't know what I would do without do."

Pikachu chuckled. "You will get lost in the forest." He said with a smurk.

Ash smiled softly. "Let's promise, pikachu." He said while looking at the sky.

"Promise what?" asked pikachu curiously.

Ash looked at pikachu with a smile. "No matter what happens in the future, we will never leave each other. We will face anything and everything until the end." Said Ash in determination.

"Deal!" screamed the pikachu while hugging his trainer.

Ash returned the hug and after separating, both gave each other a high five.

Even more tears fell from his eyes while he silently wept. "You fool, you damn fool." he whispered. "I didn't forget that stupid promise, I still remember it! And it is making everything harder!" he screamed while firing another thunder.

"It is making everything harder because I know what kind of a person you are!" he screamed to the heavens. "And I know that even now if I come back to you you will gladly except me and forgive me. And you know what the sad part is?" he asked when he knew he wouldn't get an answer. "The sad part is that I don't want to do it!" he roared. "I don't want to come back!"

"I can't come back," he whispered. "You aren't strong enough."

Even more tears fell from his eyes. "You aren't strong enough."

He cried for a long time, whispering that sentence again and again.

Soon he was tired and was falling asleep. The last thing he saw before blacking out was an old man wearing a lab coat.

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Professor Oak didn't know what to do.

He was angry at pikachu, but he was confused at his behavior.

All of ash's pokemon were staying with professor Oak. Professor Oak didn't want that because he was angry at them. But Ash would want it.

He would want his pokemon to be happy even if they weren't his pokemon now. And that's why he was providing food and water for his pokemon.

Delia Ketchum was like a daughter to him, and her sun Ash Ketchum was like a second grandson to him.

So he was very sad when he heard that Delia was dead.

But he was outraged at ash's friends and pokemon and even at his own grandson, Garry.

Backstabbing someone when they needed their friends the most? It was a very cruel thing to do.

If only he could stop the young trainer, but there were two problems. One: professor Oak wasn't in Pallet when all of this happen. Two: even if he was there when it happen, he knew that Ash wouldn't listen. No one would listen.

But when he returned to Pallet, let's just say that he and Garry had a talk.

And the sad part was that none of his pokemon and friends regretted their actions.

But the most shocking was pikachu.

Pikachu was ash's best friend, still he also betrayed him.

But that wasn't the shocking part. The shocking part was that pikachu wasn't acting like others. He wasn't celebrating like others. He was not happy, far from that. In fact, he was sad and angry.

It was like pikachu didn't want to betray Ash, but he still did it.

But why?

Professor Oak didn't had an answer.

He picked up the sleeping pikachu and began to walk towards his lab.

Somehow, he was going to help Ash.

'Ash my boy, where ever you are, don't lose hope. Somehow, I'm going to help you. I'm going to help you with the best of my abilities.

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Altomare.

The secret garden of the latis was a beautiful place. It was a place which many called their home. The garden was surrounded by nature. Beautiful trees and plants surrounded the garden, giving the garden a perfect view. A swing was tied by the branch, the garden even had a pond, considering this was the city of water. If someone looked above, they could see the beautiful sky in all its glory in the morning. Or the shining stars and the glowing moon in the night. Such a place had a happy aura around it, and if someone was near a certain area, they could here the happy laughter of two bonding souls.

Two pokemon were talking to each other, arguing playfully with huge smiles on their faces. One was a female while the other was a male.

But they weren't ordinary pokemon, no, far from that.

The female was a bird-like, dragon Pokémon. She had an aerodynamic body and glass-like down feathers. The lower half of her body was red with jet-plane wings and fin-like feet. She had a blue triangular marking on her chest. She had white and red arms. The upper-half of her body was white. She had triangular ears and a red face with a white pentagon in the middle. She had golden eyes, and had a huge smile on her face.

She was the legendary eon pokemon, latias.

The male was a latios, but he was different. Instead of the normal blue color, a dark sleek black covered the blue regions of the lati. He had red eyes. Unlike a normal latios which had a red triangular marking on its chest, he had a blue triangular marking on his chest. He also had a smile on his face. But that wasn't the only thing which was different about this lati, as a matter of fact, this was only a little thing. The most different thing was that he was not a pokemon, at least not entirely. Yes, he was a hybrid. A hybrid which had the responsibility of saving the world. But he wasn't worried about that, because right now the only thing he could think about was how fun it was to play for nonstop five hours.

"Woh!" shouted Ash while looking at the sky in surprise. "I didn't realize how much time passed."

Latias smiled. "Yeah, we played for a long time. But it was so much fun!" she exclaimed while giggling.

"You had fun while I was running like a madman?" asked Ash playfully. "Seriously, hunt the lati isn't the best game for me that's for sure," he muttered.

She laughed. "The only reason you say that because you were the one who was running away." She said happily. "Its not that hard."

"Easy for you to say," he muttered. "I had to run from a whole group of little pokemon, pokemon who weren't suppose to fly but still could. And top of that, you were chasing me with your full speed!" he wined.

She giggled. "You were the one who pranked me, even when I told you that I give up. I just thought that I should return the favor." She replied while smiling sweetly.

The sun had disappeared in to the night a while ago, but that didn't stop them from playing like little kids. But in the end, they needed to sleep and were going back to the house. But before leaving, they had promised the little ones that would play with them every week.

"Admit it Ash, you had fun." She said.

Ash grin. "Can't argue with that, I really had fun." He said. "I haven't done anything like that for a long time."

"See? Running away like a madman can be fun." She said with a giggle.

He gave her a grateful smile. "Thanks, latias."

She didn't know why was he thanking her, but she had an idea. "Anytime Ash, I'm always here for you. After all, that's what friends are for." She said with a smile.

"I wish I could say that about my former friends and pokemon…" muttered Ash while a sad look appeared on his face.

A burning house, a commanding voice telling a nidoking to use flamethrower, the burnt body of his mother, his mother telling him she was proud, even while dying. All appeared in his mind, and for a second, he felt like he was in Pallet town again, helpless an unable to do anything. Unable to save his mother, unable to tell his friends that he wasn't weak, unable to do anything.

"Did you say something Ash?" she questioned at his sad expression.

Her voice interrupted his thoughts and he came back to reality.

His eyes widened. 'Uh oh, did I say that loud? He thought to himself.

He forced a smile on his face. "Me? No, nothing!" He answered.

She had heard it, but she knew that talking about it wasn't going to help him. So she didn't say anything.

"So how are you going to help me training?" he asked curiously while looking at her. If he was honest with himself, he was very excited. He always wanted to fight like a pokemon. True he could use any pokemon attack after how Arceus trained him, but still, he was a human, and humans had their limits. Humans couldn't fight like pokemon did, and they couldn't heal as fast as pokemon. So now when he was also a pokemon, the possibilities were limitless for him. He could already give a good fight to arceus, ad his new lati abilities and he would be a monster in power. The best advantage of being a latios was his speed. A latios could fly faster then a jet. He could already fly with his aura, considering he was an aura prince. With his new form, all his powers were going to receive a real good upgrade. More importantly, it was necessary to become stronger, the fate of the world depended on it.

'The fate of the world depends on just one person, a person who has lost everything. I don't get it, if I was someone else, people would be giving me comfort and I would be in my house, crying. But I'm not like others, am I? When I lost everything, I have to save the world. I have to live with the pain of losing all my friends.

She laughed in amusement. "Seriously Ash? Yesterday you were wounded like you came back from a war, and tomorrow you want to train? I don't think that's a good idea. You shouldn't train for another day." She advised with a smile.

Ash wanted to argue that he was fine, but he couldn't say that with all those bandages. Still, he tried. "But I want to train!"

More liked wined, but oh well.

She giggled at him. "You will have to wait until the day after tomorrow." She told him while smiling at him.

He wanted to object, but he knew she was right. It wouldn't matter if he trained while in a tired and wounded state, because he wouldn't be able to train like he could do after being fully healed. Well, not his right shoulder, but that was a different matter. He had learned to fight with that weakness, and it was very hard for someone to hit that shoulder when he was fully healed and was battling seriously.

"Speaking of that, how can you fire hyper beam after hyper beam?" she asked curiously. He was a complete mystery to her. It was like she had just scratched the surface.

If only she knew.

"I trained." He answered casually.

"Y-"

She didn't know what to say to that. It was like it wasn't a big deal to him, like this was just another common thing in his life. Just how much he was hiding from her? If firing hyper beam after hyper beam wasn't a big thing to him, then what was?

Ash didn't know about her thoughts, he didn't know how confused she was. How could he know, this really wasn't an amazing thing for him. He had met many legendaries and had almost died every time. Heck, he had died once. That was the reason he was a hybrid today. So firing hyper beam after hyper beam wasn't so amazing to him like it was for others.

"Aren't we going back to the house?" asked Ash curiously while floating along side her.

She looked at him. "Of course we are, why?" she asked.

He scratched his head. "Well, we left it behind a while ago." He explained. This was the first time he had noticed that they were going the wrong way. Usually there was someone who told him that.

"What are you talkin-"

Oh.

He was right, they were busy talking that they didn't even realize it.

"I think you are right."

Ash looked at latias. Latias looked at Ash.

They began to laugh.

After calming down, they began to fly back towards the house.

After a while, they reached the house. Floating above the ground, Ash covered himself in a blue glow and transformed back to his human self.

Looking at latias, he saw that she had done the same thing.

He was going to say something, but he stopped. A smile was on her face, her hare were flowing in the air. Her amber eyes had a happy glow to them, and he felt like he could stare forever in those orbs. She was looking like a beautiful angel, at least to him, and he couldn't help but stare.

He had seen her human form before, but every time he saw it, he couldn't help but admit how beautiful she was. And that wasn't the only thing. He had known her only for a day, but still, she knew things about him no one ever did. No one but his mother, but that was a different matter. She was his mother, and he trusted her with everything. But latias, he only knew her for a day but somehow, he knew that he could trust her. She was kind, genital, and fun to be around. How he knew that only in one day, he didn't know, but somehow, in only a day, she had made a place in his heart. He had bonded with others like this, his pokemon were an example, but this was something different. But the question was; why was it different? Why didn't he had the same feeling which he always had when he bonded with his pokemon? Why was it different?

Misunderstanding his stare for curiosity, she spoke. "I like to be in my human form whenever I can." She said.

Again her voice interrupted his thoughts and a blushed appeared on his face. "Uh okay!"

'Was I just staring at her like a freak? He thought to himself. But even at a time like this, he admitted that he liked her human voice. 'What the hell's wrong with me? He questioned himself.

They entered the house, and after sitting next to each other on the couch, a thought came to him. "Wait a second, where am I gonna sleep?" he asked curiously.

"I was going to tell you, but you just flew away before I could." She said. "The house has two rooms, you can sleep in the room which is next to mine."

"You know, I wasn't expecting the garden to be so big." Said Ash. He thought that it would be a small place, but this? He never expected this. A place which could grow according to how many beings were in the place? No, he never expected it. "Where do the other latis sleep?" he asked.

"Wherever they want to. But mostly everyone sleeps in trees. I still don't get it why they didn't want a house like I did." She said.

He chuckled. "Every pokemon doesn't like to live like humans do you know." He said.

That was another surprise to him, but he shouldn't be surprised. Many humans wanted to be a pokemon, wouldn't some pokemon feel the same? True pokemon were more powerful then humans, but humans had things which pokemon just couldn't do or make.

He was one lucky guy, after all, he could be both, a human and a pokemon. He really needed to talk to Arceus and thank her for this. Speaking of that, he needed to talk to Arceus about the threat and what he needed to do, but his fears were stopping him.

"True," she spoke. "But I like it."

"So if you aren't letting me train tomorrow, then what am I suppose to do? I don't want to just sit around and do nothing."

She smiled. "Have you been to altomare before?" she asked curiously. She hoped that he haven't visited here before, because then it would ruin what she had in mind.

He shook his head. "Na, it was never in the way of the cities I needed to go to win a badge," he spoke. "But I have heard about altomare before. Some people say that it is the best place for tourists." He spoke while taking off his hat and spinning it around in his hands.

She smiled. So he hadn't visited this place after all. "They are not wrong you know, altomare is a beautiful island, and it has many good places."

He smiled. "I don't know about good places, but I agree on the beautiful part. I saw a little bit of island when I landed on the dock, and it's quite beautiful. And it has so much aura."

"Some lati call altomare the place of aura because it is surrounded by it." she said with a smile. She loved her home, why wouldn't she, she had grown up here, and it was so peaceful.

"The place of aura, a? Well, I called it the ocean of aura when I landed here, but I think that the place of aura sounds so much better." He said while rubbing the back of his head.

She laughed. "Why the ocean of aura?" she asked while giggling.

He also chuckled. "Well, its near the ocean and surrounded by aura. But then again, I was never good at naming things." He spoke while rubbing the back of his neck.

"So can you sense aura?" he asked curiously. Was that the reason his aura was stronger then usual because he was a lati?

"Who, me? Are you kidding me? I can't sense aura, but it would be awesome if I could," she said. "The reason I know about aura is because the soul due is the reason this place has so much aura." She explained.

His eyes widened in realization. "That's the reason the soul due always needs to be in altomare! It provides aura to trees, canals and other things! If someone takes the soul due away, they will remove the aura from this place!" he spoke in realization. He didn't know how precious soul due was. If they removed the soul due from altomare, there would be no life! Trees and plants would die, ponds and canals wouldn't have the water and everything would be ruin!

"Yeah, that's the reason evil organizations attack altomare. The soul due have many powers and if it gets in the wrong hands, who knows what would happen," she said. "We try our best to protect the soul due. It has the soul of my brother, but more importantly it needs to be in altomare otherwise, I don't want to think what would happen."

"You know, your brother must be a great person, latias." Said Ash softly.

She smiled happily. "You think?" she asked.

He smiled kindly. "Of course, sacrificing your life is never an easy task," he spoke. "And he didn't just did that, he trapped himself forever for the city, and more importantly, he did it for his sister, for you." He explained, all the while smiling at her.

A warm feeling settled in her heart. It was so sweet of him to say that. "Thanks Ash, you being here is really good you know, because if someone tries to steel the soul due, you can protect it."

"You can count on me, latias." Spoke Ash in determination. "I'm not gonna let anything happen to the people of this place, and the soul due too."

She gave him a smile. "I know I can count on you." She whispered, and she truly meant it. She had seen how strong he was, and the good thing was that he didn't use that power to harm someone. He was really different, and she had never met someone like him before. She felt a strange feeling when she looked at him. 'What is this? I have never felt this kind of feeling before.

"Anyway," spoke Ash. "Why does it matter if I have visited this place or not?" he asked curiously.

"Oh yeah!" she exclaimed. She had completely forgotten about that, and it was weird. It was the reason they began talking about altomare. "I asked that because I was thinking if you haven't visited this place before, tomorrow I can give you a tour."

Ash smiled widely. "That's awesome! I was thinking that I could ask you about some nice places here, but your idea is even better!" he said happily.

She smiled while getting up from the couch. "Well then, we should go to sleep if we want to wake up early."

Ash also got up. "Yeah, you are right." He said.

She led him towards the rooms. Stopping near the doors, they both looked at each other. There was a feeling of ocwardness around.

The two doors were side by side, one on the left while other on the right. "Uh…which one in I'm suppose to go?"

She pointed at the right one.

It was weird, they had spent the whole day together, but now when they were separating, there was a strange feeling of ocwardness.

"Uh...guess I will see you tomorrow...?" spoke Ash weakly. He didn't know what to say in this kind of situation. He hadn't felt ocward around her before, so what was happening now?

"Yeah..." she breathed out. "Good night ash..."

"Good night, latias."

He was going to open the door to the room, when he was suddenly interrupted. "Wait!" exclaimed latias.

He turned around and looked at her. "Yeah?" he asked curiously.

She was looking at the ground, so he couldn't see her expression.

But soon, she looked at him. And he was confused. Why was her face so red? Did she something to her face by her psychic powers? Could someone even do that?

"I really had fun with you today…Ash." She spoke softly while her face went even redder. With that, she quickly opened the door, entered the room and slammed the door shut.

And Ash was left there, confused. "A?" he asked no one. "What...happened?"

One minute her face was so red while the other minute she slammed the door in his face?

Weird.

But he admitted that he felt a strange feeling in his chest when she spoke those words, but the question was why? Why did he feel that only around her?

He stood there, thinking. But soon, a small smile appeared on his face. "Me too, latias...me too."

With that, he opened the door of the other and entered, all the while having that strange and warm feeling in his chest. 'I don't know what to call it...but, it feels nice.

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Latias lied on her bed, all the while her heart was beating so fast that she thought that it was going to jump out. 'What's this? Why was I blushing so much when I told him that? She asked himself.

But it was really strange. He just came here and became her friend, it had never had happened to her before. And he was different for everyone else too. He had so much power, but he was using that power to help those who were in need. More importantly, he was friendly, kind, and just fun to be around. She couldn't wait for tomorrow, they were going to spend more time together! She was going to give him a tour of the city and the two of them would have so much fun! Tomorrow couldn't come faster!

'Why am I getting so excited? I have never felt this excited just because of making a friend. She thought to herself. 'But then again, Ash is different from everyone else, maybe that's why he's having a different affect on me.

She giggled at the thought, but she knew that wasn't the reason.

But what was it?

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Meanwhile, Ash was looking at the room he was going to stay in for a while. It was mediom sised, a queen sised bed was in the center, two side tables were there too, on the right and left respectively. A television screen was in the room too. He chuckled at that one. No one would really think that pokemon lived in this house. 'I wonder how long I'm gonna stay here? I'm gonna Miss Latias after leaving that's for sure. He thought to himself.

But at thought, a question came. Where was he gonna go after training here? He couldn't go back to Pallet town even if he wanted to. He didn't fear what people were going to think, the problem was that his house was destroyed in the fire, so that wasn't an option. New island were also out of options. While the island was good for training, he couldn't live there. The biggest problem living there was that he couldn't get human food there. Pokemon only needed to eat fruits, barriers and those kinds of things, and he could do it too considering he was also a pokemon, but he didn't want to do that. He liked human food, thank you very much. He was only going to choose new island if he was out of options. 'But then again, what other options do I have?

He climbed on the bed and got under the sheets. He could think about that when he needed to leave, now was the time to sleep.

He could only hope that nightmares didn't haunt him again, but he wasn't counting on that.

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A/N: chapter end.

Yes, I know, not much happened in this chapter and it is not as long as the others, and I even took so much time to update and for that, I'm truly sorry.

I'm grateful to all my readers, and I hope that you will continue to support me.

The reason I took this long to update is I was making notes for this story.

Yes, when I started this story, I didn't have any chapters or notes written for it, I just wrote a chapter, made an account on fanfiction, thought of a name for the story and posted it.

I didn't even have the whole plot, I knew where I wanted to take the story, I had the beginning and the end, but I wasn't sure of what I was going to right in between them. So that's why I took this brake, to prepare some notes, to create a list of all the main events in the story, and things like those. I hope that now, the story will be better then before.

The reason for the shortness of this chapter is a spoiler, so if you don't want to know, don't read the next part.

Another big battle is near, very near. And that's why I didn't want to write a long chapter, because then, the battle would arrive soon, and I didn't want to throw a big battle just after one happened, that would be kind of weird.

Oh yeah, I want to clear this. When Ash and latias will be around other latis, I will call her princess so no one gets confused. But when the other latis aren't around, I will just call her latias.

So yes, now I know where I want to take this story, and I'm back!

I have created a pokemon community, in which stories of Ash Ketchum will be posted. Right now, there are many good stories like traveler and the black latios in the community, so check it out. It is called "The Ketchum world."

See you in the next chapter,

Bye bye!