Demon: Quote end quote, "Gabe is probably gonna stick around for a couple of chapters." Yeah, starting from Chapter 16 to now is what you consider "a couple"

AnonJolteon: Hey, I didn't feel like taking the character out! I wanted to wait for the proper moment.

Nerd: Actually, it has been too long. It was about time.

*Calls Glace2*

Nerd: Gabe will be exiting very soon.

Glace2: Okay.

*Ends call*

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Chapter 25: Departure

*YAWN* Gabe opened her mouth. She got out of her "bed," which was really just a box with ice and a pillow.

"Good morning Serena." Gabe said as she walked by. What she didn't know, was that the time was 12:00 PM.

"Hey Ash." Gabe, still sleepy, said as she walked by him.

"Hey Blizzard." Ash responded.

"Hello Ash's father." Gabe glimpsed at the man.

"She said 'hi'" Ash translated.

"Well, hello back to you." Red responded.

"" Gabe kept on pacing until her paw was standing on a plastic bag.

"" Gabe looked down, and saw two similar yet different pills in the bag. She peered a bit closer, and saw that one of them had a male sign on it and the other had a human silhouette.

Hmmm… so these are the pills to change back. I kinda feel a bit homesick…

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"Honestly, I'm still surprised that my little boy had conquered seven regions, and later consistently gets into a higher tier each region. Maybe, the next region you would get first place." Red remarked.

"Heh, that was nothing." Ash scratched the back of his head.

"Also, you are a legendary pokemon and you caught a legendary pokemon. I'm quite surprised, I've caught my first one when I was twenty."

"Wait, you caught a legendary too?"

"Yes, but I released them since I was sure they had duties to do and would not be safe around you." Red sighed.

"'Them? How many?"

"Three, Suicune, Entei, and Raikou."

Ash simply gawked at the fact.

The two men of the Ketchum family were having a quick chat as Delia got lunch ready.

"Everyone, lunch is ready!" Delia shouted. She brought out a huge collection of dishes one by one, which eventually everyone started drooling at.

"Time to dig in!" Ash grabbed a spoon and scooped a bit of rice.

"Ash, did you wash your hands?"

"...Oops." Ash dashed into the bathroom and the faucet could be heard from the living room.

"I have to say, this tastes better than that pizzeria at home!" Latias commented after tasting some of the chicken.

"It's Ash's mom. What do you expect? A boy who eats a lot requires a mom who cooks a lot." Pikachu stated. Latias giggled at this.

"You know, you shouldn't really insult your trainer like that." Serena told Pikachu.

"Whaaat? It's true!" Pikachu then grabbed another piece of Pokemon food Delia bought from the supermarket.

"So Ash, when will you be heading off to another journey?" Delia asked as soon as he returned to the table.

"Why'd you think that?"

"Well, after a few months or so, you go off with new friends as soon you return home."

"I plan to go with you to regions where I've went to, revisit some friends and introduce you to them and the special places I know in each place." Ash responded.

"Really?" Delia had a surprised expression.

Ash then saw Gabe, who was simply pushing around a pellet on the floor. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"You know, seeing you talk to your father and planning to go somewhere with your mother, kinda reminded me of my own family."

"Oh. So you want to go back home?"

"Yeah."

"Sure, I'll make sure of that." Then, Ash leaned towards her ear. "Take the pills at 7:00, then wake up at 11:00 PM."

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"Back and forth… Why us?" Jessie moaned in the hot-air balloon.

"Hey, we get a raise, so just deal with this for now and we'll always be able to go to the restaurants you always want to eat at." James persuaded.

"This just seems too long…"

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"How long until the portal gun would be repaired?" Robert asked.

"Should be in a few days." One of the commanders responded.

"Good, because I'm getting annoyed. We already have the arsenal to keep the entire world in our hands, we just need that virus to wipe their minds and do something else."

"What is that?"

"It's personal."

"Oh."

"What I think we should do is to stun all of his friends, while making the target immune to it."

"Perfect."

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7 Hours Later…

Time to take those pills. Gabe gulped down the two pills with a small cup of water and climbed into Ash's deep side of the bed.

She closed her eyes, and got into a deep sleep.

After a while, Ash opened the door, and saw the small lump in his covers.

Good, he did it. Ash took out his Kalos bag, and dug out the clothes he had picked up from Altomare. He then put them onto the blankets, and left the room.

He found Latias and Serena bickering outside.

"Well, I can't just sleep outside on the grass. I'm a living being too!"

"A pokemon! Besides, you can go into your pokeball!"

"But I like it out here!"

"Girls, can you stop? I know how to do this." Ash went to a closet and brought out a small inflatable mattress, a pillow, and a blanket. "Serena, you already have a sleeping bag. Get it out, and you can just sleep in the living room. Latias, I'm going to inflate this, then you can sleep on it with the blanket, in the living room too. Sorry, that we don't have a guest room, but both of you can bear with it for today, right?"

"Yes."

"Yeah."

"Okay then, this is settled."

4 Hours Later…

"..." Gabe opened her, or rather his, eyes and looked upon his body. Back to normal, minus the clothes.

Crap. Gabe lifted out the blankets, just to find some clothes. Oh yeah, my old clothes and bag.

He put on the clothes, and slowly opened the door. He found Ash standing there.

"Ready to head home?" Ash whispered.

"Yep."

"Just saying, you can now understand pokemon. Just a heads-up." Ash told him as they walked down the hallway to the door. Ash opened the front door, and a blast of cold air hit the two of them.

"Here's some money to go off, since I've already checked your bag, which doesn't seem enough." Ash handed him 1000 pokeyen. "Here's a map."

Ash opened up a map with a red dot. "That's our home…" Ash pointed at the red dot. "...so what you do is walk down that road…" Ash pointed down the road. "...and you'll reach a forest. Take a right there, then there should be a bus stop. Wait there, and it'll take you to the airport. You can fly or take the bus the rest of the way."

"Thanks for the money and guidance, but I think I won't be needing it." Gabe rejected his thanks. He had gotten a message on his phone, which he checked before leaving it, and from his friend, nicknamed "Glace2," he texted to come to the forest nearby and stay in there.

Gabe started walking out towards the woods, before turning around.

"Thanks for helping me along. If it weren't for you, I would be in the hands of that organization, with nobody to help me." Gabe thanked Ash.

"It's completely fine, I'd help anyone in need."

"Goodbye Ash. I hope to see you again."

"Same to you." Ash saluted to Gabe before closing the door, to the last meeting for a while.

Ash closed the door, then went to the window facing Gabe's direction. It was a full moon, and he saw one boy walking down the street for about ten minutes, before disappearing from distance.

Bye Gabe. Ash thought before going into the backyard. He saw it was a full moon, and he decided to use the opportunity.

He walked out and turned into his Latios form. He flew to a nearby hill, and laid back, staring at the moon.

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*Yawn* Latias woke up in the middle of the night. She went to get a quick drink of water, but found the backyard door open. She peered outside, and saw a faint but certainly blue thing.

Ash? Latias quickly grabbed a water bottle, opened it with Psychic, drank from it, then went out the door.

"...Oh hey Latias." Ash noticed her.

"How long have you been out here?" Latias rubbed her eyes.

"A while. Just looking at the moon after I got Gabe home." Ash returned to looking at the starry night sky.

"Gabe? You mean that Glaceon?"

"Yeah, he turned back and walked off about twenty minutes ago." Ash stated.

"Oh."

A moment of silence passed.

"The moon is quite beautiful, right?" Ash pointed to the moon with one of his claws.

"Yes."

"You know, I think your brother is worrying about you right now. Like, don't you have any duties?"

"Yes, I have to go to a legendary meeting tomorrow." Latias responded.

"Oh."

"Ummm… Just requesting, but can you come with me to the Hall of Origins?"

"Sure."

"...Thanks."

Now's the chance! "If you didn't know, I learned a new move in Altomare."

"What is it?" Ash asked.

"This." Latias winked, and plenty of hearts came out and surrounded Ash. They kept on circling his head, until they all came together and Ash's body turned pink. Then it went back to normal.

However, once Ash opened his eyes, they were still normal.

"What?"

IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE?! WHAT THE HECK!!! Latias thought.

"Hey, so what was that move?"

"Attract."

"Hmmm… it's good I guess."

OK, he didn't even notice that I used it on him. This is the moment, here goes nothing. Latias leaned her head forward, with her lips puckered.

After a few seconds of waiting, Latias opened her eyes to see Ash having a disgusted expression.

"What are you doing?"

"Ahh… nothing. Just stretching my mouth." Latias chuckled, trying to pull it off as nothing.

"OK. Anyways, it's time to sleep. I'll be heading into bed." Ash turned to his human form and walked back into the house. Latias teleported into the living room, and put the blankets on her body before sleeping again, but not without the lingering thought.

How can I manage to get my signal to his heart?

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YAWN* Serena woke up. She looked around, and saw that Latias was still sleeping.

I wonder if anyone else is up, since Latias is an early bird. Serena walked down the hallway, before stopping at a door, which was barely open.

What's this? Serena peeked in, and saw a lump in a bed, slowly rising and falling. He also saw a bunch of display cases of badges, including one that was oddly familiar.

Ash's room?

Serena took in the entire setting, still looking around his room. She saw a pokeball clock, partially broken. Along with that, she found multiple pictures, including the one with her, Clemont, Bonnie and Ash. There were also a few more, where she could obviously make out Ash's face, but couldn't make out the rest except for four pictures, which all included Brock. Two of them included Misty.

Are each one from a specific region?

She then opened the door a little, and saw plenty of pokemon plushies, along with a TV set, which didn't seem like was used in a long time.

He must've had a huge devotion to pokemon back when he was little. Serena thought.

Serena then decided she was abusing the fact that Ash was sleeping a bit too much.

She stepped out and closed the door. She then came face-to-face with Delia Ketchum.

"What are you doing Serena?"

Serena started blushing. "Err.. I think I left something in his room…"

"But you've never went into his room." Delia then smiled. "I was like you when I met Red."

"Huh?"

"I was always shy to talk to Red about how I loved him, but the difference of situations is the fact that Ash doesn't notice." Delia sighed.

"..How'd you know?"

"Trust me, I've seen enough photos of him and his friends to easily see how he reacts to each girl he's traveled with." Delia sighed as she looked out into space. "I don't know why he got raised without the thought of love."

Then Delia turned to her. "Well, I will be preparing breakfast, I wish you luck."

Serena was simply left speechless. As she walked into the living room, she heard a large noise from the bedroom.

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*SNOOOOOOOOOOOORK* A loud noise emitted from Ash's bedroom.

Pikachu is currently present curled into a ball, next to his trainer, who basically flipped the blankets to the wrong place.

SNOOOOOOOOOOOOORK* Ash snored. Pikachu's ears twitched.

*Yawn* What's that unbearable noise… Pikachu rubbed his eyes.

*SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORK* Pikachu then realized where this "unbearable noise" came from.

*Sigh* Time for the usual procedure… Pikachu opened the door and went outside. A while later, he came back in with a bag of marshmallows. He opened the bag and dumped the contents into Ash's mouth.

*SOR* The noise was now barely audible.

Now he won't be waking up the entire household. Pikachu thought.

As he was about to walk outside however, he heard the snore again.

Pikachu peeked back, and saw that all the marshmallows were gone, probably eaten.

Oh boy, time for Plan B. Pikachu got a pillow and put it onto his mouth.

Pikachu walked out and the snoring continued again.

*Sigh* Time for Plan C. Pikachu pushed his head to the side, so it wasn't in the position where snoring was possible.

The electric mouse pokemon was already ticked off, and when the next time Ash managed to get snoring again, he went with Plan Z: Screw everything.

A large amount of electrical energy is now present in Ash's room.

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"Let me guess, Pikachu had to wake you up again?" Delia cheerfully asked as her son, covered with black soot and hair sticking everywhere, came out his bedroom.

"Yep."

"Hey, I'm not the one to blame. I truly do want to know how you consistently try to snore almost everyday." Pikachu retorted.

"Good morning honey." Red came downstairs.

"You too." They shared a quick kiss.

"So what's for breakfast?" Ash asked.

"Some eggs and ham, plus some rice." Delia responded.

"Ok the.. Hey Serena. Good morning." Ash told Serena.

"Good morning to you too." Serena replied.

"Good morning!" Latias shouted cheerfully as she hovered into the room.

"Good morning." Red replied. Then he noticed something. "Hey, where's that Glaceon friend of yours?"

"Oh, she wanted to go back home." Ash responded.

"Huh?"

"Well, she was another victim of Team Everest, the same team which made me into a Latios. I had a super smart friend in Kalos, which he made a cure for her."

"What about you?"

"Eh, I don't really feel like it. Besides, being a pokemon is cool!" Ash smiled.

"If you say so…"

A bit of time passed as everyone ate their own dishes.

Ash looked at the clock, and significantly sped up.

"Ash, where are your manners?"

"Sorry mom, I just need to get Greninja back to his duties." Ash cleaned his plate, put it into the dishwasher, grabbed a pokeball, dressed, and teleported somewhere.

"Duties?"

"Destined to help decontaminated Kalos." Serena sipped her cup of water.

"Is it just me, or is Ash basically entangled within almost all the important events of the world?"

"Pretty much."

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Ash teleported back into that one forest, and released Greninja.

"Zygarde, I can return to my duties now." Greninja used aura to communicate.

"Yes indeed." One of the head cells appeared, followed by the other.

"Come along Greninja, it's time to go." The blue one stated.

"Sure, just give me a second." Greninja turned to his trainer. "Next time Ash. Whenever you need me, I'll always be here in the Kalos region."

"Okay." Ash waved bye to Greninja.

The three soon faded into the underbrush of the forest.

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A couple minutes after Latias finished, Ash came back.

"So, can we go to the Hall of Origins?" Latias asked.

"Sure, just guide me." Ash responded. "Hey everyone, Latias wants me to go along with her to the Hall of Origins for some meeting or something. I'll be seeing all of you later."

"Hey son, I want you to do me a favor." Red told him. "Say hi to Raikou, Entei, and Suicune for me."

"Sure." The two eons sped off.

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AnonJolteon: The next one will also be short, but be intensely funny.

Nerd: You seriously had to put the kissing part?

Demon: Actually, I personally did it.

*Demon smirks*

AnonJolteon: He's not lying.

Derp: :P

Nerd: …Seriously?

Demon: Yep!