Hey everyone its True-InTha-Blue!
And I am really sorry how long this chapter took to write!
But I did promise an update once a month so I made it in the march catagory!
Unfortunately that meant I had to cut this chapter in half. But I do see this is already pretty long so I hope this fills your appetite.
This chapter contains!
ABILITYSHIPPING!
Just cute fluffy stuff and the wrap up of Ash's initiation.
Not much to say except
Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: The rights to Pokémon belong to Satoshi Tajiri, and obviously not me.
From One Side to Another
By True-InTha-Blue
Chapter 25
It All Comes Together
(Two Months and twenty two days since the initiation)
The next day since last night…
Was calm.
Despite of the craziness of getting a legendary for Ash, Anabel's birthday and the two's first kiss, everyone was glad to head back. And did this mean last night's awkwardness was still remaining for Ash and Anabel?
Of course not.
They were fine with each other's presence and acted normally as they ever had. Why the crap should they be awkward? Sure the kiss was new but it was nice.
Did this mean they would kiss more often?
No.
There Ash and Anabel, they didn't really see much use of it.
However there was a certain closeness that wasn't there before. It was rare but it did give Spencer a smile when he saw the two huddled together with their starters in a hammock. They were totally asleep almost oblivious on how close they were to each other but you could tell… they were happy.
Spencer made sure to keep his mouth shut, he didn't want the others to make fun of the two.
There was one event. Though...
"Dear Passengers, This is Captain Noland speaking. We have an unexpected guest flying towards our ship. So does anyone happen to know someone with a flygon? If so please come to the deck.
As always Ash and Anabel were already out on deck, when the Flygon flew down. No surprise the package it was carrying was for Ash.
"Pika pika." Pikachu tugged on Ash's hair to take a better look at the Pokémon.
It only took Ash a second to realize who it belonged to.
"Oh wait your Jed's Flygon." Anabel called out before Ash could. Said trainer had to swallow his sentence.
"Fle fle. Flygon."
Anabel easily translated it. "Jed sent you here?" She took a look at the parcel in its claws. "I guess it's for you." She told Ash. Without question, the new Frontier Brain opened it up curious to see what the Aura Philosopher wanted to give him.
Inside was a case the size of his hand, a bottle of clear liquid and a letter addressed to him.
It went as this and written in terrible penmanship.
Dear Apprentice and cousin Ash,
Hey I want to say once again thank you for visiting me on Merry Isle. Hope you guys enjoyed the visit there, sorry we couldn't battle though. I wanted to give you these while you were here but they were still in development.
But what are 'these' for?
It occurred to me before I left Kanto that it was not fair how I was able to hide my Aura Anchor and you are not because it is on your eye. Mine being on the back of my hand and with a glove…. (a bunch of scratched out words followed)
Never mind I'm rambling.
So…
I got you some eye contacts that match the color of your right eye. So… people should stop staring at you like your some kind of weirdo, and that's just not right because we all know I'm the weird guy here. Of course if you use your aura powers at any time your left one is going to start glowing like a nightlight even without aura sight so make sure you keep yourself in check okay?
They work almost like basic ones however these will blend into your iris naturally and you won't have to take them off when you sleep and make sure the others are kept in liquid that comes in that bottle.
However they do dissolve over time in you eye so I got you several of them for when that happens. They should last a while before you need more; when you do, give me a call beforehand and I'll send them to you. Of course you better contact me when your on your last one because it will take a while for me to contact my 'friends' who made these to make more.
Hey. Tell me when you go to certain areas, I may have some of these 'friends' there that will help you with your aura powers. I'll notify them if you are ever in need of assistance. It will help in the future
Anyway, I hope to see you again by the time you get your Battle Facility and I hope for a match with the newest Frontier Brain soon.
Give Anabel my regards.
You Cousin (three times removed but whatever) and Aura Teacher,
Jed.
P.S. Spinda wants to say hi to Pikachu and Espeon.
P.P.S
You may not get this but… the Mighty Helix Fossil has spoken! ….and then go down.
...
Have fun with that.
The trio bid the flygon farewell as it flew back to his trainer.
Ash Pikachu and Anabel took inside the case and loll and behold there were ten amber discs all in individual sections floating in liquid.
"Oh wow. Jed certainly thinks these things through right Ash?… Ash?" Anabel looked at the confused face that dotted Ash's face as he stared intently at the contacts. Pikachu looked between Ash and Anabel, kinda confused to what was going on.
"Pika pika pi pikapi?" He asked Anabel for help with Ash.
"You don't know how to put them on do you?" She summed up raising a brow.
Ash cringed before shutting the case. "Uh… no… not really. Do you?" He looked at her pleadingly.
Anabel cringed as well. "I think I might. How much do you trust me?"
Ash being blissfully naive smiled. "With my life."
Few minutes later.
"AHHHH AHHHHH! MY EYE!"
"Ash I told you to-"
"IT BURNS! ALL I SEE IS PAIN!"
"PIKACHU!"
"Pikachu, Esepon hold him down before- '!' NOW!"
"OOHHH GA-… ….
Oh wow its gone."
They were in a public restroom, Pikachu and Espeon as holding Ash down on the ground while Anabel held him in a head lock from trying to adjust the contact in Ash's eye. It was now safe to release the trainer from her grip and take a good look at the thing that caused them so much problems. The four stared at the mirror looking at Ash's now similar colored eyes, of course the left had its sclera bright red from the 'irritating' situation from earlier. It would fade eventually. The Pikachu Trainer blinked a bit before turning to the other three.
"They look back to normal. He got the color spot on."
Anabel, Espeon and Pikachu tilted their heads to get a good look.
"I have to say though, I've kinda grown use to you having one blue and one amber. But I have to say, I think amber suits you the best." She said completely honest. It was an honest truth to Anabel and was an unintentional compliment.
Completely slid past Ash.
That's how they work.
The two Pokémon were surprised that neither of the humans got the compliment and sighed with good humor.
"Pika…"
"Eeph."
"I thinking I'm gonna consult Bulbasaur on this."
The ride back to the shores of Kanto was uneventful but that's something all the Frontier Brain's needed once in a while.
That's all that really all happened.
It was at the docks at Kanto at night that things began to start.
"Frontier Brains, line up!" Scott ordered.
As if trained, the seven Brains lined up in a straight line. It took a second for Ash to realize that applied to him too now and quickly got into formation with them, Pikachu doing the same next to Ash.
"Alright Frontier Brains. As you know another has joined our ranks and it will be almost a little more of a month before the battle Frontier begins. However it would be best if we got our newest member acquainted with his facility in the following four days." Scott started out.
This actually surprised, not just Ash and Pikachu but all the Frontier Brains. Usually when a member was going to join their ranks it took a full three months until they official became a full part of the Battle Frontier. But then again Ash did hold record for capturing his legendary the fastest.
But it didn't take a genius for all of them to suspect that Scott was up to something; they agreed to his plan. That meant they had to gather when Scott's bus to head to Ash's Battle Facility, it should be built by now, as said trainer would go head to get things settled. But what was the rest of the time going to be used for? That was still a mystery to everyone except their boss.
And yet the other part of four days until get his battle facility both excited and deflated Ash a bit. He was hyped to get started, but on the other hand that meant less time having fun with Anabel and not being able to see the people at Cobalt Port who he had grown quiet fond of.
But that was part of growing up he supposed.
Everyone did a quiet congratulation to Ash for his achievement before they all went their separate ways back to each respecting Battle Facility, either by shuttle or Pokémon. Until there was Ash and Pikachu and Anabel and Espeon left in the dark.
They looked at each other and looked back… and then looked at each other again with a competitive grin on their faces.
"Wanna race?" They asked at the same time.
They both knew the answer so they didn't waste anytime with Anabel throwing down the Legendary's poke'balls. The two beast had sensed the humans intent and willingly let them climb on their backs in preparation to the race.
In fact, the beast didn't mind it at all. It was simple fun to just speed across against on or more of their brothers or sisters. The human's with their starters got on their backs and they took off like the wind. Through the streets and over the buildings of the urban areas to rocky crags and lush fields covered in the blanket of night. They could feel the human's hands clutch tighter to their fur trying to stay on them, but of course Raikou and Entei well knew that the humans could handle faster speeds, and nothing stopped them when they took it up a notch.
Plains became solid green and trees became a blur, yet despite of the great velocity no one got hit by trees or even the low branches. It took five more minutes when they reached back to Anabel's place with Raikou and Anabel coming in first with Ash and Entei just trailing behind by a second.
The Salon Maiden leapt from the beast and gave a whoop that was unlike her; even she had her moments. Going on with her enthusiasm espeon jumped to give a high five with her tail and Raikou doing the same with his paw.
Ash and Pikachu had already gotten off Entei, all three of them grinning at the other team despite of their lost. The human turned to the legendary and smiled.
"Can't win them all eh?" He asked the entei.
He saw the Volcano Pokémon smiled with his mask before the larger beast stood on its hind legs and pushed the human down in a playful shove.
"Entei?" Anabel noticed the ruffling about the other two were getting in. The Pokémon and Ash with his face on the ground were laughing at the antics. It was a form of simple fun. Just them being friends and not even realizing that they were separate species. This continued on to the house were they talked to each other and played and jumped and play fight with each other.
But soon the fun had to end.
The humans and starters were going to enter the house when they sensed that the Legendary Beast had stopped.
Instantly Anabel turned with a sigh. Ash rose an eyebrow and asked what was wrong. Anabel, though not intentionally, ignored him; her attention on the Pokémon before her.
"You guys have to go don't you?" She said a bit sadly.
"Ephee.." Espeon nudged her trainer's leg in support when the beasts nodded.
"What?" This surprised Ash. He had forgotten that part of the trio of the Brass Tower Beast roam the world unbound. "Ah…." He took a quick look to Pikachu for help before stepping up besides Anabel.
He noticed that his partner didn't look that sad, but with a face of more of wistful acceptance at the fact. "Yeah. They came because they sensed you were near finish with your training. As with all legendaries they gather to see if the new Frontier Brain is worthy." She turned to him and smiled. "And as you can tell, you obviously were." She said causing him to smile and blush sheepishly.
"Well I guess this is goodbye for now." She said to her legendaries. But she smiled. "I'll look forward for your next visit guys." Anabel leaned to to hug the beast burying her face in their manes. Both rumbled gently showing her that they will always come back. She was their trainer and their friend.
Letting go, the two humans watched as two of the Brass Tower Trio turned to leapt and ran through the fields and forest with lighting and sparks of fire trailing behind them. They watched on and on until there was no trace that the beasts were ever there.
"You really are close to them." Ash said holding Pikachu. They watched her reaction.
The Salon Maiden started to pet Espeon. "Yeah… they are. They have been with me for some time now." She stood up and surprisingly she looked fine. "So what do you want to do?"
"Hmmm?" He was confused by the sudden turn of emotion.
Anabel once again smiled but this was a little bit more sad. "Well if you remember what Scott said… you have four… well technically three days left with you as my apprentice."
Then Ash got what she was saying. "Ah… that's right. Once I get there I won't be able to see ya that much anymore." His voice was a bit sad but then it dramatically turned determined. "But you know what? Who cares?" He said with a big grin.
Anabel turned to him confused, so Ash clarified. "I mean, I know you like me, and you know I like you. Sooo… do really need to constantly be with each other to show that? I don't think so because I think that so long as we don't lose contact, words and the short visit would be even more precious."
What Ash was saying is that he knew he and Anabel didn't need to be constantly be with each other is because they did have their own lives and needed to see the world around them. Each other, though important, was only one part of their lives. An aspect of who they were.
Hearing this, it made sense to the Salon Maiden, understanding that what Ash was saying is that they were tough enough to endure it. She brought out another aspect. "And despite of what people may think, we're still friends."
"Yeah. Its like you with your legendaries, they may not be here, but you know they want to." They did a slight fist bump to show their comrade.
"So what do you want to do for the rest of our time?" Anabel asked walking to the training area to check up the rest of their Pokémon.
Ash thought about it for a while. Taking a look at Pikachu who was fully laying down on his shoulder and not half standing like the Mouse Pokemon normally was. He was still awake but you could tell he was obviously tired. His trainer's eyes softened at the sight.
"You know-" He turned to Anabel. "I think… we should just relax."
This was surprising coming from the never-ending bundle of energy that was of Ash. Anabel looking at him though, saw that he was indeed tired. Not just wanting to go to bed tired, but needed a rest from the constant incline that his life had been on recently. He's been through a lot, and now, he needed to take a break from this.
"Yes, a rest sounds nice."
Ash was surprised when he saw the Salon Maiden setting out bed mats on a hill nearby. Pikachu and Espeon were already snoozing on the grass.
"What this for?" He asked.
"Its been a while since I've slept outside with the stars. I thought as a fellow trainer you would miss that as well seeing as you have been cooped up inside lately."
This did strike something inside the new Frontier Brain. He had been sleeping inside lately, even though he spent a lot of time outside during the day. Still a part of him was missing the time of the wild during his was something to being exposed to the elements after dark with no trace of any human settlement.
"Sounds like a plan." Ash said laying down on the mat with Anabel taking the other one. The sounds of nocturnal Pokémon were amuck through the flora. You could see the small glowing lights of Cobalt Port but besides that the only light was the stars above.
"So are you going to teach me the rest of those star consolations you know about?" Anabel asked smiling.
Ash returned it. "Oh right. Hehe."
Not to wake their starters up, Ash talked quietly about which grouping of stars formed which Pokémon or sight. In fact they were up for an hour talking about these things, until Anabel asked.
"So how do you know all of these?" Anabel asked about to drift to sleep.
Ash too was sleepy but managed to say enough. "When… when I was young I used to pretend that the Pokémon in the stars were part of my team, since I couldn't hang out with any." He yawned. "I also learned a lot more from… from a jirachi."
"Neat." Normally anyone would be shock and extremely beyond skeptical hearing that boy said he met a legendary as rare to see every thousand of years. But from what Anabel had learned recently, Ash who was a remarkable guy, saw remarkable things.
"Hey Ash?" She wanted to ask one more question before she let slumber over take her.
"Yeah?" Ash was hardly conscious already.
"How come your cheeks have lightning bolts on them?"
"…..(yawn)… Birthmarks."
"So you're a Pikachu boy?"
"Don't…. call…. me… that."
The snoozed the rest of the night away not at all perturbed. It was a warm summer night with nothing but peace.
It was Pikachu softly slapping his face that woke Ash up to the sun rays. He winced at the bright sky and yellow fur of his starter, lightly swatting Pikachu's paws away.
"I'm up… I'm up." He groaned getting up. He looked over to see Espeon pawing Anabel's hair trying to wake her trainer up. It was failing.
Boys would think it seeing the girl curled up tightly on the sleeping mate cute; all Ash thought that she looked peaceful.
"Should I wake her up?" He whispered to Pikachu.
"Pi." It wouldn't be very polite to leave the girl all alone up here.
"Right." Turning over to her, Ash thought of how to wake her up. It seemed like calling her name and just giving her a slight shake should do.
"Yo Anabel." He said quietly giving her arm a shake. She didn't wake up. Scratching his head, he never thought of her as a heavy sleeper. "Hey Anabel." Ash said louder this time.
"Ana-" Lavender eyes shot open.
TWACK!
"HOLY-MMMMMMMMMM" Ash rolled back clutching his nose in pain.
Right after him, Anabel's eyes were wide open registering what she had done. Her face turned into a horrified expression realizing what it was.
"Oh gosh Ash I-I- I am sorry I didn't-" She ran up to him apologizing profusely. Muffles of pain was all that responded from him making Anabel feel even worse. Quickly thinking she helped him up. "This looks bad! Let's get you to Dr. Erik's." Her voice was high with panic
Pikachu and Espeon stood there traumatized on what had just occurred.
"Pi…"
"Ephe…."
It took them several seconds to follow the two humans.
Finally Ash was able to speak… barely. "Imth thin youth broaken myth noth." He 'said' still clutching his nose, which you could see slight red drops coming from it.
Even with Anabel's great ability to understand the complex speech of Pokemon, what he said didn't make a lick of sense. But seeing the blood she had the look of utmost (comedic) worry.
"I have done a terrible thing." She muttered to herself, with sadden look and eyes dark. A purple gloomy aura surrounded her.
As per his nature, Ash tried to cheer her up but his muffled and pained attempts at words only sent the Salon Maiden depression spiraling downward. Pikachu intervened by shushing his trainer.
Seeing more red, Anabel panicked and grabbed his arm a hurried them along to Cobalt Port.
Once there.
"Can I go several days without you two coming in for some type of incident or injury?" Erik joked hoping to lighten up the mood. Anabel still sulked in the corner with the two starters and Ash was still grasping his nose in pain, both had not heard him.
"Right…" He sweat dropped before requesting Ash to move his hands so he could look at the damage done.
Ash winced before taking his hands off. From where she was sitting, Anabel couldn't get a good view on what was going on; Dr. Erik back was covering her line of vision.
"Well, this is defiantly broken. Looks like I need to readjust this back into place." The doctor said.
She blinked only barely registering the man's words before she saw him grab something on Ash and then twist.
Crack!
History repeats.
"MMMMMMMMMPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Ash was once again clutching his nose in dear life. Anabel blinked once again before looking at the dear trainer with utmost pity, crushing Espeon and Pikachu against her in anxiety.
Dr. Erik was completely unfazed bringing a frozen berry bag wrapped in a dishcloth to Ash. "This should help." He smiled back and Anabel and the Pokemon. "I'll leave you two be, make sure he keeps that ice pack on for at least five minutes." He said cheerily before exiting out.
It was an extremely awkward silence between the humans and the Pokémon. Well, mainly for Pikachu, Anabel, and Espeon. Ash was covering his nose in ice, him still being on immense pain to actually noticed.
"Youf hath ah meen lefth hook." She looked up realizing Ash actually spoke.
"Uh… she was shocked. "I… I what?" Anabel knew he shouldn't be speaking but that part of her was completely out of it.
Her surprise came when Ash smiled. "Meen left hook." He tried to say clearer. "I mean, dang. You knockedth my block off." He attempted to laugh, but this only served to hurt him more. "Mmmph…"
Anabel didn't get why he was so happy about this. "Ash I'm terribly sor-"
"Stopth." He raised his hand in emphasis. "Stopth saying thath. You did what came nathually to ya. I mean, when sleeping in the wild, iths noth like peopthle thry tooth walk you up normally."
"Pipika." Pikachu crossed his arms and nodded with Ash. Remember, Anabel was only by herself during her time as a lone trainer, unlike Ash who was always with someone, like Brock and Misty and expected to be woken or wake each other. As per instinct, punching an unknown voice was just plain survival instinct.
Still this didn't stop her from being exasperated at all of this. "Great start for a relaxing three days eh?" Anabel kinda joked; for some unknown reason she still felt tired. Maybe Ash was right, maybe the next days should be used to just relax.
He lightly laughed. "Hah- ow."
"How are you feeling?" Anabel asked trying to peer at his nose.
Ash winced away before she touched him, though apologetic seeing the worried look on her. "Well… Seems like the bleeding has stopped, but I think I'm gonna see if the doc could get some Syn- Syn-... some Synthesis on me."
"I think there's some Starf berry concentrate to help you out when we get back." She said smiling, trying to cheer him up.
The Pikachu trainer was already cheerful though; immediately hopped up giving her a thumbs up. "That will be great." And through that huge smile he gave her, made Anabel feel a lot better.
"Still it's rather unfortunate that I broke your nose."
Ash waved her off before petting Pikachu. "Nah don't worry about it. I'll heal in no time. There is something I want you to do though."
Anabel and Espeon tilted their heads to which Ash found cute. "What is that?"
"I want you two to find out what we can do for the time we have left with each other? I know you have a lot to do left in the Battle Tower before the time comes, but I'm hoping that maybe together we can get it done real fast to just hang out kay?"
That was a good idea. In fact, with the two of them making up for any bills that had come in during the time during the legendary trial, the job would definitely be handled. Its always helpful to have a few more hands working for her during a rush job.
She agreed, together they planned out that Anabel should go ahead to get things going as Ash went through his Synthesis Therapy to further the processes to heal his nose.
"By the way, I'm telling Jed about this over the Poke'Nav." Ash said when she was about to leave.
This was out of character. "Why?" She asked perturbed.
Ash grinned, though wincing again as the action moved his nose. "Because he'll think this is hilarious."
"Pikachu." The Electric Mouse Pokemon agreed.
A distance away, an Aura Philosopher laughed until he fell of his chair. Then it was the spinda's turn to laugh at his trainer.
As Anabel theorized, with Ash's acquired understanding of how the menial tasks of the Battle Frontier, together they cut down the work down to two hours. During that time, they discussed about how they should spend the next days together and of course the starter Pokémon had the right to add in what they wanted as well.
First thing first, take a nap in the sunlight.
And why not? It was a perfect day outside and they had spent all morning cramped inside the Battle Tower. Besides on some level Ash was still drained by the legendary trial so he still needed a bit more snooze time to keep himself up for the rest of the time. Didn't help that he needed to save energy to recover from the broken nose, as evident as the bandage surrounding his nose.
Though the trainer known as Ash was in for a surprise when as he tried to doze off Pokémon just kept coming up to join him. And it wasn't just his own, it was Anabel's Pokémon and a bunch of wild Pokémon as well, including that skittery Furret that came to Anabel on the day of the Pokémon conflict. So by the time he actually did fall asleep, around over fifty Pokémon were strewn out around the area all snoozing away with the trainer.
Around the time of three in the day was when Ash felt well rested though he couldn't get up. Pikachu and several small other Pokémon were laying on him. Turning his head, he found the same could be said for Anabel though she looked far more comfortable with him.
'Strangely… despite of joining a workforce that revolves around trainers and other people, I spent a more a share around Pokémon than I have people. And yet, I don't feel deprived of any contact, for… I know that I have had plenty of contact with people in the past.' He looked over to the girl he liked. 'My gut tells me that Anabel has spent a lot of time with people though during this time and that she needed to spend more time with people. Funny how that works.'
In the end, Ash was happy what he accomplished. He was still on his goal but there was no longer that dread, that desire to always win. Lose, was inevitable. Sure that meant he didn't always like it but this also meant he wasn't failing. His loses were someone's else successes and a lesson for him. So long as he gave it his best then there wasn't anything wrong with that.
Though deep in the pit of his stomach, the excitement to take on all the challengers for his new Battle Facility was starting to grow. He wanted to push them and himself to the limit with the battles. He wanted to get those trainers as passionate about battle was he was! Man he felt like-!
"Coorrrrrr…" The trainer felt his hat being lifted off his head, the corner of his eye he saw something red and cream above his head.
"Cor." He tilted his head at an angle. There a familiar mischievous and somewhat derby looking corphish was wearing his trainer's hat on his spike head.
"Corphish…" Ash smiled while dead panning a bit.
"Phi." The water type took one step back.
"C'mon." Ash saw he took another step back.
"Give it here." Another step back.
The Ruffian Pokemon, true to his name, took off with giggles leaving the dumbstruck trainer trapped beneath sleeping Pokémon without his hat.
"That does it." He said to himself before skillfully maneuvering out of living pile on him before chasing after the one who stole his hat.
"Alright you little-" It was just like at the time from when he first met the Hoenn Water type Chasing him around the beach. Only this time they were dodging between Pokémon. And slowly they have been waking up as the chase went on. Ash had to stop a few times to make sure his nose bandage didn't come off.
Ash was almost right on top of Corphish, ready to snatch back his hat, when the Ruffian took the Battle Frontier Cap and tossed it over to another Pokémon.
"Swellow!" The flying type snatched the hat in mid air going the opposite direction. Ash grounded his heels in the grass trying to follow where the Swallow Pokémon sped off to.
"Oh c'mon!" Ash complained not caring now if he woke anyone else up. He was too caught up in his current predicament of wondering how he was gonna get that rambunctious swellow. A strategy came to Ash head so he stopped looking like he gave up.
The flying Pokémon was hovering overhead, curious as why his normally persistent trainer was simply standing there. Well he couldn't keep up here forever?
Trying to keep out of his trainer's reach and sight to continue the game perched down on the Sleeping Torterra's tree's branches.
This was directly in a blind spot for the human and done it so quietly it would be impossible for Ash to detect him.
Yet the bird Pokémon had forgotten that his trainer had learned Aura sight, which was not required to have eyes. As a result, Ash knew exactly where Swellow was.
With surprising speed he bolted towards his flying/normal type, intending to use the shell of Torterra to gain leverage.
"Gotcha!" Ash cried out triumphantly in the air.
"SWEL?!" Looked like Ash would get his hat back after all.
Nope.
"Kirlia!"
"Kirlia!"
A flash of green and blue nabbed the hat right before Ash tackled Swellow.
The two tumbled lightly on the ground, to no avail, seeing that two Emotion Pokémon were tossing the trainer's hat to each other.
Ash cast the flying type a deadpanned look and who retaliated the same before the trainer stove off to catch the two Kirlia.
'Can't believe Anabel's own Pokémon were ganging up on me' He though while casting said Salon Maiden a quick look. She was still sleeping still oblivious to the silliness around.
'I'm the one who needs rest, yet I'm the one running like an idiot while she naps away.' There was envy in his thoughts, but then again, he was having fun chasing pokemon around like this. But seriously! Did they have to steal his hat? His mom made that.
"Kir Kir!" The boy shiny Kirlia had noticed the human had slowed down and started to spank his rump as an insult to the human. That defiantly got the trainer faster, to the point he was charging at the two psychic types like a train.
The two Kirlia were ecstatic with tears in their eyes.
"Lia lia lia lia!"
And like always, when Ash was about to get close to the Pokemon-
"Ash why are you chasing my Pokémon?" A groggy female voice asked.
This tripped Ash up, veritably, over a rock that sent the teen rolling on the ground once more, through not damaging him in any such way. The force sent out a small item from his jacket. It was a recent addition, a small key chain that he attached in a secret pocket of his vest. This went flying out. At the end of this key chain was a Poke'ball.
One that had a topaz gold gem like surface.
One that opened when it stopped rolling around on the ground.
Emerging from it was a large serpentine form that turned into a more bulking and broader form when the light touched the ground.
"IIIEERAAAAAAA!." Giratina gave out a mighty cry that rattled the bones of all the Pokémon around them.
Ash looked up. 'Oh crap!'
Giratina was not a very outgoing Pokemon. Being introduced into a bright new place was uncomfortable for the Renegade Pokémon and thus true to its nature, reacted violently.
It glared at the strange Pokémon around it, only stopping when he heard its… its friend's words.
"Giratina, Giratina. Calm.. calm down." Ash calmly walked hands out trying to sooth the Legendary Pokémon.
"Iirrraaaa…" Luckily the Ghost Legendary saw the human was not in danger. It assessed that because the human was not at danger than the Pokémon surrounding were not a threat.
Though this was it had come to conclude, this didn't stop from all the other creatures being terrified of the immense legendary.
Even Ash's Pokémon, those who had not fought it, and to some extent Anabel's younger Pokémon were scared. This did help make Giratina feel like it was welcome.
The two trainer's and Pikachu sensed this and rushed to take action.
"Woah now everyone. This is Giratina. He's… he's a legendary but don't let that worry kay?" Ash stood in front of the dark Legendary putting a careful hand to show that the human wasn't afraid of Giratina. But that also meant he wasn't trying to show that he didn't respect it.
Pikachu was bold enough to jump on the legendary's plat's of gold and began to speak to the Pokémon around him in their our native speech in car ether didn't understand human too well.
Anabel worked her position as an empathetic link to Pokémon to calm them down.
"Ash is right. You've all have seen other legendaries come and go here." She said talking about Entei and Raikou who have come across the wild Pokémon here many a time.
She herself went up to the Renegade Pokémon, bowing in respect. "Though I admit, I would have never thought I would see an actual Giratina."
Ash and Pikachu figeted a bit before introducing the legendary to her.
"Uh Yeah! Giratina this is Anabel. She… She is kinda my teacher who… well who has the same ideals with me." He tried to get his voice firm yet despite of him feeling a bit nervous. He wasn't sure how Giratina would react to another human that hadn't helped him.
The legendary looked around them wearily, judging the situation before leaning down to stare straight into Ash's eye.
The trainer stared back, trying to show Giratina that he was still who he was, the trainer that was his friend.
The human nodded at the Pokémon before turning to Anabel. "Can you escort the rest of the Pokémon here? I think I need to talk to Giratina alone."
She nodded. Always having it been easy to use her Ability to round up large amounts of Pokémon, it took her no problem to beckoned the rest of the wild Pokémon back in their homes.
"Pika pika chu. Kachu pi." Pikachu began to talk to the Renegade Pokémon. Saying how sometimes Poke'Ball's, the device that summoned him activate the release, either through the trainer's call, by the Pokémon forcing itself out for who knows what reason, and incase the Poke'ball become overly sensitive and thinks that the trainer or Pokemon is summoning it. Nothing major.
It looked like Giratina was trying to understand what Pikachu was saying but failing. It had been isolated in an unchanging Reverse World of millennial, modern things like this would obviously confuse something ancient like this.
Ash sighed. "This is gonna take some time." Ash was beginning to understand that training a legendary would be different from a normal Pokémon, or at least in Giratina's case. Most Pokémon were around some what knowledgeable about humans and the current age they live in but…
Not only that but a Legendary had to be treated with a different type of respect. They were already vastly powerful and independent pokemon, it would be a challenge for a regular trainer… no… a new Frontier Brain, to work out a proper training regiment.
"Alright alright." He looked up directly to Giratina. "So… what do you want to do?" He decided to ease the legendary into this new stage in life by letting it choose what it wanted to do.
"Irra?" Giratina was not used to such friendliness, as such the human always had the tendency to through it off.
What it wanted to do? It could always go back go back to the Reverse World… but, for some reason it felt like that wouldn't solve what the human was looking for.
Pikachu spoke up basically saying: Y'know do you want to try training with Ash or maybe be acquainted with his Pokémon, his other friends?
You could tell the immense ghost Pokémon was uncomfortable, as it shifted its six legs a little bit. Who knew, the fearsome violent Pokémon of legend was a bit shy.
"Ummmmm?" Ash kinda mimicked its actions. He snapped his fingers finding a good idea. "Ah, how about I try to get you some poffins?" Ash said thinking of how food was always a great way to make friends.
Pikachu got down from Giratina to talk to his trainer. "Pikachu?"
"I'm sure Anabel would have some utensils from her kitchen we could use. C'mon Dawn taught us a lot, and I'm sure I got some old recipes from Brock that are still left in my pack."
Pikachu's ear tilted back a bit remembering Ash's first attempts at making them. "Pi…ka…"
It was a bit weird walking with a legendary, but after taken walks with Anabel, Entei and Raikou for a few days so it wasn't that strange but… Giratina was a different story from the Roaming Beasts.
He knocked awkwardly, on the door; a right reason too, as Anabel opened the door and her eyes widen slightly seeing Giratina behind Ash and Pikachu.
"Umm…. ah…." Few times that Anabel as speechless, this was one of them.
Ash and Pikachu grinned sheepishly. "Hey ah… do you think we could bring out the outside stove and a poffin dish?"
Anabel didn't really know what was going on, compliment to just let things go with the flow she obliged to get out the requested items as Ash kept company with the legendary.
"So… you want to make poffins for Giratina? Is that right?" She asked once everything is out.
"Yep." Ash said looking at the recipe that Brock lent him. He hoped that Giratina would like the flavor.
In the back of his mind, Ash thought how surreal this all was; he was making Poffins for a ghost and dragon Legendary of the Sinnoh creation trio who he had fought the mighty all powerful Arceus with… This… was probably not the strangest thing he had done… and probably won't be the last.
He looked up to Giratina. "You can settle down, it will take a few minutes."
"Can I help?" Anabel offered holding another poffin cooking jar.
"Sure… I might mess up, I'm not the best here at Poffins." Ash grinned sheepishly.
Anabel laughed a bit.
"Don't worry, neither am I." This took Ash by surprise but smiled, hey you couldn't be good at everything. Same applies to the girl he thought highly of.
Eh, they could laugh at themselves if they both burned their poffins and force each other to eat them for fun.
But, surprisingly with each other managing to keep tab on each other poffin jars baking dough they managed to go along so far. It was kinda funny to see Giratina quirking its head in curiosity too see what was up. But its attention was diverted when Ash's and Anabel's other Pokémon were slowly approaching, following their noses to the smell of the Poffins.
They were apprehensive to approach with the intimidating legendary, but seeing Larvitar skip towards Ash before waving to said legendary.
Soon with careful dedication, Ash was able to come out with a decent amount of Poffins that looked decent and smelled pretty good as well, in fact they looked a bit better than Anabel's. But only a little bit. They stilled smelled pretty good.
They were mainly bitter flavored Poffins and it looked liked he would have to make more as the other pokemon were filing in.
It was a suspicion that the bitter flavor would be in Giratina's flavor.
So taking one from the plat he offered it calmly to the legendary.
It kept quirking its head towards the strange treat. Strange.
Slowly it opened its maw, before taking the whole thing gently from the trainer's hand.
It took five seconds before it flew back its head in delight, letting out a cry tasting the flavor.
It startled everyone, but Ash and Anabel couldn't help but smile.
"I think it like them." Anabel said to Ash grinning, he grinned back; you didn't need to be a Pokémon translator to understand this.
Soon enough, they were making Poffins for other Pokémon and Giratina was happy.
It was happy.
Such an emotion was rare in its going through the motions life. This was a different type of happiness that it got from it was freed from Zero. It was a simple happiness, and for once… it could enjoy itself. The human, the boy in the red hat, and the pikachu, made it easy.
They spent the rest of the day like this, until by mid evening all the Pokémon had poffins, it was time to bid Giratina goodbye as it was called back by the poke'ball which sent it to the Reverse World.
The rest of the day was spent cleaning up the mess and giving the rest of the poffins to the wild pokemon and to some people in town for their own pokemon.
The rest of the day was spent lazily relaxing.
The next day…
Ash and Anabel with Pikachu and Espeon were watching a match of the Pokemon Baccer tourney, when a knock was emitting from the door.
Curious.
There was no one from the Battle Frontier coming their way yet. So who could it be? The knock came again, this time causing the trainers to look at each other in wondering who should answer. As it was Anabel's house, she went ahead to get it, Ash following slightly peaking out of the doorway from the living room, with Pikachu and Espeon on him.
Opening the door revealed a small boy holding a piece of paper in his hand.
He smiled brightly seeing it was the Salon Maiden and held up the paper to her.
"Here you go! This is for you!"
Anabel blinked but smiled taking to see what it is. She didn't even get a chance to look at it when the boy ran off.
"What is it?" Ash asked when she sat down on the wicker chair in the living room. He leaned his elbow on it, trying to view the letter from above. Pikachu took his place on his trainer's shoulder while Espeon leapt on her trainer's lap.
"Oh." Anabel eyes widen recognizing what it was. "This is an ad for helpers of the Kids camp for this summer." She smiled. "Looks like they want me to be a counselor again this year for the kids."
"Pikachu Ka-pika."
"Oh wow that's cool." Ash said looking closely at the request form. "So when does it start?"
He noticed Anabel wince. "Well… it looked like its about to start in an hour." She was torn, it lasted exactly two days, and as much she wanted to help the kids out as they camped, she wanted to spend the days with Ash before he left.
Ash however smiled this not crossing his mind. "That's awesome, lets grab some Pokemon and help those kids out!" He hoisted her up by her shoulder, forcing Espeon to hop back on the ground.
"Ephe!" The Sun Pokemon was disgruntled by the sudden disruption.
Anabel was once again caught up in Ash's enthusiasm. Soon in five minutes he came bounding with her in tow outside off to Cobalt Port to become a councilor for the next two days for the kids.
And it was exactly the type of relaxation Ash wanted. The kids and the other counselors were more than happy to get Anabel with them and the extra help Ash offered. Ash himself getting a bit of fame as fact was out that he was under Anabel's charge to become another Frontier Brain. Of course, this town would always have the Salon Maiden their favorite Frontier Brain.
But the two teens were in charge of their own team of kids as they carried supplies and walked towards more of the Johto/Kanto border to be more within the wilderness. There they would set up camp for the kids and teaching them crafts, and get along with the wild Pokémon better. And having Anabel and Ash, they could show off how trainers would get along with wild Pokémon and the difference between a battle trained Pokémon and a wild Pokémon.
The first activity!
Drawing the wild Pokémon.
It was a familiar activity Ash remembered from the Pokémon Summer Camp in Sinnoh, were they had to research the water type Pokémon. However they were allowed to choose any within the vicinity, so long as the kids were within vicinity of the leader's sight.
Ash decided to draw a Nidorino that was munching on some grass, Anabel however was far off drawing Hoothoot. He even landed Pikachu a pencil and paper to see what his starter could bring up. He was curious to see a pokemon could draw.
Also the drawing took a bit longer as he had to kept checking on the kids to make sure they are alright.
It lunch time when it was time to finish, and he had to go check up to see how the kids do. And for kids, they were not bad. Pretty awesome as his was just alright as well.
So escorting them to lunch, Ash noticed that Anabel had gone back to her drawing spot looking intently at her drawing.
He decided to sidled up to her to check out what she had done.
It was…
Ah…
The hoothoot was basically a wobbly circle with equally wobbly circles for eyes an oversized triangle beak and straight spikes sticking out of the head and bottom that Ash believed were suppose to be the crest and foot.
How to put this nicely…
"It stinks." Anabel said the words for him. Her eyes shadow in her shame.
Ash immediately sweat dropped but tried to console her. "Oh no no! It's fine! It's-"
"Don't patronize me Ash."
"Yes Ma'am." She basically told him to shut up.
"Can I see yours?" Anabel asked weakly. Ash frowned but agreed showing her the picture of the Nidorino.
He was glad to see her smile. "That's pretty good."
"Pikaaa pikaaa!" Pikachu walked up proudly showing off his childish drawing of, to the trainers' surprise, Ash himself. It was a cute child like drawing, though sadly, it was better than Anabel's.
"Hey Pikachu. That's really good." Anabel said.
"Ephe epee!" Apparently the Sun Pokemon also had drawn too, which is was an accurate drawing of Anabel….
It was better than all of theirs!
Ash glared. "Show off."
Eventually they continued on with the activities with the kids, ranging from hiking around the outer woods to crafting wicker bags to hold berries. It was a fun day spent.
The next day…
"Aw! When are we going to get there?" Dawn complained as they trudged on. It had been almost a week for them trying to get to Pallet town. If it wasn't for Zoey who kept cheering them on, then they would have hardly got back up. Of course it looks like Brock and Misty were doing alright. They having probably traveled more than Dawn, Zoey, May, Max and Barry combined.
Everyone, besides the two, looked down as well. They too had been tired of the walk. Even Zoey had lost a bit of her fire.
But soon enough…
"Oh Look!" Barry and Max pointed out a the same time before glaring at each other.
Everyone was on their toes looking at what was noted by the two. And in a clearing downhill was Pallet Town! Finally they had reach their destination. Ash Ketchum was in for a surprise.
"Let's go!" Misty yelled charging! Her grudge against the pikachu trainer was back and motivated her to sprint on ahead.
Everyone was soon running to the small town with renewed enthusiasm.
They ignored the stares the local residents who wondered why there were a bunch of kids, one of them carrying a strange penguin Pokémon, were running across town.
However they slid to a stop seeing something large at the edge of town that looked out of place for the small community.
"Is that normal?" Barry asking the question that was on everyone minds. "Didn't expect Ash's hometown to have something like that."
"It doesn't" Brock said just as bewildered as the rest of them. Even Misty who was intent at charging at Ash's house was intrigued by this new strange big detail in the town.
So like any normal kids would do, the indulged their curiosity and went over to the other side of town, temporary forgetting their original goal.
Walking around the main town path they began to notice living trailers, and some heavy contraction supplies. It got even thicker as they got closer and closer to the structure, which was beginning to look like a castle.
It was a castle!
A huge beautiful castle that was similar to Cameran Palace though smaller and had a few different colors, and more flying buttresses. It also had a very large symbol that looked familiar to May, Max and Brock but they couldn't seem to put their finger on where they had seen it before.
It looked complete; all the workers around here were looking like they were adding finishing touches, cleaning up and making sure everything was in place.
"Piplup…"
"Yeah.. wonder what's going on?" Soon stars started to sparkle in her eyes. "Maybe it is a new Conference Hall for coordinators?"
Everyone thought about. Considering the grandeur of the castle, this could be it… but in a small place like Pallet Town… unlikely.
A construction worker woman followed by a rydon came up to them. "Fraid not little lady. This here is for battles only. Though I don't suppose ya heard of the Battle Frontier?"
"The Battle Frontier?" Everyone exclaimed.
"Ha! My dad is in the Sinnoh Battle Frontier!" Barry bragged.
The lady quirked her head. "Okay then… well this is for the original branch here in Kanto."
Brock pounded his fist in his hand. "That's right. I remember Ash going through that last year. But what this have to relate to them for?"
"Well apparently some hotshot trainer from here or nearby this town has apparently been made into the next Frontier Brain. This her facility was commissioned a few months ago, and now we're just done."
This was startling news to everybody. Someone was going to become a Frontier Brain in Ash's own town.
"I hope Ash is alright with this new development." Brock said to the others.
"I don't understand?" Zoey said not getting the big deal with the Battle Frontier.
Max explained their travels when Ash attempted the Frontier Brain. It seemed like he really enjoyed battling the Kanto branch and was really good at it. Though the Frontier Brain's themselves were no joke, each coming up with quirks and strategies that pushed Ash to the limit and made everyone else feeling inadequate in their own battle skills.
"Scott their boss even offered Ash a position in the Battle Frontier which Ash denied of course." May finished.
Everyone else looked a bit shocked. Especially our Sinnoh residents. Ash was really that good?
Now mind you they didn't think of this in a negative concept, it was simply just how they perceived Ash. Was Palmer really more powerful than the rest of the Kanto Frontier Brains or was Ash not even trying.
Misty was satisfied seeing what they saw and her next objective was well...
Meanwhile at a house not to far away. Mr. Mime was merely watering the flowers on this calm day.
"AAASSHHHH KEETCCHHUUMM!" A voice roared from over the hill.
"Mr. Mime!" The psychic types knees began to shake hearing it. It sounded like a below from a Onix! And the cloud of dust from the hill made it worry that it was indeed it was!
"m-m-Mime!" He threw up the water can and started to run back and fourth in panic before remembering he had shelter and took refuge in the Ketchum house, slamming the door behind him.
Delia who was sitting in the rocking chair, heard the slam and heard the Barrier Pokemon panic in the halls.
"Mime mime mine mime!"
"What's wrong Mimey?" The sweet lady of the house hold asked with concern in her voice. She got up to see what was wrong; to which Mr. Mime was shaking and pointing at the door fearing what ever was outside.
Delia only raised an eyebrow.
Outside…
Misty slammed her heels against the ground to veer her in front of the house, everyone else was right behind.
"Finally!" Misty began to knock on the door harshly. "Alright you better open up Ketchu-" The door opened reveling a Ketchum… Delia Ketchum. "..ummmmmm?"
Needless to say this took her by surprise.
Delia however was ecstatic. "Oh Misty! It's been so long!" She then noticed everyone behind her. "And I see some familiar faces! How are you doing Brock, May, Max, and Dawn is it…? And… who are these two?" Delia asked curiously not really recognizing from any of Ash's battles on the TV.
"Hi there!" Zoey said politely. " You are Ash's mom right? I'm Zoey and I'm a coordinator like Dawn and May."
Barry slammed his foot down posing in victory. "And I'm Barry! Son of the legendary Palmer! I am Ash's Arch Rival!"
Everyone except Delia sweat dropped at the boast.
"Oh that's nice." She said sweetly. Ash's mom was too sweet for her own good.
Or maybe she was just humoring the boy. Who knew?
"Um… Mrs. Ketchum?" Max came up and tugged at her shirt. "Could we see Ash please? It's been awhile since we've all seen him and we has contacted any of us."
At this Delia remembered why her son hadn't talked to any of his friends for the first two weeks after the Sinnoh League. His depression lead him to believe that he had shamed himself as a trainer and thus couldn't face his friends in such a state… but as the other two months…
A big smile broke out. "Ash would love to see you guys but I'm afraid you'll have to wait."
"WHAT?! WHY?!" They all cried out shocked. Did this mean that Ash really went on a journey without them?
"Does that mean Ash went off to a new region without telling us?" Dawn cried out worriedly.
Delia was quick to calm them down. "Of course not. My son may be a bit dense but he's not that inconsiderate." A huge smile. "In fact his training will be done by tomorrow, so I'm sure he'll be delighted to see you all here for his big ceremony."
"His training?" Barry asked tilted the confused.
"His ceremony?" May asked mimicking the same action. Soon enough everyone was tilting their head in confusion.
Delia almost deadpanned to how dense these kids were as well. They seriously couldn't put two and two together?
"Well… I'm sure you kids have all seen that new nice looking building at our edge of town." She pointed to the castle that the kids had visited only a few minutes prior.
"Yeah… We heard a new Frontier Brain is coming." Brock said.
"I guess Ash would be really down seeing someone over powerful trainer is coming into his town. Is that why he's training to try to beat this guy?" Dawn asked.
Though smiling, this time Delia really did deadpanned. "Um… no actually. Ash is the new Frontier Brain."
The response was unexpected, they were all completely silent.
In fact it seemed like they were about to have their brains short-circuit. Fearing the worse Delia was quick to explain. "Ash is still on his journey to become a Pokemon Master but after his defeat by that darkrai trainer, my son decided to try to a new approach to get stronger. So he decided to take up Scott's offer of becoming a Frontier Brain. Scott said yes and so far Ash had been training with a Frontier Brain to improve his skill for the past two months and he should be coming early tomorrow in fact now that he's passed his test."
It was then they began asking questions.
"Is he seriously considering to settle down?!"
"Why would Scott offer him a position?!"
"How is he going to mange being a Frontier Brain and the leagues?"
"Does he even know what he's getting into?"
"What does being a battle frontier entail?"
"Aw man! Ash is so cool."
Delia smiled inwardly. At least Max was impressed.
"Now now everyone." Delia clapped her hands and offered everyone in. "How about we talk this over some juice okay?"
Delia fully explained how the Battle Frontier Brain will tie in with Ash's regions journeys, seeing how the Battle Frontier only last a few months compared to most leagues that last around eight months. Due to the fact that the Battle Frontier was far more flexible in schedule and less dependent on a mass organization.
So at a certain time of year, Ash would become a Frontier Brain and for the rest of the year would be as a trainer. It was really simple as that.
Brock still looked conceded. As much as Ash was his friend, he didn't believe that Ash would have the ability to handle such big thing. "Mrs. Ketchum, does Ash even know how to run a Battle Faculty. I used to be a gym leader and its not as easy as simply battling someone whenever they come."
Misty nodded alongside him thinking along those same terms.
They were shocked that Delia just smiled. "Oh don't you worry about him. My little boy is being trained personally by a Frontier Brain. I have no worries that he isn't in good hands."
This piqued May's interest. "So who is Ash's teacher?"
Delia smiled kindly, though it hid a mischievous side knowing that just who was teaching Ash. "That's classified information." She said with the sweetest voice.
Everyone stumbled over those words.
"Why not?!"
Delia smiled. "You must know that being a Frontier Brain really is a job, and you must know its a private organization so I just can't chatting their secrets willy nilly now can I?"
The teens and kids head their heads down in respect. They had forgotten this was indeed a job and it had its own company's secrets.
But now that the question has been asked, the answer to who was Ash's teacher was picking at their insides. Especially for the female genders of this party.
A knock came from the door and Mr. Mime was happy to answer it.
A familiar voice for some, strange for some others came forth. "Hey Mr. Mime good to see you. Do you know where Mrs. Ketchum is, I want to update her the latest news on the…" Tracy trailed off seeing the crowd.
He gulped when his eyes blinked at Misty though he quickly turned it to Delia.
"t-t-t-that… that the Battle Castle is completely done… and… and the contraction workers would like you to see the insides to see if it fits yours and Ash's approval…"
He winced.
He had the right to wince.
'BANG!'
Tracy ended up laying on the ground in a moaning mess. A welt was over his head and Misty was standing over him wielding her patented Misty Hammer.
"Nice to see… you too… Misty… Nice… new… look." He said barely conscious.
Misty merely huffed, (A/N: Remember folks both her and Brock are in their HeartGold and SoulSilver outfits).
"So you knew that Ash was here for two weeks and didn't even bother to contact m-… us."
Inwardly Tracy groaned. 'I knew this would happen…. one day. Surprised it lasted this long…"
It was awkward from then on out. Once Tracy was able to regain the ability to speak in coherent sentences.
"So Tracy how long have you been in on this project?" Zoey said smiling worriedly careful with her words
Tracy rubbed the spot were the hammer welt was. "Um… ah… ever since Ash went off with his teacher. Scott personally came to Professor Oak to get things settled and announced to Pallet Town that we will be having a Frontier Brain of our own." He smiled remembering how the whole community erupted in cheers to hear such a big thing happening. He described how the town was told where the Battle Castle, Ash's own Battle Facility, was going to be and how they could help with it.
Soon workers arrived and began construction. However, besides for Mrs. Ketchum, no one has heard nor seen hide or hair of Ash.
He's has been totally immersed within whatever training this it was.
"In fact, I haven't seen any of his Pokemon in Professor Oaks fields."
This was extremely unusual for any trainer to suddenly have all their Pokemon disappear like this.
Delia cared to explain. "Apparently Ash's teacher asked Professor Oak to send over all his Pokémon so he could train the equally."
Barry stood up in excitement. "SO BASICALLY!" He concluded. "That Ash is going through super secret training in order to become someone like that Brandon dude Paul talks about who defeated him as part of the Battle Frontier! SO! How can I get in?!"He asked Delia Ketchum.
He could feel the unimpressed looks from the back of his head.
"Barry…" May started off. "Ash had to challenge all seven of the Frontier Brains, after being personally recruited by Scott in order to get that position."
Once again Barry deflated at this, leaving the poor trainer back on his bum.
"Pip lup…" The blond haired human felt the beady eyes of the proud Pokémon drilling in his skull.
Delia thought for a moment as this was going on. "I would hate for you to all come here for nothing." You could practically see the lightbulb over her head. "Oh I know. Since Ash will be arriving tomorrow, why do you all stay the night and attend his ceremony that happens a few days after? It will be a wonderful experience I just know it."
This brought smiled to the traveling group's faces. That would be a good idea, And for many, sans Barry, how many people got to see the coronation of new Frontier Brain? Especially if it was your best friend.
It was agreed then. They would stay the night and meet Ash tomorrow and stay for the rest of the time to see the trainer become a Frontier Brain.
That should be easy enough.
And as we all know it never is.
End of Chapter 26
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