In a bunch of reviews many of you have suggested some girls to be in Ash's harem, but I have already decided on which girls I want to be in harem.

I decided to make a harem of about 10 girls, and they are going to be the girls who have big roles in the anime, as well as Cynthia, Leaf and Diantha.

So right now, the harem is: Misty, Leaf, Cynthia, Diantha, May, Dawn, Serena, Lillie, Mallow and Lana.

Because they are big part of the anime, they are easier for me top write them in the story, while some other girls who only appear in few episodes would give me more work to do, and Pokemon stories are already long enough without having to make it longer then necessary. It also one of the reasons why I skip so many episodes from the anime.

But! I have thought about giving Ash some other girls on top of the harem.

The 10 in the harem are going to be his wives in the future, and that wont change, but I want to know from you if I should have a bunch of other girls and woman be in some sort of relationship with Ash. Something like friends with benefits, or occasional sex partners.

They would not be his girlfriends, of wives in the future, just something on the side.

In the reviews you can tell me what you think about this, if it's a good idea, and also name some girls you would like to be in that relationship.

I will decide when I upload the first chapter of Johto Region, which probably won't be before March next year. Until then I'll take your suggestions, and depending on what you think, I'll decide what to do.

Now, here is the next chapter.

Chapter 19

"So Ash, now that you have all eight badges and when you are qualified for the Indigo League, what are you planning to do until then," asked Leaf, as she Ash, Misty and Brock were walking toward the Pokémon lab to pick their new Pokémon that were revived from fossils?

Yesterday after Ash battle they all went to Big Riddle Inn and spent the rest of the day, and night resting, and now after waking up this morning, they had breakfast and said good bye to Blaine, they are going to lab and then on the ship that is going straight at Pallet Town, which is right next to the see.

Because of what he did to Misty yesterday after his gym battle, Ash had to spend an hour trying to calm her down, because she was almost having a heart attack after she waked up from unconsciousness in which she fell because of Ash's teasing.

In the end she calmed down and they went to rest.

"Well, after we pick up our Pokémon, I'll go back in Pallet Town and spend a few days there. And after that I'm planning to go somewhere to train until the League starts in five months," replied Ash.

"Where are you going to go," asked Brock?

"I don't really know just yet. It will probably be some tall mountain with rough terrain where there is a lot of free place to destroy, because I want to make all of my Pokémon reach their limits on this training, and I don't plan to hold back during training," replied Ash, and made the others sweat drop because of the smirk on his face.

'I definitely wouldn't won't to be his Pokémon during that training' thought Brock, Misty and Leaf in their heads.

"Are we going to go with you or not," asked Misty?

"Well, it's up to you really. If you want to come than you are free to do it, but it might be beast to go and see your family's or even spend the time until the tournament traveling around, since you wouldn't have anything to do during my training, as I'll spend all five months on one place and not move around," replied Ash.

"I see," said Misty a little sad that she might not spend some more time with Ash.

"Actually, that is not such a bad idea," said Brock suddenly, which drew Misty's and Leaf's attention.

"What do you mean," this time it was Leaf who asked?

"Both Misty and I haven't seen our family's in almost half a year, so it's a good idea to spend some time with them. Also, if we go with Ash it would be just as he said. We would have to sit and do nothing, because our Pokémon are not ready for a kind of training Ash plans to put his Pokémon through," explained Brock, and Misty and Leaf saw a logic in that.

"Well if you want, I wouldn't mind if you decide to travel with me until the Indigo League starts," said Leaf.

"Are you not going back in Pallet with us now," asked Ash?

"No, I'll stay here a few days and then check the islands around here," replied Leaf at Ash question.

"So, if you want to travel with me, just give me a call and we will meet somewhere," Leaf said to Misty and Brock who nodded.

"Well we are here," said Ash, as he and the others stood in front of Pokémon Lab. "Let's go inside."

They then went inside where they meet the doctor who was working on the Pokémon revival, and he took them in his office where he was keeping their new Pokémon's inside of the Poke Ball's.

"Here they are," said the doctor and took their Poke Ball's from the table.

"Let's see, first we have Leaf, you have one Pokémon," said the doctor and handed Leaf her Poke Ball, which contained her new Pokémon Lileep.

"Then we have Brock's," doctor said and gave Brock his new Pokémon, Anorith.

"Misty here is yours," he then gave Misty her Tirtouga.

"And finally, Ash here are yours," and gave Ash four Poke Balls which contained Omanyte and Kabuto that he is going to give to Amber, and also Tyrunt and Amaura that he will keep for himself.

"Thank you very much doctor, it was pleasure meeting you," said Ash and then he and the others walked out of the Lab and headed toward the port.

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"I guess this is good bye for now," said Leaf as she and the others stood in front of the ship that will take Ash, Brock and Misty back in Pallet Town.

"Yes, but we will see each other soon, I'm probably going to start traveling again, after I spend some time with my sisters and then we can travel together," said Misty, and Brock agreed with that.

"Yes, I will be joining you as well," Brock said.

"Well then I'll be waiting for your call," said Leaf and said good bye to Misty and Brock, before she turned toward Ash.

"Well good bye Ash, and good luck on your training, we'll see again in the tournament, because I'll be there to cheer for you," said Leaf and then went in front of Ash and kissed him on the cheek, which made his eyes widen a little, while Misty and Brock who were watching had their jaw's on the floor.

Leaf then walked back a little with a blush on her face while Ash just stood and said nothing for a few seconds.

When he came back to reality Ash shock his head and thanked her, before he walked on board the ship with Misty, who was a little angry because there was another girl that is interested in Ash besides Cynthia, and Brock, who was crying because Ash has a girl that likes him, while he doesn't.

A few minutes later the ship set sails and moved away from the dock, while Ash, Misty and Brock were waiving at Leaf who is waiving back at them.

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It has been a week since Ash has come back in Pallet Town, and has been spending some time with his parents and his sister Amber.

After he came back with Misty and Brock, they spent the night at his house before Misty and Brock went back to their City's to see their families, before they meet with Leaf again and continue their journey, until the start of the Indigo League.

As for Ash, after he came back, he said hello to his family and then gave Amber two Pokémon's that he had revived and a Pokémon egg that he found in the underground cave in Grampa Canyon, and told her to take good care of them. She thanked him and promised that she will.

Then he went at Oak's lab and let all of his Pokémon's that were with him at the moment and told them to spend some time resting, because in a few days they will go somewhere to start their training, and he promised them that it will be tough.

Right now, Ash is packing his stuff, because it was time to go and start training his Pokémon. All of them had enough time for rest and now it's time for work.

"Hey Ash are you ready," asked his mother, after she entered in his room?

"Yeah I'm done, I just need to go at Professor Oak's Lab and take some of my Pokémon and then I'll be gone for the next five months," Ash replied.

"Well, I wish you good luck on your training honey, and I hope you don't overstrain yourself and your Pokémon because than you all might be too tired for the tournament," Delia said.

"Don't worry mom, we'll be fine," Ash said, and after they gave each other a hug he walked down the stars, where he saw Amber waiting for him.

"Hey Amber, are you here to say good bye," asked Ash, and then Amber run at him and gave him a big hug.

"I'm going to miss you big brother, you just came back and are already leaving," she said while letting few tears come down her cheeks.

"Hey, you don't have to cry Amber, we'll see each other again in less than five months," said Ash and then she let go of him and smiled.

"Yeah you are right big brother, Amber said. And I'll be there to cheer for you in the tournament, so you better win,"

Hahaha, you know I will, replied Ash while smiling.

"I see you are ready to go," said Red who just came from the kitchen.

"Yeah I am," replied Ash, and then he shook hands with Red before he turned around to leave.

"Good bye everyone, see you in five months," Ash said with a wave of his hand while he was leaving!

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After Ash left his house he went at Oak's lab and took 12 of his Pokémon with Mewtwo being twelfth. He left one spot opened because he was planning to stop on Mt. hideaway and catch an Onix.

Right now, he was walking up Mt. Hideaway, were he came to try and catch one of Onix that leave here, which for some reason are much bigger and more powerful than normal Onix.

Like always his Lucario and Pikachu are walking next to him, since they don't really like being in the Poke Ball's.

"Hey Pikachu can you hear something," asked Ash, since he knew that Pikachu's hearing is much better than his or Lucario's.

Pikachu then started to focus his hearing so that he can try and find any of the Onix that live here. After a few minutes he heard something, and then looked at Ash.

"Yes, I just heard something, but it doesn't sound good," said Pikachu, and Ash and Lucario narrowed their eyes at hearing that.

"What did you hear," asked Ash?

"I heard an Onix but it's screaming like it's in a lot of pain," replied Pikachu.

"Let's go and see what's happening to it," said Ash and then all three of them started running towards were Pikachu pointed!

They arrived a few minutes later and saw a huge Onix thrashing around and hitting in the mountain wall like it was possessed by something.

"Stay here I'll go and calm him down," said Ash and then ran at Onix.

Few moments later he appeared in front of Onix, who, when he saw Ash, he went to attack him, but Ash didn't do anything and just stood there. When Onix was just about to hit him, Ash activated his Psychic powers and stopped Onix in his tracks.

Ash than raised his hand and patted Onix on his head which was right in front of Ash. "Just try to calm down and tell me what's wrong, you look to be in pain," said Ash while patting Onix.

Onix let out a few weak roars, and Ash just nodded his head in understanding. "I understand," said Ash. "Don't worry I'll help you."

Ash then went on the side of Onix and started to pull something from in between Onix's rocks. Onix let out a cry from the pain he was in, but after a few seconds, the pain stopped completely.

Onix then looked at Ash and saw him holding a Sandslash that appeared to have been stuck between rocks on Onix's body.

"There it's over now Onix," said Ash, and let Sandslash go. "There is no pain anymore is there?"

Onix let out a happy roar and went to nuzzle on Ash face. "Hahaha, you really are a gentle Pokémon are you Onix," Ash said through laugh.

"Well that was really impressive thing you managed to do kid, I'm impressed," suddenly said someone from behind Ash.

Ash looked back and saw a guy who looked like he's a body builder with all the muscles he has on his body, and without any shirt on. Next to him was Hitmonchan.

"I wasn't expecting a member of the Elite Four to be here," said Ash when he recognized who the man was!

"Hahaha, I'm here for some training, with my fighting Pokémon, but who are you and why are you here," he asked?

"I was on my way to Mt. Silver, but I decided to stop here first and see if can catch one of the Onix that leave here, I don't have many Rock-type Pokémon," replied Ash, while still patting Onix who seem to like it a lot.

"Why would you go to Mt, Silver," asked Bruno? "Kids your age don't really go there unless it's to compete in a Silver Conference, and there isn't any in a while."

"I'm going there to train," replied Ash. "The conditions there are tough which is perfect for training."

"I see," said Bruno. "You know what kid; I'm really impressed by you. Not only did you managed to stop that Onix and to figure out what is wrong with him, but you also decided to go and train on Mt. Silver, which is something only the strongest trainers in the world do, and because of that I want to see how good of a trainer you are.

"And how are you going to do that," asked Ash, though he already knew how they'll do it?"

"I'm challenging you to a one-on-one battle right now," said Bruno, and surprised Ash!

"Are you serious," asked Ash?

"Yes, I am," replied Bruno!

"Ok then let's do it," said Ash.

"Hitmonchan your up," said Bruno, and his Pokémon jumped in front of him ready to battle.

"Lucario let's show them how good we are," said Ash and his Lucario came and stood across from Hitmonchan.

"That Lucario is different than the ones I saw before," said Bruno. "Why is that?"

"This is Mega Lucario, but it's a long story to explain, so I'll just skip it," replied Ash.

"Ok then let's battle," said Bruno. "You can have first move kid."

"Lucario use Mach Punch," said Ash, and his Lucario ran at Hitmonchan and throws a punch at blinding speed.

"Hitmonchan use Fire Punch," said Bruno, and Hitmonchan's arm glowed red in fire and threw a punch at Lucario.

The two fists hit each other and caused a small blast from the impact, but nothing major happened. Lucario and Hitmonchan continued to push their punch at one another for a few moments until Lucario smirked a pushed a little harder and managed to land a punch on Hitmonchan's face which sent him backwards.

"Wow I wasn't expecting your Lucario to overpower my Hitmonchan, especially because Lucario is a part Steel type and its week against fire," said Bruno.

"Just because normal Lucario is week against fire doesn't mean that my Lucario is also," replied Ash, which caused Bruno to laugh.

"Hitmonchan use Double Team, and then Sky Uppercut," said Bruno, and then his Hitmonchan created multiple copies of himself which surrounded Lucario.

"Lucario find him and then use Power-Up Punch," said Ash.

Lucario then focused and tried to sense where Hitmonchan is, and after a few seconds he found him coming toward him with Hitmonchan's fist going toward Lucario's chin.

Lucario dodged to the side and then sent a barrage of punches at Hitmonchan, and every next one is stronger than the one before. After half a minute and over a hundred of punches on Hitmonchan, Lucario stopped and allowed Hitmonchan to fall on the ground, unconscious.

Seeing Hitmonchan on the ground defeated caused Ash to smirk, and Bruno to drop his jaw on the ground from disbelief.

"Good job Lucario, that was one hell of a Power-Up Punch," said Ash.

"It could even make me fall unconscious," he joked which caused Lucario and Pikachu to laugh and Bruno to just look at him like he was crazy.

"Who the hell is this kid," Bruno though?

Bruno then sighed and returned his Hitmonchan in his Poke Ball.

"That was great battle kid, but I have a question for you," said Bruno.

"What is it," asked Ash?

"Who the hell are you," Bruno almost yelled?

"Oh, I guess I forgot to introduce myself," said Ash, and put his hand forward to shake it with Bruno.

"My name is Ash Ketchum, and I'm a Grand Master of the Aura Guardians," Ash introduced himself.

Bruno then took Ash's hand to shake it. "I see, so that is why your Lucario is so strong, and also why you were able to handle that Onix like it was nothing," said Bruno.

"I guess so. I mean I did have a lot of training with Lucario, so it's only natural for him to be powerful," replied Ash, and Bruno nodded.

After that Bruno said good bye to Ash and went on his way, while Ash stayed behind. He then asked Onix if he wants to come with him, and Onix said yes, so after he caught him in a Poke Ball, he started heading toward Mt. Silver, where he will train for the next five months.

Ash's Pokémon

On Hand:

Mega Lucario, Alakazam, Pikachu, Mewtwo, Pidgeotto (F), Butterfree, Pink Butterfree (F) Magenta, Charmeleon (F) Amaterasu, Charmeleon Ra, Crobat, Aerodactyl, Kabutops, Giant Onix;

Oak's Lab:

Bulbasaur, Jolteon, Flareon, Haunter, Muk, Primeape, Eevee (X5 – 3F), Dragonair (F), Dratini, Seadra, Tauros, Electabuzz, Rhydon, Ponyta, Squirtle, Vaporeon (F), Larvesta (F), Tyrunt, Amaura;

Misty's Pokémon

On Hand:

Feebas (F), Eevee, Oddish, Omastar, Kabuto, Tirtouga;

Cerulean Gym:

Goldeen (F), Staryu, Cloyster, Starmie, Blastoise, Krabby, Horsea (F), Seel, Slowpoke, Magicarp;

Brock's Pokémon

On Hand:

Vulpix (F), Nidoran, Nidoran (F), Omastar, Kabuto, Anorith;

Pewter Gym:

Steelix, Graveler, Golbat, Sandslash, Rhydon, Psyduck, Magby, Growlithe, Tauros;