Kalos University Chapter 1

Delia POV

"Samuel!" Delia exclaimed.

"Delia, he found out." Professor Oak said grimly. "You need to go, now. Where's your emergency bag."

"Right here," she said as the pressed a button, opening a hidden compartment. A hot pink travel-sized backpack popped into view. Delia wasted no time in plucking it out and proceeding to pick out another backpack from behind it - this one blue and black with a Pokeball logo on it. "Here is mine and Ash's. Let's go wake him up…"

"No," Professor Oak said. "In a matter of time, he's going to figure out where you are and find you. Ash cannot be with you when that happens."

"But then where will he go?" Delia asked.

"He's eighteen, right?" Samuel replied. "Then he's old enough to go to university. Luckily enough, there happens to be a spot left for admissions at the university that I'm sending Gary to. I'll be able to get Ash in too."

"But…" Delia started.

BOOM. Thunder roared outside cutting her off.

"This is not up for discussion. He'll be safe there." Samuel said.

"Where?" Delia demanded

"I can't tell you. If you knew, the moment you'd be found he'd be found. Go now he's getting closer. Try to find them and warn them about what's coming." Samuel commanded.

Delia handed Ash's bag to Samuel and stared at him for a second before taking off to the car. As she pulled out of the driveway, she saw Samuel, waving at her grimly. A flier stuck out of his lab coat pocket. Kal… was all she was able to make out before she sped away.

The Next Morning

Ash POV

Five years. It had been five years since his victory at the Alolan League. He was proud of it, of course, he was, but in his eyes, he had gotten no closer to his goal. At the time, Alola was relatively unknown and remote. Not many people knew about it and, since it was the first Alolan League, not many strong trainers had attended, bar people like him, Hop, and Gladion. To Ash, winning the Alolan League was like winning the Orange Islands League. It was cool and all, but it didn't add much to his resume. After his victory, Ash had felt kind of hit a roadblock in his journey, with nowhere else to go. So he came back home. For good. He settled into Pallet Town. He joined Gary and started training under the tutelage of Professor Oak. Despite being a Professor, Oak had once been a champion. So that's how he spent five years. Training and learning nonstop. He and the Oaks had grown close, and Delia had even gotten a job as Professor Oak's assistant. Five years later, the lab was practically his second home. Ash even had a room next to Gary's that was used quite often. So you would think that his life was going great. Well, yeah. But there was still one thing that bugged him every night before he slept, every morning after he woke up.

"When's my next chance gonna be?" Ash thought as he woke up. "Hopefully soon." He slid out of bed and walked to the pillow that Pikachu was sleeping on. "Wake up buddy."

Pikachu simply turned around and continued sleeping.

"I know you're awake," Ash said. "C'mon. We've got to see Gary off before he goes to college."

This seemed to produce a reaction from Pikachu. "Pikaaa," Pikachu murmured sadly.

"I know, I know. I want him to stay too, but he has to go. This will let him live out his dream of becoming a professor."

Pikachu shook himself up and started 'getting ready' which Ash still didn't understand to this day.

Ash turned and walked to the bathroom. To his surprise, a pair of new clothes lay there for him. "Must be some special occasion he thought. He took off his shirt to pull the new one on. The new shirt was black and the jacket was blue with a black Pokeball logo on the lower left side. He also got a pair of light grey jeans and a black cap with a red Pokeball logo on it. After showering and putting the new clothes on, Ash stepped out, content with his new look.

Pikachu was waiting for him and they went downstairs. Gary was waiting for him.

"Well," Ash started. "Today's your big day."

Gary smirked. "You mean our big day?" You're coming with me Ashy Boy."

"I know and I'm gonna miss you a lot and ... wait, what?" Ash exclaimed.

"You heard me. You're coming with me." Gary responded. "Now hurry up or we're gonna miss our flight.

"But, what about mom, I have to ask her and get my stuff, and how did this happen so suddenly?" Ash inquired.

"Gramps pulled some strings," Gary responded. "Your mom's on an errand for Gramps but she knows about everything and even packed your stuff." Gary handed Ash a backpack (the one described earlier in the story). "Now, let's go. Gramps is already in the car. He also sent over your pokemon."

"To?" Ash asked, realizing that he had never found out where Gary had been going in the first place.

"You'll see once we get there," Gary replied. "Now let's go," Gary said as he started to the car.

"LAST CALL FOR ARTICUNO AIRLINES FLIGHT 223" The intercom blared.

Gary wasn't exaggerating when he said that they were getting late. After a tearful goodbye with Professor Oak, Ash and Gary had barely made it to their flight on time. Another thing that Professor Oak had failed to mention was the fact that they were flying first class. When Ash had confronted Gary about it, Gary shrugged it off like he did it all the time, which he probably did. But for Ash, flying on an airline was a rare occurrence let alone first class.

As he settled into his seat, Gary turned to him and said: "let's pick your classes now."

"What?" Ash asked. "Already?"

"Well, you are late," Gary explained. "And it's only for the first semester"

"Good point," Ash said.

"You have to sign up for four classes," Gary said, holding up a course catalog.

"Uhm okay," Ash said. "What's the difference between battling class and training class?"

"Battling focuses on, well, battling and training class is more about raising pokemon," Gary explained. "But you should take both."

"Okay," Ash said. "I'll take Pokemon Health in my A slot, Training 101 in my B slot, Battling in my C slot and … I don't know what to take for my last class. Any suggestions?" He asked.

"How about Specialized Combat," Gary suggested. "No matter what you do with pokemon, Its gonna be better if you're fit too. That's why it's recommended for everyone to take it along with Training 101. It would be especially helpful for you."

Ash thought of Greninja and realized that Gary was right. "Alright. I'll take Specialized Combat for my D slot."

"Okay," Gary said as he submitted Ash's course reflection sheet on his tablet. "On Monday and Wednesday, you'll have Pokemon Health, then Training 101. On Tuesday and Thursday, you'll have Battling 101 then Specialized Combat. Friday is a day for general meetings with the whole freshman class, which include group lessons, tournaments, and UC tryouts."

"The what tryouts?" Ash asked.

"UC," Gary repeated. "University Cup. The best of everything- battling, performing, etc. join each college's UC team. Then preach US team in each university faces off in certain challenges to earn points to win the UC. We're probably not gonna make it onto the team cuz we're freshmen, but we can watch cuz It'll help us learn for when it's our chance to join the team."

"You've got little faith, Gary," Ash replied. "I'm gonna make the team. Easy. And you'll be on the team with me."

Pikachu, who had stayed relatively quiet until that point, also cried in support of Ash. "Pika Pika!"

"Alright, alright. Imma catch some z's now. Its gonna be a long flight. You should do too." Gary said as he dozed off.

Soon, Ash too, found himself dozing off.

Ash jolted awake as the plane touched the ground. His brain was kind of fuzzy after landing so he barely remembered unboarding and going through baggage claim. The moment that bought him out of his trance was when he heard a stranger say "welcome to Kalos."

"Kalos?" Ash asked Gary as they rented a car.

"Yup. We're going to Kalos University." Gary exclaimed.

"I've been here before," Ash said as Gary started the car (a Lambo cuz Gary's filthy rich) and he climbed in shotgun. "Kalos was the first time I'd ever traveled alone. I learned a lot from it and I even got top 16 in the Kalos League." (AN I'm changing it cuz Ash was only like 12 at the time no way he could have even gotten close to the finals at that point in time.)

"Okay," Gary said. "We're about to arrive at orientation. It's for all of Kalos university the principal will give a speech and some other stuff will happen and then we'll get our temporary dorms. You won't be with me since you signed up late, but when we get our real dorm we can choose our roommates."

"Cool," Ash said. "How long till we get there?"

"We're here." Gary said as he got out of the Lambo. "Grab your Pokeballs. I have a feeling you'll need them."

Ash obliged as he got out of the car and grabbed his Pokeballs. He followed Gary to the battlefield/auditorium.

Soon after Ash and Gary arrived the principal walked out and greater the school. He introduced himself as Professor Sycamore, a man who Ash had heard of during his travels through Kalos, but never seen. Professor Sycamore gave the usual orientation speech about rules and whatnot, but afterwards, things got interesting.

"To kick this year off, our UC team captain, Trent, will battle whoever the last person to sign up for Kalos University." Professor Sycamore said . "Without further ado please welcome Trent and Ash to the battlefield.

"Told you you'd need them." Gary said. "My hunches are never wrong."

Ash sighed and walked down to the stadium.

"I shall referee this fight." Professor Sycamore said.

"So you're the guy who got in right before the school year started." Trent said. "I wonder how many strings you had to pull to get in. You probably failed to get in and had to pay off the University to let you in. You're just a half-baked trainer with nothing to show for himself. This will be easy. Go Talonflame" He said as he threw out a Pokeball.

Ash smirked. "Trent, was it?" He asked.

"Yeah" Trent said.

"I'm sorry" Ash replied, still smirking.

"For what? Your pathetic excuse of a life?" Trent provoked.

"No." Ash said. "Cuz you're about to get your ass whooped in front of ten thousand people. Serperior!" Ash called as he threw out his Pokeball. "Leaf storm!"

"Dodge it" Trent said.

As Serperior shot the leaf storm at Talonflame, Talonflame easily avoided it.

"Again." Ash shouted.

"Dodge again." Trent said and Talonflame dodged the leaf storm one more time.

"One more time" Ash shouted.

"Talonflame you know the drill" Trent stated as Talonflame executed another successful dodge. "I knew you were bad but this is truly pathetic. You aren't even a half-baked trainer you're just a guy with weak Pokemon. I haven't even attacked you yet and your Serperior is already tired. It has also used three leaf storms so your special attack is super low by now. Finish it with brave bird."

"Ever heard of a life orb? Or contrary?" Ash asked, smirking.

"Yeah," Trent said. "But why do they matter. You're gonna lose anyways."

"No I'm not." Ash said. "Dodge" Ash said as Serperior dodged the blow. "My Serperior has a life orb so it takes recoil damage but all his attacks are powered up. That's why he looks weak. My Serperior also has contrary so those leaf storms actually increased his special attack. And now, you're gonna eat his hidden power." Ash yelled as Serperior fired a brown beam at Talonflame. An explosion took over the battlefield and Talonflame fell to the ground and feinted. "You just got your ass whooped."

Trent screamed something along the lines of 'you just got lucky' and ran off.

To say that that battle had impressed Scyamore was an understatement. The Professor even have Ash and Gary a campus tour that ended with the dorms. Luckily, Ash's dorm was right next to Gary's.

As Gary went to check out his dorm, Professor Sycamore pulled Ash aside. "I am very sorry, but since you signed up late, we had to put you with the last remaining person: a girl. Professor Oak vouched for you though so I know nothing bad will happen. I would stick around, but I have other business to attend to, so see you soon." He said as he left.

Ash turned his attention to the door, sighed, took a deep breath and opened it to find a girl with honey blonde hair unpacking her things.

AN: Hey guys. Just got a bunch of inspiration out of nowhere and had enough time to do it so I came up with this story and wrote this whole chapter today. I'm really tired and it's late right now so the ending was kinda rushed but future chapters will be of better quality than this. If you haven't already, check out the other story I'm writing, Till the End its story is gonna be really good once it unfolds and even if you don't like Percy Jackson, it is an au that just used the characters so check it out. Anyways thanks so much for reading. If you appreciate me saying up till 1 to write ff please review cuz it means a lot to me. See y'all next time.