Lillie was a nervous wreck right now, She was sitting in front of her vanity table, Serena, Aria and May trying to calm her down, her questions ranging from, "Do I look good enough" to "will he like it" to "What am I gonna dooo" she continued to frantically think about all the worst possible scenarios until They all heard a knock at the door, The three Professionals quietly hoped to Arceus that Gary had come to pick the panicking Lillie up for their date, Gary was in a just as bad situation, Ash had always considered Lillie as his own sister, And if Gary was gonna 'ask her out' and not treat her properly...Gary gulped, As If Gladion wasn't terrifying enough to deal with and he was Lillie's own brother but Ash was A few thousand notches more than Terrifying.
First of all, Ash never understood the concept of Dating and Falling in love, It was just something that he never considered, So he built up his Denseness to a point where he doesn't even realise anything of this sort, Of course, Gary knew what Ash was like, He knew Ash would have to open up, But for that Ash needed time, Ash was a simple boy, people would say that he was a battling prodigy and it was never because of his Aura or his psychic power, All of those only entered his life after Team Flare killed his mom, Gary and Ash never started on the best of terms, Rivals and that too bitter ones Always competing against each other, getting each other into trouble, They might have never realised it, but they were very much sibling with an exception of blood,
Gary had knocked on the door, As soon as the door opened, he felt his jaw drop to the floor, Standing before him was Lillie, She was wearing a one-piece dress that reached just below her knees, Her shoulder-length platinum blonde hair was left open and her emerald green eyes shined bright in the hallway, She wore White heels, With little to no makeup for it seem as natural as possible.
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"I hope heir date goes well" Serena sighed, Standing on the roof, with Aria practising routines for their performances, "Yeah.." Aria also said, "How are you fairing up to Mr Dense head," Aria asked, Serena, slumped down, "I just don't know, Aria, I have been trying to get his attention but I don't know if he even sees me in that light," She said, "I'm sure you'll get their sere-berry, cheer up," She said and left, Delphox, Sylveon and Pancham made their way to their trainer, the others Pokemon were in the backyard, Playing or training, As she started to get back she saw Ash going towards his Pokemon, She decided to tale the opportunity to go with Him and meet her Pokemon and maybe his as well.
Serena ran towards Ash who was about halfway through the ranch already, 'Thank god that I'm wearing this' She thought as she ran, she was still wearing her sports bra and leggings along with the addition of a tee and Shoes, of course, Ash could tell that she was coming, He was a psychic after all, He just couldn't figure out why he couldn't read her mind, It was ironic, to be honest, The Worlds Strongest psychic, Cable of reading minds of the likes of Sabrina, Olympia and many other powerful psychics, But can't read the mind of An 18 yr old kid... an 18-year-old teenage celebrity kid.
Suddenly he got a call, 'Goodshadow, he doesn't call. Ever' Ash picked the call, "Hey" he greeted casually as Serena walked up next to him, "next month, The 18th?" Ash asked, thought for a while and said, "Sure, meet you there" He said as he cut the call and walked in silence, the only sound being that of their feet on the dry mud,
"Who was it?" Serena asked, "Goodshadow, why?" He asked back, "Curious" she stated, he nodded, They were about to walk in when Ash got another call, 'Mongolia...What is it gonna be this time' He thought and picked up, Serena went over inside,
She had gone their many times but She had never seen some of the new Pokemon their, All of her Pokemon stayed With her most of the time but Occasionally they would get to the Corral.
Ash Ketchum could not control himself in battle even if his life was on the line, Ash could be normal at any given time but On the battlefield, there's no one with a more definite personality, And right now Principal Mongolia was asking him to become part of the school Battle team, "Listen Prof. I really can't help myself on the field, neither can my Pokemon so I would like to refrain myself from battling at school unless it's an emergency" Ash said, Mongolia was about to rant on but Ash cut her off almost immediately, "Listen, Prof. Mongolia, I respect you But I will not refrain myself in battles and the last thing I want to be bothered about is being accused of killing Pokemon in battles, I may not want the world to know but I'm a champion for a reason and that reason is not to have battles with college kids, End of discussion, it was nice talking with you. Bye" He cut the call, And let out a sigh, it was very difficult to be angry with people like Mongolia.
He went inside According to Mr Goodshadow, He had to go for some PLA Ball of sorts were All the league associates, Champions, Elites, The Regional professor's And other sponsors would be present, Of course, They called The Performance and Co-ordinations Association were invited, which meant his Grandmother would be going there, So will Serena, May, Dawn, Drew. Gary would go because He was an Assistant Professor which meant Lillie would go with him, Which takes him to Goodshadow's most stressed point...The Date...or plus one...Or a pain in the Arse.
Though he still had quite the time, so it wasn't a thought in his head right now, He was going to go meet his new Pokemon and spend some time with them. He went inside to see Serena's Sylveon playing with his and Espeon and Ninetales also paying with Serena's other Pokemon while Serena was appearing to be talking with the two psychic moms, Gardevoir and Delphox. She looked red so Ash being who he is went over and pressed his forehand against her forehead, "Do you have a cold?" He asked, She blushed more and Moved back suddenly, "N..No" She stuttered, Delphox snickered, Gardevoir read Delphox's mind and started snickering at Serena who turned even redder. It almost looks physically impossible.
But Ash could continue to pester her on why she was red because, A shiny Sylveon, An Espeon and Ninetales Came crashing onto him, but anything was better than Meganium Jumping literally onto him, Getting bit by A pseudo-Dragon...Serena looked dumbfounded, He looked totally different from his Pokemon, and no matter how many times she sees it, it never gets old and It never ceases to amaze her.
After about 3 hours of Ash training with his Pokemon Ninetales found out just how tuff training had been. But she loved every moment of it, she was a strong Pokemon, Hence why Ash never saw her on the mountains, Mainly Because It was cold and Not many people went to the summit, but one day after she had beaten literally every Pokemon She went over to the summit, Where she met Pokemon who were strong but none were stronger than Ash's, She was a fierce Fighter and wanted to grow strong but she didn't want an idiot who would abuse her powers, That's were Ash came in, His Pokemon were lethal, Deadly, Agile and Powerful enough to decimate their opponents in single blows, But that was just them on the battlefield, Simply speaking There were no Pokemon sweeter than Her new family, Very accepting and Understanding and they all love their trainer to Heaven and back.
She had met most of his Pokemon except Charizard, She had heard about how said Pokemon had defeated multiple legendary Pokemon, but considering his size that was acceptable but she found it hard to believe that Pikachu could and did as well, But she knew that she'd get her opportunity to show them as well.
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About 2 weeks Later
"Hey Serena, did you get Palermo's mail ?" Aria asked, "about what ?" Asked an equally confused Serena, she made Serena shift from her table and opened the mail app, and searched for Palermo, sure enough, There was a mail, but there was also an attachment, Aria opened the attachment, it showed an invitation, not just an invitation but the invitation to the POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP's Official Launch Party. A private party attended by the most prominent and important members of the PLA and PPCA, which meant that she Would have to go, which she was happy to but hen she read the last line, 'I need a date, wait Ash is a champion, did he already pick a date??, is he going with someone else???' Her internal Debate was ended by a knock at the door, Aria had already gone to Ask Alain and now she was alone in her room.
"Ash" she almost gasped, He barely ever knocks at the door, he usually just heads in because it's her, but that didn't surprise her, what surprised her was the look on his face, he looked awfully calm, "Hey Serena" he greeted like usual and continued "I am assuming you got the mail from PPCA about the party, Coming to the point I need a plus one and I know that you're going as well so would you like to be my plus one," he said Stressing on the my. 'Did he just ask me to be his date' was really the only thought in her head, because she nodded pretty dumbly and shut the door
Ash sighed, it wasn't as difficult as He thought or rather as how llene Said, fairly easy, and now he had to go shopping for his suit, Rota's designers were coming over to Galar to design his suit for the Party...With a sigh he walked back to his room, They would arrive at the shop in half an hour, so he needed to get going ASAP.
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16th (2 days before the party)
"Come on You guys the flight isn't going to wait for us" May shouted, She was psyched about Going to the ball, not only that but since the school had given them another week in vacation it was full-on Alolan Vibes, they had booked a resort in Akala island and everyone from Kalos was coming as well, Like a small getaway for the week or two, Ash chose the resort and they all shared decided to share the money and all but ash Cut that idea off almost immediately, the resort was owned by his elite Olivia, and He knew that she won't ask for any payment, he stood against that but he knew better than to fight women.
"Actually the flight will wait," Ash said walking down the stairways, Everyone stopped moving and came to a studded halt, "Its a private Jetliner, It won't go without us, but we still need to go fairly quick" Ash ended as stood next to the front door. Mark had arranged vehicles to transport them and their luggage, sure enough on the porch were 2 black Cullinan's, Ash sighed, Within another 10 minutes, their luggage was loaded and Ash and Gary drove out the 2 cars to the airport.
At the airport, the 2 Driver's whose pictures were given to Ash by William helped the, unload their luggage and took the cars back to Rota's Private garage in North Wyndon. It was a fair wait for the plane, Ash had to attend some calls, Fortunately, or unfortunately, his custom orders had come earlier than expected, he was grateful for it but knew of no place to store it till his House would be completely built, Which meant he'd have to use the Battle Frontier facility, which meant he'd have to give good old ranger Henry a call.
Henry Smith, A Galar native from a humble home in Stow on the side, Became a Pokemon ranger at age 18, Served in the Highlands for about 25 years before he was given posting at the Battle Island, The battle Island housed powerful Pokemon that was not a new thing, it was a battle frontier facility after all, But there were also Pokemon who were treated from Aether Paradise and brought to give them some freedom, The artificial Island that is the battle Island had one objective and nobody has ever one the symbol, The objective being the bond between the trainer and their Pokemon, After Henry retired from the Pokemon Rangers, He was recruited to the Aether Foundation.
His Pokemon were strong enough to give any thief or for that matter any elite trainer a run for their money, His trusty partner starter Rilaboom, along with the other members of his team which include Corviknight, Salamence Blaziken.
But right now his task was to get the Aether Vehicle transporter to The Melemele docks to load up 2 out of three investment vehicles, as he liked to call them. Later Ash would go to the Island mansion and check it out.
He cut the call after telling Henry what to do and sat down next to Pikachu who was sitting and Helping himself with some ketchup, "How do you like that stuff?" Ash asked for the millionth time, "pika pi chu" he said, Ash sweatdropped, "I guess that makes sense" And he sat there Chatting with leaf who was gonna go to Oak's place in Pallet to get some extra lessons during her weekend.
The flight took off about 15 minutes later, A 3 hr flight to Alola, The luxury jetliner which was custom built for the prince, but he never knew because Ilene wanted him to use it, not fight over what sort of luxury an 18-year-old shouldn't have, Ash was always the humble type, He could have bought anything he wanted but he didn't want to, But right now he was putting in a large amount of money into a few things, Things that will/will not add up in the future but he doesn't care, having too much money in one's account and having credit and debit cards which aren't used cause Trouble with banks.
The flight landed, They got their luggage and got in a large Uber that took them to their impromptu residence, For the party, The day after tomorrow they would get on a Cruiser to Akala Islands pokemon resort where Everyone else would already be there.
Ash was feeling Particularly happy, Prof Burnet and Kukui had their first child, Lei his name was kept, He wanted to see him, but before that he needed to go to the docks, Henry was waiting, and he knows better than to keep a ranger waiting, after all, they were government employees.
Ash slowly left the hotel and took an Uber to the docks, He then walked inside towards the Crates that were already unloaded, He then felt a familiar aura behind him, no dark intend just playful, Said person tried to grab him from the back but Ash immediately turned around and help his hand twisted before listing his hand and bring it over to the attackers face fast causing the attacker to flinch, He opened one of his eyes panicked, Ssh chuckled and let the old man go, "Old man you gotta do better than that" he said, "I'm not old ya bastard" He said playfully, Ash chortled and nodded, Henry then said, "I got the Aether Transporter docked here, let's get yar stuff and take it back to Tha Island, Otherwise tha Pokemon will gat Hangry" He ended Ash nodded and Went over to the head office,
After about half and hour Ash and Henry made it to the crates which were opened up by the dock worker, inside the first crate was car 1 out of 3, A Lamborghini Urus, in satin white with a red interior and 23" Diamond cut wheels, Ash took out the key from his pocket and turned the car on, They had to get the car out side and drive it onto the Ship, the dock worked then got inside the car and drove it out, Then he left to open the next crate As Ash drove the car into the parking lot next to aethers' ship,
The 2 car was Ferrari 812GTS in Baby blue with satin black wheels and a blue interior, After parking that Ash went over to the final and honestly the car he was most excited for, the Door opened and their were literally stars in his eyes, Henry chuckled, A Bugatti Chiron Sport, In Burgundy and Crimson red with Satin black wheels which had Crimson accents, the interior was decked out with red sticking and Burgundy coloured Alcantara, He had his 2 keys with him, He drove the car out towards the parking lot then with Henry and the captains help he loaded the cars onto the ship and they set sail to battle Island. It was already 4 hrs since he left the hotel without telling anyone. What could possibly go wrong?
Ash then silently made his way to the room except he forgot that he was sharing his room with Serena, who was wearing her nightclothes which was a pair of shorts and a pink tee and a bow on her head, her arms folded across her chest she sat Cross-Legged, The only light that was on was the One next to her bed, After that he noticed his Starter who knew where Ash was going and was sleeping taking the whole bed for himself, "Where.Were.You" she asked calmly, but to Ash that was bad, Serena was never that calm, this meant trouble...he gulped, This was something he did not want to miss, but he certainly did, back when he used to do something comical or Dangerous his mother would do the same, It was the calm before the storm
"Ashton Aaron Ketchum," She said in the same Calm and Terrorising voice that women had, "Where were you," She said Standing up with her hands on her hip, now glaring daggers at him, Ash paled, he already was quite pale after spending a few years at MT Silver, But this, this was a whole 'nother pale, He gulped, He could have sworn that he heard Pikachu snicker quietly, "You could have 2 minutes to explain yourself before I start to use my ways of getting you to talk," She said with a grin, 'Just what is she thinking up in that brain...I swear she'll be the end of me as a psychic' He thought as he explained where he was.
She seemed to take the details in pretty calm, 'Just like mom' He thought with a sigh, Single tear formed on his eye which he rubbed of without Serena noticing, She also let out a sigh before Going back to her bed, "It's fine this time, just...tell someone before you go off next time" She said as she covered herself with the blanket, Ash then took a quick shower and went off to bed.
The next morning Ash woke up Early, He knew where to go so he called Out Garchomp and flew off to Battle Island, Not before leaving a note for Serena telling her that he had gone to train and would be back By afternoon.
Garchomp landed at the Beach just in time for the sun to rise up, He had Ninetales, Garchomp, Pikachu, Sylveon, Espeon, Gengar who decided that the place for him to reside was Ash's Shadow, Zoroark, Haxorus, Dragonite, Gardevoir and Corviknight.
He trained them for a few hours as Henry came down to the beach from the mansion, "Thought it was ya kid, after all you has tha guts ta come to battle island to train" Ne said with a grin, Ash returned it and went with him to the house for some breakfast.
Ash then ended up chillin with Henry doing some practise battles at the battlefield and overall enjoying himself, He had to go back before Lunch, If not for the food them to not face the wrath of an angry teen, He let out a sigh as he exited the mansion and called out garchomp, Pikachu on his shoulder, He leaves to the hotel, 5 minutes later He gets there only to realise that his stylists where gonna be there in another 2 hrs to get him ready for the party, 'Haha...Ilene...Haha' he thought sarcastically, up yes he didn't have much formal dress sense but he could have managed well, but This being the first party that he would attend for the PLA, it needed to be good, As champion Red, he had never had a public appearance, it had always been his Representatives like The elites or Miss Lusamine.
Ash took a bath and went to have lunch in the restaurant downstairs where he ate food with the others discussing various random topics, Ash kept silent listening but commenting. Eventually, everyone finished and Ash got the call he despised, The next hour or so we're gonna be deadly,
A few hours later.
'Getting Shouted upon by Serena was way better than this' he thought as they finally left Ash, Right now looking at the mirror no one even himself could tell he was Ash. His amber eyes were Changed with Crimson red Contacts that soul hunt your soul forever, his Deep brown hair was now a lighter shade of Brown, They didn't Style his hair or rather they couldn't style his hair Because it wouldn't stay put, He wore the two-pieces black suit, With a Silky White Shirt, He wore Black dress shoes, The thread holding his keystone was visible from outside, His open shirt according to the lady fashion designer was Some new trend or something on those grounds, He did not have his z-power ring, instead, they opted for his Apple Watch, all they had to do was put a brown leather strap on it, After they deemed him ready for his first-ever public appearance they left, Ash then walked over to Serena and His room, Just as he was about to knock on the door, it opened and he carelessly knocked on a soft forehead, He then opened his eyes, wishing he never did, "I'm sorry!" Ash almost shouted jerking back, She let it be for this one time, he then looked at her, For the first time. Ever.
She was wearing a Black dress, It had white accents, she had Applied some light makeup, Her black heels stood out, Her dress ended at her ankle, One of her legs could be seen, with how she was standing she wore black and white earrings, going with her theme, To top it all off her Hair was left open, Any other guy would already be all over her, But this was Ash.
Serena, on the other hand, was literally about to drool with how Hot he looked, His defined Chest could be seen, His hair and Eyes could send chills down anyone's spine, But then she noticed Ash's eyes Going from top to bottom. Checking her out. Just wow, how could this day get any better, she thought as she regained her composure and Took Ash's hand with her as she walked, They were to reach the hall in another 5 minutes.
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The party was on at full swing, All kinds of high profile people were present under the same roof enjoying themselves, There was a special event for which they were given some cards too, Ash and Serena were with their other friends and Palermo who was also actively taking part in the discussion, Ash remained Quite, He was Drinking some coke when the lights went off and a spotlight was put at the host, Pierre, "I hope you all are enjoying yourzelfs tzonight, I would like to tanks the PLA and Macro Cosmos for hosting this event, But now it is time to the grove with the tunes, So I welcome Champion Leon and His date For tonight, Professor Sophia onto the stage to start us off" he ended as the light searched for said Couple, All the kids were shocked to see their professor at the party, Leon took her by the hand onto the dance floor as slow music started.
Slowly others started making their way to the floor, Serena basically had stars in her eyes, she loved slow dancing, Ash noticed this and took her hand and asked, "May I have this dance" in the most Galarian way possible, she giggled and nodded as he took her there, Her hands made their way around his neck, his hands were at her waist, as they slow danced to the music, Occasionally there would be pictures taken by their friends, to tease Serena, because Ash was...well dense, After quite a while of dancing Ash's phone bussed, He went outside to the balcony, he picked up the call, to hear frantic breathing, he knew who it was, he was important to Ash,
"Stay there, I'm coming," he said as he called out Garchomp and flew into the moonlit sky, Leaving a bewildered And sorta sad Serena.