Ash and company are in high school, and in some ways it's more difficult than pokemon training. Everything changes when a new girl named Misty Waterflower joins Ash's class. A/U. Originally posted in 2002, updated 2021. AAML.

To the world? It was simply a challenge between legends. To them? It was a fun game, over and over again. Rated T for violence, and possible death.

Ash Ketchums dream was always to become the worlds greatest Pokemon Master. He never knew once he participated in the Pokemon League, his life would drastically change forever. A new friend he grows close to turns his life upside down, in both good and bad ways. He discovers sides of himself he never knew were there. And learns life can be both cruel and beautiful at the same time.

Ash is being betrayed by the world, but this time, not only his friends and the world, his Pokemon, and his mother also betray him. Now he is really alone. What will he do to face them and how will Alice save his broken heart?