Chapter 46
"So what do you want to talk to us about?" After the party's over, Ash and his family, as well as his friends are staying at the ballroom. Besides the maids and servants cleaning up the place, the former friends are still outside of the ballroom trying to hear what Ash and the others are talking about.
Ash says, "First of all, with the Sevestar Region being built, our earnings in the RPA Company have been growing with a drastic amount."
Mark says, "That's true...you can say our family is the richest family in the world. If we want to, we can buy everything we want."
"So why are we talking about our property?" Golly asks.
Alice says, "If you don't know, Ash and I have been using a lot of our money to purchase a total of 18 houses in the 8 regions."
"Wait, what?" The others are shocked at this revelation, and Delia asks, "Those houses are for your disguises, right? After all, both of you have 18 disguises, and each of the disguises has different occupations so that you need some places for the both of you to focus on that disguise."
"That's correct, Mother. And I am going to show you all around our houses, and at the same time, I am going to exchange some Gym Leaders or Elite Four members."
"What? What are you talking about?" Valerie asks in confusion. "Aren't you satisfied at the Gym Leaders and Elite Four members currently?"
"After seeing the list of the 8 Gym Leaders and 4 Elite Four members, I feel that it is unbalanced. Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that they are bad or something else...it is just...not fair for some typings." Ash says.
"What do you mean?" Serena asks.
"For example, there are only a number of 3 leaders who specialize in Fairy Type, while there are a total of 7 leaders that specialize in Water Type. Why do you need that many Water Type Leaders?"
"You're right about that. So you are going to change some of them?" Reisa asks.
"I will change some of them, but that depends on their reputation among the Challengers and other League members. After forcing Mr. Goodshow to retire, the survey is spread out among the crowd, and they will be the ones that judge the leaders."
"That sounds very harsh...but that's also fine by me, considering they dig their own graves and they have to lie in them." Alice nods.
The former friends of Ash are listening as May asks, "Changing the Leaders? What if Dad is the one that was taken over?"
"I don't think so...there aren't that many Normal Type Leaders...but I can say that Electric, Water, and even Fighting Type are very dangerous..."
"The Gym is like a home to me, I can't let it get taken..." Misty says with a little horror.
"Calm down, I don't think Ash will be that heartless with us..." Mallow says.
But as they turn around, they already notice that the group is now gone, they are confused as to how they disappear, but the truth is that they just go out from another door and head to their rooms to rest.
The next day after Delia becomes the new queen and Ash becomes the new prince, the Ketchum family and the Masho family are now training at the castle grounds after breakfast. Eve is using the Rod to create the move Snarl, which lowers the Special attack of Ash, but Ash uses the cannon to create the Fiery Dance, causing the Special Attack to go back to normal.
"So much for trying to lower that..." Eve mutters as she changes into the sword and uses the Quick Attack, but Ash quickly changes into the gloves and uses the Quick Guard, causing the move to fail, and then he uses the Vital Throw on Eve, causing her to drop the sword to the ground.
"Since Eve dropped the weapon, meaning that Ash is the winner." Alice says as she is being the referee. Eve kneels down as she knows that she lost the battle, and Ash helps Eve up and Eve just sighs in annoyance.
"Damn it..." Eve says. "I thought I got you this time..."
"You are not the only one that is training, I am also improving as well." Ash says. "Don't worry, you will be able to defeat me if you keep up your pace."
Delia says, "Indeed. Like Red used to say in the past, do not give up until it is over. I think it is now Ash's catchphrase."
Valerie says, "You're right."
At the same time, his friends are watching, as Serena asks, "Are they seriously fighting with weapons? And how didn't they get all blood-covered?
"They are Aura Weapons according to the report written by Eve...They are not actual weapons, but they are rather just aura formed by the shape of weapons. I heard that Professor Binary and Professor Sylvan are working with Eve to investigate it." Professor Oak says.
After eating some berries to heal himself, Ash turns to his first partner, Pikachu. "Now that is done...the next one I m challenging is you, Pikachu."
Pikachu is getting a little nervous, as he has never won against Ash before, though he did get shocked by his Thunderbolts in the past, what tricks will he do is still unknown to him. Ash says, "No need to be nervous, your opponent is me. I may be your trainer, but right now treat me as a Pokemon and fight me."
Pikachu slowly nods as they start to battle. While watching how Ash uses the Rope to make a Sand Tomb for Pikachu, Lillie chuckles, "Still, I can't believe we have so much power to battle our Pokemon as well..."
Eve says, "I know what you mean, but as a Dark Type Trainer, I feel that the Rod is very suitable for me."
Alice says, "Believe it or not, battling is very fun, and since we are Aura users, we are lucky to experience the beauty of it."
"Time to end this up." Ash says with the shake of his head and he takes out the sword, using the Guillotine, he knocks out Pikachu in an instant. Pikachu feels very weak as he looks at his trainer, who is giving him a sad look, and sighs, "Don't be sad, Pikachu. You have done well this time, and I'm proud of you as your trainer."
Pikachu lowers his ears as his trainer is right. In his heart, he is happy that his trainer becomes much smarter and stronger, but he is still guilty for what happened a lot of years ago. Ash says, "Pikachu, just stop staying in the past, just look forward and I am sure you will be able to be like what you were before."
Ash rubs the back of Pikachu's ears, and he feels a little better. Alice approaches the two and she asks, "So Ash, what if those who abandoned you are trying to get you back?"
Ash says, "Knowing them, they won't give up to earn my forgiveness. A smart part of me wants to forgive them since in truth they were controlled. But a major part of me doesn't want to forgive them, as they don't know what I am feeling. All they know is that they are desperately wanting my forgiveness, but it is getting annoying time after time."
The words in Ash's mouth are making a lot of people confused. Dawn says, "Ash, can you say it more specifically?"
Ash says, "For example, if the murderer of your father comes back and wants to apologize to you, your father is not going back from death. Or if your friend eating your favorite food, an apology can't bring that food back to the table, but buying another one is another thing."
Alice says, "So you mean, even though they are sorry, it can't change the fact that they hurt you. Your heart is already scarred by them and an apology isn't like a medicine that can heal it quickly."
Ash smiles and gives her a kiss, "Alice, you really are smart, and that is why I love you."
Alice smiles back and says, "And I love you too, Ash."
The traitors are listening to the conversation, Cynthia says, "So Ash is stranded in the time when we say those hurtful words...it is true that if we earned his forgiveness, what we said is still haunting his mind."
The boys are nodding in agreement, but the girls aren't paying attention to the blonde Champion. What they are sad about is how Ash and Alice act around each other. "If only we possess aura, maybe I would be in that girl's shoes..." They all think the same thing.
"From this diary, we have found out your disguises. We like some of the disguises, so we decide to use them during the past 10 years, and believe me, they have been quite successful like they were in the past." Alice takes out the diary written by Ash's father. "Some of my disguises originally belonged to my mother, but it is a good thing that we got her permission and we even made it better."
"That is quite true indeed." Valerie sighs.
"9 of the disguises are from my Dad and Alice's mother, but there are 9 of them that are new, we have dangerous disguises, and we also have disguises that are fun. And just by last year, we have decided to do something else with our disguises."
"What do you mean by that?" Delia asks.
"There are no limits to what you want to be and what you want to do. So some of our disguises have a second job or second work. That's why we manage to get a lot of money that quick." Alice says.
"Now you guys have been wondering about my disguises, right? I mean, most of you guys know about my disguises, but I am going to give you guys a full tour of our disguises, our Pokemon, and also our new houses." Ash says.
"That's great, but what about our work at the Sevestar Region?" Reisa asks.
"Don't worry, even though that Region is complete, we didn't have that many tourists to the region, so it should be fine." Alice says.
"Fair enough." Gladion nods as they decide to leave. At the same time, Lana asks, "What does he mean by disguise? Does that mean having a façade of our own facial appearances and the new name and new identity?"
"Disguise can help in any way. You can eavesdrop on people without being detected, or you can be all kinds of models for the clothes. Though I didn't know Ash is someone that would do the trick..." Bonnie says.
"Alice might be the one that changed him..." Misty mutters.
"But still, I am quite curious about what kind of disguises he has been using during these years..." Brock says.
"Leave it to me, the future is now thanks to science, Clemontic Gear on! I called this the Fly Tracking Drone!" Clemont takes out a drone camera, and Bonnie says, "Another boring name..."
"Now we just have to let it do the work and see what they are doing..." Clemont says as they let the drone camera fly, while they decide to head back to Lumiose City's Prism Tower to see what they're up to.
Here is a new chapter, and as you can see, starting from the next chapter, we are going to show the places that Ash and Alice brought as new homes, and also some other new jobs for the disguises. I hope you like this chapter.