a/n: I've had a really rough past few days.
One of my top college choices rejected me :/
Some issues with friends
Feeling sick
Oh well, at least PLA is out.
Anyways here's the chapter you ordered:
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Sinnoh Ash in Alola POV:
Sinnoh Ash was dumbfounded, "Wait, so you're telling me that you're alternate versions of me, and we're now fugitives across time who just beat up a god."
Adult Ash smiled, "Yep. So I gotta ask, what exactly happened?"
Sinnoh Ash shrugged, "I dunno, I just woke up in the future after falling asleep in the past."
Rocket Ash nodded, "Sounds like he was tampered with, someone clearly messed with him. Someone powerful enough to have time travel capabilities."
Rocket Ash then asked, "So where do we go from here?"
Adult Ash gave an order, establishing himself as a de facto leader for the group, "Rest up today, our pokemon took a beating. And tomorrow you need to talk to your friends and let them know you're going away for a while…"
"So where exactly are we going?" questioned Sinnoh-Ash
Adult Ash gave a well-thought-out answer, "To the past. We need to see what's going on in Sinnoh, maybe you swapped with the Alolan Ash."
"That's a good idea," Rocket Ash agreed with his counterpart
"So what's up with black polo here? Why does he have a Deoxys?" Sinnoh-Ash asked
Rocket Ash laughed, "I'm the leader of team rocket where I come from, so rare pokemon tend to fall in my hands."
Sinnoh Ash glared at him and Adult Ash tried to make peace, "No it's not as bad as it sounds, he's willing to help us and he means well at heart."
Sinnoh Ash thought for a moment and nodded, "Fine, but don't steal any pokemon as long as I'm around."
Rocket Ash snorted, "I don't steal myself, I just pay others to do it for me!"
Both Adult and Sinnoh Ash glared at Rocket, and he got the memo.
"Well, I suppose you're wondering about me. I'm you from the future if you just progressed normally Ash, I'm 35 and married with two kids. I was the former world #1 before stepping away to pursue other passions, such as saving the world when needed."
"Wow, you must be strong! We need to battle sometime! All-out battle! "
Adult-Ash laughed, "My wife likely would frown upon me beating up a teenager with my best team."
Sinnoh Ash nodded, "Oh, that's fair, I mean you were the world #1. So you married Lille right?"
Adult Ash shook his head, "No… Lille is just a good friend. I married a girl named Serena."
"What? Serena? I just met her!" Sinnoh-Ash stated
Adult Ash looked like he was dying inside, "We met her when you were really little at a summer camp. We traveled through Kalos with her and ended up catching feelings. About a year later we started dating and the rest is history." Adult Ash explained
"That's so weird, I'd end up marrying a girl I don't even remember. I'm sure she's great and all, but it's strange to me how one minor change about me traveling to another place for a while can change the course of history." Sinnoh-Ash said
Adult Ash nodded, "I agree."
"So how exactly does the grammar work for this?" Rocket Ash questioned
"There aren't exactly grammar rules concerning time travel so your guess is as good as mine." Adult Ash said with a shrug
"Anyways guys… let's get out of this stadium and get some rest…. We owe Lillie and Kukui an explanation." Sinnoh-Ash said
—-
Later that night at Kukui's house:
"Wait, so all three of you guys are Ash?" Lille questioned
All 3 Ashes nodded.
"Jeez, this is so strange. Makes my head spin, I love it!" Professor Kukui seemed excited
"Well anyways professor, we're going to spend the night and then travel to the past to find the other Ash. Your Ash will be coming with us."
Sinnoh-Ash looked at Lille, "We need to talk also."
Lille nodded, feeling somewhat nervous and intimidated by the adult Ashes in the room. "Yeah, of course!"
"Whatever the strongest alcohol you have is, pour me a glass," Rocket-Ash asked Kukui
"One for me also" Adult-Ash requested
"Sure guys, you sure you're over 18 though?"
"I'm 35 and married with 2 kids. Come on now." Adult Ash said as he flashed his wedding ring.
"Look at my hair professor. I have a receding hairline. Come on now." Rocket-Ash roasted himself and Adult Ash and the Professor smiled.
"When I woke up this morning I did not think I'd be serving Ash with a receding hairline and some whiskey," Kukui muttered to himself as he walked towards his cabinet and looked around for a bottle and 3 glasses.
—-
Lille grabbed Ash's hand and led him to a room in the house. She looked him in the eye, concern evident in her gaze.
"Hey, are you ok?" Lille asked
Ash explained his issues, "I mean it's just so much has happened in so little time…. A few hours ago I was eating ice cream with you, and now I'm being roped into an interdimensional conflict with a bunch of middle-aged men."
Lille giggled, "I'm sorry, it's just funny when you put it that way."
Ash felt his heart speed up as he looked at Lille, "I'm going to be away for a while, but I want you to know that you really mean so much to me. The other Ash is married to another girl, but I know fate put us together for a reason."
Lille blushed and looked down at the ground, "Is that what you wanted to say?"
Ash nodded
Lille hugged him, "Ash, know that I don't care about the other versions of you, at least not the way I do for you. I'm in love with the Ash who traveled across time, my Ash."
Ash paused for a moment, and then pulled her into a tight hug, "I love you too Lille. And know that I'm never losing you."
Lille whispered in Ash's ear. "Can we stay like this for a while?"
Ash didn't say anything and just held her because when he let go it'd be a while. But she didn't leave his arms until morning.
—-
The next morning, the Ash gang walked out of Kukui's house, seeming somewhat stressed.
Adult Ash shook Kukui's hand. "Thanks for the Whiskey and letting us crash professor,"
The professor laughed, "All I can say is that Ash makes a surprisingly good drinking buddy,"
"Which one?" Rocket-Ash and Adult-Ash both asked.
Kukui shrugged, "Not sure, you both sound the same to me,"
Both grown-up Ashes laughed. "See you around professor,"
Sinnoh-Ash hugged Lille goodbye and pecked her on the forehead before running towards the adults.
Adult Ash looked at his counterparts, "Everyone ready?"
Rocket Ash nodded, "Just get it on with,"
Adult Ash pulled the cork on a small bottle in his pocket, and Hoopa was released. Adult-Ash whispered something and a few seconds passed. Hoopa cried out, and a portal opened.
Adult Ash motioned towards the purple portal, "One ticket to Sinnoh coming right up!"
Rocket Ash rolled his eyes and stepped into the portal. "Let's get this over with,"
Sinnoh-Ash stepped in the portal, "Well, guess I'm going back….."
Adult-Ash gave a wave and jumped through the portal.
The portal closed.
—-
Sinnoh Champions League Semi Finals:
"Naganadel, use a hyper beam!", "Infernape, blast burn!" both trainers shouted out
The two attacks met in a blast, and a dust cloud came up from the stadium. Ash and Flint both covered their eyes.
Slowly, as the dust cleared it seemed like both pokemon were still in it, and the battle was heating up. But this wasn't a contest that was destined to be finished.
A scream came from the sky, and a portal opened. A legendary figure flew out of the portal, very very mad.
A powerful voice rang out in Ash's head.
"Hello mortal, your life is forfeit for humiliating me and damaging the timeline"
A powerful and giant legendary crashed down in the middle of the stadium, between Flint's Infernape and Ash's Naganadel.
The crowd started screaming, and people started running from the stadium.
"Why? What did I do? I never meant to time travel!" Ash yelled out in fear
"Your life is forfeit, and you shall be eliminated as I deem necessary. Who are you to question a god!" Dialga's voice boomed in Ash's head.
"Fine, I guess we're doing this the hard way! Naganadel, use dragon pulse!"
Ash's Ultra Beast fired off a dragon pulse that shook Dialga momentarily.
"Infernape, mach punch!" a voice yelled out from across the arena.
Flint just shrugged at Ash, indicating that they'd deal with the problem at hand, and then finish their battle.
Infernape punched Dialga, and the god didn't even flinch. Infernape sprang off Dialga and landed back by Flint's feet.
"Now, Infernape use flare blitz!"
Infernape rushed Dialga but was met with a powerful attack of sheer white energy, as Dialga gave a roar.
Infernape was tossed back and slammed into the ground. Clearly fainted from the force of the blow.
Dialga's voice shouted to the people watching, "Do not interfere. These mortals are mine"
Ash took a few steps back, and Pikachu stood in front of him.
"Wait, how come he used mortals plural? I thought he was only talking about me earlier!"
Ash clicked every poke ball on his belt, but only Lycanroc and Melmetal, along with Pikachu and Naganadel were still in the fight, considering his earlier battle with Flint.
"Sh!t, it's an ambush! He knew we'd be here! Everyone, attack!"
Dialga unleashed its powerful roar of time attack again, slamming into the ground adjacent to Ash. Ash gulped, he knew he wouldn't have long at this rate. He took a deep breath and stood up, ready to give some orders.
Just then, a portal opened and several figures ran out. Two middle-aged men and a boy around his age, with a Pikachu?
A poke ball opened, and a Garchomp raced towards Dialga.
Another poke ball opened, and a Darkrai emerged.
The final trainer released a Charizard.
"Hey, Ash!" one of the middle-aged men said with the Charizard next to him.
"What…who….how do you know me?" Alola-Ash said confused
Garchomp and Darkrai started attacking Dialga with their entire arsenals.
Sinnoh-Ash looked perplexed, "Woah….ummm…hi…I'm you from the past. We were going to go tell you about the situation at hand but I guess you can see it instead.
"This is weird! But not really a time for conversation. Battle first talk later!" Rocket-Ash barked at the kids
"Right," both versions of younger Ash said
Dialga gave another cry and smashed into Garchomp, who was getting outmuscled. Charizard's flamethrower and Darkrai's dark pulse didn't seem to be doing all too much damage. Dialga seemed tougher than last time, almost as if he trained.
"Charizard, flamethrower!" "Garchomp, Draco meteor!"
The two pokemon launched their attacks, but Dialga just teleported away and blasted both of them with a dragon pulse.
"Darkrai, use hypnosis!" Rocket Ash commanded
"Naganadel, push!" Alola-Ash yelled, having his alien pokemon slam into Darkrai to save it from being slammed into by Dialga, who would have knocked it out.
"Hey, what's the plan?!" Rocket-Ash asked
"Hit it until it faints!" yelled out Sinnoh-Ash
MORTALS! CEASE THE RESISTANCE! EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED!
Dialga launched a Draco meteor, and then promptly after unleashed a roar of time.
This caused the effects of the meteor to be amplified, causing a massive explosion of shards in the sky, falling at a lethal velocity.
Adult Ash looked around in fear and screamed, "We need to get out of here and regroup! Retreat!" he pulled out the bottle again and summoned Hoopa
"Get us out, now! Anywhere but here, Hoopa help!" Rocket-Ash yelled, barely avoiding a shard
Sinnoh-Ash's Garchomp stood, shielding the two younger boys from the shards, but it was evident he wouldn't last much longer.
"Into the portal now!" Rocket Ash yelled as a purple portal emerged. Rocket-Ash jumped in, and Sinnoh and Alola Ash started sprinting towards the portal. Sinnoh Ash dove in, but Alola Ash was struck with a shard in the knee, causing him to fall close to the portal. Adult-Ash ran towards his counterpart, and dragged Alola-Ash a short distance into the portal, flipping off Dialga who sent a roar of time towards the portal.
The portal closed mere moments before the attack slammed into the stadium wall.
—-
The portal opened, and all of the Ashes flew out, landing in the middle of the woods, a small house visible in the distance. All of the Ashes landed on top of each other, causing a painful landing.
"Owch….move for Arceus's sake!" Rocket-Ash grunted
"Where….where are we?" Sinnoh-Ash groaned in
Some leaves crunched as a figure walked towards the battered group of men.
"Well….. This is unexpected…" a female voice said
"Who are you?" Alola-Ash asked as he stood up, revealing the figure as a girl with long black hair, a Mawile at her side.
The voice giggled, "The name's Ashley, Ashley Ketchum. Pleased to meet you."