A/N: (Thank you to the guest who reviewed and yes I have read the story of original Kalos with Skills and that person by not completing it gave me inspiration to write. I will try longer chapters but I am very busy due to upcoming exams Gsce and all that shit. And Yeah! Amourshipping forever)

Though the training of those Pokemon who were viewed as the strongest was going well, many other Pokemon were also doing their very best to prove their worth.

From all of his flying types, Staraptor had been the most impressive so far and had been determined to get into, at least, one of the teams. His flying abilities had increased gradually by each passing day. To confuse enemies and to take advantage of a possible opportune moment or as a defense Staraptor had learnt Double Team while also discerning how to use Heat Wave which would prove as both a valuable defense and attack if any Pokemon managed to get in close quarters with Staraptor such as when Paul's Gastrodon did in the Sinnoh League.

Gliscor was also keen not to fall behind his fellow native Pokemon and had also developed his flying abilities to the point that he had mastered Acrobatics. To add to his attacking options with his already learnt Fire Fang, he had also mastered Ice Fang and Thunder Fang which would cover any weaknesses with any Pokemon in close quarters.

Another surprising Pokemon whose determination had shocked Ash himself was Heracross. The Single Horn Pokemon was also seen training diligently to increase his strength and to re-pay all the love it had been shown by its trainer. To add to his fighting-type moves he had mastered Close Combat while also adding to his bug-type moves by learning Bug Bite. A surprising move he had mastered which was to shock many opponents in the future was Night Slash. Ash couldn't wait to see the look on the faces of his future opponents when he used that move.

From all of his Pokemon from Unova, only Krookodile seemed to be taking it serious while others from Unova, well the less said the better. Ash could now understand why he lost the Unova League so badly. Krookodile alone could not carry the whole team. For the first Ash could see that not all of the blame for losing to Cameron was not on him but some had to be shared by his Unovan Pokemon as in comparison to his other teams in other regions they were not as hardworking or serious.

Krookodile seemed to take the loss at Unova in stride and had started working even harder. He had learnt the Dragon-type move Outrage while training with Charizard and had also added another ground-type to his collection by learning Earthquake. He had, surprisingly, also learnt a fighting-type move by mastering Focus Punch.

Ash, upon seeing his Pokemon working so hard had also upped his own training.

From his mother, Delia, he had started learning the basics of cooking which according to his mother the need for every trainer like him who travelled days at a stretch on the road. She had also expressed her thoughts on how he had survived for so long without learning at least the basics of cooking. She had also remarked that learning how to cook would "impress the ladies" to which Ash had only responded with a confused frown leading his mother to sigh and roll her eyes internally at her son who was approaching his 17th birthday but was still so painfully innocent and oblivious.

In addition to this Ash had also started to study about Pokemon with the help of Professor Oak by learning the abilities, hidden abilities of Pokemon and what moves could various Pokemon have or learn. This information would help him not be caught off guard in future battles. He had finally also learnt how to use the Pokedex which allowed him to learn information about his Pokemon which he previously did not know.

Ash had also treated himself to an Xtransceiver which would allow him to contact anyone at any time and also allow him to transfer his Pokemon at will which would save him the hassle of travelling to a Pokemon center.

As for now, Ash sat in his bed too excited to sleep as tomorrow was his 3 on 3 battle with his one time rival: Gary Oak.