Chapter 8: Deflower Defile
A new morning had arose with Pikachu and Koro waking to the sun and finding the bumps in Ash's bed a little unusual. ("What's going on here?") he questioned. When he and Koro came to the bed, they saw Ash's lips constantly smothered by Lashara's. Pikachu's face contorted at the sight. Koro squeaked to Pikachu and he ran to the critter, finding Lashara's clothes strewn. ("Don't… tell me…") Then came Ash's moan. He stirred as she woke up and found his fingers wiggling.
"Man what a dream," he groaned. "I got a feeling of being on a beach with someone. Talk about lifelike…" Suddenly, he felt something sucking his finger. Looking down, Ash found Lashara playfully sucking in his middle finger. "La… shara?" Lashara smiled to Ash.
"Good morning, handsome," she cooed before sitting up, her petite body exposed as she reached for his head and kissed him on the lips. Ash's face was priceless, face glowing red and raining sweat. That's when he felt everything from Lashara's body with their chests together as Chiaia and Maya entered.
"Empress!" shrieked Maya. "What in the Holy Goddess' name are you doing!?" Lashara sighed to the interruption.
"It's nothing more than making sure our future emperor sleeps with a smile on his face," she smiled.
"While buck naked!?" snarled Chiaia as she pulled Lashara out of bed. When Maya saw green pajama pants on Ash, she huffed a sigh.
"I feared the worst, but by the grace of the goddess…" she muttered. Chiaia dragged Lashara to the door but the empress had one more look to Ash.
"One day, there will be no clothes between the two of us and it will be a pleasure," she promised. Chiaia pulled Lashara from the room.
"Let's go!" ordered Chiaia. Ash sighed to the sight of Lashara in the Empress' new clothes.
"What's up with Lashara?" he wondered. "And Maria? I mean, they've been on me since I was introduced to them." Maya placed a hand on Ash's back.
"Son, some people are quick to mature," she assured. "You need not to follow. Now, get dressed. Hannah's got a job for you and Kenshi." Maya left before Ash rolled out of bed. In Maria's dorm, Maria had to ponder on how to explain the situation about her mother, the Queen. Yukine was in the room as well.
"The first moment I introduce Mother to Ash," she gulped. "There's no question she'll be wishing to have him as more than just a son." Yukine could tell how flustered Maria became.
"Princess, we still have time before we proceed with vacation plans to Havoniwa," she mentioned. "Besides, she'd be more after Kenshi than Ash… though, Empress Lashara has an official hold for Ketchum."
"And that's what infuriates me more. I need to do something about this infraction my cousin's committing!" Walking to the window, Maria began to ponder a plan. "My wish is that Lashara hasn't taken his virginity yet. Also, I know that Lithia's working on getting him and Kenshi worked up for her reasons. We need to take the two and bring them here." Yukine shuttered in Maria's planning. Meanwhile, Ash and Kenshi were painting a fence with a muscular brunette woman in green overalls. Her hair was tied in a scrunchy.
"My goodness," she smiled. "Have you two done fences before?"
"I have, Hannah," Ash huffed. "When you have a herd of Tauros running around everyday at my professor's ranch, it's one of the things that needs to have a close eye on." Kenshi and Hannah's eyes widened.
"Tauros?" repeated Hannah and Kenshi. Ash brought out his PokéDex and showed the two a picture of a brown bull with darker brown fur around the head. It also had three whip-like tails.
"TAUROS, THE WILD BULL POKÉMON," it registered. "TAUROS WILL RUN HEADLONG AT ITS TARGET ONCE IT'S IN ITS SIGHT. TAUROS ARE BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR VIOLENT NATURE." Hannah whistled to the information.
"Heaven forbid if these Tauros start running around in this place," she gulped. "And… you have a herd of them? About how many?"
"30," he bluntly answered. Kenshi and Hannah jumped at the amount.
"Th- 30!?" they gasped. "That's a super herd!" Ash blinked to the term they used.
"What?" he wondered. "I've encountered someone who herded Mareep, Swinub, even Pokémon have helped with herding." Hannah blinked to the thought as Kenshi had a quick summary.
"I guess Pokémon are a lot smarter than I would've wanted to understand," he chuckled.
"Perhaps, and I may wager that Pikachu's smarter than him," Hannah joked. Ash gawked hard to Hannah's jab.
"Hey, he's smart! He's also as skilled as I am!"
"And that's why you've got a herd of girls chasing the both of you. Maybe if I was 15 years younger, I would be part of the mob." She glanced to the side where the girls ducked while holding huge butterfly nets. "I bet it's exhausting with all of those women chasing you around." Ash and Kenshi looked to each other before laughing.
"We've been alright so far," Ash assured.
"I suppose so," Hannah shrugged. "If you've ever needed a break from them, you can always work with me. In the meantime, I'll let you have your cardio and escapabilities tested."
"Thanks, Miss Hannah," Kenshi accepted. "Let's go, Ash!"
"Right," Ash nodded before running off… with the score of girls trailing.
"Good luck, you two!" teased Hannah. Meanwhile, two adults watched from a shrub nearby. Both wore white uniform garbs with the redhead in a skirt and midriff with her hair like a whip and the ice-violet-haired had white pants. Both wore black boots and gloves as they saw Ash and Kenshi being chased by the girls.
"So, the twerp's getting a little girly action fallen upon him," she snorted. "I told him on Shamouti Island about this ordeal."
(Flashback)
"Listen, kid," she groaned as she laid on her stomach. The ice-violet-haired and a cream-colored cat with some brown fur on its toes and tail and a gold oval coin stuck in its forehead were also on their stomachs. "If you get involved with the opposite sex, you're only asking for trouble!"
"Yes, and it's the kind of trouble…" the ice-violet-haired smiled. "I stay out of."
"Youse two don't need da opposite sex since youse got each other," the cat mewed. The other two didn't appreciate the additional comment.
"What does that mean!?" the redhead snarled.
"Not funny!" the ice-violet-haired snapped.
"And now, the twerp's showing us that he didn't learn from us," the redhead growled as their faces were turning blue.
"I'm more worried about us, Jessie," the ice-violet-haired changed topic. "The air around here is so dense, it's hard to breathe."
"I'm aware of that, James! We need to get the twerp's Pikachu and escape before we suffocate!" Looking back, they saw the cat who seemed to be on the brink of death.
"MEOWTH!" they gasped. James lifted Meowth's head.
"Come on, Meowth!" he called out. "Breathe! I know you can!"
"We can't lose Team Rocket's mascot!" urged Jessie.
"Maybe I can help," a woman's voice called out. Both adults looked up to a silhouette. "I've got someone inside who's getting supplies that may help you live here." Jessie and James blinked, unsure about the offer. Meantime, Ash and Kenshi were running through the woods and from Bwoole and Yeliss riding man-like mechanoids attached to giant cords as Chiaia, Wahanly, Lashara and Pikachu watched on.
"I must say, these new mechanoids you created are great for training Sacred Mechamasters," Chiaia awed.
"Yeah, those MechaFlyers Pikachu helped get working weren't the only mechanoids we worked on," Wahanly sneered. Bwoole and Yeliss seemed ready to pounce as other girls with the butterfly nets stood by.
"Attack!" shouted Bwoole. She and Yeliss raced at Ash and Kenshi, but stopped as the cords were tangled in the trees. Bwoole and Yeliss seemed to panic at the stoppage.
"Seems the mechanoids may need a bit of an extension cord," Lashara smirked.
"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure," Wahanly sneered. With a press of the mechanoids' controls, the cords disconnected from the mechanoids. Ash and Kenshi now felt the limits the mechanoids had was gone. "See, Pikachu and I worked on battery packs using electricity and Ahou to allow extra freedom for a period. We've managed to get at least an hour." Bwoole and Yeliss charged at Ash and Kenshi, but the boys were quick on their feet in evading the girls in the mechanoids, then came the other girls with the nets.
"While it's amusing for Kenshi to get hounded," Lashara muttered. "Ash should be left alone. He doesn't need this treatment." Ash and Kenshi continued to run in circles around the girls. Sometimes, the girls netted each other and the two on the mechanoids. When they rounded a fence, Yukine grabbed Ash and Kenshi and pulled them to the other side of the wall. Kenshi had Yukine holding him and Ash pinned to the wall as the girls raced passed the opening.
"Stay with me," Yukine whispered. "We can hide inside." Yukine and the other girl escorted Ash and Kenshi inside where Maria waited.
"Ash, Kenshi, welcome," she greeted. "I thought you two would need a break from all that running."
"We appreciate it, Princess Maria," Kenshi praised. Yukine brought tea to Ash and Kenshi.
"Here you go, you two," she offered.
"Thanks," Ash accepted. As Ash and Kenshi had tea, Yukine palmed Kenshi's shoulder. Kenshi looked up.
"Would you… come and help me?" she asked.
"Of course," Kenshi replied. They left Ash and Maria alone.
"Ash, how is it working under Lashara's roof?" she questioned. Ash seemed a bit surprised with Maria's curiosity.
"It's tough, but nothing too extreme," he briefed. "I mean, fixing fences and washing clothes after Kenshi showed me the ropes…"
"Seems you're having a great time… though I still remember you catching me falling and since, I haven't taken my eyes from you." Ash blinked to Maria's mentioning.
"You? That's… something new for me. I've never really had royalty come up to me for that kind of action."
"Oh? You've been in front of royalty before?"
"Yeah, a few times…" His mouth stopped moving as his shocked face emerged from seeing Maria's uniform become unbuttoned. Maria turned around and walked toward Ash with her unusual bust out in the open.
"Tis a shame that the princesses you met in your journeys never seemed to give you a chance. Luckily, I can change that… right here… right now." Ash tried to step back but his legs couldn't respond. Maria clasped his hands and guided them to her breasts. Ash was at a loss of what to do. "Besides, what does Lashara have that I don't? She doesn't have the grace or the figure that I have, and I can certainly make sure you have a piece of royalty under my mother's approval of you when we travel to Havoniwa." Ash blinked before remembering Maria's position.
"Your mother? As in the Queen?"
"But I want to seal any chance Lashara's got to claim you. Besides, there's no rule saying that a princess can't fall in love with a Highlander." She guided Ash's hands around her chest and to her back before she held his head and reeled it in for a kiss. Her face was so close to Ash's. Their noses made contact and her lips within reach as well.
"A-HA!" shouted Lashara. Chiaia, Aura, Wahanly and Pikachu all entered to find Ash and a topless Maria together and Kenshi holding Yukine who seemed to have fainted and her top also undone, only with a black brassier underneath. Maria shrieked in shock at Lashara's interruption. Ash's face quickly turned red so bright, it was glowing on his face. This pissed Lashara. "What in the world are you doing to Ash and Kenshi!?"
"Oh, it's quite simple, cousin," Maria sneered. "It's a coordination of our engagement before we see Mother in Havoniwa-" Lashara gawked when Aura separated Ash and Maria with Wahanly catching his collapse while Chiaia tended to Kenshi and Yukine.
"Chiaia, this isn't what it looks like!" pleaded Kenshi. Chiaia put her hand to Kenshi's face as Lashara continued.
"And how do you figure that!?" she argued.
"It's simply the truth," Maria sighed. "Your attendant, Kenshi, has deflowered my attendant, Yukine." Kenshi gawked to the meaning. "Tis only natural for them to be wed." Yukine started to recover as Kenshi had a befuddled appearance.
"Wait, what!?" he gulped.
"And as her husband," Maria continued. "He shall be serving as my attendant from now on instead of yours." Lashara growled in anger.
"He shall be doing no such thing!" she snapped. "She fell and he helped her! That's all!" In denial of Lashara's claims, Maria proceeded.
"And in relation, Ash Ketchum has deflowered me," she added. "Thus, nature has decided that he and I shall be married." Ash balked to the claim as Pikachu blinked to what Maria meant.
"Wait a minute!" he stammered. Maria ignored him.
"And as my husband," she added. "He shall rule by my side as we rule Havoniwa together as the future king and queen." Ash gasped to the thought of the wedding.
"Hold on!" he tried to speak up. "Don't I get a say in this!?" Lashara ignored the boy she slept with.
"He will not!" she protested. "You stripped yourself in an attempt to seduce him!"
"Oh, and may I bring up both massage incidents with Ash and Kenshi?" deflected Maria.
"That was Mexiah's fault and you know it!"
"And how about explaining yourself when you've slept with Ash in his bed naked last night?" Caught in her own complexion, Lashara feigned to answer.
("Is this how cousins behave with each other?") asked Pikachu. Aura decided to interrupt the argument.
"Girls, if you two cannot come to an agreement," she spoke up. "Why not battle it out, have some sort of competition?" Lashara didn't like the idea.
"What for!?" she reacted. "Ash and Kenshi are and will remain our attendants!"
"I will agree that Kenshi is somewhat responsible for the massage incident," Aura sided. "Ash somehow didn't fall under the same spell thanks to an unforeseen circumstance. Kenshi owes compensation to Lithia, Yukine and myself, and that is sizable on its own merit." Lashara twitched to the added circumstance.
"She doesn't need to compensate for us," Maria teased. Lashara gawked and turned to her cousin. "Princess Aura, could you please prepare some sort of… game for us?" Aura pondered a game as night fell. Ash and Kenshi walked back to the dorms with Lashara, Chiaia, Pikachu and Koro.
"Since Princess Aura is choosing the match, you'll know what game she's gonna decide on," Chiaia warned. Lashara sighed.
"We know exactly what game she's gonna have us participate in," she replied.
"Doesn't sound like you have a chance against Maria," Ash read.
"Oh, quite the contrary, future Emperor," Lashara urged. "With how much you've learned from Kenshi, we have this one in the bag."
"How so?" wondered Kenshi.
"It's a stew battle," Chiaia replied. "It's a highly competitive Shurifon game." Ash laughed to the game's idea. It bewildered Kenshi and the girls.
"What's gotten you in stiches?" questioned Lashara.
"Oh, after being with Brock and his many recipes, I've got a general idea on what to do for a battle like this," he claimed. This gave Lashara hope as she came to Ash.
"Seems taking you under our wing has become a profitable outcome if you succeed," she hoped as she wrapped her arms around Ash's torso. "Not only will we have a chance against Maria, but we could also impress Princess Aura. Will you help us?" Chiaia came forward with a rebuttal.
"Empress, Ash cannot be the one helping out," she reminded. "He and Kenshi will be the prize." Lashara blinked to the oversight. What would the plan be now?
TO BE CONTINUED...