AN: Alright, sorry for the long wait. But some good news! I figured out some ways to have all main girls (besides Chole) to put them with an Ash :) As for other girls to end with Ash (Anabel, Angie, etc...), I didn't originally plan to put them in, but decided on doing so, as I do like some of the other girls with Ash and thought of an interesting way to do so. As for guys like Goh, Gary, Clemont, and others I'm thinking of having them get with an AU Ash as well! I sadly won't do have like all Ash ships be canon, as that would be a lot to handle lol. And it is going to be a bit before others besides main pokegirls are going to be with an Ash. But anyways, I still hope you enjoy :)
Before sunrise with Cesar:
Sniffing around, Arcanine is indeed smelling a sent that is exactly like Ash's. Even identical twins smell different, so he doesn't know what is happening. Luckily, it seemed that both smells of who they're looking for seem to be coming around the same area. Suddenly, he heard his master call him. With his keen hearing, only he could hear it though. Arcanine dashed off to Gary.
"Hey! Wait! What about…" Ash saw Arcanine was long gone and sighed. "What was that about?" He looked over at Psyduck and Politoad, who looked as puzzled as he felt. "Well, it looks like we're going to have to find them ourselves…"
Daytime with Misty:
Misty got all changed and was unrecognizable.
Suddenly, a male said. "Excuse me, miss."
Misty turned to them and gave a surprised look. "It one of those scumbags from Team Rainbow!" she thought to herself.
"We are looking for… some friends of ours. One looks like Ash Ketchem, and the other one is the gym leader of Cerulean, Misty…"
She glared at him under her sunglasses. "Friends? What bull…" She thought to herself.
"Have you seen them?" he asked.
"Nope. Never saw the two down here," Misty tried to fake a voice.
"Are… you okay? You sound sick, miss."
Misty gave an uncomfortable look.
"Well anyways, thanks for your help. Take care."
Misty waited till the guy left, then ran to Ash.
Ash finally woke up and let out a loud yawn.
"About time you woke up," Misty said.
Ash groggily looked over at Misty, then gasped in surprised and stared at her in awe. She dyed her hair black and had it down, had a red dress on, fancy sandals, and wore shades. "Where did you get those?"
"I had them picked up from my gym."
Misty's pokemon that she had greeted Ash.
Ash gave a surprised look. "Oh, some of your pokemon found us?"
Misty shrugged. "Looks like it. Anyways, if we are going to anywhere, we need to disguise ourselves, so we won't get targeted by Team Rainbow."
"Alright. So, I guess that means you have stuff for me to change into?"
"Yep." She tossed him some clothes. "I'll be waiting outside. Come tell me when you're done. We have to change your hair and bandage you up once you change."
Ash nodded.
Meanwhile with Cesar:
Suddenly, Pikachu's ears perked up from hearing a voice of a person they were looking for in the distance. He dashed off with a, "pika!"
Cesar gasped at Pikachu's actions. "Hey! Wait up!"
They all ran after Pikachu. They stopped when Pikachu ran up to a woman with black hair that ran down the middle of her back.
She gasped. "Pikachu! You're alright!"
Pikachu jumped into her arms, and she hugged him.
Another guy in his boxers popped out. "PIKACHU?!" He started running towards him. "Pika…!"
"What are you doing? Get back in there before ANYONE sees you!" the woman angrily snapped with a red face.
The raven-haired male gave an uncomfortable smile and instantly went in the cave he came out of.
Cesar smiled, recognizing that snappy voice from the woman, and knowing exactly what he himself looked like, he knows he found both people he was searching for.
Politoed and Psyduck, recognizing their trainers voice ran up to Misty.
Misty saw them and put down Pikachu to hug them. "Psyduck! Politoad! You're okay as well! Thank goodness…"
Pikachu went back to his trainers' shoulder.
Misty watched Pikachu and noticed Cesar. "… You brought them here?"
Cesar nodded. "I found them near the river with an injured Pikachu on my way looking for a couple of people… It wasn't this pikachu though. He's mine." He rubbed Pikachu behind the ears and Pikachu ate it up. He then went back to thinking about that Arcanine, as it seemed to lead them in the right direction before it left.
Misty gave a shocked look, hearing Cesar's voice. "You sound just like Ash! But…"
Ash had come back out, fully dressed up in different clothes than he ever wore with a confused look. "But I could've sworn that was my Pikachu…"
Cesar smiled at him. "Don't worry! Your pikachu is in good hands and is probably resting at the Viridian City pokecenter as we speak!"
Misty starred at them in disbelief. Not only do they sound exactly alike, now that she looks closer, she sees that this person is Ash as well.
Cesar gave a serious look. "So, you're one of the ones Arceus sent here, huh?"
Ash nodded. "I'm guessing you are too?"
Cesar nodded.
"Alright! Just what is going on?" Misty shouted.
Cesar gave him a confused look. "…You haven't explained anything to her?"
Ash gave a nervous smile as he nervously scratched the back of his head. "So much has happened, it kinda slipped my mind."
Misty crossed her arms. "Well let's head inside the cave, and both of you better start explaining."
They nodded and headed inside.
Misty dyed up Ash's hair brown, styled it differently, and bandaged his wounds up as they explained what was happening and why Arceus brought them here. "So, you're both Ash from another dimension? I guess that explains a lot…"
Ash starred at Cesar with a serious look. So, you know my pikachu is safe?"
Cesar nodded. "Our friend May rushed him to the pokecenter when we found him. We can call her to see how he is doing."
Ash smiled and nodded. "Yeah! Sounds good to me!"
Misty smiled, excited to be able to talk to May again. She hopped Pikachu was okay.
"Cesar! Thank goodness you're okay!" May answered.
Both Ash and Misty starred at Cesar with a confused look.
"Cesar?" Misty questioned.
"Yeah! That the name I go by now, to raise less suspicion and for less confusion. What about you two?"
Misty put a hand on her cheek and faced away with a blush. "I was thinking… Danny would be a good cover name for you."
Both Ashs gave a thoughtful look and said, "That name sounds vaguely familiar…"
"Oh… it's a pretty common name, so you probably ran into hundreds of Dannys on your journey!" Misty let out a nervous laugh.
Danny shrugged. "Alright, then I think… Giselle is a…"
Misty got up with an angry look with a fist up. "Heck no!"
Danny jumped back with a horrified look. "O-okay… Never mind."
May gave a puzzled look. "…Who is Giselle?"
Cesar gave an uncomfortable look. "N-no one important…" He then gave a serious look. "So, how's Pikachu doing?"
May frowned and looked down. "Not so good. Nurse Joy said it's in critical condition… I haven't been able to see it since Nurse Joy and Chansey took it to the emergency room."
Danny looked down with a worried look. He flashed back to when he first started his journey and his pikachu was in critical condition.
"Oh no…" Misty commented with a sad look.
"Does Max know?" Cesar asked.
May shook her head. "He went with a crobat to see Brock."
"Alright. I'll call him up and bring them all over to the pokemon center."
"All?"
Misty nodded and explained that she's been working with Prof. Oak, Gary, Tracey, and Brock to figure out who killed Ash.
"I see… Alright. See you all when you get here."
"Sounds good! See you then!" Cesar then hanged up.
Misty starred at them with a sad look. "So… none of you are Ash of this universe?"
They both shook their head.
"He's… dead," Danny said.
Misty looked down with a frown. "I see…" Ash has came back alive before, so she thought something else made him come back. But it turned out that he really is gone this time.
Danny put a hand on her shoulder with a serious look. "Let's look for a way… to revive your Ash, and my Misty…"
She smiled with a blush. "Alright." She was shocked to hear that she died in his world, but now she understands what he meant when he said that he doesn't want her to die again.
Back at Pallet Town:
Brock sighed as he checked his watch. He remembered last night when Tracey's venomoth said he found Misty but said they didn't need to go to her. Then as his crobat returned, it brought back a past traveling partner of him, May and Ash. Max had told them all about what Arceus has done, the group's name who killed Ash, and what they've been up to. It is now past 2PM, with no sign of Misty. They've found something that could help them take down those who killed Ash, but she still hasn't retuned. He wondered what's going on and if they should have Venomoth check and see if she's okay.
Suddenly, Max runs out. "We got to hurry! We are needed at the pokecenter in Viridian City! One of the Ashs pikachu…"
Brock put a hand on his shoulder and nodded to tell him he understands. "Alright! Let's grab the others at Oaks Lab!"
Max nodded.
When they arrived there, they saw Misty with two men Brock they never seen before. "Hello, I'm Brock."
They both laughed. "Of course we know who you are, Brock!"
Brock gasped in surprise as they sounded exactly the same.
Misty went and whispered to Brock, "These two… are both Ash. We call him…" Misty pointed to one Ash. "Cesar." She pointed to the other Ash, who was wrapped up and sitting down. "And he's Danny. We are disguised to hide from Team Rainbow…"
Brock looked at Misty and gave a surprised look as he saw her. He'd never thought Misty would ever willingly dress like that. He then cleared his throat. "It's good to see you again… Cesar and Danny." Now that he looks at Danny, he did get a somewhat familiar look with his hairstyle, but not because it reminds him of Ash. He looked over at Misty with a suspicious look.
May ran up to Cesar. "I'm so glad you're okay!" She ran into his arms and tightly held onto him.
Cesar wrapped his arms around her. "It's good to see you safe and sound as well, May."
May looked deeply in Cesar's eyes and they slowly moved towards each other's lips and passionately kissed each other.
Max groaned. "Here they go again."
Misty glared at Danny with a pissed look. "You KISSED her?!"
Danny gave a confused look. "What I didn't…" He scratched the back of his head with an unsure look and mumbled, "well, I guess I kinda did…?" But then he looked at Misty with a serious look. "B-but it was Cesar who kissed her! I only see May as a friend! I…"
"You are such a disgusting man!" Misty stormed out.
Danny looked down with a depressed look.
Cesar gave an uncomfortable look as he nervously scratched the back off his head. "Uh… sorry about that."
"I'll… try and talk to her," May said.
Tracey and Gary faced each other with a confused look.
"What… happened?" Tracey asked.
Gary shrugged.
