1 Chapter 7 - Masters of Time

Meanwhile Kenta was becoming stronger and more famous by the moment Ash was reading the newspaper while he was waiting for his breakfast. Ash has black hair and brown eyes. Ash is 5'8 and he was very built. A little more then Kenta; people thought he was scrony but when he takes it off the guy was ripped. Ash was currently living in a fairly big mansion up in the mountains with Misty near Mount Silver. Ash and Misty were engaged. They found out they loved each other during Ash's pokemon journey. He just recently proposed to her; they decided that they would get married when they are legal age. Gary Oak was over at Ash's house. Gary was there alone, his cheerleaders were at back home in his house.

Gary had a mansion in Safforn city. He was more of a city boy. He was renting a hotel at the moment so that he could wait for the competetion that was coming up. Gary didn't come to cause any trouble. He usually visited Ash nowadays to see if Ash has gotten better or worse. "Time doesn't make you weak does it Ashy boy," smirked Gary. "Hey that is Mister Ash to you; I can still beat you silly so give me a little alright?" They both laughed when Misty cut them off and said breakfast was finished.

"Hey is Lance coming over too?" Ash asked Gary. Gary said "No, he has no time anymore since he reclaimed the champion spot but he will be able to make it for our little competition next Friday. I feel sorry for the guy, he may have a big spot in society but he has to make so many decisions that it makes his head spin. Oh well, if he chose that life we can't do anything but encourage him." Ash gave a mournful sigh. "What is the matter Ash?" asked Misty. "Oh nothing Misty, it just seems that I will never get a good match ever again besides from Lance and Gary. There is no one out there anymore that can come close us three. I have already collected 16 badges and Gary has collected 18. Lance is the leader of the elite four. It seems that there is nothing else for us to do.

"Yes that is true, there hasn't been any real serious challenge from anyone in the last year. It seems as if we have competed ourselves out of everyone else. We're in our own league now." Gary said sighing. (Ring, ring) "Hey the phone is ringing, honey can you pick it up?" "Yeah I got it sweetie you keep cooking," said Ash. Gary was thinking in his head. How sappy, God it gives me the chills. I hope I never fall in love.

Ash picked up the phone; it was Lance. Lance had black hair. His brown eyes were mesmurizing. He liked to leave his bangs in the front usually to the left while he spiked the rest of his short hair in the back. "Hey Ash is the competition between me, you and Gary still on?" Ash replied "Ofcourse why? Don't tell me you can't make it." "Naw, don't worry I can make it but is it just us three? Have you found out of any other trainers that can give a good challenge? Ash replied "No I'm afraid not, there are only us in the world left that can compete with each other. Everyone else seems to be useless or something" "Oh ok, I guess it is just us; I'm warning you Ash. I've gotten better so you train hard." Ash replied "I will, I will." The conversation ended and both sides hung up. Ash was not concerned at all at what Lance said since he was always prepared.

Gary after flicking his bangs up from the right side of his face asked who it was and Ash answered that it was Lance. He told Gary that Lance was calling about the competition. Gary jumped up and asked Ash if he could still make it. Gary got very angry at Lance sometimes because Lance would usually stand them up. Lance had too much work to do so he couldn't show up sometimes. Ash and Gary understood this but it still bothered them at times. Lance was currenty living on Cinnabar Island but his office was in the Pokemon League.

After the three ate breakfast they decided to go out to see a movie. "Hey I hear Spiderman is a good movie but then again Resident Evil should be good as well. Oh what to see first. What do you think Ash? Gary asked. Ash turned to Misty and said, "What do you want to see Mist?" Misty replied "I will see whatever you see; it doesn't matter much to me as long as you are there that is enough." Gary was thinking "somebody please shoot me"; it was so sappy that he didn't want to look. Ash said, "Alright then, Resident Evil sounds good want to see that one? Gary what do you say?" Gary replied "Alright but on one condition that I have to sit two rows away from you guys, I don't want to see anymore romance in the theatre and I don't want Misty to make me go deaf by screaming because the movie is scary. "Alright then it is decided, lets go see Resident Evil. I'll go by the tickets this time its on me.

After a long a scary movie Misty walked out of the theatre but her heart was still 50 meters away from her body. She was scared stiff when she saw the movie. Her orange hair hit the ceiling during the movie. When Gary and Ash saw the movie their reaction was so different. They both laughed at almost anything. There was one part though that did startle Gary. He felt his brown hair stand straight up to the ceiling but it wasn't as bad as Mistys'.

It was getting late but the trio still wanted to do something. So instead of going back home they went to Wonderland or whatever you would like to call it. (Play Land, Marine Land, Galaxy Land e.t.c these places actually exist) Gary and Ash both wanted to go on the Hellavator but Misty wanted to go on the tea pot ride. So the trio split up and had fun until it was getting really late. The place closed down at 11, this was when the pack decided to call it a day and went home. Gary went home, Ash and Misty went back to the mountains.

If they were to live in the city they would never had any peace. People would always come for autographs and pictures. They decided to live in the mountains not because it was cold but it was away from everyone else. They could hear nature when they walked out of their balcony. The birds chirped in the morning while the owls hoot at night. They could see the city day and night and were the first to see the sun and the moon. They could feel the cool breeze around them.

Ash and Misty reached their house quickly because Ash had an Aradactyl. They soared through the sky in no time. When they were inside the house they washed up and got ready to go to sleep. Misty had noticed that something was wrong with Ash. So she confronted and asked him what was wrong. When they both got into bed he asked her if she knew her parents. Misty knew her parents and they are still living but when she answered him it hit her that Ash had no clue who his dad was. Where his dad was or if his dad was still alive or not. Ash told Misty that he always asked him mom (Mrs. Ketchum) who his dad was but she would always change the subject or say that he was dead. She obviously didn't want to speak about the subject but why? She never gave Ash a good enough explanation to what happened to Ash's dad.

"Honey is this what has been bothering you since we came home? I noticed that once you looked at the picture of you and your mom on the counter over there you showed sadness."

Is my Ash alright? Is there anything I can do to make it better?" "No Misty I'm afraid you can't help me. They only person that could help me right now is someone who knows my dad and is willing to tell me about him. The thought troubled Ash throughout the night causing him not to sleep well.