Hey Nuggies! Well I really shouldn't be doing this, but here I am writing another fanfiction since I have writers block on a few of my other ones, and because this won't leave me alone. Here is your warning this will be SLASH! Not to sure on if it'll be M!Preg or not, but at this current moment I have not thought about it.

Main Pairing: AshxPaul

Side pairing: AshxGary (One sided on Gary's part)

Rating: M (to be safe)

Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon it belongs to Game Freak, Nintendo, Creatures, The Pokemon Company, etc, nor do I write this for profit. This is for entertainment use only.

Tigergirl1723, I haven't decided on if he would have double of one type or not, but that is kind of impossible when the pokémon I want to give him are double types. So, I guess he will have doubles of one type if that counts. I also do adore the Riolu line. I wish Ash kept the Riolu during the Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu episodes.

Sakihinata, I honestly laughed really loud and scared my dog when I read your review. That is basically what happened isn't it?!

Crystal Blue Butterfly, Holy Mew! Thank you for your review!

Enjoy my little nuggies! And please don't forget to leave a review they give me motivation to keep writing!

"I let you into my kingdom and into the sacred ruins to only be thanked for the opportunity by you destroying it," Ash stared up at the weirdly calm Queen of Rota as she spoke to him. Her stare was unnerving and her Mime Jr. had a small frown on its face. She continued with the calm tone still in her voice, "What do you have to say for yourself?"

Ash, still clutching the egg he had received from Marie, slowly began explaining what happened after stepping into the ruins. How it was still in really good condition. The rooms he went in and the staircase that he had to go down. He spoke of the underground facility and the ghost of Marie which had some of the Knights in attendance to shudder with the thought of the ghost. He explained what she told him and the task that was left to him and the Corrupted before she finally got the rest she deserved. Ash explained that it was Marie that kept the ruins in the condition they were in and that if she wasn't there the ruins would have collapsed hundreds of years ago.

"I honestly had no idea I had Aura, your Majesty, before I went into the ruins" Ash said sincerely as he gave her a bow, "I am terribly sorry that the ruins were destroyed."

Silence filled the room after Ash spoke and it stayed there for a while as the Queen contemplated the teen before her. It was true that no one had been born with Aura for a long time and if Ash was telling the truth then he would have a harsh life ahead of him. She would try her best to help the teen, really still a child in the eyes of the world.

"Very well," Ilene said as she took a deep breath, "If what you are saying is true then I have no other choice. Ash Ketchum, you are hereby accepted into the Kingdom of Rota as an honorary citizen. You may enter the Kingdom whenever you wish and you will be given a room in the palace for whenever you need it. I give you this opportunity and if you betray the Kingdom you will be forever banished."

Ash gulped softly as he listened to the Queen before giving her a nod and a swift bow, "I thank you, your Majesty," he said before he was dismissed from the throne room. His heart was pounding in his chest as he walked out of the room. He was so sure the Queen would be very angry that their Ruins were destroyed, but he was very surprised at the outcome. In the end he was just thankful that he wasn't imprisoned for the rest of his life.

After leaving the castle and saying goodbye to the Knights that had accompanied him to the ruins he decided he was done with Rota for the moment. Vaguely remembering the way back to the gates to leave he managed to leave the kingdom and made his way back into the wilderness. Pikachu, glad to be back outside of the castle since he didn't like being indoors, was busy chattering in his ear as his static filled fur soaked up the sun.

As he walked he called the professor to let him know what happened in Rota and needless to say the old man was shocked about what happened and was more than interested by the thousand year old egg in his possession. "Well, let me get my Alakazam," Oak said as he leaned back in his chair, "I can take a good look at that egg to make sure its well and healthy before Alakazam takes you to Pewter for the rest of your journey. Your mother would appreciate the visit as well I'm sure."

Ash stopped and let out a sigh. A trip home this soon after leaving. "Alright," Ash said as he nodded and stood still so Oaks' Alakazam could pinpoint his location. He was lucky enough for Alakazam to know him so well that he could find him however far apart they were. It took only a few moments before the Alakazam appeared before him without any sort of noise.

His fur shone a bright yellow and brown showing that the Alakazam took great pride in his appearance. The two spoons he held were twinkling merrily in the sunlight as his whiskers twitched. Moving one spoon to his other hand Alakazam held his hand out to the teen and before Ash could do anything else after grabbing the furry hand they were gone from the forest.

Peering around Ash saw that he was in the basement of the laboratory and he sighed. Oaks' Alakazam liked to play pranks so him being teleported to the basement wasn't anything new. Ash carefully maneuvered around the dusty boxes and piles of books until he was at the staircase that led up into the actual lab.

After making his way up to the lab, and dropping Pikachu off in the electric type feeding room, he went to find the professor. He first looked in the mans' office, then the pastures, then the break room, before finding the man in the nursery where all of the eggs and freshly hatched babies were kept. "Professor," Ash greeted as he walked further into the room.

"Ash!" Oak greeted with a smile, "Alakazam whisked you to the basement again?"

Ash sighed and nodded, "It's fine though. Nothing that hasn't happened before."

Oak let out a laugh before asking Ash to place his egg on the pedestal. Ash knew it was used to check the well being of an egg so without saying anything he carefully placed the egg on the pillowed surface of the pedestal. "The temperature is perfect. The activity within the egg is fantastic. Development is good," Oak muttered as he wrote everything down for Ash, "I would estimate that this egg will hatch within the next two weeks. The baby is fully formed and its heartbeat is well within the normal range for an egg that's close to hatching."

"Really?!" Ash asked excitedly as he gave the professor a wide smile.

"Really," Oak said giving the teen his own smile, "Now that we know your egg is well and good can I look at you other pokémon? To check their progress?"

Ash nodded and gathered the egg as well as the paper Oak had written the vitals on before following the old man out to the pastures. He asked if they could go to an area with a pond so he could release Horsea and was quickly shown to one. Ash put his bag down and laid the egg beside it before moving to the pond with one of his pokéballs. Letting out his Horsea into the pond he made a point to greet him and give him a scratch on his scales that he liked the most. Standing back up he moved a small bit away from the pond and let out Nidoran and Sandile.

Nidoran was quick to greet him while Sandile hissed at Oak. The croc definitely didn't like those close to his trainer if he didn't know them. Oak made no move to get close to them as he observed how Ash quickly calmed the croc down and explained where they were and what they were doing. "Where is Pikachu?" Oak asked now realizing that he had not seen the yellow mouse anywhere since Ash had gotten there.

"I took him to the feeding station inside. When he's done I'm sure he'll make his way out here," Ash said as he ran his hand over Sandiles' warm scales and scratched Nidoran behind a large ear.

Oak nodded, "May I approach?" he asked as he glanced down at the Sandile. The croc was still staring at him and while his body was calm the crocs' eyes were filled with promise of harm if he dared harmed his trainer.

"Yeah," Ash said as he moved to stand, "He'll behave or he won't get any meat tonight." Ash looked down at the croc with a certain look. Sandile swished his tail and let out a hiss before relaxing fully onto the warm ground. Sandile loved the meat treats his trainer gave him occasionally.

"I'll be quick," Oak promised as he started looking over the Nidoran. The purpleish pink poison type made sure to show the old man where his poison spines were and how potent the poison was as the spines secreted a purple goo that dripped onto the ground and ate away at what it touched. He stood still as he unknown man looked him over and measured him like his trainer has done before. He fought the urge to bite down when his teeth were looked over and shook when his sensitive ears were fiddled with. He watched as the old man took samples of his poison before telling him he was done.

Nidoran quickly moved away and sat down near his trainer. Looking down Ash saw that Nidoran was looking up at him and he gave the poison type a smile and another scratch before pulling out a few treats for him for being good during the examination.

"Your Nidoran is coming along very nicely Ash," Oak said as he wrote a few things down on a clipboard he had brought out, "His egg teeth are completely gone and the patches of darker scales are getting bigger. His neck is showing some strain though and I would guess it is because his horn had grown quite large. If he doesn't evolve before you reach Cerulean I will eat my left shoe."

Ash let out a chuckle as he imagined Oak sitting down with a plate of steaming shoe. "That's great news. You hear that Nidoran?" Ash asked as he looked down to the poison type. Nidoran was wiggling in excitement and stomped his feet a few times. "He's excited," Ash said before looking over at Sandile, "Your turn."

The croc hissed as he slowly got up and moved over to them. He didn't like being touched by those he didn't know, but he was quick and didn't hurt his teammate so he guessed it was fine if the old man looked him over. He needed to make sure he was in top condition to protect his trainer.

The old man looked over his scales, even the underside which he hated showing the old man his belly, his claws, his teeth which he was very proud of, and his eyes. He heard his trainer telling the old man the things the Ranger, he believed they were called, said about his kind. He had to dig his claws into the ground as the old man checked his tail and fought the urge to swing his tail into the old man. He was relieved once the old man moved away from him.

"Well," Oak started, "I do not know much of his kind, but I did manage to get a hold of Professor Juniper. She told me she didn't know very much either, but she did know more than I did. She was quite concerned when she heard the Sandile in question was a male with Moxie and told me that they needed to be handled with utmost care."

Ash nodded and knelt to calm Sandile further. "I know that at least, but Sandile here is really mellow. At least to me he is," Ash said as he scratched under Sandiles' jaw.

Oak hummed softly as he observed the teen and the croc before saying, "She did tell me what she knew about their impending evolution. The scales stay the same in color, but they tend to get dryer and flake off closer they get to evolution. Sandile tend to eat more and bulk up in preparation and their tempers skyrocket."

Ash quickly pulled out his notebook and began writing as the Professor spoke. The information was well needed and wanted.

"The most outstanding thing about their evolution is the fact they go from down on all fours to walking on two legs. Juniper told me that it would help if Sandile worked on making his legs stronger before evolution since it would help as he got use to holding up his entire weight on two legs after evolving," Oak added, "That's all she had to tell me though. She hasn't been able to study their kind as much as she would want to."

Ash finished writing what Professor Oak said before putting his notebook back in his bag, "Any information is better than none," he said as he stood up, "I can now keep an eye out for his evolution and be prepared for it more now than a few moments ago. Thank you."

Oak chuckled and nodded, "You're welcome my boy," he said as he moved on to Horsea. The little sea horse was much more calmer than his teammates. He took great joy in the fact that his beautiful scales were getting scratched as the old man looked him over. His tail was checked, his six spine fins were checked, his back fin was looked over as well and his eyes were looked over.

"Your Horsea is in prime health," Oak said as he looked the smallest of Ashs' pokémon over, "There's not really anything I could say about Horsea here though for training I would work on tail power and accuracy before he evolves as well as his agility."

"Got it," Ash replied as he sent Horsea a smile. The small sea horse let out a trill and wiggled back and forth. His health made his trainer happy and with his trainer happy it made him happy.

"Now, how about we gather your Pikachu and you can go greet your mother before Alakazam sends you to Pewter like promised?" Oak suggested as he smiled. The bond between trainer and pokémon never failed to bring a smile to his lips. Ash agreed and returned his pokémon with a promise to release them later once they were back in Pewter.

After gathering Pikachu and getting his check up done, Ash made his way to the diner his mother owned. It was a small building, but it was perfect for the size of Pallet. Approaching the small log building he was greeted to the scents of freshly baked bread and pumpkin soup as well as pastries his mother makes. Going in he saw his mother laying out samples on the counter.

Once she saw him her face lit up in happiness and soon enough he was engulfed in a hug.

Laughing he pulled away to breath and was ushered to a seat and before he knew it food was being laid out on the table for him to eat. Pikachu was given a special plate that had very good nutritional pokéfood on it which the mouse was happy to eat. At his mothers' prompting he released his other pokémon and they were given food like Pikachus' as well.

His mother joined him as he ate and asked him questions about how he had been since he left. He told her about what happened at Viridian and at Mt. Moon. Understandably she was angry and scared for him, but she calmed down when he told her that he would try and stay as far away as he could to any danger. Though when Ash told her about what happened in Rota she was calm and started to closed her shop for a bit.

She ushered him to their house and told Ash to sit while she grabbed a few things. Curious and a bit shaken by her actions Ash sat down on the sofa and placed his egg on the able. He heard her opened the attic and climb the ladder before shuffling noises could be heard. Pikachu was just as confused as he was.

"Here we are," his mother announced as she walked back into the room. She had dust clinging to her clothes as she carried a small box over to the table and set it down.

"What's this?" Ash asked as he looked at the rather old looking and dust covered box. The tape on it was yellowed and it looked like a soft breeze would cause the box to break.

"This box has been in our family for hundreds of years," Delia said as she sat down beside her son, "It was told that it was given to our family by a many times great grandfather to be kept safe until someone with Aura was born into the family."

Ash looked up at her confused, "Why wasn't I told this?" Ash asked as he glanced back at the box.

"I was told by my mother before she passed to not speak of it until I was on my death bed," Delia explained, "Just as she did. Your Grandmother Rose told me that her father gave her this box and to pass it to me when she passed if none of her children showed having the ability to wield Aura. No one knew when a child would be born with this ability, but we knew when they did show up that this box was to be given to them. Go ahead. Open it."

Ash looked at her for a few moments before nodding and leaned over to peel the old tape off. He held in his coughing but sneezed when the dust filled his airway. Placing the tape on the table he opened the flaps carefully. Inside the box he could see a rather old book laying on something black with a yellowed letter on top of it. Reaching for the letter he carefully opened it and read the contents.

Dear descendant,

As I am writing this letter the sounds of battle rage around me. I write this in hope that my dear Lucinda gets it and follows the directions I have placed. If you are reading this then you were the next born in this family to wield a power called Aura. I know that after writing this I will never get to see another sunrise and I hope that my death will not be in vain. My fellow brethren, my fellow warriors and Masters, are falling in battle and this will be my last stand.

Onto the contents of this box. It holds vital items you need to begin your training in using Aura including my personal journal to help in your training. If you can get to Rota, hopefully there will be others there that can further your studies. Also in this box there is my cloak and my jewelry. They will help you stay hidden.

Stay safe and journey on my descendant,

Sir Aaron Ketchum

Aura Master

Ash sat back on the couch as he read and re-read the letter before setting it down to grab the book, but no matter what he did he couldn't open it. Slightly frustrated he put it off to the side and pulled out the jewelry the letter mentioned. There were two rings and a necklace. All three looked similar to each other as they all were made with silver and had dark blue stones placed on them. Setting them to the side he grabbed the cloak.

Delia couldn't help but let out a giggle or two as she she saw how large the cloak was compared to her smaller son. He looked like a kid trying on his fathers' clothes. Giving her a small pout for laughing at him he placed the cloak back inside the box. "I can't really take all of this with me," Ash said sitting back down, "I already have a few other books from Rota and they're taking up the majority of my bag space."

"Why don't you leave them here," Delia said as she held her son close, "Take only the beginner book you have and the journal here. When you get done with those you can exchange them for the other books."

"What about the cloak?" he asked.

"Leave it here and I'll make it into something you can actually use," she said containing her laughter. Ash nodded and sighed before gathering the items he was taking. He put the necklace on and the rings only fit on his thumbs. He switched the books out and carried them to his room where he put them in the chest at the end of his bed.

Heading back down he saw that his mother had moved to the kitchen and went to follow her. As he sat there and watched his mother make some food to go for him he pondered over Paul. He wondered what he was doing at the moment. Looking up he saw his mother packing the few things, sandwiches and chips she made into a bag before walking over to the pantry.

"Mom?" Ash asked hesitantly and waited until he had her attention, "H-How do you feel about homosexuality?" He licked his lips and turned his eyes away from her not wanting to see the look of disgust on her face. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest and he was concerned that it would leap out of his chest at any moment. He knew that not a lot of people liked homosexual people and he knew that if his mother didn't accept him than his heart would truly be broken.

"Ash look at me," he heard his mother say. He cleared his throat and slowly he looked back up at her and only saw love in her eyes, "Ash, are you gay?" she asked him from the other side of the island.

Ash opened his mouth before closing it. The words didn't want to leave him, but his stomach certainly threatened to come out. Swallowing around the acidic bile that threaten to expose itself he slowly nodded. "Y-Yeah," he managed to choke out and before he knew it he was being engulfed in the tightest hug he had ever gotten.

He wrapped his arms around his mother and held onto her tightly as relief swept through him after she told him she loved him. It was like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders and he felt so light after confessing. "Is there a reason you decided to bring this up now?" Delia asked as she continued to hold her son close, "Its' a rather sudden thing to bring up don't you think?"

Ash let out a chuckle and nodded, "There's a guy I'm starting to like," he confessed as he pulled out his Xtransceiver to show his mom a picture of Paul. He had managed to get a picture of Paul when he was in the hospital. Paul was sitting in the guest chair sprawled out and relaxed as he read from a book. The sun had been setting and it had cast its dying rays on him through the window. His face was relaxed from its usual scowling features and it truly showed how young he was.

"He's rather handsome Ash," Delia said as she took in the boy in the picture.

"He is," Ash said as he nodded, "He even asked if he could join me in my journey, but I was going to Rota at the time and he couldn't enter the Kingdom without a pass."

"Well," Delia said after a moment of silence, "Are you going to take him up on the offer for him to join you?"

Ash looked at her then looking down at the picture. His heart fluttered as he took in the features before he replied, "Maybe I will."