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 too sure on if it'll be M!Preg or not, but at this 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.

A/N: I have had no motivation to write anything else but this fanfiction. So be prepared for quite a few updates.

Griffon Blackwood, you'll find out in this chapter if he keeps Tyrunt or not.

Fanfictionranger, should I be insulted or are you calling Ash the idiot?

Sakihinata, the reveal won't be until further into the fanfiction, but it's someone we all know.

Ash admired the larger form of his baby. Well defined musculature under a layer of hardened white scales. His claws and tail had lengthened and a horn-like feature grew from the top of his head. His teeth were as sharp as ever and his tail flame was still going strong.

All in all his Charmeleon was a perfect example of his species.

After the whole Tyrunt fiasco Ash and Paul had gotten something to eat before going to train for the rest of the day. Well, more like Paul and his other pokémon were going to train. Pikachu, Charmeleon, and Krokorok needed some time to rest.

He also needed the time they were training to think about Tyrunt. As he looked over the pokédex entry the more he was unsure of keeping it.

Tyrunt #696

The Royal Heir Pokémon

This pokémon was restored from its fossil state and is rumored to have lived over 100 million years ago. Tyrunt has the jaw strength to chew up an automobile and if it finds something it doesn't like, Tyrunt throws a tantrum. Tyrunt are known to be selfish and likes to be pampered. This pokémon tends to harm those around them, but it is unknown if it is on purpose or by accident. Male Tyrunt, and their evolution, Tyrantrum, are more aggressive to their female counterparts. Not much else is known about this species.

This pokémon is male and knows the moves, Roar, Ancient Power, Crunch, Dragon Claw, Ice Fang, and has the egg move Rock Throw. Its ability is Strong Jaw.

Note: This pokémon is aggressive. All precautions are to be taken when handling this pokémon. Only for experienced handlers only.

Ash would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous about having Tyrunt, but after much consideration and a thorough conversation with his pokémon he made his decision.

He would keep Tyrunt.

Which brings him to this moment. He was standing in a clearing not far from the Center, but he was alone besides his pokémon as he had asked Paul for a moment to deal with Tyrunt. He had the pokéball in his hand and his pokémon surrounding him.

He took a deep breath before releasing the Tyrunt.

Ash watched as the Tyrunt looked around for a moment before spotting him. He saw a very well muscled body tensing as if the beast were about to charge, but he slowly moved to a kneeling position to show him that he wasn't dangerous. "Hello Tyrunt," Ash said softly as he licked his bottom lip, "My name is Ash and these are my pokémon."

The Tyrunt snorted and shook his head as he pawed the ground with his back paw. He heard the Tyrunt grunt as large eyes caught sight of the few that fought him the day before. He let a gravely roar, but before he charged at the human and his pets the human spoke again.

"We aren't here to fight you," Ash said calmly even at the aggression Tyrunt showed, "Will you become a part of our family?"

The Tyrunt let out a loud growl and snapped his jaws together a few times making a loud snapping sound as his teeth banged together.

"Papa."

Ash looked over at his Ralts and saw her just staring at Tyrunt. "Sad," she said softly, "Lonely."

The Tyrunt let out a crooning type call as he moved around the clearing now that he knew the human wasn't going to hurt him.

"Herd gone," Ralts said as her hands moved up to her chest only to rest just under her chin, "Looking for mother."

Ash bit his lip softly as he looked over at the crooning Tyrunt. He couldn't imagine being in Tyrunts' place. Restored millions of years in the future alone and without family. Ash moved closer to the pokémon his pokédex had deemed aggressive and gained the beasts attention. Tyrunt once again began growling, but Ash brought his hands up showing the Tyrunt that he wasn't going to hurt it.

"It's okay," Ash said softly, "I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to talk, okay?"

Ash saw that the Tyrunt was confused before he started explaining to him about what happened to him. How he had become a fossil so many years ago and was buried under the ground for a really long time before some people dug him up. When Ash explained to the Tyrunt that his mother wasn't alive any longer the Tyrunt let out a loud rumbling roar as it began to throw a tantrum like his kind is known to do.

Ash watched as the Tyrunt ran around and headbutt into trees and rocks as well as dug his claws into the ground. He watched as Tyrunt also slung his tail into trees and onto the ground. The tantrum lasted quite a while and Ash was surprised to see that the sun was starting its descent down to the horizon by the time Tyrunt was laying on the ground panting and banged up.

Ash slowly stood up from his kneeling position and carefully approached the downed pokémon. He carefully reached down and ran his hand over sweat and dirt covered scales along his back. The Tyrunt let out a whine as tears formed in his large black eyes.

"It's okay," Ash said softly, "I'm here. I'll take care of you."

The Tyrunt let out another whine as he wiggled his body a bit to lay his head on Ashs' lap. This human was kind and maybe just maybe he could find some solace with him.

Ash hummed softly as his other pokémon came closer to curl up around him and the grieving Tyrunt. He was glad he made this decision.

The two days passed since he caught Tyrunt and he and Paul were leaving Fuchsia City. Paul had enjoyed his time in the Safari and managed to capture a very determined and large Abra and even snagged a perfection driven diva of an Eevee while Ash refrained from capturing another pokémon since he had just gotten Tyrunt.

Speaking of which, his Tyrunt seemed to have imprinted on both him and Krokorok and deemed the two as his main caretakers. The almost three foot reptile had even shown his dissatisfaction of going back into his ball by trashing the room he had stayed in at the center. So here Ash was, walking with Paul out of the town and onto the long journey to Saffron, with Tyrunt in front of him and Pikachu on his shoulder.

"So how has he been?" Paul asked as he gestured to his Tyrunt that was trying to drag a branch of a tree that was too big for him to drag.

Ash sighed and shook his head. "So far it's been okay," he said as he got Tyrunt to stop before another tantrum could occur, "Well, besides the tantrum he had at the Center."

Paul let out a small chuckle before saying, "I'm surprised that you decided to keep him. If it were me I would have given him to a professor or the League and go on with my journey. Even I know I couldn't handle something like him."

The dark haired teen bit his lip softly. He had thought about doing that before he made his decision to keep Tyrunt. He knew, just from what he had seen and battled against, that Tyrunt could easily end him or his pokémon if he went into a rage. "I did think of that," Ash admitted softly to Paul, "But Tyrunt." He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts.

He stopped for a moment and turned to Paul to say, "Think about it like this. You're with your family. You're happy, healthy, and enjoying life, but suddenly something happened and it all ended. One moment you're there and the next you woke up millions of years later into the future. Alone. No family around. And what would you do just like any child would do. You throw a tantrum. You learn you got to be aggressive to anything around you because you're scared and alone and you don't know what's going to happen next and you don't know where your family is."

Paul remained silent as he listened to Ash rant. From how the teen spoke it was like he had been thinking about it for a while now, and instead of speaking up he decided to remain quiet and let Ash get it off his chest. He had to admit though that Ash was pretty damn cute as he ranted and raved about something he was passionate about.

Ash took a deep breath as he finished what he was saying. He cleared his throat as they continued on the path.

They continued walking, sleeping, training, and just getting to know each other during the two week journey it took to get to Saffron. There they stayed a couple of days to freshen themselves and their pokémon before continuing on to Celadon which took only a week to get to.

Needless to say, Ash was falling hard for Paul. He wasn't sure if Paul felt the same or if he was even gay, but at least Ash had him as a friend. Ash had learned that Paul had a brother in Sinnoh that raised and bred pokémon as well as learned that his brother, Reggie, was the one to raise him. He didn't question Paul on his parents which seemed like a good idea since the tenseness that Paul had in his shoulders had relaxed as they changed the topic.

It was during the time they had left for Saffron that Pauls' Elekid evolved into a pokémon he learned was called Electabuzz.

"So Paul," Ash asked as they neared Celadon, "Are you going to fight Erika or have you fought her already?"

"I've already fought her," Paul said as he cleared his throat, "Want tips?"

Ash shook his head as he said, "Nope! I want to fight her fair and square. Though I do already know she fights with grass types and her favorite pokémon is a Gloom."

Paul nodded and they continued their silent walking, that was only disrupted by Tyrunts' snarl-like growl. Looking up Ash saw Gary a bit in front of him talking to someone. "Oh great," Ash said as he let out a sigh and told Tyrunt to stop growling. The little reptile didn't really like other humans.

"Don't like him?" Paul asked as they got closer to Tyrunt who had come to a stop to wait for Ash. The little ancient reptile was a quick learner and Ash was a bit more strict with him since he knew how bad his tantrums could be if he weren't disciplined correctly. And so far what he had been doing worked wonders.

"Nope," Ash said as he cracked his neck in preparation of their meeting, "He's a childhood bully and hasn't really grown up or matured much since childhood. I'm his favorite target."

Paul nodded and stepped a bit closer to Ash if he needed a guard, though Paul could just leave it to Tyrunt.

"Well, well, well," a snide filled voice said as they got closer, "If it isn't Ashy boy!" Gary smirked as he looked at the shorter teen and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Hello Gary," Ash said as he stopped a few feet away. He gestured to Tyrunt to step behind him, which thankfully the little reptile did. Pikachu, ever present on his shoulder, perked up a bit as he heard the other teen his trainer hated.

"Care for a battle?" Gary asked, "Even though you're going to lose? I doubt your little reptile there could do much to my pokémon."

Ash took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. He really didn't need Tyrunt to see him get worked up. "You know what, sure," Ash said as he shrugged, "We haven't battled since we left Pallet."

"Good," Gary replied, "Three on three? No subs and no recovery or battle items? Winner is whoever has all three pokémon knocked out."

Ash nodded and stepped back with Tyrunt on his heels. He was undecided if Tyrunt would fight, but knowing the reptile he would throw a tantrum if he didn't get to fight.

"So Ashy boy," Gary piped up from where he was at and when Ash looked at him he saw that Gary was pointing at Tyrunt, "What is that?"

Ash looked down and was met with black eyes and a wagging tail, "This is Tyrunt," Ash said as he looked back up, "He's a recent capture."

Gary let out a hum before letting his Wartortle out. The evolution was much larger than its previous form of Squirtle. From what Ash remembered how Squirtle looked like, this creature's blubber like skin changed to a fine powder blue color while it gained feathered ears and its tail grew longer.

He watched for a moment as the Wartortle punched one of his paws into his other paw before he let Pikachu loose. If he knew Gary like he used to when they were younger the brunette would put all of his training into his starter while the other pokémon on him would suffer. As much as he hated what Gary does to his pokémon, it's not considered abuse or neglect, so he can't report him.

"Rapid Spin!"

Garys' voice cut him out of his thoughts and he looked over just in time to see the large turtle retreat into its shell and begin to spin quickly. "Should have known you would use a pokémon that has the type advantage over Wartortle, but it won't work! My pokémon is so much stronger than your pitiful little mouse!" Gary boasted as Wartortle shot off from his position to Pikachus' who simply dodged.

His mouse knew better than to get mad over simple words. Pikachu retaliated the Rapid Spin by smacking the spinning shell with his Iron Tail sending it back towards Gary. As the turtle landed harshly against the ground Pikachu let out a small, but strong burst of Thunderbolt and illuminated their shaded trail.

"Pikachu get in close with Quick Attack and blast Wartortle with Electro Ball," Ash said as he saw the turtle wobbling out of the crater it had made with its landing. Ash could see small sparks dancing across powder blue skin and he knew that there was a small window for Pikachu to attack and quickly end the fight.

With a small growl his mouse followed the order and effectively finished the battle without much fanfare. Pikachu retreated once he was done and stood by Ash once again as he waited for his next opponent. Instead of letting Pikachu continue fighting, since he knew Pikachu could easily end all of the three opponents, he recalled him as he wanted to let the others on the team fight.

"To battle!" Ash called out just as Gary let his next pokémon out. Krokorok stood tall against his opponent, which was a small puppy like pokémon. Ash had no doubts that Garys' Growlithe was a product of Oaks' Arcanine mating with another pokémon.

The puppy pokémon let out a few sharp barks as he tried to intimidate his opponent, but was unable to do so as his croc let out his own growl and whipped his tail into the ground effectively scaring the small pup. "What the hell," he heard Gary mumble after Krokorok finished his display.

Smirking Ash called out his first attack which his croc was quick to follow. After Krokorok evolved he had his croc work on achieving short bursts of speed to get him to his opponent quicker and to dodge attacks as well since his form was much larger than his Sandile form. It took a while, but Krokorok was determined to get stronger and faster.

Ash watched as the two pokémon exchanged blows for a moment. He had to admit the Growlithe was a fast and strong little puppy, but it wasn't fast enough if all the tail whips it had been hit with says anything. "Krokorok, use Crunch!" Ash called out as the Growlithe jumped up high for a move.

The large croc let out a snarl and quickly caught the puppy in his mouth and shook his head quickly making the puppy dizzy and let out small yelps as sharp teeth dug into its body. Krokorok flung the tiny pup away towards a tree, but instead of hitting the tree it fell short of it and rolled into its roots.

Ash did have to commend the Growlithe as it shakily stood up. Most pokémon couldn't stand after being caught in Krokoroks' teeth. The teen narrowed his eyes as the puppy began to glow.

"Fuck," Ash whispered to himself. He covered his eyes as the glowing became brighter before it died down leaving a much larger dog form. The Arcanine let out a loud gravely bark before it rushed forward towards his croc in a not so surprising burst of speed.

Krokorok wasn't afraid. If anything he was excited. His opponent evolved into a stronger opponent. A quick tail whip, making the larger dog stumble, was followed by a Crunch and move that Ash didn't even know that Krokorok had learned, Foul Play.

The combination of the moves and the previous injuries the Arcanine had from before its evolution caused the large dog to collapse into a heaving unconscious pile, but Krokorok wasn't far behind since the croc didn't have the best endurance.

Ash could see that Gary was getting mad over the fact that he had lost twice so far. He could almost hear the way the auburn haired teen ground his teeth if the way his tense jaw said anything.

"Final pokémon Gary," Ash called out as he recalled a hardly tired croc, "Are you sure you want to continue? Or do you want to call it my win here?"

He held in his laughter as he saw Gary glare at him, "No way!" the other teen said as he grabbed another ball, "Let's go!"

"Tyrunt," Ash said, making the ancient reptile look up shocked that the human said his name, "To battle!"

Tyrunt let out a purring growl as he happily ran to the field as he had seen his fellow herd members do. His tail wagged back and forth, like an over excited puppy, as he waited for his opponent. He wanted to win to make his human proud.

Ash smiled as he saw how excited Tyrunt was. While he would have used Zorua, or even Ralts, the two were still recovering from their ordeal from the mill and the kidnapping from a lab. The fights the two had with wild pokémon was different to the fights with pokémon who had actual training. Tyrunt though was healthy and strong.

The Tyrunts' opponent turned out to be a large Eevee. While Ash had seen the on tv and even seen Pauls' when he had captured his own Eevee, he hadn't seen one quite so large. The muscles were well defined underneath polished smooth fur and its teeth were sharp and shining as it snarled at Tyrunt, who only let out a snort.

"Tyrunt," Ash said softly, "Start off with Ancient Power."

Tyrunt let out another snort as his eyes began to glow and the ground around them shook as large chunks of rocks lifted into the air. He waited just a moment before flinging the rocks towards the Eevee and unluckily only managed to hit it with one of them as the fox like pokémon dodged the others.

Tyrunt didn't like that. The Eevee was supposed to get hit like his mother had told him was supposed to happen. The small reptile let out a loud snarl and whipped his tail down to the ground causing it to shake a small bit.

"Tyrunt calm down," Ash said as he saw that Tyrunt was about to go into a tantrum, "Run in a use Crunch."

Surprisingly the reptile listened and stopped what he was doing to listen to his human. His feet caused the ground to tremble and a loud thud to be heard as he ran, very quickly, to the large Eevee. His mouth was wide open revealing pearly white and sharp teeth ready to tear into flesh. Just as he closed his mouth his opponent dodged causing his jaws to snap closed with a loud cracking sound. He wasn't hurt though. His mother had taught him how to not get hurt.

He was mad though that the fox ran away; so he began a simple game of cat and mouse. He ran and snapped and ran some more as the Eevee dodged each attempt to get it in his jaws. The more he missed the angrier he got, but he listened to his human as the teen told him to calm down. After all, the human took him in and treated him like he was his own pup.

"Rock Throw," Ash yelled as the fight was going nowhere. He heard Gary yell his own command, but he didn't pay attention as he watched Tyrunt begin to throw large rock after large rock at the Eevee. He could tell that the fox like pokémon was getting tired after all that running around.

He watched as the Eevee got pelted by rock after rock as the tired Eevee failed to dodge the rocks all the way. "Tyrunt," Ash called out as he saw how much slower the Eevee had gotten, "Now's your chance! Use Crunch!"

Tyrunt let out a loud roar before he charged at the panting Eevee. He quickly gathered the Eevee in his mouth, but before he could shake his head like he had seen his surrogate father Krokorok do, the Eevee vanished.

Ash looked up and saw that Gary had recalled Eevee. Gary let out a 'tsk' before turning and walking away, but the teen couldn't help but say, "Smell ya later Ashyboy."

The darker haired teen just sighed as he shook his head. This was typical of Gary. Leaving before the fight even officially ended.

He just recalled Tyrunt into his ball even though he knew the reptile hated it, but he could see that Tyrunt was tired. He walked back over to a silent Paul and gave him a look that asked him not to ask. If he were to be honest he never really liked Gary. He had always bullied him and teased him. He only tried to be a friend to Gary because the other boy seemed to be lonely.

Letting out a deep sigh Ash started walking in the direction Gary went and he hoped that they didn't run into each other again.

Celadon was a busy city, but it didn't surprise Ash at all. Celadon was a tourist town after all.

There were two places in this city that Ash wanted to go to, the Gym, of course, and the department store. He had wanted to put the TM Pass he had, for being an OFRT, to use. He just needed to see what they had in stock.

"Okay here we are!" Ash said as he placed his bag on one of the beds in the room they had requested in the Center. When they got to the Center they found out that there was only one room left with two beds in it, but that wasn't a problem for them at least. So they took it.

"Are you going to enter the tournament that Nurse Joy told us about?" Paul asked as he placed his bag on the other bed. That was the reason for having no room in the Center. It was mostly taken up by trainers that were entering a tournament hosted by a local breeder.

"I don't think I will," Ash said as he glanced at the flyer Nurse Joy had given them and scanned the prizes, "Maybe, but I won't shoot for first place as tempting as it is. I already got an egg and an almost full team."

Paul let out a small hum as he toed off his shoe to get ready to shower.

"Besides," Ash continued, "I've got my hands full already getting Ralts and Zorua strong and healthy and keeping Tyrunt from destroying everything."

Speaking of, Ash walked over and pulled the curtain out of Tyrunts' mouth as the little reptile jerked back in a small game of tug of war. He really needed to get some hard chew toys for Tyrunt. The ancient creature had ended up losing a few teeth and while they were growing back quickly the small bit of pain the growing teeth caused made Tyrunt irritable.

"Want to go to the department store after our showers?" Ash asked as he dug his clothes out that needed to be washed as well as a clean set along with his hiking boots. His sports shoes needed to be replaced.

"Sure," Paul said as he made his way to the shower. They had decided on him going first on their way there.

As the older teen showered Ash pulled out his egg and gave it a once over. He was sure that the egg would have hatched by now since it had been over a month since he received it. He was a bit worried about it, but once speaking to Oak about it he felt a bit more relieved. Oak had told him that it was normal at times for eggs to wait longer than they should before they hatch and some eggs even needed to be in special conditions to hatch.

For Ash, he assumed that Riolu would hatch once he was able to use Aura to some degree. He had poured over the books he had gotten from his ancestor and from Guardian Redfern, but there was nothing on the hatching of the egg and if there were any special conditions it needed.

The band around the egg at least told him that the little Riolu inside was healthy and strong and that it wasn't distressed in any way. That at least gave him the most relief.

He just laid there curled up to his egg and just basked in the sounds of the running water from the shower and their pokémon playing. He watched as Pauls' Abra started teleporting around the room making the babies of the group laugh when he ended up in a weird position. His Nidorino and Pauls' Grotle were laying side by side sleeping while Krokorok was watching over the others of the group with Tyrunt following the large croc closely behind like a duckling.

"I hope you hatch soon," Ash whispered softly to the egg as he looked down at the dark colored egg, "Your family is eagerly waiting for you, but you take as much time as you need."

Ash smiled as he felt the egg give a little wiggle before falling still, but it wasn't the only thing wiggling. Ash looked over towards his bag and saw Mewtwos' ball slowly moving side to side in his belt and its button flashing red.