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)

Chapter Warning(s): None

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

Animeluvr4life26, thank you for your suggestion and I'll keep it in consideration!

Griffon Blackwood, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Nyel1308, thank you!

A/N: Still need help deciding on a grass type!

Enjoy!

Ash nodded as he shrugged on his backpack that was filled with everything he needed before double checking his next destination on his watch. He had traveled home after defeating Erika, thanks to Professor Oaks' Alakazam, and spent a few days there to relax as he spoke to his mother and the Professor. His pokémon had gotten check ups with Oak and his team and were deemed healthy and whole meaning that Ash could kick Zorua and Ralts' training up.

Oak was especially interested in Ralts, Zorua, Charmeleon, Krokorok and Tyrunt seeing as they were new, or rather odd, pokémon that the man hadn't had the pleasure of studying. Also while he was there in the lab Oak had given him a few things to download into his watch of research of his pokémon he had done while Ash was away. Ash had thanked him before he skimmed the titles of the files. There was a file on Zorua, Krokorok, Ralts, and Tyrunt with all the information the old man could gather in their species.

He appreciated the effort that Oak went through to get the files.

"Ready to go?"

Ash looked up from his watch to see his mother standing in the doorway to his room. "Uh," Ash said as he mentally checked off a list he had in his head, "Yeah. I think so."

"Alright," Delia said as she smiled, "Oak wanted to talk to you before you left Pallet. So don't forget to swing by there before you leave."

Ash nodded and gave his mother a smile before kissing her cheek and gave her a big hug. "I won't," he said, "I'll be back before you know it!"

"I know," Delia replied as she held her son close. Ash seemed to have shot up in height and was almost as tall as she was. "Be careful," she said when she pulled away, "Be safe. And call when you can."

"Promise," Ash said softly before his mother let him go to leave. Pikachu let out a soft cooing sound and mimicked a salute to his mother before jumping up onto his trainers' shoulder. Ash left the house, but not without saying goodbye to Mr. Mime, and started heading towards the Lab where he had left his pokémon to relax and enjoy the food Oak was giving them.

As he neared the Lab he could hear the many calls of pokémon not native to the areas around Pallet getting louder. He sighed as he heard the calls of two of his own pokémon, Krokorok and Charmeleon. Lately those two had been at heads with each other and wanting to fight at every opportunity. So far it's been a blessing that neither of them has injured the other bad enough to scar or break bones. Or that Tyrunt had joined them in their fights.

He was a bit grateful for Nidorino during the times they fought. The short purple lizard had started to become the voice of reason between the two and could usually break up the fights before they got too far. The others were too small to help break them up or they weren't there at all if they were with Oak during the time the fight started.

"Professor?" Ash called out as he entered the Lab. Usually the old man, during the day at least, was in the main hub of the Lab working on something or another while his aids worked around him or with him.

"Over here my dear boy!" Oak said as he rose one arm up where his hand just breached the top of the stack of papers that surrounded the man. Ash let out a small chuckle as he saw the papers. It seemed like the old man hadn't been doing his paperwork like he should have been.

"You okay in there?" Ash asked as he neared the stacks.

Oak laughed as he pushed away from the desk and stood up. Ash winced a small bit as he heard bones popping as Oak stretched. "Oh," Oak sighed as he relaxed, "Do remember Ash that sitting at a desk, hunched over to do paperwork, at my age is a big no no. It's just better to do the work when it appears than leave it till the last minute and then have to deal with a bad back for the rest of the day."

"I'll be sure to remember that," Ash said as he nodded and held back the chuckle that threatened to escape, "Um, Mom said you wanted to talk to me?"

Oak nodded and gestured for him to follow as he led the way to his office where he kept his main computer, for private research purposes, and whatnot. Once inside the, surprisingly clean, office they sat down in the chairs and Oak turned his computer on. "Now," the old man said as he logged into his system, "Surge has gotten into contact with me yesterday. He told me about what you did for his nephew and about the rewards he gave you, and the only reason he spoke to me is because you are one of my employees and he didn't have your contact information."

Ash nodded as he listened. So far what the old man said had made sense. "Okay," Ash said as he sat back in his seat while Pikachu clambered down onto his lap. Ash slowly ran his fingers through the soft fur.

"Well," Oak continued once he saw that Ash wasn't going to say anything else, "The breeder he originally contacted about you is retiring within the next two weeks and selling his practice since he has no family to hand it down to. Surge wants to know if you want to make the journey to the breeder and see what pokémon he has left in his possession or if you want him to get into contact with a different breeder?" Oak turned his screen around to show Ash what was on the screen.

Little Rosies' Sanctuary, Rehabilitation, and Breeding. It was established sixty years ago and was named after the owner's daughter, Rose Marie Cutler, who tragically died when she was ten before she was able to go on her journey. The little girl had a special bond with pokémon and it spurred on the dream of her father to open his practice to help nurture and bring up pokémon.

Set to change ownership June XX, XXXX.

Ash bit his lip softly as he continued to look over the website. It was sad that the owner was selling his practice, but he could see why. The owner was old, wanting to retire and sadly couldn't give it to his child. "Where is it at?" Ash asked, wanting to know where it was before he agreed to go. He did only have a month before the ship was to arrive and he did want to give his pokémon some training before then.

"Kalos."

Kalos was a bit far to travel, but there were many pokémon there that he had never seen before. His adventurous side was exclaiming yes while his more sensible side was telling him no. Ash looked down at Pikachu, who flicked his ear, before looking up at Oak.

"I wouldn't know my way around Kalos if I did go there," Ash said after a moment, "I could lose my way and get lost."

"I can get into contact with the head professor of the region to get you a guide to the breeder," Oak contested as he gave the young man a smile. He knew the teen would say yes. He sees himself more in this young man than he does his own grandson. "If you do go," Oak added, "I can give you something to give to Professor Sycamore, the head regional professor, and pay for your flight and accommodations since you are an OFRT for myself and it's part of your contract that I do so."

Ash narrowed his eyes as he looked at the old man. "What's the catch?" Ash asked as he took a deep breath.

"Nothing much," Oak said as he shook his head, "I just want updates on whatever pokémon you choose. I am after all a pokémon professor and I do love studying new pokémon."

Ash hummed softly as he thought it over. He could go and see a region he had never been to and get a pokémon from that region or he could see what other breeder Surge had on his call list. He tossed the options back and forth in his head for a few moments before finally deciding on what to do.

"I'll go," the teen said with a heavy feeling in his stomach. Ash was just nervous to leave the region. Anything could happen. He could get stranded there. He could get hurt. He could-

"Excellent!" Oak said thoroughly, breaking Ash out of his debilitating thoughts, "I'll arrange the flight and where you will stay for your time there! From what I've gathered the breeder isn't too far from the town the professor is in."

Ash took a deep breath and nodded as the professor continued to speak about the Kalos region as he set up the plane ticket. The region was large, but that was just because of the two mountain ranges that closed it off from the rest of the world. While it was accessible by boat, since the northwest to the southwest met the Pokésific Ocean, out of region tourists usually entered the region by plane.

The region was separated by three distinct divisions thanks to the vastly different climates of the region. The first was the Coastal Kalos division. The division was filled with what someone would associate with summer. Sand, water, Wingulls, and very mild weather. The second division was Central Kalos, the main hubbub of the region. It held the most towns and was in the very middle of the Kalos region with a large tower in the direct middle of the largest city there, Lumiose. The last division was the Mountainous Kalos division. It covered the entirety of the east side of the region with the colder mountains towards the northeast and the hotter mountains in the southeast.

"Well," Oak said a few moments after finishing speaking of the geography of the region, "Your plane will leave tomorrow morning around seven. You'll have to get there two hours early at least to get through security and customs. That was the only opening I could get you."

"Okay," Ash said as he got up from the chair. His bottom had gone a bit numb fro sitting so long. "Where is the stuff I need to take with me to the professor?" he asked as he stretched.

"In the main lab," Oak said as he led the way out to the main room, "Sycamore has been researching these mysterious stones that are tied to what he believes can trigger another stage of evolution in a pokémon that is already fully evolved."

Ash nodded before what Oak said caught up to him mentally. "What stones?" Ash asked as he thought over the weird stone he had chosen at the Cerulean gym.

"They look like large marbles," the older man said as he grabbed a large file from the desk, that was still covered in paperwork, "Here it is!"

Ash shrugged his bag off, after Pikachu had thoughtfully moved off of the strap, and dug through it. He softly exclaimed as his hands wrapped around the marble. "You mean like this?" Ash asked as he pulled it out. The 'stone' glimmered in the artificial light as he held it.

Oak looked over and saw the marble in his employees' hand and nodded. "That looks like the one in the pictures Sycamore has sent over," Oak said as he got a closer look, "Different colors though. I'm sure Sycamore would love to see it."

Ash nodded and placed the marble back in his bag along with the file before putting it back on. "How long will I be there?" Ash asked, "I mean in Kalos in general."

"Shouldn't be too long," Oak said as he walked with Ash to the pastures where his pokémon were at, "A few days to a week at the most."

Ash blinked as the bright sunlight hit his eyes suddenly as they went outside. He could still hear his Krokorok and Charmeleon fighting and he looked around to see if he could see them. "They've been fighting a lot since you left them here," Oak said as he heard them fighting as well.

"Would you know why?" Ash asked as they headed towards the dust cloud that puffed up after a heavy thud could be heard.

"Could be anything really," Oak replied, "it could be a dominance fight, a small misunderstanding, a hormone thing, or they could just be wanting to test each other to see who is the strongest between the two of them."

When they reached the cloud Ash could see the rest of his pokémon standing off to the side while Krokorok and Charmeleon were snout to snout. Krokorok swung his tail around and struck the albino making him stumble to the side. Charmeleon countered with a flamethrower to Krokoroks' face making the crocodile hiss in pain and lash out with his tail again.

Charmeleon lunged forward and bit into Krokoroks' shoulder causing the sandy colored reptile to bleed once his teeth were ripped out from Krokorok thrashing about. Ash stepped forward and let out a sharp whistle before Krokorok could use Assurance on the albino.

"What the hell are you two doing?! Sparring is one thing, but this is not acceptable," Ash said as he stared at the two. Charmeleon let out a bellow and swished his flame tipped tail as Krokorok let out a guttural hiss as the flame got too close to him.

Ash kept his disappointed stare up as he looked between the two and he could see the two beginning to cower a bit from the look. He knew his pokémon hated seeing the look on his face, but the two of them beating each other up until one, or both of them, started bleeding was too far.

He heard Oak from behind him starting to walk away once the old man saw that he had the situation under control. "Well?" Ash asked as he saw that the two of them weren't going to try and tell him in any way what was going on between them.

Ash began studying them to see if there was anything physically telling about them besides the injuries that is. The two reptiles were taller than Ash remembered them being when they first evolved. Krokorok was thicker in muscle and was more agitated just standing there. His teeth seemed to have elongated and his scales were taking on a redder color like he had gotten a sunburn on them.

Charmeleons' head almost reached his collarbone when he was just a bit under his shoulders a few weeks ago after he evolved. His snout was longer and there were two nubs growing beside his longer horn. As the reptile moved a bit Ash could see another two nubs on his back where his wings would be when he evolved.

Evolved.

They were fighting because they were close to evolving.

Ash let out a sigh as he ran a hand over his face. Of course the extra hormones that came with the pre-evolution of an evolution could cause anger and other radical emotions to act up. Ash would eat his left foot, shoe and sock included, if that wasn't the case with the two right here. And of course they had to do this at the same time.

"Okay you two," Ash said a few minutes later effectively breaking the silence that had fallen over the group, "I now know that you two are close to evolving, and against my better judgement, you two are going to go all out against each other. This is a one time thing. Got it? This is to get all of the aggression out that you can before you evolve."

That got the attention of his pokémon and Ash could tell by the tension in their bodies that they really needed this. He didn't know if this would get them to evolve, but with the amount of fighting they have done in the past while they have been there they should be very close.

Charmeleon let out a roar in challenge as he turned towards Krokorok. The crocodile snarled and let out a hiss that shook the ground they walked on.

Ash quickly backed up to his other pokémon. He didn't dare sit down in case he had to get between them before one of them did something like permanently injuring the other. He winced as he watched the two reptiles tear into each other.

Ash knew pokémon could get aggressive, but he didn't know it could get this aggressive. Scales and blood flew from each reptile and cracks could be heard as they smacked into each other over and over again. Ash was sure the two had broken bones and teeth.

Charmeleon was the first one to use a move other than a physical one as he shot fire at Krokorok. The crocodile, panting and bleeding, took the fire and used Assurance like he was going to do before their trainer interrupted them. Fire, claws, tails, and roars were exchanged until Krokorok managed to hit Charmeleon hard enough to send the albino back.

His baby smacked into the ground with a hard thud and a loud crack. Ash could tell that Charmeleon was about at the end of his rope and was about to call the fight off when a loud earth rumbling roar came from Charmeleon. Slowly his baby rose up using only one arm to get him up to his feet.

Charmeleon let out a snarl and a flash of fire before his body began to glow with his evolution. Ash watched as the glowing form got bigger, much bigger than a Charizard usually was. When the blinding light faded Ash was able to admire his babys' form.

Perfect white scales glimmered in the sunlight as large wings were spread out from behind a snarling Charizard. Charizard opened his mouth and let out a large stream of bright purple and blue flames towards Krokorok. The crocodile let out a loud scream as the flames burned his scales. Charizard flapped his wings a few times making the stream larger with the wind.

"Charizard!" Ash yelled as he saw Krokorok go down, "That's enough!"

The new evolution of his baby didn't listen. Bright red eyes were filled with an emotion Ash couldn't name, but stream after stream of Dragon's Breath beat into Krokorok over and over again. It wasn't until the fifth stream that Charizard stopped and let out a louder deeper roar at the Krokorok. He stomped a foot down and swished his tail back and forth as he let out a series of snarls and growls at the downed croc. Ash was about to step in when a female voice filtered into his head.

"Father… it's okay."

Ash looked down to see Ralts, her voice was calm and soft.

"Look."

Krokorok was slowly getting to his feet while letting out a pained hiss. His own tail was twitching back and forth as Charizard still let out growls. The crocs' tail thudded against the ground as he let out a snarl causing Charizard to stop in whatever rant he was going on with.

Krokorok was breathing heavy and he let out a loud snarl before his own body began to glow. Ash was amazed. Two of his pokémon evolved back to back. They worked together to achieve this. He was insanely proud of them.

Krokoroks' body shot up in height as well as in girth. His tail extended and sharp points formed on his back. As the light faded Ash could see that the once sandy brown scales turned a maroon-ish red and black and his snout grew longer as well. His head, physically that is, had gotten bigger and was more proportional to his body that in his previous evolutions.

Krookodile fell a bit, but managed to catch himself on his knee. The two of them were in pretty rough shape, but Ash knew they were going to be alright. He stood up and walked over to the two of them and gave them a proud smile.

"Let's get you two looked at," he said softly as he laid one had on each of them, "then it's onward to Kalos for us."