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.

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

Enjoy!

Ash sighed as he looked out the window of the plane Oak had gotten him a ticket for. He was tired and if he were to be honest, irritable. It didn't help that he wasn't allowed to have one of his pokémon, Pikachu, free on the plane. The little mouse was usually quick to calm him down and kept him grounded since he didn't like crowds all that much.

Thankfully Pikachu was okay with being in his ball for the flight to Kalos and back. Of course he had to be bribed with ketchup flavored treats, but he at least didn't electrocute anyone or thing.

Getting onto his flight was a chore and a half seeing as he had to get to the airport early to get his bags checked, then he had to register himself into their system seeing as he wasn't just a regular trainer and that he had sensitive information for a professor, then he had to register the pokémon he was taking with him. By the time they were done he was almost late in getting onto his plane to leave.

Which leaves him here. Tired and irritated and without something/one to cuddle.

He looked down at his watch once more and sighed as he saw that he only had an hour before he was set to land. Oak had called to give him a run down of what he was supposed to do when he landed while he was getting ready to get on the flight to Kalos. A man by the name, Alain, was going to be there waiting for him to get him to get registered as a worker in the Kalos region for a small period of time before taking him to the lab.

From there, if he was tired, he could either sleep there for the night or continue on towards the breeder. The breeder was only a day away from the lab by walking or a few hours by car. Thankfully, for Ash, Alain had offered to give him a ride either that day or the next depending on how tired he was.

Ash, though, had already decided on going to the breeder despite how tired he was. He was anxious about meeting the new member of the family. Getting there early just gave him more time to bond with his new pokémon before having to uproot it from the only place it knew. He had a few types in mind to look over.

He needed a grass type, a ghost type, a bug type, a normal type, an ice type, and a flying type. He would be on the lookout for those types, but here in Kalos there was a vast difference in pokémon and he hoped that this Alain, or the breeder, would help him choose correctly.

"Attention all passengers, this is your Captain speaking. In a few moments we will be landing. I would like to ask that all trays be put in their upright positions, electronics are shut off, and your seat belts are on! Thank you for flying Kalos Airlines, and I hope you had an enjoyable flight."

Ash let out a sigh of relief as he pushed the tray in front of him up, and then buckled himself in. He gripped his bag, the only luggage he brought with him, and looked out the window. Lumiose City, the largest City Ash had ever seen, was bright with all its lights on and from the sun's rays bouncing off reflective surfaces. Ash, as the plane lowered, saw four larger roads leaving from the massive center building and he assumed those were the main roads. Speaking of the massive building, he had never seen anything like it. It stood on four main 'legs' and easily reached the clouds as tall as it was.

The tower was still visible as the plane landed, quite smoothly, and they disembarked. The airport they were at was just as large as the city it was housed in. Ash speculated that everything in this Region was just going to be much larger than in his own and he tried his best to not get overwhelmed by the culture shock. As he walked to the main part of the airport, a weird language entered his ears, and as much as he tried to ignore it, as well as the foreign writing on the walls, he was getting more freaked out by it.

He hoped that this Alain at least spoke English.

He looked around the main room of the airport, where most people waited for their flights, to see if he could find the man Oak had described to him.

"Excuse me, are you Ash Ketchum?" a deep accented males voice said from behind Ash.

Jumping a bit Ash turned around quickly to face who was talking. The man was tall and had dark hair that stood up in a few places while his eyes were a deep blue. He wore a black button down shirt, slacks, loafers, and had a white lab coat over his shirt. "Yeah," Ash said as he stepped back a bit to put some space between them, "You're Alain?"

The man did look like down Oak had described Alain. "That's me!" he said with a smirk, "Ready to finish registering? We'll go to the Lab afterwards."

Ash nodded and followed Alain to the counter where he needed to register. Registering was a quicker process here than in Kanto, but Ash assumed that was because they had requested a copy of the file from Kanto to be sent here. All he needed to do was show his passport as well as his working visa before telling them how long he was staying in their Region.

After everything was filed and he was let go Alain had led him outside to a gray car. The ride was quick and silent, but Ash didn't mind as he had kept his eyes glued to the window to take everything in. From what he had seen when he looked the Lab up it was by the outskirts of Lumiose City and owned a rather large chunk of land behind it like Oak owned most of the area around Pallet.

The Professor, Sycamore, was rather young for a Professor and mostly did his studies in what was called Mega Evolution. There wasn't much online about it when he had looked up the information after hearing it from Oak. He looked forward to picking Sycamores' brain about it.

He wondered if any of his pokémon could Mega Evolve, but he wasn't going to get his hopes up on it. It was probably only pokémon from this region that can do it. Ash looked away from the window as the car slowed down to look in front of them. He had noticed that the environment around them had changed from bustling city to an area that he could only describe as a mix of suburban and rural. There was plenty of space between buildings the further out they went, but it was still more compact that an rural area.

The main building that they stopped at was large and covered with multitudes of windows and beige colored brick. The large front door was already open and Ash could see a few pokémon running about inside of it. To Ash this building looked more like a mansion then an actual lab.

"Well here we are," Alain said as he stopped the car and turned it off before getting out, "Sycamore should be inside towards the back. That's where he usually is anyway at this time of the day."

"Alright," the teen said as he followed the taller man inside of the building. The inside matched the sophistication Ash had seen on the outside. The floors were tiled with a couple of deep blue area rugs while the walls were a bright off white color and sheer blue curtains that covered many of the windows.

There were a few others in lab coats doing things at desks or caring for a few pokémon as they passed and Ash took in the many pokémon they had that he had never seen. As they walked Alain had told him what the pokémon were with an amused tone of voice, but Ash ignored it as he soaked up the information. He was always happy to learn about pokémon.

"Ah Alain!"

Ash looked over from Alain to see an even taller man, just a few inches taller than Alain, with dark, chin length, wavy hair and equally dark colored eyes. The man looked cheery as he walked over with a chest high pokémon following behind him and a few smaller pokémon behind it. The mans' accent was more pronounced than Alains' accent.

"This must be Ash Ketchum!" the man said as he got closer. His wide grin made the man look younger, but Ash could see the slight laugh lines he was getting.

"Yes sir," Ash said as he nodded, "You must be Professor Sycamore?"

"Oui!"

The foreign word caught him off guard, but he didn't let it show on his face as the man began to ramble on to Alain. As he spoke, Ash took the time to look over the pokémon that were now playing with the chest high pokémon. The tallest pokémon was bi-pedal and covered in varying hues of blue scales while its belly and under jaw was a dark red color. It had long sharp fins on its arms, one on its back, and another on its tail. On its head was two jet looking appendages and he wondered if they served a purpose.

The smaller pokémon playing at its feet were two small lion-like creatures with a tuft of reddish-orange fur between their round ears. He watched with amusement as the two lions tussled on the fake grass they were on. Litleo they were called if he remembered what Alain had said.

"I'm very sorry," the Professor said as he turned to Ash, "I needed to get some thoughts off my chest about the research I've been doing. Alain here is really good as a bounce board. Now, have you decided on staying here for the night before you leave? Or do you wish to leave now?"

Ash bit the inside of his cheek for a moment before replying. "I would like to go and get back before dark," he said softly with a small smile.

The Professor smiled back and nodded before telling Alain that he was free for the rest of the day to go with Ash and that he could go home after dropping Ash back off here. Alain offered to pick them something up to eat as they left the lab. It was about midday in this region and just thinking about food made Ashs' belly grumble.

Before they got back in the car though Ash reached down and grabbed Pikachus' ball. He should have let the little mouse out when he got off the plane, but it was busy at the airport and he didn't want to let him out in the car in case he got a little shock happy.

The little mouse looked up at his trainer and growled a little before holding out a little paw. Letting out a sigh Ash dropped a couple of ketchup flavored treats into the small paw before gathering him up. He would give the electric type a few more on the ride to the breeder. Standing up with Pikachu now in his arms he turned to Alain and sent him a small glare as he saw the older man trying to hide his laughter.

"Don't say anything," Ash grumbled as he got into the car and buckled in after placing his bag on the floorboard. The drive to the breeder was longer than the drive to the Lab, but the scenery more than made up for it. Ash had to admit Kalos was a beautiful region, but his heart would always be with Kanto.

As Alain drove Ash kept keeping the treats to Pikachu to the mouses' heart content as Alain made small talk. It was just small things like wanting to know about his pokémon and how it was like in Kanto. When Alain learned he had a Charizard the older man got excited and made Ash promise a battle of the Charizards the next day when he got back to the Lab. Apparently the older man had a Charizard as well.

With a small laugh Ash agreed and finally put the treats away when Pikachu curled up in his lap to take a small nap. Ash did feel immensely better now that he had one of his pokémon out and about with him. He couldn't help but run his fingers over Pikachus' ears before settling his hand on his back. The little mouse had made huge progress with trusting him since day one when Ash had been given him in the Lab. Ash felt as though he knew that Pikachu knew he wouldn't leave the little guy.

Pikachu had even begun to help the smallest of the pack with their training. He ran along side them, coached them when they were mastering their moves, and gave them bits of berries and some water when they needed it. Ash was extremely proud of the little mouse.

Ash looked down and gave the sleeping electric type a small smile before looking back up to see them just passing a large metal arch with the breeder facilities name on it. Soon enough they were approaching a large brick building and the sounds of pokémon could be heard even through the closed windows.

"Here we are," Alain piped up just a moment after he had parked and turned off the car, "Ready?"

"Yeah," Ash said a little breathlessly as he took in the area. The area the building was in a beautiful. A large pond that had various water types by it, an even larger field that had many types of pokémon that Ash didn't know of frolicking in the grass, the tall trees had bird pokémon in them, and there was even a sand and dirt area for the types that liked it.

"It's really beautiful here," Ash murmured once they entered the building.

"Why thank you!"

A gruff older sounding voice caught Ash by surprise and when he looked over at who spoke he was surprised to see a rather fit old gentleman dressed causally. This wasn't someone Ash would have thought to want to retire, but he supposed the old man earned it.

"Mr. Cutler?" Ash asked as he walked over.

The old mans' mustache twitched a bit before a smile spread over his lips. "I am Mr. Cutler, but please feel free to call me Burt!" Burt said as he placed his hands on his hips, "And who are you?"

Ash smiled back as Pikachu perked up a bit. "I'm Ash Ketchum," he said introducing himself, "and this is Pikachu."

"Ah! Yes, the boy little Matis emailed me about," Burt said as he gestured for them to follow, "Have you any thought about what pokémon you are looking for?"

Ash just about let out a snort when he realized that the old man was talking about Lt. Surge. Little. That man. That was really laughable since Surge was the largest, height he means, man he had even encountered.

"There's a few types I've been looking for, but nothing concrete," Ash admitted as they were being led out the back of the building. The area almost mirrored the front yard, but there was more field back here than there was in the front. There was also a large building off to the side with an egg above the door.

"Any of them you are wanting the most?"

Ash bit his lip as he thought over the options he had narrowed down before deciding on one. "Do you have any ghost types?" he asked as they came to a stop.

"I've got a couple of Drifloons, a Duskull, a Shuppet, a Golett, and a Phantump," Burt said as he pointed to the pokémon. There were two balloon like pokémon, a small mask covered ghost, one that looked like a All Spirit's Eve decoration he and his mother made once when he was little, a small statue, and a small tree stump with eyes.

"Can I spend some time out here? Just to see if I connect with any of them?" Ash asked as he saw the Phantump flip in the air while the Duskull chuckled at it.

"Of course! Do be careful my boy," Burt warned, "They like to play pranks. Especially the Duskull and the Shuppet."

Ash nodded as the two, Alain and Burt, left him to go speak inside. Ash took a deep breath as he approached the group slowly, but with sure steps. He didn't know how the pokémon would react, and he didn't want to take any chances.

"Hello," Ash said softly as he had the group's attention from when he approached, "My name is Ash and this is Pikachu."

The teen sat down on the ground and let Pikachu out of his arms and onto the ground. The little mouse looked at the ghosts and let out a chitter before walking over. Ash watched as Pikachus' ears twitched for a moment before his tail whipped back and forth. He chuckled a bit as the small Shuppet flipped into the air and was quick to get Pikachu to play with them.

As Pikachu played with the ghosts Ash couldn't help but look around the area at the many pokémon around. It was really peaceful here and Ash could see why Surge liked this place. It was obvious the man inside took really good care of this place and he could only hope that the person that took over for Burt took care of the pokémon just as well as he did.

Ash must have sat there for what felt like hours as the sun had crossed the sky and was beginning to lower behind the trees. A few of the pokémon had gotten curious about him and now he was leaning against a tree with several sleeping creatures on him. He didn't dare move even though his bladder was full and his legs were numb. It was a rule. When a pokémon falls asleep in your lap you're not allowed to move.

Looking over at the ghosts he honestly could feel himself taking one of them. None of them approached him and he didn't approach them. None of them would have fit in with his family and he didn't want to take one just because. It wouldn't be fair to them or to him.

Taking a deep breath Ash closed his eyes for a moment before opening them back up. He could feel something here. It was like he knew one of the pokémon here would be coming back with him, but he didn't know which one it was. It wasn't any of them on his lap, and it wasn't any of the ghosts or flying types in the trees.

Letting out a sigh he closed his eyes again and slowly fell into meditation. He wondered if it was Aura that was telling him which pokémon to take, but he wasn't trained in how to use it. His lack of knowledge and training honestly frustrated him.

For a brief moment as his eyes were closed he could see small tendrils of blue invading the dark hue of his eyelids. From what Sir Aaron had written in his journal the blue coloration was Aura, but this was just the very basic of what Aura could do. Even an untrained Aura user could see these tendrils.

He saw the tendrils connecting to his pokémon from him and another extending out towards the tree line before stopping right beside a tree. Ash opened his eyes and blinked a bit to get them into focus before looking over to look at what the Aura tendril was leading him to.

Floating there were two swords with each sword having a dark red blade and a gray hilt. Embedded into each hilt is a single, yellow gem with a dark center that appears to be an eye. Attached to each pummel was a long, dark blue sash with a yellow swirl pattern on the tip with the tip of the sashes split into four tassels.

The sword like creature had two sheathes that are attached to a plaque. The sheathes are varying shades of gray with lines forming a triquetra pattern across the front. Near the top of each sheath are red teeth-like markings and rings with red centers that resemble eyes. A third ring extends onto the hilt that encircles the actual eye.

The creature just seemed to be staring at him from the other side of the clearing and Ash just stared right back. Ash blinked a few times when his eyes became dry, but after the third blink the creature was gone. The teen let out a small hum as he looked around for the pokémon, but he couldn't see it anywhere.

The creature was gone.