D&W
As the group is now having fun together on the weekend, they decide to head to the clothes store known as D&W. "So why are we here again?" Mark asks the group, and Reisa says, "Are you seriously asking about that? They are going to sell cosplay outfits, we want to try it out."
"Cosplay outfits? Are you serious?" Nate says, and they see how the girls are giving the boys evil smirks. Every one of the boys, except for Ash, knows that it will be better if they run. Ash says, "Come on, guys, it won't be that bad."
"Ash? Are you serious about that? You don't know how crazy those girls are. They will try to force us to wear those outfits and we won't be able to get our freedom." David says as Ash says, "Trust me, it is not that bad."
As Ash takes a shirt that has a small spike that is managed, and then the blue cap that has a black mask and ears after he goes into the changing room, he comes back out and the group is surprised to see him dressing up as a Lucario.
"Wow...Ash...that is quite amazing..." Elline says.
"Yeah, and I think Alice is about to faint after seeing you like that." Eve says as they see Alice is not standing still after seeing how handsome Ash is in the Lucario costume.
"I think you are overreacting." Ash says, "By the way, Alice. how about you try on this dress?"
Ash picks up the dress which is on the shelf and it is an aqua blue dress with nine tails, and a headband with ears, Alice gets back to her senses, and then she goes into the changing room to dress up.
David whispers to Mark, "Hey, Mark. Is Ash really good at picking clothes for girls? Since I think this is the first time we manage to ask him to come with us to the clothes exploring."
Mark says, "I don't know, back in the past, he dislike shopping for clothes, and Golly, Insey and Minami would drag him around. I wonder if those bullies affected him to do this?"
Ash turns to the two and says, "You do notice that I can hear you, right?" This causes the boys to look at him with shock. "Don't worry, I am not mad at you, and those heartless bastards have nothing to do with what I am doing."
"Ash? How do I look?" As they look at Alice, she is dressing up as a Ninetales. Ash can't help but admire her beauty while the others are surprised to see Alice dressing like that and it really attracts a lot of people.
"Wow...Alice...I want to say that it really suits you!" Flora says.
"Really?" Alice asks with a little surprise. Minami says, "Yeah, you made our brother not able to divert his attention from you."
This causes her to blush as Ash is still staring at her. Ash says, "Oh Alice...I don't know how to explain, but I think you look really cute in the dress."
"Ash, you are embarrassing me..." Alice says with her face being as red as Darumaka.
"Alright, even though we ship you, but if you keep doing that we are about to vomit." Golly says as they manage to get back to their senses. Then they decide to ask Ash about his clothes opinions and then they all try out different clothes in the store, after they changed their clothes, Ash would also tells them how he feels about them wearing the clothes and they are amazed.
"So how did you manage to do that, Brother?" Insey says. "The last time you do that, you kind of hated it and you would try to find any means to escape."
Ash says, "Well...I had already told Flora and Alice about this back in the camp. But I am sure that you need some explanations."
As they decide to change back into their original clothes, they decide to have lunch at the nearby restaurant as he tells them his story. "Well, as you remember, I attended the Kalos League along with my friends Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie. While Clemont has become a bully in the end, and Serena is now the Kalos Queen."
Reisa says, "Wait, you mean that Serena? You are friends with her?"
Alice mutters, "He even dated her once." This causes them to get surprised, and Golly says, "Brother? I thought you liked Alice ever since we are little. Why did you date her?"
Ash says, "Calm down everyone, it is true that I dated her, since she reminds me a lot of Alice. Serena was my childhood friend and she moved to Kalos Region, which is the same region where I found your three sisters. And we met again in the Kalos Region as we traveled together. Eventually, we dated after the betrayal and in the end, it doesn't work out for both of us, so we break up."
"I am sorry to hear that, it must be painful to endure the breakup, right?" Trenor asks, and Ash says, "Well, it is a little hurt, but I am glad that I have found Alice again and even dates her."
"Oh, Ash..." Alice says as she shows him a lovely smile, Ash wants to do it back, but he fails again as he still can't smile.
"Anyways, now back to the topic. And when we are traveling around the Kalos Region, we eventually go to the Laverre City's Gym."
Helen asks, "Isn't that the gym where your mother is working?"
Eve says, "Yeah, but how come we didn't know that he had gone there?"
Flor says, "We were in a boarding school, remember? The same one that Mother dropped us out because of Alice."
This causes Ash to be surprised as Alice didn't tell her about this and seeing how sad Alice is, Ash decides not to question about it. "And while I was there, I learned how to sew from Ms. Valerie, and eventually I am able to sew some clothes to wear."
"Wait, you can sew clothes? For real?" Minami asks.
"I know it is surprising, right?" Flora says. Ash coughs and says, "And after the betrayal happened, I lost a lot of my Pokemon, and I needed to divert my attention from it as I lived in the 18 places that you all have been to. But when I was in the Eterna Forest, I have been thinking about lots of clothes, and eventually, I decide to make a clothes store that sells my clothes."
"Wait, you opened a clothes store?" Daniel asks, "What happened to that?"
"Well, I didn't want those people to find out where I am, so I changed lots of names. The name that I used for a designer is known as Dean Petra, and the brand that I opened is called D&W."
Just then, everyone has their mouth open wide except for Alice and Flora, and Mark asks, "Wait, isn't that the same brand that we were just trying out a lot of cosplaying outfits?"
"You mean, that D&W, is your shop? You owned it? For real?" Drandon asks with the same tone as Mark.
"At first I don't know how to open the shop, but I called two of my friends, Dawn and Serena, they heard about my problems and then we managed to open the store and a lot of customers manage to come to my shop to purchase, and that is how I begin in the clothes industry."
"Dude...that sure is something." Luke says. "But what happened after that?"
Ash says, "After we managed to expand the territory of our shops to the other regions, including this one, Dawn and Serena would sometimes come here and be models for our new clothes, but they are busy with their careers, so I would want to have a new model."
"A new model, you say?" Eve asks as she looks at Alice, "I wonder..."
"And eventually, I found the perfect model, and that's why we named the store D&W. The perfect model is Whith Moodle." Ash says. "It turns out that she is Alice in disguise. Though she didn't know I was Dean back then." Ash says.
"Really? That's so nice of you to help Ash out." Reisa says.
"But what about your mother? Did she agree with this?" Nate asks.
Alice says, "Don't worry, she knows everything after the day when Dean asked me of being his model for the shop, she won't mind as long as I am happy to do it, and I really enjoy the outfits made by Dean himself."
Minami asks, "And what about mother? Did she know about this as well?"
Ash says, "Of course, not telling you guys doesn't mean that I won't tell my mother either." This causes them to pout and Insey says, "You could have told us as well, we would like to become models in your store as well."
Ash frowns a little and says, "I think you are right, I was being paranoid since the betrayal thing, I just don't want to put you guys in danger. But don't worry it, I might be able to sew some clothes for you to wear."
Golly, Insey, and Minami hug Ash and they say, "Brother, you are the best."
As the others laugh at the sight, Mark says, "Well, now that you tell us about it, I think we will like to become some models for your male clothes as well."
Trenor says, "Yeah. Family helps out family after all."
Ash says, "Thank you, guys. It will be better if you all help me out."
Then the others also decide to help Ash out with the clothes, their devotion makes Ash a little better as he knows that, unlike those people who backstabbed him and took his Pokemon away, they are his real friends and they really care about him and they aren't just joking about helping him out.
After a while getting back to the dorm, they are confronted by the bullies, who just finished detention. The bullies are here to do their revenge. "You guys again, what do you want?"
"What do we have here, spoiled princes and princesses?" Misty taunts them.
"I mean, we are. Since we have those new clothes for us to wear, not like you guys are able to get them anyways." Eve says, causing them to be angry.
"How dare you..." May says as they try to attack them, but Ash steps forward and blocks all the attacks, he says, "You are not going to hurt my real friends."
"Oh, now you treat them as your friends while we aren't, huh?" Kiawe asks.
"Friends don't backstab each other, and friends won't kill friends' Pokemon or take them away." Ash says as he turns around. "With me by your side, they won't be able to ruin your clothes that you worked so hard to earn."
"Yeah." The others nod as they try to leave, but those bullies are trying to follow them until Ash decides to use Mr. Mime once to block them out.
"How dare he...that brat who abandon the old for the new..." Iris says.
"What are we going to do for revenge?" Gary asks as they decide to come up with a new plan.
Here is a new chapter, and the others know that D&W is owned by Ash and the history behind them. And I decide to put Alice being bullied in the Boarding school plot into the story much like the other Ash and Alice pairing stories that I wrote in the past. I hope you like it and the next one will be Electric Type Camp.
