Hey guys! I'm finally back with another chapter. I'm extremely sorry for the wait for this chapter, but I've been completely swamped with schoolwork the past few months. I have very little free time, and I'm usually too mentally drained to do any type of writing. Plus I got Fallout 4 last week, so yeah...that game has been occupying a large portion available free time :P Well I've kept you guys waiting long enough, so I kicked my ass into gear so I could get this chapter out. Also this fic has passed 1,100 followers and has reached 800 reviews! You guys are totally awesome! Thank you all for your continued patience and support. One last thing before I get to the new chapter, I just want to let you all know that I finally wrote the lemon scene for Ash and Iris. If you want to head over to my profile and check it out. Well that's all I have to say, so let's get to the fic.
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
Pokemon Attack
"Telepathy/Aura Speech"
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, or any of its characters.
(One Week Later; Waters Just Off the Kanto Region)
"There it is buddy." Ash said, idly petting Pikachu as the Kanto region came into view on the horizon. The raven-haired trainer had went up to the top deck while the rest of the group finished packing their belongings. Ash had a small smile on his face, as he leaned against the ship's railing. However Ash suddenly frowned slightly when he remembered that one of their traveling companions had recently departed. "Too bad Lyra couldn't come with us, I was really enjoying her company...*Sigh* But she said she was ready to part ways with us. Hopefully we'll run into each other again in the future." A gentle breeze swept over the ship, as Ash gazed at the approaching mainland. "It's been almost four years since I left Pallet Town...Mom's gonna be so fucking pissed."
"Pika." Pikachu agreed, nodding his head.
"Thanks for the encouragement Pikachu." Ash said with a deadpanned look.
"Oh don't worry, I bet your mom will be so excited to see you." A new voice said, as Ash felt a pair of slender arms wrap around his waist. Ash chuckled lightly when he felt the newcomer rest their chin on his shoulder. Turning his head slightly, Ash smiled when he saw Hilda staring back at him. "Plus I can't wait to meet your mom, I bet she's awesome!"
"I thought you were packing with everyone else?" Ash asked, planting a gentle kiss on Hilda's lips.
"I never bring a lot with me when I travel, so I don't have much to pack." Hilda replied with a toothy grin. "Seriously the amount of clothes May, Dawn, and Cynthia have a ridiculous! It seems like they packed their entire wardrobe!"
"Well they always like to look their best." Ash reasoned with a shrug of his shoulders. "I'm like you. I pack light, so I don't have to lug around a heavy ass bag."
"You say that, but you always end up carrying their packs for them." Hilda said in a teasing tone.
"Ugh, don't remind me!" Ash groaned, stretching out his pack. The raven-haired trainer sighed in relief when he felt a satisfying pop. "I swear I'm gonna break my back one of these days hoofing their bags around."
"Arceus you sound like an old man." Hilda continued to tease with a smirk on her face.
"Well the way my back is hurting, I feel like an old man." Ash complained, stretching out his back again.
"Here let me help you." Hilda said, as she walked up to Ash. "Lie down on your stomach." Ash gave Hilda a confused look, but did as he was told.
"What is all this abo-" Ash stopped talking when he felt Hilda straddle his back at the base of his spine. ""H-Hilda what are y-you doing?!" The raven-haired trainer couldn't stop the slight blush that spread across his face.
"Oh shut up you big baby." Hilda chastised, as she began to rub her hands up and down Ash's back. "My mom is a chiropractor back in my home town." Ash let out a soft moan when he felt Hilda begin to massage and mold his soar muscles. "I managed to pick up a few things from her before I left on my journey."
"Remind me to thank your mom when I meet her." Ash said, burying his head into his arms.
"Haha, I bet my mother will love to meet you." Hilda said with a slight chuckle, as she gently rubbed the muscles around Ash's spine. A comfortable silence fell over both trainers, while Hilda continued to massage Ash's back. But when Hilda glanced at the Kanto region before them, she couldn't help but think of who'd they be running into. "So Ash...are you...ya know...ready to head back home? I know a lot of the people that wronged you live in Kanto."
"*Sigh* Yeah, I think I'm ready." Ash replied, turning his head to look at Hilda. "I don't want to think about meeting those traitors just yet. I just want to focus on seeing my mom. It's been almost four years you know, and I'm dying to see her again."
"I bet you are." Hilda said with a smile, as she got off Ash and stood back onto her feet. "I can't wait to meet her."
"Well I bet mom will love to meet you, and the rest of the girls. The only one she has actually met is May." Ash said, as he stood back onto his feet. The raven-haired trainer's eyes widened when he felt no pain in his back. "Holy shit, you did an amazing job Hilda. My back feels amazing now."
"Heh, I inherited my mom's magic fingers I guess." Hilda said with a grin, kissing Ash on the cheek.
"Attention all passengers! We'll be docking in Kanto in fifteen minutes! All passengers make final preparations to exit the ship!" The captain's voice echoed over the PA.
"Well we better get back to everyone else." Ash said, as he took ahold of Hilda's hand. The brunette blushed slightly at the contact. "It's finally time for me to head home."
(15 Minutes Later)
"Ah! Breath in that fresh Kanto air!" Ash said, inhaling deeply through his nose. The raven-haired trainer made his way down the ship's gangway with the rest of his group trailing behind him. "There's nothing better!"
"I have to agree with Ash. There's just something about the air in Kanto that just feels so clean and calming." Cynthia said with a smile, taking a deep breath.
"Yeah, my journey through the Kanto region was one of my favorites." Hilda agreed with a wide grin. "Plus it's where I met Ash."
"Traveling around Kanto while Ash took on the Battle Frontier was awesome." May added, as she began to root through her bag. "And I can't forget the time Ash and I tied in the Terracotta Town Pokemon contest."
"You still have the ribbon May?" Ash asked, as he too began to search through his pack. The raven-haired trainer smiled when he suddenly pulled out half of a pink ribbon.
"Of course Ash. I always have it with me." May said, pressing her half of the ribbon against Ash's; making the ribbon whole again. Ash grinned lang gave May a quick kiss. "We'll have compete against each other in a contest again some day, because that was really fun."
"Hey, if you two are gonna go at it in a contest I want in too." Dawn said, joining in on the conversation. "Because was truly amazing during the Wallace Cup, and I'd love to battle against him in a contest."
"Well how about this." Ash said, wrapping his arms around Dawn and May's shoulders. "Once I become a Pokemon Master all three of us can do a contest circuit together." Both Dawn and May's eyes lit up when they heard this. "To be honest I had a lot of fun in the few contests I've competed in. Plus it would totally kick ass to win a Ribbon Cup."
"I don't if you'll be able to win a Ribbon Cup just yet Ash." May said, causing Dawn to nod her head.
"Yeah it takes a lot of hard work, creativity, and dedication to make it to the Grand Festival; let alone win a Ribbon Cup." Dawn said, earning a chuckle from Ash.
"Well I already work my hardest all the time, I'm plenty creative, and you all know how dedicated I am once I set my mind on something." Ash said, as he kissed the top of May and Dawn's heads. "Plus I have two of the best coaches I could ever ask for right here."
"Oh Ash stop it." May and Dawn said simultaneously, playfully smacking Ash's arm. Both girls were blushing bright red, as a small smile spread across their faces.
"Alright, enough of this lovey dovey crap." Burgundy said in an annoyed tone. "We've been standing around dawdling long enough. Let's just hurry and get to Pallet Town already."
"Jeez, fine let's get going." Ash said with a huff, as he shot Burgundy a quick glare. As the group began to make their way towards Pallet Town, Ash began to walk next to Cilan. Once Ash noticed that Burgundy was busy talking to Anabel, he leaned over closer to Cilan. "Hey Cilan, what's up with Burgundy? She's been really irritable lately."
"Oh that." Cilan said, quickly glancing at Burgundy to make sure she wasn't looking. "She's just been a little homesick lately. We've been traveling around all these different regions for a long time now, and she's starting to miss home. I'll talk to her about it later."
"Don't worry Cilan, I understand what she's going through." Ash said, giving Burgundy a sympathetic look. He was a little to quick to get angry with her. "I've been dying to come back home."
"Thanks for understanding Ash." Cilan said with a smile, placing his hand on Ash's shoulder. "I know Burgundy can be hard to deal with sometimes, but she's a really kind person at heart...Plus she really admires you."
"She...admires me?" Ash asked with a perplexed look. "We're still talking about Burgundy here, right?"
"She doesn't show it very often, but Burgundy really looks up to you Ash." Cilan explained, completely shocking the raven-haired trainer. "Burgundy believes your an excellent trainer, and you often inspire her to improve herself."
"W-Wow." Ash muttered in a surprised tone, as he stared at the ground. "I guess I should try to be a little nicer to her then."
"Don't worry about it Ash." Cilan said, patting Ash on the back. "Burgundy knows you don't mean the things you say sometimes, so she doesn't stay mad at you for very long...Actually let's worry about this later, because it looks like we're here."
"Wha?" Ash asked, Cilan's words causing his head to snap up. The raven-haired trainer grinned widely when he saw that the group stood on the large hill overlooking his home town. "Pallet Town I'm finally back home!" With that loud declaration, Ash was off sprinting down the path towards his home in the small town; with Pikachu hot on his heels.
"There he goes again." Iris said with an exasperated sigh.
"Come let's hurry up everyone!" Dawn cheered, as she raced after Ash. "I want to meet Ash's mom!"
"I'm with you on that Dawn!" Hilda exclaimed, sprinting to catch up with the bluenette.
"Wait up you guys!" May yelled, as she took off down the hill.
"If you can't beat them, might as well join them." Flannery said with a smirk, before she too raced down the path.
"Hell yeah! This slow pace has been killing my vibe!" Roxie shouted, as she followed behind Flannery.
"*Sigh* You're just a bunch of little kids." Iris said with a hidden smile, running to catch up with everyone else.
"You two aren't gonna race after them?" Burgundy asked, turning her head to look at Anabel and Cynthia.
"Running is not really my thing." Anabel replied with a shrug of her shoulders. "It's a small town, so it won't take us very long to catch up with them."
"Honey, I'm wearing heels right now. So there is absolutely no way I'm doing any running right now." Cynthia said, crossing her arms underneath her ample bosom. "I'll take my sweet time getting there."
"Nice to see that not all of Ash's girls are over energetic children." Burgundy said, earning a chuckle from everyone else that had lagged behind.
"We're almost there! My house is just down this road!" Ash cheered, as he ran down Pallet Town's main road. As Ash ran down the road, with several of his girls right behind him, he earned several looks and hushed whispers from some of the other people that lived in town.
"Is that Delia's boy?" A elderly man asked his wife, watching Ash run past their home. "Hasn't he been gone for a few years?"
"It sure looks like him. He up and left almost four years ago out of the blue." The man's wife replied, as she walked up next to her husband. "Makes you wonder why he left so suddenly. I bet Delia will be so happy to have him back home."
"You that boy went an became the champion of four different regions." The man said, shocking his wife.
"Really?! I thought he always came close but ended up losing in the end?" The elderly woman asked with a confused look.
"Well yeah that used to be the case, but something happened to that kid while he was gone." The man replied with a thoughtful expression. "He's a phenomenal trainer now, not like he was bad trainer before. He's even caught several legendary Pokemon." The old man's wife could only stare at Ash in shock.
"It's right up ahead!" Ash exclaimed, as excitement began to course through his body. The raven-haired trainer's eyes lit up when he saw his old home. With a massive smile on his face, Ash raced up the path leading to his front door. Skidding to a stop on his porch, Ash reached out and knocked on the door.
"Just a minute!" A cheery feminine voice called out from within the home. Ash's heart was rapidly beating in his chest, while he waited on the porch. He could his mother walking through the house, as she she made her way towards the front door. Ash's heart skipped a beat when the door opened, and he saw his mother for the first time in almost four years. Time had treated Delia very well. She still looked beautiful as ever; with only a few wrinkles underneath her eyes. "How can I...help you..." Delia stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Ash standing in front other her. She could feel tears welling up in her eyes, as she stared her son with wide-eyes. "...A-Ash?"
"Yeah it's me mom." Ash answered, as he felt a few tears sting his eyes as well. After staring at Ash for a few more moments, Delia shot forward and pulled Ash in for a pone crushing hug. Since Ash now stood almost a full head taller than Delia, she rested her head against his chest. The raven-haired trainer could feel his mother's tears dampening the front of his shirt. "It's so great to finally see you again mom." Ash's heart was filled with joy, as he held his mother close. "I've missed you so much, mom."
"I can't believe you're finally back." Delia said, holding onto Ash tightly. "It was so lonely here without you."
"I'm sorry mom." Ash said, as he felt a pang of guilt in his heart. "I promise I'll never be gone this long ever again."
"You have no idea how happy I was when I saw you on tv during the Ever Grande Conference." Delia said, releasing Ash from her embrace. The older woman smiled at her son for a few moments, but her smile quickly turned into frown. Ash had an idea of what was coming, so he prepared himself. A split second Delia's hand lashed out, slapping Ash across the face; leaving a bight red handprint on his cheek. Even though he had prepared himself, Ash was still sent stumbling back by the angry slap.
"Okay, I totally deserved that." Ash said, as he rubbed his stinging cheek.
"Where the HELL have you been?!" Delia shouted, roughly poking Ash in the chest. "You just up and disappeared for three years! I had no idea where you were! I was absolutely worried sick about you!" Ash was expecting his mother to get angry at him, but he was still taken aback by how furious she was. "None of your friends knew where you were either!"
"Friends?" Ash repeated in a quiet tone. "What friends?"
"Brock, Misty, Gary, and Tracy!" Delia shouted in a disbelieving tone. "Did you forget your friends over the three years you've been gone!? Not even Professor Oak knew where you went!"
"I wouldn't exactly call them my friends." Ash said, unconsciously clenching his fists. Delia was surprised when she heard Ash say this; her anger starting to ebb away. Her son had always treasured his friends. "Did they tell you what happened three years ago when I left? Did they tell you why I left?"
"They said you got angry, and stormed off. Brock said you even threatened to hurt him. But they never told me exactly why you left." Delia replied, causing Ash to let out a deep sigh.
"Figures they wouldn't tell you." Ash said quietly, locking eyes with his mother. "Can we please continue this inside mom?"
"Sure thing Ash." Delia said, as she stepped aside to let Ash into the house. It was then that Delia finally noticed the large group of people that were also on her porch. She had been so preoccupied with Ash that she hadn't noticed them. "Uh...Ash are all these people your friends?"
"Oh yeah, these are the people that I've been traveling around with." Ash said, stepping back into the doorway. "I'll introduce you to them in a little bit."
"Okay..." Delia said, allowing the rest of the group to enter her home. "Everyone make yourselves comfortable." As the others walked into the house, Delia's eyes widened slightly when she recognized several of the girls from watching Ash on tv; she clearly remembered watching her son lock lips with the older blonde haired girl and brunette with the large ponytail. Before he could walk away again, Delia stopped her son. "Ash...are all those girls...your...you know."
"Like I said, I'll introduce everyone later." Ash answered with a slight blush dusting across his face. Nodding, Delia followed everyone else into the house's living room. Once everyone was seated and comfortable, Delia picked up from where they had left off on the porch.
"Alright Ash, tell me exactly why you left three years ago." Delia said, taking the seat directly across from Ash.
"I know it might be hard to believe mom, but all those people you mentioned earlier hurt me deeply." Ash said, causing a confused look to spread across Delia's face. "They betrayed my trust and ruined our friendship."
"I don't understand sweetie. What could did they do that was so bad?" Delia asked, earning another deep sigh from her son.
"I hate to think about what happened on that day...but my so called friends wanted me to give up on my dream of becoming a Pokemon Master." Ash explained in a sad tone, as he clasped his hands in his lap. "They wanted me to give up on everything I had been working towards my whole life. Something I shed blood, sweet, and tears working my ass off to try and achieve." With every word that was spoken, Ash's voice filled with more and more anger. Delia was shocked to see her son getting so upset so quickly. "And you know what the worst part is?! Those bastards wanted me to give up because they didn't want me to get so far and fail again! They were sick of seeing me lose, and dashing all their high hopes of me winning! Instead of being true friends and supporting me, like I've always supported them! They act like selfish pricks and tell me to give up!"
When Ash was finished his face was bright red with anger, and his breathing was heavy and ragged. The raven-haired trainer even had a few stray tears rolling down his cheeks. Delia was completely stunned by what she had heard. Now she understood why her son had run off so suddenly. He had been hurt by some of his closest friends, and he needed to get far away from them as quickly as possible. Her son had likely run off to train, so that he could prove to the others that he was an amazing trainer that they should respect. Seeing that her son was upset, Delia stood up from her seat and moved to sit next to Ash.
"How dare they hurt my baby boy!" Delia thought angrily, as she sat down on the couch next to her son. Reaching out, Delia gently wrapped her arms around Ash and held him close. "I can't they would do that to Ash after everything he's done for them! Oh, I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind next time I see any of them, especially Professor Oak!"
"I'm okay now mom." Ash said, flashing his mom a toothy grin. "I just really needed to get that off of my chest." Delia gave Ash a small smile, and released him from her embrace. "Well now that unpleasant business is out of the way, why don't I introduce you to me friends?"
"That sounds lovely Ash." Delia replied with a warm smile.
"Well this is Cilan and Burgundy." Ash said, standing up from his seat and walking over to the couple. "I met them both during my Unova trip. Cilan actually traveled around with me, and I ran into Burgundy a few times while I traveled around. They're actually dating right now." Patting both his friends on the shoulder, Ash walked over to his girls. "And all these lovely ladies are my girls."
"Your...girls?" Delia parroted with a confused look, but after a few moments realization dawned on the older woman. "Oh! I get it now..." A playful smirk soon spread across Delia's face. "I always knew my little Ashy would be a lady killer."
"Oh Arceus." Ash groaned, as his face burned bright red. "Mom you remember May right?"
"Of course dear, nice to see you again May." Delia said, smiling at the busty brunette.
"It's great to see you again too Mrs. Ketchum." May said in a bubbly tone.
"Next is Dawn and Cynthia, they're both from Sinnoh." Ash said, introducing the blonde and bluenette to his mother.
"Oh my you're both beautiful." Delia complimented, causing both girls to blush slightly. "And I've seen both of you on tv. Dawn you won the Sinnoh Grand Festival a few years ago. You put on a beautiful performance dear."
"Thank you Mrs. Ketchum." Dawn said, smiling brightly at Ash's mother.
"Cynthia, you were Sinnoh's champion...until Ashy beat you." Delia said with a sly smile.
"Yeah, he really likes to rub that in my face sometimes." Cynthia said, rubbing the back of her head in embarassment.
"Next is Iris, Hilda, and Roxie, all of them are from Unova." Ash said, gesturing for the girls to introduce themselves.
"Why hello girls." Delia said, as she waved at the three girls. "My all three of you look like you can take care of yourselves."
"Well someone needs to watch over this little kid." Iris said, causing Delia to giggle slightly.
"Then I leave Ash in your hands when he's not home, Iris." Delia said, earning a nod from the ebony-skinned girl. "Hilda...ah you were Unova's champion until quiet recently."
"Well Ash is one hell of a trainer, and he gave me the fiercest battle of my life." Hilda said, flashing Ash a quick grin. "After all of his effort, he deserved to become Unova's champion."
"Hmm, I like you. You're very kind, and I can tell that you care about Ash deeply." Delia said, giving Hilda a warm smile. "Roxie...Ash mentioned that you run a gym in Unova."
"Hell yeah! I ran the most rockin' gym in the entire region!" Roxie cheered, strumming her guitar.
"Oh, you're feisty. I like that." Delia said with a smirk.
"Lastly is Flannery and Anabel. Both of them are from Hoenn, just like May." Ash said, motioning to the redhead and lavender-haired girl.
"Ah, Flannery you're a gym leader, correct?" Delia asked, earning an enthusiastic nod from the redhead. "And Anabel you're a frontier brain, right?" Again Delia received a nod in reply. "That's very impressive, both of you."
"Thank you Mrs. Ketchum." Flannery and Anabel said simultaneously, bowing their heads slightly.
"Well Ash I must say that I love all of your girls." Delia said with a sweet smile. "They're all lovely girls, and I can tell that you're all very happy together."
"Thanks mom, I love all of my girls and I can't imagine my life without them." Ash said, causing all of his girls to blush slightly. "Well why don't you all go and get settled in. We'll spend the night, and leave tomorrow afternoon." The rest of the group nodded, and dispersed throughout the house to start unpacking.
"Well I must say that I'm happy to see that not all your friends turned their back on you." Delia said with slight frown. "I can't believe that they'd do that to you. Then they had the gall to not tell what had really happened. The nerve of them all."
"Actually mom..." Ash said, getting Delia's attention. "Is Professor Oak in town?"
"Ash what are you planning?" Delia asked, seeing the angry look in her son's eyes.
"I think it's time I had a chat with the good professor." Ash replied, glaring at Oak's lab through a nearby window.
"Well if you're going to chew Professor Oak out..." Delia said, causing Ash to turn and face her. "You can count me in as well."
And done! Not a super long chapter, but I really just wanted to introduce Kanto and have Ash reunite with his mom this chapter. Next chapter will have Ash confront Professor Oak, possibly Gary, and Ash will have his first Kanto gym battle (and the first battle will be against either Brock or Misty I haven't decided yet) Again I apologize for the long wait. So what did you guys think? Remember to follow/favorite, PLEASE REVIEW! and PM me ideas you have for this fic.
P.S. I recently just finished watching Akame ga Kill! and Kill la Kill! I thought both were amazing anime in their own ways. I enjoyed Kill la Kill! a little more than Akame ga Kill! However Akame ga Kill! was a nice change of pace from what I usually watch. While I enjoyed Kill la Kill! the whole way through, beginning to end, I felt that Akame ga Kill! really suffered near the end. The beginning episodes of Akame ga Kill! were amazing, and I was totally invested in the story. Then the anime really started deviating from the manga, and it kinda just became a mess near the end. Like the amount of main characters death in the last like four episodes is utterly ridiculous *Spoilers Ahead if you haven't seen the anime* At the end of the fucking anime only Akame and Najenda are still alive, every other member of Night Raid dies! Even Tatsumi, the main guy we follow throughout the story, fucking died in the end! I felt that Tatsumi, Mine, and Leone's deaths were all completely uncalled for and felt rather cheap, especially Mine who kinda just died out of nowhere(she literally looked unscathed when she dies, and she fucking dies two seconds after confessing her feelings to Tatsumi, gah!) I hear they're thinking of remaking the Akame ga Kill! anime after the manga ends. Which I'm totally open to, because the new anime is supposedly going to follow the manga much more closely (I want to see that Mine x Tatsumi confession scene animated damn it!) Actually I'm kinda tossing around the idea of writing an Akame ga Kill! fan fiction, because there's a serious lack of pics for that series (Which is baffling, because there's soooooo much potential) But it's still not guaranteed right now, maybe when I finish another one of my pics. So if I had to rate Kill la Kill and Akame ga Kill!
Kill la Kill! 9/10 (Loved nearly every second of it. Fantastic look, sound, characters, and story. It is such a unique anime, and there's absolutely nothing else like it. If you haven't checked it out, definitely give it a try. But be warned there is A LOT of fanservice, it kinda serves a purpose though)
Akame ga Kill! 7.5/10 (Loved beginning, ending left me feeling empty and unsatisfied. Absolutely beautiful looking anime, with decent voice acting and music, and great characters. Would absolutely love a remake that more closely follows the manga. I recommend checking this one out as well, just be prepared for the crap ending, and be warned this anime is extremely violent.)
Well that's all, until next time I'm outta here.