Alright so I know I'm late and I mean REALLY late but hey I'm only human (or am I?) I've been busy with Both my Sword and Mystery Dungeon DX. Now the "Last Time, " will be a bit longer than usual but I felt like it would be a good refresher since it's been a long while since the last Episode.

Due to the ever-worsening situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak, I'm going to have to remind you all about the basic steps you should take if you want to stay healthy

-Wash hands often with soap and water for 20-30 seconds at a time, and/or use hand sanitizer
-Avoid close contact with people who are sick
-Keep your hands away from nose, eyes, and mouth (I can't imagine how difficult this part is probably going to be)
-Eat well, get adequate rest, and exercise regularly
-Get a flu shot if you haven't already and are able to

And if you ARE sick (I hope you get better if you are), please be a good sport and save other folks the trouble of getting sick. You can do this by:

-Covering your mouth and nose with your sleeve, elbow, or a tissue whenever you sneeze or cough
-Not sharing food and drinks with others
-Avoiding touching your mouth, nose, and eyes (Again, I understand this is probably going to be difficult)
-Avoiding close contact with others
-Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and objects
-Staying at home if you're unwell (PRIORITY NUMBER ONE!)
-Staying calm and keeping yourself well-informed (My personal advice)

If you already know this, then great! If you didn't know any of this beforehand, please keep that information in mind as we all go through this trying time. It's a realm of unknowns at this point, and I wish myself and all of humanity well.

I Don't Own Pokemon

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"Pokémon speech"

'Flashback'

"Thoughts"

'Telepathy'

Pokédex

"So you're leaving Sinnoh?" Asked Cynthia sadly who was fighting off tears.

Ash saw her face and started to rub the back of his neck uncomfortably.

"Not like I'm not leaving forever I'll be back when I reach Sinnoh but for now I'm heading off Kanto." Said Ash.

Cynthia then wiped her tears away as she stood up and gave Ash a smile.

"Alright then when do we leave?" She asked.

Ash stood up too and raised a eyebrow at her.

"We?" He asked.

Cynthia nodded.

"That's right I've decided I'm coming with you. The Sinnoh League this year recently ended so I can go pretty much anywhere I want till the next league starts." Said Cynthia.

"And what makes you think I'll take you with me Cynth-" Said Ash but stopped mid-sentence when he saw the look Cynthia was giving him, it was the same one May,Dawn,Mallow,Lana, and Lillie gave him the classic puppy dog eyes.

"Ugh fine you can come just don't get in my way." Said Ash frustrated.

Cynthia gave him a smug look at her victory.

"Pack everything you'll need and I'll meet you at your place in Celestic Town so we can go."

"Alright then guess that makes us travel partners now." Said Cynthia as she extended her hand to him to shake.

Ash shook her hand.

"Yeah fine partners." Said Ash who couldn't help but smile a bit.

The next morning Ash was walking out of the Pokémon Center with Pikachu on his shoulder ready to leave when he saw that Cynthia was already waiting for him with a bit of a smug smile on her face.

"I hope you weren't thinking about leaving without me Ash Ketchum." Said Cynthia

"No of course not." Said Ash with a forced smile as his left eyebrow twitched. "Damn I didn't think she'd actually wait for me outside"

Cynthia and Ash released both of their Garchomps as they climbed on their backs as the two Dragons began to fly towards Kanto.

"Alright where to next Ash?" Asked Cynthia.

"Pallet Town, I haven't been home in quite a while so I plan to stop by as well to talk to Oak and see if he has any leads on the possible locations of Kanto's Legendary Pokémon. Answered Ash.

"Pallet Town huh in all the times I've been to Kanto I've only ever been there once." Said Cynthia.

Ash and Pikachu looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "Really? What were you doing there?"He asked.

Cynthia made a face that looked like she was trying to remember but in actuality she was trying to think of a reasonable excuse as to why she was there that didn't involve her true motives.

"C'mon Cynthia think! What's something I can say that doesn't involve me saying I wanting to visit him. Think of a lie fast!

"I went there looking for Professor Oak, I heard there were quite a few ruins in Kanto and I wanted to see if he knew any of the locations of them." Lied Cynthia

Ash luckily bought it as he nodded his head. "And did he know any?" He asked.

Cynthia then shook her head. "Unfortunately when I went to his lab his assistant Tracy had told me he had left for Goldenrod the day before for his radio show and that he wouldn't be back until the day after tomorrow so I never got to ask him."

Ash nodded his at what she said as the two began to fly in silence.

After a few of hours of flying the two had landed on a grassy hill on the outskirts of Pallet Town.

"Well there it Pallet Town, home sweet home right buddy?" Ash asked his partner as he saw his hometown from the distance.

"Pika!" Said Pikachu in agreement.

"You guys really love this place don't you?" Asked Cynthia as she also looked at the town in the distance.

Ash couldn't help but let out a fond smile as he and Pikachu nodded their heads.

"Yeah we really do this place hold a lot of special memories in our hearts, one of them is the day we first met." Said Ash.

Cynthia then looked at the two with interest. "I've been wanting to ask, How did the two of you meet? I've always wondered why you had Pikachu as your starter, I thought the starter Pokémon of Kanto were CHarmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur."

Ash then sat down on the hill facing towards Pallet Town with Pikachu hoping off his shoulder doing the same.

"Well yeah they are but Pikachu, he was an exception." Said Ash

Cynthia then sat down next to him looking at him with a curious expression as she tilted her head to the side a bit.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"Trainers normally start their Pokémon journey at 10, I was no exception but the thing is on the day after I turned 10 which was the start of my Pokémon journey I had overslept and ended up running late." Said Ash.

Cynthia had a mild look of surprise on her face at that. "Really?"

Ash couldn't help but laugh at the memory. "Yeah I was in such a hurry I just ran towards Professor Oak's in my pajamas. When I got there and was time for me pick my 1st Pokémon every Pokéball I opened was empty and Professor Oak had told me each time I opened an empty ball how that starter was already chosen by someone who wasn't late. Just when I thought I wasn't going to get a Pokémon, Professor Oak told me of one more option that he could have for me."

"And I'm guessing that was Pikachu?" Guessed Cynthia.

"That's right, when Oak had handed to me the fourth Pokéball out from it came this little guy." Responded Ash as he pet Pikachu who in turn let out a happy "Chaa".

"So were you two like how you are now?" Asked Cynthia.

To her shock he shook his head meaning no.

"Not really, Pikachu didn't like me at all at the very start, I couldn't even get him to listen to me and I had to drag him by a rope wearing rubber gloves when we hit the road."

"Wow really? You two are so close now it's hard to believe you didn't get along." Said Cynthia. "So what happened that made you and Pikachu become friends?"

"Well after making some good distance I decided to take a break from walking and try to catch some Pokémon, but since Pikachu didn't want to listen to me I had tried to catch one all by myself, let me tell you that did not go so well." Said Ash laughing at that last part.

Cynthia herself couldn't help but giggle too imagining what crazy things Ash could've done.

"After failing I saw what looked like a Pidgey in the distance and so being the complete newbie that I was threw a rock at it hoping to weaken it so that I can catch it."

"I mean Rock Type moves ARE super effective against Flying Type Pokémon." Joked Cynthia which caused Ash to laugh at her joke.

"So after hitting it in the head with a rock it turned out it wasn't a Pidgey but in actuality a Spearow." Said Ash making Cynthia give a "Oh boy" at the information. "It was really angry for that and had started attacking us but Pikachu in self defense gave it a Thunder Shock making it hit the ground which in turn caused it to call a whole flock of Spearows who then attacked Pikachu hurting it pretty bad and so we had to escape them and tried head to the nearest Pokémon Center but no matter what they always caught up to us pretty soon it started raining, and I'll never forget what happened."

Ash was on a bike out in a open field pedaling as he could with Pikachu in the front basket trying to escape from the flock of Spearows.

'Pikachu.' Said Pikachu weakly.

'Just hang on now Pikachu we're almost there!' Said Ash as he looked at it's condition.

Rain the began to fall as it began to downpour with bolts of lightning coming down as well.

Some of the Spearows managed to reach Ash and started pecking at him causing him to lose control of the bike making fall off with Pikachu sent flying a short distance away.

Ash was on the ground hurting form the fall until he saw Pikachu in front of him.

'Pikachu!' He called out to it as he crawled towards it placing a hand on it.

'Chu.' It said weakly.

'Pikachu, this can't happen.' Said Ash as tears began to form in his eyes.

The flock of Spearows continued to fly towards them ignoring the bolts of lighting coming from the sky.

Ash got on his knees as he took out Pikchu's Pokéball, enlarging it and holding it in front of him.

'Pikachu get inside.' He told it who in turn gave him a sound of confusion.

'I know you're afraid of going in there, but if you're inside maybe I can save you please Pikachu please listen to me and go inside. After that then... After that please trust me!'

Ash then places the ball on the ground in front of it.

'Pika.' says Pikachu in amazement.

Ash then stands up and faces the flock of Spearow with his arms and hand stretched out to his sides.

'Spearows do you know who I am!? I am Ash from the town of Pallet! I am destined to become the world's number one Pokémon Master, I can't be defeated by the likes of you!' He says to the flock of angry bird Pokémon.

Pikachu then starts to get up as it looks at Ash risking his life for it.

'I am going to capture and defeat you all you hear me!' Shouts Ash.

The Spearows just looked at him with an angry expression as they flew in place glaring at him.

'Pikachu go inside the Pokéball it's the only way!' Said Ash not turning away from the Spearows as Pikachu at he ball and Ash.

As Ash was staring down the flock of Pokémon another lightning bolt came down.

'Come and get me!' Said Ash with his voice full of determination.

At those words the flock of Spearows all dived straight towards ash at full speed.

Pikachu looked at Ash as another bolt of lightning came down with the Spearows getting closer and closer and at that moment Pikachu got up on all fours as it ran towards Ash climbing up and onto his shoulder before leaping right off with determination in it's eyes and heading towards the Spearows.

'AH! 'Said Ash as he was not expecting Pikachu to try and save him.

Pikachu was right in between Ash and the Spearows when another lighting bolt came down but this time hitting Pikachu super charging it with electricity as it then gave the biggest electric attack it could make.

'PIIIIKACHUUUUUUU!' It said making a giant ball of electricity hitting everyone and everything around them before exploding into a giant beam of light full of electricity that reached the sky.

After the beam disappeared the rain stopped and the sky began clear with rays of sun filling the sky with both Ash and Pikachu face down on the ground facing each other with their bodies covered in injuries as they began to slowly regain consciousness.

'Pikachu.' Said Pikachu softly

'Welp we beat em.' Said Ash weakly.

'Chu.' Said Pikachu nodding.

It was then a majestic Pokémon appeared in the sky as Ash and Pikachu watched it fly towards a rainbow.

'What's that?' Asked Ash to no one in particular.

There is no data, there are still Pokémon yet to be identified. Said Ash's Pokédex Dexter.

Ash and Pikachu then saw the mysterious Pokémon then flew right over the rainbow.

"I didn't know it at the time but the Pokémon I saw was Ho-oh" Said Ash.

Cynthia was looking on with amazement at the story Ash had told her.

"I'll never forget that day, you either right buddy?" Ash asked his partner who nodded it's head in agreement.

"Wow that's incredible" Said Cynthia.

Ash looked over to Cynthia with a smile on his face.

"Yeah if I had to do it all again I wouldn't change a single thing, meeting Pikachu was the best thing that has ever happened to me." Said Ash.

Cynthia couldn't help but blush at the smile Ash on, she had never seen him look so happy before.

"Yo you ok you're looking kinda red?" Asked Ash with confused look with an eyebrow raised.

Cynthia in turn quickly stood up and began speed walking towards Pallet Town with her face a bright red.

"W-well I guess we should be heading on over to Professor Oak's lab" Said Cynthia quickly with Ash hurrying to keep up with her.

As the duo were making their way to Oak's lab Ash had decided to make a quick stop at his house to visit his mother.

After a quick knock on the door the two began to wait.

"And in 3...2...1" Said Ash as when he said that last word the door opened revealing his mother who in turn gave him a bone crushing hug.

"Ash how nice of you to come and visit me!" Said Delia.

"Hi mom, c-can't b-breath." Said Ash as his face was slowly starting to turn blue.

She quickly let go of her son and noticed his heterochromic eyes.

"Ash what happened to your beautiful chocolate eyes? They're a different color now and why is one eye color different than the other?"

Ash sweatdropped at the questions.

"Uh" Was all he could say as he tried to think of a response.

It was then she noticed the blonde woman next to him.

"Oh? and who's is this young lady?" Asked Delia.

"Cynthia Shirona, Champion of the Sinnoh Region Pleased to meet you." Said Cynthia.

"Oh my!" Said Delia who then looked at Ash. "I had no idea you were traveling with the Sinnoh Champion."

"Yeah it's a long story, but I'm here to see Oak but I thought I'd stop by to see you." Said Ash.

"Oh well that's so sweet of you why don't you spend the night before you leave I'll be sure to make a good feast." Offered Delia.

"That sounds great mom, thanks." Said Ash before he turned to the blonde. "That ok with you Cynthia?"

Cynthia nodded her head. "Sure that's fine by me."

"Alright then thanks mom, we'll be sure to come back here by the end of the day." Said Ash. "Alright then we'll be at Professor Oak's lab."

"Actually if it's alright I'd like to have Cynthia help me with my garden." Said Delia.

Cynthia blinked in surprise. "Hmm? Well I guess I don't mind lending a hand, I used to help my Grandmother with her garden all time back home."

"She has no idea what she's in for." Thought Ash.

"Alright then I'll be off to Professor Oak's, take care." Said Ash as he walked towards Oak's lab.

Ash was in front of Oak's lab after knocking the door opened and revealed the old professor.

"Ash is that you?" Asked Oak.

Ash waved at the old professor with a smile while Pikachu did the same. "Hey Professor, been a while hasn't it last I saw you was after I became champion."

Professor Oak rubbed his eyes to confirm that the person in front of him is indeed Ash aside from the heterochromia eyes and the new outfit he would've thought he was talking to a completely different person if it weren't for his signature hat for Alola and the Pikachu on his shoulder.

"I must say Ash I hardly recognized you." Said Oak.

Ash scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, I guess my outfit does make me stand out a bit."

Oak let out a chuckle. "While I admit it does a little but you should see Lance so I don't think you'll have to worry to much." "Anyway Ash, what can I do for you?"

And so Ash began to tell Oak everything about his situation, obtaining the Azure Flute, his battle with Arceus, and his journey to battle and catch Legendary Pokémon.

After listening to Ash's story he had a look of deep thought before sighing as he let out a small chuckle.

"Ordinarily if anyone else told me this I wouldn't believe them but the fact that it's you somehow doesn't surprise me in the least." Said Oak

"Anyway professor, I was hoping you can help me by telling me if you know about any rumors or sightings of any of the Kanto Legendary Pokémon." Said Ash.

"Well Ash I can't say for certain but there HAS been some rumors recently about Zapdos being spotted at the abandoned Power Plant on Route 10." Said Oak.

"That place is home to lots of Electric Type Pokémon so it would make sense." Said Ash.

"I'm afraid as for the locations of Moltres and Articuno I haven't heard anything involving them." Said Oak.

"That's OK, I'm satisfied with the fact you have info on some of the Legends in Kanto in the first place." Said Ash.

"I'll be sure to have Tracy help me keep an ear out for anything involving the other two and when I do I'll be sure to notify you." Said Oak.

"Kukui sent me a Rotom Phone to replace my old Rotomdex last time I was in Kanto said he got it from a Professor named Sakuragi." Said Ash

"Ah yes speaking of which that reminds me, Ash do you have any idea where to keep your Legendary Pokémon, I doubt you'd be wanting to carry all of them." Said Oak.

"I was thinking of just leaving them here than you like all my other Pokémon." Said Ash who blinked in confusion.

"Normally that would be the case but seeing as to how I'm the regional professor I have a lot of visitors as well as new trainers coming to receive their starters and having a lot of Legendary Pokémon would attract a lot of attention not only from the media but Pokémon Hunters as well I don't think having them here will be a good idea." Said Oak

This made Ash and Pikachu grab their chins in deep thought.

"As a Champion I don't have a Pokéball carry limit but I can't carry so many Pokéballs on me so I need someplace to keep them." Said Ash. "But what does that have to with the professor I mentioned?"

"Well it so happens that Professor Sakuragi is a good friend of mine and he has a domed area to keep all kinds of Pokémon called Sakuragi Park I'm sure he'll be happy to house your Legendary Pokémon." Said Oak.

Ash and Pikachu perked up at the information.

"Really? He would that'd be great do you know where his lab is?" Asked Ash.

"His lab is located in Vermilion City I'd be happy to call him to expect you so that you can ask him yourself." Said Oak.

"That'd be great thanks Professor, If you don't mind I'm gonna go ahead and see my Pokémon. Thanks again professor." Said Ash as he stood up and left for the lab's ranch.

The next day after saying their goodbyes Ash and Cynthia began to travel to Vermilion City.

"I didn't get to ask last night but did Professor Oak give you anything on the whereabouts of the Kanto Legends?" Asked Cynthia as they walked through the streets of Viridian City.

"Yeah he did, unfortunately however I can't keep my legends at his lab due to him being regional professor my legends would attract too much attention." Said Ash. "So he told me of a place in Vermilion that won't have any problems keeping my legends and if I catch more."

"So why are we going on foot?" asked Cynthia.

"Well for starters Brandon told me he'd be waiting for me on the road between Pewter and Cerulean City to return his Regis plus I said he could watch my Regigigas for me in exchange for loaning me his Regis." Said Ash. "And I have some friends I want to visit in those cities and I want to walk the way there, I'm not in any hurry to find Zapdos so this is better."

"Don't tell me we're actually going to walk all through the regions while your searching for the legends in those regions?" Asked Cynthia.

"If it were just me and Pikachu than yeah but judging by the sound of your voice I'm guessing you won't like that so how about a compromise, after Vermilion City whenever we're traveling to the locations of the Legendary Pokémon we fly the majority of the way there and then continue the rest on foot agreed?" Said Ash.

"Agreed." Said Cynthia. "you've to be be crazy if you think I was gonna let us walk all through the regions."

After 2 hours of walking the duo had reached Viridian City.

"Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this city supposed to have a new Gym Leader by now?" Asked Cynthia.

Ash and Pikachu had a look of thought on their face as they tried to recall any info that would answer her question.

"From what I've heard the League still hasn't found anybody suitable enough to be the new leader so until then they've had one of the Elite Four temporarily fill the role until they can find someone for the job." Said Ash.

"Kinda irresponsible don't you think?"

"It's not like this is the only gym in Kanto they're few others that people can challenge instead of this if they want their 8 badges."

The duo had now reached the Viridian Forrest and decided to take a break there and have some lunch as Ash let his Pokémon out.

Cynthia was shocked to see some of the Pokémon Ash had let out.

The Pokémons in question were his Silvally who just laid down with his Rowlet perched on on of it's spikes asleep, next to them was Solgaleo who immediately after being let out went to Ash's side and licked his face making him laugh before sitting next to him, next was his Greninja, and last was some Pokémon Cynthia had never seen before it had both draconic and insectoid features. Its upper body is slender with thin arms and a long neck. The upper chest, neck, head, and arms are light purple, while its waist is dark purple with a fuchsia stripe on each side. Each shoulder has a long gray spike and each hand has three pinkish purple claws. Running down each side of its neck is a dark purple stripe, which connect and form a loop on its chest. The lower area of the loop is fuchsia and has a short, downward extension in the middle. At the end of its long neck is its head, which has a long, spiked crest on the top. On the sides of its mouth are a pair of curved, gray spikes that act as mandibles. Its glowing cyan eyes are conjoined, rimmed with fuchsia, and have a spiky crest on either side, which gives them a visor-like appearance. A pair of light purple wings sprout from the center of its back. These wings have a single fuchsia claw at the joint, two spikes along the wing-arm, and darker purple membranes with fuchsia markings near the spikes.

"Hey Ash who's that Pokémon?" Asked Cynthia pointing at the Pokémon.

Ash looked to see who she was pointing at and let out a small laugh.

"Not surprising that you don't know, only me and some friends of mine from Alola know about that kind of Pokémon, to answer your question that is Naganadel a species of Pokémon known as Ultra Beasts."

"Ultra Beasts?" Asked Cynthia

"Long Story." Said Ash. "let's eat and I'll tell you about them."

The two began to eat along with their Pokémon as Ash began to explain to Cynthia about Ultra Beasts along with his encounters with them to which both Naganadel and Solgaleo enjoyed the most.

After leaving the Forrest the duo had arrived at Pewter City and the home of Ash's friend Brock.

"Now this place brings back memories." Said Ash.

"You battled Brock to get your 1st badge right? So what did you do to win?" Asked Cynthia as she looked at Ash.

"I set off the sprinklers." Said Ash.

"You're kidding right?" Asked Cynthia

Ash didn't say anything has he kept walking.

As the two kept walking they reached the Pewter Gym.

"Can't wait to see Brock again it's been a while." Said Ash.

"When was the last time you saw each other?" Asked Cynthia.

"It was during my time in Alola when he and Misty came to see Alola some time after me and my class had visited Kanto to learn about Pokémon Gyms and we had Misty and Brock to show us since Misty is a Gym Leader and Brock was one." Said Ash.

"Makes sense." Said Cynthia.

Ash walked up to the door and began to knock on it and when the door opened the person who answered the door was none other than Brock himself.

"Hey Brock, long time no see." Said Ash with a smile.

Aaand this is where I'll end things here this filler chapter was starting to get a little long and I've been working on this for far too long so forgive me if this chapter is rather lame compared to the previous chapters so forgive me on that and till then take care and stay safe.