Chapter 5

The next morning, Alice is staying in her room as she is using her aura to talk to the Articuno, who is inside the Pokeball. "Articuno, the League is trying to find me, because I was the one who killed Giovanni and freezes the grunts in ice. I'm scared...what if they know the whole truth? What are those people going to think about me?"

Articuno understands Alice's confusion, he says, "Dear Alice, it is better than some things are hidden. I am sure that Ash doesn't want you to be found out as well."

Alice nods and she shows a happy face, "But can't you believe it? I got to meet my idol yesterday and we fought against Team Rocket together...and he also said that he fell in love with me! Is that really true? Or I am just in my fantasies?"

"Don't worry, Alice. I have heard the same thing. If you are still concerned, how about we go back to Sevestar Island to hear the whole truth from him? If you bring me out in the Pokemon Village, that will get away from the public's eyes."

Alice smiles as she brings out her jacket and walks downstairs, Eve has gone to Lumiose City for studies, and Flora is now at Laverre Gym maintaining some clothes, Wulfric is having a challenger in the Snowbelle Gym, so the only people in the house is Valerie.

Valerie notices that Alice is wearing her shoes and her jacket, not to mention that she is having a happy face. She asks, "Alice? Where are you going?"

"I am going to the Pokemon Village, I made some friends in the Pokemon Village yesterday and I promised that I'll have some fun with them today." Alice says.

Valerie blinks her eyes since she knows that Alice was shy and she has been in depression for a long time. "You know, Alice. I haven't seen you smile for a long time, are you sure you're fine?"

Alice says, "Don't worry, Mom. Nothing is wrong with me, and I have to go now."

"Be sure to get back before dinner." Valerie says as Alice rushes out of the door. Then Valerie stares at the door as she remembers something in the past, how she also did the same thing to her mother when having a secret relationship with Red.

"Is that a coincidence?" Valerie wonders.


Alice follows Articuno's instructions and goes to the Pokemon Village, then she flies off with the Articuno and reaches Sevestar Island. The place is quite serene, and all Alice can see on the grass is Ash and Arceus, both of them are sitting together and reading a book.

"Ash!" Alice greets him. Ash recognizes the voice as he immediately stands up and rushes towards her, he immediately tackles her into a hug, causing Alice to blush very hard.

"I am so glad, you really come, Alice!" Ash says with a smile.

"I couldn't stop thinking about your words yesterday. I want to know, did you really mean it when you said that you have fallen in love with me?" Alice asks with a shy tone.

Ash gives her a kiss on the cheek and says, "Does this answer you?"

Alice gasps as everything is true, and she continues to ask, "So are we boyfriend and girlfriend now?"

"That is if you want to." Ash says. "But can we just keep it a secret? I don't think that your family will agree with our relationship..."

"You don't need to worry, my parents speak highly about you, you beat your mother's Trick Room with Hawlucha's X-Scissor, and you even defeat my Dad's Mega Abomasnow with your Ash-Greninja!"

Ash sighs, "Yeah. Maybe I was a little too reckless to use Hawlucha on a Fairy-Type like Spritzee and a Water Type like Greninja against a grass type like Abomasnow."

"You shouldn't say bad things about yourself." Alice says. "But if you really want to keep our relationship a secret, then I don't mind at all."

Ash nods and Alice notices the book in his hand. "What are you reading?"

"This is my Father's diary...My father was killed by Team Rocket, so this is the only thing I had in memory of him." Ash says with a little frown. "It records a lot of stuff about his relationship with his first love."

"So it is basically a story about your father and your mother?" Alice asks.

"My mother did appear in the story several times, but she is not his first love." Ash then smirks, "My father's first love is actually your mother."

"What?" Alice is surprised. "Your father and my mother? I never knew that there are romantic stuff happening between them. I mean, my Mom loves my Dad, and vice versa."

"Their relationship didn't last long because of our grandparents, due to the fact that the Ketchum family and the Mache family are enemies in the past." Ash says.

Alice gasps as she had read a story called Romeo and Juliet, and she doesn't want that to happen in real life. "But you are the amazing person I have ever met. I don't want us to be enemies."

"I don't want to as well." Ash says, "But my parents are on good terms with your parents, the hatred passed down from generations has ended because of them."

Alice nods in relief, she is very grateful for her parents for ending the hatred. Ash says, "Now that we've talked about Aura, how about I teach you how to use Aura Weapons?"

"Sure, I am curious about our aura powers." Alice says.

They spend a whole hour training with their aura weapons, most of the time the two of them are sparring with each other. Ash is being careful not to hurt Alice, something that Alice is very grateful of."

Alice says, "Wow...this kind of training is fun."

"I know, right? You are getting used to every weapon." Ash says, but then they hear their stomachs groaning. Both of them blush in embarrassment as Ash says, "I guess all that training makes us hungry, how about we have lunch right now? I can cook something for you."

Alice looks at Ash and asks, "You can cook as well?"

Ash says, "I learned some cooking through this diary, though I am not sure if you'll like it."

"Don't worry, I am curious about your cooking as well, it won't be that bad, right?" Alice asks.

"Maybe. Since you're here, how about checking the castle while I prepare the meal?" Ash asks.

"That'll be a good idea." Alice says as they enter the castle, and she is amazed at how gorgeous it is, it really looks like a real castle interior.

"I have the same reaction as you when I first came to this castle a week ago." Ash says. "Your mother and my father are the ones creating this castle with the help of Pokemon."

"That sure sounds amazing." Alice says.

Ash then starts cooking some dishes and Alice is looking around the place. She then stumbles at the picture, it is a younger version of her mother and Ash's father Red. If only Valerie has white hair, she would have been confused with Ash and herself in the picture.

"The food is ready, Alice." Ash comes to her as he brings her to the dining table, and Alice gasps to see what is on the table, a steak that usually sells in 5-star restaurants, cream sauce pasta, Ceasar salad, and corn chowder soup. For dessert, there is a cake that shapes like a heart with strawberries at the sides of the cake.

"Wow, are we going to eat these for lunch?" Alice gasps.

"Well, that is if you want, since you are my guest and my girlfriend." Ash says. "A romantic lunch will be suitable for the both of us. How about some wine?"

Ash pours a glass of red wine and hands it over to Alice, who reaches the glass and says, "Are you sure it is fine to have wine?"

"Don't worry about it, I know that in my home region, the drinking age is 20, but if we use the drinking age in your region, then it will be fine for us." Ash says.

Alice nods as she remembers how she turns 18 three weeks ago, but she hasn't drunk wine in her whole life. She asks, "So have you drunk a wine before, Ash?"

"A few days ago, when the Control Cloud is still on, I drank my first wine to get away my sorrows." Ash says.

Then they decide to have their lunch together as they taste the food. All of the food tastes amazing from Alice's point of view, and she feels like she is going to get addicted to Ash's cooking. They also chat about their past lives, about what happened before the whole Team Rocket thing happened.

Alice is a little half-drunk and says, "I am glad that I am able to meet you."

"How come?" Ash asks.

"When I was at the Boarding School, meeting and befriending you have become my dream. And it is also the reason why I have been bullied in the past..." Alice says. "A lot of my classmates think that you're weak because you didn't win the Leagues. Unova and Kalos, I mean. I looked up to you and I tried to stand up to you, and that's why I got bullied. It gets worse and worse until I was forced to drop out of school."

"I'm sorry that you have to endure this...if I used my past Pokemon, I could have won the Leagues and you wouldn't be bullied..." Ash frowns.

"Don't be, I know you want to give your new Pokemon a try, you also eventually won the Alola League and the World Championships, right?" Alice says.

"You're right about that." Ash says. "But since you dropped out of school, then you don't get to see how wrong your bullies are."

"I don't care about them now that I'm not in school anymore." Alice says. "Now that I think about it...what has happened to your world Championship status?"

Ash checks into his Rotom Phone and he says, "Well, it seems that the Pokemon League decides to return the Number 1 ranking to me, quite ironic since the news was talking about how I cheated to win against the undefeatable Champion Leon."

"But that is under Giovanni's influence, right?" Alice asks.

"Yeah." Ash says, "To be honest, after what happened a week ago, I don't care about the Championships anymore."

Alice blinks in surprise at what Ash just said, she starts to wonder if Ash is too drunk to say such things. Ash says, "What I want right now is to have a family with you, doing something other than just battling, with you together."

Alice blushes harder and she smiles, "I will like that as well."

After chatting some more, the lunchtime has finally come to an end with their plates and bowls empty. Ash cleans the plates and forks himself, despite Alice wanting to help, but he refuses as he doesn't want her hands to be stained.

While Ash is doing the dishes, Alice looks at the back figure of Ash and smiles, "I'm so lucky...Starting a family with Ash...this sure exceeds my expectations."


I'll end the chapter right here, as you can see, Ash and Alice are in a relationship right now, and Ash learns about Alice's past and how she has been betrayed. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be the start of their disguises.