Chapter 15
During the year cooking and making clothes, Ash and Alice have been getting closer and closer, they also invite Helen to their island for the purpose of training, since Helen is also fond of training Pokemon, especially Fire Types. She is also offered to create a Route and a city, and she named the city Fiero City as it has the Lavaridge Town vibes.
Ash and Alice also introduce Flora to Helen, as they also become friends. Flora manages to make the new restaurant chef outfits, and they like it. And with Helen being a good friend and also fond of Fire Types, Arceus also met her, and much to her surprise. Arceus not only blessed her with good cooking, and he also offers to let Helen train her own Entei.
As for Ash and Alice, they receive eggs for Fire-type Pokemon, which also hatches into an Eevee, Slugma, Magby, Torchic, Pansear, Darumaka, Larvesta, Salandit, Turtonator, Scorbunny, and Sizzlipede. They also receive a special Growlithe which is also from the Hisui region, it is Fire and Rock type, and it has a special move: Raging Fury, which is a Fire-type version of Rollout.
With the new Pokemon, Ash and Alice also train some old ones with new ones as they all evolve into their final forms. When Quilava evolves, Ash and Alice are also shocked to see how it becomes an Hisuian Typhlosion, which is Fire and Ghost type, and has the move Infernal Parade, which is a Ghost-type move that also deals burn.
On Route 22 of Kalos, they also find a Pyroar which turns out to be the same one Ash met before. Pyroar has learned what happened to Ash and he decides to join his team. Right now, Ash and Alice have Charizard, Arcanine (Hisuian), Flareon, Typhlosion (Hisuian), Magcargo, Blaziken, Torkoal, Infernape, Magmortar, Emboar, Volcarona, Pyroar, Salazzle, Turtonator, Cinderace, and Centiskorch to use, with Ho-oh and Victini, that makes 20.
"And here we are." Ash says as he brings Helen to Wela Volcano Park of the Alola Region. "This is where you'll be getting the Fire-type Z Crystal."
Helen says, "This place sure is hot, but I can understand that we are on top of a volcano."
"Ash...is that you?" When they reach the top, the trial captain, who is also one of Ash's classmates in the past, Kiawe, is surprised to see him. Ash says in a cool tone, "Hello, Kiawe. It sure has been a while."
"Where have you been? Last time Mallow said you ignored her a lot of months ago, bringing a girl to her trial and asking for a Grass-type Z Crystal." Kiawe says.
"Oh, ever since what happened a year ago, I have been busy trying to train new students as a World Champion." Ash says. "And meet one of them, this is Helen Gravy. And she will be here for the Fire-type Z Crystal."
"Helen Gravy?" Kiawe gasps. "You're the famous child chef of the world!"
"I am not a child anymore." Helen sighs. "I want to take on the trial of Wela Volcano Park so I can have a Z Crystal of my own. Besides being a chef, I want to become a powerful Fire-type user."
"I see." Kiawe says, "My trial will test your powers of observation! There will be a dance...and then another. Your task will be to find the difference between the two."
Helen nods as she does the trial, and in the end, she has to battle the Totem Marowak. Helen's Ninetales manage to defeat the said Pokemon with Shadow Ball, causing the totem to give her the Firium Z.
"Well done, Helen." Ash says. "Now you have your own Z Crystal, it is time for us to go back."
"Hold on, Ash." Kiawe stops him and says, "You're just going to do the same thing to me as you did to Mallow? Everyone is worried about you, at least tell us where you are so that we can find you."
"I don't want anyone to find me." Ash says in a cool tone.
"Then why not do the easiest way?" Kiawe asks for a battle with Ash, and Ash sighs, "If you think you can beat me, then you're wrong."
He sends out his own Charizard, who roars so loud. Kiawe gulps as he knows how powerful Ash's Charizard is, he sends out Turtonator to battle. After exchanging attacks, Charizard doesn't seem to take a lot of damage, while Turtonator is sweating a lot and its health reaches its health.
"How about I gave you one chance to hit me?" Ash says as he presses the Key Stone on his glove, causing Charizard to Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X. "Now Charizard is a Dragon-type, I'll give you a chance to use a Dragon move. If Charizard was down from it, I'll provide you with the answers you need. If not, then Charizard will destroy your Turtonator and we'll be leaving."
Kiawe grits his teeth as he has Turtonator shoot out a powerful Dragon Pulse, but even with the power, Charizard is still on the field, and it goes for a Dragon Claw, knocking the Pokemon out.
"Amazing..." Helen says in awe at how Ash wields his Charizard.
"Now I won, Helen and I would leave." Then Ash and Helen leave the park with Kiawe staring on the ground with his loss against Ash.
Serena, Dawn, and Lillie are sitting at the park, the three have become friends ever since they are finding Ash. They have shared their information back in the Kalos Region, due to the fact that Dawn's and Lillie's families are rich, they would arrive there by helicopter. Chloe, Gary, and Goh would like to come as well, but they are not as rich as those girls and they have work to do as well.
"So did you guys find Ash anywhere?" Dawn asks.
"Other than on news, no..." Serena says as she starts to have some bad thoughts.
"Kiawe did inform me that he met Ash back in Wela Volcano Park." Lillie says with a frown. "He says that Ash is busy taking students to learn his style of battling, he tries to battle him to bring the old Ash back, but he lost completely to Charizard..."
"Since when Ash has become a teacher? Not to mention, where did he train them or his Pokemon?" Dawn asks.
"I don't know...but according to Kiawe, one of the students that he brought to the trial is Helen Gravy, who is a famous chef working on Helen's Kitchen."
"Wait, you mean the newly opened Helen's Kitchen that has become one of the 5-star restaurants in Lumiose City?" Serena gasps. "Maybe we can go there so that we can learn more about Ash."
The three girls walk towards the restaurant and lucky for them, they manage to get a table. Morris, which is Ash in disguise, is the one that is going to take their orders. Ash is surprised to see the three of them together, and the panic is flowing in his heart, "Oh no...they are here...don't worry, you are now Morris, not Ash. They won't find out if you act freely."
"Welcome to the Helen's Kitchen. Now may I take your order?" Morris says as he takes out the notebook. Dawn, Serena, and Lillie feel something from the waiter, but they didn't think it too much.
The three of them have stated their orders and then Ash goes to the kitchen to prepare. But all he does is accidentally spill the salt to the table and accidentally throw the leftovers out of the trash can. Paula and Helen notice that Ash is acting weird and Paula decides to ask, "Ash, what's wrong?"
"The three of them are here, Dawn, Serena, and Lillie..." Ash says as he is about to cry. "They are here..."
"What happened? What's wrong with those three?" Helen asks.
"I have heard of it, two of them were Ash's first love, while one of them has a sister and brother relationship with him. But ever since that happened, his love for them is broken." Alice says.
"I see. But they are just here for lunch, right? So after they are gone, you can be back to normal." Helen says, "Why don't you take a rest and leave everything to us?"
Ash nods as he goes to the staff room for rest. And at the same time, Dawn says, "What if we won't be able to find Ash, what are we going to do?"
Serena says, "If that is possible, I am going to partake in the Showcases again for Ash's sake. I want to win the Kalos Queen for Ash."
Lillie says, "As for me, I want to partake in the Alola League again. I know I can't beat Ash in a battle, but at least I want to be one of his Elite Four members."
Dawn nods and says, "Then I am going to be the Top Coordinator for Ash with the same reasons as you two."
But then they frown, "But even if we do that for Ash, we don't know if he will be happy for us or not..."
"What if he doesn't want to talk with us anymore?" Lillie asks.
"I don't know..." Serena frowns. "I hope that doesn't happen..."
At the same time, Flora and Valerie go into the restaurant and Paula takes them to their seats. Once they sit down and order their menu, Valerie asks, "So Alice also worked in this restaurant?"
"Yeah, I have tried once, and the food they make is very good. I can tell Alice really likes him a lot." Flora says.
Paula comes while pouring the water, she says, "And what's the matter with that? Ash is a romantic guy, he always tries to make me happy. He treats me like a Princess and I don't know how to repay him for his kindness..."
Valerie smiles, "You are like me when I was your age. Red was also a wonderful person, but if we weren't forced to separate, then would our lives be the same? Would I even meet your father? But it doesn't matter. All that matters is that I enjoyed my life."
When Helen brings the meals to Dawn, Serena, and Lillie. Dawn says, "You must be Helen Gravy, right?"
"I'm the owner of the restaurant, is there something I can do for you?" Helen asks, she knows that the group of three were once Ash's friends, and she just wants it to get over.
"Is it true that you are Ash's student?" Serena asks, "Is there any way we can find him?"
Helen says, "For your question, I am indeed Ash's student since he takes me in while funding my restaurant before it gets closed. But if you want to find him, I don't think it is possible since he is always busy with students other than me."
"I see..." Lillie says, "Thank you for telling us."
After Helen leaves, the three girls just silently have their meal. They are amazed by the taste of food, and when they are about to leave, they see Valerie and Flora, who was about to leave. Serena decides to greet her. "Valerie, it is good to see you here."
"Hello to you, Serena. How were you?" Valerie asks. And Flora knows that they were Ash's first love and she doesn't want to say anything.
"Not so good, we are finding Ash, have you seen him?" Serena asks.
"Huh? Ash is missing? Well, I didn't see him anywhere." Valerie says as they frown again. "I am sorry that I can't help you."
"It's fine. We are going to find him again." Serena says as they leave.
Paula walks towards them and says, "Though Ash's heart has belonged to me, I somehow can't help but feel jealous of them."
Valerie says, "I know. But you don't need to worry, since they won't have a chance with you since Ash has already declared his love towards you."
"Indeed, Alice. You don't need to worry that much." Flora says as they go to the counter and pay for the meal.
And here is a new chapter, as you can see, Ash brings Helen for the Firium Z, and Kiawe tries to let Ash open his heart to him, only to be destroyed by his Charizard. And the girls that loved Ash also declare that they want to continue their goals for Ash, but the problem is, how long will they realize they don't have a chance with Ash? I hope you like this chapter.
