Well everyone, I'm back. I was correct and the doctors took my appendix out but I've recovered. And what better way to celebrate both me leaving the hospital and graduating from school next week than to make my newest chapter following my surgery endured hiatus be based on one of the most disliked episodes of the series? I was hesitant to make this chapter, but I decided to allow Ash to put some pieces of his past at home in the past to help him better understand his destiny. However this is going to be much more than a simple crossover with a mediocre show, Ash is actually going to get a chance he's never gotten out of his new ally to tie up some loose ends. *POKEMON, STEVEN UNIVERSE AND UNCLE GRANDPA ARE NOT OWNED BY ME*
The sun was shining brightly on Beach City. Pearl had asked Ash to assist her with capturing a corrupted Gem that was made of water, leading Ash to assume it was a corrupted Lapis Lazuli. Ash and Pikachu were able to assist Pearl with defeating the monster that resembled a large manta ray with a series of thunderbolts. Once their mission was over, they returned to the Temple to see nobody home
"Steven where are you?" Pearl asked looking for the youngest Gem.
Ash opened the front door to see Amethyst looking down on the porch to the beach below.
"Hey Am, you seen Steven at all today?" He asked with Pearl joining them outside
"Yea, he's playing with some weirdo, I think he's trying to vaporize Steven" she said pointing to the beach. Sure enough, Steven was standing on the beach with a much older looking man with a creepy mustache and a ridiculous outfit with rainbow suspenders, a red fanny pack, and a propeller beanie cap. The man had a remote control in his hand to a giant laser gun aimed directly at Steven.
"STEVEN!" Pearl screamed with concern, but it was too late, the laser fired at him. A cloud of dust and sand surrounded him before fading, revealing Steven had defended himself with a large bubble.
"No not bubble, shield!" He angrily wined
"Hhhmm, I coulda sworn the doomtastic death ray of dastardly destruction would've worked. Wanna try the bees again?" The older man asked with a dopey voice.
Ash and the other Gems leapt into the Beach, by this time Garnet had joined them.
"Steven what's going on!? Who is this stranger?" Pearl demanded
"He's not a stranger he's Uncle Grandpa" Steven explained to the group placing his hand on his shoulder in a trusting manner.
"Uncle Grandpa?" Amethyst asked
"Hold on, just how is he both your uncle and your grandpa?" Ash asked
"I guess that would make him Greg's brother, and father?" Pearl asked Garnet trying to make sense of the relationship to Steven
"That explains a lot"
"That's right!" Uncle Grandpa's fanny pack suddenly shouted taking everyone by surprise "he's not just your Uncle Grandpa Steven, he's everyone in the world's Uncle Grandpa! And when he comes to town, you're sure to have a good time!" He exclaimed as everyone's heads suddenly flew off their bodies and began to circle a miniature Earth
"We're in space!" Steven laughed as the heads returned to their bodies. Pearl began to have a panic attack feeling her head and babbling nonsense before fainting.
Amethyst began freaking out as well screaming "my head is on backwards!"
Garnet cringed at the uncomfortable experience as Ash began tugging at his head trying to see if that really did just happen.
Steven and Uncle Grandpa's heads returned to their bodies and they fist bumped
"Gem huddle!" Garnet declared as she pulled Pearl, Amethyst and Ash into a circle.
"Obviously we're dealing with some sort of super powerful, reality warping entity" Pearl stated
"He could be a danger the fabric of space itself"
"I don't know guys" Amethyst intervened "I kinda like him"
"Steven seems to trust him" Ash also came to the oddball's defense
"Hey!" Steven asked inviting himself into the huddle. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Are you forming a secret club?" Uncle Grandpa asked joining the circle as well.
"Can we join to?" He asked as a second Uncle Grandpa joined the group, causing the Gems to break off.
"Uhm, Uncle Grandpa" Pearl began to explain to him
"Good morning"
"Yes. Well, we have decided to"
"Play video games?" He asked as he began playing a fighting game on Steven's Dolphin system with him
"No, we"
"Run around in circles?" He once again interrupted her
"No"
"Eat a three-way sub?" He once again interrupted Pearl to begin eating a submarine sandwich with three ends at it with Steven and Amethyst
"Yo" she told her
"AMETHYST!" She scolded her teammate, after collecting herself, she cleared her throat "no, we have decided that"
"That you are a danger to Steven and the planet Earth, and we must destroy you!" Garnet exclaimed as the Gems all began summoning their weapons.
"Bad morning" Uncle Grandpa said with pure fear
"Wait!" Steven tried to defend his friend, but it was too late, Ash and the Gems began to charge at him. The two began running away with the others chasing behind them.
"Quick Belly Bag, we need a plot hole" he heard Uncle Grandpa request to his fanny pack, a large, blank white circle began to cover the two, but Ash wasn't going to let this freak kidnap Steven. He threw himself and Pikachu into the air and landed inside the circle, as he saw all color and the environment disappear. Soon he saw it was just them now, in a blank space.
"Where the hell are we!?" Ash demanded
"We're in a plot hole kid" Uncle Grandpa explained, "and it's a good thing you came with us, because you're actually next on my list to help after Steven Ash!"
"How do you know my name?"
"Belly Bag already told you, I'm your Uncle Grandpa! I'm here to help you with your problems, and boy you seem to have a lot, so.." he said with a snap of his fingers, the plot hole left, and he looked around to see the three of them were now all standing in the front yard to a small townhouse with a white fence surrounding it. Ash recognized it as his home, from Pallet Town in the Kanto Region.
"I'll let you get this stuff off your chest and see your family, then me and Steven will pick you up in a few hours, Good Morning!" He said as he flew off with Steven on a rainbow.
Ash slowly approached the front door, it was definitely his family's home. He gingerly knocked on the door and waited, worried about how his mom would react.
The door opened and a humanlike Pokémon wearing an apron opened the door, the welcoming smile on its face changed to extreme shock once he saw Ash.
"Hey Mr. Mime, is mom home?"
The Pokémon quickly ran back inside, letting him in and started to scream to someone in the kitchen.
"What's wrong Mimey?" A woman's voice asked as she walked into the living room. Seeing Ash, she dropped her coffee mug to floor where it smashed into a million pieces. As Mr. Mime began to clean up the mess, the woman ran towards Ash and wrapped him in a big hug, which Ash tearfully hugged back.
"Hi mom" he said as she let go of him.
"Ash Ketchum where were you!?" She demanded "you had me worried sick when you never came home from Kalos! Then you go missing for nine months without a single word?! You have a lot of explaining to do young man!"
"Mom, this is hard to say," he began to try to explain himself, "do you remember when I was eleven, and the prophecy of Lugia almost caused the world to end? And I stopped it because i was the chosen one to stop it?"
"Of course I remember that, it was the time I almost lost my baby forever"
"Well, apparently Arceus decided that another universe needed me to be it's chosen one to. So the day I went missing, he sent me to this universe where I was taken in by its residents, they're a group of aliens who' mission in life is to protect the Earth, apparently they need my help to do it, and so, that's basically it. An outside force has allowed me to visit you guys home to say I love you, and to explain my absence."
"Another universe? Aliens? Oh my Arceus my little boy really is a hero!" She said pulling him into another hug. "Have you told the professor yet?"
"No, you're of course the first person I went to"
"Well Samuel is just as worried for you as I am, come on!" She said leading him out of the house to the large complex up the hill. She opened the door shouting "Professor Oak! I have great news!"
Out of the side room, a boy wearing a green shirt and an orange bandanna stepped into the entrance "the professor's in an important meeting upstairs Ms. Ketchu" but once he saw the boy that was with her, he instantly lost his train of thought. "Ash?" He asked with disbelief.
"Hey Tracey, long time no see eh?"
"Oh my sweet Arceus we thought you were dead!" Tracey screamed as he embraced his friend.
"ASH!" He heard another girl scream from upstairs. He looked up to see a girl with a yellow top and spiky, orange hair running down the stairs as well
"MISTY!" He screamed as he ran to her and the two old friends embraced in a hug as well.
"I thought I'd never see you again" she said with happiness
"Oh my lord Arceus it is Ash Ketchum!" A familiar voice said coming down the stairs this person was significantly older than the others with grey hair and a white lab coat, walking behind him was a boy around Ash's age with brown, spiky hair
"Hey Ashy-boy" the teenage boy happily said joining him and Misty in their hug
"Hey Professor Oak, hey Gary"
The Professor brewed a pot of coffee as the group all sat down at the kitchen table, ready for Ash to tell his story about him and the Gems. And he told them everything, his new friends, the Gem war and Rose Quartz, his job working for Greg, his home at the barn with the others, James's redemption, the Diamond authority, the Cluster, and of course his relationship with Lapis.
"Wow, sounds like a remarkable past nine months" Misty remarked "how's Brock taking it?"
"He's doing great, what are you doing here?"
"I was supplying The Cerulean gym with more of Professor Oak's signature Pokémon food. Now I'm glad I came instead of Daisy, otherwise I would've missed you"
"I feel as if we need to address the elephant in the room young man" Ash's Mom suddenly said
"Which is?"
"This girlfriend of yours, and why you didn't bring her with you to meet me?" She said disappointed, "am I really that embarrassing?"
"What? No, it's just, what brought me back home didn't bring Lapis with me, don't worry Mom she'd love you. And I think you and her would get along well to Misty"
"Why?"
"Because, you both specialize in water"
"This calls for a poem" Professor Oak declared "a Shellos is green or pink on the outside, but the Pokémon it is inside remains the same"
Dehlia gave the Professor a small smile while the teens gave him awkward smiles trying to be polite about the terrible poem.
"How are the rest of my old Pokémon treating you Professor?" Ash asked
"Ah yes, your Pokémon are also worried sick about you, however, I've noticed in your absence that they've all bonded together, like a family so to speak."
"I'd love to see them"
"Of course, follow me" the Professor proclaimed as he lead the group outside, at the mere sight of their old master, a horde of Tauros came charging towards Ash and stampeded around him. The group screamed as the stampede of overly affectionate Pokémon charged around them, all thirty Tauros trying to show their appreciation and love for their trainer.
"BULBA BULBA!" They all suddenly heard a Bulbasaur chant from behind them.
Upon hearing Bulbasaur's orders, the Tauros horde all backed away and gave the humans some space.
"Thanks Bulbasaur" Ash thanked his oldest Pokémon at the ranch.
"Bulbasaur has really grown since the last time you saw him Ash, he's become sort of the leader of your Pokémon in your absence" Gary explained to his former rival.
As he turned to Bulbasaur, a horrendous smell overcame the group, and Ash felt a slimy goop completely cover him.
"MUK!" The disgusting Pokémon shouted as he grabbed his trainer into a sticky hug.
"It's good to see you to Muk. Please get off of me!"
Muk obeyed his trainer and turned his attention to the Professor.
"No Muk I thought we've been over this STOP!" Professor Oak screamed as Muk tackled him to the ground in a hug laughing.
A sudden crash came from the side of the building and the group ran over to investigate. They passed Ash's Kingler and Boldore sunbathing and Totodile and Corphish playing in the lake. They made it to the clearing to see Heracross and Hawlucha sparing was the source of the crash noise.
"Those two have been sparring a lot lately," Tracey explained as Ash saw Swellow and Unfezant fly over them.
As Ash smiled at his Pokémon all interacting together, he heard the sound of a car horn blasting from the outside of the ranch, the group all went outside to see Steven sticking his head out of an RV.
"Ash, Uncle Grandpa's taking us back" he shouted to them
"Hey Steven come meet my mom" Ash insisted Steven hopped out and approached the group "guys, this is the famous Steven Universe I told you about, he's the kid whose destiny coincides with mine. Steven, meet my mom, Professor Oak, Gary Oak, Tracey Sketchit, and Misty Wallflower."
"It's really nice to meet all of you" Steven said "are you really Ash's Mom?"
"Why yes, it's nice to meet you to Steven" his mom said, but just as he began to shake her hand, another much louder explosion rocked the landscape.
"Prepare for trouble!" A familiar voice shouted through the smoke
"And make it double!" A high pitched, catlike Pokémon shouted with the red haired woman.
"Oh no" was all Ash could say
"To protect the world from devastation"
"To unite all peoples within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"Jessie!"
"And Meowth!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"
"WOBBUFFET!"
"Team Rocket!" Ash shouted as his other Pokémon grouped up around him.
"Hello there twerp, long time no see" said Jessie
"These are the guys James used to hang around with?" Steven asked
"You know where James is?" Jessie asked
"I do, and he wants nothing to do with you bad people!" Steven screamed at the duo.
"Jessie, who's the fat kid?" Meowth asked his partner
"Whoever the plus sized twerp is he's got a serious attitude on him. Seviper! Put in in his place!" She shouted summoning her snake Pokémon. "Poison tail attack!"
Seviper's tail began to glow a bright pink as he began to swing towards Steven.
"Alright Corphish, block with a crabhammer!" Ash commanded his nearby Pokémon.
Corphish threw his glowing claws at Seviper, who barely managed to dodge the attack.
"Gourgeist dark pulse! Yanmega ancient power! Seviper poison tail!" Jessie directed her three powerful Pokémon.
"Corphish bubble beam on Seviper! Heracross, megahorn on Gourgeist! Hawlucha, karate chop on Yanmega!"
The three Pokémon followed his instructions and struck their targets before they could all hurt the group.
"Blastoise Hydro pump!" Gary commanded his oldest Pokémon
"Gyarados flamethrower!" Misty shouted
The combination of fire and water struck Team Rocket, but was suddenly knocked back at the group by Wobbuffet's protect. As the dangerous attack approached them, Steven decided intervene with his own form of protection, as he engulfed the entire group with a pink bubble.
"How'd that kid do that!?" Meowth asked in awe.
"Forget it!" Jessie shouted shaking the car Pokémon violently
"Now I can see why James doesn't like talking about them" Steven remarked to Ash
"Yanmega sonic boom!"
Steven once again protected the group with a bubble.
"PIKACHU THUNDERBOLT!"
"PIKA-CHU!" Pikachu exclaimed as he electrocuted Team Rocket. The hot air balloon exploded from the sudden sparks and sent Jessie, Meowth, Wobbuffet, and the rest of Jessie's Pokémon flying.
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" The screamed as the familiar twinkle appeared.
"Is everyone ok?" Ash asked
"Ash! Steven!" They heard the familiar dopey voice of Uncle Grandpa shout from the RV "let's go!"
"Alright mom, I guess this is it. Time for me to return to my destiny in Steven's universe."
"Good luck Ash, I love you" his mother said embracing him in a big hug.
"You're going to do great things Ash" Professor Oak complemented his young pupil
Ash then turned to Misty and took her by the hand "Misty, come with us. It'll be like old times again, we can move Lapis and Peridot's toilet sculpture outside the barn so you have a place to sleep, please Misty, you're one of my closest friends. Please say you'll come back with me"
Misty smiled at her old friend's request. "Ash, every part of me wants to say "yes", but my journey with you ended a long time ago. Everyday I'm gaining more experience and I know one day I'll be the greatest water type trainer ever. I'm sorry Ash, but I can't. Tell Brock I miss him, and tell Lapis that she's lucky to have nabbed herself such a great guy. It was awesome to meet you Steven. Take care, maybe Arceus will want me there soon, but for now it doesn't seem like I'm needed for your journey yet" she reached into her pocket and handed Ash a photo of the two of them, Tracey, and Brock together. "This is to remember me by Ash, I hope you keep it"
Ash gave his first companion an understanding smile and embraced her in another hug, accepting the gift. He then turned his attention back to Gary and Tracy. "What about you guys? You guys can come to if you want"
"Thanks but no Ashy-boy" Gary told his rival, "I have a lot to get done here before I can go travel to other universes. Best of luck on your destiny Ash"
"And the Professor wouldn't get anywhere near organized around here without me" Tracey told him, "i'll also have to decline"
"Suit yourselves" he said giving his mom one final goodbye hug "I'll see you soon mom. Alright Uncle Grandpa, let's go home"
He gave one final wave to his old friends and Pokémon as the two boarded the RV.
Inside, a piece of pizza wearing sunglasses appeared and came up to them "oh hey, it's me Pizza Steve, the coolest and tastiest Steve who ever lived" the pizza said arrogantly. Ash never thought he'd ever think this, but he thought he didn't like that pizza.
"Hi Pizza Steve, I'm a Steve to, Steven Universe"
"Steven, Universe? Hey Uncle G, I thought I already told you my number 1 rule, I'm the only Steve in this RV"
"Pizza Steve, shut up." Ash angrily told the obnoxious pizza. "Earlier you told me you could help me with my destiny Uncle Grandpa, how can you?" He asked
"Allow me to explain" Ash heard a deep, soulful voice say behind him, Ash turned around to see an enormous, green monster wearing a tank top and sweatpants standing behind him
"Good morning Mr. Gus!" Uncle Grandpa exclaimed
"What's up Uncle Grandpa?"
"Mr. Gus, you can tell me about my destiny?" Ash asked
"Of course, I have a complex understanding about the entire multiverse! I know ALL about the Crystal Gems and the Pokémon world, come here let me show you" he said leading them to a computer "I even made my own "Gemsona" see, my gem is on my tail, and my weapon is a frying pan" he said showing them a picture of himself as a Crystal Gem.
"Nice line work Mr. Gus" Uncle Grandpa complimented the drawing
"That's nice and all Mr. Gus, but what can you tell me about my destiny?"
"Well, I don't know the whole story, but Rose Quartz and Arceus met sometime during the Gem War, where he informed her of a great tragedy that will occur in the future. The only people who could stop it from happening are the Chosen One known as "Ash" from the Pokémon world, and her child. I believe Rose left a message for you somewhere Ash, I just don't know where, but the answers are in the tape. Arceus knows that only the two of you can stop the Diamonds from causing untold devastation across reality with their ever decaying sanity. And once they finish their work in Steven's universe, then they'll move on to Ash's universe, then the one after that and so on so forth." Mr. Gus explained.
"Thank you" was all Ash could say, of course he still had more questions than answers, but he was glad he was finally on the right track to understanding both him and Steven's destiny.
"Hey Mr. Gus, I fixed your drawing" Pizza Steve said as he revealed that while he was informing Ash of what he knew, Pizza Steve had drawn a picture of himself over Mr. Gus's Gemsona, ruining the picture.
"HEY!" He angrily told the greasy jerk "why didn't you do that on a new layer!?" Mr. Gus shouted as he began chasing Pizza Steve around the RV.
Out of nowhere, a tiger appeared before the trio growling at them.
"Oh hi Giant, Realistic, Flying Tiger, got any advice for Steven and Ash?"
Giant Realistic Flying Tiger growled again at them
"Oh I'm not telling them that, that only works on cats"
"Well now what?" Steven asked
"We just sit here until something happens" Uncle Grandpa answered. A mighty wind suddenly began to suck all four of them up and drag them across the floor to a giant version of Uncle Grandpa's belly bag. "Something's happened!" He shouted as they were all sucked in.
Ash woke back up on the beach in front of the Temple. Uncle Grandpa, Steven, Pikachu, Lion, and Giant Realistic Flying Tiger were all sitting at a table eating cookies. Ash just sat with them without a word and joined them.
Suddenly, the ground shattered near them, and Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl were now standing on the beach again
"Ok, I'm ready for this chapter to end" Garnet told them before noticing the group at the table "STEVEN! ASH! Get away from that man!" She shouted
"He's a monster!" Pearl overreacted towards them while Amethyst hissed at them.
"Hey cut it out guys, he's done enough already" Steven defended his friend. But his prayers fell on deaf ears as Amethyst wrapped her whip around Uncle Grandpa
"Oh good morning" he told the whip, as Amethyst dragged him over to the rest of the Gems and they began to beat him up. They leapt into the air to prepare for the finishing blow
"Stop!" Steven screamed as he summoned his shield to protect Uncle Grandpa from the Gems. "Listen it was a big weird surprise when Uncle Grandpa showed up here today. We've never met anyone like Uncle Grandpa. But you can't just attack people you don't understand. You have to stick up for them, and listen to what they have to say. You guys always do that for me. We all did it for Ash, for Peridot, and Lapis, and James."
"Steven, you're right. How could I be so blind? IM SORRY!" Pearl screamed as she began to break down crying.
"I also apologize for Pearl" Amethyst said
"Thank you, you've taught us a valuable lesson Uncle Grandpa" Garnet told him.
"Well it looks like my work here is done" Uncle Grandpa said taking Ash by the arm "remember what Mr. Gus said Ash, the answers are in the tape. You have a great challenge ahead of you." He said as he jumped onto Giant Realistic Flying Tiger and began to fly away. "Remember kids, don't ever be afraid to be weird, Steven, Ash and I have got your back. See with eyes unclouded by hate. And remember to always say Good Morning!"
The Gems watched Uncle Grandpa ride off into the sunset. Following this, Ash returned home to the barn, where he informed Brock about Misty's message to him. Afterward, he retreated to bed, snuggling with Lapis who already was asleep. As he wrapped his arms around her, he felt something was wrong. Lapis suddenly turned towards him, and to Ash's horror, he saw that the person he was snuggling was actually Uncle Grandpa wearing Lapis's dress with his hair styled just like hers.
"Good morning" "Lapis" told him causing Ash to scream. He suddenly woke up to the real Lapis shaking him awake, realizing that the whole thing must've all been an odd dream. Trying to calm down, he felt felt something in his pocket to see that the photo Misty gave him was inside his pocket, causing him to realize that the whole adventure really did happen.
"Remember what Mr. Gus told you, the answers are on the tape" Uncle Grandpa's words echoed through Ash's head as he tried to return to sleep. Knowing that his battle with Homeworld had only just begun.