Ages: Ash=15 May=14 Brock=18 Max=9

Chapter Begin.

"Alright, we did it!" Ash exclaimed as Pikachu took down Regice with a powerful Volt Tackle.

May leaped from the stands and gave her boyfriend a hug. " You finally beat Brandon."

As the young couple was celebrating Brandon approached them.

"Young Man, You have defeated me fair and square in battle and you have managed to impress me enough that I have a special proposition for you."

May separated herself from Ash to let him and Brandon talk properly.

"What is it?"

"For quite some time I have been looking for a worthy successor to take over the Battle Pyramid for when I retire. The bond of friendship that you share with your Pokemon along with your spirit has led me to believe that you are the trainer I have been looking for."

"Really!?" Ash said in excitement. Brandon was considered one of the best trainers in the entire world to take over his place would be a huge honor.

" Three years!"

"What..." Ash said flatly.

"If you accept my offer I will make you my student for three years, in that time I will teach you how to fly and make repairs to the Pyramid as well as help increase the power of your Pokemon, What do you say to that?"

" I accept Brandon!"

" Sir!" Brandon barked at the young man.

Ash tilted his head in confusion.

"If you are to be my student you will refer to me as Sir!"

"Sure..."

(One week later.)

Ash and May were sitting in a restaurant eating cheeseburgers and fries there was an air of melancholy surrounding the two.

"I'm really going to miss you while I'm gone," May admitted, ever since the two of them met each other they had never spent more than a few days apart.

" I know but... I can't really travel to Johto if I'm going to be taking lessons from Brandon."

May let out a soft sigh, she knew Ash wasn't going to be able to go with her if she went to Johto but She also knew that being the Pyramid King was a very big deal, The Battle Frontier was considered to be a challenge far greater than the Gym Challenge including the Elite Four and the Champion. Ash was just given the opportunity to be the face of the Battle Frontier it would be selfish of her to make him give up that opportunity.

"Think of the bright side, when I'm done training under Brandon I can give you a ride on the Battle Pyramid. Imagine the headlines," The Princess of Hoenn arrives to the Grand Festival with style." Ash joked causing May to giggle. " Besides we can still call each other on our phones, it's not like we'll completely lose contact with each other."

"Yeah, you're right."

Soon the two finished eating and started leaving the restaurant. Before they left each other for the foreseeable future, they said their goodbyes.

" Say goodbye to Max for me," Ash said as he started walking back to his home.

" I will!" May said as she went to catch her ship that would take her to Petalburg City.

Ash and Pikachu began walking back to his house, as they walked in silence Ash decided to express his feelings.

"It's weird, I know that this isn't goodbye forever but my heart still feels so... heavy."

"Pikachu."

"You're right, I'm just being dramatic."

"Pikachu." (That's not what I said.)

It took the two of them about five minutes to reach the Ketchum household where they saw Brock at the door.

"Hey Brock, you leaving already?"

"I want to get back to Pewter City before the day ends," Brock explained, the two friends shook hands and smiled at each other.

"Thanks for everything," Brock said

" I should be the one thanking you," Ash admitted. " I learned a lot with you helping me out, I'm glad I met you."

"Feelings mutual " Brock clapped Ash in the shoulder. "Next time we meet I want to hear about Ash and his journey to become the Pyramid King."

"Sure thing."

Brock walked past Ash and began making his way to Viridian Forest while Ash entered his home.

"Mom, I'm back!"

Delia was in the dining room eating lunch when Ash walked in.

" Hey sweetie, Did you have fun on your little date?"

" Yup, I need to go Mom Brandon said I need to meet him at the Pyramid in an hour."

"Give your Mom a hug before you go."

Ash blushed a bit in embarrassment before giving Delia a hug.

"Your Father sent you a gift to celebrate your accomplishment I put it in your room."

Ash smiled as he raced up the stairs to his room. The first thing he noticed was a box on his bed without hesitation, Ash opened the box and inside it were three different items. A Pokeball, a letter, and some sort of glowing orb.

Ash picked up the letter first and read.

It has been quite some time since I have written you a letter hasn't it Ash? Anyhow, I have sent you two gifts to help you in your future as the Pyramid King. The first is a Light Ball, give it to that Pikachu of yours it will prove to be very useful to him, you see the light ball emits a special kind of electricity that only Pikachu's can absorb, Once a Pikachu absorbs that electricity its attack potency will be doubled. The second gift is a rare Pokemon I captured for you I know you will make full use of him, due to your tendency of finding weak Pokemon and making them strong.

With love Giovani Ketchum.

Ash frowned a bit at his father's choice of words. His father was the type of man who saw Pokemon as little more than tools to get certain tasks done, it was something that always bothered Ash to no end but he was family so the only thing Ash could do was suck it up and try to change his father's mind when he came back home from his business trips.

Ash picked up the Pokeball and released his new friend.

"Eevee!" The pokemon shouted as it was released from its ball. Ash's eyes widened at the Pokemon in front of him, this Eevee was unlike all the other Eevee's he had seen which had a brown coat of fur this one had had very pale fur almost like snow.

"Hey Eevee wanna come with us," Ash said with a friendly smile.

"Vuie!" The creature shouted as it jumped on Ash's head

" I'll take that as a yes." Ash chuckled as he took Pikachu and his new friend onwards to begin his training to become the next Pyramid King.

End of ChapterSo that's my first chapter of this story. Any suggestions? Also if you're an Advanceshipper check out my other story that has been going on for a lot longer than this one, you'll probably like it if your looking for some Advanceshipping fluff.Also I will be updating this biweekly, One week I will update this story the next I will update my other one.