Warhammer4life : I will try not to read the reviews of them, thanks for the warning. Edit: someone told me how to block them, thanks anyway.
AJ Jason : Thanks for the compliment, this story is amourshipping, my little problem is that I don't know how the romance scenes will turn out, so I do not know how much there will be kisses and things of the style.
The usual:
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Telepathy"
Recap
"Wait Ash" Serena stopped him before he left "I would like to go with you"
Ash gave the best answer his brain could produce "HUUH?"
Professor Sycamore's laboratory
Seeing the situation among the teenagers, Professor Sycamore did what he had to do, he began to record surreptitiously. Why a prestigious Prof. should do something so ridiculous? Because the mothers of Ash and Serena are scary.
"I'd like to go with you" Serena muttered nervous now that Ash saw her straight in the eye, she could not tell him so soon, it was not the right time or place, if only she had an excuse… Serena's eyes lit up "Clemont mentioned that he had a problem, didn't he? I would like to help too" Serena applauded herself mentally for the quick recovery.
Ash's eyes seemed to smile "Well, the truth is not such a big problem, I'm sure I can solve it with the help of Pikachu, I do not want you to delay the start of your trip, the first ti-" He was interrupted by a sound coming from his wrist, his Xtransceiver vibrated and sounded, on the screen the name of the favorite human of Ash: MOM.
Ash had no idea why his mother would call him, they spoke yesterday… If it were an emergency in Pallet Town that was not detected by Bill's bubble, then Mew would teleport his mother to the basement of Prof. Oak, notify Mewten who would immediately teleport a rescue group and then notify him and then he would go to dismember all the idiots who tried to hurt his mother…
"Sorry Serena I must answer" Ash said to Serena with a neutral expression, turned around without waiting for an answer and left the room. Accepting the call the screen showed the image of his mother without any harm and then he stopped tightening his fists "Hi mom, what happens?"
Delia, like Ash's mother she is, noticed the worry her son was trying to hide, so she smiled kindly so that he would calm down "Ash honey, I just received a call from an old friend and-"Ash stopped her raising the other hand
"Sorry mom, cannot this wait for the night? Someone is waiting for me, more than one person actually"
"Oh really? And tell me who these people are?" Delia asked with a smile.
Ash resigned and gave her a brief version of the situation
"Hey honey, you really do not remember Serena?" Delia asked now with a little frown.
"Wait, I know her?" He already knew her? When?
"Ash you two met when you were kids, during Prof. Oak's summer camp, you found Serena in…"
Meanwhile with Serena
'Well that was not the dreamy reunion I was hoping but we just met again, sure everything will improve' Serena tried to control her nerves, she could not stop fearing that her dream would end here, if she could not convince Ash to let her accompany him, she would honestly come back crying to her house. A hand on his shoulder was what pulled her out of her thoughts.
"Don't worry Serena everything is fixed" Prof. Sycamore smiled at her while saying something that was a fact.
Before Serena could ask him what he was talking about, Ash returned to the room.
Streets of Lumiose City (10 minutes later)
"Mmmmmmmm" Ash tried to make an image in his head, something that would help him remember, he rubbed a bit the handkerchief he held in his hands to see if it would help him a little… "*sigh* I'm sorry Serena, I really cannot remember anything from that day"
The few hopes that Serena had formed collapsed as well as her shoulders "Oh… don't worry, it was only one day years ago, it would be inconsiderate of me to expect you to remember it" Serena said this while smiling the best she could, but the smile felt false and even sad.
Ash was not the best at detecting subtle emotions, but sadness was a feeling he could identify almost instantaneously, so he smiled and said the first solution that came to mind "I regret I cannot remember you Serena, but if I cannot remember that day we just have to spend many days together, I think it is the right solution" 'And my mother would force me to accompany you anyway…'
Serena's face made a magnificent impression of a tomato, Pikachu laughed a little and Ash blinked a little confused, that face he had seen before but whe-
Ash froze, vague memories of some talks he had with Brock (yes, Brock was the one who gave him "the talk" because Delia did not gather enough courage). With some fear Ash let his Aura touch Serena and instantly was wrapped by a warm feeling that had already felt from other girls he knew, but this time with the intensity of a wildfire out of control. Ash did not know if to groan or be amazed by the intensity of the feeling.
So this had happened again Ash concluded, a girl had feelings for him, but this time they did not even have a day of having met again and the feeling was even stronger than the other times. And to the owner of those feelings, he basically ends up offering to travel with her… this has Delia Ketchum written in large print everywhere… great.
Suddenly Pikachu jumped off his shoulder and ran in the direction of the tower without looking back.
"Pikachu wait, what happens?" But his words did not seem to reach him. With his worries momentarily forgotten in favor of discovering why Pikachu ran, Ash turned to see Serena "Serena, come on, we have to reach him" And with that he also shot off in the direction his friend ran, with Serena suffering to keep the pace.
Prism Tower
"Okay Ash, is already getting late… maybe Professor Sycamore sent him somewhere else?" Bonnie asked while sitting on a bench.
"Unlikely, remember what Ash said, if he is Professor Sycamore's assistant for the time being, it's because of a favor for Professor Oak of Kanto" Clemont responded with a serious look while repairing an experiment that had just exploded
Before the two could continue talking Pikachu appeared out of nowhere and it seemed that he had a playful rhythm in how he walked, how he achieved that, Clemont would never know.
Seeing that Ash's Pikachu had arrived Bonnie did the right thing in this situation, hugging and squeezing Pikachu of course "Hello Pikachu, Where is Ash? How are you so soft? He has something else to do and he sent you alone? Do you want me to brush your hair?"
Clemont ignored his sister's behavior, during his childhood it was also easier to get excited, so he left Bonnie with his attentions to Pikachu and waited for Ash to arrive. Not long after he could see the figures of Ash and Serena approaching the place.
When Ash came to see Pikachu being brushed he just let out a sigh "Hey Pikachu, do not do that, next time if you want to go first, let me know, I almost called for help"
Pikachu just released a (too) cute "Chaaa" and a thumbs up. At that moment Serena finally arrived at the place, but before speaking they waited for her to recover her breath. Clemont sent Ash a questioning look, but Ash just shrugged.
After a few seconds Serena regained her composure "Okay, I'm better, could you explain to me what the tower problem is, I still don't know"
"I will do it while we enter" Clemont began and they went to the entrance of the tower "You see I am an inventor and I wanted more time to make new creations, so my solution was to create something that could make my work as a gym leader for me, the result was a robot with AI (artificial intelligence), the project was a success , but somewhere in the development there should be a failure because when I tried it, the robot did not let me fight with him because I do not have medals although I was his creator and the worst thing is that he uses violence, which was specific for defense, to remove any trainer who does not meet the requirements"
"I keep insisting Clemont, if you leave a robot in charge of your gym the league will sanction you, they are not so lazy with what a gym leader can or cannot do, at least not anymore" Ash kept trying to get Clemont to understand his point, he himself had too many bitter experiences with gyms and now that he has the necessary (legal) power, he cannot let a situation like this continue.
"I understand what you mean Ash, but my inventions are my biggest passion, *sigh* I think I'll end up having to leave the gym in the hands of someone else" Clemont had a sad face when he said it, but he could not see another way.
"I think you still do not see all the possibilities, but I will tell you that, after we solve this, have a battle with me and I will tell you the solution that occurred to me" Ash gave the blonde a smile, Clemont was a good person and very smart, but it seems he had forgotten something very simple, not like he could blame him, Ash forgets simple things sometimes… a lot of times.
Clemont was curious about what Ash was going to say, but he had confidence in him, so he would wait for the battle, moving his gaze forward he realized that they had already reached the door
Clemont took a serious expression "As I said, I can easily repair the door so do not worry, but how are you go-"
Clemont's question was interrupted by a simple command "Pikachu Speed Tail" And without anyone being able to understand what happened the doors flew out with great force, this caused the automatic security to activate and prepare to attack with large electric shocks, but everything was useless "Lightning Rod" Pikachu who was on four legs raised his tail on his body and with this he exercised his will on the electricity so that everything was directed towards him, he took all the electricity with which he was attacked, turned it into his own energy and without needing the order, then returned it overloading it and exploding the attack devices.
Everything happened so fast that the brain of the others tried to process what they saw but there were no results, they would have stayed there if not for the voice Clembot that came out with a Pokeball in hand "Intruders! Intruders! Prepare to face Clembot! Come on Mag-"
Now it was Clembot's turn to be interrupted by Ash "Tail in the head" And with that Clembot suffered a blow to the head so strong that it turned him off "You should pick up your Pokeballs Clemont" Ash said that quietly while scratching Pikachu's favorite place.
But Clemont could not move, he still didn't understand what happened, one moment he was in front of the door and the next there was no door and Clembot was on the floor.
Serena could not talk either, she thought she knew Ash's ability and the power of his Pokémon, but the power that Pikachu had just demonstrated was much greater than the one he demonstrated when he defeated Latios in the Lily of the Valley Conference, now that she was trying to remember, Ash did not use any of his most famous Pokémon in the Vertress Conference, was that in that league there was no one who could beat him? So much was the difference in power that he didn't even need his strongest Pokémon?
Bonnie meanwhile had only one thing in mind 'I want a Pikachu' The little rodent was the best Pokémon she had seen in her life, they were so cute and soft, still having the power to tear down everything in their path, on that same day she swore that she would have a Pikachu as her starter.
"Er ... guys?" Everyone turned to see Ash "Are you Ok?" He asked, starting to worry, maybe he went a little too hard?
"Ah yes, we are fine" Clemont replied as he went to collect his Pokéballs.
Serena put on a nice smile and answered "No need to worry" At this Ash's eyes twitched.
"What is Pikachu's favorite food?" That question brought everyone's attention to Bonnie.
Ash raised an eyebrow "Why do you want to know?"
Bonnie put on the best innocent face she could "To have prepared prizes when you visit us of course"
"Oh… well, I guess it wo- AAAAAHHHHHH" Ash screamed while he was involved in a lot of electrical energy, at the end of the attack Ash was on the ground with marks of burns, with spasms in the muscles and with electricity still showing around his body, after a few seconds when no one knew what to do Ash got up as if nothing and glared at his partner "Pikachu why did you do that?! That Thunder Shock was a real attack not one to draw attention!" Pikachu made some signs and Ash seemed to calm down a bit, he turned to see the others "Excuse me for a moment guys, I need to talk to Pikachu" And with that Ash went to a corner of the room, the little rodent got on his shoulder and began to speak quickly in his language.
"What the hell was that?" Serena said this regardless of any type of lady's rule.
"No fucking idea" Clemont answered similarly.
Bonnie was strangely quiet as she watched intently where Ash and Pikachu were.
After some uncomfortable moments, Ash returned with a sheepish smile "Sorry guys it was just a little misunderstanding, Clemont ready for battle?" Ash continued speaking quickly to leave no room for questions, no one other than Pikachu and he needed to know about the little spy in the ventilation ducts.
"Er… yes sure, but we do not have a judge" Clemont mentioned this a little nervous, fighting against the power he just saw did not seem like a great idea.
Ash got rid of Clemont's excuses quickly "You stay calm, I'm not challenging you for the medal, it's just a friendly match, one vs one, I will take out my Pokémon first and no, it will not be Pikachu"
"Well, if you say so… let's go" Clemont was a bit calmer, surely Ash would not have more monsters like Pikachu in his team, right? ... Maybe he should have done a search of the Pokémon that Ash had ... a gym leader having to find what Pokémon has his challenger to be able to have an advantage...
Ash and Clemont went to the battlefield and Serena and Bonnie to the spectator stands.
"If it does not bother you Clemont, I'll take out my Pokémon now, come on Samurott!" Ash launched a Pokéball and from it materialized a large water samurai otter.
The proud otter took his new surroundings quietly, noticing that it was the center of attention, he puffed out his chest as much as possible so that they could see how great he was.
Clemont did not know if to be calm, angry or scared, with the type of Pokémon that Ash chose, he would have the advantage, an advantage that seemed to be given by Ash, but again if Ash had that confidence in his Pokémon ... a Pokémon with enough Power and experience could ignore the type disadvantages and win easily '*sigh*… The only thing I could do is give my best and hope for the best' Clemont took a Pokéball from his belt and smiled "Then I choose Heliolisk" From the Pokéball came the little generator lizard.
"Clemont you can take the first move" Ash knew that if he started, this would end in 1 movement. For what he could remember Heliolisk depended on their speed, but one of their failures was that they had nothing spectacular physically and didn't resist many attacks, of course most of their failures could be overcome by training, but seeing how Clemont acted this couldn't be the case.
"Okay, Heliolisk use Thunder Wave!" Arcs of electricity came out of the little lizard and headed for a, until now, motionless and carefree Samurott. Clemont's strategy was simple, he wanted to use the superior speed of Heliolisk to win; first he would keep Samurott in one place and then attack him consecutively.
"Double Down" Ash gave his strange command and instantly appeared images of Samurott surrounding Heliolisk, Thunder Wave hit one but simply disappeared revealing that this was not the real Samurott.
Clemont didn't pretend to be so easily outstripped "Parabolic Charge!" Clemon's order caused Heliolisk to get involved in electricity and send an attack to all the Samurott at the same time, but it only happened again the same, all the Samurott proved to be false 'But whe- Down!' "Heli-"
But Clemot took too long to realize the situation "Ice razor" After Ash's order, under the ground that Heliolisk stepped on Samurott came out giving a blow to Heliolisk with a big ice sword, Heliolisk received all the attack without being able to do anything, rising in the air for a moment, before falling to the floor already fainted. Okay maybe the situation was worse than Ash expected, he didn't expect that Heliolisk couldn't avoid the first attack, Samurott was not exactly fast.
Clemont stared a moment longer before letting out a sigh, returned Heliolisk and he walked to Ash who was thanking Samurott and returning him "Well that was fast" He commented laughing dryly.
"I'll get to the point Clemont, what do your Pokémon do while you make your inventions?" Ash asked directly, wanting to avoid the discomfort of the situation.
"Well, they walk around the gym, sometimes they help me with some inventions and other times the inventions are for them" Clemont answered and started to get a little angry, Was Ash implying that he did not pay the necessary attention to his Pokémon?
"Relax Clemont, I do not want to criticize you, although I do want to make it clear that the machines do not give the same result as the joint effort of Trainer and Pokémon, but everyone has their method" Ash began and took a breath "But that's not what I want to give you to understand, my point is this, you are not taking advantage of your Pokémon's potential and if you did and you invested some time in becoming a more powerful Gym Leader then the novice Trainers will not dare to come and you will have more time to make more inventions, while those that do come will be powerful and will keep your Pokémon with challenges, basically a system like what you thought of the 4 medals but without getting into trouble and being more natural"
Clemont's brain took a few seconds to process this and when he finished he did the most natural thing, he facepalmed and groaned.
Hotel Richissime
Serena walked nervously behind Ash, after the battle was over and they said goodbye to the blond brothers, Ash told her that it was too late to leave the city, so he kindly offered to pay for her hotel room, Serena knew they would sleep in separate rooms, but even so, the idea of the two of them going into a hotel together turned her face red.
Meanwhile Ash made sure to keep his Aura under control, he did not want to imagine how intense it would feel if he let his Aura touch Serena right now, if Serena's red face was any indication, maybe it would be too much for his mind and would end up doing some nonsense. So as soon as he received Serena's room key, he gave it to her and ran to his own room. When he entered his room and closed the door behind him he remembered that he had to breathe. He felt Pikachu jump out of his shoulder but ignored him in favor of catching his breath.
He looked up and met James, who was eating a whole cake on his own "Don't say anything to Jessie and I will not mention that you arrived sighing and with a red face" James said this after swallowing a big mouthful of cake, to which Ash quickly nodded and went to the couch to rest.
"How are the preparations for the search? It seems that I will have to leave sooner than expected, so after tomorrow you are on your own" Ash said this but he didn't take his eyes off the ceiling.
"Certainly we could finish for tomorrow, the only thing we still need is the examination of the internal material of the stones and how they adapt the power to fit the auras of a Pokemon in specific ... that's something that Bill and Mewtwo could do on New Island when we have our own stones, by the way, you should notify Mewtwo of this, so he can prepare the Pokémon you selected to accompany Kidd" James replied as he continued to eat his cake, after looking at Ash he asked "Do you want to talk about the new girl? It seems that you act differently with her"
Ash groaned loudly "Let me guess, Pikachu told Mewten and he decided that this new information should be for public use" Ash said this while covering his face with his hands, he did not want to imagine everything that the others would bother him with this.
"As far as I know, he only told me" James calmly answered.
"That's weird" Ash began, now looking directly at James "Why would he tell you?" Ash was aware that Mewten would never completely trust former Team Rocket members, so why would he tell James specifically?
"He asked me to give you sex tips" James answered with a totally blank expression.
Ash stared at James for what seemed like an hour (it was only 3 minutes) before saying "This conversation never happened" and with that he went to sleep.
James just shrugged "At some point you will understand why so much fuss with the theme of sex" James told anyone in specific since Ash was already asleep (or ignoring him) 'I should finish the cake fast, it's almost time for the girls to return… where the hell is Meowth?'
Professor Sycamore's laboratory (Morning of the next day)
Ash wasn't sure how he should feel about how easy it was to convince Serena to go again with Prof. Sycamore, maybe she had so much confidence in herself that she believed that she could easily win medals and that it would not take long for her, or did it matter to her more to be with Ash than to compete in the league? 'Wait, Serena wants to compete in the league or in contests?' He had not even asked her that, almost everything they had talked about had been Ash's.
'I will ask her when we are on the way, for now I have to calm my soul to be able to feel properly the process of mega-evolution' Ash thought as he and Serena walked silently to the lab.
Upon entering the laboratory they met with Prof. Sycamore who was already waiting for them
"Good morning, I was waiting for you" After saying this, Prof. Sycamore turned around and made a motion to follow him "I will miss your help Ash, my research moved much faster with you here" After saying this, Prof. Sycamore gave Ash a conspiratorial wink.
Ash wanted to roll his eyes, it seemed that only Prof. Oak and Prof. Rowan were really good at secrets (maybe it was because they were older). In a few moments they were in the laboratory courtyard, where Sophie was giving some berries to Garchomp who was already equipped with his megastone.
"Well I know you want to leave the city early so we'll do this fast, Garchomp are you ready?" Sycamore asked his Pokémon, ""gave a "Gaar" and a nod in response, Prof. Sycamore raised his Key Stone "Okay, Garchomp Mega Evolution!"
Arcs of energy started to leave the stones that have Garchomp and Prof. Sycamore, these arcs joined and then the stone of the Pokémon absorbs them and after a few seconds they seemed to mix in a single energy, this energy went to the Garchomp mega stone and Garchomp started to shine and change its shape, after a moment where Garchomp was before, there was Mega-Garchomp who was observing his New appearance.
The most remarkable things about his change is that the color of his body became a lighter blue, the blades that used to join his claws have been transformed into two scythes and his knees grew a pair of red spikes, but despite how intimidating the Pokémon now looked (even more) and that Pikachu was now in front of Mega-Garchomp as if he was measuring him (which was making Serena and Prof. Sycamore nervous), Ash was focused on something else.
'Our assumptions were correct, it is Aura the energy that makes the Mega Evolution, the stones act as catalysts, regulators and temporary vessels for the Aura of the Pokémon and the Trainer, if we take into account that there are Pokémon that do not need a Trainer to Mega evolve we can assume that the bond between a Trainer and his Pokémon only serves to facilitate the synchronization of their Auras and that the Aura of the Trainer can be substituted. Now that we have an idea of the mechanism the next step will be the experimentation with the process, but for that we need the stones first...'
After thanking Professor Sycamore for his kindness these days Ash called Pikachu and Serena, they were leaving the laboratory, when at the entrance waiting for them was a small blue frog with bubbles in the chest and back, the little frog then approached Ash.
Ash just smiled, crouched, took out a Pókeball and greeted with a smile the next member of his family "Hello Froakie, did you decide?" Froakie nodded with a "Fro" and he touched the front button of the Pokeball, the Pokéball captured him instantly. Ash got up and turned to see Serena who was seeing him weird "What?" Ash questioned bluntly.
"Who was that Pokémon Ash?" Serena asked and Prof. Sycamore who had been silent was also interested in knowing if that was The Froakie.
"Let's say it's a Pokémon that was watching me and I guess he decided that I was a worthy Trainer for him" Ash answered with an innocent smile.
Whatever was going to be Serena's response was interrupted by the laughter of Prof. Sycamore
"Hahahahaha Quite so! Hahahaha" Professor Sycamore continued to laugh, Ash and Serena shared looks of confusion, when Prof. recovered from laughter, he kept talking with a smile and a warm tone of voice "Very well young trainers, I wish you luck on your trip to both, I'm sure I'll hear from you soon" he turned to the laboratory "And remember to always use protection!" And he continued laughing from inside the laboratory, leaving two young people with a red face of embarrassment and a yellow rodent on the floor dying of laughter.
This is how they start their journey
Pikachu in Kalos 2
Pikachu carefully analyzed the first lady in Kalos who fell for Ash, he had to admit that it was quite nice, if perhaps too obvious with his affection for Ash, but if someone needs a girl like that it is Ash, the boy has a way in which he can feel the emotions of others and even then it takes time in realizing the women who want him as a couple!
Delia's call was too convenient and if his eyes do not fail him Prof. Sycamore was recording them… Mewtwo was right that woman is scary, Pikachu just thanked Arceus that Delia was focusing on Ash, because Ash's Pokémon already have enough with Pidgeot, Blissey, Dragonite, Meganium and Miltank, FFS! Blissey was much younger than him and yet she treated him like a child who behaved badly!
….
So she was a childhood friend (kinda), poor girl thought that Ash would remember her, pfft the boy has the memory of a Magikarp for things that do not have to do with Pokémon, has improved the last two years but still! Well, at least Pikachu is sure that Ash would never forget a Pokémon!
'The girl sure is easy to read, Ash could realize or this will take more days? Oh oh! He is realizing!... It's so hard to hold back laughter! Do not laugh! If Ash hears me laugh it will be more days without Ketchup, I must escape!'
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'Okay, here comes Ash, Pikachu you are innocent you did not commit any crime, you act natural and he will not notice' …"Chaaa"… 'Perfect! I am an unprecedented actor! Give me a damn prize! (Let it be in Ketchup please)'
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Pikachu enjoyed the attention after throwing the door and defeat that weak robot, what he did not like is how the girl started to see him after that, and to make it worse Ash the idiot almost tells her one of his weaknesses! Of course Pikachu would give him a little shock to prevent his foolishness, or would have been small if he had not deconcentrated with the noise he heard in the ventilation ducts. Ooops.
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After Ash arrived at his room Pikachu left in search of the small spy, he knew that he followed them to the hotel so he could not be far, on the way he met Meowth with some roses, now who he fell in love with? No matter, with the spy found he set out to expose his case kindly.
The story of the frog was not entirely strange, but what bothered Pikachu was that this was the starter water Pokémon, the damn fool Blastoise won again the bet of the starters!
A/N:
Tail = Iron tail
Speed tail = Iron tail + Extreme Speed
Lightning Rod = Pikachu hidden ability
Double Down = Double Team + Dig
Ice razor = Razor Shell + Ice Beam
Well, this is another chapter, I hope you enjoyed it, my computer did some weird things with this document, so if you see strange things tell me.
What did you think of the short battle scene?