AN: Hi everyone.

K: Hi.

SV: In case you're wondering where our energy went, there are two answers. The first is New Beginnings, since that's come to a close.

K: The second is Trixie. Pixie was involved as well, but it was predominantly Trixie.

SV: So instead of giving you all this super unenergetic commentary, let's rock.

Chapter 22.

*Later.*

"Alright, I think we're set." Ash said, standing in front of the two teams.

"I'd say so." Mia added. "Though Flutters and Dart don't seem to think so." She pointed over at the two.

"They're still working on trying to evolve." Ash grinned. "I think they want to help out with the gym."

'Have you chosen yet?'

'Well, the plan was Sarie and Bolt, since Scyther is naturally better than Butterfree stat wise, but I might need to use Flutter anyway, given the amount of effort they're putting in.'

'I think I'll use Dart anyway, and obviously Crimson. I think Arch should sit this one out, since the gym's indoors so it'll be hard for him to fly.'

'Are you going to tell him?'

'Nope, don't want to ruin his motivation.'

'You are evil sometimes.'

'Been living with it for a few billion years, talk to the tail.'

'How flattering.' Mia snorted at Ash's comment.

"Think we should bring them back now?" She said instead.

"Probably." Ash glanced to his right. "I'd like to get some sleep before the battle."

"Alright then." Mia grinned. 'Gather up folks! Time to get outta here!'

'Ok Mia!' They called back. The as of yet small group gathered around around the two.

'What's up?' Bolt, as the impromptu co-captain of the group, asked.

"Well, we need to get going. It's getting kinda late, and we'll need to rest before tomorrow." Ash told them.

"Also, in case you hadn't noticed, the worldlet is still broken, so it'll likely be evolution time for you again when we leave." Mia continued, directed at Flutter and Dart.

'Great!' Dart hopped slightly. 'Finally we'll be able to move again!'

"Yeah, we've been taking the training slow, so that you don't get too powerful too quickly." Mia grinned. "Now, we need to talk about the teams for tomorrow's battle."

'Right.' Crimson, the other co-captain, replied.

"Crimson, you're in. Dart, you'll be the other." She stated. "Arch, I chose not to use you since this is a Rock gym, and indoors, which would restrict your flying abilities, so you'd have problems."

'Alright.' He nodded. 'I see your point. I wish you'd have told me beforehand, though.'

"Well, I didn't want to spoil your motivation to train." She replied.

"And for me, Bolt's in. The only issue is that both of you are four times weak to Rock, so I don't know who to pick." Ash added, talking to his team. "So, my question is do either of you not want to battle?"

'If you don't mind, I'd like to sit this one out.' Sarie said quietly. 'I'm not all that good at fighting, so I'd rather stay out.'

'Well, I'm good to fight.' Flutter cheered. 'I'll do my best to help you win.'

"Well, that was sorted rather easily." Ash smiled. "Now, let's get out of here, let you two evolve, and get some rest before tomorrow." Mia nodded, before teleporting them out and dismissing the worldlet in a single motion. Both of the smaller Bug types glowed in evolution, which soon faded to leave a Butterfree and Beedrill floating there.

'Wooohooo!' Dart yelled, flying in circles. 'We can finally move again!'

'It is good to be out of that shell.' Flutter agreed, living up to his name as he fluttered over to Ash.

"I'm glad you're happy." Mia smiled.

"Yeah, and I hope you enjoy flying. It was awesome when I first started." Ash grinned at the memory.

'Technically, you guys levitate, not fly.' Arch shrugged. 'It's close enough.'

"True. And hey, once I pick up how to use Transform, there will be flight trips for fun." Ash assured him.

'Well, that's something I can certainly agree with.' Arch nodded his approval. 'Though I assume we may be acting as flyers for those in our team that can't fly?'

"Most likely." Mia nodded. "At least, until I can figure out a good way to none permanently transform other Pokemon in a way that won't disable itself after ten minutes."

'But aren't you like, god?' Sarie asked quietly. 'Can't you do that anyway?'

"I could, once, but I rarely used it for millennia, so it's all sorta faded with the time." Mia shrugged. "I don't plan on testing it on you guys until I know I can reverse it completely. Thank me that humans aren't as finicky to deal with."

'Really? How come?' Bolt asked.

"And did you just use 'thank me' as an oath?" Ash added.

"Well, I can't exactly say 'thank Mew', can I?" She replied. "And for you, Bolt, it's because normal humans aren't as inherently powered as Pokemon, so I can transform them without having any existing stuff fight me. Like trying to change you would be harder than trying to change Misty, because you have a natural aura type from being a Pokemon that makes it hard to change you into another Pokemon. You to a human's slightly easier, since humans don't have the aura, so it's not a fight to make that aura type a different one."

'That's… confusing.' He admitted.

"Well, I'm simplifying a lot. But you don't need to worry about it, since I don't plan to go and transform you guys."

'Well, that's good.' Crimson decided firmly. 'Now, let's head back, eh?'

"Sure. Everyone, return." Mia held up two Pokeballs, and Ash followed. "You want to go back as well Crimson?"

'Sure, why not.' She stretched and yawned. 'Try not to do something stupid while I'm gone.'

"We won't." Mia giggled, returning her as well.

'Well, no Pokeball for me.' Bolt shook his head. 'I'm staying up here, thanks.'

"Alright then." Ash patted him on the head. "Let's get back to the centre and drop them all off, then head to sleep?"

"Good plan. Let's hope for the best in that battle tomorrow, eh?"

*The next morning.*

Ash stretched as he woke up, and abruptly realised he'd transformed in his sleep.

Oops. He floated off the bed and transformed back, being careful to stay quiet.

'Hey Ash.' Bolt yawned. 'Good night?'

"Well, I accidentally swapped again."

'Really? I didn't think you could do that.' He sat up, blinking.

"Yeah, I can. I can stop it if I put extra power into it, but I forgot to last night."

'Huh.' Bolt thought for a second, then shrugged. 'You should probably try not to do that anymore.'

"No, really?" Ash replied sarcastically. "I thought it'd be a good idea to let myself transform overnight and risk letting anyone learn about it."

'Haha, very funny, Child of Mew.' He shook his head, then grinned. 'Gym battle today, yeah?'

"I thought I told you not to call me that." Ash said, feigning irritation. "And yeah, it is."

'Good. Hopefully that practise will turn out useful.'

"Well, how many other trainers can say that to prepare for fighting a Rock type gym, they did practise battles against a Regirock?" He grinned. "You can head down and see if Mia's up, if you want. I'll join you both in a minute."

'Sure.' Bolt yawned as he ran out the door. He bounced down the steps, and nearly ran into Crimson coming the other way. 'Oh, hi Crimson. What's up?'

'I was coming to see if you guys were up yet.'

'Ash'll be down in a minute. I assume Mia's up then?'

'Naturally.' The two walked down together. 'She's used to waking up early, of course.'

'I guess so. I mean, she's had ages to get used to it.'

'I think it had something to do with her job too.' Crimson guessed. 'I mean, it doesn't seem like an easy task.'

'It wasn't.' Both Pokemon jumped slightly as Mia's voice popped into their heads.

'Huh? You heard?' Bolt asked, looking around.

'Yeah, I did. But no, it wasn't an easy job at first. After that original part, though, I had plenty of time.'

'I never really thought of that.' Crimson said.

'I guess that does make sense, though.' Bolt replied.

'I hope so.' Mia walked around the corner as they reached the bottom of the stairs. "Is Ash coming?"

'He'll be here in a second.' Bolt told her.

"Right now, you mean." Ash corrected, appearing at the top of the stairs.

'I guess so.' Bolt laughed.

"All ready for the fight?" He asked Mia.

"Should be. We've just got to wait for Misty to get down, then we'll head over there."

'Why?' Crimson asked, looking up.

"She wants to watch the battle." She said.

"So, beat this gym, then on to the next one?"

"Yep." Any further conversation was interrupted by the appearance of the Water type trainer.

"Hi guys." Misty waved.

"Hi Misty." Mia smiled back.

"I guess you're all ready for the gym battle then?"

"Yep." Ash replied, Bolt jumping up to his shoulder. "We picked the teams last night after the extra training segment."

"Neat. Who's up? I'm pretty sure most your teams are weak to Rock types, yeah?"

"Yeah, but oh well." Mia shrugged. "Anyway, I'm going with Crimson and Dart."

"Bolt and Flutter for me." Ash added, patting the Pikachu on the head.

"Well, this'll be fun." She said, heading for the door. "I hope you've got a plan."

Chapter 23.

Ash and Mia walked into the gym, their two starters trailing behind. Misty followed, going straight for the sidelines.

'By the way, you want to go first or second?' Ash asked. 'We never really decided.'

'I'll go first, if you don't mind.' Mia answered.

'Sure. Best of luck.' Ash walked nearer to the sidelines as well.

"Welcome!" The gym leader, Brock, said. "Here for the challenge, I assume?"

"Yes I am. It's me and my cousin." Mia replied. "I'm going first."

"Well, I think I've got a few spare teams I can use for you. Ready?"

"Sure I am!" Mia grinned, and gestured for Crimson to take the field.

"A Fire type? Heh, you can't hope to win with that!" Brock laughed. "Geodude, go!"

'Let's rock!' He announced.

'Bad pun.' Crimson rolled her eyes.

"Smokescreen!" Mia yelled, starting the battle.

"Geodude, take advantage of this with Rock Polish!"

'Dang it.' Crimson muttered. 'Mia, why'd you do this? I can't see much either.'

"Don't panic Crimson, use Ember, wide circle!" The Charmander took a moment to parse the instructions, then made a wide ring of fire around her. A startled shout told her she'd hit something, and she focused the stream onto where she'd heard it.

"Geodude, Rollout!"

"He's moving again! Try and track him!"

'He's moving? I didn't realise.' She rolled her eyes, cutting off her attack and looking around blindly for a minute, searching for the Rock type. She heard something roll, and whirled her tail around to make an Ember behind her. Another shout told her she'd landed a hit, and she spun, using Scratch to hit him again.

"Defence Curl and Rollout!"

"Use Ember to blast him away, then Smokescreen again!"

'I have no idea what this plan is!' Geodude shouted, rolling away from the Ember attack.

'Not surprised, I don't either. I think it's a genetic trait in my trainer, she just does weird things sometimes.' Crimson replied, looking around. The Rock Pokemon had escaped into the smoke while she was refilling it, so now she had to rely on getting lucky.

"Crimson, left!" Trusting the disguised Pokemon, she blindly swung out left of her, and blinked when she caught Geodude with her claws, batting him away.

"How did you know where he was?" Brock asked, thrown.

"Guesswork!" Mia replied cheerfully, before shouting. "He's behind you, Ember!" She spun again, and managed to catch the Rock again. "Now, charge!" She lunged forwards, hitting Geodude with a barrage of Scratches.

'Ouch.' He said, before fainting. Both trainers waited a few seconds.

"I think he's out." Brock volunteered.

"So do I. Should I get rid of the smoke?" Mia asked.

"If you can, yeah." Crimson ran back to her trainer, as Arch was called out and used Gust to blow away the rest. "Geodude, return." Brock smiled at Mia. "Well, you've certainly impressed me with that Charmander of yours. Let's see how you handle this! Onix!"

'Ready to go!'

"Crimson, take a rest. Dart, let's go!"

'Right!' The little bug flew forwards, a determined expression on his face.

"Ok." Brock blinked. "Was your plan to use only Pokemon that are weak to me?"

"Sort of. Dart, Focus Energy and Fury Attack!"

'Heck yeah!'

"Curse then Rock Throw!"

"Watch out!"

'Waaayyyy ahead of you there!' He yelled back, dodging around the falling rocks and poking Onix with his stingers.

"Rock Throw again!"

"Back and use Focus Energy again!"

'What the heck is the plan here?' Onix asked.

'That's a good question.' Dart replied. 'I've got no idea.'

'Didn't you work something out?'

'Nope.'

"Dart, charge and Fury Attack!"

'I'm sensing a theme here.' He muttered, flying around Onix and hitting him repeatedly.

"Tackle!"

"Dodge back and use String Shot to slow him down!"

'I now see where this is going.' Onix groaned. 'And I don't like it. Can we go back to that last pattern please?'

'Nope.' Dart said, finishing wrapping him up in string.

"Fury Attack! Finish him off!"

'Sure thing boss.' Dart rolled his eyes as he went back to Fury Attack. 'This'll only take the better end of a year.'

Despite his sarcasm, it was only a minute later that Onix collapsed.

"Return." Dart flew over to Mia as Brock returned his Onix. "I must say, that was a surprise. I didn't expect that to happen."

"Dart's pretty good, and Crimson's more powerful than you'd expect." Mia smiled, patting both Pokemon on the head. "Come on back, by the way." Dart waved to them both, and Crimson went over to the stands.

"Well, here's the Boulder Badge." Brock handed over the badge, and sighed. "I'll just go and swap my team out, and then we'll be ready for your challenge." Ash swapped places with Mia as the leader went into another room.

'Good job.' He sent.

'Thanks. Good luck for you.'

'Am I first?' Bolt asked, looking up at Ash.

'Nope, Flutter first. One each, and I'd like to see what these spare Pokemon are first.'

'Ok.' Brock walked back into the room, and Ash readied Flutter's Pokeball.

"Ready for your go?"

"Yeah." Ash nodded.

"Very well. Omanyte, go!"

"Flutter, let's begin!"

'Right Ash!' The Butterfree said, floating above the ground, just out of reach of Omanyte.

"Omanyte, use Water Gun!"

"Dodge it and use Confusion!"

"Be careful Omanyte!"

"Try knocking it around with Gust!"

'Is there actually a plan to this?' Bolt asked rhetorically.

'Yes there is. I'll get to it.' Ash replied, one eye on the battlefield. "Gust and Confusion!" 'Distraction tactics!'

'Right!' The small butterfly started beating his wings frantically, and his eyes were glowing a bright pink. The result was a small tornado that Omanyte was unable to escape from, being held up psychically as it formed, unable to move as the tornado formed. Caught in the centre of the windstorm, Omanyte struggled against the psychic grip of Flutter, but that was something they'd dealt with before.

Since Butterfree weren't naturally Psychic type, moves like Confusion and Psychic were much weaker than they could be, even for the most powerful of the species. And, as a Mew, both Mia and Ash were very powerful Psychics. So, as a project, they'd done a bit of special training with Flutter's Confusion attack to make it as strong as it could be after about two hours work. Because of this, the Confusion attack was able to hold the Omanyte in place.

"Omanyte!" Brock called out desperately. "Try using Water Gun to disrupt the Butterfree's concentration!"

"Flutter! Try firing a Sleep Powder into the tornado!" Ash replied. "Do your best to hold everything together, but if you need to drop the Confusion, go ahead! Keep up the tornado!"

'I'll do my best!' He managed. The Bug type started flapping his wings even more rapidly, and a fine green dust twirled around him, before being caught on the whirling winds and dragged towards the struggling Rock type. Flutter managed to sustain all three attacks for a few moments, then winced, his eyes losing the pink glow and finally releasing Omanyte. Now free from the Bug's grasp and being thrown around the tornado, the fossil Pokemon struggled to aim in order to knock Flutter out, firing Water Gun's in a vain attempt to hit. It's wasn't completely in vain, however; one of the attacks hit Flutter in the right wing, making it too damp to fly. He dropped like a stone, his left wing flapping desperately to try and send more of the Sleep Powder over to the still trapped Pokemon, who was starting to feel its effects.

"Flutter!" Ash yelled. "Are you ok?"

'Sure am!' He shouted back.

"Right. Keep releasing the Sleep Powder, but use Confusion instead! The tornado's not lasting!"

'I've got ya!' The small butterfly focused again, his eyes taking on the pink tint again, taking over holding Omanyte in place for the Sleep Powder as the tornado fell apart. Finally, after a few seconds of struggling, Omanyte fell asleep, slumping over in Flutter's psychic grip.

"Good job! Keep up the Confusion!" Ash commanded, getting Omanyte thrown around the room until it finally fainted. Flutter finally released his hold, slumping over in exhaustion at maintaining all three attacks for so long. Bolt ran out onto the field and caught him, offering support.

'That was awesome.' He stated.

'Heh… Glad you liked it.' Flutter panted.

"It was cool Flutter. Good job." Ash walked over to them, and patted the butterfly on the head. "Get some rest, ok?"

'Thanks.' He nodded his head in agreement, then disappeared in a red flash of light as he was returned.

'I'm next, right?' Bolt asked, as they walked back.

"Good job." Brock congratulated them, stopping Ash from replying. "I didn't expect that from a Butterfree, but given what your cousin pulled off, I really shouldn't be surprised."

"Thanks." Ash smiled. "Bolt, you're up now!"

"Kabuto, go!" The small Rock-Water type clicked, focusing on Bolt, who ran into the arena.

'Right. Plan?' He asked, glancing back.

"Quick Attack!" Ash told him.

"Kabuto, use Mud Shot to keep him away!" Brock countered. The little fossil clicked affirmative, and fired a blast of mud towards Bolt. Still on the ground with his speed heightened from Quick Attack, Bolt simply flipped out of the way before continuing his run towards the opponent. Just moments before Bolt reached his target, Brock called out another command. "Harden!" Knocking head first into the now even harder shell, Bolt knocked the shelled Pokemon out of the way, flipping upside down.

"Bolt, Thundershock!" Ash called. "Hit him while he's stuck!"

'Good idea.' Bolt replied, somewhat woozily, and fired out a widespread blast of electricity, frying his opponent.

"Kabuto! Try and flip over, then use Mud Shot!" Brock retaliated.

"Dodge with Quick Attack, then Thundershock again and charge!" Bolt started to follow the chain of attacks, avoiding the mud with less grace than before, then charged forwards, a Thundershock attack crackling around him. The electric mouse ran into the shellfish again, who was still firing Mud Shots towards him, most of which luckily missed. However, instead of releasing the Thundershock before hitting him like Ash had meant for him to do, he crashed into Kabuto still cloaked in electricity. This caused a rather large explosion, and Ash winced. "That wasn't quite what I meant..." He muttered. The small amount of dust that had been kicked up settled, leaving Kabuto knocked out upside down, and Bolt panting from using so much power in one attack.

"Kabuto, return." Brock pulled the fried Rock-Water type back, and smiled. "Well done. That was an exceptional use of control over electricity."

"Thanks." Ash replied, walking onto the field and picking up Bolt. "It was more explosive than I'd expected, honestly, but it worked."

'Thanks.' Bolt added woozily. 'Let's not do it again, please?' Crimson hopped down from the stands and laughed.

'Quiet down little Bolt.' She grinned. 'It was a pretty spectacular explosion.'

'Thanks for the complement. Now, I just want to sleep. Can I do that, you think?' Bolt sighed, looking down at the other starter.

'Hope so. It wouldn't do to have a sleepy partner.' Crimson responded, chuckling. While this small exchange had been going on, Brock had handed Ash the Boulder Badge, and both Mia and Misty had come down to join them.

"Nice job Ash." Misty smiled. "I wasn't expecting that!"

"Neither was I." Mia laughed. "I honestly think that improvisation is a genetic trait. I certainly can quite well, and you've seen what Ash can do."

"It was especially impressive. A great performance from both of you." Brock congratulated.

"Thanks." Ash replied. "Where to next, Mia?"

"Cerulean City." She sighed, shaking her head. "I swear, you could make some effort to remember this stuff."

"But I'm no good with organising." Ash argued. "You know this."

"True." Mia grinned, lifting Crimson up in her arms. "Let's get these four to the Pokemon Centre, then I'll see if I can knock some semblance of a plan into your head." The three trainers all laughed at that, walking out of the building towards the Centre. Brock lingered a few moments, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

The group now all stood at the outskirts of the town. Misty had a worried expression on her face, while the other four just looked slightly exasperated.

"Misty, what's up with you? You weren't this worried when it came to the forest. I thought you loved Water types." Mia sighed.

"Y… yeah, but…" Misty stuttered.

"So what's the problem? Even if there wasn't a gym there, we'd need to stop and resupply, so come on!" Ash finished his 'cousin's statement, and started towards Mount Moon, the giant mountain that lay between them and Cerulean. Mia was behind him, and Misty trailed behind them.

'Hey Ash, slow down a sec.'

'What? Why?' He asked, lowering his pace as requested.

'Cause in about ten seconds, we're going to be getting into an event. And I want to see it.'

'An event? What kind?'

'Don't worry about that. Just pick wisely~.' Mia ended on a singsong note, and Ash sighed slightly.

'Mom, I thought you'd gotten better over time, not worse.' Luckily, for both Mew's involved, Misty interrupted the upcoming argument with a surprised statement.

"Hey, isn't that Brock?" She asked, pointing. Ash turned and squinted, then nodded.

"Yeah, it is. What's he doing here?"

"Not a clue, but I think we'll find out soon."

'Liar.' He shot to his 'cousin', who smirked.

'Of course I am dear. Don't need to show off, after all.' Crimson chuckled from her arms, and she looked down, before setting her down at the side of the road and kneeling next to her.

'Sure, leave this to me…' Ash rolled his eyes.

"Hey Brock!" Misty waved to him. "What's the problem?" He stopped next to them, taking a moment to catch his breath, then spoke.

"Mind if I come with you guys?" Ash and Bolt blinked, surprised, while Mia just grinned and Misty just tilted her head.

"What? Why? And don't you have a gym to run?"

"My dad's taking over that. And I've always wanted to be a breeder over a trainer, so I was thinking I could come with you guys."

'Is this what Mia was talking about?' Bolt asked.

'Yep.' Was the simple reply from the girl.

"Well, I don't have a reason to complain." Ash stated. "What about you two?"

"Sure!" Misty said cheerfully. "I'm fine with that."

"Same here." Mia added, picking up Crimson and walking over again. "It'll be nice to have more friends for the road."

'Yeah!' Both of the little Pokemon chorused.

'This'll be fun!' Bolt added, enthusiastic.

'Only issue is not letting the Pokemon thing slip.' Crimson continued, not as happily.

"Well, welcome aboard!" Mia grinned.

"Thanks." Brock looked slightly startled at being accepted so quickly, but shook it off. "Where to first?"

"We're heading through Mount Moon to Cerulean." Ash told him, nodding in the direction of the aforementioned city.

"Great! Let's go." The now expanded group started off again, with the two Pokemon rattling off at each other. Ash shut them out, smiling at their childish argument.

It felt like nothing could possibly go wrong.

Once again, a dark beast laughed. It was a cruel thing, pitiless, and seemed heavier than steel.

'Silly creature.' It laughed, flapping a great wing and dispelling a cloud of purple fog. 'This it grand! It doesn't know anything!' The beast laughed, and attempted to mimic the lilting tune Mew's voice carried. '"Nothing can possibly go wrong!" Hahaha!' It growled, and leapt off the semisolid… thing, it sat on, with a huge beat of the enormous wings. 'Good luck little Mew, and her darling child too. You'll need it more than ever. But first, enjoy your ridiculous 'peace'. Since it sure as the Distortion World won't last when I get my claws on you.' The beast flew, heading straight up, though the world around it showed no indication of motion. It laughed again, then vanished into a deep bank of fog that suddenly appeared, swallowing the creature and leaving behind no trace.

AN: And done!

K: It only took two months.

SV: Bit longer, honestly. But we shouldn't leave the readers waiting for the explanation.

K: Right. Since it's about 80% your fault, I'm going to get coffee or something.

SV: Neat. Grab me a hot chocolate, ok? *Waits until the door closes with a small slam.* Right, explanation time! In a list, so it's easier to read for all of you.

1: New beginnings. With that ending, I've started on the second arc. This, obviously, takes time. I'm mostly working alone, and a lot of the time measurements I use for the plot comes from a four year old timeline, which is pretty vague. As such, it's been taking a higher priority.

2: Guardians of Power. This one also got hit by the New beginnings end thing, but less, since I actually had chapters stocked up and ready. It's a little behind too, but that's ok. As it is, though, I'm working more on that than this.

3: Length. Child of Mew is not, surprisingly, all that long. It's ok, but most of that comes from bad planning, like five chapters of exposition before anything happened. On the other hand, the others are actually long. So, those two naturally take priority over this one, simply because otherwise those will literally take years to finish.

4: Enjoyment. This is sorta odd. I like writing Child of Mew, and I have some- hopefully- cool stuff planned. It's just that I don't wanna write the gym battles. To explain why, I'll use Brock for an example. For New beginnings, I wrote the battle twice; once for my OC Alex, and once for Ash. Then in a currently unuploaded chapter of Guardians of Power, I did it once for Ashley. Now, I've just done it twice here. That's five times I've done one battle. I probably shouldn't complain, but most the upcoming gyms are going to take that to six, as I also wrote my OC Leo's battle against Misty and the rest for New beginnings. The main issue is that I don't want to write most the filler stuff, but the good bit doesn't happen otherwise.

*Sigh* Right, rant over. I'll do my best to keep writing, but Child of Mew is likely going to slow down for a while, since like I said, the others will take forever otherwise. So, sorry about that. Anyway, Ki probably won't be back for this, so I'll do it alone. In about a day, I'm closing the pole. Until then, I'll have the results viewable, so you can see how it is. So, in about a day from upload, I'll end the pole. If an Alolan Pokemon ends up winning, I'll make a shortlist of ideas with Ki and we'll put the next one up. And since I've been asked, yes, the Pokemon will be Ash's. Should've mentioned that before, but whoops! Anyway, I think that's everything, so I'll see you next time, with the pole results and maybe the next pole too. Bye!