Ash And The Missions Of Arceus
Zalora: Hey ho! I'm back again for another chapter and I have to say thanks to everyone that has left reviews, they've helped me make decisions about where this fanfiction will head. I'm beginning to write this the day after my previous upload because I have a few hours to get half of my new chapter on paper. And thanks everyone that has read this! I only have 2 chapters and I already have 700 views, my last chapter jumping 357 views in 1 day. Anyway, time to address a few things.
First of all, two guest reviews helped me decide Daisy's place in the fanfiction, she will be the first member of Ash's harem as well as one of the main push factors for Ash's growth in maturity, however she won't know about Ash's aura prowess just yet. Thanks Guest and brtnvm.
Speaking of Ash's harem, there was a complaint about Serena being in Ash's harem so I'll quickly address that. I know where you're coming from Chris Ketchum as her constant reliance on Ash wasn't very progressive and didn't really add much story wise, which is why I'm going to make Serena a much more independent and competitive character, not only for Ash but in her daily life too. I too disliked her character progression a bit but I liked her original concept as a childhood friend who received help, however, the 'help' Ash gave her was nowhere near what I would consider necessary for a crush that lasts years with him constantly on her mind, which is why I'll make the event where they meet in their childhood much more…. eventful, which is why I'm including her in my story, with changes to make her a better character of course.
The current participants in the harem are: Daisy, Cynthia, Sabrina, Anabel and Serena. If there are any suggestions excluding the other main travel participant girls and girls that have duties to their town or legendary/mythical Pokémon. Rubius has offered two ideas, and while Iris won't be in the harem, Clair was an interesting idea and due to her being in Johto and having connections to Lance it would be simple to add her into the story and maybe make her a harem participant, however I'll leave it up to the readers. So far we have 1 in favour and 0 against, leave a review if you want to state your opinion on her being included. I won't be using the poll feature yet because I have no clue how and I'd rather wait until my story gets a little larger, but for now the tally is 1 for and 0 against.
To answer another Guest's question, while I do plan to do limes in this fanfiction it will have to wait a while because I plan to have Ash and Daisy to start when Ash is 12 and Daisy is 14, with Gary starting at the same time but travelling separately. However, I won't have them age 1 year per region since that'll take too long, they'll be banging by 16 and Ash will be 16 somewhere in the Johto region journey. Because of the blurry line with lemons in I'll write the lemons in a separate fanfiction story. So for every lime in the story you can expect a lemon to appear in the separate story base within 2 to 3 weeks.
To answer Andrew, another Guest, who had multiple questions, I'll write a bit more. Ash will nickname all his Pokémon but thank you for the suggestion of a list of all Pokémon used in the chapter and their nicknames, it'll help the readers a lot if they are a bit confused so thanks! The Lucario in the last chapter was female and the Riolu in this chapter is a surprise, but you'll find out soon enough. And lastly, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DAISY AND ASH BEING A MUM AND DAD TO RIOLU. That idea cracked me up so I will definitely implement that amazing idea into the story, thanks again Andrew for the feedback, it's given me both story ideas and way to improve my story for the readers so thanks mate!
To answer insanity's questions, another Guest, Ash's dad will be explained later on in the story, Professor Oak was holding her hand for support in the father's place and Mew is a pink cat for reasons.
Thank you GA Pokemon fan for the positive comments!
Anyway, after that excessively long authors note, let's get right into the story!
Btw I don't own Pokémon.
"Human speech"
"Pokéspeech"
"Telepathy and aura"
Chapter 3: I'm a dad?
In the Pokémon Laboratory:
After the search for Ash that had taken place a few minutes prior, the 6 participants stared down the young 6 year old boy who held an egg in his arms. At the moment, everyone was both relieved and confused at how the young boy had managed to take a half an hour nap while being able to block out everyone's yells while sleeping.
"So Ash, would you care to explain how you ended up sleeping with a Pokémon egg in your clutches?" Professor Oak asked calmly, analysing the Pokémon egg that sat inside the incubator the professor brought from deeper in the lab, curious on where such a young boy could procure such a rare specimen such as this egg of unknown origin.
"Well before I fell asleep, I was hiding from Gary so he'd have to admit he was wrong about Daisy before I-" Ash attempted to explain his situation to the Pokémon professor looking down on him with an unusually interested expression on his face.
"And then Ashy Boy here fell asleep, totally disregarding our game knowing that he couldn't have possibly beat me." Gary interrupted Ash's explanation, with a cocky expression plastered onto his face.
"But Gary, A-Ash won, and y-your explanation s-still d-doesn't explain the e-egg, it c-couldn't have just appeared." Daisy stammered, still remembering how she totally embarrassed herself in front of Ash a few moments ago, her face beet red.
"Actually Daisy, I don't really know how the egg got into the ri-" Ash tried to once again explain the circumstances behind his finding of the egg, only to be interrupted by the familiar short stack next to him.
"See Daisy? Ashy Boy here doesn't know how the egg got into his arms. A flying Pokémon probably just dropped it and he caught it in his sleep, he always was all luck and no skill." Gary stated snobbily, acting as if he knew all that happened in the world around him, little did he know how wrong he was.
"Who are you calling no skill, shorty?" Ash snarled, slightly annoyed at his rival's constant interruption of his unusual tale.
"Who're you calling shorty, lazy?" Gary snapped at Ash's remark about his height.
"Who're you calling lazy, Mr High And Mighty?"
"Coming from you kiss up?"
"I'll show you midget man!"
As the bickering between the two youngsters continued, the adults and Daisy merely chuckled at the two boys having one of their usual stand offs between themselves. Little did they know what was going on behind them.
In the Pokémon incubator, there was a blue egg with a large black spot. This egg was of unknown origin until the point that Ash had picked it up. While the Pokémon egg remained still before, it began to shake from within the incubator, gaining a certain Pokémon professor to notice it.
"Cocky brat!"
"Clumsy dummy!"
"Boys Boys, quit your bickering and come over here, especially you Ash, I'd think you'd be especially interested in what's about to happen." Professor Oak interrupted the two bickering kids and summoned them to his side.
The two boys and the others within the research facility gathered around the Pokémon incubator with confusion evident on their faces, before realising why they were called over.
"Woah! Is it about to hatch gramps?" Gary asked, wonder written all over the boy's face as he noticed cracks forming at the top of the egg. All 3 children gathered around the egg, wanting to be up close and personal with the miracle about to occur.
"Indeed it is Gary, everyone step back, the light is quite bright and may hurt your eyes if you're too close when it hatches due to the immense energy the Pokémon uses when hatching. Speaking of that, Andrew get a blanket and some baby food, the baby Pokémon will need to sleep a few minutes after it hatches, eats and feels safe in its surroundings." Professor Oak began explaining the necessary precautions to take when watching a Pokémon hatch.
After 3 minutes, Andrew returned with the necessary supplies before everyone relocated to an empty area in the Pokémon Preserve with the egg, before placing it and backing everyone a few metres away from the spectacle about to occur.
"I can't believe we're about to see a Pokémon be born!" Ash yelled, jumping up and down in excitement, a massive smile plastered across his face.
"Looks like you finally didn't screw something up Ashy Boy." Gary smirked, knowing that he finally took another jab at his rival and friend.
Before Ash could reply to Gary's snarky comment, the area they were in was enveloped in a bright, white light. The Pokémon egg began to shake violently as it emitted a bright white light, with a small blue light enveloping a small area around the egg as the egg began to rise. The egg continued to shake violently, cracks appearing across the egg. After a few seconds of this, the egg exploded, sending pieces of the egg spiralling to the ground, as the Pokémon in the egg slowly fell to the ground.
The creature had pitch black ears that fell down on either side of its head, it had two blue horn-like features protruding from the top of its head. Its eyes were blood red with black pupils within them, it had a black mask-like band around its eyes. The top of its neck had a golden ring surrounding it, with its neck and upper torso being covered in a spiky black shade. It had two dark blue arms with small blue paws at the ends, each paw having a white oval like shape shown. It had a long blue tail protruding from its back side, further showing its jackal-like features. It had pitch black legs with 3 white dots on each foot's toes and a larger white oval on both of its heels. It began to stand up straight before looking directly at Ash.
"Memma?" The jackal Pokémon questioned, tilting his head in confusion at the sight of Ash and the others standing beside him. While all the others in the room merely stared in wonder at the scene before them, Ash stood in shock.
"YOU CAN TALK?!" Ash yelled in surprise, pointing at the Pokémon with his index finger. This action caused everyone to snap out of their stupor to look at Ash in a mix of confusion and worry.
"Hm? I'm not talking Memma. I'm using our auras to talk to you." Riolu said, staring at Ash with a look of confusion evident on his face as he wondered how his Memma didn't know about aura telepathy, especially due to the abundance of aura his Memma possessed.
"Aura what? And what's a Memma? And what do you mean 'our' auras? Do I have aura too?" Ash let a mass of questions out at once, wondering how such a small Pokémon had the ability to speak in his mind, and also how The voice talked with him the same way.
"Um, Ash? The Pokémon hasn't even uttered its name and you look like you're having a conversation with it." Andrew stated, eyeing the young boy who seemed to be reading the Pokémon's mind.
"Huh? Can't you guys hear him too? Hey... um, what Pokémon are you anyway?" Ash looked around him in confusion before finally noticing his friend's and family's looks of what can only be described as a mix of worry and fear for his sanity.
"I'm a Riolu! And Memma, I don't want to talk to the other people. What if they're all mean and want to hurt me?" The Riolu questioned, looking at the others in the room with fear in his eyes, looking as if he had been hurt by humans already.
"Hey Riolu, don't worry, everyone here is friendly, you can trust them all, okay? So let them hear you." Ash knelt down to Riolu's level before patting his head as he comforted the scared Pokémon in front of him.
"Are you sure Memma?" Seeing Ash nod, the small aura Pokémon connected a thin line of aura to all members in the room, invisible to the untrained eye. "H-Hi. I-I'm Riolu, Memma said he t-trusts you, s-so.. um… hi?" The aura Pokémon awkwardly greeted everyone in their minds, somehow stammering through the aura telepathy.
"See? Riolu CAN talk!" Ash said, an excited smile shown on his face knowing that everyone else could now hear what Riolu was saying. Little did he know the effect it had on everyone else in the room. They were all staring at the small jackal Pokémon in front of them.
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"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Everyone in the room burst out of their stupor at once, causing a loud yell to echo throughout the halls of the Pokémon laboratory, causing the poor, young Pokémon to retreat to the safety of Ash's leg.
"A non-psychic Pokémon with the ability to telepathically communicate with humans?! Why, this is unheard of. It usually takes a Pokémon of extreme psychic power to communicate with humans, and it usually requires unbelievable mental focus and an extremely high mental capacity, and even then they can only do it after years of training, but this Pokémon can do it mere moments after birth. This Riolu must be incredibly powerful as well to even be able to do this with such little energy. I must research into this further, this could unlock a whole new field of research for Pokémon professors all around the world!" Professor Oak began scrambling around the lab, taking down notes at an inhumane speed while analysing the Pokémon who looked at the Pokémon professor in absolute terror.
"Sniff… sniff… sniff." Riolu began to sniffle, before a loud screech was heard within the minds of everyone in the research facility."MEMMAAAAAAAA!" Riolu then jumped up to the top of Ash's hair and cried into it. This brought the mothering instincts in the two female parents mind to switch on, causing Delia to pick up and cradle Riolu while Annie began to scold the ecstatic professor.
"Samuel Oak, how dare you pester a poor creature like Riolu when he hasn't been in this world for seven make the poor dear cry, you should be ashamed of yourself." Annie stood over the Pokémon professor, staring down at him as she continued to scold him for him allowing his excitement to make him forget the poor Riolu's needs, causing everyone staring at the man in his fifties get scolded by a woman a little over half his age to sweat drop at their antics.
Delia continued to cradle the young Pokémon in her arms as he slowly stopped his sniffling and crying. He then stared at the nice older woman with wide eyes, sensing a connection between her and his Memma. When Delia looked over to the professor to make him apologise, she found him sitting on his knees with a large red lump on his head. She giggled slightly, remembering her friend's temper when it came to anything small and cute.
"Now, you're going to apologise for your rudeness to Riolu and then you and Ash are going to deal with this maturely. Well as mature as a 6 year old can be, but from the looks of it he's more level minded than you." Annie stated, dealing a blow to both the professor's ego and head, before giving him permission to get up and walk towards the other mother that was glaring at him.
Meanwhile, Andrew attempted to shield his children's eyes from the scene in front of them, fearing that the two may gain the same violent tendencies as their mother. Ash on the other hand, stared in shock at how easily the professor was controlled by the two older women, even though Ash's mum did nothing but glare menacingly at the professor. Young Ash decided that this day was the perfect day to make the mental note that women were scary if angered.
"S-Sorry, Riolu. I'm a Pokémon professor and seeing such a rare specimen such as yourse-" Professor Oak got interrupted by a punch in the head from Annie and an icy glare from Delia as she mouthed 'Pokémon'.
"Sorry, I meant to say such a rare and powerful Pokémon such as yourself and I got a little too excited, I apologise for scaring you and hope you can forgive me." The professor then ended his apology speech with a bow. When he looked up at Riolu again, he received a nod, albeit a fearful nod, but a nod of forgiveness nonetheless.
"Good. Now then, from what we know, Ash went to sleep, woke up and found this egg, it then hatched into a Riolu which calls Ash 'Memma'. What can we infer from our current information dad?" Andrew began recapping the events from what supposedly happened, causing Ash to sigh in annoyance before deciding to explain later, when everyone calmed down and Gary was hopefully not in the room.
"Memma? Memma, memma, me-mm-a… That sounds familiar from somewhere." Professor Oak began to ponder about the familiarity of the term Memma that Riolu had insistently called Ash.
"Dad? Do you know something about this?" Andrew stated quizzically, curious about the meaning of this unknown Pokémon terminology.
"I think I do, but from where? It's on the tip of my tongue." Professor Oak stated slowly, trying his best to remember where he had heard this unusual word from.
"It's at times like these where I wish I was psychic, that way I could understand what's going on through the two of their heads." Annie muttered, slightly annoyed that she wasn't of any use in this conversation for the revelation of Riolu and Ash's connection.
"Psychic? Psychic. PSYCHIC! THAT'S IT! Annie you're a genius!" The Pokémon professor then dashed into the records department of the Pokémon laboratory, leaving everyone in the room with confusion written all across their faces.
"I am? Huh. Beat that Andrew!" Annie stated, first in confusion before it grew to egotistical as she began to mock her husband since she was the supposed 'genius' and he wasn't, despite his superior intellect in Pokémon matters.
After a few minutes, Professor Oak returned with a few documents from within the laboratory, before setting them on the table and telling everyone to gather around the table.
"A few years ago, research was conducted on an extremely powerful Alakazam and its psychic trainer. They used their combined mental energy to communicate, with the trainer acting as a medium so the professors researching this could ask questions and receive answers about the Pokémon's point of view of the world. This study was revolutionary as it allowed us to progress greater in learning about different Pokémon's needs, wants, personalities, customs and many other new sources of information. I remember re-reading this paper a week or two ago due to the appearance of a rather powerful psychic child about a month ago in Saffron city. Anyway, this research allowed us to understand Pokémon's perception of the world around them much better, including many terms unique to Pokéspeak. Do you know what one of these words was?" Professor Oak slowly explained the research papers in front of him to the group, of course the children and mothers looked in confusion. Even Riolu looked perplexed at the situation described by the professor, however his assistant didn't miss a word of it.
"You couldn't possibly mean that one of the terms was 'Memma', was it?" Andrew asked, curious about the contents of such revolutionary documents as he took one and began to read through it.
"Indeed it was my boy. Memma is apparently the term used to describe the parent of a Pokémon, however unlike us humans, who have two separate terms which are mother and father, Pokémon use the term Memma to describe both parents. However, this raises another question, the paper says that the term Memma is used rarely to describe humans, and only one's that baby Pokémon have imprinted on, so why did the Riolu immediately assume that Ash was its parent? It shouldn't be like that, especially since the closest people to the hatching were me and Andrew. Tell me Riolu, was it luck or something else?" The Pokémon professor explained the use of the word Memma in great detail before finally asking Riolu the deciding question, however the response raised even more questions.
"Memma is my Memma because our auras are similar, just like a Memma and mon's auras are similar. You and the other man in white have similar auras, like me and Memma and his Memma have similar auras. Though Memma's Memma's is much weaker than Memma's." Riolu answered, showing his extensive knowledge of the subject despite being a new born infant, maybe this knowledge was something all Riolu's and Lucario's had.
"A Pokémon and a human sharing the same aura signature?! Why, I've never even heard of a case such as this. Hm. Delia, you and Ash wouldn't mind taking care of Riolu until I get more information on this case, will you? Since Riolu has imprinted on Ash, I feel as if his presence will be a calming factor towards the young Pokémon." Professor Oak seemed to have stars in his eyes as he heard the unusual revelation, as did his assistant.
Meanwhile, the children in the room were attempting to understand any of what both Riolu and the professor said, while Daisy had processed everything she could understand, excluding aura and imprinting, the two 6 year olds were still struggling to decipher the different uses of Memma the Riolu had made.
"Of course not Samuel, such a cutey can stay with me and Ashy any day, though if Riolu is Ash's child, doesn't that mean I'm already a grandmother?" Delia accepted the proposition made by the professor before beginning to question whether Riolu should be counted as her legitimate grand-child or not.
"A grandma at 32 Delia, I must say Ash must be quite busy to make you feel as old as you feel." Annie joked, causing both women to giggle at the idea of Ash making Delia a grand-parent at such a young age.
"If Riolu sees me as his daddy, and he's going to live with us for a bit, then shouldn't we teach him how to call me daddy instead of Memma?" Ash asked, smiling at the prospect of being a dad to such a young Pokémon.
"What's a daddy?" Riolu asked using aura telepathy, curious to why his Memma was so excited by whatever a daddy was.
"See Riolu, a father is what a male Memma is, which can also be called dad or daddy, while a female Memma is a mother, which can also be called mum or mummy." Daisy explained, talking to Riolu for the first time since his hatching.
"Oh, so Memma would prefer I called him Fath-er. Fath-er. Father. Is this better Father?" Riolu attempted to pronounce father in his head before jumping out of Delia's arms and yipping as he bounced up and down.
"Yay! I'm Riolu's father!" Ash joined hands with Riolu as they both jumped up and down in excitement as their new bond was formed, however all of a sudden Riolu stopped jumping up and looked around in confusion before speaking(?) once again, uttering a question that shocked the whole room.
"So if you're Father… does that mean that she's Mother?" Riolu innocently asked while pointing at none other than Daisy Oak. Causing the young girl to go red in the face before entering a stammering fit.
"M-m-m-mo-m-m-mo-m-m-Mo-Mother?! Wh-w-what c-c-could have g-g-given you th-that idea R-Riolu? Daisy asked, practically screaming in embarrassment from what Riolu asked. She constantly snuck glances at Ash, curious of what his reaction was to the situation, but he merely stared at Riolu with a tilted head.
"Hm? You and Father have your auras connected, even if it's weak, it's still there, and that's an aura connection between mates, so you're my Mother, right?" Riolu stared with a question in his eyes as he stared into Daisy's eyes with his blood red ones. Before she could begin a stutter-y response, Ash took control.
"Come on Daisy, it'll be just like playing house! You're the mummy, I'm the daddy and Riolu is our little baby, it'll be fun!" Ash suggested with excitement evident in his eyes. Daisy stared at Ash for a few seconds before looking at Riolu again, seeing them both look at her with expectation she sighed in defeat, her cheeks still pink.
"F-fine. I'll be Riolu's mum, just stop with the puppy dog eyes, the both of you." Daisy answered the two with a smile, causing the two to smile at each other while the two actual mothers giggled at the young girl's response. As they were giggling, a small and short yawn was heard.
"*Yawn*, Father, Mother, I'm tired. I think I'll go to sleep now. See you tomorrow Mother and Father." Riolu yawned once more before Delia picked him up, wrapped him in a blanket and cradled the young aura Pokémon to sleep.
"Mum, can Daisy come over in the morning so she can play with me and Riolu?" Ash asked, lifting the silence that was created when Delia was cradling the baby Pokémon to sleep.
"Only if her mum allows it Ashy, though it would be nice to see the three of you playing together, having a little family running about the house would be absolutely adorable." Delia whispered to avoid waking up Riolu before giggling slightly at the thought of her little Ashy babying Riolu with Daisy.
"Oh of course she can Delia, after all, what kind of mother would I be if I split up such a cute little family, but one child's enough, ok you two?" Annie stated with a smile, before teasing the two slightly. While Daisy smiled at the aspect of another young Pokémon with her and Ash, Ash merely nodded, both missing the connotations of the older woman's joke.
"Well, it's getting late, I should probably feed Ashy then send him to bed, and by the looks of it, your two kids are also getting tired. Today was a rather eventful day after all, and these two seem rather impatient to start their work so we should move out of the way, bye Annie, Andrew, Samuel. Bye you two youngsters, see you in the morning Daisy." Delia said goodbye to all members of the Oak household before leading Ash out of the door with Riolu in her arms.
"Bye Mrs. Ketchum/Delia!" The Oaks replied as Annie closed the front door, whispering something to Delia before she closed it.
Inside the Ketchum house, in Ash's room:
Riolu was curled up at the bottom of Ash's bed as Ash climbed into his bed, this time wearing Gengar pyjamas, also known as Gengar jammies. Both Ash and his mum thought it was a good idea for Riolu to wake up to his parent's face.
As Ash recalled the events of the past day, thinking about the light, the voice, Riolu, aura, telepathy and all the other various mysteries that were unveiled today, he fell into a deep slumber.
Unknown area:
Ash slowly opened his eyes, to see a majestic sight surrounding him. He was standing in a grand white hall, the size of a hundred Indigo League stadiums. The pillars seemed to be carved to absolute perfection, the ceiling too high to see and the walls too far. In front of him was a throne, fit for a giant and on that throne sat the world's most powerful Pokémon.
"Hello, Chosen One."
Meanwhile, in the Ketchum house:
A knock was heard at the door, it was a quiet one, but the woman inside the house heard it loud and clear. Delia opened the door to be greeted by none other than Annie Oak.
"Hey Delia, I'm guessing you don't know why I scheduled a surprise visit." Annie said, her voice chipper and upbeat. She entered the house and walked towards the kitchen, Delia in tow.
"Not a clue Annie, though you have always been a mystery to me." Delia stated with a chuckle, remembering how unorthodox her friend's ways were.
"I saw that look you had when you heard that Ash was missing." Annie stated, all the cheerfulness gone from her voice, only to be replaced with seriousness, it was almost as if she were a different person. "You immediately thought back to The Incident, didn't you?"
Delia looked shell-shocked at her friend's observations, before remembering many other times Annie had surprised her with her sharp eyes that saw even the most acute of mistake or slips, she sighed.
"How could I not? We both almost lost them all, and to see it almost happen again, only 3 months after the previous time, I don't think I could have dealt with that fear if your father-in-law hadn't come up with a plan so quickly." Delia sighed as she stared at an old newspaper she took out of the kitchen draws. The front page said 'Kidnapping Poachers At Kanto Professor's Camp Caught!'
Zalora: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Finito, this took me foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever. I plan on implementing Serena into the backstory that the newspaper stated, however if people continue to complain about Serena's implementation in the story, even with my super changes, I guess I'll take her out of the harem.
Also, there were a few annoying glitches with the transference of my story documents so some underlining parts didn't go through, but I've found a way to fix it so it should no longer be an issue.
My offer for the image creation is still there, for more information check the last chapter's beginning authors note.
Hope you're enjoying my story so far!
That's all folks!
Published 6/3/18