TDBigJ's message: Hey guys, how you doing? Are you looking forward to this chapter? I don't know really. You guys could be or not. Seeing what happens in this final chapter but at the same time it's the final chapter so you guys are sad about that fact. It's saddening to admit it's already the final chapter. I guess writing for fifteen weeks doesn't take as long as you think it would. Since this is the final chapter, I really don't have much to say. This weekend, I'll be visiting my grandparents (from my dad's side) in a place called Lake Chelan (it's a popular place to be here in Washington during the summer or whenever it's sunny. Yeah I'll be going there to be with my grandparents for the weekend tomorrow through Monday (My grandparents on my dad's side actually don't live here in Washington. They're from here but they actually live in Arizona). What a way to start off time after finishing a story. But once I get back, I'll start writing the next story. I guess that's it. Since this is the final chapter, I won't be responding to reviews but I will give thanks after the chapter is over.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or it's characters, they are owned by Nintendo, Game Freak, and… whoever else.
A couple of months had passed since the end of school and the start of everyone's first year long journey. Everyone had gone on a journey with a few of their friends. Right now they had all the time in the world to accomplish their dreams. And for our aspiring Pokemon master, he was waiting patiently, preparing himself for the battle ahead. A simple breeze passed through the raven locks of Ash's hair. He had taken off his cap and ran his hand through them. He had to win this one, the Alola League depended on it.
Ever since the injury Ash had sustained from the hit of the psybeam, he had almost reached one hundred percent recovery. A few of the side effects of the injury still came over him every so often. At least once or twice a week the effects of the concussion gave him blurred vision that would occur briefly, most of the bruises had gone away but a few were still visible, his chest would have a quick, sharp pain because his cracked ribs hadn't fully healed quite yet. The only thing that healed completely was his hamstring, he hadn't felt pain in the back of his leg for a while now and he didn't really limp anymore. The doctor had told him when he left the hospital to take it easy for a month or two which Ash had fully followed. Ash didn't want to further aggravate his injuries. The doctors told him that he would be completely recovered in about two and a half to three months, so it wasn't long until Ash would feel one hundred percent again, which would be a breath of fresh air.
But if there were a few things about him that didn't get hurt by the attack, it was his fighting spirit and determination. Ash kept training every day until he would claim victory in a gym battle or any battle for that matter. His travelling companions were happy to see he was still the fearless, hard working, gutsy trainer he had always been. They were pleased that Ash never lost the kind of person he was, the personality he possessed. Ash truly was one of a kind, there wasn't a doubt in the world.
Ash closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He kept himself from reaching out for the door that led to his next battle. Serena, Barry, and Shadow were wondering why he was waiting. Maybe he was waiting for the right moment. Ash was one of those people that didn't want to jump into something if he wasn't ready emotionally or mentally.
"Are you okay, Ash? You're hesitating a little bit." Serena mentioned.
"I need to be sure I'm one hundred percent ready for this. I mean, I win this gym battle, I'll qualify for the Alola League." Ash stated.
"Ash, don't be afraid that if you lose, you won't have another chance. The Alola League doesn't start for another month." Shadow stated.
"You're right Shadow. I shouldn't be hesitant. I should go in there with a high level of confidence." Ash exclaimed.
"Just think, the others, wherever they may be, are probably getting close to their dreams as well." Serena stated.
Dawn, Ally, May, and Max
Dawn and May each were preparing for the upcoming contest that would be occurring in a couple of days. They had just got done doing a practice battle to try out their Pokemon's moves. They had worked out well and they were now sitting down conversing about what they just done.
"I think that move could work, but you need to make sure that it doesn't conceal your Pokemon." May explained.
"Yeah, I don't want that exact thing to happen to me back in Sinnoh happen to me again. I couldn't live with myself if it did." Dawn stated.
"Just make it to where they use a little less of their attack. It's not the quantity of the attack that matters, just make sure it looks good."
"What about you Ally? What are you doing at this time?" Dawn asked.
"I'm not really sure yet. I'm just making sure that my Pokemon are strong when I decide." Ally explained. "For now, I'll just root for you guys in your contests."
"I'm glad you'll do so. We could both use it."
Brock and Lucy
Brock had started taking a look at Lucy's Pokemon. One of them had gotten injured during a recent battle and Brock had to make sure it was okay and not severely hurt.
"Is it okay?" Lucy asked.
"It should be fine. It wasn't too bad, but you might want to let it sit back and relax for a while to let it recover." Brock explained.
"Okay, I will. I have another battle lined up for tomorrow and I need to make sure if I could use it then." Lucy stated.
"It will be fine, just let it rest. It could take a few days but even after that, give it a little more time to make it feel one hundred percent." Brock explained.
"Thanks!" She kissed Brock on the cheek. "Glad that you're here to help."
"Me too."
Clemont, Shauna, and Bonnie
The three of them had started travelling Kalos once again and since that was it, Clemont once again had to leave Clembot in charge to lead the gym.
Clemont had agreed to travel again this time with Shauna mainly because since the incident with Ash, Shauna had finally expressed her feelings towards Clemont. Since they were now a couple, Clemont couldn't say no to travelling with her, and he also promised he would let Bonnie come with him again.
Shauna was once again trying to go for the title of Kalos Queen. She already had two princess keys and needed a third. She thought that if she didn't succeed this time around, she would stay with Clemont at his gym, which was okay with his dad.
Clemont thought back at the moment he and Shauna became a couple. It was a good memory for him.
Flashback
After Ash had revealed to everybody that he had awoken, they were all happy that he was awake and well. Shauna thought now would be a good time as any.
"Hey Clemont, can I talk to you for a second?" She asked, grabbing Clemont's left arm.
"Oh, sure." He replied. And Shauna had pulled him around a corner where no one would be able to see them.
"What did you want to tell me?"
And without hesitation, Shauna went up to Clemont and kissed him straight on the lips. Clemont's eyes widened in surprise and his pupils shrunk. Where did this come from? Once she pulled away, Clemont had the same look on his face, but looked directly at her.
"Wh- wh- what was that?" He asked, a little stunned.
"Clemont, I've liked you for a while now but really haven't had the courage to tell you. But after this whole thing with Ash, I feel like now was the right time." Shauna explained.
Clemont was speechless. He had no idea another girl liked him. Now that he did, he felt like something inside him changed.
"Are you okay Clemont?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just… this is a lot to process."
Present Day
The thing that changed inside Clemont was his maturity. Now that he had a girlfriend, he felt that he had to grow up, and it didn't bother him in the least.
"Hey Clemont, can I get your opinion on this?" Shauna called out to him.
"Yeah sure, I'll be there in a moment." He responded and stopped tinkering with his invention and got up to go see what she wanted.
Red
Red had been travelling Alola, unaware to Ash and his friends. He had started training his Pokemon for his seventh gym battle.
"You guys were great out there. We can take a break and we can train again a little later today."
Red may have been the reckless, wild, unstable goofball during the school year, but when it came to travelling and doing Pokemon battles, he got serious, and his goofball antics took a seat on the bench for the time being.
Red had been going through a lot here in Alola. He won every gym battle on the first try but he only had a month to get his last two gym badges, and to complete the Alola Pokedex.
"I just hope I can get this all done soon. I'd hate to have wasted my time and not have any more for anything else." Red said to himself. He had been a totally different person. Sure, his antics came around every so often, but his training took priority, and he wanted to take things seriously out here, he had to.
He sat down and gave his Pokemon their food and started eating too himself. He had a little bit of work left to do, and only a limited amount of time left.
Ash's other friends
When it came to the other friends, they had gone off and done their own thing. Ones like Cilan, Iris, and Misty had to tend to their gyms to make sure if anyone came by and challenged them. Ones like Morrison, Stephan, Cameron, and Ritchie had gone off in other regions to try and conquer the gyms and leagues wherever they went. Gary had stayed back with his grandfather to do more research for him and went off to other regions when Professor Oak wanted him to. Tracy had stayed with Professor Oak as well to keep on working with him too. He still had a lot of work to do and a lot to learn. Ash's rivals like Trip and Paul had also gone in other regions to try and conquer them. Trip went to Hoenn to challenge the gyms and the league, and Paul had been travelling Alola as well. He appeared every so often to Ash and his friends and challenged Ash, Shadow, and even Barry to battles. When he battled Ash, he was still a little arrogant but some of his attitude towards Ash changed but not to where he treated Ash with respect completely. But he did start treating Ash a little better as he was less skeptical and insulting and even once in a while gave Ash a compliment out of the blue. It wasn't often but he did when he felt like he wanted to. And the rest was to be explained at another time, just not now.
Back to the four
Ash looked back on the three people that accompanied him on this journey. He thought about how and why they tagged along. Serena didn't really need an explanation because, you know why. Shadow had come along because he really enjoyed travelling with Ash last summer and the two brought out a lot in each other during that time that Ash couldn't deny Shadow from travelling with him once again. Plus, they each wanted to conquer the Alola League so what else could they do?
Barry was actually one that surprised Ash. Barry on the day of graduation asked Ash if he could travel with him on his next journey. Ash initially was surprised that one of his former rivals wanted to travel with him despite the rough times that they had back in Sinnoh, but Ash had a heart and forgave Barry for all the times Barry said he would fine him and that he would be a far better trainer in the future. Barry admitted that Ash was the better trainer, not only because Ash did way better than him in the Sinnoh League but Ash had kept on attempting the leagues in different regions after that and Barry himself didn't travel at all after Sinnoh, so Barry unselfishly confirmed who was the better trainer. But that didn't stop Barry from trying to one up Ash in a battle when the opportunity arose. Also, Barry had seven gym badges just like Ash did as well as Shadow, so he was improving as a trainer and a person. And also, he travelled with him because Ash was the one to tell Barry about Alola so Ash only felt that it should be fair. Another reason why he wanted to travel with Ash, was because he wanted Ash to teach him some new battle tactics, which Ash gladly agreed to teach him, and is why Barry had seven gym badges. Barry had set a goal for himself: When the Alola League came around, he would try and make it at least in the top 16.
When it came to Ash's badges, Ash had won nearly every badge on the first try. There was one badge where he had to battle the gym leader twice due to the fact he barely lost on the first attempt. That was one thing that happened to Ash in every region he travelled in. There would be that one gym that he needed to have a second gym battle in order to obtain the badge. In Kanto, that was necessary for each one. In Hoenn, that was Dewford. In Kalos, that was Snowbelle, just to name a few. Ash wondered how much better he would have done in Kanto if he had won ALL his gym badges legitimately. Ash thought that one day that he would go back and challenge the Kanto gyms again and win all those badges legitimately.
Back to the matter at hand. Ash was about to challenge the eighth and final gym of the Alola region. He was nervous but he always was in the past but that didn't stop him from succeeding. Ash was one that overcame nervousness and achieve his goal on a constant basis, one of his many distinct traits. Ash had learned new tactics over the course of the last three months and he felt evolved as a trainer. Sure, he still had those moments where he would stop and think for a second, but other than that, his skills developed further.
Ash then made the final call and wrapped his fingers around the knob of the gym door. This was it. A win would mean he would be in the Alola League. If he lost, he had a few weeks to try and beat it again, which would be no hassle. He took a deep breath, all his friends right behind him.
"You ready for this?" Serena asked. "No doubts at all?"
And those words that Ash followed very well and was his own creto came out of his mouth…
"Never give up until it's over."
And he turned the knob and entered the gym, ready to take on the challenge ahead.
Author's note: And the fat lady is singing. Love You Now, Love You Always has officially come to a close. I hope you all liked it. Thank you for those who have been here since the start and/or have read every chapter. Those of you who reviewed, especially every chapter, thank you so much. Without your guys' feedback and support, I wouldn't have had the creative juices to work on and finish this story. There were some great chapters, good chapters, decent chapters, and some that could have been better. I really enjoyed writing this and it's so freaking hard to believe that it's already over. It feels like I've only been writing this for about a few weeks when it's really been three months. Fifteen weeks seems to fly by for me. So thank you all once again for the continued support. Now I'm far from done. There are still some things I want to say and do before I close out this story. I would tell you guys the agenda, but you guys will probably be better finding out along the way. The first I want to do, is thank those of you who have supported this story, and a few words I want to say to those of you who have read most or all chapters, put this story on your favorites list, followed it, and/or reviewed most or all chapters.
1-gave this story a favorite
2-Followed this story
3-Gave this story a favorite AND followed it
4-Reviewed every chapter
5-Gave this story a favorite, followed it, AND reviewed every chapter
5-Oliverqueen01-Thanks once again for giving this story a chance and reading it since the first chapter. When you reviewed the first chapter I was surprised that an author I knew and liked was reading one of my stories. I liked your reviews and the WWE talk you gave every so often in your reviews. Good to know that someone else appreciates the WWE like I do. And thanks also for giving me updates about the anime, gave me a general idea of what happened in it without spoiling it. You gave good examples, thank you so much. Thanks for reading this story and I hope that you read my next story which will be coming out in about a month and a half. You don't have to it's just an option. Once again, thank you.
5-Mad Ass Dragon-I'm so happy that you came back and read the sequel. I was happy to know that someone that read In or Out read this story. I like to apologize again for chapter 7 as you really didn't care for it. Thanks for letting me use your OC Red for this story. I hope I portrayed him well in the way you expected. I'm glad that this time around I didn't kill you with sweetness and put you in a diabetic coma. I hope you liked the story in general and that you will give my next story a chance. Just like I said to Oliverqueen01, it's an option, you don't have to if you don't want to. Again, thanks!
4-Brig nodrm2347-I was very happy that you read this story after reading the first one. Reading your review every chapter put a smile on my face. And every so often, saying what chapter would be in your top 5, especially after last chapter when you said you had 6. Thanks for everything and I hope you will be here when I release my next story. Thanks also for at least trying to give me sources to watch the anime. Glad you liked the story and took time out of your day to read it. Thanks again so much!
3-Pokemonmeat-Thanks for being here to read this story. Seeing as one of my most loyal readers from In or Out read this as well. Thanks for reviewing when you could and also I hope you enjoyed the story. I hope I see you in the next story.
5-Shadic4566-Thanks for taking your time to read this. I hope it was as enjoyable for you to read as it was for me to write it. I hope you like the story and hope you will read any of my future stories. I hope to see you again in the future.
4-That one random Guest-It was nice to know that a guest who read my last story was here for this one. I've never had a guest who was so happy to read my story than you. And regarding the crossover fic, it will be out in 1-3 weeks so not that much longer, so sit tight.
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Now that that's set aside, time for my next order of business. Just like after In or Out and before this story, I took a seven week break between stories, and that would be my plan from now on. Whenever I finish a ten plus chapter story, I will take a maximum of seven weeks off to work on my other stories and like before I won't be releasing any stories, not even one-shots during my break. There is one crossover fic that was requested by a guest that I am working on and will be releasing within the next couple of weeks, that's about it. That will be a side project. But just because I won't be releasing any other work other than that DOESN'T mean I am not willing to take requests during that time. But for the meantime, since I will be working on two multi-chapter fics simultaneously (which will be a challenge for me), I will only be taking request for one-shots. Below are things I would be willing to make a story off of and some that I would not. But first, let's focus on the ones I would. They will include anything, from pairings to themes.
Pairings I would write for (Besides Amourshipping)
Pokeshipping-I'm not really crazy about this pairing but it is a popular one in the Pokemon universe, so if you want me to make a one-shot about this pairing, I'd be more than willing to.
Advanceshipping-This happens to be my third or fourth favorite pairing in Pokemon. I like how Ash and May are almost the same person. So if you want a one-shot about this, send me a request.
Pearlshipping-This is my second favorite pairing in Pokemon, and it's obviously a popular pairing so I'd be all for it in making a one-shot about this pairing.
Abilityshipping-This pairing I wouldn't mind writing a one-shot for. It's a pairing that I could ship but I'm not sure yet, but that doesn't mean I won't write a story for it.
Negaishipping-I'm not too crazy about this pairing and I'm pretty sure there aren't very many people who ship this pairing, but for those of you who do support this pairing, shoot one to me.
Pokemon x Pokemon-This kind of story would be tricky for me but I always like a good challenge and if you're one of those people that thinks a certain Pokemon x Pokemon pairing is cool, then throw an idea for me.
Pairings or topics I would absolutely NOT write a story for under any circumstances
Geekchicshipping-I EXTREMELY despise this pairing. I love both Serena and Clemont as characters but absolutely I dread the idea of them as a couple. The only pairing involving Serena that I ship is, what else? Amourshipping. So don't come to me with a story request for this pairing.
Yaoi or Yuri: I just can't see myself writing about a homosexual couple, whether it's two guys or two girls. I was able to write one for this story and the last but that couple wasn't the main pairing so I was okay with that. BUT I was only going to do that with these two stories. I'm not a homophobe in any way but I couldn't write a story about a gay or lesbian couple. It'd make me too uncomfortable. So none of these please.
Lemon: I couldn't find myself to write anything about this subject either. I don't think I would be comfortable at all writing a sex story, especially for Amourshipping. So please, no lemon requests.
Any combination of the last two: Okay, definitely, absolutely, don't EVER come to me asking me to make a yaoi or yuri lemon. I couldn't get past one paragraph, let alone one sentence if I were to do so. I'd rather stick myself to a lemon juice covered cactus than do this. So I'm just warning you now, don't ask me to make such a thing.
Human x Pokemon: Okay, really? Who would think this is a good idea? Why are there people who are comfortable with writing this? I'm not one of those people. This idea could be regarded as bestiality, which in no way do I approve of. So here is my response if you requested me to write something like this: Not a chance in hell!
Ash betrayal stories: I honestly think this idea is overused and I also don't like it in general. There are WAY too many of these on fanfiction and they are still being made. I don't want to write one of these and someone says that it's overused and not original. Besides, I couldn't imagine any of Ash's friends and/or Pokemon turning against him, I hate the thought of it. There are some where a few stand by him that I'm fine with, but that doesn't increase my chances of writing one of these. I want to use original ideas, like ones that I can come up with on my own that have rarely or not really at all been used. So no betrayal fics please, it's not my forte.
So look on these before you make a request. Along with the ones that I would write for, I would write about any other pairing as long as I've heard about the pairing and/or characters. Please run by me what the pairing or theme is and shoot me a request. But look at the ones I would not write for as well, read over them carefully, as if you give me a request about one of those, I'll have to deny it, and I'm a guy that hates to deny requests. So read this a few times over before you finish the story so you have a general idea of what I will and will not write a story and you can make me a request.
Okay, one last thing. Seeing as how I've got to be working on my next story for the next seven weeks, you guys are probably wondering what it is. For those of you who read the end of the final chapter of In or Out and voted on or was aware of the poll before this story came out, you would know what I'm talking about. The next story you guys will be seeing from me will be called "Against All Odds". The story features an adult Ash and Serena (26 years old to be exact). In the story, Serena is a single woman who has not seen Ash since he left Kalos when they were 10, and Ash is a divorced man that has two kids. During the story, Serena strives to get to know Ash again and to be the next woman in his life. Ash will be trying to get over his ex-wife all the while trying to figure out if he likes Serena or not. You'll know more details when the story comes out. And if you want to know when it will come out, it will be seven weeks from now which will be September 30th, so if you can wait until the end of next month, you'll see what it's all about. I'm pretty damn excited to write it, if you guys like all the flirting and blushing, you'll like the story. It's basically going to be like In or Out, only it won't be in school and Ash and Serena will be adults. So mark your calendars: September 30th.
Well, that should about do it. I hope you all had a good time with Love You Now, Love You Always. I think it was an overall good story. I wouldn't say it was any more than good. It had some great moments I'll give it that. I would give this story an overall 8 out of 10. That's really it for what I wanted to tell you about my future work and anything else. I'll see you all in Against All Odds, which will be coming out September 30th. Until then…
TDBigJ out!
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