ASH AU

By: FunahoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"Where are we Gary? What happened? The last thing I remember was getting struck by Lightning." Ash asked rapidly, worriedly, as he gripped onto Gary's arm panicked.

"Please be calm Chosen One. You are in no danger here and it was not natural lightning you were struck with. Your Chosen Pokemon abandoned you and even attacked you and your main Protector before so." Arceus said causing Mew and some of the smaller more playful ones crowding around him and trying to cheer him up. He gave a small mental giggle at Mew and Celebi's actions in doing so. The two took turns chasing each other around him and scaring each other before hiding behind him.

"Chosen One? I've been called a lot of things but never that. And Main Protector? What's that?" Ash mentally asked after calming down a bit, causing Arceus to smile as he gave Ash the same explanation that he gave Gary (read last chapter cause I'm not typing it all again!) just minutes earlier.

"Chosen…Mate? That doesn't mean what I think it does does it?" Ash asked gulping mentally, much to everyone's amusement, as he heard Arceus mention a mate.

"Yes it does child. Every Chosen One has a Chosen Mate picked out from them at birth. The Mate can either be someone with enough in common with you that you both can sit and talk about anything and everything for days at a time, or it can be someone who you have so little in common with that you're both interested in getting to know each other's knowledge and ways of viewing things which also ends in discussions that could last days. Your Chosen Mate is almost the exact opposite of you in everything except your love of Pokemon and your tempers whenever your loved ones are threatened. Although from what I understand many males will be envious of you since your Mate is an older woman who is quite well known and skilled with Pokemon." Arceus said causing the two humans to gape before Gary grinned at Ash.

"Getting an older woman who's skilled with Pokemon and loves them as much as you do…damn you're lucky little bro." Gary said equally proud and jealous of Ash's luck.

"You'll find that this woman's chosen Pokemon Mastery also matches her personality when riled or being protective of someone, and she most definitely will be protective of you once she meets you in person and sees how frail yet kind you are." Arceus said with a chuckle of amusement while Gary and Ash both looked suitably shocked.

"Dude! An older protective woman who loves Pokemon as much as you do and has a Pokemon mastery! You are the Chosen One! The Chosen lucky bastard!" Gary said looking at Ash in jealousy and causing him to blush brightly while the Legendries laughed.

"You will know when you have met your Chosen Mate because when you see her you'll feel a pull in your chest towards her, and she will for you. Also when you touch for the first time, whether it's a kiss or a casual brush of the hands a small bright light will flash between the two of you. Consider that my way of telling you who is your true mate and who is merely using you." Arceus said causing Ash to nod slowly.

"Good. Now that all of that has been explained we can get to work on picking out a new Chosen Pokemon for you as yours has abandoned you and paid the price for it." Arceus said causing everyone to nod in understanding at this.

"I can be his starter! I don't mind and besides he could use more fun in his life!" Mew and Celebi offered at the same time.

"Hmm both of you would be good fits for him however the two of you, or even just one of you, always around him will cause some questions from other trainers… and you'll need someone responsible around too." Arceus said looking between the two.

"Only one of you and one more responsible Pokemon may join him at this time. If or rather when he meets other Legendries they will be allowed to join him if they so wish." Arceus decreed after a moment of thinking. This sparked a rock paper scissors war between the two to see who would be his starter… one that Mew won after twenty minutes.

"Now how do we hide us in plain sight? I'll be the responsible one since I already blessed him." Ho-oh asked causing Gary to pipe up.

"Well you both know how to use the move 'Transform' like a ditto right?" Gary asked causing everyone to look at him while the two Legendries in question nodded.

"Then you can just use codenames to transform into certain Pokemon, or the types at least. Like say Ash called out Mew using the nickname 'Bubbles'? That could be the codename for Mew to be a water type like Squirtle or Lapras. While calling out a different codename like say 'Playful' for Mew and 'Sirius' for Ho-oh means they can come out of the Pokeball as themselves." Gary said causing everyone to look at him stunned before Mew cheered and Ho-oh nodded.

"Yes that's a good idea. And he can use a private psychic link to tell us if he needs us to be a specific Pokemon or Pokemon type we haven't come up with a codename for yet. Smart thinking." Ho-oh said nodding in agreement and earning a small blush of embarrassment at the praise from Gary.

"You should go ahead and come up with at least the starter element nicknames, one for Mew and a separate one for Ho-oh." Zapdos said wisely causing everyone to nod in agreement.

"Do you two have any preferred nicknames?" Ash asked causing them to smile and nod.

"I'll be Bubbles for Water, Blossom for Fire, and Buttercup for Grass! Oh! And if you need a flying type I'll be Wings, for normal I'll be Dash, and for Psychic I'll be Rainbow! Oh and for Ghost I'll be Luna!" Mew chattered excitedly causing Gary to write the codenamed down just in case.

"Rainbows are my thing!" Ho-oh said causing the other Legendries to snicker.

"We know. That's why we have a hard time believing you're not gay." Raicu said snickering.

"Screw you!" Ho-oh screeched, his cheeks bright red.

"Ahem. For Water merely call me Meister, for Grass Rose will do, for Fire Ember, for Flying Crescent, for normal Celica will do nicely, and for psychic Gambol. On the off chance you need a ghost type call me Shroud." Ho-oh said clearing his throat imperiously as the others snickered.

"Now that that's all decided you two are now registered as Chosen One's starter Pokemon and already have been caught in two Cherish Balls. Chosen One here are the Pokeballs. In a minute you shall be transferred back to Pallet town at the Chosen One's house. You are given permission to tell both Chosen One's mother and Main Protectors grandfather about what has happened. Goodbye and good luck call on us if you need assistance." Arceus said causing Mew and Ho-oh to retreat into the two balls Ash was handed before there was a bright flash.

"I'm worried too Delilah and I love them both but if the worst is true then I will laugh at their funerals. There is no dignity in dying on Route 1." Oak could be heard saying to Delilah as the two boys were dropped onto the front doorstep gently.

"We aren't dead. We were merely… waylaid. Look out the door." Ash mentally told them, causing them to rush outside. In an instant they were both hugged tightly by a worried mother or pseudo mother in Gary's case.

"My babies!"