"Alright so this thing's in Unova...I know the team I'm gonna use. PIKACHU! CHARIZARD! GRENINJA! KROOKODILE! SCEPTILE! SNORLAX!" Ash looked at his Pokemon and called out his team's names making them walk over to him. "Hey guys, we're heading to Unova tomorrow to compete in the Pokemon World Championship. We're going to be training today with Gary and Leaf so that we can take on Paul again! So are you ready?"
"PIKA!"
"CHAR!"
"NINJA!"
"-KODILE!"
"SCEPTILE!"
"SNOR!"
"Alright then let's do this thing!"
"BLASTOISE USE DRAGON PULSE!" Gary's Mega Blastoise aimed his side cannons at Leaf's Altaria and fired a multi-colored flame at her sending her flying into the sky.
"ALTARIA USE ACROBATICS!" Altaria came back down in the blink of an eye and sent Blastoise sliding back. Leaf smiled thinking she had done serious damage to Blastoise but the Kanto Starter grabbed the Dragon/Flying type and threw her away from him.
"END IT WITH ICE BEAM!"
"BLASTOISE!" Blastoise hit Altaria with the three blue beams freezing her in mid-air making her plummet and crash hard into the gound, not only breaking the ice, but also knocking her out.
"Altaria!"
"Nice shot Blastoise! Haven't slowed down in 10 years have you?" Ash walked up to them and patted Blastoise as he returned to normal making him smile.
"Blastoise Blast."
"Altaria is an amazing Pokemon Leaf. But do you wanna see something way more awesome?"
"Uh...sure."
"Gary?"
"Blastoise is up for another round." Gary sprayed Blastoise's small scratches with a potion making them heal quickly and glow green for a second.
"Alright. GRENINJA I CHOOSE YOU!" Ash sent out Greninja who stood on the roof of the Master's house staring at Blastoise.
"Ninja."
"BLASTOISE MEGA EVOLVE!" Gary pressed his Key Stone which now rested on his necklace and activated Blastoise's Blastoisinite causing the Mega Evolution to happen.
"Greninja use Water Shuriken!" Greninja pressed his hands together and made a small shuriken and threw it at Blastoise making him chuckle as it did nothing. But what the Mega didn't expect was Greninja throwing more until they hit him in the head blocking his vision. "GO! AERIAL ACE!" Blastoise regained his vision only to see Greninja knee him in the head before punching it down.
"BLASTOISE BEFORE HE LANDS USE FOCUS BLAST!" Blastoise opened his eyes and aimed his back cannon at Greninja, hitting him with a bright blue ball.
"GRENINJA!"
"USE ONE MORE!" Blastoise aimed his cannons at Greninja charging up his attack as Ash and Greninja began to smile.
"Well then we have to get stronger and stronger!" Greninja's eyes began to glow red as he did was Ash did before being enveloped in a veil of water. Blastoise fired the attack only to have Greninja jump high in the air above it as the veil went onto his back revealing the black and red markings on his head and turned into a giant Water Shuriken on his back, finally unveiling the Ash-Greninja form to his oldest friends. "GRENINJA USE AERIAL ACE!" In a sonic boom Ash-Greninja went towards Blastoise and kicked him multiple times making him roar in pain before grabbing the Shuriken on his back. "END IT WITH WATER SHURIKEN!" Ash-Greninja threw the giant Shuriken at Blastoise making him roar in pain and revert him to his normal self unconscious.
"Wha-What was that?!"
"Greninja looked like you!"
"It's gonna take a while to explain."
"...amazing! You sure are a hell of a lucky guy Ashy-boy!" The three were eating lunch as Ash explained the background of the form the two had just seen. Gary of course seemed happy with a hint of jealousy but Leaf stared at the Master confused.
"Wait why didn't you use him in your Elite 4 and Champion battles? Charizard was always your main Pokemon but it doesn't seem like he has the same amount of power that Greninja has."
"Because as powerful as that form is, Ash-Greninja is a strain on our bodies and not only that, the pain he feels I feel too and I know the two of us were bound to collapse from how powerful all of them were."
"Excuses." Gary's comment earned him a slap on the arm from Leaf as Ash's phone began to ring. The two began to argue as he got up to go answer it.
"Hello? Yeah this is him. Oh hey Max what's up?" Ash took the call outside beginning to get a headache from Leaf and Gary's bickering and smiled hearing who it was on the phone.
"Nothing much, I heard you're going to the Pokemon World Championship."
"You heard right, Gary and I are going with our old friend Leaf. I take it you are too?"
"Yeah I'm going with Brock, Forrest, and Misty. We're about to head to Unova now actually. What about you guys?"
"Tomorrow night."
"...Ash I need to talk to you about something important."
"What is it? I didn't get May pregnant did I!?"
"No not that, honestly my dad would have killed you by now. No but it is about my sister...and Dawn...and Serena..."
"What about them?"
"I know you never knew why they dumped you so...listen just give me a call when you get to your hotel in Unova. I'll explain it there."
"VENUSAUR USE LEAF STORM!" Leaf's Venusuar aimed her top tree at Ash's Sceptile who stood ready to take it and fired a tornado of green leaves at him.
"SCEPTILE USE DRAGON CLAW!" Sceptile's arm glowed green and he slashed through the attack running towards Venusaur. "X-SCISSOR!" Before Leaf could react, Sceptile slashed Venusaur with a blue X sending her flying up in the air shocking Leaf.
"SLUDGE BOMB!"
"DODGE IT!" Venusaur fired a ball of purple goo at Sceptile who dodged it by stabbing his tail into the ground and using it to vault him backwards. "USE LEAF BLADE!" Sceptile jumped into the air and slashed Venusaur several times with his glowing green blades making her fall hard into the ground unconscious.
"Venusaur!"
"Leaf work on your reaction timing. If Venusaur misses and your opponent tries to attack then use a different move to counter it."
"Sorry!"
"Ash?" Ash sat in his bedroom watching at old ceremonies from when he became Champion of other regions when he heard someone knock on his door.
"Come in." The door opened up to reveal it was Leaf looking as if she was crying making Ash look at her worried. "Leaf you okay?"
"Yeah, bad dream."
"Liar, come sit down." Ash moved to the side and made a spot for her making Leaf sigh and sit next to him. "What's up?"
"I...got a call from my mom. She said my ex has been going to the house nonstop checking to see if I'm there. And my dad is so mad at me for bailing and I have no clue what to do."
"Relax. As long as you're here with me, you'll never have to worry about that type of stuff again." Ash wrapped his arm around Leaf and rubbed her arm smiling at her making her smile.
"What are you watching?"
"When I beat Cynthia a few years ago in Sinnoh. Oh wait I remember that part." The two watched as on Ash's T.V, he was jumped by his exes who proceeded to kiss him repeatedly breaking his heart bit by bit.
"You miss them don't you?"
"Kinda, I miss the way they would bug me for watching these."
"I don't know why, those battles were always so exciting. Seeing you and the way your Pokemon would fight side-by-side like you were there with them."
"I know...I miss that but not as much as I missed hanging out with you."
"Me too." Ash and Leaf looked at each other smiling until suddenly Leaf kissed Ash surprising him making him push her off. But as she realized what she did, he did the same. Leaf grabbed his arms ready to push him off too but instead she wrapped her arms around him returning the kiss too.
"Ashy-boy? Ash have you seen Leaf? She isn't in her roo-" Gary walked into Ash's room with his duffel bag over his shoulder and walked towards the huge mound under the covers. As he neared the bed he noticed there were clothes scattered all over the floor around it and that there was long hair sticking out from a second person in the bed. "Oh crap don't tell me..." He dropped his bag and ran to the window and opened up the curtains letting all the light in showing Ash's smiling face and in front of him Leaf's. "WHAT THE HELL?!"
