Hey everyone, guess what I'm back and this story isn't quite dead.
I know I've been gone for a while, but hopefully I can get this story back on the road, it's been a long while since I've updated any of my Pokémon stories.
What got me back to working on this story you might be wondering, well one of my friends on this site is a big pearlshipping fan and this story is among her favorites. So I decided that updating this story would be a good birthday present for her, yep today is her birthday.
Who's birthday is it? Well none other than my co-author sister DawnForever101.
Happy birthday sis! I hope you have an awesome birthday! All you other readers be sure to wish her one as well. Also if I hear about ANY of you saying anything mean to her, I will not hesitate to shut all of my pearlshipping stories down.
Don't think for a second that I'm joking, I'm not. You have no idea what life has been for her these past few weeks and she doesn't deserve to get any bullshit any of you might think about saying to her.
Also, whoever is in charge of Ash's team needs to be fired. ASH RELEASED GOODRA! A pseudo-legendary Pokémon and he released it. Okay I get why he did it, but still. The only reason I'm not Gyarados mad right now is because Ash got an egg that hatched into a Noibat, he's an adorable little guy so I just can't stay mad.
Alright so let's see what y'all have to say about the last chapter.
Miami4: Yes, yes they are, but since they don't realize it. As the old saying goes, "So close, yet so far away."
espeon44: I plan to, we'll see how long this story goes.
stars90: Whether or not your theory is correct, it is rather interesting. I'm glad you're enjoying this.
Death Angel Reaper: Again we see this theory, it's a good theory, but no one will not if it's true except for me.
Guest: I'm convincing people to become pearlshippers, SWEET! Maybe I should become a shipping converter or something.
Moderator: Oh great, someone get this reader a bucket of ice water and a sandwich. Arceus knows he's going to need it when they wake up.
Malins: Well no one knows except me. You'll just have to keep reading.
Miami: I don't know, maybe. It all depends on where this story takes us.
DawnForever101: Before I reply to the review, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Serena does seem like the type to get jealous, but hopefully she'll understand when she sees how Ash acts around Dawn. She'll be in denial, but she'll admit it eventually.
Halo Ash: Ah we all love a good plot twist don't we. Again I point convince someone to better support pearlshipping with my words. It's official I'm a shipping converter. I am proud of my shipping choices and you should be too.
AshxDawnaddicted: That's the beauty of being an author happy to share his work, because there's always someone out there that will enjoy it. That's a message to all you authors out there, if you have an idea, publish it. I can help you get started with proofreading and all that, just write your ideas down and release them to the world. Originality and creativity is dying and we need you to bring it back.
SpecialOpsDave: I'm glad you think so, but there will always be someone better than me.
Ally Berlitz: I wish, we're sibling through bond not by blood. What about you, from the looks of your name I have to ask. Are you and Dawn siblings?
randypandy11: Well I am updating and your question will only be answered if you keep reading.
Coyote2486: I'm glad you're enjoying this story.
Shanaynay: I am updating right now, so your wish is granted.
Okay that's done, so many reviews. Sometimes I just love you guys! Okay I won't keep you waiting any longer, let's get to the chapter. I don't and never will own Pokémon.
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Dawn knew this would happen, now she had to all over the place to find Taylor. He left in such a rush that he left Aira behind with her, but that was a good thing because she could help her find Taylor. "Okay Aira lets find Taylor." Dawn said to the small Electric-type putting her down on the floor.
Aira's ears and nose began to twitch, "Pachi!" she said excitedly before taking off. Dawn ran after her, but she was moving so fast it was getting hard to keep up with her. They went down a few hallways before Dawn could see Taylor, as well as a girl Dawn had never seen before. "Pachirisu!" Aira cried out as she ran towards her trainer.
Taylor turned around hearing his Pokémon's voice, "Aira, there you are." He said as the Elesquirrel climbed onto his shoulder and nuzzled his cheek with hers. "Yeah I missed you too." Taylor said with a chuckle, but his amusement was short lived when Aira shocked Taylor with a large amount of electricity.
After Aira was done Taylor fell to the ground feeling very dizzy and the hair that was visible was sticking out in all directions, both girls giggled at the sight, "Are you okay?" Dawn asked as she helped him up.
"I'll be fine once I stop seeing stars." He replied causing the girls to giggle more. Dawn looked over at the honey-blonde girl Taylor was with. Taylor followed her gaze, "Oh right introductions. Dawn this is Serena, Serena this is Dawn." He said.
Dawn held out a hand, "Nice to meet you." she said with a smile, a smile that Serena could easily return.
"Nice to meet you too." Serena said, Taylor smiled seeing the two girls get along.
"Good, now that you two are acquainted let's go and get some food. I don't know about you, but I'm starving." He said indirectly reminding both of them of a certain raven-haired trainer. "How about we grab something to eat?" he said.
Dawn shook her head, "I'll pass, I'm pretty tired and want some sleep. You two go ahead, I'll catch up with you." Dawn said before turning around and walking away.
Taylor shrugged, "Her loss," he said turning towards Serena, "what about you?" he asked.
"Sure I was on my way down there anyway." Serena said. Taylor nodded and started to walk down the hall, "Uh Taylor," Serena said, "it's this way." She said pointing down the opposite direction.
Taylor turned around and walked the other way, "I knew that." Serena giggled and followed after him.
Dawn walked into her room only now feeling as exhausted as she really was. She didn't even bother changing her clothes, she just fell on her bed and fell asleep.
Ash was wondering where Serena was, sure this was a big boat, but he could've sworn she'd been with him the whole time. Ash shrugged, "She can handle herself, wherever she is I'm sure she's fine." Ash said to himself.
"Ash!" Ash turned towards the familiar female voice and saw Serena, but who was that she was with?
Taylor had some questions in his head as well. Something about the raven-haired trainer Serena was walking towards was familiar, but then he heard the name 'Ash' and it came crashing down on him. Could this really be Ash Ketchum?
"Hey Serena," Ash said as the two approached, "Who's your friend?" he asked.
"Oh right you haven't met," Serena said, "Ash this is Taylor, Taylor this is Ash Ketchum." So it really was Ash Ketchum, the boy Dawn had a huge crush on. Ash held out a hand and Taylor almost forgot to shake, luckily he did.
"Well not just Taylor," Taylor said before pointing to the Pachirisu on his shoulder, "This is Aira."
"Hey," Ash said, "this is Pikachu." Ash said pointing to his own Electric-type.
"Pika," Pikachu said waving towards Taylor and Aira.
"Pachi," Aira said almost flirtatiously while waving with a wink. Pikachu looked a little awkward and Taylor noticed.
"Think nothing of it Pikachu, Aira's just messing with you." Taylor said.
Ash looked at Aira taking note of her appearance, "Taylor, aren't Pachirisu white and blue?" he asked.
Taylor smiled, "Ah so you noticed, Aira is a special part of her species called a Shiny. Pokémon that are different colors from the rest of their species."
Ash's mind turned to his Noctowl, "Wow, well the stripes do make her look cuter." Serena said causing the Elesquirrel Pokémon to blush.
Taylor chuckled, "Now who's hungry?" he asked. Ash and Serena both raised their hands, "Good, because I'm buying." He said.
"Yes!" Ash said with a little fist pump and Serena sweat dropped.
"If you're buying for Ash be prepared to go broke." Serena said.
"I doubt that," Taylor said, "the amount of battling I've done has given me quite a bit of money." He added and Ash perked up and the word 'battling'.
"You're a trainer?" Ash asked, Taylor nodded, "A good one?" he asked a smile growing on his face.
Taylor crossed his arms a confident grin growing on his face, "The best." He said proudly. Serena rolled her eyes knowing exactly where this was going.
"In that case, how about a battle after we eat." Ash said.
Taylor's eyes took on a determined glint, "You're…on."
Dawn woke up to a beeping sound. Rubbing her eyes she reached for what was beeping. It was her Xtransceiver – one she picked up during her time in Unova – she had gotten a message on it. It was from Taylor. "What mess has he gotten into now?" Dawn asked no one in particular as she read the message.
"I have a Pokémon battle, come down and support me. Also, there's a bit of a surprise waiting for you down here."
Dawn was a little annoyed that he woke her up because he had a battle, but hi mentioning a surprise caught her interest. When talking about Taylor, a surprise could mean anything, and just about every time it was something good. "Might as well go down there." She said, but not before she caught her reflection in the mirror, "After I take care of this." She said running a hand through her hair.
The Battle Area of the ship must've been one of the more popular ones, because the battle hadn't even started and yet there were still people gathering around the ring waiting to see what would happen.
Taylor stood on one side and Ash stood on the other, "One vs. one?" Taylor asked.
Ash nodded, "Sounds good to me," he said, "Pikachu I choose you!" he said and Pikachu leapt onto the battlefield.
Taylor looked at Aira, "You got this?" he asked her and she nodded before leaping onto the battlefield herself. "Let's do this." Taylor said putting his sunglasses over his eyes.
Ash smiled and turned his hat around, "Let the battle begin, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!" Ash said.
Pikachu's cheeks started to crackle, "Pika…CHU!" he cried before releasing the powerful yellow bolt and it nailed Aira, but it didn't hurt her. Instead she was surrounded by yellow electricity.
"What?" Ash asked confused.
Taylor smirked, "Ever heard of the ability Volt Absorb?" Taylor asked, "Aira send that Thunderbolt back at him."
The electricity started to turn blue, "Pachi!" Aira cried before releasing a blue Thunderbolt.
"Pikachu look out!" Ash cried and Pikachu dove out of the way and the Electric-attack hit the spot where Pikachu was standing and there was a small explosion. "Okay Pikachu, use Quick Attack." Pikachu nodded and he became a blur as he ran toward his opponent.
"Aira try to dodge it with Agility." Taylor said and Aira became a blur herself and the two Pokémon engaged in a chase around the battlefield until Pikachu barely caught up and tackled Aira. Aira was able to get out and she ran to her side of the battlefield.
Both trainers and their Pokémon stared at their opponents, "Use Iron Tail." Both Ash and Taylor shouted simultaneously. Aira's tail was coated in silver and Pikachu's tail did the same. With mighty cries the two Electric-types leaped at each other.
If wasn't hard for Dawn to find the battle, the large crowd kind of gave it away. She pushed through the crowd to get a better look. She was able to spot Serena so she went to stand beside her, "Hey Serena." Dawn said catching the blonde's attention.
Serena looked at the blunette, "Oh hey Dawn, this battle is really intense. Taylor is a really skilled trainer." She pointed out.
Dawn nodded, "One of the best I know, I can't remember the last time he lost a battle." At least a battle he didn't purposely lose.
Serena looked at the battle and Dawn looked too. First at Taylor and then at Aira, who was Iron Tail fighting a Pikachu- wait a minute. Something about that Pikachu was familiar to Dawn, "Well be prepared to see it happen, Ash is going to beat him, I know it." Serena said and Dawn's heart started to speed up. The familiar Pikachu, Ash… no, it couldn't be.
Dawn looked at the trainer Taylor was facing and Dawn almost fainted. It was Ash. Sure he had grown a bit and his outfit was different, but it was Ash alright. Dawn couldn't believe it, was this the surprise Taylor was talking about?
Serena looked at Dawn, "Aren't you going to cheer Taylor on? That is why you came here right?" she asked and Dawn recomposed herself.
"Sorry just lost in thought." She said slightly blushing. She turned back to the battlefield, "C'mon Taylor you can do it!" she said.
Ash froze, he knew that voice. Ash turned his gaze to where the voice came from. "No way." He said softly. It was Dawn, what was she doing here?
"Pika!" Ash's train of thought broke as he looked and saw that Aira had gotten the upper hand and had hit Pikachu with her tail knocking him back.
"Pikachu are you okay?" Ash asked, Pikachu got up and nodded, "Air's good, but we can beat her, right?"
Pikachu nodded, "Pika Pikachu pika." Pikachu said.
"Are you sure? You haven't used that move in a long time." Ash asked and Pikachu nodded, "Okay if you say so. Pikachu, use Double-Edge!" he said. Pikachu closed his eyes and he started to get surrounded by an orange aura
Taylor was surprised with his choice, "If that's how you want to play. Aira time for a Last Resort!" he said and Aira nodded and her pink markings started to glow and her tail was completely covered with the pink glow.
Pikachu's eyes opened showing the powerful edge and he charged Aira. Aira charged as well. The two got closer and closer until Aira jumped into the air and prepped her tail. Pikachu jumped to meet her head on. Aira swung her tail and it collided with Pikachu's head and the impact caused an explosion that blocked everyone's view.
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Okay that's where I'm going to end this chapter. Sorry for the cliffhanger, but I just had to do it.
Also before any of you correct me, Pikachu did know Double-Edge at one point so it's okay if I bring the move into his current moveset. I mean Pikachu knows so may awesome moves we haven't see in a while. Ash you don't really need quick attack, so get rid of it and bring Volt Tackle back, please!
Now everyone be sure to leave a review and wish DawnForever101 a very happy birthday. I'll try to get the next chapter out to all of you when I can, so with luck within the next month. *laughs* I'm just joking… mostly. Well, this is W. R. Winters signing off.