Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or the concept for Aura Bond. Pokemon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri and Aura Bond I believe was first used by dragonwolf12 on his story 'The Chosen One's Journey'. I only own the plot.


Two weeks later and Ash was stepping into the crowded Pokemon Center of Vermillion City. He didn't really need to get a room since his mother had sent him a ticket to the St. Anne that would take him all the way to Lavender Town before it would sail towards Hoenn and his pokemon never needed to get checked up because he always made sure have them on a healthy diet and with his Heal Pulses they were always healthy. He did need to pick up some more TM that his mother had sent him for his teammates though.

Pidgeot had learned Hyper Beam and was working on upping the amount of power and the speed in which she could form it and she had made some progress in Hurricane with Aura. The technique was shaping up to be her strongest one but it would be a few more months before she could use it freely. Gyarados managed to put even more strength on her attacks and she could now stay a few minutes in the air but she couldn't rise up more than two meters. She knew how to do it but the amount of Aura she had wouldn't allow it so they were going to solely focus on increasing her reserves.

Riolu, Pikachu, Nidorino and Scyther had also managed to make their attacks stronger and had gotten so proficient in their fighting styles and had honed their instincts so much by battling that Ash had to rarely give any commands. Pikachu was also nearing the limit of electricity he could store within his pouch and Ash was considering getting a Thunder Stone so he could evolve the moment that happened. Ash decided that if Surge used his famous Raichu, it would be Pikachu who would face it because there was something he needed to prove. Everyone else agreed to this.

He was impressed by Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle and their dedication to catch up to the rest. Bulbasaur had mastered Energy Ball in the span of two days and then had worked relentlessly to adapt it to his fighting style. They had also discovered that Bulbasaur could use the plants he could grow to sap away the energy of the foe by making them wrap around them. It was a very useful ability but Ash couldn't help but feel they could do much more but it won't happen until Bulbasaur evolved, which was pretty damn close if the size of the bulb behind his back was anything to go by.

Charmander just took the cream. The fire lizard worked the hardest out of everyone and he quickly rose in strength. They had managed to find ways to apply his moves to a fitting battle style for him and his reserves of power had gone enough that he was already practicing using Flamethrower and Dragon Claw. He had taught him Metal Claw however so he could have a strong attack in case they got in close with the enemy but that was just in case. Ash was so proud of him that he told him that he was going to battle on gym.

Squirtle also managed to develop a battle style that worked well with his abilities and he had managed to perfect both Water Pulse and Ice Beam and apply them to the way he fought, all of that, in just one week. Squirtle couldn't manipulate the amount of water Gyarados could but his ability to just draw water out of anything that had it was astounding and they were working on developing it further. Squirtle also found a way to create a shield of swirling water by accidentally falling on his back as he used water gun while standing in one leg and spinning on top of his shell. Pikachu and Pidgeot were trying to recreate it but using thunderbolt and air manipulation respectively. They had named the technique Counter Shield.

Ash raised an eyebrow when he saw a charred rattata being taken into an emergency room behind the counter of the Pokemon Center. Who would use a rattata on Lt. Surge anyways? He shrugged. That was not his problem. He walked towards the counter only to be greeted by a frantic and annoyed Nurse Joy.

"How may I help you, young man?" She asked politely, her professionalism not letting the annoyance on her pretty face reach her voice.

"There should be a package or an envelope from Delia Ketchum to Ash Ketchum here," he said as he looked around the center and saw many people giving Riolu interested look. It seemed that wasn't going to change any time soon.

Her eyes lit up and she looked at him up and down before a smile appeared on her face, some of her annoyance fading, as she handed him the envelope that contained the new TM he had gotten from his mother: Scald for Squirtle, Toxic for Bulbasaur and Hone Claws for Charmander and Scyther. They deserved new moves for all the hard work they had put into their training.

"This had been here for two days now and I thought that you would never come by to get them and I had actually forgotten about it," said Joy before she got the annoyed look on her face again. "Lt. Surge has gotten more vicious as of lately and the influx of trainers has been almost overwhelming." She looked at him curiously. "Are you going to challenge him?"

Ash nodded his head after he put away the TMs on their case so he could use them later." Yes. I will be going right now. My Pokemon are rested and they are itching for a fight. I spent almost a month preparing for him and I think that I'm ready to tackle anything that he might throw at me," said Ash with a determined smile on his face, which was complimented by Riolu's nod and Pikachu's sparking cheeks.

Joy sighed. "Well, I wish you luck then. Aren't you going to rent a room?"

Ash shook his head. "No, I won't. I got a ticket for the St. Anne and after my fight with Surge I'm going to go there and see what's up," said Ash before thanking her for the envelope and saying goodbye.

Ash stepped out of the Pokemon Center and walked towards where the Gym was, which was actually near the docks of the city. He could smell the salt in the air which was grown steadily more intense the nearer he got to the sea. He caught a glimpse of it and the massive ship that was the St. Anne before he found the Gym and he was… a bit impressed. It was gigantic warehouse with lightning bolts branching away from it. It certainly looked cool and it fit the Gym's typing.

Ash exchanged a look with Pikachu and Riolu before they pushed their doors open and walked the shot hallway that would lead him to the main arena. When he stepped inside, it was just in time to see a marowak smacking a Pikachu right in the face with its bone and sent it flying, unconscious before it hit the ground. He heard a girlish squeal and turned towards it and his eyes widened when he saw Leaf, his friend from Pallet Town, jumping in joy.

He watched as a massive man that was heavily tanned and had blond eyes that was twice her height and three times as wide walk up to her as she returned and congratulated her marowak. He handed her a badge, what looked like a TM and a piece of paper before he sent her off. He called for the next challenger and as Ash noticed he was the only one so he walked towards the arena.

He met Leaf halfway and her eyes lit up as she ran towards him an enveloped him in a hug. "Ash! It's so good to see you! How've you been?" She asked, only giving Pikachu and Riolu a cursory look.

He smiled at her. "I've been good. What about you? Did you decide to take on the Gym Circuit and participate on the Conference?"

She shook her head. "Nope. Lt. Surge has to give anyone that beats him a ticket for the St. Anne and I had a ground type. It was an opportunity I couldn't let pass." She then gave him a grin. "You better beat him so you get a ticket too. That way we could catch up properly," she said with a giggle before she ran away before Ash could tell her that he already had a ticket.

He shrugged before he stepped to the trainer box and patiently waited for Surge to address him. It didn't take too long. "How many badges do you have and what's your name, kid?" He asked in a booming voice.

He shrugged and raised two fingers. "Ash Ketchum."

Surge nodded. "Right. We are going to have three one-on-one battles. If you want a badge you most win them all," he said before nodding to the referee who raised his flags to indicate the start of the battle.

Surge released a magneton, the three magnemite that composed it making a whirring sound as they tried to separate before being pulled into the each other by an electrical current. Ash regarded him for a second before he released Charmander, who roared and glared at his opponent. Since magneton was a part steel type, Charmander was going to have a huge advantage.

"Electro ball!" Lt. Surge barked as he crossed his arms over his massive chest. Magneton whirred before it pointed three of its six magnets at charmander and formed a black sphere with yellow lighting that it launched at Charmander.

"Fireball. Follow with fire spin," said Ash calmly. Charmander opened his maw and let loose a ball made of fire that was just slightly bigger than the electro ball. This was actually an ember attack focused solely in one blast, instead of many. The two attacks collided in the middle of the field with an explosion, black smoke forming stray arcs of electricity branching into the ground and dissolving.

Charmander then opened his mouth again and spew a swirling vortex of fire that had the same diameter as his fireball. They had worked a lot on Charmander's accuracy with his attacks so it was shot directly at magnemite at decent speeds.

Lt. Surge frowned. "Up. Then shock wave," he said simply. Magneton levitated away from the attack before its body began to cackle with electricity before it cocked its magnets and firing a simple blast of electricity.

Ash watched confusedly as it was shot high above charmander and it looked like it was about to pass overhear but his eyes widened when it suddenly changed directions sharply and went down towards Charmander. He quickly recalled one of the spars that Charmander had with Pikachu and how he had countered one of his electrics attacks by accident.

"Metal claw into the ground!" He shouted and he was relieved to see that charmander had already formed the steel type attack. He shoved his glowing and slightly longer claws into the ground and grunted in slight pain as he felt the electricity running through him and into the ground but it didn't do much damage. When the attack ended, Charmander was smirking at Surge.

The blond mountain of a man looked slightly impressed and there was the hint of a grin on his face. "Not bad kid. Not bad at all. Magneton! Sonic boom!" He shouted and it seemed that he was starting to enjoy the fight. His magneton whirred again before it fired a blast of misplaced air with the sound of a small explosion coming off.

"Dodge. Then smokescreen," said Ash crossing his arms over his chest. Charmander managed to jump forward and dodge the attack but he was pushed a bit further since he couldn't avoid the resulting explosion and got a little singed. He glared a Magneton before he opened his mouth and began to release black smoke that covered the entire battlefield and prevented Surge and Magneton from seeing it.

"Shock wave to find it and finish it up with thunderbolt," said Surge with a grin on his face. Magneton did that weird whirring noise again before it fired the blast of energy on a ramdon direction. Ash recalled how it had arched directly towards Charmander even if it was heading on completely different direction so that mean that attack could track the minimal amount of electricity inside of every living being. Luckily it was easy to counter.

"Dig, then fire spin," said Ash as he watched the blast of electricity arch towards where Charmander was hiding the smokescreen. He grinned when disappeared into the smoke screen and there wasn't a shout of pain. Charmander had picked up dig because how much he spared with Nidorino and it had certainly come in handy on this fight.

Magneton fired off a thunderbolt at the place its shock wave had landed earlier but it got confused when it hit nothing again. Suddenly, it was consumed by a rising and spinning column of fire that made it screech in pain, causing Ash to cover his ears because it gave him a headache. The fire spin ended after a few seconds and before Lt. Surge or magneton could react, it was hit by a big fireball making it another sharp screech of pain before the three magnemite that composed it began to fall to the ground unconscious.

Surge returned it before it fell to the ground and he grinned at Charmander and Ash. The smoke had cleared already and he could see the two holes that made him realize that Charmander had used dig to escape from shock wave's tracking characteristic. "That was some good thinking you did there, kid," said Surge with a grin that widened as he brandished another pokeball. "Let's see if it helps with the next pokemon!"

Ash returned Charmander and congratulated him earnestly, smiling when the pokeball got warm. He turned towards the battlefield to see Surge releasing a very strong looking Electabuzz that began to twists its arms to generate electricity. Ash scrunched up his nose as he smelt burnt ozone in the air as he regarded the electric type before he released Bulbasaur, who got ready after seeing his opponent.

"Thunderbolt!" Lt. Surge almost roared his command as he pointed at Bulbasaur gleefully. Electabuzz's eyes shone with the same glee as it roared and fire a wide arch of electricity from its antennae towards Bulbasaur. Ash blinked and he noticed that it was just a tad weaker than Pikachu's own which was damn impressive if he said so himself.

He didn't have to tell Bulbasaur to dodge as his grass type quickly jumped far away from both the attack and the resulting blast. Bulbasaur opened his mouth and formed a green ball with a yellow core and shot it directly at Electabuzz. Bulbasaur and Squirtle also practiced their accuracy a lot.

"Light screen!" Surge shouted and Electabuzz joined its big hands in front of it and a shimmering, transparent wall appeared in front of him that blocked the attack successfully, making it explode in a green flash but the light screen absorbed the residual energy from the attack.

"Ingrain and vine whip," said Ash with a smirk on his face as he was also starting to enjoy himself. Bulbasaur shot two vines into the ground, anchoring himself to it before two other vines emerged from beneath his bulb and they were launched towards Electabuzz.

Surge's grin turned completely savage. "Catch those vines and thunderbolt!"

Ash's and Bulbasaur's eyes widened as Electabuzz bared its fangs and snatched the vines out of the air before they could hit. It roared before it began to use thunderbolt, directing to its arms and it used the connection reach Bulbasaur and the seed pokemon began to grit its teeth in pain as it was being shocked by the slightly diluted electric attack.

"Absorb its energy. Don't let it knock you out!" Ash shouted frantically. Bulbasaur nodded his head shakily and with a grunt before he began to glow green and his eyes did the same. He watched as Electabuzz also began to glow green and a few small branches spurted out of the ground beneath it that began to help with the sapping of energy.

Surge frowned when he saw the electric attack get weaker. He was curious about the branches that grew from the ground and wrapped around Electabuzz's feet but he didn't pay too much mind to it. "Amp the power! Thunder!" He snarled with a gleeful grin on his face that was matched by his electric Pokemon.

Ash's eyes widened when Electabuzz exploded with electrical power and it was shot directly at Bulbasaur, who began to scream in pain, and the green glow of his Giga Drain disappeared and the branches he had made grow with his Aura began to disappear. Ash was about to recall him to prevent him from suffering more but his eyes widened when Bulbasaur' eyes began to glow green and his body was enveloped in a white light.

Surge's eyes were also wide as he saw the bulbasaur he was fighting turning into an ivysaur before his eyes just when he was about knock it out. It roared and glared at him and his pokemon with glowing green eyes after the energy of evolution cancelled Electabuzz's thunder. All eyes widened when thick branches exploded from the ground and wrapped around of Electabuzz.

Surge couldn't utter a word due to his shock as he saw Electabuzz getting all of his energy taken away from him in less than ten seconds. He recalled his pokemon with a dumfounded expression on his face as he watched the Ivysaur walk towards his trainer. "What the hell was that?!' He asked frantically.

Ash grinned as he knelt down and began to rub Ivysaur's head. "I don't know really but I have an idea. I'm just thankful that Ivysaur managed to pull through and win," he said softly but loud enough to be heard. He sent a Heal Pulse just to be sure that there was nothing wrong with Ivysaur before recalling him.

"No problem, Ash. That little pain was what I needed to finally evolve. I'll explain what was what I did to finish that Electabuzz of later after you finish here," said Ivysaur, in a slightly deeper but still smooth voice through the bond and Ash nodded as he stood up to face Surge.

Surge blinked in shock but he shook his head in disbelief. "Kids this day…" He muttered to himself before looking at Ash in the eye. "You have proven to me that you can think strategically to wing against a foe much more powerful and experienced and that the bond with your pokemon is strong enough to give them the push to evolve when is most needed…" Surge trailed off as he grinned and brought up his final pokeball. "Now you most show me how much raw power they wield! Raichu!"

Ash hid a smirk as he saw Surge's massive Raichu appearing in a flash of white energy. It grinned at them and sparked its cheek cockily as it called its name in a mocking fashion and made a 'come hitter' motion with its paw. Ash just nodded at Pikachu who couldn't hide his smirk as he jumped from Ash's shoulder and landed on all fours in front of Ash, sparking his cheeks in challenge.

Surge frowned when he saw this but he wouldn't underestimate this kid anymore and that Pikachu certainly looked strong, the strength and brightness of its sparks gave it away. He wasn't going to pull his punches. "Thunderbolt! Full power and keep it going!"

Raichu exploded with electrical power and in just a second unleashed a thunderbolt many times more powerful than Pikachu's own, but Ash wasn't concerned as he just kept the smirk on his face. The attack was power and it was formed quickly but at the speed it was headed towards its target made it painfully obvious that Surge and Raichu only worked on the power of their attacks and how fast Raichu could build up that power and nothing else. And Ash could certainly work around that.

He didn't have to utter a word as Pikachu cloaked himself with the enhancement of quick attack and agility to ump to the side fast and far enough that he didn't even feel the resulting blast of Raichu's thunderbolt striking the ground. He was surprised however, when Raichu kept the attack going and directed towards Pikachu's position. It seemed like they also worked on their control too but it still wasn't fast enough to hit Pikachu.

"Get close and Iron Tail," said Ash after watching Pikachu jumping away from being hit by the thunderbolt, said attack carving a deep trench into the ground. Pikachu's ears twitched at the order and he nodded before the thunderbolt was upon him. Instead of jumping to either side, he jumped forward and began to run towards Raichu at speeds that were just below Scyther's own on the ground.

"Don't let get near! Shock wave!" Surge barked and Raichu nodded, an annoyed expression on its face as it stopped feeding its continuous thunderbolt further. Its cheeks sparked before launching a blast of electricity that was bigger and brighter than the one used by Magneton. It was directed towards Pikachu with pin point accuracy but Ash and Pikachu just grinned.

"Take it! Don't stop!"

"What?!"

The eyes of Surge and Raichu widened when Pikachu absorbed the electric attack and shrugged it off as if it were nothing. Ash's second Pokemon then gave Raichu a gleeful look when he got in its face and twisted his body so he could smack his evolved form in the side of its body, sending it to the ground with a pained grunt.

Realization dawned on Surge's eyes as he saw Raichu standing up with a grunt of exertion. "Lightning rod…" He muttered before his expression matched that of Raichu's with a guttural snarl. "Mega punch and Mega kick! Overpower it!"

Raichu nodded its head before one of its paws began to glow with power before he moved to punch Pikachu in the face. The yellow rodent smirked at Raichu's slow form. It seemed like it had evolved before it reached its peak in speed as a Pikachu but he should've known earlier since Raichu was just as bulky as their species were known to be. Thankfully, Ash wasn't making the same mistake.

Pikachu ducked under the blow easily enough and he charged another Iron Tail. He jumped over a mega kick directed at his mid section with a front flip and used the momentum generated by that maneuver to strike Raichu over the head and send it tumbling to the ground face first.

Raichu growled in anger as its face got red because of it. It jumped to its feet and its cheeks began to spark as it built up a massive amount of electrical energy. Surge's eyes widened when he saw this and he recognized what was about to happen. "Don't do it!" He shouted but it was too late. In Raichu's anger due being out played and getting hit twice after a long time, and by a Pikachu no less, he forgot the fact that Pikachu had lightning rod as his ability… and released a Discharge attack.

The attack spread out in a expanding dome fashion with electricity jumping from the edges and running through it as it grew and Ash saw many ways he could apply that in tandem with Pikachu's speed, so he decided right there that Discharge was going to be the next technique Pikachu learned. Said yellow rodent just smirked and he let the dome reach it him and he began to absorb all the electricity the Raichu generated to perform the attack. It arched towards him and he grunted as he felt his own pool of electricity straining to accommodate the new amount.

He grinned at Raichu, who had taken a step back with its face showing some fear, and used his paw to make a cleaning motion over his mouth. "Thanks for the meal," he said before his eyes lit up and he grinned in a feral manner as he looked back at Ash, who cocked an eyebrow at him. "Check this out every one!" He declared before jumping back and put some distance between him and the still shocked Raichu.

Pikachu then began to run towards Raichu without the use of quick attack and agility to boost his speed, grin still in place. Eyes widened when electricity sparked around Pikachu for a second before he was enveloped in a glowing yellow aura of electricity that had Raichu taking a few more steps back in fear. Surge also had wide eyes as he saw the famed attack being used against his Raichu and he knew that it will spell problem for him if it hit.

"Jump out of the way!" Surge shouted frantically.

Pikachu's grin just widened. "No, you won't! Eat thunder, bitch!" Pikachu shouted before he crashed into Raichu, an explosion that obscured the collision site resulting from the collision.

A few seconds later and the smoke thinned out to show a panting Pikachu, arcs of electricity running across his body as he stared down at the thoroughly scorched Raichu, who sported many scuff marks and burns all over its body as he laid face up with swirl in its eyes. Pikachu then looked from Raichu to the shocked Surge, gave a mock salute before he ran back to Ash.

The black haired trainer had a grin on his face as he looked at Pikachu. "It seems that absorbing that last attack was enough to give you the push you needed to fill your reserves and unlock Volt Tackle."

Pikachu nodded his head proudly. "That's about right."

Ash's grin widened. "It also seems that you used an untested and unpracticed move on an official and important battle." Pikachu paled when he realized that he indeed did that. "As a punishment for that, you won't evolve until you have perfect control of your attacks and master Volt Tackle, Thunder and Discharge. Understood?" He asked sweetly with grin still in place.

Pikachu nodded his head frantically and Ash expression went back to being happy at winning. Pikachu sighed as he ignored the laughing of his teammates. Ash could be very scary sometimes.

Ash noticed that Surge had recalled his fallen Pokemon and was standing in front of him with his hand extended as he held a few objects in it. "You proved your worth as a trainer that uses both strategic thinking and raw power along with having a strong bond with your Pokemon. You deserved the Thunder Badge, the TM Shock Wave and a ticket for the St. Anne…" Surge trailed off as he looked at Pikachu, who was perched innocently on Ash's shoulder before he reached into his pocket and gave Ash a thunder stone. "That pikachu of yours is going to be a beast if it evolves." He grinned in a savage manner. "Please come back here once you toughened up. I won't hold back again," said Surge with a booming laugh.

Ash nodded his head with a small smile on his face as he pocketed everything that was handed to him. "Thanks for the battle Lt. Surge. I promise to come back here again once I gathered all the badges for the Conference. I will be good training for it after all," said Ash with a nod that was returned by Surge before he was dismissed.

As Ash walked towards the exit of the Gym with Riolu in tow, he glanced at Pikachu. "Add shock wave to the list of moves you must learn before evolution."

Pikachu's ears dropped. Everyone else just laughed harder.

-AM: KOI-

The St. Anne was certainly a wonder of naval architecture. The ship was massive, extending for a good hundred and sixty meters and rising twenty meters and it occupied the entire section of the dock that Ash thought it was built just for when this ship stayed in Vermillion City. Ash could see many people going into the ship or standing on the dock just admiring it. He himself felt a little intimidated by it.

He shook his head before he walked towards the entrance of the ship and handed him the ticket. After he confirmed its authenticity the man told him the number of his room and how to reach it and about a tournament with an extremely rare Pokemon as the prize for the winner. Ash wasn't surprised that it was a suite, since his mother always made sure that he was as comfortable as he could be but it had him sigh in a little of fond annoyance. That was just like her. And he was going to participate in that little tournament, no questions asked.

As Ash made his way to his room, he inspected the ship with wide eyes. The pools were big enough to house small and medium sized pokemon without much and on the main dock and there were a few fields in which they were having Pokemon battles. Ash managed to spot several rare pokemon from faraway regions as he walked pass the arena and he was going to make sure to get a fight out of them.

Ash walked the stairs leading up to the highest floor of the ship and walked the long and lone hallway. He noticed that there were only thirteen rooms here and the one that belonged to him was the final one at the very end. He shook his head before making his way over there and used the key that he had been given when he entered to open it. When he stepped inside his room, he was understandably shocked.

The room was even bigger than a Pokemon Center's lobby, which was supposed to house dozens of trainers and the pokemon they could keep out of their pokeballs. He spotted a king sized bed at the end of the room. The room was furnished with many couches, chairs and tables in a very organized manner. He even saw a metal perch in which Pidgeot could roost and an Aquarium.

Ash shook his head before looking at Pikachu and Riolu, smirking at their shocked expressions. "That's my mother for you. Always going beyond and beyond," said Ash before he moved towards the bed and leaving his back pack there. Pikachu and Riolu, as always, jumped on it and began to wrestle.

Ash just deadpanned at them before he released al his pokemon except Gyarados. "I'm going to release you in the ocean so you can do whatever you want, but make sure that you always stay close to the ship," aid Ash through the bond and he smiled when he felt an excited mental nudge.

He turned towards his pokemon and smiled when he saw that Squirtle was already swimming in the massive aquarium, enjoying himself immensely if the grin on his face was anything to go by. Scyther, Nidorino and Charmander had taken comfortable positions in the floor against the wall and were basking in the comfortable feeling that the room gave off. Pidgeot was calmly inspecting the room as she stood perched on the metal pole that was slightly bending under her weight (That was a thought that he kept to himself).

Ash looked down when he felt a nudge on his feet and he smiled at Ivysaur. "What's up?"

Ivysaur sat on his haunches and he peered up at Ash with a serious expression on his face. "I need to tell you about the nature of the powers that manifest when I use my Aura," he said before taking a deep breath when Ash nodded his head. "It isn't that hard to grasp. When I use Ingrain, I can also direct my natural energy mixed with Aura to make plants grow from basically nothing, only using the soil as some kind of medium. The plants that I grow are an extension of me and I can do with them whatever there is that I need to do. I believe that it is best if we focus on mastering this ability since it will get much, much stronger when I become a Venasaur."

Ash took in the new information and he nodded his head in agreement. "Alright. The only new moves that I was hoping to teach you are Toxic and Solar Beam and I'm sure you can handle those three things with no issue," said Ash as he reached down and rubbed Ivysaur on his forehead.

Ash then stood up and addressed all his Pokemon. "Alright everyone I'm going to inscribe and participate on the tournament. Who wants a crack at it?" He wasn't surprised when Scyther, Riolu, Nidorino and Squirtle were the ones that wanted to participate with him. They were probably excited and itching to fight after they beheld his battle with Surge. Ash nodded and recalled them all sans Riolu who jumped off the bed to land at his side. "Are you guys going to stay in here?"

Pikachu, Charmander and Ivysaur nodded since they were still a little fatigued from the fight they just had so they were going to try and relax. Pidgeot shook her head. "I would like a chance to spread my beautiful wings and fly a little," she said with some distaste, feeling that this room was only good for sleeping since it was visibly appealing enough.

Ash laughed before recalling her. He turned towards Ivysaur. "Make sure that Pikachu's behaves and doesn't destroy anything," said Ash with before directing a glance at Pikachu who just glared at him lazily.

Pikachu waved him with his tail. "Give me a break. I'm too comfortable right now to do some mischief. Chill out and go win that tournament."

Ash sighed before he relented when Ivysaur nodded at him. Pikachu could be a handful sometimes.

-AM: KOI-

St. Anne Tournament-First Round

After Ash released Gyarados on the sea, the ship had already sailed, and Pidgeot so she could fly above them and stretch her wings, he made his way to the battlefields that were on the dock of the St. Anne so he could sing up for the tournament. Only thirty two people were allowed to enter and Ash was lucky enough to sing up. The tournament was fairly standard: one on one fights and you had to win to advance. The last battle was going to be a double battle which interested Ash very much.

He stood now on one of the battlefields facing his first opponent, an older looking men wearing a stylish suit. He noticed that there was small crowd around them, and as always, they were looking at Riolu with interest. He shrugged them off with some difficulty. He could use to start getting use to the humongous crowd that the Indigo Conference was surely going to attract.

"We are going to continue with the first round battles of the St. Anne Tournament. This battle is between Ash Ketchum from Kanto and Sir Jonah James from Hoenn. Release your pokemon!" Declared the referee as he raised both flags to indicate the start of the battle.

Ash quickly released Nidorino, who roared the moment he was fully materialized, and he raised an eyebrow when he saw his opponent's choice. He recognized the white furred Pokemon as a vigoroth and it didn't exactly look weak if the glare on its face and muscles were anything to go by. Ash's eyes narrowed as he realized that he and Nidorino will have to use every trick in their arsenal if they wanted to win.

He smirked. He wasn't planning on holding back anyways. "Toxic spikes. Lure it," said Ash. His eyes flashing with mirth and his expression was disturbingly matched by Nidorino as he formed a purple sphere of venomous energy in front of his mouth that he shot into the sky which split into many more that fell into the battlefield, rendering the field a poisoned land.

Jonah scowled in an ugly fashion as he saw this. He knew that he was at a serious disadvantage and his vigoroth didn't know long range moves so he hoped that his pokemon would stay strong for a long enough time to beat his opponent. "Focus up! Get in close and slash!"

Ash smirked as the vigoroth roared and began to shine with the power of focus energy and bulk up before its wicked claws extended as they glowed white power before it leaped towards Nidorino with great speeds. He had forced this situation just by opening with Toxic Spikes, which was certainly one of his favorite moves, and his opponent had played directly into his plans. They, however, needed to not make it so painfully obvious that he wanted vigoroth to actually get in close.

"Ice beam!"

Nidorino locked eyes with the airborne vigoroth before he opened his maw and a blue sphere formed in an instant. It suddenly branched into three arcs of white blue icy energy that zeroed on Vigoroth who could only widen its eyes at the incoming attack. It tried to twist its way out of the ice beam but only succeeded on evading two of the three arcs of energy and it was hit in the shoulder and its momentum was halted.

Ash smirked and Jonah growled when Vigoroth fell to the ground and immediately its body glowed purple as it was infected by the Toxic Spikes. Their strategy was to lure an enemy into getting in close by the use of Toxic Spikes and Ice Beam or Thunderbolt to make them think that getting in close was their best shot, which was quite the contrary. It worked best when the venomous spikes poisoned their enemy. It was a sound strategy that he hoped to one day perfect to make it infallible.

Jonah scowled before he pointed at Nidorino. "Push through! Endure it and hammer arm!"

Vigoroth's chest expanded as it roared to the heavens before charging at Nidorino with a glowing white arm. Ash's eyes widened when it jumped over Nidorino's retaliatory Thunderbolt before he smacked Nidorino away with the powerful attack. The purple, stocky pokemon of Ash grunted in pain as it was sent skidding towards the edge of the battlefield but he managed to stop short of going out by digging his claws into the soil to stop his momentum. He glared and growled at the smirking Vigoroth.

Ash calmed down slightly when he saw Vigoroth taking a knee after his body what rocked by the venom of Toxic Spikes once again. They needed to press their advantage down if they wanted to win because he was sure his opponent's pokemon was tough enough to keep fighting, ignoring the effects of the poison going through its veins. "Dig!" He hoped that Nidorino knew what he wanted him to do.

Nidorino nodded his head before he gave a little jump and disappeared into the ground, making a hole on the soil and kicking up some dust. Jonah saw this and he smirked in triumph. "Nice battle kid, but it is our win. Earthquake!" He shouted grandly with a grin on his face.

Said grin was matched by his pokemon as the Vigoroth raised its arms and it was about to bring them down to use the commanded attack before it flinched for a second due to the venom. And that cost him dearly because Nidorino burst out of the ground, horn glowing white and not a second later he rammed it into Vigoroth's stomach and injected even more venom into its system.

Ash had a smirk on his face as he saw this and he chuckled at his opponent's bewildered look. It seemed like Nidorino's exceptional skill underground was a good way to catch foes off guard. He was going to make sure to capitalize on that fact in oncoming battles. "Finish it," he said simply with a placid smile on his face.

Jonah only had time for his eyes to widen before Vigoroth attempted to use another hammer arm on Nidorino, but the white furred pokemon was prevented from doing that as it flinched again for being so badly poisoned, giving Nidorino enough time to remove his horn from within Vigoroth with a nasty wet sound, some blood spilling out, before he jumped back and electrocuted Vigoroth with a well placed Thunderbolt.

It only took ten seconds to knock the Hoenn native pokemon out and it was dully recalled as the referee proclaimed Ash the winner, who congratulated Nidorino, getting a grunt and a 'smirking return before he too was recalled. Ash dipped his hat at Jonah who sighed before he nodded respectfully with a smile at Ash. Ash returned the smile and he moved towards the edge of the battlefield, were he was congratulated by other people as he decided to scout out the possible competition. That never hurt to do.

St. Anne Tournament- Third Round

Ash looked at his opponent, a pretty girl a few years older than him that was giving him a strange look. He shook how uncomfortable that made him feel and he instead thought back on how he was doing so far. He dominated the fight with Riolu against a man's Bibarel and he was now on the third round. He only needed to win three more times (This one, then the semifinals and finally at the finals) so he could get that rare pokemon from another region for his team.

The black haired girl that was his opponent grinned sexily at him and winked. "It doesn't matter how cute you are. I'm going to win this tournament and get that rare Pokemon," she claimed as she brandished her pokeball.

Ash blushed at what she said before he shook her head and returned the smirk with one of her own as he too raised his pokeball. "Let's see about that," he said simply.

When the referee declared the start of the fight, both trainers released their Pokemon and Squirtle, wearing his sun glasses, materialized in front of him. The girl he was going to fight released a massive Houndoom that barked and snarled, flames dancing out of its mouth as it loved angry eyes with Squirtle, who only crossed his arms and gave his opponent a bored, and bizarrely enough, and excited look at the same time.

"Hmmm…" He muttered as he sized up his opponent. "I guess I will have to use my awesome, super skills to get this done like the badass I am," he said with a smirk as he got into a ready stance, making the ones he shared a bond with groan except for his squad, who began to cheer on him.

Ash rubbed his forehead with the palm of his hand. "Just make sure you win. Feel free to fight as you please," he said with a wary chuckle. He had given up on trying to fit a style of battling into Squirtle since he was already set on one that actually fit him so he only focused on teaching him new techniques and suggesting ideas on how he could implement them. When Squirtle battled, it was all up to him, which was better… from a certain point of view.

His opponent gave the first order. "Use Sunny Day and then Dark Pulse. And don't stop moving!" She shouted grandly making a wide motion with her arm. Ash blushed as this made her assets do something that he found visually appealing before he shook his head again. What was happening to him nowadays? Ugh. If he could just go to make out with Melanie…

He shook his head again. 'Focus,' he told himself and dutifully ignored the snickering of his friends through the bond.

Houndoom barked before a bright, red ball shot up towards the sky and suddenly, the glare of the sun intensified. Ash frowned at this since it would make water attacks a little weaker but he realized that it was Squirtle that was fighting so he decided that it was wiser not to worry about that. Houndoom then charged a ball of dark, arching energy that he sent towards Squirtle in a tunnel like beam of dark energy.

Squirtle rolled his eyes and scoffed. "Che." He stepped back with one of his legs before he leaned into it and to the side, the dark pulse attack passing harmlessly by him. Squirtle adjusted his glasses slightly before he cracked his neck. "My turn." And he was running towards his opponents at speed that were surprising for his species.

Both Houndoom and its trainer blinked as Squirtle reached the dark dog and punched him with a stubby fist surrounded by swirling water that came out of his mouth. The fire and dark dog yelped in pain as it was sent tumbling to the side with a stinging nuzzle and it shot to its leg and fired a nasty looking Flamethrower at Squirtle, whose glasses were glinting due to the harsh glare of the sun.

Squirtle scoffed again before he reared his head back and fired a powerful water gun that crashed into the stream of fire. The two attacks were evenly matched due to Houndoom being at its peak and Squirtle's attack having an elemental advantage. The collision of the two techniques generated a cloud of mist that obscured the battlefield slightly.

But this wasn't a problem for Houndoom and its trainer smirked. "Use your nose to find that Squirtle and then Beat Up!"

Ash watched interestedly at the next turn of events. He could see what was going on because apparently, his Aura had augmented his eyesight beyond that of a normal human and it was a recent development since he started to train on Aura manipulation. He didn't know how the two things related but he wasn't one for overcomplicated theory so he just accepted it and moved on. Besides, he wouldn't question anything that gave him and advantage.

Houndoom sniffed the air before snarling with a grin as it roared and dark energy surrounded him for a moment. Ash's eyes widened as the energy turned into three copies of Houndoom that soon transformed into an Ampharos, a Heracross and a Quagsire. They all glared at where Squirtle was supposed to be before they charged into the mist.

No sooner than they did that Ash smirked and the copies of Houndoom that transformed into three apparently random Pokemon appeared once again, this time they were hurled back out of the mist, which began to thin out. Ash's opponent's eyes widened. "What?" They asked as they saw their technique dispelling in tendrils of black energy that dissolved into the mist.

When the mist cleared out, they saw Squirtle's shell spinning in place, undersize up as five columns of water spun in tandem with the spinning shell. It was a very cool and magnificent sight and the crowd 'awed' at the display. Squirtle soon ended the technique and he spun into a kneeling position with one of his arm on his propped knee and he glared at the perturbed Houndoom with glinting sunglasses.

The girls that Ash was facing rubbed her eyes and sighed before pointing at Squirtle with dull eyes. "Solarbeam. Let's end this quick," she said in a matching tone of voice.

Houndoom complied and fired an instant beam of yellow and green energies. Normally, the beam would take more time to charge up and fire, even more if it was used by a fire type, but thanks to the Sunny Day used at the very beginning of the fight, it was instantly prepared and fired at the still kneeling Squirtle.

Seeing the incoming beam, Squirtle snorted for the third time that day and pushed himself into the air by using water gun on the ground beneath him and he evaded the attack by a wide margin. He then cupped his hands in front of him and formed a swirling sphere of water and energy that he let grew until it was about the size of his body before he reared his stubby arms back and hurled it at the ground.

Houndoom and its trainer only had time to blink in bewilderment before the Water Pulse hit the ground in front of Houndoom and exploded in a swirling vortex of water that consumed the battlefield and absorbed Houndoom into it. The dark dog yipped as it was stroke by gallons of swirling water as it was buffeted across the battlefield at speeds that were more than just disorientating.

When the attack finished Houndoom ended at the other side of the battlefield and the soil of said battlefield was soaked and it looked more like mud. The fire type tried to stand up but it was having difficulties because it was affected by the Water Pulse. It just managed to get on its four feet before, suddenly, Squirtle appeared beneath him and Houndoom only had time to widen its confused eyes before it was sent flying, stroke by a fluffy tail surrounded by swirling water.

Squirtle turned his back towards his opponent landed in a heap and he adjusted his sunglasses, which glinted in the sound, as the bewildered referee declared him the winner. He nodded his head and crossed his arms. "Yes. I Am Awesome."

Ash blushed red as he returned his pokemon after hastily congratulating him. He nodded at his opponent before he walked briskly towards were the crowd was gathered to watched the fights. He ignored the strange looks being sent his way and the snickering and groans from the bond.

It was the correct thing to do to keep his sanity intact.

St. Anne Tournament-Final Round

Ash had an excited smirk on his face as he faced his final opponent on the tournament. After Squirtle's battle he had used Nidorino once again and he managed to score a relatively easy win against a Cacturne (it basically developed like the fight with Vigoroth, only that Cacturne was a little faster but didn't hit as hard) and he now fund himself in the final. His opponent was a man from Unova that had been dominating the fights, just like him, so he wasn't going to try his luck this time.

The referee raised his flags. "This is the Final Round for the St. Anne Tournament between Ash Ketchum from Kanto and Morgan Frisk from Unova! This will be a standard Double battle and the first team to knock out both opponents out will be the winner! Release your pokemon and begin!"

Riolu jumped from his side to stand in front of him and he released Scyther from his pokeball, the green mantis materializing next to Riolu and hissing as he barred his teeth and weapons. The eyes of the off the jackal and the mantis narrowed when their opponents were revealed. A black and white zebra that had arcs of electricity going around its mane and a tan and blue colored monkey that was looking at them with a placid eye smile.

Riolu glanced at Scyther as he took his stance. "So how do you want to handle this? We pretty much have Ash's permission to make our own calls," he commented idly as he boosted his body with bulk up, used Foresight to augment his reaction time and enhanced his limbs with the fighting techniques of Brick Break and Double Kick. Thanks to his Aura, he could keep them up for a long time before he felt the strain and had to ease up.

Scyther shrugged before his body began to glow with the power of Agility and Quick Attack and his wings began buzz before he was hovering in the air. "You are better than me up close so I guess we should handle the Zebstrika and then the Simipour… wait… Simipour first… for convenience sake," he added with a grimace as he began to float higher.

Riolu nodded his head and he crouched low. "Got it."

Morgan pointed at his two foes and glared with his own excited smirk on. "Zebstrika, handle the bug! Simipour, take care of that Riolu!" He shouted, almost barked, and his two Pokemon nodded their heads.

Zebstrika's form clacked with lightning before it fired off an arching blast of electricity at Scyther who looked impressed with it and that was a hard thing to do since he trained with Pikachu on a daily basis. He blurred out of the way and retaliated by swinging glowing scythes, releasing twin blades of winds that were headed towards his two opponents, forcing them to jump and get separated from the other.

Simipour charged a Water Pulse between its hands and fired it at Riolu but the blue and black jackal merely jumped towards it, spun around his body and kicked it away from the arena and into the ocean before he continued his charge, Simipour blinked before it fired a water gun at Riolu that forced the little fighting type to jump and loose some momentum but to the shock of everyone, except Ash and his pokemon, he landed on the water gun and continued his path towards Simipour, who could only stare before it was kicked in the head by a flaming, glowing kick and sent flying backwards.

Scyther growled as he evaded the attacks from Zebstrika with relative ease. He trained with Pikachu everyday with stronger and faster electrical attacks but that didn't mean that he wanted to get hit because while he could endure it better than must, they still hurt like a fucking hell and there was no way he was going to let himself be hit if he could prevent it. He corkscrewed away from another blast of electricity before he disappeared in a dark warping of energy, surprising Zebstrika enough that he stopped spamming thunderbolts.

The green Mantis appeared behind Zebstrika and rammed into it cloaked in darkness and white energy as his enhanced Quick Attack and Agility was further enhanced by Pursuit and Aerial Ace. He smirked when Zebstrika grunted in pain before it turned away and blasted another crack of lightning, which he dodged and retaliated with another Air Slash, aiming it at its feet and forcing it to jump back and away from that side of the battlefield. He needed to keep it occupied for few more seconds before they could enact their plan.

Simipour was no longer smiling placidly; in fact, it had a nasty scowl on its face and a nastier looking bruise on its cheek on where Riolu had hit it. Speaking of the jackal like Pokemon, he was again charging at Simipour with glowing limbs and cloaked in white light. Morgan matched the scowl on Simipour with one of his own. "Scald!"

Simipour nodded its head before opening its mouth wide and firing a stream of super hot water that actually made the air around it shimmer with how hot it was. Riolu faltered for a second before got his bearing just in time to throw himself into a slide under the attack. He grimaced as the heat of the Scald got to him but he managed to reach under Simipour and the monkey only had time to stop the steam of super hot water before it was sent flying straight up with a dry of pain by a rising kick from Riolu.

Riolu went into all fours so he could push himself upwards and towards the rising Simipour with as much force as he could. He suddenly disappeared from the ground and a second later he appeared behind the still rising Simipour and performed a spinning roundhouse kick that sent it in a downward angle towards the middle of the battle field with another cry of pain. "Scyther!"

Scyther heard the call from his teammate and he dodged Zebstrika's thunderbolt in a way that that let him just slip away from Simipour's flying path and he was now flying behind the flying water monkey. It was revealed what the plan was when Zebstrika fired off another electrical attack but instead of hitting Scyther, it hit its teammate o cried in pain before it was knocked out due receiving too much punishment in a short amount of time.

Morgan glared furiously straight ahead as he recalled his fallen monkey. "Stop this nonsense! Zebstrika! Disharge!"

The black and white electrical zebra nodded its head before charging up and releasing all that pent up electrical energy. The dome of electricity expanded, releasing arcs of lightning that arched across the dome, looking for targets to electrify and scorch. Scyther tried his hardest to evade them all and he partially succeed but they were too much and he got hit on the wings, rendering them incapable of keeping him flying so he let gravity pull him down as he rolled out of the way of another arc of lightning.

Riolu, incredibly, was having better luck at evading the electrical attack but that was mostly due to his smaller body and the continuous use of Foresight. When he got prudently close, he charged an Aura Sphere between his paws and let it fly across the field towards his opponent. It seemed like Zebstrika noticed this since it opened its maw and fired off a blast of electricity that meat his Aura Sphere half way there and very near of where Scyther landed.

The green mantis only had time to Pursuit of there before and explosion occurred as Charge Beam met Aura Sphere. Scyther appeared at Zebstrika's flank and rammed into it cloaked in just dark energies before he slashed at it with glowing scythes. Zebstrika neighed in pain before glaring and turning away from Scyther and snapping back its powerful back legs in a double kick attack that while it didn't do too much damage, it managed to get Scyther away from it.

Riolu capitalized in the distraction and augmented his body with Quick attack and agility and he ran forwards before he jumped and canceled the two techniques only for his feet two start glowing and then they were cloaked in flames. Zebstrika only had time to look surprised before it was hit in the side by a flaming drop kick that knocked it over with a cry of pain. Riolu huffed slightly but he noticed too late the buildup of energy and he was zapped away by a point blank thunderbolt which stung a lot.

Pikachu shocked many times harder.

Scyther was just standing up from where he landed when he saw a scorched Riolu shooting pass him and then landing roughly on the ground. He turned towards the Zebstrika, who was trying to get up to its feet but Scyther wasn't going to let that happen. He was already damn tired of this fight and he wanted get done with it so he charged his scythe with white energy before he released the Air Slash at Zebstrika. The mantis blinked when Riolu shot overhead and swept a flaming leg at the blades of wind that ignited and hit Zebstrika just before the fire consumed the concentrated oxygen within the attack.

The cloud of smoke that was produced let up and there on the ground was the clearly unconscious Zebstrika. Riolu and Scyther slumped into the ground as they heard the referee declaring them and Ash the winners. The blue and black jackal looked down at his scorched form and chuckled. "Well… that was tougher than what I was expecting," he commented, frowning slightly as he watched Morgan angrily recall his pokemon and walk away muttering.

Scyther had a frown on his face too as he noticed this but he winced when he tried to move his wings. "I agree with you. I'm going to talk to Ash and tell him that I only want to deal with Pikachu as an electric type and only for training. Not doing so isn't good for my health."

Riolu chuckled again. "Touché."

Ash had a massive grin on his face, which was mirrored by Pikachu, as he thanked the congratulations shot his way by his Pokemon through the bond. He congratulated Riolu and Scyther on a job well done before he recalled the tired Scyther and Riolu walked towards him on slightly wobbly legs. Riolu extended at fist towards him once he was close enough and Ash smirked as his knuckles met Riolu's in a fist pump.

The crowd cheered louder.

Ash laughed in happiness before the sponsor of the St. Anne Tournament approached him holding a black colored pokeball with green ovals. Ash recognized it as a Dusk ball and he immediately deduced that this Pokemon was either a dark or ghost type or a Pokemon that was commonly found in the night. The man presented the ball to him and he took it gingerly. "Congratulations young man! You certainly receive this reward for coming on top today! Now, this was a Pokemon that was very, very difficult to acquire so we hope that you treated with the utmost care and train it to the best of your abilities.

"Thanks, but the real credit goes to my Pokemon. They were the ones that did all the work," he said with some embarrassment on his voice as he tried his best to be humble about it. If he was arrogant, even a little, his mother would find out and she was going to punish him. He shuddered. He didn't want that to happen again.

'The man nodded at him with grin still in place. "Now…"The man trailed off as the crowd cheered even lauder and it made him grin. "Why don't you show it to the world?"

Ash considered it for a second before shrugging and nodding. He tapped the release bottom on the pokeball and watched with growing excitement as the white energy surged forward and coalesced into a small shape. His eyes widened once the Pokemon was revealed and his arms hung limply at his side, as did his mouth and he was pretty sure that his eyes resembled dinner plates with a little red dot in them.

"No… fucking… way…"


And that's done! And yes. I also stole the cliffhanger from Dragonwolf12. You don't like it… too bad. I done really care that much. I'm fucking tired right now man. It's two, almost three, in the fucking morning and I've been up since six in the morning of yesterday dealing with school stuff and whatnot. I'm just going to put the updated move pools and then I'm going to bed.

-Riolu (M): Quick Attack, Foresight, Counter, Force Palm, Blaze Kick, Aura Sphere, Low Sweep, Double Kick and Brick Break. Riolu can use Aura to enhance his movements and keep his techniques activated for longer periods of time.

-Pikachu (M): Quick Attack, Agility, Double Team, Iron Tail, Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Electro Ball and Volt Tackle. Pikachu uses Aura to increase his storage of electricity at a steady pace that lets him always stay in control of his attacks.

-Gyarados (F): Hyper Beam, Hydro Pump, Dragon Rage, Twister, Crunch, Flamethrower, Ice Beam and Thunderbolt. Gyarados can manipulate water using Aura and will eventually be able to fly due to her typing using it.

-Scyther (M): Quick Attack, Agility, Double Team, Slash, Fury Cutter, Wing Attack, Pursuit, Aerial Ace, Steel Wing and Air Slash. Scyther can makes his attacks stronger than normal and enhance his body to move at unparalleled speeds on the ground.

-Pidgeot (F): Quick Attack, Agility, Gust, Twister, Tailwind, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace, Air Slash, Mirror Move and Hyper Beam. Pidgeot's Aura lets her manipulate the air currents around her and she can use that to completely nullify wind resistance as she moves, making her Ash's fastest pokemon.

-Nidorino: Horn Attack, Fury Attack, Double Kick, Poison Sting, Poison Jab, Toxic Spikes, Thunderbolt and Ice Beam. The still haven't found out what special ability Aura will give Nidorino, but Ash's suspects that it will be ground based and it will manifest fully once he evolves.

-Ivysaur (M): Leech Seed, Vine Whip, Sleep Power, Poison Powder, Razor Leaf, Ingrain, Giga Drain, Synthesis and Energy Ball. Ivysaur can grow plants out of nothing as long as his vines are in direct contact with the ground. He can sue them to sap away the energy of his foes with even more effectiveness.

-Charmander (M): Ember, Fire Spin, Smokescreen, Dragon Rage, Flamethrower and Dragon Claw. Using Aura as a medium, Charmander can mix draconian energy with his fire to make his attacks more powerful but they are waiting a bit to explore this ability.

-Squirtle (M): Gun, Withdraw, Bubblebeam, Rapid Spin, Aqua Tail, Water Pulse, Ice Beam and Counter Shield. Like Gyarados, Squirtle can also manipulate water with his Aura but he can also use it to pull water out of the environment.

Bulbasaur evolved! Yay! Also, I think we know who is going to be the nut job/badass/weird guy of the team, right? *cough* Squirtle *cough* You got to admit that fight was awesome.

In the next chapter there is going to be more fights and maybe Ash will get lucky again with the girls. Maybe.

See ya brothers and sisters and if there are, the unholy combination of both genders! Love you lots!