Thank you for those kind reviews. It really made me happy to see that people are still kind and helpful these days. I wanted to give a shout out to those who've made really great Altoshipping stories as well as those who've written Altoshipping stories. I wish they would be updated but I know life comes first.
Now I know many people don't like overpowered characters. I just wanted to say that Ash is stronger but not too strong. He just spent years training. I also wanted to say that I'll try to update as soon as I can, but life will come first. I do not own Pokémon or any of the characters.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
"Telepathy"
In a beautiful garden, a red and white Pokémon is just waking up. Lately she has been sleeping late to try and avoid the pain of feeling alone. It had been 4 years since the one she loved had left. Four years of sadness, loneliness, and hoping that he'd return.
It had seemed like she would be actually able to sleep late today until she heard Bianca calling to her. She let out a soft sigh as she tries to go back to sleep, but Bianca shouts louder.
"Latias!! I know you're in there! Come on and wake up! It's already almost noon!!" Bianca shouts. The young woman had her hands on her hips as she waits for her best friend to get up. Around her a few other Lati's look at her in curiosity as normally Bianca never shouted. A Latios approaches Bianca and frowns at her.
"Excuse me young girl, but what makes you think you can just barge in here and shout at such a beautiful Latias? You shouting is disturbing the peace here as well. I was sleeping quite nicely before I was so rudely awoken by your yelling. I'm sure such a amazing Latias was also rudely awoken. She deserves more respect than that." The Latios says in a slightly arrogant fashion. Bianca stops and clenches her fists as she suddenly turns to the Latios and points a finger at him, briefly jabbing his chest as she glares angrily.
"You want to talk about respect?! You think you show her respect by constantly flirting and trying to court her despite the fact that she isn't interested at all! You think because you are the strongest Latios here that you can be her boyfriend? Then, you have the audacity to talk down to her best friend, whose known her for all her life, complain about me interrupting your precious beauty sleep, and tell me that I'M being disrespectful? I think you should go to school to learn some manners and how to treat women!"
With her rant finished, Bianca turns back to see if Latias was awake, only to discover that her friend was gaping at Bianca but in a slightly impressed way. The young Latias had never seen her friend get so angry before. Normally Bianca remained relaxed and calm, ignoring the complaints and arrogance of the Latios. However after seeing how stressed he made Latias feel, she must have finally had enough and decided to put him into his place.
'Remind me to never anger Bianca that much,' Latias thinks to herself. The Latios meanwhile, had huffed in humiliation and proceeded to return to where he'd come from to sleep. Bianca watched him go with a glare for a while before turning back and she moved to hug Latias.
"Hey Tia, sorry about that. Just got tired of how arrogant he acts. He needed to be taught how to respect others. Anyways, I was thinking we could visit the docks today and see if there was anything interesting to paint!" Bianca says with a smile on her face. If there was one thing Latias loved, it was painting.
"You know, that doesn't sound too bad actually. Who knows, maybe Ash will come!" Latias said with a faint smile. Bianca smiles weakly and watches as Latias transforms into her new human form. She had a red short sleeved shirt on, with long light brown hair, and shorts as well as white shoes.
"You know, I still think your new form is beautiful, Tia. I'm sure Ash would love seeing it~" She says teasing her best friend.
"B-Bianca!" Latias squeaks out as she blushes and tries to look away to hide her embarrassment. Ever since she changed her form, Bianca took every chance she could to tease her. It was well known to her best friend that Latias indeed had a crush on the raven haired young man. She starts walking towards the entrance as she tries to change the topic.
"So, how's Lorenzo doing? I haven't seen him in a few weeks." Latias looks a bit sad as the two leave the sanctuary. Her friend places a comforting hand on her shoulder and smiles slightly.
"Latias, it's okay. Grandfather understands that you've been upset because it's around the time when Ash left all those years ago. He's doing fine by the way. He wants me to ask if you'd be interested in having dinner with us tonight. He's cooking your favorite, calzones with rosemary mushroom risotto. For dessert, I helped grandpa make you a special surprise~. Though too bad Ash isn't here, because I bet he'd make a great dessert, don't you think Tia?~" Bianca winks playfully as she sticks her tongue out and starts running away as a beet red and spluttering Latias chases after her, after she let out one of the cutest squeaks Bianca has ever heard her make.
After a few minutes, the two resume walking at a normal pace. Latias takes the time to look around at the shops and restaurants, smiling and pointing out a few here and there as Bianca says whether or not they were good. Soon they reach the docks, where Bianca sets up her canvas and paint and looks at Latias.
"You never did say if you'd like to spend the evening with us Latias. I know that you feel sad a lot, but we miss you. It would be nice to have you over. If you want, we could even have a sleep over!" The young artist gushes as she starts painting. Latias smiles and thinks about her friends offer for a little before deciding to do it.
"Sure Bianca, I would love to come over tonight. I miss seeing you guys! When was the last time we even had a sleepover?" Latias asks as she starts painting as well.
"I think it's been a few years. I miss having our girl talks!" Bianca says as she smiles at Latias. 'Plus, I get to tease you more about Ash~,' She thinks to herself and she smiles mischievously, which Latias notices and shivers slightly from that look. Every time Bianca got a mischievous smile, Latias ended up usually getting very embarrassed or blushing extremely red.
"B-Bianca. W-why are you smiling like that? I don't think I like that smile." Latias gulps as she fidgets and tries to focus on painting.
"Oh it's nothing for you to worry about Tia~. At least not until tonight." Bianca grins as she winks playfully at her shy friend and resumes painting. 'Oh no..Now I think I'm scared for tonight.' Latias thinks to herself as she shudders and finishes her first piece.
The two girls continue to paint for a few more hours, capturing various trainers, tourists, and beautiful sceneries before they have to head back. Along the way they exchange each other's paintings, as Bianca offers various compliments and critique on where to improve. However when the two girls were nearing home, one particular piece instantly catches Latias's eye.
The specific painting shows a young man walking alongside with a Pikachu, with black hair that was more straight than spiky; but that picture was enough to remind Latias of a certain 16 year old trainer whom she was hoping each day would return. She can feel the sad feelings start to grow as tears slowly start forming in the corner of her eyes.
"Latias, are you okay?" Bianca asked, as she noticed her friend had stopped. As she looked closely at the young dragoness, she can't help but notice there was a certain sadness about her person. She knew how much Latias missed Ash, but if she had known it was THIS much, she'd have made far more attempts to cheer her friend up.
'I really hope tonight cheers her up. I understand Ash has a tough time achieving his dream but everyone deserves a break. If I can't get her happy again I may need to bring him here myself, by his ear if I have to. Maybe his mother would help me with that actually.' Bianca chuckles at the thought of Ash being dragged here by his ear by his angry mother, trying to picture what she'd look like.
As Bianca resumes looking at Latias she hears soft sniffles and decides to comfort her as much as she could. She gently wraps her arms around the dragoness in disguise, and softly pats her back.
"Latias...it's going to be alright. I'm sure Ash will come visit very soon. He's not the kind of person who forgets his friends. No matter how dense or forgetful he can be." Bianca softly says to Latias. The Dragon Pokémon slowly calms down, though Bianca could tell there is still a lot of pent feelings deep down. 'I'll talk to her about it tomorrow. Tonight we is going to be a happy time!' She thinks to herself.
"B-Bianca..T-thank you for being such a great friend. I-I don't know what I'd do without you." She says to the young woman. As she calms down, she smiles weakly and nods to her friends question. Taking her hand in her own, Bianca leads Latias home, managing to carry the paintings in her other hand.
The two girls enter Bianca's house and set their paintings down as they go to her room. For the next few hours the two girls chat and gossip about new things. Latias seems happier by then, Bianca notices.
"Bianca, did you hear me?" Latias asks as Bianca seemed to be thinking.
"Huh? Oh I'm sorry Latias. What were you saying?" She says apologetically. Latias makes a cute pouting face and huffs.
"I asked if you think I'd look cute in this dress?" Latias asks as she shows Bianca a beautiful red dress. The dress was sleeveless and came with a matching necklace. It was a bit expensive but Bianca could really see that Latias would like beautiful in it.
"I think you would. If you'd like, why don't we see if we can go get it tomorrow?" She says with a smile. Latias looks at Bianca with one of the cutest expressions of joy she could, and hugs her friend. The young woman giggles at this and pats Latias's back before they hear the front door opening.
"That's probably grandpa. I'll go check okay? I'll be right back!" Bianca says as she heads to go see her grandfather.
'Oh I can't believe that Bianca is going to get me this dress! I will look so pretty in it! I bet even Ash would love to see me in it!' Latias thinks to herself, before briefly sighing.
'I hope he gets here soon. Maybe I can ask Bianca to see how he's doing after dinner.' She smiles at this slightly and resumes looking at other dresses until Bianca tells her dinner is ready.
With a smile, she eats a great dinner with Bianca Lorenzo, extremely happy at getting to eat her favorite dish. She hugs each of them after helping clean the table, and then drags Bianca up to her room.
"Ah Latias! You could have just told me you wanted to talk instead of dragging me there!" Bianca says as she rubs her slightly sore arm. The young dragoness sheepishly blushes as she rubs her arm in embarrassment.
"S-sorry Bianca. I just got really excited when I thought of something. I was wondering..could you maybe see how Ash is doing? If you could call, maybe I could even talk to him" She says quite happily.
"Well...I don't see why not. But I don't exactly know where he is. At best I could call the professor of his town." Bianca says as she picks up a phone. She then looks for Professor Oak and dials the number. After a few moments, a middle aged man answers the phone.
"Hello, this is Professor Oak. How may I help you?" The Professor says.
"Hi, my name is Bianca and I was wondering if a friend of mine is in town. His name is Ash Ketchum."
"Ah I'm sorry Bianca, but Ash left this afternoon. He asked for some of his Pokémon and headed to meet with two of his friends. If I had to make a guess, he's most likely headed to another region now. I'm sorry." Professor Oak says.
"That's alright. Thanks for letting me know. Goodbye Professor."
"Goodbye Ms. Bianca." The Professor says and ends the call.
Bianca turns to tell the news to Latias, only to see that her friend was crying. She had heard the news already. Bianca gently rubs her friends back as she sits on the bed.
"W-why Bianca? W-why can't he remember me? I-I love him! I-it hurts so much waiting for him to come back! I-I know he is busy a lot b-but why can't he remember me??" The sobbing young dragoness buries her face in her friends lap. Bianca sighs quietly and strokes her hair as she comforts her.
'I guess we are having the talk now.' She thinks to herself.
"Listen Latias, Ash can forget a lot of things. We all do. But he'd never forget a friend, especially not someone as beautiful as you are. I'll tell you what, tomorrow after we finish shopping I'll call again and ask to speak to his mother. That way, I can see if I can get her to help get him to come back. Even if both his mother and I have to drag him by his ear!" The young woman says giggling. Latias slowly looks up and starts wiping her eyes as she sniffles a little.
"Y-you mean it Bianca?" She asks her best friend hopefully.
"Of course Tia. Now, let's get some rest." Bianca says as the two girls get ready for bed.
"Goodnight Latias."
"Goodnight Bianca. Thank you for everything." Latias says as she goes to sleep.
"You're welcome Latias. Don't worry, Ash will come back." Bianca says softly.
Thank you for reading chapter 2! Please review! I know it may seem rushed at times, I am sorry for that. But I am really excited to begin the romance! I don't know if I'll add much Pokémon fighting in this. I don't think I'd do well. But let me know if you have any thoughts, suggestions, and reviews!