Day 4

"Ah!" Ash stretched, "What a great morning! How are you doing Pikachu?"

"Darn, I was just about to shock you," Pikachu fake-pouted.

"Well too bad for you, I got up!" said Ash proudly.

"Oh well," said Pikachu, "I guess it can wait until tomorrow,"

"Man," said Ash thoughtfully, "I wish I could just get up whenever I want and not have to worry about missing breakfast."

"Did you say wish?"

Ash looked up. While they had been talking, Jirachi had come into the room. "Oh, hi Jirachi!"

"Hi, Ash!" said Jirachi, "Sorry for interrupting, I just heard you say wish and had to come over here,"

"I didn't really mean it," said Ash, "I was just joking,"

"I know," said Jirachi, "but it gives me an excuse to come here. After all, I am the wish Pokemon."

"Hold on," said Ash, "shouldn't you still be sleeping? I don't think it's been 1000 years yet."

Jirachi laughed. "It hasn't been quite that long yet, but Arceus lets me wake up to come here every year,"

"That's nice," said Ash, "I thought you just slept for that whole time,"

"Speaking of that," said Jirachi, "could you say hi to Max for me? I'm sure he misses me, and I probably won't get the chance to send him another message,"

"Sure!" said Ash, "I know he'll be super excited,"

"Thanks! And maybe you can convince Arceus to let me visit sometime?" asked Jirachi a little nervously.

Ash laughed. "I'll try, but couldn't you just wish for it?"

"No," said Jirachi sadly, "I can't grant wishes for myself, I can only do it for others,"

"Then couldn't I just wish for it?" asked Ash.

"Hold on," said Jirachi, "yeah, I think you can! Could you do it for me please?"

"Sure," said Ash, "Jirachi, I wish that you would be able to visit Max!"

One of Jirachi's wish tags glowed, signifying that the wish was granted. "Thanks so much Ash!" said Jirachi, "Would you like a wish?"

Ash considered it for a moment, "Not right now, maybe I'll think of something later,"

"Ok," said Jirachi, "thanks again, Ash! See you later!"

"Bye Jirachi!"

"You sure are popular with Legendaries aren't you Ash?" asked Pikachu.

Ash scratched his head, "Yeah, I guess so,"

"How are you doing Ash?" asked Rayquaza.

"I'm doing great, how about you?" asked Ash.

"It's been a little more relaxing since Kyogure and Groudon have calmed down," said Rayquaza, "It would be nice if they stopped bickering every once in a while, but I can't complain much, I know Arceus has to deal with Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina all the time,"

"They still fight?" asked Ash worriedly.

"Don't worry," replied Rayquaza, "they aren't fighting in the sense that they are slamming and shooting attacks at each other. They just get into a lot of arguments and hardly agree on anything."

"Whew," said Ash, "does that mean there won't be any more universe-threatening battles?"

"There shouldn't be," said Rayquaza, "ever since the universe was almost destroyed, Arceus has been keeping a closer watch over them so we probably won't have to deal with that again,"

"Speaking of battles, how are Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno doing?" asked Ash.

"Last time I talked to Lugia, they were much more peaceful," replied Rayquaza, "apparently those orbs you placed on Shamouti Island helped to tame them. Of course, all these problems wouldn't have been resolved without your help,"

"It wasn't much," said Ash, "I just did what I could and it happened to work,"

Rayquaza chuckled. "Well, Ash, whatever you do 'happens' to work every time,"

"Good point," said Ash.

Rayquaza smiled. "Just keep doing what you do and I'm sure you'll become even better,"

Ash nodded. "Thanks, Rayquaza,"

"Anytime," said the sky-high Pokemon, "I wish you good luck,"

"K, bye!"

"Farewell, Chosen One,"

"You know buddy, I think I might be eating too much," said Ash.

"No kidding," replied Pikachu, "you've eaten more than a Snorlax at every breakfast, lunch, and dinner,"

"But it's an all-you-can-eat buffet," protested Ash, "I can't let it go to waste,"

Pikachu sighed. Ash's logic sometimes, should we say, lacked something essential.

"Anyway," said Ash, "how about we do some training Pikachu? I heard the training places here are amazing,"

"I thought this was going to be a vacation," said Pikachu.

"Yeah, but who says you can't train on a vacation?"

"Alright," said Pikachu, "race you there!"

"Hey!" yelled Ash.

A few minutes of running later, Ash and Pikachu were panting in front of the training room.

"Wow, this is great!" said Ash. The training room was gigantic, with many things to train with including a very durable Pokemon punching bag, rocks of all sizes with a replenisher system, weights, a small area for each specific type, and a variety of other useful things for training.

"Alright!" said Ash, "Pikachu, Iron Tail those rocks to pieces!"

"Yeah, take that!" yelled Pikachu as he slammed his tail into a rock. On contact, it shattered but instead of the pieces flying everywhere, once Pikachu had backed away, the rock promptly repaired itself.

"Enjoying the training system?"

Ash turned. "Hi Suicune! Yeah, this stuff is pretty cool,"

"Would you like to have a little spar on the battlefield?" asked Suicune.

"You mean it?" asked Ash. Suicune nodded. "Then yeah totally!"

"Alright," said Suicune, "come with me,"

Ash followed Suicune to the battlefield. As soon as they got there, a robot appeared near the field.

"Hello and welcome to the Hall of Origin's battlefield. Today I will be your referee. What type of match would you like?" said the robot in a monotone voice.

"Uh, one-on-one please," said Ash.

"Processing… confirmed. This battle will be a one-on-one match between Ash Ketchum and Suicune. Please move to your side of the battlefield."

Ash and Suicune walked to their sides of the battlefield. "Positions confirmed. The battle will begin in 3… 2… 1…"

"Alright! Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" Ash could see Suicune was shocked by Pikachu's speed, but she glided out of the way with an Extreme Speed.

"Use thunder!"

This time, Pikachu's attack was barely dodged by Suicune, who was taken aback by how fast the little mouse could charge attacks. 'I guess I shouldn't expect any less from Ash,' she thought, as she fired off a bubble beam.

Ten minutes later both Suicune and Pikachu were panting, each waiting for the other to faint.

"Come on Pikachu, one more Thunderbolt!"

Pikachu gathered the last of his energy and flung it at Suicune, who was so exhausted she didn't have the strength to dodge it in time.

"Suicune is unable to battle, the winner is Pikachu! This means that the victory goes to Ash Ketchum. Now healing all Pokemon," said the robot.

"Great job, you did it!" said Ash as Pikachu's injuries slowly healed.

"Well Chosen One," said Suicune, "I'm impressed, your Pikachu is truly strong. Thank you for the great battle,"

"No problem," said Ash, "thank you as well, I really like a challenge,"

"Well," said Suicune, "I'd better get going now, but make sure you keep doing what you're doing Ash, and you too Pikachu, I've never met a non-legendary as strong as you,"

"Thanks, Suicune, see you later!"

"May we meet again, Chosen One,"

"Hey, Ash!"

"Hi again Mew, what's the sudden visit for?" asked Ash.

"I have a message from Arcy, he says he wants to talk to you," replied Mew, "he's in the council meeting room,"

"Ok," said Ash, "but how do I get there?"

Mew giggled, "Arcy said you might need help, ready?"

"Ready for what? Wait…"

After a ride in a pink car that went 1,000,000 miles per hour, Ash, Pikachu, and Mew made it to the Hall of Origin's council room.

"Greetings Ash,"

"Hi Arceus," said Ash, "did you need something?"

"Yes," replied Arceus, "do you remember granting Jirachi a wish today?"

"Yeah," said Ash, "Jirachi said he wanted to visit Max, so I made the wish for him,"

"Very well," said Arceus, "but make sure to tell Max that Jirachi will visit him only once a year, and as a little precaution Max should catch Jirachi,"

"Ok," said Ash, "I'll tell him, I'm sure he'll be super happy!"

"Oh," said Arceus, "and tell Max to be careful,"

"Sure," replied Ash, "I'll do it as soon as I get home!"

Arceus nodded. "Very well, I must go for now, but make sure to tell him,"

"Will do!"

"Hey, Ash? Ready for a ride back?" asked Mew.

"I think I'll just walk," said Ash.

"Okey dokie, walking it is!"

"Wait, I didn't mean-"

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