Kanto Saga

Chapter 38

Snow Way Out with a Skiing Route!

After bidding farewell to the Pikachu and Pichu clan, Ash's Pikachu and Makoto's Raichu staying with their trainers/Best Friends and some of the Pikachu and one Pichu joining the group, Ash, Pikachu, Ash's Harem, Pikachu's Harem and Ash's Sister like figures continue on their journey, they figure their future is favorable, and they find a shortcut to Fuchsia City. But the group is about to find, a fateful fork! Ash then recalls the last time they were at Route 15 when the Digglett were stopping the construction and Ash welding the Legendary Golden Sword from the stone, Usagi finds a unfamiliar pamphlet to a Contest, as the gang figure out where to go. Ash's Pikachu tries to help as Makoto's Raichu joins in.

"Pikachu?"

"Raichu."

"Which way?" Ash repeated "I'm not sure if we go the long way or the shortcut."

Makoto got out the Map of the Kanto and Johto Regions with the Sevii Islands and Orange Islands, and looked up the two paths since it was Makoto's turn with the map and Ash gave it to her.

"Let's see…" Makoto thought and she spoke "I think we should go right. It's a shortcut to Fuchsia City." She then point to the right and her Raichu did the same

But Ash interjected as he wants to be sure that Makoto is telling the truth "Hold on, Mako honey. If we go right, then we'll have to cross a snowy mountain and do snow climbing."

"Pika!"

"We don't have to climb, we can just ski or snowboard down the mountain." Makoto said patting her boyfriend on her back "And like that we'll return to Fuchsia City in no time!"

Then Ash took a breath "Alright. But I hope you know what you're doing." He said

"Pi Pikachu."

Then the twin odango blonde spoke before the gang can walk to the shortcut that Makoto found grinning from cheek to cheek while showing the group the advertisement and standing in front of the young man with his Pikachu on his shoulder who is looking at Usagi's Pikachu as well.

"Before we can enter, I want to show you this!" She spoke pointing at it "There's a Skiing Contest at the Kanto Region Skiing resort in the mountains, it's the Princess of the Kanto Region!"

"Princess of the Kanto Region?" Ash repeated

"Pikachu?"

"That seems unusual." Naru said

"I don't know, Usagi." Ami said feeling unsure "The last time you and Rei competed in a Skiing contest, you both got trapped in a ravine and it was caused by the Dark Kingdom at the time."

"Come on, Ami." Minako chimed in "This will not only make us being the best harem of Ash Ketchum, but it will be a shortcut to Fuchsia City and we'll get to Route 19."

Then Rei took a quick scan and look at the advertisement that Usagi gave to her and hummed of interest and smiled and Ash on his cheek.

"The winner can get crowned with the rest of the girls with a guy, gets to be Princesses of the Kanto Region in front of a lot of people?" She hummed as she imagines herself with Ami, Usagi, Makoto, Minako, Naru, Erika, Duplica and Jeanette winning the contest while Ash kisses her first.

"Wow, that will be romantic." She sighed of Happiness "I can imagine all of us, in the night together, in a very special way."

"Well, that sounds like a good idea to me." Haruka agreed

"So does that mean yes?!" Minako agreed eagerly

"Well, I agree with Haruka." Makoto agreed as well then she turned to Ash and spoke "Say, Ash have you ever skied or snowboarded before?"

"No, why?" Ash Wondered

"Pikachu."

The girls then stared dumbfoundingly and surprisingly at the young man dubiously with shock since he never skied or used a Snowboard before in his life, but Ami, Usagi, Erika, Jeanette, Duplica and Naru decide to take it easy on him since they are the most loyal to him. However, Makoto, Rei and Minako glared at him.

"You never skied before?!" Makoto cried "Nor Snowboarded?!"

"Then in that case we need to show you how to do so!" Rei shouted

"Yeah, since we used skis we should get you some and a skiing outfit when we get to that resort!" Minako said "Come on! To the shortcut!"

"I think I know a place that we can stay at instead of some old abandoned Igloo in the snow." Haruka mentioned "Cause it would suck if we don't, and we'll freeze to death."

"Maybe we could spend the night and get a head start to our destination in the morning." Michiru sighed.

The gang then walked on ahead with Rei clinging on the young man's arm, with Ami having a bad feeling that this could be the plan of Team Rocket and she feared that the same thing that happened last time to Usagi and Rei that could happen to Ash and Pikachu, except in a cave without any firewood, when Suddenly behind Ash's shadow a a humanoid Pokémon that appears to be made of smoky gray shadows. The area around its face resembles headgear, such as a helmet. On top of the helmet are two curled horns or ears with a wispy horn between them. Its eyes are orange-red with yellow pupils, and above each eye is a yellow, oval marking. Each arm has a small bump on the wrist. Around its neck is a smoky collar, and there is a trail of shadows on each foot.

Before Ami's and Ash's Pikachu could notice, Marshadow disappeared, making the two mouse Pokémon confused with Usagi and Minako complaining.

"A mountain's one thing, but I heard nothing about a snow-covered peak!" Usagi whined

"Yeah, We need a ski lift to get up this thing, Ashy." Minako complained

"Come on, you two." Ash said "This is also part of the trials to become a Pokémon Master."

"That's right, I'm not gonna let a little pile of snow stop us!" Makoto agreed

"Pikachu!"

"Raichu!"

"Well, if we want to get to that resort and ski, to stay for the night I suggest we carry on." Haruka smiled

"Right!" Everyone agreed

"Ok, I think we should take turns of Who Ashy can carry." Ami suggested "we should start with Rei since she is hugging Ashy the most."

"Great idea." Ash Agreed

Meanwhile, in the snow covered forest nearby, Team Rocket watch the gang traversing the little tall hill to the resort, with Ash carrying Rei Bridal Style and Jessie was holding the exact same advertisement as Usagi and snickers with James and Meowth in triumph.

"I know that they'll fall for this trap." James smirked "They have no clue that we were the ones who hosted this contest."

"Are you sure?" Asked Jessie "I think we might be underestimating those Sailor Brats, the Twerps and the Twerpettes. That is also perhaps the reason of all our failures."

Meowth then glared at his two comrades.

"Remember what they say, Know thy enemy, know thy self." Meowth glared "That is the first rule before going into battle. Plus I feel like a cat-sicle."

"I still can't believe that twerps' Pikachus and one Raichu just destroyed our balloon when we saved all our money repairing it!" Growled Jessie in anger "Those Damn fools will pay for this!"

"You said it, Jess!" James agreed "While they get a nice warm cabin in a resort, while we're stuck in a old abandoned Igloo."

Jessie and Mewoth looked in the Mountain and they have indeed an Igloo that has a "R" Symbol drawn in the snow which they both sighed in disappointment but Jessie snickered some more as She is singing and dancing in the snow.

"Hey, if we pull this off, we'll be better then those bastards of hell they call the four kings." Jessie singed "I'll even ask out Nephrite or Jadeite."

"Wait, you have a crush on those two nutcases?!" Meowth demanded

"Yes I do." Jessie said but then growled again "Come on, let's get to the top of that Damn mountain and capture the twerps' Pokémon and everyone else's!"

So the three criminals walked to a different pathway to the mountain to the Igloo near the Resort where the Gang are staying at for the night, leaving James and Meowth confused on why Jessie has a crush on two handsome guys. Does she love guys just because of their looks?

After walking up the path up the mountain for a few Hours and Ash carrying one girl at a time with Ami being saved for last, Ash, Pikachu, Usagi and the others had just arrived at the ski resort in the Village at Route 15. They were amazed by the mountain size and how much snow there was and how much people they were. It certainly was a beautiful sight. As they see the view and Fuchsia City was down below in the distance.

"Wow, It's so beautiful!" gushed Usagi

"Pika!"

"I'll say," Ash agreed "I haven't seen this much snow since the one snowstorm in January!"

"Pika Pi!"

"I can't believe we're actually here!" said Makoto "and that walk was definitely worth it!"

"Good thing Luna and Artemis are wearing some kitty winter clothing to keep warm." Ami said

"I heard that some hotel rooms have some kotatsu where it's very warm." Minako wondered

"I have one in my room." Usagi mentioned "Whenever there's a snowstorm I always get curled in there to keep very warm."

"Come everyone, I'll show you to a nice resort building." Haruka said "It's just next to the entrance."

So everyone then followed Haruka and Michiru, as they walked Ash couldn't help but have some expectations that are slim of what the house is going to be like.

However, Ash learned that he was wrong, For they soon came to a huge mountain lodge with a Pokémon Center combined since everyone noticed the big PokéBall on the front. It is Red and White like a normal Pokémon Center is, two stories high and had an appearance of a Mansion. Ash held the door Open like a gentleman before they went in.

Everyone couldn't help but be amazed of the amount of people were inside including Nurse Joy and Multiple Chansey, as Ash's and the girls all settled in, as well as their Pikachus, Makoto's Raichu and Chibiusa's Pichu and Togepi all snuggled up on a kotatsu with Luna and Artemis.

"Wow, this place is so huge!" Ash exclaimed "I didn't know that this place is this loaded with everything including a Pokémon Center."

"I agree, this place is so wonderful!" Usagi giggled "and I see that Mako and Rei are snuggling up on you."

Ash, Makoto and Rei were sitting on one couch and the two girls are snuggling on him for some warmth. Ami and Erika were over by the bookcase, and admiring some books about gardening, Textbooks, etc.

"I'll say, the hotel room, we've rented for the night has a collection of Textbooks, scholarly and Gardening." Ami smiled as she began reading a Textbook

"Hey, Haruka." Minako spoke "Just out of curiosity, just how did you know about this place anyway?"

Haruka then smiled "Well, I saw it on a map that I got back at Celadon City when we last left. We can't miss it." She replied "Plus I have a reservation to this room for all of us."

Then Minako gulped as she thought she would do something stupid along with Usagi, Chibiusa snickered at the blonde with the red bow for her stupidity but in a funny way.

Then Naru walked up to the young man who was snuggling up with Makoto and Rei and sat down with and Kissed him on his cheek, and cuddled up with him then the short wavy red haired girl with the Green bow spoke to him.

"Ashy, you been snuggling up with Usagi, Ami, Rei, Makoto and Minako lately." Naru said in a whiny tone "And you didn't have me any cuddles lately, so I want you to snuggle up with me, Erika, Duplica and Jeanette every once in a while, pretty please?"

Ash nodded yes and she kissed him on his lips and they make out for a while until Duplica kissed him on his cheeks while Naru continues to make out with him, Usagi can only puff her cheeks in a pout Minako could do the same until Erika scolded them. Then Setsuna stood up.

"We'll as soon as we're all settled in, we'll go out for a little skiing tomorrow." Setsuna said

"Since the young man never skied in his life, we'll show him how it is done." Michiru added

"But first, let's get some dinner at the Cafe!" Makoto smiled "Who's with me? I heard they're having a fest."

"Yeah!" Everyone said

"A feast?!" Usagi and Minako demanded happily

"Pikachu!"

"Rai Rai!"

"Pichu!"

"Do you feel very warm Ashy?" Rei asked as she, Makoto and Naru let go of him but Rei and Makoto are holding his hands

"Yes, Rei I do feel very warm." Ash smiled

"Cha.."

"Tomorrow, you are going to love us in our Skiing outfits!" Makoto giggled

Meanwhile James and Meowth watch on as our heroes head to a feast that's in the cafe, as they start freezing and shivering outside of Jessie who is playing in the snow while giggling, dancing and singing because she couldn't help herself when it comes to snow.

"Damn it." James shivered "How come we always get stuck somewhere cold and freezing while those twerps get to be somewhere warm and Cozy?"

"I know, I can't sand this cold eather, James. But we gotta focus on the Mission." Meowth reminded "Jessie is having the time of her life in the snow."

"I love snow! It brings back delicious memories!" Jessie laughed "Snow! Snow! La la Kah La la la!"

"Jessie, come on." James complained "When the twerps get up to the skiing point of the mountain, we can snag everyone's Pokémon to make up for our Pikachu Failure."

"My, when I see Snow, I just have to frolic!" Jessie said"

"But we'll get caught." Meowth said "What's so great about snow?"

The red haired girl then stopped frolicking in the snow and turned to her two comrades "Huh? What are you saying?" Jessie wondered "I know we have to follow up on our plan, but a snow day means you get to have a special feast, right?"

The blue haired boy and the Cat Pokémon with the Gold coin on the top of his head are confused of what Jessie means "a Big Feast?" They both asked

"That's right." Jessie replied "Back when I was a little girl, I got to eat as much as I wanted on snowy days."

Jessie then imagines a flashback with her as a young girl before meeting Meowth and James, she was having fun outsider her home on a snowy day, singing and dancing around in the snow and making a few snow angles.

"Snow! Snow! La la kah la la!" Young Jessie singed

Then her mother called her in. "Jessie, it's time to eat! Snowgasborg's ready!"

young Jessie happily went inside and sat down near a table as her mother brings in a feast and puts it on the table making the little girl's eyes wonder of joy.

"Here, Jessie today we feast. I made all your favorite dishes." Jessie's Mother said "We will have Snow Rice Balls or Onigri, as in Snow Wrapped in laver, vinegared laver rolls with grains of snow instead of white rice and snow snow sushi without the toppings and syrup-free plain shaved ice for dessert and I know how much you love that, Happy Snowgasborg.

"This is the best snowgasborg any mommy ever made!" young Jessie gushed

Then her flashback ends and Jessie's eyes are filled with happy tears, as they dropped from her eyes, and another and another till they all land in the snow.

"There's nothing like snome cooking." She sighed

"That's not right." James gasped

"You must be joking!" Meowth added "Jessie, could it be that you never ate real sushi and your mother actually made meals out of snow?"

"What the hell do you mean by "real"? "Sushi" is just the short for "Snow Sushi", Right?" Jessie asked "and besides We had to make due, snow food is low in fat and helped me maintain my fabulous figure."

James and Meowth are very speechless and suprised that Jessie ate snow instead of real sushi. then the red haired girl continued.

"The mixture of snow and soy sauce leaves such a rich flavor as it freezes your brain and melts atop your tongue." Jessie said "Oh, that was some nice work. only freshly fallen snow will do."

"Is that so? Sounds awful." James sighed

"It's nice you were raised to be so tough." Meowth said

"Come on, I batched up our igloo so we can get enough warmth for tomorrow so we can steal the Pokémon from the contestants." Jessie said "That brat is in for a real treat."

The next day, Ash and his Pikachu were at the Pokémon Center section in the lodge waiting for the girls, and he is in his skiing outfit which is a light blue coat, red earmuffs and Green snow pants with Red gloves

"Pikachu, today is the day learn to ski and then we'll head to our destination." Ash said "But first we'll wait for the girls and call mom before we go."

"Pikachu. Pika Pika!"

Ash turned to see a few girls of his harem and Chibiusa in their skiing outfits and he was delighted, Usagi wore a Pink coat, white gloves, pink snowboots, and black snow pants, Ami wore a light blue coat, black snow pants a red scarf, purple and Green snow boots and Magenta gloves, Rei was wearing a purple coat with green stripes on the shoulders, with purple goggles, with a white snow pants, red snow bootsand white gloves. Makoto was wearing a Green and Red coat with pink gloves, blue snow pants and white snow boots, Minako is wearing a Green and orange striped coat and snow pants with white gloves and Snow boots, then Naru came out wearing a lime green coat, yellow snow pants with white Snow boots and light blue gloves.

"Hi, Ashy! Thank you for waiting." Usagi gushed "We're waiting for the other girls to come, but what do you think?"

"Do you like our skiing outfits?" Rei asked with a cute tone "and cute earmuffs by the way."

"I-I-I love them, you girls look amazing!" Ash stuttered

"Aw! Your so sweet." Makoto giggled as she kissed Ash on his cheek

"I'm glad that we got all dressed for the occasion." Ami said "and I see that you like mine, Usagi's, Rei's, Minako's, Naru's and Mako's the most."

"That's right. Plus I never skied with a guy before." Naru said

"I'm glad that we decided to go skiing and or sledding before we head to Fuchsia City and to Cinnabar Island." Chibiusa smiled as she is wearing a pink coat with a hood and Pink snow pants with White gloves and pink snow boots was she is carrying her Togepi in her arms and her Pichu on top of her head.

"Pichu!"

"I knew you would love your goddess of love in her snow wear." Minako said in a flirty tone

"I hope we're not too late." Erika giggled "We're excited to teach Ashy how to ski."

The rest of Ash's harem and his sister like figures came out wearing their skiing outfits, Erika is wearing a yellow Coat and snow pants that matches her kimono, Blue gloves and blue snow boots, Duplica is wearing A Blue coat and snow pants, Jeanette is wearing a lime green coat and yellow snow pants, with cute pink gloves, green gloves and Blue earmuffs. Haruka is wearing dark blue snow pants and Coat, white gloves and white and snow boots, Michiru was wearing a Teal coat and light blue snow pants with White snow boots and teal gloves and Setsuna came out wearing a purple coat with Megenta snow pants with green glove and snow boots.

"You like?" Michiru asked with a smile "You seem a bit flustered."

"I…I Love your skiing outfits." Ash complimented

"Cha…"

"Thank you." Duplica thanked

"Who knew that you could be very kind." Haruka said

"We should contact Delia and Ikuko and inform them where we are before we start Skiing." Setsuna said

Everyone agreed and they all when to the Pokémon Center Lodge Video Phone, and Ash sat to the chair call Delia and Ikuko and tell them where he as well as the girls are at the Mountain of Route 15 for a shortcut to Fuchsia.

"Ok Girls, Ready?" Ash said

"Ready." The girls agreed

"Chu."

Everyone got Ready and Ash turned on the Video Phone and Ash is getting ready to make a call and the girls, and the electric mouse Pokémon with the Baby Egg Pokémon Pokémon gathered as well, he makes the call and they see Delia's smiling face and they greeted her, next to her is Ikuko Tsukino with Delia's Mr. Mime and Ikuko's Raichu with them.

"Hi, Honey, Hi, girls, Hi Pikachu." Delia greeted

"Hi, Mom, Hi, Mrs. Tsukino." Ash greeted

"Hi, Mom." Usagi greeted

"Hi, Mrs. Ketchum!" The girls greeted "Hi, Mrs. Tsukino."

Pikachu!"

"How are things, Everyone?" Ikuko asked

"Rai Rai?"

"We're doing great. We're about to go skiing in a little bit." Usagi replied

"It sounds like you are all in a lodge, are you all in the mountains of Route 15?" Delia wondered as her Mr. Mime wonders the same.

"Yes, mom." Ash answered "Since I never skied before, The girls are going to show me how it's done."

"Pikachu."

"Oh, I remember the first time I went on a skiing trip, it was 12 years ago before you were born." Delia sighed in happiness "at first I struggled with skiing but since time went on, I got the hang of it, and they don't call me the "Ski Queen" for nothing all the guys back then were amazed by my skills."

Ash and the girls and the were amazed and shocked of what Delia said and how she struggled with Skiing at first but got good at it overtime, Rei was baffled at this.

"You were the Skiing Queen?!" Rei squeaked "And I heard that Ikuko is amazing at skiing just like you!"

"That's right. I taught Usagi to ski when she was a little girl." Ikuko mentioned "she said it was one of her favorite things to do while in the mountains."

Usagi laughed in embarrassment "We'll i was taking baby steps at the time, when it comes to that."

Rei was going to mention on how last time they're in the mountains they got trapped in a avalanche caused by a plan from the Dark Kingdom before the girls met Ash and the Dark Kingdom got revived by Giovanni when both mothers notices the girls' Pikachus that they got back at Route 11 when they found a Pikachu and Pichu clan and Ikuko saw a Pichu on top of Chibiusa's head, leaving her confused.

"Chibiusa, why is there a Pichu on top of your head?" She asked "and Usagi, I see that you and you're friends each have a Pikachu with them."

"Is that Pichu lost?" Delia added

"Mommy Ikuko, Mrs. Ketchum, this little Pichu is taking a liking to me, she decided to come along with us since I wanted to take very good care of both her and Togepi." Chibiusa replied

"She's so cute!" Delia smiled delightfully

"Looks like Chibusa is stating to grow up." Ikuko agreed

After talking to Delia and Ikuko for a few minutes, the both parties said their goodbyes and promised to call them in the next Pokémon Center, Ash and the girls has gotten their skiing gear on and head outside to do some skiing, as well as Ami and Rei teaching him how to ski.

A few minutes later, Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Ami, Minako, Ash, Chibiusa (Who is on a sled with Pichu and Togepi) Naru and the rest girls and Electric Mouse type Pokémon all started skiing around as well as Rei and Ami teaching the young man how to ski and so far he's doing good after 2 splits, and they look at the many people and Pokémon who were also there skiing, doing snowball fights, building snowmen and making snow angles and they look at the beautiful view.

"This is so cool!" Usagi gushed "Everyone's here!"

"Yeah, the weather is perfect for skiing, isn't it guys?" Makoto grinned

"I'm starting to get the hang of this." Naru said

"And I see your getting a hang of this too, Erika." Minako awed

"Skiing wasn't my thing at first, but when I got that hang of it because of you, I'm skiing like an Angel." Erika laughed

"There you go, Ashy. Your doing great." Ami congratulated while she has red earmuffs

"This is fun." Ash agreed as he is skiing like a champ "I'm riding like the wind!"

"Pikachu!"

Rei notices that a couple of people weren't there with them yet "Say, did you all know where Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Duplica and Jeanette went? We all know that Chibiusa is sledding down a hill."

Sure enough, Chibiusa, Pichu and Togepi came sledding down a slope on her sled while laughing in excitement, and Michiru, Setsuna, Duplica and Jeanette all came down the slope skiing effortlessly and elegantly while Haruka came down snowboarding, making Ash, Usagi, Ami, the others as well as their Pokémon stare at them in amazement, they all stopped right in front of them as Haruka took off her goggles.

"Wow, this is so much fun!" Chibiusa laughed as her Togepi does the same

"Pi Pi Pichu!"

"This area is very nice and simple." Setsuna said

"And quite elegant. Not to mention it's perfect for beginners, I have been skiing in medium slopes." Michiru smiled

"Me and Jeanette are having the most fun of skiing, if we keep this up all of us will be the best skiers in all of the Kanto Region!" Duplica said

"Ditto!"

"Wow! Its been a long while since I snowboarded!" Haruka spoke "Anyway, why don't we go up the mountain? Any volunteers?"

"Uh…. No thanks…" Makoto declined

"Yeah… That goes double for me…" Ash agreed

"I wouldn't want to get trapped in a gorge again." Usagi added "Besides, we'll be ok."

"We'll be ok, being in this area." Naru agreed

"But we all agreed to take part of the Princess of the Kanto Region did we?" Rei asked "and it will take place at the mountain top up there."

Rei pointed to the top of the mountain which was several yards up high from their originally standing, which is the same hight as Mt. Silver. Usagi's and Ash's eyes went wide of shock and their skin became very pale as the snow, even Ami, Minako, Naru, Makoto, Erika, Chibiusa and Michiru, Setsuna, Duplica and Jeanette were shocked of how high that starting point is, and even last time Usagi skied was nothing compared to that.

"T-That high up?" Usagi squeaked still staring at the mountain "The last time we went skiing was nothing competed to that mountain."

"That must've been the same hight as Mt. Silver." added Ami

"Y-You must be joking, Rei." Ash gulped

"Nope, She's serious, Besides, you have to be a good skier and Rei told me that you girls had gotten better at it overtime." Haruka replied "Otherwise, you'll never show Ash what great harem members you girls are."

"You're kidding…." Minako groaned

"So Whatcha gonna do, Usagi? Drop out? And so will the other girls chicken out like last time?" Rei teased "If you do you'll never show Ashy what great harem we really are!"

Rei then skied to the ski lift that leads to the starting point Usagi was at first going to chicken out, but by what Rei said she is now determined than ever, Ami, Makoto, Minako, Naru and Erika are not going to chicken out as well.

"Hey, we're not chicken!" Minako shouted

"In fact, we changed our minds on dropping out!" Makoto added "Like I said A Pokémon master stays on course no matter what the challenge! I'm not gonna let a little pile of snow stop us!"

"That's right!" Naru agreed "Wait for us!"

"You can count on us being there!" Usagi called back "after all the Princesses of love and Justice can do this!"

"Us girls can do anything! Even if that mountain is just the identical hight of Mt. Silver." Erika said

"But girls, we couldn't possibly make it through that race!" Ami protested "We don't need to win this to prove Ashy that we're the best, he really loves us just the way we…"

"Besides, I don't think this race isn't the best idea, regardless I love you girls!" Ash added

"Pikachu!"

"It doesn't matter!" Makoto spoke with determination "Listen Ash, I know that you love us the way we are and you're worried about our safety, But we can win this to prove that we are the best girls in the Kanto Region!"

"Yeah better than that Jerk Face Gary and his weak cheerleaders!" Minako added "to the top of the mountain!"

Ash and Ami with their Pikachus stare at the girls as they skied after Rei to the ski lift as they skied behind them.

"We tried to stop them." Ash spoke in a flat voice

"Chu."

"I have a bad feeling.." Ami thought "This whole contest was very familiar, last time this happened the Dark Kingdom was responsible for that fiasco. Only this time it's….Team Rocket!"

"So are the rest of you going to join us?" Ash asked

"Pi?"

Haruka stuttered "W-Well, we're going to a different way up to that mountain and Ski somewhere else…"

"Besides, I wouldn't want to be a part of that competition for I and Haruka are a couple." Michiru said

"We'll do our own way of becoming the best harem of yours.." Duplica said "…Like watching over Chibiusa and sledding with her."

"I'm glad that you girls decided to have fun with me every once in a while." Chibiusa smiled

"Pichu!"

Ash and Ami skied and followed the girls with both of their Pikachus following them as Haruka and Michiru felt a breeze of wind coming by giving them a warning as what's to come later tonight of a certain storm.

"The winds are getting upset." Michiru said

"That shows the sign that a snowstorm is coming later tonight." Haruka said "They could be in danger."

Later that evening, at the top of the mountain where the Princess of the Kanto Region contest was taking place lots of women gathered around to compete for the contest, among those women, Jessie decided to compete to make the plan very well, she was wearing and all pink snow coat, snow pants with a "R" symbol on the front and use white gloves, with purple boots and purple goggles, she as well as her two comrades snickered.

As she gazed around the competition while keeping a low profile, with Meowth holding a big net to capture the Women's Pokémon while their skiing.

"It looks like everyone is here." Jessie laughed sinisterly "Once that race starts, I'll trip those skiers…."

"….and we'll snag every single one of their Pokémon." Meowth finished

"We'll deliver them to the boss and the Queen, and we'll get promoted!" James snickered "and that twerp, the Sailor Brats and the brats will be out of the way!"

"Let's give it some time, patience is key." Jessie said "I'll have no problem tripping and knocking these low class women out of my way, we'll even snag Their Pikachus and their Raichu as a result."

"But what nickname are you going to use?" James asked out of curiosity

"My codename will be "Jessebelle." Jessie replied "When the race starts, you know what to do."

"Right!" James and Meowth agreed

James whispers in Meowth's ear "What if a big snowstorm comes?" He asked

"I don't know." Meowth replied

Around that same time, Usagi, Rei, Ami, Minako, Makoto, Naru, Erika along with their Pikachus and Makoto's Raichu were all riding the ski lift to the top of the Mountain with three people per ski lift seat with Ash and his Pikachu sitting next to Makoto and Rei, with Rei's Pikachu and Makoto's Raichu. Ami was trying to tell the girls that the whole contest was a trap, while Minako, Naru and Erika were getting nervous and a little scared about how high it goes. Makoto and Usagi were getting scared with Ash holding Makoto's hand to help her with her fear of hights, since he helped her of getting on a hot air balloon.

"I-I sure hope this isn't where we supposed to ski…" Usagi gulped "….I hope Ashy can keep us safe.."

"I-I-I was able to handle the H-Hot air balloon when me and Ash released our butterfrees… But this is ridiculous!" Makoto stuttered

"Rai…"

"There, There, Mako…" Ash soothed as she continues to hold the brunette's hand "Your safe with me, there's nothing to be afraid of."

"Pikachu."

"I haven't been up this high before.." Minako whined "Please tell me when we landed."

"I will when w-we get on top of the M-Mountain." Erika stuttered

Naru would feel all the more nervous which made Ash worried, but Naru took a deep breath and sighed.

"Are you sure you girls want to drop out?" Rei asked "If it's too much for you all, and there's no shame for backing out."

"H-Hell no!" The brunette refused "Us girls are going to do it! We got a guy to help us with our fear of hights!"

"Yeah! We're going to do this!" Minako chimed as she shook her tongue out at Rei "Even if it's…. A little scary…"

"Yeah… I did this before…" Usagi said

Ami who has been quiet this whole time turn and spoke to the girls and Ash.

"Girls, Ashy, you're not going for believe this, but this whole contest is set up by Team Rocket." She said

Soon enough, after Ami explained everything to Ash and the girls, they made it to the top where all the contestants gathered at the starting line, Ami and Ash tried desperately to have them reconsider the idea, but the girls didn't believe them, Usagi, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Naru and Erika took their spots with their one Pokémon by their side.

"Girls, please reconsider." Ami begged "Team Rocket is using this as an opportunity to steal our Pokémon."

"Pika!"

"Yeah, the last time they did is that they were trying to capture all of the Pikachu and Pichu, and almost got away." Ash added

"Pika Pika!"

"What? No way!" Makoto smirked with sass "Those morons wouldn't steal any Pokémon in the cold without them turning into Ice cubes."

"Yeah, you're just using that as an excuse to back out!" Rei agreed

"Girls, you don't understand! We have to warn Haruka and…" Ami scolded but she was cut off by a certain young man with a big "R" on the front of his shirt spoke through a microphone

"Ladies and Gentlemen! and Welcome to all of the contestants for this race!" James in disguise said "The Tenth Annual Princesses of the Kanto Region Contest will begin in just a moment! Our partner here will help explain the rules of the corse, our second place champion who came behind the champion, Delia Ketchum, Please welcome, Jessebelle!"

"Thank you very much." She said to her disguised comrade and turned to the contestants "The rules of the contest is simple, Whoever's the fastest and the most elegant and crosses the finish line first will be number one of many Princesses of the Kanto Region!" She went on "You can only use one Pokémon to battle with one another along the way, and whoever's Pokémon is knocked out, you're out! Now ladies, take your possessions!"

Ami felt the wind breeze through her short blue hair and she feels that a snowstorm is heading their way and got a worried feeling, Ash held her hand and they decided to start last. as all the girls took their places and spotlights come on lighting h the entire track. They all gripped their poles and are ready to race. Makoto, Minako, Naru, Erika and Usagi gulped in fear.

"Ash, I feel that a snowstorm is coming our way." Ami told the young man "The evidence is that those clouds gather over."

Ash and his Pikachu looked up that she is right "In that case, we got to warn the girls."

"Pika."

"Ready? Set….Go!" Jessebelle called

By her call, every one of the girls and their one Pokémon came shooting out of the starting line, with Rei and her Pikachu immediately drawing our front, same with 'Jessebelle' with her Arbok with a couple of girls swallowing their pride as Makoto begins to shoot out.

"Aaand their off!" James called "It looks like a couple of girls and their Pokémon are about to ride down after them!"

"Ok…There's nothing to be scared…" Makoto sighed and skied down the slope so her Raichu "….and here we go! Woah!"

"Rai!!"

"It's do or die!" Naru called as she and her Pikachu skied

"Cha!!"

"Ok, the finish line is down there, and off we go!" Erika said

"Pikaaa!"

"Ok, you were scared last time, Usagi… But this time…" Usagi said as she immediately joined the other contestants but she and her Pikachu were about to cry while being scared "Wah!! This is still so scary!"

"Pika!!!"

Minako was standing frozen in fear as she start to burst into tears then she began to slip and and her Pikachu start to squeal as they zoomed to the slope making Ash and Ami worried even more.

"Ah!!!" Minako shrieked "Please make it stop! I don't want to be this high up!"

"Cha!!"

"No! Goddess of love!" Ash cried

"Pikachu!"

"Minako, be careful!" Ami called then she turned to the young man "We have to ski down with the others and warn them about the snowstorm!"

"Cha?!"

"But we're going to get creamed out there, besides I'm not a girl!" Ash said

"Ash Ketchum, listen to me, you have a sworn duty to protect us all." Ami reminded with a stern look on her face holding his hand with two hands "You also swore a vow to Love and support us girls and we do the same for you. Our top priority is to make sure we're safe, so on a count of 3 we ski down to warn everyone!"

Ash looked at the blunette's eyes of determination, then he took a deep breath and sighed "Ok, Ami ready?"

The two then counted while they grabbed their poles "One….Two….Three!"

"Pikachu!"

Within that signal and with a mighty push, the blunette, the raven haired boy and their Pikachus all are on their way following Rei, Makoto, Minako, Usagi, Naru and Erika with their Pokémon in hot pursuit at the same time, James and Meowth took off their disguises and talked to Jessie on the walkie talkie.

"Ok, Jess, while your in the race we know what to do…" Meowth snickered "Cause trouble and snag each one of the knocked out Pokémon as we can!"

"They're in for a rude awakening." James said

Back with the contestants of the race, Rei and her Pikachu were having so much fun skiing her way, when she see Makoto and her Raichu (Who are now having the time of her life), just passing through them and whooping in victory, while the other contestants battle for the lead with their Pokémon.

"Not bad, Mako." Rei thought "But we'll see who's the fastest, there's no way I'm going to let you beat me.

"Oh yeah! I'm having the time of my life!" Makoto cheered and she shook her tongue at Rei "Hey Rei, me passing you is what you get for making fun of us! See you at the finish line!"

"Rai Raichu!"

Then she sees Naru, Minako, Usagi and Erika with their Pikachu behind her passing the competition with Naru battling another Woman's Venonat.

"Pikachu, Iron Tail!" Naru called

"Venonat, Psybeam!" Called The woman

Naru's Pikachu's tail glows white and turns into iron and Venonat releases a multicolored beam from her eyes and both attacks collided and Venonat is out causing Naru to speed ahead.

Then Minako's Pikachu is battling a woman's Meowth and won, at the same time "Jessebelle" was battling a Woman's Raichu with her Arbok.

"Raichu, Thunderbolt!" Called the woman

"Arbok, Poison Sting!" Jessebelle called

"Rai…"

Raichu was about to launch electricity out from her cheeks but before she could, Arbok open his mouth and fires multiple white darts from his mouth at Raichu and Arbok used headbutt to knock out Raichu.

At the same time, James and Meowth caught the defeated Pokémon into their net, Making Jessebelle laugh in triumph.

"Looks like these girls are going to a one way ticket to their hell!" Jessie laughed then she sees a snowflake drop from the sky

Rei then sensed danger behind her "Wait! I sensed an evil aura!" Rei thought "But….. Team Rocket WAS behind all of this! Why didn't I listen to Ashy and Ami earlier?!"

"Wee!!" Usagi laughed "At first I was getting scared again, but this is my second time going down a slope like this and this is so much fun!"

"Pika Pikachu!"

Rei notices a certain blonde with her Pikachu pass her making her rather annoyed a bit. It was Usagi and she was whooping like Makoto.

"Usagi passed me." She said to herself "Damn, it looks like everyone is doing just as good as me, but where's Ami?"

Way behind them, Ami and Ash with their Pikachus continued to ski down and notices the eliminated contestants just got tooken down and their Pokémon has been stolen, making hen gasp in horror.

"Ashy look! All their Pokémon has been stolen!" Ami gasped "Just as I thought, those three criminals are using this as an opportunity to steal our Pokémon!

"Damn it! Those three don't know when to give up, do they?" Ash said shaking her head "Come on, Ami we got to catch up to the others! And put a stop to Team Rocket once and for all!"

"Pikachu!"

"Right!" Ami agreed and nodded

"Chu!"

As the two continued to ski, they then noticed the sky is completely covered with dark clouds as the temperature drops, it began to snow, making the two worried. Jessebelle sees the rest of the girls and she is ready to take things into the next level.

"Looks like the some of the Twerp and his Girls manage to survive, now all it's left is to steal their Pikachu." She snickered as she looked at a hill with big chunks of snow and she got an evil smile as she sees James and Meowth with a bag of the contestants' Pokémon.

At the same time, when Rei was about to shout for Makoto and Usagi to slow down, Ami, Ash and their Pikachus came shooting past and catching up her, they can also see Usagi and Makoto up ahead as they used their poles to catch up, catching Rei by suprise as it start to snow more and more.

"Ashy?! What in the mother of hell are you doing here with Ami?!" She cried

"Pika?!"

"There's no time for that now!" Ash spoke "Team Rocket stole the contestants' Pokémon and now we're next!"

"Plus There's a big snowstorm coming we have to seek shelter immediately! Ami called to the shrine maiden then she turned to Usagi and Makoto "Usagi, Mako, use your skis to make a V to slow down before you two get hurt!"

Usagi and Makoto did so but they were going too fast and couldn't stop especially Minako who came passing Rei then Naru and Erika are right behind her.

"It's not working!" She cried

"Pikaaa!"

"Come on! We're out of control and the snow is coming down faster!" Makoto complained

"Rai!!!"

Then it is indeed snowing very hard on our heroes making it even worse for them, then Jessie Kicked the mountain with her foot and a huge chunk of snow broke off and started to roll and it hit the ground in a earthquaking thud and it rolled over to our heroes, Jessie then laughed evilly as she and James and Meowth find a cave not too far from them. Erika and Minako looked back to see the snowball turn into an avalanche making their eyes widen with terror as they desperately tried to ski faster as Erika called the the others.

"Girls, I think we should ski with a quickness!" Erika called

"It's an avalanche!" Minako screeched

"Pika!!"

Ash, Ami, Naru, Rei, Makoto, Usagi and their Pikachus and Raichu looked behind them and they see an avalanche coming their way as their eyes widen with terror.

"W-Where did that avalanche come from?!" Rei demanded

"Oh man, first a snowstorm, then Team Rocket kidnaps the Contestants' Pokémon and now an avalanche?! What is going on here?!" Ash shouted as he and a part of his harem skied for their lives "What'll we do?! If this keeps going on, we're all going to get crushed! We need shelter, and fast"

Suddenly, a large gust of wind blows in, and blows Ash's Pikachu away and Ami's Pikachu then catches him just in time.

"Pika Pikachu!"

"Cha… Pika!"

"Nice catch, Pikachu." Ami thanked "But we need to seek shelter before we.."

The suddenly, Ami spots a cave that's coming near Usagi's and Makoto's way, since it's the only way to have shelter for now until the snowstorm stops, that said cave is big enough for 8 people and their Pokémon to fit, she then called to Usagi and Makoto.

"Girls, There's shelter in that cave over there!" Ami called "Come on, let's head to it! We'll be safe there!"

Without hesitation, the girls, Ash and their Pikachus and Makoto's Raichu all skied to the cave that Ami spotted and stopped just in time when the avalanche came they all held each other for dear life, as the snow covered and sealed the entrance.

The good news is Usagi, Ash, the other girls and their Pikachus and Makoto's Raichu are out of danger from the avalanche, the bad news is they're trapped in the cave until morning, and are separated from Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Chibiusa, Duplica and Jeanette with Pichu and Togepi who are now in a separate cave tryin to find the gang with the contestants of the races with Team Rocket at the other side of that said cave.

Meanwhile with Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Chibiusa, Duplica and Jeanette. They're all in another cave while trying to find Ash's group.

"Damn, this snowstorm is intense!" Haruka cursed "I'm glad we made sure all the contestants are safe." She then growled in frustration "Those Damn Rockets just don't know when to give up stealing innocent People's Pokémon! and now because of them, Ash and others are missing!"

"Patience, Haruka." Michiru soothed "We'll find Ash and the others at morning, However it is rather unwise to go out in this weather."

Chibiusa, checks on the Contestants, she and Setsuna took very care of them and healed thier injuries and wrapped bandages on them.

"There you go, give it a few hours to heal and you'll feel all better." Chibiusa smiled and her Togepi coos

"Pi Pichu."

"Thank you very much, Young lady." The woman thanked

Duplica and Jeanette found something very unusual in a cave, a hot spring they were relaxing in it, and Group 2's Pikachus are snuggling on one another and Duplica's Ditto. They were unaware as Jessie, James and Meowth are in the same cave as them, but they were on the other side. The three goons goofed as usual.

Back with Ash's Group, with the Avalanche covering up the cave is where they're at and there's a wall of snow to where someone can climb out. Rei when knowing this, started to climb up even though there'll still a snowstorm. Makoto, Erika, Minako decided to set up camp for the night with three tents due to the cave bing not just big but huge, with Ash, Ami and Usagi with their Pikachus stare at the Shrine maiden with sweat drops, as Ami tried to stop Rei.

"Rei, please stop!" Ami begged "We'll be ok besides, Haruka and Michiru are looking for us!"

"Pikachu!"

"I don't care! I'm getting us out of here…" Rei sassed as the snow that she's climbing gave away as she ended up falling on her bottom as she was buried in the snow.

"Rei, we have to wait until the snowstorm stops!" Ash scolded "Then we can get out of here and find the others!"

"Pika."

"Besides… are you all right, Rei?" Usagi asked

Rei then popped out of the snow and glared at the three "No I'm not ok!" She snapped and shrieked indignantly "What if overnight we've all been turned into ski-sicles?! this is just like the last time I've been trapped with Usagi when we last went on a skiing trip! Giving up now means we're the worst harem members that Ash ever had! So all of you got to suck it up and tough it out!"

Now it's Makoto's turn to be cross with her "You know Rei, Ami and Ash were trying to tell us that Team Rocket was planning this contest all along!" She glared "But did you and us girls listen to them? No! You got to get your head up your ego, and fall for it just like we did!"

Rei glared at the brunette but she glared at her back. Then Ash cut in.

"Rei, it doesn't matter about some stupid contest to prove that your the best harem member." Ash scolded wanting to reason with her "Besides, no one is to blame but Team Rocket. The most important thing is that I love you girls just the way you are, and nothing is going to change that."

"Pikachu."

Rei looked at the young man and the speech he did not only snapped her out of her ego but was ashamed of how she acted throughout the day, suddenly the snow she held onto gave way casing her to fall and Ash caught her just in time and held her bridal style, making her flush and look at him with her beautiful eyes.

"Ashy, I'm…I'm…" Rei stuttered and getting ready to cry "I'm so sorry of the way I acted!" Then she buried her face on his chest and started sobbing, Ash being very kind and forgiving spoke to her.

"Rei, I forgive you." He said softly "Listen, I had my ego get the better of me sometimes, but you know we've learn from that." Then he kissed her on her cheek making her smile

"Pikachu."

"Say Ashy, I don't want to ruin the moment, but could you send out your Charizard and have his tail flame as a camp fire for a little bit?" Makoto wondered

Ash then set Rei down gently and gets out his Shiny Charizard's PokéBall.

"Charizard come on out and help us!" Ash called

Then Charizard Materializes from his PokéBall and since he is a Shiny Pokémon sparkles came out Charizard tells Ash and the girls to gather around his tail flame and they do so.

"Great Idea, Mako." Ash congratulated "Ok, Everyone let's make sure we get enough warmth from Charizard's Tail flame."

"Let's just hope Charizard's flame doesn't melt the Snow." Erika said

"Thank you Charizard." Ash thanked as his flame Pokémon did a small roar

Rei then walked over to her boyfriend and placed her head on his arm and snuggled on him while trying to get warmth from Charizard's Flame, then Ash sends out Wartortle, Bulbasaur, Dratini and Pidgeot so they can get some warmth too. Ash starts to get worried

"I sure hope that the other girls are ok." Ash said

"I'm sure they'll be fine. Haruka and Michiru seems to know what to do in a blizzard situation." Ami smiled and she snuggled onto her boyfriend

Suddenly, Charizard notices a certain someone missing, and that someone is He looked around for her then she came back with some chopped up firewood that has been at the end of the cave, making the others shocked

"Hey, everyone. What do you want me to do with this firewood?" She wondered

"Minako, where did you get that firewood?!" Naru demanded "You don't know where that's been!"

"I found a whole stack of it right here at the end of the cave." Minako replied pointing at two stacks of abandoned firewood. Then Luna and Artemis came out of Minako's Bag and the two moon cats see the Firewood

"Why would someone leave two stacks of firewood when leaving the cave?" Luna wondered

"Search me, maybe the last time someone has been here for the night, must've chopped down a lot of trees and tacked this much onto each other." Minako guessed

"Ash, maybe you should send Charizard back to his PokéBall." Artemis suggested "That way, we'll have enough firewood to last a night. Besides take a look."

Artemis pointed at Charizard's tail flame to see that it's weakening a little bit and he understands, and gets out Charizard's PokéBall once more and is about to call him back for his safety.

"You're right Artemis, it's for the best." He replied "Ok Charizard, you have to get back to your PokéBall to rest and warm up."

Charizard sees this and flinched, then he shook his head no while his eyes are closed, making Ash and the girls shocked, Charizard wants to make sure that his trainer and his girlfriends are warm and safe, then Ash has a better idea.

"Minako, set a few pieces of firewood at the middle of us, and make a teepee out of it." Ash said then turned to his shiny Pokémon "Charizard, when Minako sets up the firewood, I need you to get inside your PokéBall. I know you want to keep us warm, but Minako found a bunch of firewood to help us out"

"Right! Leave it to me!" Minako agreed

The blonde with the red bow walked over to the middle of the group and stacked the firewood into a teepee then Charizard used his flame to light the teepee on fire giving the gang a great fire, then he pressed the button on Ash's PokéBall and returns to it giving him a thumbs up.

"Thank you, Charizard. You made sure we were warm enough." Ash congratulated

"Pikachu."

"Ashy, I don't think that your Bulbasaur and Wartortle wants to return to their PokéBalls." Ami said and his two Starter Pokémon agree with her.

The two Pokémon gathered by the fire to keep warm, then Ash's Pikachu jumps to his arms as he doesn't like getting inside his PokéBall.

"Girls, I think it's best to that we leave our Pikachu and Mako's Raichu outside their PokéBalls." Ash said

"Ash, I have to agree with you." Usagi said "My Pikachu has grown attached to me ever since I caught her." Then her stomach started growling.

"Well I suppose that you all are hungry, so I'm making dinner." Makoto said as she got her cooking gear and then she started cooking some Soba noodles and Rei, Ami and Ash help her cook. Ash smiled as he has got the best harem of 9 girls in the entire world.

Meanwhile, Back at the cave with two ends, Team Rocket was getting Hungry as James and Meowth's stomachs growl, Jessie then stares at the snow as they try hard not to get caught by Haruka and Michiru due to them being in the wrong cave.

"Damn. We forgot our food and everything." James sighed "I'm getting hungry."

"And the snowstorm is getting worse." Meowth complained and glared at James "You also had to pick the wrong cave to be stick in! Those twerps are going to catch us for sure, if we don't be careful!"

Jessie continued to stare at the snow and looked at Duplica and Jeanette enjoying the hot springs with Chibiusa and Setsuna looking after the other female contestants she has an idea for how they're going to eat and turned to her two comrades.

"James, Meowth." She said

"What is it, Jessie?" James wondered

"You came up with something that we can eat?" Meowth asked

"Don't we have any soy sauce?" The female Team Rocket member wondered

This made James and Meowth fall over over in disbelief and they got up and looked at their comrade dumbfoundingly.

"I…I Got some.." Meowth groaned

"You're making some Onigri out of snow?" James wondered

"Yes, I am." Jessie replied

After Meowth hands over the bottle of soy sauce, Jessie made some Onigri out of snow, and they enjoyed their dinner in piece, but James and Meowth are still cold as they set the knocked out Pokémon in the bag next to Jessie, Meowth then lit up a match.

"Here we are, bivouacking in the night of a snowstorm, in the wrong cave." James shivered

"These Mactches are all we can rely on now." Meowth sighed as the match soon goes out

"At least the Onigri I made out of snow was very good right?" Jessie asked

"Yes, but we could've eaten something more edible." James replied as Meowth lit up another match

"Maybe we should think about somewhere warm and cozy." Meowth suggested as another match goes out then he is horrified it was the last match "Agh! There are only three matches left!"

James takes one "One per person." He sighed "Meowth's Right. Let's entrust a fleeting dream to the matches' Flames."

Jessie takes one "Just like the Little Match Girl.." she said

"Here we go." Meowth gulped and lights up the match and pictures Himself in a hot spring and relaxing in it, as he sighed in happiness "Nothing beats this on a cold night. This feels so nice."

"Nah, 'warm' is an understatement. It's Hot, Hot, Hot!" James called as he pictures himself at a tropical resort hotel and relaxes on a chair next to a pool "Who would've though that heat can make you so happy?"

"Well. I Kinda feel like it's too hot." Jessie scoffed as she pictures herself wearing lots of warm clothes, in a desert, with a kotatsu and surrounded by heaters. "When it's this hot, you even start missing the freezing cold. My, it's so hot, hot."

Then she opened up her eyes and smiled "It's hot isn't it?" She asked as they match goes out and sees James and Meowth fast asleep she then slaps the two awake. "Hey, Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Up! Wake Uuuup!"

Jessie's yelling then got the attention on Chibiusa and Haruka as they walked over to see Team Rocket on the other side and they were angry that they have all the knocked out Pokémon and the two glared at them.

"Hey, it's Team Rocket!" Chibiusa called

"And the captured Pokémon!" Haruka shouted "Give them back!"

Jessie realized her mistake. "Whoops."

"You and you're big mouth." James glared at his comrade

"Busted." Meowth gulped

Meanwhile with Ash's group, Our heroes and their Pokémon are keeping warm by a campfires while Rei, Ami and Usagi sat next to Ash and Makoto, Minako, Erika and Naru sat next to Rei as well, they had a great Dinner and Luna and Artemis decided to snuggle with the Gang's Pokémon. Suddenly Ash hears a sound and it sweet melodic sound of a music box that is a star and a locket. When Marshadow appears in Ash's Shadow.

"That music it's… so beautiful, Usagi." Said Ash "it belonged to this "Mamoru" guy, right?"

"Cha.."

Usagi nodded "Yes. I listen to it whenever I feel sad." She explained "It helps me take my sadness away. And it made me feel all better. Whenever you dress up like Tuxedo Mask, it made me happy." Then she laid on Ash's arm, then Rei spoke to him.

"You know, before we all met you. I used to date Mamoru, before we all realized that he is Tuxedo Mask and I realize that he isn't the guy for me." Rei smiled "He risked his life to save Usagi, because he really loves her. And whenever you saved us, it reminded me of Mamoru a little bit."

"I also noticed that…" Ash said

"….That Usagi and Rei started to argue less?" Makoto finished while laughing "It's because we we're all single except for her, but ever since we met you and all of us confessed our love for you, we're all not single anymore."

"That's right. When I first met you, I was a bit nervous at first, but we've became good friends." Ami added and went on "But since time has passed, I fell in love with you and now we're all in a harem with you."

Usagi had a funny thought "Hey… When Rei was dating Mamo, I was really jealous." She giggled "But now since I have two guys, I've realized that me and my friends are very lucky."

Ash giggled as Erika spoke with stern look

"Now here me out, Ash Ketchum." The nature loving princess said "If you don't have a life with happiness with us girls, including Duplica and Jeanette, we'll punish you…"

"…With the Power of love!" Minako finished

Ash's eyes started to sparkle as he gave the girls a caring smile and he spoke to Usagi. "I promise sooner or later, We'll catch up to Mamoru, and introduce myself and give him the Pokémon Battle of a lifetime!"

"Yay!" Usagi cheered as she threw her arms around him then Ash's Pikachu jumps on Ash's arms "We get to catch up to Mamo!"

"Pika Pikachu!"

"Ash, since we gotten to know you, you have grown as not only a man, but as a great Pokémon Trainer as well." Artemis smiled

"I have to say we thought that you might have the same intelligence as Usagi and Minako but we're both wrong." Luna said

"Hey!" Usagi and Minako glared

"You know, I would do anything to have a Chocolate Parfait with you once we go out in Fuchsia City." Naru smiled as she went over to him hugged him.

Before Ash could say anything else, snowstorm has gotten so bad that a part of the snow wall has broken through causing some cold air to come in and the fire goes out and the others started panicking.

"Oh No! Some of the snow was started to break!" Ami cired hugging her Pikachu to keep her warm

"Wah! What do we do?!" Usagi shouted while hugging onto Ash tightly

"I don't want to turn into a ski-sicle!" Minako bawled

Ash then ran over to the hole and sits in front of it, blocking the snow coming in, as he shivered. The girls were horrified of what Ash is doing, Ash's Pikachu, Ami and Usagi ran towards him, with Ami and Usagi's eyes started to water up.

"I-It's cold!" Ash shivered

"Pika Pi!"

"Ashy, stop!" Usagi cired

"Ashy, No!" Cried Ami

"Ash, don't!" Artemis shouted

"Ash Ketchum, get out of that hole this minute!" Luna ordered

"Pikachu, Girls! Listen very carefully, you have to get away from me, until morning!" Ash ordered

"Pikachu!"

"Ash, Don't do this!" Ami begged

"Please stop!" Usagi cried was she started to cry

"Get away from that hole now!" Rei shouted

"We're not going to lose you again!" Makoto cried as she began to cry as well

"Ash, why are being reckless to put your life on the line for the girls?!" Luna demanded with tears in her eyes

However his irritation began to grow as he shouted "Do as I say, now!!" He shouted "I know that you are all concerned about me, but I'm trying my best to keep you all warm!! I'll be ok!

"Pika Pikachu!"

Pikachu then grabs Ash's leg and Ami and Usagi started to hug him, worrying for Ash's safety. Making him shocked that they're willing to put their lives on the line for the guy the girls love and Pikachu is doing the same for his best friend, but Ash spoke again.

"Everyone, I'll be ok. I'm sure you will all be safe." He assured "Everyone, I-I'm begging you."

"No you won't be ok!" Artemis shouted

"Ash Ketchum, get away from that hole now!" Minako shouted "If you stay in there for so long…."

"You'll die!" Naru finished

"Please, Ashy, I know that you're concerned about our safety and you're trying to keep all of us warm from the snowstorm for the night…." Ami started while crying

"….But…But there has to be another way to block that hole without actually putting your back into it!" Usagi bawled "If you keep this up, you'll die!"

"And if you die…" Makoto Sobbed

"…all of us will never find a true love again!" Erika finished

Then all of the girls' Pokémon Materializes from their PokéBalls and all of Ash's Pokémon did the same, then Makoto, Rei, Erika, Minako and Naru all threw their arms around their freezing boyfriend and hugged him while they're crying cause they don't want their true love to die.

Ash was touched by how much his girlfriends and his Pokémon truly care for him "Bulbasaur, Wartortle, Charizard, Pikachu, Dratini, Pidgeot, Ami, Naru, Erika, Mako, Rei, Minako, Usagi…." He said "The girls and Pokémon that care for me."

"You see, Ash?" Artemis asked "You as the Prince of the Golden Sun, all the girls really love you, They as well as your Pokémon all care for your safety as they do their own."

"Artemis is right, Ashy we really love you." Ami spoke while crying and she kissed his cheek

"Ash, please let them keep you warm, I think it's their turn since you kept them warm." Luna begged

"Pika.."

Ash looked at his crying harem and he was touched even more and a few tears dropped from his eyes. "Ok, all of you win. We can all keep each other warm."

"Yay! Snuggle attack!" Usagi cheered

"And a kiss attack from your true loves!" Rei said

Rei then kissed Ash on his lips and they made out and Ash gave the girls a turn with making out with him while hugging him starting with Rei and Wrika then kissed him and he made out with her and saving Ami for last, as he continued with each of his girlfriends, Luna and Artemis then watch and lay down to watch this romantic and heartwarming moment, and their growth.

Suddenly something appeared behind the Firewood and that something who walked over was Jigglypuff holding Minako's marker, catching everyone off guard.

"Jiggly."

"Jigglypuff!" Everyone cried

"Are you going to sing us a lullaby?" Usagi wondered

Jigglypuff took ahold of the marker and make like a microphone and she took a deep breath.

"Jigglypuff….Jiggly…Puff…..Jiggly…."

Jigglypuff starts singing. Ash, the Pokémon, The girls, Luna and Artemis then started to feel drowsy then they fall asleep on one another.

"Jigglypuff….Jiggly…Puff…..Jiggly…."

I…Feel sleepy…. nighty night." Usagi said as she fell asleep

"I….Think Jigglypuff is….doing something right…." Rei yawned

Ami lays down and hugs her Winnie the Pooh bear and Ash at the same time as Usagi hugs him too, Erika, then fell asleep as well while laying down. Makoto, Rei and Minako as they began to fall asleep as well and hugged one another, Naru and while snuggling onto one another, as Ash, half of his harem, the two moon cats, all of the Pokémon were fast asleep.

"…..Jigglypuff….Jiggly…..Puff...Jigglypuff…..Jiggly…..Jiggly?"

When she was done singing. Jigglypuff realizes that everyone is sleeping, Ami was cuddling up with her boyfriend as Ash snuggled up with her and Usagi as well, The Pink Balloon Pokémon felt confused.

"Ashy….. I love you…." Ami mumbled "You'll be my…First patient…"

"Ashy…. you feel so warm…." Rei snoozed

"I want to be like this….. Forever…." Makoto snored "My boobs are...You're pillow….From now on…"

Then Jigglypuff realized that everyone in the forest all fell asleep during her performance which frustrates her.

"Puff!"

The frustrated Pink Balloon Pokémon opens up the marker and Jigglypuff proceeds to scribble on the faces of the snoozing spectators, it scribbles on Ash, Ami, Usagi, Minako, Rei and Makoto, Jigglypuff then scribbles on Erika, Luna, Naru, Artemis, and the Pikachu and Makoto's Raichu, as they're fast asleep all night.

The next morning, and the harsh snowstorm has completely subsided, the sun is out, no clouds at sight, then the Snow Wall breaks a bit showing sunshine at the cave where Ash and the girls are sleeping and are revealed that they're still alive. Ash wakes up suddenly and slowly, to see his girlfriends cuddling up on his and all of the Pokémon are alive. He then remembered at his younger days, as this reminds him of the time he offered some wild Pokémon shelter.

Ami wakes up and looks at the young man with her happy eyes and kissed him on his lips and they make out for a bit.

"Good morning, Ashy." Ami giggled

"Good morning, lovely Bookworm." Ash greeted

Makoto then wakes up and smiled at Ash "Good morning, Ash." She smiled "Did my Boobs keep you comfy as well as Rei's?"

Ash then giggled and nodded yes, then Usagi kissed him on his cheeks.

"Ashy, thank you very much for keeping us warm all night." Usagi thanked

"Pikachu."

Suddenly, Ash's pocket began to glow very brightly as he did another good deed since The Rainbow Wing is glowing. and his golden sword is glowing as well. He walked over to his backpack that has the sword, and put it on, then Rei notices the sunlight and tells everyone this.

Then Ash commands Shiny Charizard to use flamethrower and he does so and snow wall was melted and everyone Walks out of there with all of the camping gear, Ash looks upon the amazing view with his beloved Pokémon and the part of his harem.

"Wow, the snowstorm blew over!" Ash said "and the sunrise is so beautiful."

"I know. We've all managed to survive it." Ami agreed while she held Ash's hand

"Wow. It's so beautiful." Usagi sighed in happiness "Now, all we have to do is.."

Before she could finish her sentence they could hear voices coming from the distance, it was Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Duplica, Chibiusa and Jeanette skiing toward them falling their names and relived to see them again.

"Guys! Over here!" Haruka called

"Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna, Chibiusa, Duplica, Jeanette!" Ash and Usagi called

"Thank goodness your all ok!" Ami sighed

They all stopped and Haruka went over to Ash and wrapped her arms around him and hugs him in relief, and the girls did the same and the Pikachu hugged one another with Raichu, Pichu and Togepi. Our heroes are finally reunited, then Haruka spoke.

"We were so worried!" Haruka said "How did you guys survive the snow storm?!"

"Well Ami found a cave just before we were about to get crushed by the avalanche." Ash explained "Then we found some abandoned firewood and Mako made an incredible dinner, and we kept each other warm all night."

"Well, while we're about to find you during the snowstorm we rescued all the female contestants, then we found a cave for shelter for night." Michiru explained "Then at the other end of the cave we found Team Rocket and got back the stolen Pokémon and gave him back to the contestants, also there's a Hot Spring at the cave."

"Hot Spring?!" Everyone cried

"Pika!?"

"Rai!?"

"Of coarse, it was really relaxing. Since we're almost at Our destination, why don't we all go to the Hot Springs before we go?"

"I'm in!" Makoto agreed

"Me too!" Ash said

Meanwhile with Team Rocket indeed, Tied to a Tree, All started complaining on How Jessie got them caught in the first place.

"You just had to open your Big mouth, did ya, Jess?!" Meowth complained

At the cave to where Haruka and Michiru found to say overnight, Usagi, Ash and all of the girls were all bathing in the hot springs and enjoying themselves, Usagi, Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Naru, Erika, Duplica, Jeanette, Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna are all wearing towels while Ash is wearing his red loincloth and Chibiusa is in one with a swimsuit on with a floaty, with the girls' Pikachu and Makoto Raichu, Duplica's Ditto and Chibiusa's Pichu and Togepi joining in.

"Ah… this is the life…" Ash sighed

"I agree, Ashy. This feels so good," sighed Ami with content while she laid her head on his shoulder

"This is just what we need after a long Journey." Usagi sighed

"This feels so much better." Erika sighed

Haruka and Michiru looked at Ash, not saying anything as he starts to like bathing with his girlfriends, they went over to him and spoke.

"Hey, Ash. You seem to like bathing with your girlfriends, are you?" Haruka wondered

"It seems like your more comfortable with doing so after time when by." Michiru added "it just proves that how much you truly love them."

"You know, Michiru." Ash said with a smile tugging his Cheeks "At first I was really nervous about it, because I never bathed with a girl before and it was embarrassing, but ever since I gotten to know you all I was comfortable with it and Ami helped me out with my fears."

"Aw, Ashy we're always there for you no matter what." Ami giggled "It's just the same way you helped me with my fear of wearing a bikini."

"Pikachu."

Ash smiled at his favorite Girl in his harem then Suddenly Usagi swam to Ash and laid on his shoulder, Rei then wrapped her arms around his neck for a hug, Makoto then hugged Ash from behind and pulled his head in on her chest for a him to lay on, Minako clung onto his arm and Naru, Erika, Duplica and Jeanette couldn't help but join in.

Girls, Whatcha doing? Me and Ami are cuddling here." Ash said

"I just thought that since we're all you're girlfriends I thought we could cuddle on you even if we have towels on." Usagi giggled

"Yeah, since you snuggle on Ami and Usagi mostly we just thought that us girls would take a chance at it." Rei said while kissing his lips

"Yeah, like I said you can use my boobs as a pillow and we want to show how much we care for you." Makoto said as she kissed his lips

"You like getting cuddled by all 9 girls in your harem, do you?" Minako asked in a begging tone "We all really love you."

"I-I don't mind at all as long as you keep your towels on." Ash accepted

"Ok, Ashy you can have our nine way cuddle party in the hot spring!" Naru smiled and she kissed him

All 9 girls cuddled and kissed their boyfriend as The girls' Pikachus, Makoto's Raichu, Duplica's Ditto, Chibiusa's Pichu and Togepi, Chibiusa Haruka, Michiru and Setsuna smiled at this, and So Ash, his harem and his friends have survived the snow everyone got their Pokémon back and Team Rocket were defeated once again, and now their soaring on to their next exciting adventure! as the Journey Continues!

To Be Continued….