"If I had to look back on where my journey took a turning point, it'd have to be after the World Championships. We beat Leon. I was named the strongest trainer in the world. For a while, it felt amazing, but after a while, I realized what Leon told me all that time ago. Fearing that I've become too strong. I wanted more, and decided to become the Kanto Champion. Started dating Serena. Things looked good then, but then I got bored again. Having so many people challenge me for my title, only to not be strong enough."
"Pika?" Pikachu asked Ash, looking up at his trainer inquisitively.
"When the one thing I felt like in my life that could complete me was the desires around Serena, around women in general, I felt like I finally had something to work towards." Ash replied, rekindling the campfire, lest the dark of night drape over him and his Pokémon. "It felt so empowering, at first. Claiming as many women as I wanted. So I took whatever I wanted without inhibitions. Then people decided I shouldn't have that power, and I became a King and worked to something new: ensuring peace in our world."
Letting their trainer speak his mind, Pikachu, Greninja and the rest of his team of six he took with him after leaving alola sat silently as Ash began to reflect on the many years that past.
"I've secured deals with the other regions, and my army has now been posted around the world to help them secure the people. The people have their freedoms, but something still irks me. Has everything I've done all a selfish act? Some twisted desire in my perverted mind that I justified with some code of righteousness?" Ash further pondered, taking a sip from his canteen he packed with him alongside the minimal necessities. "You guys are not blinded to my actions like before. Years ago, I tried to keep most of you in the dark, because I worried about how you might feel. But right now, I'd honestly appreciate that honestly. Do you see me for a villain? Someone who has no right to wield all the power I have?"
Ash's Pokémon had no real answer to that question. They knew that the Ash they knew today was nothing like the kid they all traveled with a decade and a half ago. Looking amongst each other, the Pokémon simply remained quiet. They had no real answer to Ash' dilemma. Being that Ash commanded them as their Master, they have no qualms with him catching and using women, despite how their utility was much different from their own. However, whatever they could think of, no perfect answer was available to any of them.
"Perhaps that's why I wanted to leave home in the first place. I need to see the world how I've left it. Outside the walls of my utopia I created in Alola. I need to see what the world of free minded people believe me to be." Ash replied, letting more time pass by.
Noticing that the sun would soon rise, Ash had Greninja extinguish the fire, soon after turning to face the scenery further down the path. Outside the forest he stayed at for the night was a rolling hills of fields leading Ash to a very familiar scenery.
"Pallet Town. Where it all began." Ash said to himself, looking at the hamlet he once called home.
Steeling himself to face the world he made, Ash did the only sensible thing he could. Ensuring citizens didn't make him immediately, Ash returned all but Pikachu to their poke balls before taking out a box of bandages he kept on his person. Wrapping up his lightning shaped birth marks, leaving only his mouth and eyes exposed, the young man adjusted his hat and straightened his jacket. Walking through the old town seemed far more eerie than before. The once silent, yet active fields where his former neighbors use to farm for a living were now empty, devoid of crops and farmers alike.
Many of the houses, now uninhabited due to the owners being called on by the Kanto government to fight in the war, sat empty, condemned and in some cases, dilapidated. The few people Ash saw still living in the area were evidently displeased with their living conditions. Being targeted by irrational people who blamed the town for Ash's actions left what little people who were left apathetic and bitter.
Further venturing through the fields brought Ash to his former mansion, one he hoped to live in with Serena and the family they would have had, had his life went down a more humble path. All of that changed upon getting the Mind Stone, however, and Ash turned the estate into a den of debauchery, for how little time he actually lived in it. Noticing from the walkway, Ash could see several windows were smashed in, the doors leading inside completely demolished.
Anything the police didn't take as evidence when they raided it, looters and rioters from the wartimes surely took anything left that wasn't nailed down. Even despite cutting himself off from his aura powers, Ash could tell the former home he lived in was now the home of the local Ratatta and Pidgey populations.
Ash soon walked past his mother's old house, the doors and windows all barred up, more than likely due to neighbors not wishing the see the grisly scene Riley made of the place when he kidnapped Delia. Seeing the garden his mom once tended to diligently was now rife with weeds and wilted flowers, Ash began to feel even more regrets.
Was he truly a monster, turning his mother into a sex doll for his own amusement? In the years leading up to this point, Ash could sense with his aura Delia was content with her new life, but was that something he had the right to force upon her? Making one final stop at Oak's lab, Ash made his way into the building. Most of the valuable lab equipment was stolen or was too big to be carried away, all rusty or dusty from years of neglect. Time truly wasn't kind of the people of Pallet, and to Ash, he felt to blame.
"These people we once called our neighbors. They were put through so much because of what happened." Ash said to himself.
"Pika." Pikachu said from his shoulder.
"I need to see what the other towns are like. Let's head to Pewter." Ash said, wishing to see more what else had happened to Kanto due to his actions.
Taking a brief flight on his Dragonite, Ash got off right on the edge of town, only to see a checkpoint set up by his own army. Noticing they were checking civilians for clearance into and out of the city, Ash decided to find another way in to avoid attention. Before he began to plan a move, however, something caught his eye.
"Down with dictators!" A man shouted, the man wearing what appeared to be a uniform of some kind, fashioned with the emblem that looked like the letter 'S'
"Your kind don't belong here, Alolan trash!" Another man besides the first said, wearing the same emblem.
"Disperse immediately, or we will have authority to pacify you!" An Alolan solider yelled at the duo, raising a pokeball up.
"We'd like to see you try, soldier boy!" The first man shouted, chucking a rock at the soldier, hitting him in the helmet.
Dazed, but not too injured, the soldier called out his Vikavolt. As his partner on the other side of the checkpoint moved to cover his fellow soldier, radioing in for backup, Ash saw the opportunity to slip past, entering the city without notice, even as a rock thrown by the second man veered off past Ash's head to hit a security camera.
"What the hell was all that about?" Ash asked perplexed. "Have riots already sprung up again?"
"You live under a rock mister?" A man's voice called from behind him, startling Ash.
"O-oh, hey there." Ash said, waving to the man. "I suppose you could say I do. Do you know what was going on there?"
"Well, from what I know, anyways, this nasty group called the Syndicate started harassing people who accepted those soldiers around our cities. From military police reports issued to citizens, it seems like they came into the picture ever since Team Rocket dissolved, but only started becoming more public once these soldiers started setting their garrisons in our cities."
"Wait, people accepted them?" Ash asked, surprised.
"Why wouldn't they? Those soldiers have been quite a help, more helpful than the old police were, anyways. They still won't go into those cave systems outside of town, though. I bet you those Diglet caves are where those Syndicate types hide in, too."
"That's...good to know, thank you." Ash said, still surprised that his army's annexation of the towns and cities is welcomed.
"That seemed quite hesitant for a response." The man said, now suspicious of Ash. "You'd better not be one of those rebel types."
"Rebel?" Ash asked.
"What, you don't know that either? Not sure if you really do live under a rock or just playing dumb." The man replied. "There's this rebel movement, call themselves the Kanto Liberation Movement. Group started up before as a movement to keep people from being conscripted into the Regional Alliance all those years back. Now they're just troublesome insurgents that live outside the city limits. Stalk the roads and steal from people, since they can't exactly go into towns to buy food. Champion Erika has ensured that we as good citizens should report any suspicious activity. That in mind, that could mean either one of those two groups we're talking about here could be behind all those people disappearing."
"That's... good to know. I'll keep that in mind. "Ash said, thanking the man before walking away.
"Did you hear that Pikachu?" Ash asked.
"Pika!" The Electric type affirmed.
"I remember discussing that with Erika when we signed that treaty. Perhaps we can look into this missing people thing." Ash suggested. "It's at least comforting to know that our army is doing some good, at least according to one guy. What we need to do now is see what life is like for others. To think that two movements have risen to oppose my Kingdom.
Ash walked further through the city, seeing billboards and signs erected to support the military presence in the city now. Seeing the disposition on civilians faces as they passed by patrolling soldiers looked rather promising enough, but Ash needed more to go on if he could feel justified in his actions. Ash then decided he head to the Pewter Gym next to check on Brock's family. All of the sudden, a fiery explosion erupted from a few blocks down the road.
"What the hell?!" Ash gasped, looking onward as people ran from the scene.
Jumping off Ash's shoulder, Pikachu wanted to investigate the problem. Ash, feeling equally as interested was about to pursue, only for a shadowy figure to take him from behind, restraining Ash whilst trying to slip a damp cloth over his face.
"Don't fight it, just let it happen." The hooded figure snickered, his physical strength coming as a surprise to Ash.
"Mmmmph!" Ash screamed, his voice muffled by the cloth.
"Chloroform!" Ash thought in his head. "Shit, this is bad! I can't expose myself here! I said I wouldn't use my powers anyways! Pikachu, turn around! I can't reach my pokeballs! Pikachu, please help!"
Just as if he could sense his partner in danger, Pikachu turned around, barreling toward the aggressor. Jumping into the air, Pikachu primed an Iron Tail for the man's head. The attack proved near fruitless however, for an odd sound came from the man's skull as Pikachu's attack bounced off it, as if the man's very head was metal.
"Pika?!" Pikachu jumped back, perplexed while Ash continued to struggle in the man's iron-like grip.
Ash gave Pikachu a look of conviction, begging him to use Thunderbolt on the both of them. Without a wasted moment, Pikachu jumped into the air, his red cheeks lighting up with electricity. Blasting both Ash and his assailant, Ash and the villain buckled over in pain, with Ash recovering much quicker, due to his body use to being zapped.
"I...think it's time...we got some words outta ya..!" Ash gasped, panting for air after desperately avoiding to breath in the anesthetic.
"Tch!" The hooded man scoffed, keeping his face from view.
Reaching into his robe, the man revealed a smoke bomb, slamming the object into the ground. As a deep grey haze permeated the street they were on, the attacker began to flee, leaving Ash and Pikachu in the dust.
"You're not getting away!" Ash yelled. "Lucario, after him!"
With a growl, Lucario emerged from its ball, using its aura in place of his trainer's to locate the man. Now in hot pursuit, Ash and his Pokémon were quick to descend on the man's point of exfiltration. Noticing a man hole cover ripped clean open without any sign of proper tools, Ash and his Pokémon descended into the service tunnel system cautiously, only to realize the the service tunnel split off into two paths.
"Don't let him escape!" Ash shouted, reaching for his Pokéballs. "Grenjnja, Infernape! Come out!"
Summoning two of his other Pokémon, Ash linked with Greninja, soon after splitting up, with Ash, Pikachu and Infernape taking off down the left path with Ash-Greninja and Lucario heading down the other. Traversing the labyrinth of dingy, decrepit sewer canals and tunnels, Ash made the most of his linked vision with Greninja to ascertain every detail.
Feeling as if he hit a dead end, Ash was about to give up the chase, all before he realized a silhouette of a man down the end of a hallway to his left.
"Stop!" Ash shouted, running after the man as Pikachu and Infernape leapt into hot pursuit. Seeing the man, then a few moments after, his Pokémon turn a corner, Ash turned the right turn himself, only to find his Pokémon, staring at a brick wall.
"Dead end?! Where the hell did he go?!" Ash asked his Pokémon.
"Pika..." Pikachu shook his little head in disbelief.
"This is trouble. I wanted to cut myself off from having to lead for a while, but I will need to call up the girls." Ash remarked. "I felt that man's strength on me when he tried to sedate me. He was far stronger than any normal human being. We will need help investigating this."
Returning to the surface with all his Pokémon in tow, Ash withdrew his cellphone from his pocket, dialing up Serena to send backup. Meanwhile, back in the Palace, Serena was laying down on the Master bed, laying face up, legs wide open as Annabel had her by the waist, thrusting into her sister in law with a strap on.
"Ah, yes!" Serena moaned. "More, Annabel! Harder! Faster!"
As Annabel grunted in enjoyment, the two wives of Ash had their climax together, soon laying down beside one another on the bed, cuddling up next to each other, hand in hand.
"That was amazing..!" Serena gasped. "I just wish our Master was here to enjoy it with us..."
"I do miss my brother giving me commands, as well." Annabel moaned in agreement. "I only hope I can hear his voice again soon..."
As if on queue, Serena's cell phone sitting on the nightstand beside them began to ring in the set ring tone Serena set for her husband's number. Gasping at the familiar tune, Serena jumped from the bed, hastily picking up the phone, almost to the point she almost dropped it.
"Ash! Oh, thank Arceus you are calling!" Serena spoke in elation, with Annabel quickly rushing to keep her own ear close to the phone. "I'm so glad you called!"
"Hello again, Serena. I'm surprised you're that excited to hear from me. I've only been gone for a day." Ash replied.
"After what we talked about the other day, I've been worried sick about you! You've been the only thing on my mind for a while now!" Serena spoke, her excitement still at its peak.
"Hey bro, it's Annabel! I'm here too!" Annabel spoke over the phone, almost cutting off Serena in her own excitement.
"Good, then I have both of you at once." Ash replied, moving onto more pressing matters. "I need some help over here. Can you send a few girls over to me in Pewter City? We've got a situation that's cropped up. Remember that report that Erika mentioned about people being kidnapped in Kanto? I think I identified a prime suspect to that incident, and he proved illusive. He tried to kidnap me, and I could tell his power exceeded that of a normal human. This goes beyond what our MP's can handle, so please, send me a few girls so we can settle this immediately."
"Of course, my Lord! We'll do whatever you ask!" Serena obeyed, with Ash soon hanging up the phone moments after giving the two girls more intel on the situation.
Reaching for her clothes, Serena began to get dressed, confusing Annabel.
"Wait, what are you doing?" She asked her sister in law. "My brother asked us to send him some girls, you don't need to go there yourself."
"I told him that I didn't want him to carry his burden alone anymore. I want to go there myself to prove to him I can help him in his time of need." Serena responded, still continuing to get dressed. "You can stay home and lead the girls in my absence."
"Oh, hell naw, sister! I'm getting in on this action!" Annabel cheekily replied, racing to her own clothes to get ready herself. "I'm Ash's wife too, you know, and his sister to boot! I'm gonna lend him a hand if he wants it, or not. Cynthia can manage our slaves in our absence!"
"Now you're talking!" Serena giggled.
After dressing in a more discreet set of clothing, the two girls informed Cynthia of their actions and then gathered a few of their Pokémon. Using her Alakazam, Annabel and Serena soon teleported to Pewter City, right into a vacant back alleyway. With no pesky civilians anywhere in sight, Annabel and Serena began to discuss their next plan of action.
"I can sense Ash's aura. It's suppressed, but I can feel it." Annabel mentioned.
"He wished to cut himself off from his powers. Since his powers are sourced from his aura, that makes sense." Serena replied. "I wish I was as good at sensing aura as you two are, You truly are siblings, no doubt!"
"Let's see if we can search for some clues." Annabel said, before turning her head. "Duck!"
Without any more warning than that, Annabel fired off an Aura sphere further down the alleyway, The orb smashing into a trash can swathed in shadows.
"Huh?!" Serena gasped, perplexed by what her ally did.
"So you noticed us, huh?" A voice called from nowhere, it's tone metallic and its source unknown.
Calling out her Sylveon, Serena prepared for battle, only for several masked and robed men to emerge from the shadows, as if their bodies were made of such darkness.
"Alakazam!" Annabel shouted, only for her Pokémon to be sideswiped by yet another robed man who emerged from the shade alongside the walls, his hand surrounded in a dark aura shaped into a claw.
"Sylveon! Find Ash! Tell him we found our enemy, quick!" Serena commanded her fairy type.
As Sylveon darted out of the alleyway, two goons tried attacking her, only for Annabel to repel the two with a charged Aura Sphere from her hands. Seeing that Sylveon successfully escaped, Serena turned her attention back onto the enemy, who only seemed to keep growing in number.
"There's too many of them!" Annabel cried out, only to be tackled to the ground by multiple hooded men.
"Annabel!" Serena gasped, only to soon find herself trapped underneath a dog pile of men themselves.
"Get-off!" Annabel struggled to get out, soon trying to use her aura to repel those who had her on the ground, only to realize something was wrong. "What's going on?!"
"You two won't be using those special powers of yours." A hooded figure spoke with a metallic voice modifier, brandishing a black slate rod against Annabel. "Not with these pretty little things."
"Can't move!" Serena gasped, her own powers being negated by similar rods pressed into her skin. "Ash..! Help..!"
Before the two knew it, chloroform clothes were wrapped around both of their faces, despite their best efforts to break free. As the anesthetic was inhaled by both women, Annabel and Serena both fell into an unconscious state.
"Excellent. Mistress Soliera will be most pleased with our catch." The leader of the group sneered. "Four of you take those two to The Cistern. The rest of you are with me! We'll catch that Sylveon before it brings help!"
"Yes sir!" The group obeyed, splitting up.
Meanwhile, Ash was sitting in the Town Square of Pewter, desperately awaiting his backup.
"I'd have figured those two would have sent a few girls over by now." He thought to himself, keeping his head down to avoid any unwanted attention.
Suddenly, Ash heard the familar cries of a distraught Pokémon. With a frantic, panicked meow, Sylveon finally had found Ash, the fairy type immediately recognizing Ash, even through his disguise.
"Wait, Sylveon?!" Ash gasped upon noticing the fairy type. "What's Serena doing here, Sylveon?! I told her she needed to stay home and keep things in order!"
With another cry for help from Sylveon, Ash noticed what the fairy type was warning him about.
"Take me to her!" Ash commanded her.
"That won't be necessary, King of Alola." A voice called out from a few feet away.
Suddenly, Ash was met face to face with more hooded goons, each one just as massive and as imposing as the one from before.Soon enough, the tense stare down between Ash and the villainous party was starting to attract the attention of pedestrians and patrolling soldiers alike.
"Don't worry, we won't let these lesser beings interfere with our playtime." The leader spoke facetiously, discreetly holding a detonator underneath his robe.
Pressing the device, the signal triggered another set of explosives, the explosion coming from a few street blocks down from the square. As civilians in the area ran for cover and the kingdom's soldiers rushed to assess the situation, Ash and his aggressors continued to stare into a deadlock, each one waiting for their opponent to make the first move.
As Ash's fight was soon to begin, Serena and Annabel's unconscious bodies were taking to a dark room, their hands cuffed behind them and their legs bound together. Around their necks was fastened a collar, equipped with smaller versions of the same black rods used to subdue the girls' aura powers earlier. Laying on the floor, completely helpless and asleep, they were approached by a shadowy figure and her staunch right hand woman, now lit in a deep green light that began to fill the tiny room.
"Just as you hoped, Mistress. Our recent actions with the bombings and kidnappings have warranted Team Rose to investigate! We identified them off of public records issued by the new government. They're very high ranking members of Team Rose and the new government of the world!" One of the goons who helped capture Ash's slaves reported to his Mistress. "They await the next phase!"
"Very good, my little henchmen!" Soliera grinned before snapping her fingers. "Do it!"
"Yes ma'am!" Two grunts replied, taking out a pair of high tech syringes from a sterilized suitcase.
Injecting what looked to be mere intravenous serum into the girls' necks, Soliera waited a while.
"That should be good, wake them up." She commanded.
"Yes, Mistress." The grunts obey, taking out a set of aerosol canisters.
Spritzing an anti sleep agent into both girls' faces, the two began to regain their senses a few minutes after.
"Where...where are we..?" Annabel asked, piecing together what happened to prior to passing out.
"I'm not sure..." Serena moaned, trying to reach of her head to rub it, only to realize she was bound up.
Before the two girls could begin to ask anymore questions to each other, their attention soon immediately turned to Soliera and her cohort.
"Hello there, my beautiful guests. My name is Soliera, and this is Zossie." The blue skinned woman introduced herself with etiquette. "Welcome, to your new home."