Retuning back home to the palace, Ash contacted several of his more scientific based colleagues and comrades, requesting they join him at the palace. Consulting with Clemont and Professor Cerise, Ash also called upon his own slaves, requesting the assistance of Sonia and Malva to run exams and tests on Serena and Annabel.
Awaiting answers from the palace's private laboratory, Ash sat for what felt like hours until Clemont came out to speak with him.
"So? How are they?" Ash asked his old friend.
"Well, as far we can tell, these nano bots in their brains are definitely dead. However, they're still in the brain as we speak, and I find a procedure to remove them would not only be incredibly invasive, but very risky as well." Clemont replied. "I have a list of notes I made about these devices. Would you like a in depth explanation, or should I summarize it for you?"
"Give me the reader's digest." Ash requested.
"So, to put it simply, these nano bots are made of technology well beyond what we are capable of, even with our state of the art tech developed here in Alola." Clemont began to describe. "They are part living being, part machine. In other words, Biomechanical. That is the reason why they were able to be destroyed by Serena's and Annabel's auras once those collars were removed, seeing they produced an aura of their own that your slaves' bodies could detect and destroy."
"Is there anything you can tell me about those, speaking of which?" Ash asked, transitioning to the black slate collars his two slaves were forced to wear under Soliera's control.
"They are made of a material foreign to this whole planet. No element from those collars matches anything on the periodic table." Clemont described, still perplexed at how alien the tech he examined was. "Though we did see some similarities between it and the Griseous Orb."
"Giratina's relic?" Ash asked. "We don't have anything to compare it to, though, the relic was destroyed when it infused into Riley's body."
"This is just a theory, but these aliens come from another world, yes? If they got to our world through Ultra Wormholes, it's likely to believe they came from another reality altogether, like your daughter Mia. I'm thinking they came from a world where they possessed the power to wield the source of antimatter through other means. Though I've little to prove this theory of mine to be accurate, but it's a possibility, being that aura is a source of life, whereas Giratina's relic is the reverse of that."
"We've got very little to go on then. See about studying this tech whenever possible. I give you full funding for this." Ash told his friend.
"I will endeavor to bring you results, my king." Clemont bowed to his friend in formal fashion, taking his leave back to the lab room.
After having more tests run on them, Serena and Annabel were finally released, meeting Ash in the throne room with him and all his high ranking Military members and Team Rose Head Mistresses.
"Inform the heads of the outside regions that I will be sending more of our soldiers to the outside world! If any suspicious individuals are spotted, I'm to be informed immediately!" Ash ordered his generals.
"Yes Sir!" They obeyed, rushing out of the courtroom, leaving Ash in the council of his sex slaves.
"This is just yet another problem with free will." Cynthia spoke up. "I'd advise you use your full might and wash over the world with your brilliant Mind Stone's might all at once."
"No, I wish to see how the people react willingly to my occupation on the outside." Ash dismissed Cynthia's statement. "After all, I believe our enemies would have some countermeasures to this anyways. They've proven to be technologically superior to us, after all."
"Forgive me, my Lord." Cynthia apologized, realizing she got ahead of herself, ever since she was freed from the Mind Stone's control herself.
"I'd say we wait until my brother comes back with more information on these devices you secured." Bonnie opted. "Since the enemy is in hiding, they will need to make the first move for us to find them, anyways. I suggest you bolster your amount of slaves. Having more powerful women on your side will make things better. I also firmly believe you deserve to have more sluts under your control. You do look like you need to take a break from this, after all."
"Wisely put, Bonnie." Ash said, smiling at his blonde slave, kept a teenager through the usage of the Vigor Stone infused in his body. "I think it's been a while since I've acquired fresh slaves to sate my appetite."
Looking over at Annabel and Serena, the two simply stood there, seemingly in quiet shame over what happened before. Realizing he needed to have a second chat with that, Ash adjourned the meeting, leaving only him and his wives.
"I can sense how you two feel, you know. There's no shame in having been forced by that woman to fight me." Ash reassured them. "You couldn't help yourselves."
"That's not it, Ash. We just can't help but feel ashamed of ourselves." Annabel spoke up, looking down to the ground out of embarrassment.
"When she had us under her control, those machines in our brain made us feel the need to enjoy it. We felt pleasure in them having sex with us. We felt fulfilled when we wanted to fight you. All of those thoughts were our own, and that's why I hate myself right now." Serena added.
"Listen, you can't let that get to you. Those machines were influencing your feelings. You weren't yourselves." Ash reminded them. "You wanna know what I think? Out of a harem of sex slaves I've broken the minds of to serve me hand and foot, you two amongst all of them are my most loyal slaves. You don't need to be hypnotized to serve me. Your love and devotion makes you servile because you love to feel servile to me. That kinda of loyalty can't so easily be rid of, so don't keep sulking. Keep those pretty faces of yours up high!"
Smiling gently at the high praise Ash gave them, the two women thanked Ash with a group hug. Giving each girl a kiss and a spank, Ash sent them on their way before tending to business of his own. Heading to the private meditation tower that connected to his master bedroom, Ash secluded himself within the chamber. Closing his eyes and siting down on his knees, Ash began to meditate, entering a trance like state that allowed him to reach out across the world.
After being dubbed the Supreme Chosen by Arceus before departing from the world, Ash obtained the same powers the Original One did, allowing him to serve as the nexus for all the remaining legendary Pokémon that weren't slain in Riley's last attempt to seize power. Reaching out for one specific Pokémon, Ash called out to the Deity of the Ecosystem's balance, Zygarde.
"Zygarde, can you hear me?" Ash called through the void.
"Yes, my Lord. How can we serve you?" The two Zygarde responded, the cores of Zygarde appearing to Ash in the Aether.
"New threats have been shown to me recently, and as the ruler of this world, I need to nip this problem in the bud before it sprouts into something greater."
"How many we assist you?" Zygarde responded, eager to help the Supreme Chosen in his quest.
"You are a hive mind species. Your cells scattered across the world lay invisible to the populace. You have eyes and ears everywhere. If you ever see a group of suspicious individuals wielding the powers of Pokémon or have odd features like blue skin, tell me as soon as you can. I wish to stop these aliens as soon as possible and get info out of them. I also wish for them to pay for what they did to my most devout servants." Ash ordered the embodiment of the Ecosystem.
"There are of course other criminal factions I wish to be spied upon as well. The Kanto Liberation Movement and the Syndicate seem to have sprouted in the criminal underworld as well. I would appreciate it if you can keep any eye on any such persons who represent them as well." He finished, ensuring the other groups he heard of could be monitored as well."
"We will see to that, our Lord." Zygarde obeyed, the legendary Pokémon always eager to help an old friend and the new aggregate of all those from the Legendary Pantheon who were lost six years prior.
After leaving Zygarde to go about his new task, Ash wondered what he could do next. Believing that for the time being it wasn't safe to head out beyond Alola, Ash knew he needed to find a source of slaves elsewhere. Suddenly, it dawned on him. A few days prior, Cynthia had told him about a few tomes his group excavated from an ancient ruin in Sinnoh.
Curious about this, Ash went to the library for more information. Remembering what his blonde slave told him, the ancient folk of Sinnoh were a scattered bunch, a group that once fought each other over the resources of the Region.
"This is quite an interesting discovery my slaves made..." Ash muttered to himself as he read through the old books. "This seems familiar to me somehow... the mountainous scenery, the architecture depicting their god..."
The book went into great detail about the key members of the clans that made up the society of the ancient Sinnoh Region. One note in particular that drew Ash's attention was the books description of renowned, beautiful women in positions of leadership within either clan. Knowing such beauties would be a fantastic addition to his collection of sex servants, Ash continued perusing the contents of the books further.
It was not soon after skimming through the book further when Ash noticed an illustration in one of the books. It depicted a lush verdant hill and a great forest resting in the foothills beneath a great mountain. Though Ash knew such scenery could easily prove to be an illustration of Mt. Coronet, something about the illustration in particular brought back an old memory.
Suddenly, Ash recalled he had seen this scenery before. It was a near perfect illustration of a plot of land he landed in when he was sent through an Ultra Wormhole by Team Rocket, many years ago. It was there he met Go again and found the ruin that drew strength into his Life Stone before it was repaired fully.
"Go!" Ash remembered, completely forgetting how his former friend was left in a different reality all together.
He felt bad how he forgotten about Go all this time, but he also remembered how Go was set against his ways. Sensing that he could get two birds with one stone, Ash went to one of the many courtyards in his palace, invoking his powers of the Life Stone now fused within him to search for the other reality where Go was.
Opening and closing multiple Wormholes at a time, Ash desperately peered through each hole, desperate to sense the immense aura he felt all that time ago. As he did this, he was approached by Serena again, his slave wife approaching him from behind.
"Hi, honey." She spoke to him meekly. "What are you up to?"
"Remember how I met our daughter in another dimension?" Ash asked his wife "Well, I don't remember if I said this before, but I was trapped in another world before I met her in her own world. It was a world that is in a different timeline from us. I wish to go there to find Go, as well as take more women from that world to be my servants."
"Oh. If that's the case then, perhaps I could join you?" Serena asked meekly. "I'd love to help break more women to serve you!"
"Good girl." Ash smiled to his wife before turning to a new wormhole he opened. "This is it! I can sense the familiar scenery! Now, if we're gonna go together, I should inform you. This is ancient Sinnoh, at as far as I'm aware. In the age this timeline is sure to follow, we'd stick out like sore thumbs if we stay dressed the way we are now. We will need to change into something more appropriate for that time of era."
Seeing a chance to prove herself, Serena ran off into the palace before coming back shortly with a change of attire for both her and Ash. A set of traditional Kimono, a deep purple in color with a gold lacing trim was set before Ash, with a matching set for her to wear as she stripped herself down then and there to look the part.
"Where did you get these?" Ash asked, completely unaware he had such an outfit in his wardrobe.
"It was meant to be a secret from Cynthia." Serena replied, fixing her kimono up. "She wanted to present it to you as a gift of her cultural celebration. She wished to make a whole festival of it as a way to promote close relations to the Sinnoh region being annexed."
"I think I'll have to give her my appreciation when we return." Ash smirked, allowing his wife to strip him down and help him dress up in his attire. "One more thing, we won't bring any Pokémon with us. This era was a point in time people and Pokémon didn't coexist yet. I think it's best we pass ourselves off as traveling performers."
"That's a good idea!" Serena said, smiling briefly before returning to a look of concern Ash noticed had been etched on her face for a while.
"Well, that's a better explanation than telling these people we are trainers, anyways." Ash chuckled before gesturing to the still open portal. "Shall we, darling?"
"Yes!" Serena agreed, letting her husband take the lead as she followed.
After stepping into the portal, instantaneous coming out the other side, Serena's eyes widened as a great span of open land lay stretched before her and her husband. Untouched and untamed land as far as the eye could see, Ash and his wife could on see one stretch of dirt road leading East.
"Is this where you met with Go?" Serena asked her husband.
"No... I don't think so. The scenery doesn't match up at all to what I saw before." He replied. "This dirt road definitely wasn't here, that's for sure. Let's see where it takes us, though."
Seeing no reason not to follow the road, it took Ash and Serena about an hour before they finally reached a semblance of civilization. It was a large village, with large wooden walls jutting from the ground, its gates open to civilians passing through. Walking up to the gate, the duo were met with a pair of gate guards.
"Welcome to Jubilife Village. May we get a reason for your entrance into the village?" One guard asked.
"We're traveling performers, come from the far away lands of Johto, here to entertain the wonderful people of this harsh frontier." Ash replied, taking the lead on conversation, ever the master manipulator.
"Very well, proceed in." The second guard spoke, permitting the couple to enter.
As the two got a better look at the confines beyond the gates, they were blown away. It was teeming with citizens and Pokémon, with industrial era factories and buildings spewing black smoke out of their chimneys.
"Did you by chance see any of this when you were here before?" Serena asked Ash.
"No, I never saw anything of the sort, and yet the landmarks of the trees and hills are identical to what I saw before." Ash replied, making sure he was right in his assessment.
Delving further into the village until they found the town square, Ash and Serena saw a group of people grouped up. Curious about what was going on, Ash and Serena investigated what the commotion was. It was then they discovered the town's people were hoisting up a pair of bronze statues onto a stone pedestal. Once the two statues were finished being set up, Ash gasped.
One of the statues hoisted onto the stone platform was fashioned in the spitting image of Go, Ash' former friend who he'd left behind in this world six years prior. The second one didn't look so familiar to Ash, but yet at the same time, it did. It was the image of a older man, seeming by the statue, a man in his late forties. Demanding to learn more about the pair of statues, Ash approached the man who appeared to hear the operation.
"Excuse me, sir? Can you tell me what those statues are about?" Ash asked the man.
"Oh, you like em, don't ya?" The man chuckled. "These statues were meant to commemorate two heroes to our once modest village. In fact, that one on the left helped us build our village from the ground up, to boot! But to be truthful, both of them were responsible for saving us and revolutionizing how we live."
"How so?"
"Well, you see, people in this here Hisui region didn't really care for Pokémon. We thought they were terrifying creatures. But that one on the left taught us differently." The man replied, pointing to the statue of Go. "He showed us how to catch Pokémon efficiently, how to bond with them, tame them. Before long, the predatory Pokémon who once harassed us were soon living amongst us within the village walls. We built this statue in honor of him, even if he hasn't shown himself to us in months."
Hearing this piece of information left Ash in a momentary pause for thought. Not only was the information he had read in his book that pertained to people not owning Pokémon totally false, it means that Go was now MIA. While he started putting the pieces together in his head, Serena spoke up for her husband.
"And what about the other one?" She asked, pointing to the statue of the older man.
"Oh that one! Quite a story about that one." The man acknowledged, looking to the other statue with a look of gratitude on his face. "About a year ago, he showed up out of nowhere and saved us from a man who communed with the evil Pokémon, Giratina. He was able to face them head on by himself and won! He saved our village from certain destruction. We haven't seen him in just as long as the other one. It's a shame we never could get them to tell us their names..."
Walking away from the man to give themselves privacy, Ash and Serena conversed privately in a back alley between the houses.
"I never figured Go would have the means to escape this universe..." Ash muttered. "No less posses the ability to change the world so significantly. Thankfully, this is just another universe, rather than our true past, otherwise, who knows how our timeline would be effected."
"Do you think that other statued man was able to help him out?" Serena asked.
"Uncertain, though it's a strange coincidence for the two mysterious entities to these people vanish at the same time..."
"Were you two looking into those mystery persons?" A voice called behind Serena.
Turning abruptly to face who was speaking, Ash and Serena's sights now focused on a dainty, yes composed woman, her eyes blue and her short hair blonde. Unsure how he wasn't able to detect her approach them with his aura, Ash got between the mystery woman and Serena.
"What's it to you?" He asked.
"My name is Irida. I once served as the Pearl Clan's Leader until I stepped down due to reasons I won't bother to describe now." The woman said with a bow of respect. "What's important is you two find these two mystery people suspicious, just like I perceived myself."
With a shared look between Ash and his wife, the duo lowered their guard, seeing the woman was peaceful enough.
"Pearl...Clan..?" Ash responded, confused by her wording.
"Ah, so you're outsiders yourselves. Our Pearl clan is a tribe of nomads native to this region, alongside the Diamond clan. We share peaceful relations with each other as well as these Jubilife folk in order to help Hisui prosper. We always use to fight with the Diamond clan in the past, but that second, older man depicted by the statues negotiated our clans into a stable position of peace with each other and the Jubilife village. Still, I find the actions of both men suspect."
"What makes you say that?" Serena asked the woman.
"They were peaceful enough and helpful at a moment's notice, but their behavior beyond was unorthodox. They never wished to live with the native tribes or even within the safety of the Jubilife village walls. Even though they were great Pokémon wielders, any human requires sleep, and finding peaceful rest in the wilds in such a small pack is impossible. What's even stranger is what happened right before they left. If they intended to remain with us, why stay within our region for such a short time? This question I pose is especially targeted towards the older man the statues depict."
"Why's that?" Ash spoke up.
"Before the two left without warning, two wardens of the Diamond clan, Arezu and Mai wanted to see how the two lived and explore the wilderness with them. I happened to be friends with the both of them, especially Mai, and I find that it was strange how I only learned of their departure from other Diamond clan members second hand." Irida continued, her concern for her friends clearly evident on her face. "I think those two might have done something with the my two friends, and I want just want to find out of they are safe."
Seeing that she's was truthful in her words, Ash decided to trust her. He still found it strange that he never sensed her aura approach the duo, despite them being in a very secluded area. Doing a little bit of in more depth sensing of the woman, Ash realized how she accomplished this. Keeping it to himself for now, he continued to press for information as well as present the woman with his identity.
"Miss Irida, my name is Ash Ketchum. I come from a far away land much, much different from this one, along with my wife here, Serena. We were tracking down one of the two depicted in the statue, the one on the left to be exact." Ash introduced himself and Serena. "His name is Go, and he was an old friend of my, lost in this world. I finally came here, following a long trail, to save him. If there's anything you can tell me, I'd really appreciate it."
"You are friends, but I bet the impression you're doing more than just looking for him. Am I to interpret your actions to search for him as truly honest, or might you perhaps also have ulterior motives, like I suspected him of harboring?" Irida asked.
Sensing that this was now a good a time as any, Ash's eyes glowed with a vibrant rainbow light, invoking his power of the Mind Stone within him to entrance Irida, making the women his servile, eternal slave. After instilling programming into her mind, as well as implanting knowledge into her mind regarding the intricacies of the world he came from into her mind, Lest her mind breaks from encountering modern tech, Ash awoke his newest slave, her mind broken to accept the man before her as her Lord and Master.
"Ah, Lord Ketchum! I offer my mind, soul and body to serve you! I wish to help you in saving my friends from these two mysterious men." Irida spoke, taking a knee out of submission towards her new Owner.
"I shall be taking us back to my home world. If there's anything you have left to do in this world before leaving for good, I suggest you do so now." Ash spoke.
"There's nothing I require from this former home of mine, my Lord. Where you call my new home, I shall love to live there immediately!" Irida responded, her mind conforming to her Master's will.
"We're leaving already?" Serena asked her husband.
"You heard that man from before, Go hasn't been seen in months. I doubt he would go that long without clean water or food, and making a farm in the wilderness seems unlikely." Ash replied, opening an Ultra Wormhole back to home. "He swore revenge on me for my 'unjust actions' as well. A man with a revenge scheme like that is certain to be plotting to go back to our home world ASAP, and now, I think that other man gave him the means to do so."
"You think that other man is working with him?" Serena asked. "But why would Go team up with a random stranger?"
"I don't know, but we need to review this further with the other Head Mistresses when we get home. After you, my slaves."
As the two sex slaves entered the portal, Ash's thoughts drifted back onto the older man depicted in the statue. His face, despite being hardly be best to be examined by a crude bronze statue, seemed somehow familiar to him, though he could not pin where he'd last seen such a face.
"Where have I seen that man before..?" He thought to himself before entering the portal himself, leaving the ancient land of Sinnoh behind him, returning to his universe.