Stirring from his sleep, Ash came to realize the night before did indeed happen, for he realized he was in bed with Serena and Cynthia fastened to his sides, each smiling seductively at him.
"Mornin', sleepyhead..!" Cynthia said with honey in her voice, her hair all ruffled from her Master utterly dominating her the night prior.
"We wanted to make sure you were well rested. We didn't want to rob you of sleep..!" Serena said with a smily, Ash's old childhood friend always considerate of her lover's wellbeing.
"Morning, slaves..!" Ash said with a smug smile, caressing both women's faces with his hands. "It's always a pleasure to open my eyes to such obedient little toys."
"That's what a good woman does, after all." Cynthia replied proudly, shortly then after stepping out of bed, her juicy, firm ass getting a spank from Ash on the way out.
"Race you to the bath, Cynthia!" Serena said, leaping from the bed and rushing into the bathroom. "First one to the tub gets to suck Master off in the bath!"
"Oh, you're on!" Cynthia playfully replied, the blonde teacher rushing in behind her student.
After the trio got bathed and dressed for the day, making their way back into the main room of the Scarlet Cabaret, the trio were greeted by the owner and her employee coming through the front door.
"I trust this romantic group had a good night's stay in their vip lounge?" Lorelei asked with a pleasant smiled.
"Oh yes!" Ash said with a mischievous grin, spanking both his slaves firmly on the ass, the duo giggling at his bold advances.
"I'm glad! Now, I'm due to open my place up in about an hour. We're a cafe lounge at day, and cabaret by night, but you can feel free to stick around a while longer. I'll make us some coffee." Lorelei offered, turning around the corner behind the bar to the kitchen space behind, leaving her employee behind to introduce herself.
She was only a few years older than Ash and Serena, with long, blonde hair tied up into a pony tail. She wore a pure white tank top and miniskirt and beautiful light grey eyes. With a pleasant, cordial smile on her face, the young woman greeted herself to Ash.
"Hey there! My name's Korrina!" She said. "My girlfriend said you all and us have quite a lot in common."
"Your girlfriend?" Ash asked.
"Oh, forgive me, Master. I forgot to tell you about Korrina here." Cynthia apologized. "This is Korrina, a former student of Lumiose academy. She's actually the one I told you who was in a relationship with Lorelei back there."
"Oh, it's nice to meet you!" Ash smiled back to the young woman.
"You can't imagine how nice it is to find a kindred spirit. Some people just don't understand people like us have attractions to older people. Even when both of us were consenting, and I was considered old enough, the school didn't like that. Well, it turns out, they can no longer stop us from loving each other now that I'm no longer enrolled."
As Lorelei came back with coffee, the group began to talk about things, including setting up events going at the Scarlet Cabaret later on.
"Well, goodness me, Ash. You have several other women who are just as devoted to you as these two here? Truly, I wish to know how you manage to seduce so many women, not that I can't find the charm in you." Lorelei said, with her and her younger girlfriend alike doing a double take on Ash's body. "Not bad at all..!"
"You really are quite a looker. I wouldn't mind going out on a date or two with you." Korrina admitted, a sentence that didn't bother her girlfriend in the slightest, for she held similar thoughts as well.
"Well, maybe I can tell you my trade secret one of these days." Ash said with a smile, his intent to brainwash the two women kept to himself.
As Ash finished saying that, the TV in the corner of the club was airing the morning news, catching Cynthia's and Lorelei's eyes.
"...And as Governor Yancy continues to campaign around Kalos, her political opponent currently running for Governor, Lysandre Fleur-da-lis has continued staunchly advocating for his 'CTS' bill he vows to put into place if he was to be elected." The news woman said, her long, pink hair in a pony tail. "In other news, LCPD reports a break-in at the Lumiose Chemical Repository."
Listening in to the news, Ash sipped his coffee, taking in the beautiful physique of the reporter on screen, her perky breasts kept behind her modest dress.
"Though word of mouth on the street says that this is the work of the criminal gang known only as The Prospects, police have reported that no arrests were made, insisting that the warehouse's contents were all accounted for." The news reporter continued. "Police have advised citizens to keep watch for a delinquent group known only as the Vipers, who were labeled as the primary suspects for the break-in. Police have stated that though these teenagers are not considered dangerous, citizens should be vigilant and avoid interacting with them. You can identify their group by the masks they wear showcasing the imagery and coloring of the Pokémon, Seviper."
"Didn't know we had a group of teens causing trouble in the city." Serena noted, setting down her coffee.
Cynthia and Lorelei simply sat quiet, listening in as the news story ended. Ash most of all became hung up on a detail revolving one of the names mentioned.
"Prospects, huh?" Ash mumbled to himself.
"Looks like our streets will have some excitement, that's for sure." The news reporter chuckled, her slight smile showing her pure white teeth. "This is Malva or the morning news channel, signing off!"
"She was hot!" Ash smiled. "What was her name again? Malva? Oh, I'd love to make her one of my toys one day!"
"Oh, I bet she'd be an awesome pet for you, my Master!" Serena agreed, humming whimsically whilst fantasizing her Owner ravishing yet another slave girl.
"Well, I'd best be going on." Cynthia said, grabbing her handbag. "I will need to arrange classes for when you have school again tomorrow. You two be sure to have fun for me too!"
"We will, babe!" Ash smiled.
As the trio left their new secret club together, Cynthia gave each of her favorite students a sensual kiss on their lips within the secrecy of the alleyway before walking out into the Main Street.
"Wanna get some breakfast?" Ash asked Serena. "My mom owns a cafe not too far from here. Her Croissants are to die for!"
"Yeah, I'd like that!" Serena replied, always willing to meet with her childhood friend, turn Master's mom.
As the two made their way to the West side of town, far away from the red light district of Lumiose, two of their friends were already one step ahead.
"What makes you think they'll come here?" Astrid asked Shauna from their table.
"Because why would Ash go anywhere else? His mom owns this place. I bet he'll be sleazy like that to try and make sure he doesn't have to pay for a meal like a gentleman should." Shauna scoffed, looking up to the sign hung in the window, it reading the name of the shop, The Breakfast Pallet.
"Ok, but do we really need these lame disguises?" Astrid asked, wearing a gaudy sweater and giant sunglasses and sun hat. "I feel this makes us stand out even more. And why did you drag me along? I was gonna go with Alain and Trevor to the movies today!"
"I lost track of them last night, but those two are up to something! I checked Serena's lodgings back on campus, and she wasn't there!" Shauna scoffed. "Those two spent the night somewhere in the city, and I wanna see if I can tail them back there. I wanna know what they're up to, and more so if he's doing anything nasty to her."
"Am I detecting that you have a problem with Ash?" Astrid asked bluntly before assuming a taunting, teasing attitude. "Or could it be you're jealous of Serena?"
"What?! N-no! It's nothing like that!" Shauna stammered, her face flush red.
"Besides, is it really our place to-"
"SHHH! Here they come!" Shauna gasped, seeing the approaching couple coming to the front door from the window, the teenage girls sticking their faces in a magazine.
"It's a shame Cynthia couldn't join. I'm sure she'd hit it off with my mom." Ash said, upset how his gorgeous blonde slave was missing out.
"Hey, just putting this out there, have I ever told you how hot your mom is?" Serena seductively whispered into her man's ear.
"Oh, stop it..!" Ash chuckled, gently pushing her, yet blushing all the same.
Just as the two were about to enter, Ash's hand paused on the door handle. Seeing Ash hesitating, Shauna began to panic.
"Crap, did he spot us?! We're at the back of the shop, that shouldn't be possible!" She whispered sharply.
Turning his head around, Ash noticed two stout, imposing men walking down the sidewalk towards the shop. One was dressed in the standard attire of a thug, wearing a white tank top and baggy pants, his arms and legs adorned with tattoos. The other seemed far more reposed and well kept, donning a sharp black two piece suit one would see on the back of a businessman. At a glance, a normal pedestrian would think much into it, but Ash picked up on a pin the two wore on their tops, a bronze, hexagonal pin with was branded with a "p" symbol, stylized into the shape of a rapier.
"Get behind me." Ash advised Serena, his sex slave obediently following her Master's order.
"Okay..." Serena said meekly, retreating back in fear of the two men's demeanor.
"Hey twerp, outta the way." The man in the tank top barked, seeing fit to enter the cafe, even if he had to walk right through Ash.
"What's going on?" Astrid pondered from inside the shop, witnessing the altercation taking place outside the window. "I can't hear what they're saying.
Back outside, Ash dug his heels in as the two men got closer and closer in his face.
"The owner of this establishment made it clear you lot aren't allowed in." Ash said with utter disdain. "I suggest finding another cafe.
"Move it, punk, or I swear, I'll flatten you!" The punk in the tank top spat in Ash's face, pushing the young man slightly, only for what seemed to be his superior intervened.
"We wish to keep things as civil as possible. It is around the time for the morning commuters, after all." The man in the suit said with condescending overtones, gesturing the the crowds of people walking beside them on the street, with only a few heads bothering to turn their attention on the apparent scuffle, fewer still even bothering to stop and witness, as if choosing to remain ignorant as to what was really taking place.
"This shop doesn't owe you Prospect trash any more. Take your extortion racket back to the West side of town where you belong." Ash barked back, his conviction unwavering, his body remaining a shield both for his girlfriend and his family store.
"Why you!" The tank top man shouted, prepared to throw a punch, only to be stopped by the man in the suit once more, the mere motion of his hand raising causing the man in the tank top to halt entirely.
"I see that news doesn't spread well here, it seems." The man in the suit smugly replied. "As it seems that the police seem more fit to track down those pain in the ass Viper punks, we Prospects have decided to 'expand our borders', as it were. You'll find plenty of our businesses run by us are all incredibly within legal acceptance. The woman who runs this shop took out a loan with us, and we're here to collect the outstanding interest due. Now stand aside."
Knowing it was against the rules for students still under the tutelage of Lumiose academy to carry their Pokémon off campus until at least a few months into their curriculum, Ash knew he didn't have his Froakie with him, having left his Pokémon back in his Academy apartment when he left with Serena the night before. Outnumbered and out muscled, Ash employed one last bluff to ensure his mom's cafe remained safe. Pulling an empty pokeball from his pocket, Ash held it up against the two men.
"You're not gonna collect from anyone this time. Back down." Ash threatened, his composure remaining stone cold.
"Crap!" The tank top guy panicked, backing down knowing only two of them stood no chance against a trainer.
The man in the suit however remained composed, taking the baseball bat from the hand of his shaken subordinate. Holding it in a reverse grip, the man gently tapped the side of the ball in Ash's hand with the pommel of the bat.
"Have it your way then, little man." The suited man smirked. "There are more way to slice this Applin. The Prospects will see its money returned to it in time. Trust me."
From inside the cafe, Delia had just returned to the counter with a basket of freshly baked goods from the ovens in the back, noticing her son locking eyes with the goons up front.
"Oh no! Ash!" Delia gasped, absentmindedly leaving her basket on the counter unattended.
Seizing the opportunity, a guest sitting quietly in the other corner of the cafe left from their seat, snatching the basket from the counter and running out the front door in a headlong rush, knocking over Ash and everyone else in front of the store in the process.
"What the hell?!" Shauna gasped, her and Astrid jumping from their chairs in shock.
"Help! Stop that thief!!" Delia shouted.
"I'm on it!" Ash shouted back, getting up and chasing after the bakery thief in hot pursuit down the street. "Stay there, Serena!"
"R-right!" Serena obeyed, rushing back inside to check and see if Delia was okay.
"Hey, boss! That mask they were wearing! It's a Viper!" The tank top guy shouted, helping his boss back on his feet.
"What are you waiting for?! Go after them, you imbecile!" The suited man shouted, throwing his underling off his arm.
As Ash and the Prospect thug began to chase the masked figure down, dodging pedestrians as they went, Ash noticed they ducked into a nearby alley way. Turning the sharp corner to continue chase, Ash noticed nobody was in the alley. Confused for only a moment, Ash's clarity of what happened kicked in, looking up as the sound of boots hitting metal. The thief managed to jump up onto the second floor fire escape using the alley's dumpster as a foothold.
"Seriously?!" Ash grunted, following suit.
As the thief made it to the top of the roof, they looked down, locking eyes with Ash. Though Ash couldn't see their face, he could make out the thief's deep, blue eyes. Strangely enough, the burglar didn't seem too urgent to escape. They seemed to be studying Ash, a smile seeming to form underneath the mask donned with the colors of a Seviper. After observing Ash perform his own acrobatic feats, the thief continued their escape, running across the rooftop.
Back on the street level, the Prospect thug, having finally turned the corner, didn't see anyone. Figuring they went further into the alley, the thug went off in an entirely different direction. Noticing they shook off the Prospect goon, the thief looked at Ash as he barreled towards them. Looking behind as the roof ended, the burglar paused that the edge of the rooftop.
"Nowhere...left...to...run..!" Ash gasped as he hunched over, collecting his breath having realized the crook had nowhere to run.
His theory was promptly proven wrong as the thief began to take a running start.
"What?!" Ash gasped. "Stop!"
By the time Ash got out his words, the criminal took a flying leap over the gap between building, a space of at least 15 feet. After seeing the robber brave a jump from the 5th story of a building, Ash hesitated to even follow.
"What.The.Fuck?" Ash said, slack jawed.
Seeing the criminal was getting away, Ash mustered up the courage to take the leap.
"Mom's gonna kill me if I do this!" Ash muttered to himself sarcastically, before looking down over the rooftop into the street below. "That's if I don't beat her to it..!"
Taking a deep breath, Ash took a running start, jumping off the edge of the rooftop. Just barely making the leap, Ash crashed into the edge of the roof chest first, the wind knocked out of his lungs from the impact. Barely hanging onto the roof's ledge, Ash could feel his grip slipping, his breathing erratic and his ribs sore from the impact.
"No..no...no! No! No!!" Ash gasped as he began to plummet. "Aghhh!"
Before he fell, however, Ash's hand was caught. Looking up, the young teen noticed the masked burglar was hanging over the edge of the roof, holding onto his hand for dear life.
"Come on!" Their voice spoke up, their grunts from Ash's weight putting a pressure on them. "Pull up!!"
Reaching for the ledge, Ash used his other hand while the mysterious figure pulled him up. Now safely up on the roof, Ash and his unexpected savior began breathing heavily for air. Now that Ash finally got a good look up close, Ash noticed with the thief was wearing. With their long brunette hair tied up in a ponytail, on the head of the burglar sat a simple ball call. Wearing a basic blank white t-shirt and a small, black leather vest, Ash took special notice of the brown boots and tattered jean shorts the person was wearing, with a set of gorgeous thighs to match them.
"You're a girl..?" Ash asked, the masked girl not replying. "You expect me to thank you for that? You stole that stuff!"
"I saved you because of how you stood up to those Prospect ass holes. That's all." The girl replied, getting back up on her feet, grabbing the basket of food as she did so.
"Wait...up..!" Ash panted, struggling to get up on his feet, his chest still sore from hitting the stone work of the building's wall.
As the girl continued to run, reaching for the fire escape ladder heading down to the ground floor, Ash continued to pursue.
"God, you're persistent!" The girl shouted back out of annoyance, but more so out of fascination.
As the two made it into the vacant alley between the buildings, the girl took a pokeball from her belt, calling upon a shiny Dewott. Commanding her partner to open the manhole cover, the girl jumped down below, with Ash continuing to follow them. Down beneath the city, Ash followed the thief until they ran into the Lumiose underground Subway System.
Jumping across rails, Ash continued to give chase. Noticing the girl entered a subway rail line. The passageway that lay before him was marked with a sign that read "Derelict tunnel. NO NOT USE." Despite the sign's warning, Ash made away with his reasoning and continued to relentlessly chase his suspect, all the way down the tunnel, his sneakers tapping on the metal rails of this seemingly abandoned tunnel.
Seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, what Ash discovered was beyond what he expected. What lay at the end of the tunnel was a completely vacant, unused subway station terminal, a place which would make much more sense to be in use for the teeming masses living above. What now occupied this seemingly discarded subway station was a large group of teenagers, all about his own age. All of them seemed down on their luck. Dusty, dirty, wearing old clothes. On the ground of the station lay several mattresses and sleeping bags.
Several members of this group were huddled around a barrel aglow with the heat of a contain fire, its fumes being absorbed by a Koffing seemingly under the care of an older teen. Noticing several of the kids had badges that belonged to Lumiose Academy, Ash was left pondering what this even was.
"What is this place..?" Ash asked absentmindedly, soaking it all in, only to be tackled by a few teens that took him by his sides. "Ah! Hey! Get off me!"
After a moment or two of the group on top of him sifting through his pockets, snatching his phone and hypno pen out of his pockets, Ash reached out hastily to grab the pen, a fact the thief in the mask took up on immediately before speaking up.
"This is the Viper's Den, our little home for kids who were thrown out like the trash." The masked thief explained as one of the hoodlums handed the thief Ash's things.
Turning to another girl walking up to her, the Thief gave her ally some instructions.
"This was all I was able to grab so far, I'll try and get more for the others, but see how you can ration this stuff out. And take the phone with you, as well."
"Sure thing." The girl responded, leaving the burglar and Ash by themselves.
Walking up to Ash as the others allowed him to stand, the girl finally took her mask off, revealing the beautiful face beneath. Noticing the girl was just about his age, Ash remained quiet while the girl spoke.
"My name is Hilda. I'm the boss of this group. And you, my persistent friend, are just the person we need."
"Pardon?" Ash asked, more confused than anything at this point.
"I'm gonna be as blunt as I can be with you. I saw how you handled that situation with those Prospect scum outside the shop. That kind of backbone is exactly the kind of example I want to set for this lot here." Hilda explained.
"What's their story?" Ash asked, pointing to the group of grimy, disheveled teens.
"I'll tell ya all about our little club in time, but I wanna know what your angle is." Hilda asked. "Who goes to such lengths to chase a bread thief? And more importantly, what made you want to stand up to those thugs? Everyone else walked by and did nothing, but you stood your ground. Why?"
"Let's just say I'm close to the owner of the shop." Ash said, responding vaguely to conceal his mother's connection to him. "That being said, that food wasn't yours to take."
"I know, and I'm sorry! I just need to provide for these guys." Hilda apologized, ashamed of her criminal act. "They're my friends, and I gotta do right by them. I promise I will pay your friend back in time. I just need to get rid of those Prospect guys."
"Those Prospect people are no friends of mine. They wanted to go after the owner of that shop. Extort her for money." Ash explained.
"A story I know all too well..." Hilda mumbled under breath before an idea popped into her head. "Say, what say you help me with taking them down? Your friend can be protected, and I can stick it to those crooks for all the damage they've done."
"What they do to you?" Ash asked. "Like you specifically."
Hilda paused, hesitant to answer. Seeing her without an answer, Ash took notice of her leather vest, it's left side adorned with the Lumiose Academy emblem.
"You're a Lumiose Academy student?! What on earth are you and these other guys doing down here? Aren't you guys worried about being expelled?!" Ash asked.
"Let me worry about that sort of thing." Hilda said dismissively, waving Ash away from a direct answer. "So? You wanna tag team up? I've seen how you handle rooftops. You're pretty good! Not too many of these other guys can keep up with me, not to brag or nothing."
"Well, as long as you're willing to pay back my friend for the food you stole, I don't see a reason to say no. Besides, I wanna make sure they stay away from there, for good!" Ash replied.
"Excellent! Then let me just go ahead and put my number in your phone there." Hilda said, absentmindedly forgetting she gave Ash's phone to another member of her gang. "OH! Right, sorry..."
Getting Ash's phone back from her friend, Hilda passed it off to Ash, with the teenage boy grabbing it from her urgently.
"My contact info will already be on there, now. I'll ring you up when I see a chance for us to strike at those Prospect cunts." Hilda explained.
Having notice Hilda had yet to return his more coveted item back to him, Ash spoke up.
"Um, can I have my pen back please?" He politely, yet nervously asked. "It's very important to me."
Taking the pen into her other hand, Hilda held it up to Ash, seeing the haste in his eyes. Smiling smugly, Hilda spoke up.
"Call it a thief's hunch, but this is no ordinary pen." Hilda said sarcastically, causing Ash to sweat in a panic. "Sure, it looks fancy, but the look in your eyes with it was taken from you...you didn't even show that when your phone was taken. I can see it in your eyes, this doesn't quite belong to you, does it?"
Ash couldn't respond, for he could not argue, for he did in fact steal that version of the pen from his brother's room not too long ago.
Smiling at him, Hilda extended her hand, returning the pen to Ash.
"Well, let's just say it's honor among thieves. I've stolen quite a few things lately, so I ain't gonna judge ya. Let's just call this a way to show I am willing to trust you." Hilda said, patting Ash on the shoulder. "If anything, you being a thief yourself makes youeven more impressive! Makes things way easier for me too. Oh! By the way...I don't think I got your name."
"It's Ash." The young man replied, putting his hypno pen safely back into his pocket.
Having a good look at Ash from head to toe, Hilda smiled slightly.
"Ash, huh? Cute name." Hilda said softly, her gently voice making Ash blush slightly before Hilda walked away from him to the group of kids behind her. "I call ya soon, Ash! I'll trust you'll let yourself out. Oh, and trust that you will tell nobody about our secret hideout. ESPECIALLY any teachers or parents of any kind."
Pausing for a minute as he made his way out, Ash turned back to Hilda.
"Yeah." He replied.
By the time Ash retraced his steps back to the surface, he had realized just how much time had past since he chased Hilda down and how he left Serena back behind at the cafe. Making his way back to the shop, Ash realized he had to think of an excuse as to how he couldn't get back his mom's stolen goods, as well as make up to his slave girl the time they lost on what what suppose to be their date.
And though Ash failed at keeping his word to Serena for the date he owed her, he more than made that up in a new potential member to add to his harem. With a smile on his face, Ash began to fantasize how his next encounter with the gorgeous brunette teen would happen, how amazing she'd be as a servant, and when the best chance to hypnotize her would be.