Pokemon Anime What If?
Kanto Arc
Christmas Special
Hello everyone seeing as its Christmas time I thought I make a short Christmas chapter that takes place 5 years before the main story I hope you all enjoy!
Let's go back in time to 5 years on December 23rd in Pallet Town it's all covered in snow currently at Oak's Ranch we see a 5-year-old Ash, Leaf and Gary playing in the snow.
"Yay! I love the snow!" Leaf says as she jumps in a pile of snow making a snow angel
"Yeah! Me too!" Ash says as he joins Leaf by diving into the snow as well
"Look at you two getting all excited over snow" Gary says in a mocking tone as Ash and Leaf look at him
"You join too!" Ash and Leaf say as they pull Gary into the snow making the boy cold causing both Ash and Leaf to laugh
"You two will pay for that" Gary says
"Oh no let's run Ash" Leaf says with Ash nodding as they begin to run away with Gary chasing after them, we then cut over to Prof. Oak, Delia, Rose and a 15-year-old Daisy all watching Ash, Leaf and Gary play.
"Look how happy they are" Rose says
"Yes, they look like they're having a good time" Delia says
"I'm going to join them" Daisy says as she runs forward to play with Ash, Leaf and Gary causing the 3 adults to chuckle
"Thank you for allowing the kids to play in the Ranch Professor" Delia says looking at the old man
"It's my pleasure and it'll help tire the little ones" Prof. Oak responds with a smile as the two women nod Rose then looks at Delia and asks her a question
"Say Delia have you heard from Red will he make it this year?" Rose asks
"Yes, I believe so he called yesterday and told me once he's done with his mission in Sinnoh he'll be here on time for Christmas" Delia responds with a smile as Oak and Rose nod
"That's wonderful news I'm sure that has Ash excited" Prof. Oak says
"Yes, you should've seen Ash's face when I told him the news, he had the biggest smile I wish I took a picture of it" Delia says
"Will this Christmas is going to be great" Rose says happily with Oak and Delia nodding as they continue to watch the kids who are talking.
"Alright so the teams for the snowball fight will be Ash and Daisy vs me and Gary" Leaf says with all three nodding
"You better be ready Gary cause my team's going to win!" Ash says with Daisy nodding
"Hmph just because you have my sister with you doesn't mean anything I'm going to win its obvious" Gary responds with a smug
"No way we're going to win!" Ash says
"Sorry Ashy boy it's going to be us" Gary responds before the two can get into an argument Leaf stops them
"You two can fight later Daisy explain the rules" Leaf asks with Daisy nodding
"Okay so each team will build a snow fort and make snowballs whichever team beats all of its members first will be the winner the match will begin in 30 minutes" Daisy says with Ash, Leaf and Gary nodding
"Alright then let's start building" Daisy says with her and Ash going one way while Leaf and Gary go another way
"I'm not losing to him" Ash and Gary say in their minds
"Looks like they're going to have a snowball fight" Rose says
"Well, this should be entertaining" Oak says as Delia and Rose nod as they watch the kids begin to create their snow forts
30 minutes later Ash's team and Gary's team have created their snow forts Ash and Daisy made a big snow wall while Gary and Leaf made a snow castle both teams have a lot of snowballs with them and wait for the other team to make the first move
"Okay Ash here's the plan I'll go out first and be a distraction while you try to sneak inside their base and do a surprise attack" Daisy says with Ash nodding
"Okay let's begin" Daisy says as they both take their positions meanwhile with Gary's team
"So, what's our plan of attack Gary?" Leaf asks the boy who's relaxing on his snow couch
"Simple do-nothing knowing Ash he'll more than likely storm in here leaving himself wide open for us to attack him" Gary responds
"But its not just Ash we also have to think about your sister I'm pretty sure she came up with a plan of attack" Leaf says
"Hmmm don't worry about my sister I already thought of something that will take care of her" Gary responds with Leaf confused they both then hear Daisy's voice
"Looks like its starting go intercept her Leaf and bring her a bit closer to the castle" Gary says with Leaf nodding as quickly grabs her snowballs and runs out to confront Daisy
"Take that!" Daisy yells throwing a snowball at the castle Daisy then sees a snowball heading straight for her face she quickly dodges she looks to her left and sees Leaf.
"So, Gary sent you to intercept me huh?" Daisy asks
"Yep, and I'm going to beat you" Leaf says pointing at Daisy while holding a snowball
"We'll see about that take this" Daisy responds as she quickly throws a snowball in Leaf's direction Leaf dodges in time and quickly throws a snowball at Daisy but misses. The two girls keep throwing snowballs at each other for 2 minutes trying to hit the other but are unable to.
"I wasn't expecting Daisy to be so athletic what should I do now?" Leaf thinks to herself as she remembers what Gary said and begins to run back to the castle
"Hey come back here!" Daisy says as she chases after Leaf throwing snowballs at her, but the girl is able to easily dodge as Leaf gets closer to the castle Gary yells
"Jump Leaf!" Gary yells Leaf nods as she jumps in the air safely landing back inside the castle meanwhile Daisy is in full sprint
"I'm not sure why you jumped but it won't stop me" Daisy says as she keeps running almost at the castle Gary smirks
"See ya sis" Gary says waving to his sister making Daisy confused at first, she's now inches away from the castle as she takes one more step her foot begins to sink into the ground
"Huh?" Daisy questions as a giant hole appears from under her as she falls landing on her butt
"Ow" Daisy says while rubbing her butt she's then hit in the face with a snowball by Leaf knocking her out of the game
"Alright!" Leaf cheer's happily
"Gary when I get out of here, you're in big trouble!" Daisy yells making Gary a little bit scared as Leaf chuckles unbeknownst to Leaf Ash is behind her Gary notices and calls out to her
"Leaf behind you!" Gary yells as Leaf turns around, she sees Ash with a grin on his face as he throws the snowball hitting Leaf in the face knocking her out of the game
"Yeah!" Ash gives a loud cheer
"Hey no fair!" Leaf says
"Sorry Leaf it had to be done" Ash says with a grin and shrugging his shoulders as he begins to turn, he sees a snowball head towards him. Ash is able to narrowly dodge in time he looks to see who threw it and sees Gary.
"Gary" Ash says with anger in his eyes
"Great job dodging Ashy Boy, but you won't dodge the next one I'm going to be the one who wins" Gary says in confidence
"No way its going to be me" Ash says while holding a snowball in his hand
"Heh we'll see about that" Gary says also holding a snowball in his hand the two boys then begin to walk in a circle while keeping their eyes on each other.
"So, Ash and Gary are the last two?" Daisy asks finally making out of the hole and sits next to Leaf who nods the two girls then continue to watch Ash and Gary as they stop walking and are now staring at each other.
"This is it if I hit Gary with this snowball I win" Ash thinks to himself
"Don't think that you're going to beat me Ashy Boy" Gary thinks to himself the two boys keep staring at each other for a few more moments until they feel a gust of wind that gives them the signal.
"GO!" Ash and Gary yell as they throw their snowballs at each other at the same time everyone watches as they see both snowballs pass each other they keep going until Gary dodges in time while Ash doesn't and is hit in the face falling on the ground in defeat.
"Hahahahahaha like I said Ashy Boy you'll never defeat me" Gary says as he continues to laugh making Ash angry as he makes another snowball throws it at Gary hitting him in the face
"Hahahaha take that" Ash says while laughing
"Why you take this" Gary says as he throws another snowball at Ash hitting him Ash quickly makes another snowball and throws it at Gary hitting him the two then begin to continue throwing snowballs at each other.
"Let's join them" Leaf and Daisy say as they run over to Ash and Gary and join in on their snowball fight causing the adults to laugh. As Oak, Delia and Rose are laughing three stray snowballs fly over to them hitting all three adults in the face causing all 4 kids to stop as the adults look at them with anger in their eyes.
"Uh oh you really did it now Ash" Gary says
"Me?! It was your snowball" Ash responds
"Guys calm down" Leaf says
"KIDS!" Oak, Delia and Rose yell in anger they walk over to the 4 kids staring them in the eye's scaring them after a few moments the 3 adults smile and throw snowballs at them hitting all 4 kids in the face the adults begin to laugh.
"Hahahaha you all should've seen your faces" Rose says while laughing
"We really got them good" Oak says with Delia and Rose nodding causing the kids to smile as they get their snowballs ready
"Oh yeah we won't take that laying down" Ash says with Leaf, Gary and Daisy standing next to him while holding snowballs as the 3 adults look at them
"Looks like we need to teach you kids a lesson" Rose says with Oak and Delia agreeing as they hold snowballs in their hands as well
"Let's go!" Ash alongside Leaf, Gary and Daisy yell
"Bring it!" Delia, Oak and Rose yell as the 4 kids and 3 adults have a snowball fight.
The rest of the day goes well after their snowball fight, they build snowmen, play with some of the friendly ice type Pokemon, have another snowball fight and they then go inside to have some hot coco. Once the day is done Ash, Delia along with Leaf and Rose leave Oak's ranch saying goodbye to Oak, Gary and Leaf and head home to sleep.
It's now the next day Ash and Delia are currently eating pancakes until they hear the doorbell ring Delia walks over opening the door she smiles and sees Leaf in her winter outfit holding a blue snowboard, her mother Rose is with her.
"Hi Ms. Ketchum, can Ash play? We're going to meet up with Gary and ride our snowboards" Leaf asks
"Oh of course. Ash dear its Leaf and Ms. Green are you ready to play with Leaf and Gary?" Delia asks as Ash hurriedly runs upstairs putting his snow gear on, grabs his red snowboard and quickly runs back downstairs
"Okay I'm ready" Ash says
"Ash did you brush your teeth?" Delia asks looking at the boy
"Uh I'll do it later come on Leaf let's go!" Ash says as he and Leaf quickly run out of the house
"You get back here this instant young man!" Delia yells
"Sorry mom gotta go!" Ash yells back apologetically as he and Leaf disappear out of view from their parents as they run towards Oak's lab
"That boy" Delia says with her hands on her hips as Leaf laughs
"Hehehehe come on Delia lighten up besides doesn't it remind you of when Red would run out of the house in a hurry" Rose says as Delia looks at her and smiles
"Yes, you're right come in let's prepare some dinner for when they come back and bake the cake for tomorrow" Delia says with Rose nodding as the two women walk inside the house
Meanwhile Ash and Leaf made it to Oak's lab to meet up with Gary who's in his snow gear and is holding a green snowboard
"So, are you two ready?" Gary asks with Ash and Leaf nodding Gary smiles as the 3 of them walk to Oak's ranch
"You three better be careful!" "Gary don't take them too far!" Daisy and Oak say with the 3 kids nodding as they run out into the ranch and head towards a big mountain
Once they reach and climb the mountain, they stare down it.
"Um are you sure this is a good idea, Gary?" Leaf asks
"Yeah, don't you think it's a bit too high?" Ash asks in a scared tone
"What are you two a couple of scared Meowths? this is nothing" Gary says in a mocking tone
"Will if you're so brave you can go first and prove us wrong" Leaf responds with Ash agreeing with her
"Heh fine by me I'll show just how brave I am" Gary says as he walks forward, he puts his snowboard down and is about to ride down the mountain but once he looks down, he gets scared
"Looks like you're a scared Meowth as well" Ash says in a mocking tone as Leaf chuckles Gary looks back at them
"Please I'm not scared I was just taking my time" Gary responds as Ash and Leaf know he's lying Gary then walks forward again he stares down the mountain he takes a deep breath and begins to slide down it surprising Ash and Leaf as they run forward and see Gary sliding down the mountain.
"Hey this isn't scary at all" Gary says to himself as he easily snowboards down the mountain while doing some tricks impressing Ash and Leaf as they see Gary safely make it down the mountain.
"You two are next!" Gary yells gesturing for Ash and Leaf to slide down the mountain
"Alright it's my turn see ya at the bottom Ash" Leaf says smiling and waving at Ash as she begins to easily slide down the mountain too also doing a lot of tricks as well as she safely makes it to the bottom of the mountain.
"WOO WHO! That was fun!" Leaf yells happily as her and Gary high five each other they then look up at the mountain and see Ash
"Come on Ash, you can do it!" Leaf cheers
"Come on Ashy Boy if me and Leaf can do it surely you can as well" Gary says in a mocking tone making Ash angry
"Of course, I can do it!" Ash states as he gets on his snowboard, he takes a deep breath and begins to slide down the mountain
"Whoa this is fun" Ash says with a smile
"Yeah, go Ash!" Leaf cheers as Gary smirks
"Yeah, watch this" Ash says as he does a couple flips in the air then lands making Leaf cheer as Gary smiles as they continue to watch Ash slide down the mountain Gary notices something moving in the snow.
"Ash look out!" Gary yells confusing Ash but he then sees a Onix appear in front of him
"AHHHHH!" Ash yells he quickly turns right dodging the Onix who dives back in the ground Ash then trips and begins to roll in snow becoming a giant snowball getting close to Gary and Leaf
"ASH STOP!" Gary and Leaf yell in concern as the giant snowball crashes into the two kids as all three kids fly through the air and land on the snow Prof. Oak and Daisy quickly run over to check on them.
"Are you 3 alright?" Prof. Oak asks as Daisy goes to check on them the 3 kids are dizzy once their dizziness stops, they look at each other and laugh.
"Man, that was amazing!" Ash says
"Yeah, let's do it again!" Leaf suggests
"I agree" Gary says as the 3 kids begin to laugh Oak speaks
"Oh no you won't you 3 could've been seriously injured what would your parents say?!" Prof. Oak says
"Yeah, Gary what would dad say if he saw not only you get injured but also Ash and Leaf" Daisy says as she and Oak look at the 3 kids nod
"We're sorry we won't do it again" Ash, Gary and Leaf say bowing their heads as Prof. Oak and Daisy sign
"I'm sorry we yelled at you 3 but sometimes we have to promise me you'll be more careful from now on" Prof. Oak says
"We promise" Ash, Gary and Leaf say as Oak and Daisy smile
"Good now let's get you 3 inside to clean you up" Daisy says as she grabs Ash and Gary's hands making the two boys blush in embarrassment Leaf then grabs Gary's hand making Gary blush even more making Leaf chuckle as they walk to the lab.
"They're just like their parents" Prof. Oak says to himself smiling as he picks up the snowboards and goes to join the kids inside.
1 hour later after getting cleaned up and having lunch it was time for Ash and Leaf to go home Gary offered to walk them to their houses with Prof. Oak approving, we now see the 3 kids head towards Ash's house and begin to talk.
"So, are you guys excited for Christmas tomorrow?" Leaf asks
"You bet!" Ash says
"Meh" Gary says
"You're not excited Gary?" Leaf asks
"I think he's just trying to act cool" Ash says with Leaf nodding
"That's not it!" Gary says as he continues to speak
"Don't you guys think we're getting too old for Christmas?" Gary asks as Ash and Leaf look at him confused
"No" Ash and Leaf say as Gary smirks
"Of course, your minds are still too immature compared to mine" Gary says in a mocking tone
"Okay but if you keep acting like this, you'll get coal from Santa" Leaf says
"Really?!" Gary says in a shocked tone
"If you still believe in Santa then you still like Christmas" Ash says as he and Leaf chuckle as Gary blushes in embarrassment and signs
"But seriously we're going to be Pokemon trainers soon then when we grow up, we won't see each other all that much since we'll have our own lives." Gary says
"But that's the advantage of being a kid we don't have to worry about that for a long time" Leaf says
"Yeah, and even when we grow up we'll still get to hang out together just look at our parents they've been friends for a long time even though they're not always together they always come together for the holidays. Though my dad does tend to miss some holidays because of work" Ash says with a slight chuckle as Gary smirks agreeing with Ash and Leaf.
"Another thing when it comes to Christmas is the presents" Leaf says
"Speaking of presents did we all get each other something this year?" Ash asks as all three kids look at each other
"Hmph of course I got you guys presents" Gary says with a smirk making Ash and Leaf smile
"Really I can't wait to see it" Leaf says with stars in her eyes getting in Gary's face forcing the boy to push her away
"I'm also excited to see what our parents got us" Ash says
"I hope my mom gets me the notebook I want" Leaf says
"I'm pretty sure my grandpa will get me a book on Pokemon types, my sister will probably get me new clothes and hopefully my dad buys me a car" Gary says
"Wait what are you going to do with a car? you're not old enough to drive one yet" Ash asks
"Oh, I won't be the one driving it someone will drive it for me once I turn 10 and start my journey, I'm going to drive in a car filled with cheerleaders who chant my name whenever I succeed" Gary responds smiling as Ash and Leaf look at him
"I doubt that'll happen" Leaf says
"Yeah, something like that only happens in fantasy's" Ash says
"Heh you two are just jealous" Gary responds Leaf then looks at Ash and asks him a question
"So, Ash is your dad coming for Christmas this year?" Leaf asks
"Yep, he called my mom two days ago saying once he's done with his job or whatever he'll be able to spend Christmas with us and he said he'll get me a cool gift" Ash responds as Gary and Leaf smile
"Cool I can't wait to see Mr. Ketchum again he's always fun to be around" Leaf says happily
"Hopefully my dad and your dad don't spend the whole time arguing on who's the better trainer again like they did last year that was annoying" Gary says with Ash and Leaf nodding in agreement
"Anyway, I'm looking forward to tomorrow!" "Me too!" Ash and Leaf cheer as Gary smiles, they continue to walk until they make it to Ash's house and head inside.
It's now December 25th Christmas Ash and Delia are excited throughout the day they decorated the house (much to Ash's annoyance) and Delia made a lot of food for not only their guests, but for her husband both Ash and Delia are excited to have Red home. Ash wanted to open up his presents, but Delia told him to wait until tonight since they'll have guest over and they'll bring more gifts for Ash to open the boy nods in understanding. We now cut to the Sinnoh region on Mt. Coronet we see Red and he's currently battling a lot of Team Rocket grunts.
"Charizard use Air Slash!" Red calls his Charizard gives a mighty roar and fires multiple slashes of wind easily taking out a horde of Machamp shocking the grunts as they return their Pokemon
"He's too powerful let's get out of here!" One of the grunts say with the others nodding they begin to leave
"Stone Edge!" Two women call as their Pokemon summon large stones blocking the TR grunts exit
"Now Looker!" Red says with Looker nodding as he along with the other Policemen go and arrest the TR grunts
"Heh, you may have us under arrest, but our boss will get us out" A grunt says to Looker
"Sorry to tell you this but unless you're an executive, admin or someone Giovanni trusts he's not going to pay for a grunt to get out of prison" Looker responds making the grunt sad as Looker looks back at Red the two men nod as Looker and the other police officer's take the grunts away.
"Great job Charizard" Red says petting the fire lizard making it happy
"As always you were amazing master!" "Yes, he was" Two women say as Red looks he sees Platinum and Cynthia smiling at him with Platinum having stars in her eyes next to them is a large grass turtle and a bipedal land shark
"You two did amazing as well thank you for your help" Red says with a smile
"Of course, whenever you need help, I'll always be ready" Platinum responds happily
"Well, it's a good thing we found this base when we did" Cynthia says with Red nodding
"So anyway, master Red are you going back home to spend Christmas with your family?" Platinum asks
"Yes, I promised my wife and son that when I was done here, I will go spend Christmas with them" Red responds with the two women nodding
"Will you better hurry Red its currently 6pm" Looker says as Red and Charizard get shocked looks on their faces
"Crap come on Charizard we better hurry or we'll be late" Red says with Charizard nodding Red gets on the fire lizards back he then turns to Looker, Cynthia and Platinum
"I hope you guys get to spend Christmas with your families as well see ya later let's go Charizard" Red says as Charizard roars it flaps its wings and begins to quickly fly in the direction of Kanto as Looker, Platinum and Cynthia wave him goodbye.
10 minutes later in the Kanto region in Pallet Town Ash and Delia are done decorating and all the food is done as well.
"Whew that was a lot of work" Delia says
"I'm tired" Ash says with a tired look on his face, but it quickly goes away once the doorbell rings Ash gets an excited look on his face, he goes to open the door and sees Leaf, Rose, Gary, Prof. Oak, Daisy and Blue who are holding presents
"Merry Christmas" they all say
"Merry Christmas" Ash and Delia say as Delia invites them in
"Whoa it looks amazing in here Delia" Rose says
"Yeah, you really went all out" Daisy says
"Thank you" Delia responds happily
"Look at all this food let me guess you made all this for a certain man am I right" Blue says in a mocking tone making Delia blush profusely causing the grown ups to laugh
"Hope I don't easily blush if a girl likes me" Ash says
"I agree" Gary says
"Really Gary?" Leaf asks looking at the boy who begins to blush but quickly looks away causing Leaf to laugh as Ash looks confused, they then hear the doorbell ring again Ash quickly goes to open the door hoping to see his dad but gets a bit disappointed when he doesn't see him but still smiles. Who Ash sees is a man wearing a blue outfit, blue hat with spiky black hair and a woman wearing a straw hat and has blonde hair.
"Hello Ash, merry Christmas" The two grownups say
"Merry Christmas Mr. Riley and Ms. Yellow" Ash responds with a smile as Delia goes to greet the two adults
"It's wonderful to see you two again" "You too Delia" Delia and Yellow say to each other as they hug Delia also hugs Riley as well the two then go and greet everyone else.
"Hey Riley, where are you living now?" Blue asks
"I'm currently residing on Iron Island in the Sinnoh region it's a great training spot for my Pokemon and has a lot of steel types" Riley responds
"Interesting tell us more" Prof. Oak and Blue asks as Riley begins to talk to them
"So, how've you been Yellow?" Rose asks the woman
"I've been fine I'm currently living in the Kalos region in Anistar City I'm receiving Psychic training from the gym leader Olympia" Yellow responds
"So, how's the training going?" Delia asks
"I've to say its tiring this is the first time I've had a break so I'm hoping to just relax" Yellow says with the two women nodding
"Hey is Sabrina not coming?" Riley asks as Delia looks at him
"I've contacted her, but it seems like she still wants to stay in her gym again this year as well" Delia responds
"I see" Riley says in a sad tone
"Hey mom who's Sabrina? You guys always mention her" Ash asks with Gary and Leaf interested as well
"Oh, she's an old friend of ours who we used to travel with she's a strong trainer, like yellow she's also has Psychic powers, uses psychic Pokemon and is the gym leader of Saffron City" Delia responds with Ash, Gary and Leaf nodding
"Cool I hope I get to battle her one day" Ash says
"Same" Gary responds
"So how come she doesn't come by for Christmas or the other holidays?" Leaf asks as the adults in the room become silent and have sad looks on their faces making the kids confused
"Good job you killed the mood Leaf" Ash and Gary say to Leaf
"Uh if it's too hard to talk about it you don't have to let's talk about something else hehehe" Leaf says with a chuckle trying to change the subject as Delia and the other adult's smile
"Thank you Leaf your right it's a hard subject to talk about let's talk about something else" Delia says
"Okay then how about when I became the champion of Kanto" Blue says causing everyone in the room to roll their eyes
"Yes, we already know how you became champion already you've told us this story too many times already" Rose says in annoyance
"Hmph your just jealous cause you lost to me in the semifinals" Blue says in a mocking tone
"Oh yeah let's have a battle right now I'll beat you but if you're too much of a Torchic to battle me then it's understandable" Rose responds in a mocking tone causing Blue to get mad
"A Torchic huh the only Torchic I see is you besides you'll make for a good warm up before Red gets here" Blue says making Rose mad
"Alright then bring it and you'll be the warmup" Rose responds as the two adults stare at each other with fire in their eyes
"Here they go again everyone in the room say as Riley goes to calm Blue and Rose down
"Man, I hope dad gets here soon" Ash says to himself
It's now 7:20pm we see Red still riding on Charizard they are currently flying through the Johto region and are caught in a massive Blizzard
"Hang in there Charizard!" Red says as his Charizard gives a mighty roar as it pushes through the blizzard and flies out of it.
"Phew that was close" Red says as he looks down, he sees Golden Rod city and sees a department store.
"Hey Charizard, I know we're currently in a hurry but let's stop down here I want to find something for Ash and Delia" Red says Charizard nods as it flies down in front of the department store Red returns Charizard and walks inside. As soon as he does, he sees just how massive the store is he sees multiple different shops selling food, toys, accessories, jewelry and many other things.
"Man, I forgot just how massive this place is" Red says as he begins to search for gifts for Ash and Delia. 20 minutes go by Red was able to find gifts for Delia, Blue, Rose, Leaf, Gary, Daisy, Oak, Riley and Yellow but is having a hard time finding a gift for Ash.
"Let's see I'm pretty sure Delia has already bought Ash clothes; he already got an official indigo league hat after sending in a bunch of coupons to the league what can I get him?" Red thinks to himself as he's walking through the department store, he goes into a toy store he looks around and nothing he thinks would really interest Ash until something catches his eye he smiles.
"That's the gift" Red says with a smile on his face he quickly purchases the item, runs out of the store and sends Charizard back out so they can quickly fly to Pallet Town. Before Charizard flies in the air something catches Red's eye as he sees who looks to be a teenager sporting red hair, he doesn't have time to process it as Charizard quickly flies in the air as they head towards Pallet Town.
It's now 8pm Red still hasn't shown up yet making Ash worried Delia notices and goes to comfort her son.
"It's okay Ash your father will be here soon he's just a little late" Delia says with Ash nodding
"Yeah 2 hours late" Blue says as Rose smacks him behind the head causing Blue to look at her
"I know Red's busy but he's usually not this late" Riley says looking at his watch
"I hope Mr. Ketchum shows up soon I'm hungry" Daisy says with Leaf and Yellow agreeing as they look at the food and begin to drool
"I'm sure he'll be here soon you all know Red he always keeps his promises" Prof. Oak says with everyone nodding that's when everyone here's something crash on the front yard
"Now what could that be?" Delia asks as she goes to open the door the door begins to open Blue, Rose, Yellow and Riley quickly grab their Pokeball's Daisy has Ash, Leaf and Gary behind her as the door opens everyone get shocked looks on their faces.
"Hey guys sorry we're late Hehehehe" Red says with Charizard panting
"Red!" "Dad!" Delia and Ash yell happily as they go to hug the man tackling him to the ground
"You made it!" Delia and Ash say with tears in their eyes
"Yes, I'm happy to see you guys too can you let me up please? I can't breathe" Red says as the two let him up Red catches his breath he looks at his wife and son and speaks.
"Merry Christmas Delia and Ash" Red says with a smile with Charizard saying it as well
"Merry Christmas" Delia and Ash say smiling as they hug Red again more gently with Charizard joining in as well everyone else then run outside to greet Red and Charizard
"Heh took ya long enough" Blue says smiling
"You always love to be fashionably late" Rose says
"You two look like you are doing well" Prof. Oak says
"Hello Mr. Ketchum and Charizard!" Leaf and Daisy say happily
"Hello" Gary says
"It's great to see you again" Riley and Yellow say with Red and Charizard greeting all of them
"So have you guys started the party yet?" Red asks
"Nope now that you're here the party can now begin!" Delia says as everyone cheers
"Alright let's go!" Red cheers with Charizard roaring as they all go back inside.
For the next 3 hours they all play a lot of games, Red and Blue get into an argument on who's stronger between them, but Rose stops them before it could escalate, they eat a lot of food with Red, Ash, Leaf, Yellow and Daisy eating the most not surprising everyone there, as for gifts Rose gave Leaf a notebook and a book showcasing the different Pokemon in the Kanto region making Leaf happy as she hugs her mother. Prof. Oak gave Gary an encyclopedia on Pokemon types Daisy got Gary some new clothes, Blue got Gary a car which surprises everyone except for Gary who looks at Ash and Leaf smiling as both kids can now feel Gary's fantasy will become a reality. Delia gave Ash some new clothes as well making Ash happy Riley and Yellow also gave Ash, Gary, Leaf and Daisy gifts as well.
Ash got Gary a Squirtle plush and Leaf a Bulbasaur plush making both kids happy, Leaf got Ash a pair of gloves and Gary a necklace that has a yin and yang symbol but instead of being black and white its green and yellow making both boys happy. Gary gives Ash a Pikachu plush and gives Leaf a white hat making both kids happy as Leaf hugs Gary making the boy blush causing everyone to laugh. The adults give each other gifts as well Red gave Delia a beautiful necklace and his other friends great gifts as well but for when he and Blue give each other gifts they both gave each other a lump of coal causing both men to get into an argument and almost battle but Rose and Delia stop them as everyone laughs.
After calming down Red walks over to Ash and smiles
"Here's your gift Ash" Red says as he hands Ash a present once Ash opens it he gets a big grin on his face and stars in his eyes
"It's a Shiny Charizard plush!" Ash says happily
"Whoa that's so cool!" Leaf says with stars in her eyes
"But I thought they sold out?" Gary says in shock
"Me too but I was able to find the last one in the Goldenrod City department store it cost a lot, but I knew it would give you a big smile on your face" Red says as Ash looks at his father
"Thanks' dad!" Ash says happily as he goes to hug his dad with Red returning it Delia has happy tears fall from her face as everyone else smiles as Ash and Red let go
"Hey there's no way you got a better gift than me I challenge you to a Snowball fight" Blue says pointing at Red
"Sounds good to me" Red says staring at Blue everyone signs as they knew they couldn't stop them from competing against each other forever, so they all go outside and begin to have a big snowball fight. Red's Charizard, Blue's Blastoise and Rose's Venusaur join in on the fun as well they all play outside for an hour before going back inside to have dessert which is a giant cake Delia and Rose made. After eating the cake it's time for everyone to go home Riley and Yellow leave first, then the Oak family with Blue saying the next time they see each other he'll beat Red with Red saying the same, the last ones to leave are Leaf and Rose they say goodbye and head home.
"Did you enjoy your Christmas Ash?" Red and Delia ask the boy
"Yeah, it was the best Christmas ever!" Ash responds with a cheer as he closes his eyes and goes asleep making both his parents smile Red carry's Ash to his room laying him on his bed as Delia tucks him in and kisses his forehead telling him goodnight Red and Delia take one last look at Ash and leave the room closing the door.
Red and Delia are now in their room as well getting ready for bed
"Even though you were late I'm happy you made it, you coming home really made Ash happy" Delia says looking at Red
"Yeah, again sorry I was late a lot of stuff happened" Red says as Delia nods before she goes asleep Red continues to talk
"You know when I was about to leave the Golden Rod City Department store do you want to know who I saw?" Red asks
"Who?" Delia questions
"I saw Silver" Red says shocking Delia
"Really you really saw Silver are you sure?" Delia asks with her voice beginning to shake
"Well, I didn't get a good look at him I only saw the back of his head but yes theirs no mistaking it that was Silver" Red says as he looks at Delia who's crying tears of joy
"Thank goodness after all this time I thought he was dead" Delia says as Red looks at her
"Do you think if you go back, you'll be able to convince him to come back home?" Delia asks
"Honestly, I'm not sure after what happened 10 years ago, I doubt he'll want to see us especially me again we were lucky he stayed with us for 5 years and saw Ash before going on his journey, he was too consumed by anger that he left never contacting us. And even if I go back to Golden Rod tomorrow, he'll most likely be already gone if he's not already" Red responds as Delia nods
"Even still I'm happy to know that he's still alive and I hope one day he'll come back home" Delia says with tears in her eyes as Red goes to hug her
"I'm happy as well and I know one day he'll come to us" Red says with a serious expression on his face as he continues to hug Delia after a few moments Red and Delia let go as they go asleep.
We then cut to other parts of not just the Kanto region but the rest of the world of multiple people celebrating Christmas we see Platinum with her family, Brock with his family, Misty with her sister's Lilly gave her a princess doll set as a present, we then go to the Johto region and see Silver walking alone in the darkness.
It's now the next morning with the Ketchum residents and Red is getting ready to go as Ash and Delia see him off
"Do you have to leave already?" Ash asks in a sad tone
"Unfortunately, son I do" Red responds making Ash sad as Delia puts a hand on his shoulder Red then bends down and looks at Ash in the eyes
"I'll try to call more often also no matter how far apart we are we'll always be connected promise me you'll keep taking care of your mom and enjoying your life" Red says with a smile
"You got it" Ash responds smiling as he and Red fist bump making Delia and Charizard smile Red then stands up looks at Delia in the eyes with Delia doing the same both adults lean in and kiss each other on the lips they then split apart as Red gets on Charizard's back.
"I'll call you both soon let's go Charizard" Red says Charizard roars as it flaps its wings and starts to fly in the sky Delia and Ash wave until they can't see Red and Charizard anymore they then go back inside the house.
This is where the chapter ends
This was a fun chapter to write it was a nice break from the main story also including hints of new characters that'll appear later in my story. Tell me what you guys thought about it, Chapter 22 will come out next week so thank you all for reading and I hope you all have a great Christmas.
