Okay, Tai isn't here to answer your questions, so I will.
Number 1: we will not be setting a limit to how many Pokemon Ash will be having in this story. I mean, he's not going to be in his world so there's no real point.
Number 2: there will not be any Helluva Boss characters showing up in this story. Sorry, but unless it's for a cameo or they do a canon crossover, we won't be including them.
Number 3: NO HAREM! I hope we made that clear enough. We're not making this a harem story.
Number 4: we might include Giratina. We're not exactly too sure about it.
Number 5: will Charlie and Vaggie be visiting the Pokemon world?... Uh… I'll get back to you on that one.
Okay, I think that's it. Anyway, Tai will be back in the next chapter, until then, I'm in full control of this chapter… Wait I forgot one.
Number 6: will Emily be a third love interest? Well, ya see the thing is-
So we start this chapter with our hero waking up and yawning as he sits from his bed, his hair in a mess. As he got up, he checked the time and found that it was early in the morning. His mother was probably still asleep by now and Pikachu was also out. He decided not to wake his Pokemon and stretched.
"That dream was much different from the others." Sighed before looking back and his eyes widened.
He walked to the dresser and picked up the Arc Phone he had dreamed about. It activated upon holding it up, the familiar apps on screen as he remembered. Then he checked and that 'mission' message was still there.
"It wasn't a dream." He says to himself. "Oh boy."
He shook his head, wondering just what he got pulled into as he sat on the bed, gathering his thoughts as he recalled all the stuff that happened yesterday. He had been through a lot during his travels, especially visiting other dimensions, but jumping back and forth between his and another world like this was so different.
Of course, he was still upset about being left in the dark about all this, but he wouldn't let it get to him.
Taking another look at the phone, he observed the apps. The travel option was self-explanatory, but he thought about putting its abilities to the test. He took a shower, got dressed, and left his house, jogging down the road until he reached Professor Oak's lab. He stopped by the gate and looked back at the house before looking back at the house.
He looked back at the phone and went to the travel app options. He decided to test it by setting a waypoint.
"Alright, here goes nothing." He selected the option to teleport home and was covered in a bright flash before appearing in his room. "Okay. This is cool." He says before selecting the point he just set, the same thing happened when he reappeared in front of the lab. "Neat."
He smiled before looking back at the phone. He decided to check the navigation app and as expected, it was exactly like a GPS. He could put in an address, get a map view of the world around him, and whatnot.
He started walking away from the lab while thinking about what the last app could be. Tapping the Pokemon app, two options came up. WITHDRAW and DEPOSITE.
"Okay, this ain't rocket science." He says to himself.
Selecting withdraw, he was shown rows and rows of icons of Pokemon heads. It made him curious at first before he looked at the first option which had a Pikachu head. He selected the option before a glow suddenly appeared in front of him that turned into a Pokeball which he caught before it fell. One of his brows rose at first before he looked it over, seeing the lighting bolt on the top… then his eyes widened.
"Oh, crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!" He quickly threw it up into the air.
The ball opened up and out came none other than Pikachu. Not just any random one, his own. The little yellow Pokemon immediately shook his head and looked around while freaked out.
"Pikachu!" Ash called as he turned around and quickly jumped into his trainer's arms. "Oh, I am so, so sorry! I did not mean to do that to you, I am so sorry! I promise I will not do that again."
"Pika!" Pikachu whined.
"Oh man." The boy says before looking back at the phone. "Well, no need to check what the other options can do." He says as Pikachu has calmed down enough to look at the device. "Sorry, I was just curious about how this thing worked." The Pokemon only nodded in understanding before climbing onto his shoulder.
Not seeing any other reason to stay by, Ash decided to make his way back home.
"I think I figured out how this works. At least it isn't that hard to understand. I could probably figure out how to work this if I was still ten." He says as Pikachu chirps his name in response. "The teleporting thing can be kinda woozy though. Could use some work when I go to the hotel-Oh right, the hotel!" He says before smacking his head. "I forgot I agreed to help Charlie run it."
"Pika, pi." Pikachu says.
"You don't have to tell me twice." He says back before going to the phone and about to hit the waypoints, before stopping as he feels his stomach growling. "Okay, well, maybe after breakfast."
Ash and Pikachu went back home, Delia asking why he was out. The boy just kept it brief and said he went out for a jog, which he did feel bad for having to lie, but he didn't want her to have any part in what he was going to be doing. Breakfast was made and he was in the middle of eating when he stopped. Of course, he couldn't just go off and disappear somewhere without telling his mom something, so he decided to think quickly of a lie.
"Hey, mom, can I tell you something?" Ash started.
"Of course, deer. What is it?" Delia asked.
"Well, ya see, I kinda… uh…" He took a moment to gather his thoughts. "I kinda agreed to help a friend out with… a project."
"Really?"
"Yeah, and I just wanted to tell you because… well, I might be out for a little bit… long time." He says, nervously. "I just don't want you to freak out."
"Well, it's good to know."
"Really?"
"What do you mean really? Honey, you're not a little kid anymore. I don't have a say in what you do or what friends you visit for anything. You can stay out for as long as you need."
"... Got it."
Ash just laughed it off as Mr. Mime took the dirty dishes. The boy was happy though that his mother wasn't going nuts with questions and that she was gonna be okay with him being gone for a while. Maybe it wouldn't be much of a hassle to keep what he's gonna be doing secret. He thought so anyway.
After staying a little longer, Ash said bye to his mother as he and his Pokemon partner packed some supplies into a bag and left their home, planning on going to the hotel. As he made sure he was in a secure spot, out of view, he pulled out the Arc Phone and was ready to teleport, stopping to take another look around just to be sure before he tapped the screen and the symbol appeared below them before disappearing.
(Hell)
Ash and Pikachu appeared in the hotel lobby, dizzy from the teleporting. After shaking it off, they looked around ready to greet the first person in the room, however, the problem was… there was no one there.
"Hello!" The boy called out. "Hello! Anyone!?" He called again, his voice echoing through the empty lobby. "Is the hotel not open yet?"
He looked around, noticing how dark it was with only the window providing light to the room. His eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness and was able to see in the unlit places.
"Okay… this is… kinda creepy." He says before he suddenly feels something rub against his legs and looks down, seeing what appears to be a black cat rubbing against his legs. "Oh, hello."
He then reached down ready to pet it… until it looked up and he and Pikachu yelled as they jumped back in fear. The cat had not two, but one big eye looking right up at him.
Overcoming the shock, Ash straightened up and sighed. "S-sorry." He says before it walks up to him and he knelt. "Let's try again. Hello, I'm Ash. It's nice to meet you." He says while holding a hand out, which the cat immediately begins rubbing its head against his palm while purring. "Aw, there we go. You just wanna say hi, huh?" He says with a smile before looking at the tag on its collar. "Keekee. That's a cute name."
He stood up, Keekee shaking its fur as he laughed. He then looked around the place before he started walking around the room. He stopped at the parlor and hummed to himself.
"There's gotta be something to do while waiting for the others to show up." He says to himself before looking around and spotting a TV in the corner. "They have television down here? What kind of shows can you even watch down here? Looks old." He says before taking the remote from the top of it. "Well, let's see." He says before turning it on and lowering the volume. "... What is-OH GEEZ!" He suddenly shouted before turning and covering his eyes.
"The giant horse cock, weighs over eleven pounds-" It didn't finish as he quickly changed the channels.
"Oh, man. Why did that have to be the first-" He started to say.
"OH YEAH! STEP BROTHER-!"
He then started quickly changing through channels as fast as he could while Pikachu and Keekee were just coming over. Eventually he stopped on one, huffing for a second before inhaling and slowly turning his head to look at it, then sighed before sitting down.
"Why won't you love me, Alejandro!?" The demon woman on screen whined.
"Corny, but at least it seems normal." Ash says while Pikachu hopped onto the couch with him before the words 'To be continued' show up. "Oh, what? Already? Alright, well hopefully the next thing on is-"
"This week's episode of 'Yeah, I fucked your sister, so what?'-" The TV then says before the boy face palmed.
"Of course." He sighed.
"Is brought to you by Vox Tech! Trust us! Trust us!" The last two words echoed on the screen before the TV turned off.
"Huh? What the-?" He says before looking for the remote.
"Greetings!"
"AH!" He jumped as he fell off the couch.
"So good to have you back." Alastor laughed as he walked around to the front of the couch before dropping the remote on the cushion.
"Oh, it's you." Ash says as the man helped him up. "Uh… sorry, Alastor, right?"
"That is correct. I see you're back. Though, you're a little early as the rest of the hotel residents are still asleep."
"Well, better than being late, I guess. Why did you turn off the TV?"
"Mmm, no reason…" Alastor says before glaring harshly at the TV.
"... Nevermind." Ash says before thinking for a minute. "Wait, did I ever introduce myself? I'm sorry. My name is Ash and this is my Pokemon partner Pikachu."
"Yes, I'm quite aware of who you two are." Alastor laughed before walking to the Pokemon on the couch. "And you are an interesting specimen."
"Pikachu…" Pikachu growled with small sparks emitting from his cheeks.
"Ooh, feisty." The man chuckled. "I am quite interested to learn more about these, Pokemon that come from your world."
"Well, I was planning on explaining Pokemon to Charlie and the others… Yeesh, I forgot that this place doesn't have any to begin with." Ash says to himself. "Now that I think about it, what do you guys have instead of Pokemon?"
"That all depends really. Perhaps you could tell me what makes these things tick."
Before Ash could say any more, he heard a stabbing noise and looked around for the source. It was dark but he could still see two bugs scurrying around the floor while a tiny-looking gremlin with a giant eye in the middle of her head, wearing a maid dress was chasing them with a big needle.
"Stab! Stab, stab, stab!" She yelled as she kept stabbing at the floor missing the bugs. "Stab, stab, stab-Oh, hi Alastor!" She stopped stabbing, looking up at the man.
"Good morning, Nifty. Already active and full of energy I see." Alastor says.
"Uh-huh." She says before looking over at the boy, then gasped. "The human is back!" She then ran up and climbed right up to his face.
"WOAH!"
"Hi! I'm Nifty!" She giggled manically as she was shaking with excitement. "It's been a long time since I've made any friends." She giggled again.
"Uh, nice to meet you." Ash says with a nervous smile.
"Nifty here is the housekeeper of the hotel." Alastor says as he pulls her off. "She also takes care of the infestation of bugs." He then says while dropping her as she goes back to trying to stab the bugs while giggling.
"Well, I know one girl who probably would like to have her around." The boy chuckled.
"Let's shed a little bit more light in here, shall we?" Alastor then snapped his fingers.
Before Ash could close his eyes, they were assaulted immediately by the lights of the lobby coming on. He and Pikachu groaned in pain while rubbing their blinded eyes. Their eyes thankfully recovered quickly, right as a yawn was heard from up the stairs.
"Alright, time to get the day started." Charlie says while adjusting her bowtie. "Maybe today will be-" She stopped when she looked down and gasped. "Ash!" She then excitedly goes down the stairs.
"Wha…?" Vaggie says as she walks out next, noticing the boy. "Oh…" She says before going down the stairs.
"Hey, welcome back!" Charlie says after running up to our hero. "It is so good to see you again. You're here early."
"I just figured I'd drop by. Was also testing the other features of the Arc Phone." Ash explained while showing said phone. "It's pretty cool what this thing can do."
"That's good to hear. Hi, Pikachu!" The princess then says before going up to the little Pokemon and started scratching under his chin, getting a coo out of him. "So cute!"
"Looks like he's missed you too." Ash chuckled before he felt something hop onto his shoulder and looked to see what it was. "Hi again, Keekee." He says before the cat rubs its head against his cheek causing him to chuckle. "Aw." He says while scratching behind its ear.
"Wow." Vaggie says after walking up to him. "She's not usually like that with strangers."
"Really?" He asked as the cat then climbed onto his head. "How is she normally?"
"Well, she usually just keeps her distance from everyone except me. I've never seen her act so affectionate with anyone." Charlie says with a bright smile while holding Pikachu in her arms.
"Doesn't seem like that right now." Ash says as Keekee gets onto his other shoulder and starts rubbing again.
"Now isn't that adorable? You're fitting in already." Alastor says proudly while putting a hand on his free shoulder. "You might enjoy seeing what else we have in this hotel."
"Yeah, if he doesn't lose his mind with all the shit down here." Husk says while sitting at the bar. "Trust me, kid. You haven't seen the worst this world has to offer, and you don't wanna see it."
"I mean, if it's Hell, shouldn't that be self-explanatory?" Ash asked.
"Exactly. Which means everything you think that's bad is worse than you think."
"You guys don't seem that bad."
"Oh, trust me. We're all pretty bad." Angel's voice rang out as he walked over. "So, I wasn't high when you showed up. Good to know I wasn't dreaming about a stud like you. ~"
"Angel." Vaggie said.
"Oh, come on. I'm just complimenting him. After all, we are supposed to be respectful to our guests right?"
Then suddenly out of nowhere, two small dragon-like creatures just appeared and flew up to Pikachu. The electric mouse got a little nervous as they looked at him as if they were inspecting him, lifting one of his paws, lifting one of his ears up and down which made him uncomfortable.
"It's okay. Razzle and Dazzle are friendly, they're just curious." Charlie says.
The dragons stopped looking at Pikachu and then went up to Ash, looking him up and down, pinching his skin a bit, poking his face.
"Hehe, these guys kinda remind me of Skiddo… if they were dragon types at least." He says.
"The fuck's a Skiddo?" Angel asked.
"Oh, it's a Pokemon from my world."
"Right!" Charlie says while snapping her fingers before placing Pikachu down. "You were gonna tell us what Pokemon were, I completely forgot. Come on, everyone gather around!" She then started gesturing for everyone to go to the parlor.
"We're doing this now?" Angel asked. "I just got up."
"If you have enough energy to sexually harass the kid, you have enough energy to listen." Vaggie says before she heads for one of the couches, the furry demon rolls his eyes before going to sit on the floor against the couch.
"Just…" Husk says before picking a bottle. "Give me a moment. Actually, don't wait for me, I don't give a shit." He then started downing the bottle.
"Okay, everyone is here." Charlie says as she sits next to Vaggie, Alastor sits in one of the chairs, Husk plopped on the couch, and Razzle, Dazzle, and Keekee went over to Charlie. "We're ready."
"Alright, I can do this." Ash says as Pikachu jumps onto his shoulder. "Now, let's get started on the main question at hand." He says before reaching behind and pulling out a Pokeball. "Now what is a Pokemon?"
"Yeah, that's what we're fucking here for. Are ya stupid?" Angel asked before getting punched by Vaggie. "OW! What the fuck!?"
"... Alright, that was a stupid question I'll admit. I'll just give you an abridged version." The boy says before twirling the Pokeball on his finger. "Now, what you need to know about Pokemon is that they are amazing creatures and there are over a million different species of them in the world. Ones like Pikachu here who look small and cuddly, but can be pretty dang powerful."
"Oooh, what else?" Charlie asked.
"I'm glad you asked."
1 hour after explaining-
Crowd: *BOOS*
Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm lazy. Aren't we all?
"And that's just about it." Ash finished up before looking at the crowd.
They just stared at him, only blinking and not saying a single word, Razzle, Dazzle, and Keekee sleeping. The stares made him feel uncomfortable and he started to nervously laugh.
"That was the abridged version?" Vaggie asked.
"Yeah, that was." He explained.
"How fucking long is the full version?" Angel asked.
"Uh… I think it's best you don't know." The boy says.
"So... if I heard right…" Husk started to say. "You guys put these super-powered animals in these tiny balls-" Angel giggled which brought the cat to glare. "... and force them to fight each other?"
"Okay, that's a bit of a harsh way to put it."
"Am I wrong? It sounds like that's exactly what you do over at… w-whatever fucking happy-go-lucky world you come from." The cat started to slur his words.
"That's not-!" Ash facepalmed. "Listen, Pokemon actually like fighting. It's like friendly competition for them, a sport even… I mean, not every Pokemon, but most do."
"Is that something we 'need' to know, or something we can easily forget later? Cause let me tell ya, my ass has definitely forgotten half the shit ya said." Angel says.
"I mean, I guess it's not that important." The boy says while looking down.
"It's okay." Charlie says while standing up. "Look, the world you come from, it sounds amazing, and I bet it is amazing. I actually would like to visit maybe at some point. Besides, I'm sure there are still some things you'd like to tell us, right? I'd like to hear'em."
"Indeed. I as well am very intrigued to learn more about these Pokemon of yours." Alastor followed up which made the boy smile.
"And I wanna see which can survive being stabbed." Nifty says while giggling, causing Pikachu to move back a bit to hide.
"Speak for yourself. I could've easily spent the time we've wasted listening to this jerking off and it'd be better than this." Angel says.
"... Jerking off?" Ash asked with a raised brow.
"Yeah. What? You wouldn't be either?"
"No I mean, what is jerking off?"
Hearing that, the whole group of demons looked at him in disbelief. Angel in particular slowly turned his head to face him.
"What did you say?" He asked.
"What is jerking off? What does that mean?" Ash asked again.
"... Are you daffed? How do you not know what that means?" Angel says while standing up and walking over to him. "What do you think it sounds like?"
"Uh… like uh… I've heard of people jerking things away, but-"
"Seriously? Next, you're gonna tell me you don't know what it means to eat someone out."
"I don't."
Angel then looked at him baffled. "Wha-How old are you!?"
"I'm seventeen. Why does that matter?"
"Dude, guys usually learn the meaning of that by the time they become preteens. Hell, some actually get laid as teenagers."
"Wait, they do?"
"Yes."
"But why would they need to know the meaning of those phrases just to lay down."
Angel looked shocked, his left eye and half of his smaller eyes twitching as his brain short-circuited.
"I am too sober for this." He says before walking away.
"I ain't drunk enough for this." Husk says before falling over, blacking out.
"What? What is he talking about? What do any of those phrases mean?" Ash asked.
"D-don't worry about it. You don't need to know." Charlie says with a nervous smile.
"Yeah, I think it's best you also… just ignore anything he says and not think into it." Vaggie followed up which only confused the boy further.
"Shit." Angel says while looking at his phone before putting it away. "I gotta go. Work's calling." He then headed for the door.
"What? But we were just about to get into the activities." Charlie says.
"You have fun doing that. I got somewhere to be. Catch ya later."
"But Angel-" She tried to say before she heard the front door slam before groaning as Vaggie patted her back.
"Is he always like this?" Ash asked in curiosity.
"Just about ever since he got here. Be glad he's not drunk." Vaggie tells him.
"He does have quite the attitude from time to time." Alastor chimes in as Nifty gets distracted and runs off to try and stab more bugs.
Charlie sighed while looking down, saddened. Ash saw and felt bad and thought of something quickly.
"Hey, would you like to see some of my other Pokemon?" He asks which causes her to quickly brighten up.
(In the Pokemon world)
As we look into the Pokemon ranch, we find a familiar trio hiding in the bushes.
"While the twerp is away for the time, Team Rocket shall take this moment to shine." James says while peaking out.
"Yes, maybe we won't be able to get Pikachu now, but we might as well get one of his Pokemon now." Jessie says.
"Meowth, that's right." Meowth also says.
"Now the question is, which Pokemon do we take first?" Jessie says while looking around.
"Ennie meanie miney…" Meowth pointed before stopping on Heracross. "Moe. Dat one's alone."
"Good, now remember. We can't alert the rest. Let's capture one and come back for more later."
"Of course." James says before taking out a cube-like device. "Now, Heracross! You shall be ours!"
He then threw the cube while the Pokemon was turned around. The cube then separated into smaller ones and right as the Pokemon was noticing it, there was a bright flash before a large transparent blue cube formed around him, and then the rockets laughed.
"Easy peasy, no problem." Jessie boasted.
"And without the twerp, no one will know!" James also boasted.
"And just like-HUH!?" Meowth gawked in shock.
"What? What's-" James started to say before he looked back and noticed the box was empty. "WHERE'S HERACROSS!?"
"YOU TELL ME GENIUS!" Jessie shouted.
(Hell)
Ash stood in the middle of the lobby as a Pokeball appeared in his hand. "And just like that."
"Wow." Charlie says in amazement.
"So, there's like a big Pokemon in that small thing?" Vaggie asked skeptically.
"Well, not that big, but yeah, bigger than this." The boy explained before turning from them and throwing the ball. "Come out, Heracross!"
The ball then popped open as a bright light flew out and onto the floor, materializing the bug Pokemon in front of everyone. He looked dizzy at first before looking around in confusion.
"Yeah, I'm sorry. I know this is a bit of a shock for you. Hope you don't mind." Ash says as he turns back to his trainer.
The bug Pokemon looked confused at first before waving and then going back to looking around. A ding noise rang out as he looked down in confusion, then another ding before turning around to look for the sound Nifty jumped on his back and started frustratedly trying to stab him but the needle kept bouncing off and Heracross didn't seem to be noticing.
"Nifty, you're not gonna get through. Heracross has a shell that's as tough as steel." Ash tried to explain, but the one-eyed gremlin didn't stop. "And she's still going."
"Hello! It's nice to meet you. Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel." Charlie says as the bug Pokemon smiles with his eyes.
"I can show you another one if you'd like." The boy then offers.
(Pokemon world)
"Okay, Heracross got away, but maybe we can get this one." James says as the three are now getting ready to catch another Pokemon out in the open. "You know what to do Jessie."
"No need to tell me twice." Jessie says before she pulls out a net gun. "You're coming with us, Leavanny." She then fired a net at the Pokemon.
However, before the net could reach, the Pokemon also disappeared, causing the net to fly by and hit a tree, which made the trio look baffled.
(Hell)
Leavanny jumped and looked around the hotel frantically before seeing her trainer and going over to him.
"Hey, yeah, I know this kinda out of nowhere. Sorry again." Ash says before the leaf Pokemon starts to wander around with curiosity.
"What does that thing do?" Vaggie asked.
"Oh, she's known as the Nurturing Pokémon. They're known to use their silk to keep young Pokemon warm."
"That is so sweet." Charlie cooed. "And it looks so pretty."
"Leavanny." Leavanny says while blushing.
"Hey, I think your other Pokemon is getting into the alcohol rack." Vaggie says while pointing.
They turned and saw Heracross at the bar flying up and down and looking around the rack behind the counter, picking up and putting down bottles while Nifty was still unsuccessfully trying to stab him.
"He's probably just looking for honey. His species feeds off either that or nectar. Heracross, you're not gonna find any there." Ash called as the bug Pokemon looked disappointed. "I should probably send him back."
"No, no, it's okay. I think we might have some in the kitchen-" Charlie says which causes the bug Pokemon to rush up to her.
"That got his attention."
"Alright, come on. It's just over here." The princess then took Nifty off of the bug before leading him away.
"Okay." Vaggie says before she notices Leavanny doing something behind her before quickly stepping back. "Hey what are you-" She stopped as she looked and and saw that her skirt had a sewed tear in it. "Oh, I… didn't even notice that… uh, thanks, I guess." She says as the Pokemon nods happily.
(Pokemon World)
"Okay, so the first two got away easily, but I assure you that-" James started to say.
"JUST GET IT BEFORE IT GETS AWAY TOO!" Jessie shouted.
"Yes ma'am!" The boys say before they approached the unsuspecting Gible with a bag.
"Dis one won't get away." Meowth says before the Gible could get away, they jumped and threw the bag on over him closing it shut. "We got it!" They then lift it victoriously before they notice it sagging. "Wait a moment."
"No, no, no…" James opened the bag and looked inside, finding it empty. "HOW!?"
"You lost it again!?" Jessie yelled.
"Okay, something's not right. There's no way it got out. We had it in the bag. There's no tears or-" James started to say before they heard growling. "What's that?"
They turned in the direction of the noise and were shocked when they saw all of Ash's Pokemon glaring at them. Before they could say anything, they all fired attacks at them, causing a large explosion.
"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" The trio screamed before disappearing in a shine.
(Hell)
"And this is Gible." Ash says as the little shark Pokemon was poking at the snoring Husk.
"So, anything we need to know about him?" Vaggie asked as Charlie came back with Heracross, who was drinking honey from a bottle.
"Nothing much, other than he eats anything made out of stone… or metal… well, just about anything, but mostly metal." The boy explained as the small Pokemon got on top of the cat and pulled on his eyebrows. "He also might have a small habit of gnawing on people's heads."
"What do you mean small?"
Right as she said that, Gible chomped on Husk's head. "AGH! WHAT THE FUCK!" The cat jumped to his feet, sober immediately as he tried to yank the Pokemon off his head. "GET THE FUCK OFF ME YOU LITTLE SHIT!"
"Gible, stop!" Ash demanded.
The Pokemon stopped as the cat yanked him off, sending him flying into the radio demon's arms. "Such a small yet destructive little creature. Curious do you perhaps have anymore-" Alastor started to say before Gible jumped and bit his head. His smile never falters, only his eye twitching. "Like this one?"
"Trust me, there are plenty of Pokemon that are more destructive… a lot more destructive."
"Okay, I think we've seen enough." Vaggie tells him.
"Right, sorry. Gible, get down, come on." Ash says while grabbing Gible as he lets go of Alastor's head.
"Tell me you're not bringing any more of these things around." Husk says after using a towel to dry his fur before putting his tophat on.
"Well, not any that'll cause trouble." Ash tried to reassure him as Alastor was in the middle of brushing his hair to fix it.
"A little late for that."
"Ya know, I kinda wanna see more of the hotel since I'm here. Is it just this place or…?"
"Now that you mention it, thank you for reminding me." Charlie says before ushering the boy to follow her.
He placed Gible down and Pikachu followed him as they started following the princess. Nifty came around trying to stab a cockroach, unsuccessfully mind you. Gible saw and looked down before snatching the cockroach as it was scurrying by and ate it whole. She 'oohed' upon seeing him as Vaggie and Husk looked disgusted, Alastor only kept smiling while still appearing interested.
(With Ash and Charlie sometime later)
"And this is the top floor." Charlie says while walking down the hallway. "Now it may not look like much, but once this place is filled with visitors… eventually, each one will have their own custom rooms specifically tailored to their taste."
"Again, sounds cool." Ash says while looking around before looking nervous. "No offense, but it's kinda dark even with the lights."
"We're working on getting them fixed." A lightbulb goes out right as she says it. "For the most part."
"Gotcha." The boy says before he took off his backpack and unzipped it, reaching in and taking out a sandwich.
"What's that?"
"Croquette sandwich. Want one?"
"Sure."
He took out another and handed it to her before pulling his own in half and handing it to Pikachu. Charlie took a bite and loudly hummed.
"This is so good. I've never had human food before… I mean, Earth food… or… whatever you call it."
"We just call it food." Ash laughed which made her blush in embarrassment.
They continued down the hall until they reached the end where the balcony was. Ash stopped at the railing as he and Pikachu stared at the city in the distance which was no different from when they last saw it. Buildings on fire, echoing gunshots, and the occasional screaming.
"Oh man." The boy sighed.
"Looks bad doesn't it?" Charlie asked.
"No kidding. Usually looking at stuff from balconies is something we look forward to, but this just… feels dreadful. No offense."
"None taken. Hell aside, first impressions of Pentagram City to anyone aren't exactly the best. Especially considering what goes on in it."
"I mean, I guess it's not the worst." Ash says while leaning on the railing. "I've seen my fair share of scary and disturbing things. This time I can at least prepare myself for what I might be seeing later."
"Pikachu." Pikachu says in agreement.
"Yeah, that I can understand." Charlie says as she places her elbows on the railing as well. "These sinners may be bad and have been bad in their previous life, sure, but everyone makes mistakes. And most importantly, everyone deserves a second chance."
"Well, you're not wrong. I think it's nice you wanna help them." He tells her as her smile widens again.
Ash looked around the city, only being able to see so much from the distance. As he said, it looked very dreadful and he still felt uneasy looking at it. However, he could see the hourglass tower and the number said 363 this time. He got curious, wondering…
"Hey, what's with that tower there? What's it counting down to?" He asked while pointing at the tower.
"Huh?" Charlie said before looking where he was pointing and her eyes widened. "Oh… oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, uh…" She bit her lower lip before looking at him in concern. "Well, uh you see… uh…" She leaned against the railing some more. "We can get into that some other time, we don't need to talk about it right now-AH!"
Then suddenly the railing gave out under her and Ash was quick to react grabbing her arm as she almost fell, her foot just barely on the edge. He pulled her back quickly, causing her to fall into his arm. She stared up at him while lightly panting.
"Are you okay?" Ash asked, worried.
Charlie stared for a moment before blushing. "I-I am now." She says before standing up and smiling, brushing her hair behind her ear.
"Well, this railing is gonna need some fixing, now."
"I mean, yeah, it probably needed some to begin with."
As she said that, she looked away while still blushing. The boy was glad she was okay… before he looked behind her and saw Vaggie, who was giving him the biggest death glare ever. It got him scared almost immediately.
'Oh no, what did I do?' He thought to himself.
"How about I show you around more of the hotel?" Charlie asked, not noticing her girlfriend's glaring.
(Timeskip… lazy bum)
I can see you.
(Oh good, then I ask you why you needed nine timeskip breaks)
I don't pay you to write stuff like that.
(You don't pay me period!)
Just… please, this is the last one.
(Fine, fine… At least you treat me better than my last boss)
"Alright, it's time for me to get going. Come on guys!" Ash says as he stands in the middle of the lobby, his two bug Pokemon coming to his side. "Still can't wait to see what else you wanna show me next time I come back."
"So do I!" Charlie says happily.
"Wait, where's Gible? Gible!" The boy called before he heard giggling and saw Nifty running over with his Pokemon.
"He's been helping me catch bugs. He's so sweet." She giggled.
"Gib!" The little Pokemon says happily before hopping out of her hold.
"Alright, everyone is here?" The boy did a head count. "Yep. Alright, see you next time." He then says while taking out the Arch Phone.
"Bye! Come back soon!" Charlie says as he disappears.
"Fucking hell." Angel says while coming through the door, wiping his mouth. "What did I miss?"
"Nothing important." Husk says before looking at the princess who looked to be sweating profusely. "What's up with you?"
"Charlie, you okay?" Vaggie asked.
"Oh, this place is gonna ruin him!" Charlie shouted.
"And how would it not exactly?" Angel asked.
"This is not good. Firstly not only is he clearly still young, but he probably has been doing more good than bad, he has a bunch of cute and cuddly animals that he loves and they love him, he didn't understand Angel's sexual innuendos which means he's still got some innocence left in him, and-!"
"Charlie, Charlie, calm down!" Vaggie says while holding her shoulders. "I get you're worried for him and I would be too. Don't stress yourself too much about it."
"Right." The princess took a deep before speaking again. "Okay. It'll be fine, I mean… he is technically an adult, right? I'm sure it's gonna be fine."
"Yeah, basically. I could try to teach him about-" Angel started to say.
"DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT SENTENCE!" Charlie threatened as horns grew from her head and her hair went up in flames with her eyes changed to white and red, scaring him which caused her to calm down. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that."
"I was just saying. Shit."
"Okay, how about we go to bed, okay?" Vaggie asked.
"Yeah, yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Charlie before they went upstairs, leaving the rest behind.
"Is it just me or is she getting too attached to that kid already?" Angel asks.
"Well, if she's freaking the fuck out over something as small as that, probably." Husk tells him. "Still, she can't keep him from seeing all the shit that goes on out there forever. If that kid gets too curious, she won't be able to stop him. In my opinion, I say let him find things out on his own."
Hearing that, Angel scoffed before he started to leave for his room. However, once he was out of sight, his look of annoyance turned somber and he looked down before continuing to his room.
To be continued…
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