Ron the True Fan: …See the bottom.

Olivine City - 1342 hours - Day 492 of Ash Ketchum's Pokemon Journey

Kyoji looked around, finding… no one. Except Robin and Mei, who were actually in the same bed. Apparently it was their turn.

"Gible." 'He's not there.' said the zappy shark.

"No, he isn't." Kyoji grumbled before beginning a hunt for something dangerous.

Ash… with CABIN FEVER.

Ash did not like being in one place for very long. Nor was he: he was always on the move. And he hated staying still for long periods. If the building they were staying in was a video game, Ash would be the ball hitting the walls at speeds the screen could not fully process.

But Ash was not a ball. He could get out.

Snow pelted the wall from the outside. "…He's shoveling." Kyoji said before going to the front door and finding Ash, with only a light spring jacket on, flinging snow to clear a path to the road.

From inside, where it was safe, Gible poked his sharky head out. "Gib…" 'We will honor this brave action," said the lightning shark.

"Yeah, by getting him inside." Kyoji said before rushing out and patting Ash on the shoulder. "TRYING to get yourself sick?"

"I'm going INSANE being inside. I'm bad at staying still." Ash retorted. "I need to DO something."

"Get a coat and shovel." Kyoji retorted before dragging him back in. "Don't shovel in a t-shirt and torn jeans."

"They're not-" Ash started before looking down… and seeing the jeans being torn up along the legs. "Oh."

"Hard to notice in summer and autumn with how much you move. Still hard to notice in winter, but still more dangerous." Kyoji said before shutting the door. "New pants and jacket and then you go out with Misty supervising."

Ash gave him a look. "Misty's in the middle of traumatizing my student with Iris." he said dryly, Kyoji blinking for a second before looking back at Ash. "What those two do with each other is their own business. I'm not going to judge."

"You're dating them." Kyoji suggested suggestively. "You could watch."

Ash gave him a look. "No." he said bluntly before walking back into the room designated as his. "I am not a pervert and unless they ask, I'm not walking in on them in the shower. Who do I look like, Norman Bates?"

"Who the hell is Norman Bates?" Kyoji asked, confused before Ash facepalmed. "Right. Something that only exists in the good timeline."

"Which I'd rather be back in, because I hate this one." Ash replied.

"Look, I'm not letting you go out there alone. Pikachu would indulge your insanity." Kyoji said bluntly. "Gible would be a Gib-cicle."

"Gib…" 'COLD…' said the yellow shark, horrified by the idea.

"So someone's got to keep you from going insane," Kyoji continued, picking up Gible. "And I'd prefer not to tie you up."

"Serena's expressed interest in being on the receiving end of that." Ash said dryly.

"Well, I-wait, what?" Kyoji said, double taking before Ash went to get changed.

The Next Day

Ash's lungs were strong, as the sneeze actually made the blinds on the other side of the room move.

"Pick up the phone-" Kyoji said

"Finish that and I hurt you." Ash warned, having been kept up the entire night by a sinus infection so his mood was WORSE than normal.

Kyoji wisely decided not to push his luck. "I'll go get you some meds to deal with your stuffed nose." he said instead. "STAY HERE."

Ash slumped on the bed before Iris came in, tiptoeing and getting her hand into his bag, removing the Pokedex from it.

He stared, confused, before she quickly and quietly left.

"Odd," is something he would've said if he hadn't had a massive headache.

Iris walked into the combined girls' bedroom, as Ash chose the smallest room in the building to sleep in, meaning the others bunked in another room. Red and his girlfriends were out and about (and properly dressed for the weather) so they had it to themselves.

"Ok, Serena, I've got the Pokedex." she said to the Kalosian, who decided to just wear a nightdress. An overly thin one, at that. "What do you want with it?"

"Transfer in Leavanny." Serena said in reply. "I have an idea."

Pallet Town - same time

Bell smiled as she hid under the kotatsu. Escape was pointless, not that she wanted to.

…That and her fianceé was sound asleep and her grip was solid around her waist. Bonus!

Then the computer sent out a shrill beep that ruined the mood. "Seriously?" she demanded, Asuka moaning as she woke up before stretching reflexively, allowing Bell to escape and crawl out, before getting up to see what Ash wanted.

"Leavanny?" she said as she processed the request. "He's in Olivine. Why the hell would he… Oh. It's not Ash. It's Serena."

She was up to something. Then again, she was ALWAYS up to something.

"Waking up a Bug-type in the middle of winter. GREAT." she groused before putting a coat on and walking out the door, thankful for Gible's natural aversion to winter.

Then a fin covered in fur and fabric sharked over. She HAD to think about that. Then, covered in a custom-made Gible snowsuit, came the land shark, rocketing out of the snow.

CHOMP!

At least she had the foresight to get mittens when one of Ash's Pokemon knocked her over.

"Hello, snow shark." Bell deadpanned, Gible eyesmiling. "Mind telling me where the sewing nut is?"

"Gible! Gib!" said the shark as he detached from her head… then chomped on her left hand and started sharking through the snow.

Bell screamed as she was dragged behind the land shark.

Olivine City - 18 hours later

Ash could not sleep. He decided talking to the girls was a wiser option then going mad reading a book about League regulations, so he got up and walked to the door, opening it and walking into the hall before pulling out a cloth and blowing his nose, wincing at the mucus that came out and just out THICK it was. He quickly threw it into a wash basket before knocking on the door to the girls' room.

"Come in~!" called his Kalosian queen.

He opened the door. "Sorry to bother you, but-" Ash's voice caught in his throat at the sight.

While Mei was in the basement with Medicham, the girls apparently were BUSY, as all of them were… dressed like him at various stages in his journey.

Serena, of course, was in his Kalosian-era one, albeit with a shirt that had a deep collar showing off her bust and exposing her taut belly.

Misty, of course, wore the Kanto/Johto-era version, but she was wearing a one-piece swimsuit that did NOTHING to hide her curves and he swore he could see more details then he really wanted to.

Robin's was like Misty's, but with a red jacket. What he wore in Orre. and more conservative. Desert dwellers had wisdom.

Anabel looked like she was wearing the Hoenn version, but tailored to her.

Iris, of course, had the Unova edition. And like Misty, it did jack and shit to hide her features, which was a distinct increase in muscle. If he wasn't sure she was a girl, with both a feminine face and a bust that could be noticed, Ash would think he was staring at a karate-practicing, weight-lifting guy.

Becca was half-naked and being measured by Leavanny - OF COURSE he was involved - while Hikari, in Kantoan and Hisuian, was trying to get out of wearing a version of his Hoenn outfit.

"…I think I'm dreaming." Ash said before closing the door and deciding he would deal with this later.

He turned to find Max staring slack-jawed and drooling. This explained his memory loss.

What was that song? The one with the lyrics that said 'I'm too sexy for my shirt' he heard in Unova once?

Yeah, he was asleep and having a nightmare of an unusual kind. At least he wasn't watching someone's eyes bleeding out of their sockets again.

Ron the True Fan: …Ok, fine, this is pure filler. Again, Johto=PAIN. Hoenn=GOOD.

Takeshi Yamato: The sooner we get through Johto, the better.

Ron the True Fan: And we already have the Christmas Special, so there you go. If anyone's actually listening, a sub or two would be nice. Link's in the profile.

Ja Ne!