On Tapu Island, Ash and his slave girls began to help each other train for the school tournament coming up soon, using the weekend as an opportunity to develop each other's skills, but mostly their Master's. Donning their swimsuits, Ash and Lillie partenered with each other as Nemona and Astrid did the same.

Having a sparring match on the beach of his private island, Ash and Lillie commanded their Greninja and Alolan Ninetales respectively against Nemona's Pawmot and Astrid's Absol.

"Night Slash!" Astrid commanded her partner, the Distaster Pokemon's black horn glowing with vibrantly surging dark energy.

Leaping into the air, Absol aimed her attack for Greninja, the Ninja Pokémon ready to intercept.

"Get ready, Greninja!" Ash shouted, his mind focusing on how he would be able to trigger his Greninja's transformation once more.

"Follow up, Pawmot, use Double Shock, Muy Rapido!" Nemona cheered, the thrill of battle drawing out her greastest passion besides her Owner.

Rubbing his paws together, the electric sacks in his palms began to arc electric currents. Rushing down Greninja, the young man realized his sparring mates had planned to double team his Greninja.

"Lillie." Ash calmly commanded.

"Ninetales, use Dazzling Gleam!" Lillie obeyed with a cheer, commanding her Pokémon to use its widespreading move to hit both opponents.

As a vibrant rainbow colored light emmited from Ninetales, both targets were hit by the radiance, blinded momentarily. Seizing the moment, Ash nodded to his Pokémon, Greninja already knowing what his Trainer wanted.

"How's about we dim the light for them?" Ash grinned arrogantly. "Dark Pulse!"

Forming an orb of malignant energy in his palms, Greninja then began to lean forward, hunching over throwing his arms inward toward his chest.

"He's planning something!" Nemona smiled, always delighted to see her Master's unorthodox methods. "Pawmot, Thunder Punch!"

"Quick Attack, Absol!" Astrid gasped, noticing how a massive amount of dark energy was building up in Greninja.

Before Pawmot and Absol could clear the distance however, a smirk began to etch over Ash and Greninja's faces. Standing back up, throwing his arms wide open and skyward, Greninja's Dark Pulse erupted around him, causing an explosion of energy around his being.

Helpless to flee, Pawmot and Absol were caught in the blast, the energy's malignant, shadowy aura dissipating, revealing that both Pokémon fainted.

"Yay!" Lillie cheered, kicking a leg up and reaching her hands toward Ash, the platinum blonde giving her fiancée a double high five. "You win, Master!"

"Couldn't do it without your help, babe!" Ash smiled, pulling her into a kiss, Lillie ginggerly pressing her hands against his chest.

"Mmm~!" Lillie moaned, pulling Ash back in for another. "My hubby is such a strong man~!"

"You never cease to amaze me, Maestro..!" Nemona smiled, proud of her Master crushing her in battle yet again.

"So Ash. Did you and Greninja feel it?" Astrid asked, approaching her Owner after recalling her Absol.

"I think I'm beginning to see the link between us." Ash answered, looking at Greninja, the Water type looking out toward the ocean, throwing Water Shuriken as some driftwood floating out in the distance. "When we think the same thoughts, our minds just sorta...merge...felt it when we were priming that Dark Pulse. Felt it just barely, but not enough to see a transformation."

"So I was right after all..!" A voice called from the hill overlooking the beach.

"Hey, big bro!" Another one called.

Cynthia had arrived, with Bonnie in tow, having just barely showed up too late to see the sparring match.

"Oh hey, Cynthia!" Ash smiled, beckoning over his teacher. "What were you right about, again?"

"I had a theory I had thought up regarding you two. I believed the mental link you two form is out of a unified pair of thoughts melding together." The blonde teacher explained. "If you truly believe that is what causes your transformation, then I say what you truly is a power similar to, yet far beyond conventional mega evolution. Fundementally, it works the same as it, but you dont need a stone."

"Clemont also mentioned I had mega evolution energy inside me, though. How's that work?" Ash pondered.

"Maybe you're like your own personal mega stone!" Bonnie joked, the words catching Cynthia's attention.

"You know, that might not be too far from the truth." She smiled, impressed by the teen's train of though. "Both Mega and Key Stones emit Mega Evolution energy when they react to one another. And Greninja wasn't the only one who changed. When we fought, I saw your eyes glowing red like Greninja's and your hair was floating about as if you were underwater."

"Was I?" Ash asked before realizing. "Come to think of it, every time I felt this happen, I felt a surge of energy. I figured it was just how I felt from Greninja, but I think I felt it in me, as well."

"Care to put it to the test?" Cynthia asked, looking over at Greninja. "Seems he's hardly tired. Why don't we try and give it another go? Maybe this time without the pressures of battle?"

"Can't say its not worth a try." Ash replied, turning to his Pokémon.

As Ash's servants sat on the sand nearby, letting their Pokémon and Ash's other Pokémon out of their balls to go train further down the beach, Ash and Greninja stood side by side, facing the ocean, looking out towards some rocks jutting from the water, the waves crashing against them.

"I only heard bits and pieces about this from Nemona, but Cynthia, you're telling me Master has some secret power dwelling within himself?" Astrod asked, playing with her teacher's hair as they watched.

"Yes. According to his brother, Mega Evolution energy resides within his body as well, seeming to not only act as a catalyst to transform his Greninja, but to change him physically as well." Cynthia replied, her fingers exploring the inner thighs of Serena and Nemona, both students sitting on either side of their teacher, with Bonnie resting her head in between Cynthia's own.

"Maybe big bro can mega evolve too!" Bonnie giggled.

"But it isn't without consequence. Whatever damage Greninja suffers, Ash suffers equally. His power is extraordinary, but not without cost, and we don't know if there are any other side effects, besides." Cynthia sighed, the mind broken teacher feeling obligated to worry for her Master, regardless if he wasn't. "I just hope our Master's ability to master this form will make such a downside immaterial."

"Concentrate..." Ash thought to himself. "Greninja, you hear me, don't you? My thoughts?"

"Greninja." The Ninja Pokémon's voice echoed in his mind, Ash assured that it truly was Greninja speaking to him.

"This power we have. This talent. If we make it work, we'll be unstoppable! No opponent to stop us, no one to defy us." Ash spoke. "When we first met, I said we'd get stronger together. I meant that. When we come together as one, there's nobody in the world would could stop us, am I right?"

"Ja!" Greninja replied.

"My mom, sister, my slaves and the Vipers are counting on us, depending on us. So lets make them all proud!" Ash spoke, his words resonating with Greninja.

As their equal desires for strength, both to protect their friends and to conquer their adversaries, enemies, or even just a woman Ash fancied, their unified thoughts began to merge, their minds once again fusing.

Energy began to well up in Ash and Greninja. As Ash's body began to increase in power, Greninja's did as well, a pillar of water rising up around Greninja before encircling his body once more in the sphere of liquid. Greninja once again had assumed the form Cynthia saw the day prior. Ash had shown his changes once more, his and Greninja's eyes opening to reveal the faint glowing red, with Ash's hair once more floating.

"Woah..!" Nemona gasped, drinking in the resplendency of her Master's being, as well as his partner's. "So cool..!"

"That's the transformation?" Astrid gasped, her mind coming to grips with such an anomaly of a Pokémon, in the possession of her Master. "So what do we call it?"

"It's Ash-Greninja!" Bonnie smiled, captivated by her Brother's power. "I mean, if they fused together, it makes sense, doesn't it?"

Hearing his step sister dub the name of his transformation, Ash grinned.

"Ash-Greninja, huh? I like it!" He grinned turning to her, his sister getting lost in his glowing eyes. "Still though...I know there's more power to this form. We feel it, don't we, bud?"

Greninja nodded, his body still swathed in high density water.

"Let's test our limits in this form, then!" Ash cheered, taking his finger and pointing to an island off in the distance. "Use that speed of ours and race to that island. I want to see how far we can be apart and hold this form!"

"Island? What island?" Cynthia asked, gazing out to the distance.

"Huh, you can't see it?" Ash asked, turning to his slave in disbelief. "I see an island, plain as day that direction, both in Greninja's eyes and mine."

"Wait! Are you telling us you have some sort of enhanced vision?" Astrid asked.

"I guess so..."Ash realized that he truly was the only one who saw what he saw. "So this power isn't just exclusively for Greninja? I'll take it! You wanna give it a go, Greninja?"

Nodding in approval, Greninja took off like a living bullet, kicking up sand and blasting water off the surface of the ocean, the Ninja Pokémon now fast enough to run atop the water without falling in.

"Woah!" Lillie and the others gasped, getting up in shock as Greninja vanished over the horizon

"Where did he go?" Cynthia asked, going to stand by Ash at the edge of the ocean, salt water gently lapping between their toes.

"He's there. I can see it." Ash confirmed, his linked senses showing him Greninja was on the seemingly abandoned island. "Even with all that water on him, he's still that fast."

"Incredible! This bond phenomenon you two have truly is extraordinary!" Cynthia hummed in interest. "And it isn't just him, either. You seem to be even stronger. Hmm, now that I'm getting a better look, I'd say your muscles got bigger, too!"

"Now that you mention it, he really did just bulk up a little!" Nemona noted, coming over to feel Ash's biceps. "Me Gusta~!"

"Wait, hold on." Ash spoke up, stopping his harem from feeling him up. "We just saw something pass by."

"Huh? Oh, it's probably just a wild Pokémon." Bonnie joked, not too bothered, Ash's little sister far more interested in admiring her lover's enhanced body. "Oh, Arceus, you're cut!!"

"No, seriously." Ash warned the group before a yellow flash suddenly appeared in his sight, rushing his Pokémon down. "Greninja, watch out!"

Suddenly, Greninja got blitz by an extremly fast being, the creature blasting Greninja backward.

*KOKO!!

Suddenly, a shrill, yet aggressive cry from a Pokémon came from across the ocean, catching the slave girls' attention immediately.

"What was that?!" Astrid gasped.

"I think I know that cry..." Lillie muttered to herself

"Greninja, you're open! Come back to me!" Ash commanded his Pokémon, the Ninja Pokémon speeding accross the ocean, with its attacker in hot pursuit and closing, its body pulsating with electricity and a pink aura, obscuring Ash's ability to see what it was. "Incoming!!"

Just as Greninja was beginning to make it back to Tapu's Rest, the one chasing it caught up to him, blasting him was a devestating Rising Voltage, the Super Effective move not only sending Greninja flying back into the sand back on Ash's island, but Ash felt the pain his partner did, his body quivering from the electric shock, the young man falling face first into the sand.

"Master!" His slaves gasped, rushing to his aid as all their Pokémon came charging down the beach back to them, hearing the commotion.

"Wh-what was that thing..?" Ash groaned, with Cynthia and Nemona helping him up to his feet once more as Astrid, Bonnie and Lillie checked on Greninja. "You're ok, pal..?"

"Gre..."Greninja replied, his Ash-Greninja form still intact.

"KO!" A voice called from above.

Looking up at the source of the noise, everyone noticed a yellow and black bird-like creature, its head endowed with a yellow and orange mohawk, and its arms looking as if it was some sort of wooden totem.

"Tapu...Koko..." Lillie breathed, her familiarity with the creature garnering the attention of everyone.

"Tapu Koko? You know what this is, chica?" Nemona asked, looking uneasy upon the creature as it remained levitating above them, seemingly studying them.

"Yes. It is one of the four guardian deities of the Alola Region. Remember what my mother said before, Ash? How Tapu's Rest was a sacred place that my mother was able to purchace from the Alolan Government? This is one of the Tapu who were said to come to this island. Its a home of sorts to them as well." Lillie explained. "I remember once, when I was really little, meeting this one on this very island."

"This thing is a deity?" Ash asked, no longer needed his slaves to help hold him up. "Sure hits like one. That really hurt us."

Tapu Koko continued to size up everyone present, taking note of Ash amd Greninja especially, beginning to lower himself down to meet them. Before more could be said however, Ash's other Pokémon as well as Nemona's, Lillie's and Astrid's all jumped in, perceiving the creature as a threat to their trainers.

"No, stop!" Cynthia warned, the former champion realizing not even together. They were no match.

Nemona's Meowscarada and Astrid's Absol lept at Koko, the deity effortlessly dodging their attacks before swatting them back down. Ninetales tried to hit him with a Blizzard attack, but Koko quickly dodged the blast of snow, batting her to the side with his arm. Salazzle spat a Sludge Bomb at Koko, while Gallade and Silvally put him in a pincer maneuver, trying to rend it with their Sacred Sword and Multi Attack, respectively.

Thinking they had the creature cornered, Koko quickly proved Ash's other Pokémon wrong, diving down and having Gallade and Silvally each each other with their attacks before it blitzed Salazzle, blasting her with a viscious Rising Voltage, the attack knocking the Fire type out instantly. Getting up for more, Silvally charged down Koko once more.

"Silvally, stop!" Ash ordered his Pokémon, the chimera obeying, inquisitivly starring at his trainer before looking back at Tapu Koko in stern caution. "Why isn't it attacking anymore?"

"I'm not sure..." Lillie admitted, wondering why Tapu Koko would show up now, of all times. "Tapu Koko is said to be the deity of conflict. He loves to fight an opponent worthy enough to challenge him. If I were to guess, he maybe sensed the amazing power in Greninja and desired to test your limits?"

"Is that it, Tapu Koko? Did you want to try amd see what we're made of?" Ash asked the deity.

Koko looked at Ash, then at Greninja, the duo having the same look, the same glow, in their eyes. Chirping in what appeared to be affirmation, Ash could only conclude Lillie's assessment was dead on.

"Heh. Going from fighting a former champion to a deity." Ash chuckled. "Well, it'd be poor sportsmanship to not indulge your request. After all, I need to look cool in front of my slaves here. Very well, Tapu Koko, we accept your duel!"

"Koko!" Tapu Koko responded, letting his Electric Surge ability activate, the air now crackling with electricity.

Hearing the commotion, some of Ash's other slaves came to investigate what was going on. Serena, Delia, Marnie, Bea and Liko gasped as they saw Ash getting ready to do battle with a strange Pokémon.

"Ash!" Serena called out as the group descended dowm to the beach. "Lillie, what's going on?! What is that Pokémon our Master is fighting?"

Explaining everything to the group, the group became stunned by the sudden appearance of a Legendary Pokémon as well as their Owner's new change in physique and appearance, both in him and his Greninja.

"My son has become even more glorious than I had imagined!" Delia sighed whimsically, doting over her son.

"You can do it, Ash!" Serena cheered with immense enthusiasm. "Show that thing what a real deity looks like!"

Hearing Serena's voice composed Ash further, the young man smiling to himself.

"Serena's here to watch us now, Greninja." Ash pumped his fist. "Let's not let her down!"

"Ja!" Greninja approved, readying for battle.

As a tense showdown commence, both fighters itched to see who would act first.

"Water Shuriken!" Ash commanded, his Water Type slinging multiple shuriken, pulling the water from the sphere around him.

As the projectiles careened towards him, Koko stuck his jagged hand into the sand, the earth splitting open as emergy poured out from beneath, Nature's Madness absolutely quashing Ash's attempt.

"That was just a distraction!" Ash yelled out.

Koko looked up to where Greninja had been standing, only to see it had vanished. Suddenly, Greninja struck Koko over the head with a powerful Acrobatics, the Flying type move, while being resisted, was enough to shake Koko. Getting thrown back, Koko recomposed, priming a Rising Voltage. Electrical beams of energy blasted up like stalagmites, the spines of energy powered up even further by the Electric Terrian Koko had set up previously.

"Dodge!" Ash said in his mind, his Pokémon able to narrowly avoid the attack.

Looking back at where Koko was, Greninja saw it had disappeared. Suddenly, Tapu Koko had Greninja's flank, the Electric and Fairy type using Steel Wing, the shoulder pads on his arms hardening like metal as it prepared to take a swipe. Suddenly, Greninja dodged, without even so much as a warning from Ash. Taken by surprise, Koko was left wide up as a kick from Greninja, empowered by Acrobatics hit him square in the chest, sending him toward the ocean.

Remaining suspended in air, Koko shook off the damage Greninja inflicted upon it, still curious as to how Greninja was able to dodge such a fast, unseen attack.

"Good job, Greninja." Ash said within their linked minds, his Water Type having used their shared sight to help evade the attack on his backside. "Let's hit him with out big one!"

Clasping their hands in sync, Ash and Greninja prepared a Dark Pulse. Firing the beam of malaicious energy at Koko, Ash realized at that distance, he'd dodge it no problem. Its his follow up attack with Water Shuriken that would be the decisive blow, the duo releasing the beam attack. Just as Ash predicted, Koko dodged it, no problem flying upward and leaving himself wide open. Now all he needed to do was follow it up.

"Now, use Water-" Ash spoke before getting cut off, the sensation of a massive degree of weight dropping down unto his shoulders.

It was the water surrounding Greninja. Just like when he battled Cynthia, the massive sphere's density continued to weigh down heavily on him, Ash feeling the effects of the Ash Greninja transformation lasting as long as it did.

"No-! Not now!" Ash gasped, both he and Greninja falling to their knees, wide open for attack. "We're not at our limit! Not by a long shot!"

"Master, please undo the transformation and recall Greninja to his pokeball!" Cynthia begged, the former Champion powerless to intervene as she left her pokeballs back at the mansion. "We don't know just how severe the downsides of using your power are, and Tapu Koko doesn't look like he'll pull punches!"

Tapu Koko primed another Nature's Madness, lossing another blast of fairy energy from the earth.

"Dodge, Greninja!" Ash said through their mind link, the water type having just enough strength to get into the air.

It was only then he realized the same mistake he made with Cynthia. Now that Greninja was in the air, he was powerless to avoid a follow up attack. Tapu Koko released a devastating Wild Charge, the deity's reckless attack hitting Greninja hard, knocking him downward.

"Greninja!" Ash gasped, reeling in pain from the attack as the teen desperatly made his way over to his Pokémon, despite the weight levied on their bodies. "I'm coming buddy!"

"Get out of there, Master!" Nemona shouted, taking note of Tapu Koko on the move. "He's coming around for another one!

"Ash!" Delia gasped, watching in horror.

"Greninja!" Ash gasped, trying his best to get over to his partner, placing himself in front of his Pokémon, stunning Greninja.

"Ja?!" Greninja gasped

Suddenly, the duo were hit with the full force of a Wild Charge, the Alolan Deity sending the duo flying into the ocean. As the duo began to sink under the waves, Cynthia, Nemona and Delia rushed out toward the ocean, their ability to run hindered by the sand. Marnie and Bea called out their Grimmsnarl and Grapploct, respectively. Watching to make sure Koko didn't cause any more trouble, the duo stood guard as Koko just seemed intent on observing where Greninja and Ash went under.

Under the waves, Greninja remained conscious, taking notice he was still in his Ash Greninja form, his sphere of water still so dense, it blocked out the salt water. Looking down he noticed Ash struggling to swim back up, both the injuries he sustained, as well as the undertow, inhibiting him. As the current began to drag him deeper, Greninja swam down to grab him, the duo holding hands, desperate to not let go.

"I...won't let it end like this..!" Ash said in Greninja's mind. "We still have...so much more strength to show...so much more heights to reach..!"

"Ninja..!" Greninja nodded, his resolve even harder than before.

"When we're together, not even this deity can beat us down. Let's show him just how strong we truly are!" Ash nodded back, still wincing from the pain.

Suddenly, new power began to take root in Greninja. The Water Type began to glow a mixture of colors. The duo's love for battle coming as an aura, blue as the ocean itself, a power that signified the Water Shuriken. Black like their dark thoughts made manifest, the power that birthed the Dark Pulse they now use and infuse their thoughts into. Now was a magenta color, their desire to overcome all obstacles, be them physical or mental.

Flowing with Psychic energy, Greninja learned Extrasensory as a result, using his newfound psychic prowess to lift himself and Ash out from the ocean. Suddenly, the ocean's surface began to form a sink hole, a gap formed in the water as Greninja expelled the water around him, even the water that had previously surrounded him.

Sparks of crackling dark and psychic energy crackled around the duo as their flew upward, kept levitated by Greninja's new move. Taling a slow, but calm breath of fresh air, Ash stared Koko down with new composure, now even more calm and collected than before.

As all of Ash's slaves looked up in relief, their happiness turned to excitement and awe as Ash and Greninja hovered over the water, the duo suspended midair, staring down their opponent. The water previously around Greninja's body coalesced, a mighty and large Water Shuriken formed on an X pattern on Greninja's back, Ash Greninja's perfect form, at long last, coming to form.

Ash himself even grew bulkier still. His biseps became jacked, his 4 pack abs turned to 8. All of muscle groups rippled and grew mass, the Mega Evolution energy inside his body that empowered his Pokémon enhancing him as well, bringing his body to absolute peak condition. His eyes still glowed their resplendent red, his hair began to ripple and glowed a faint red color.

Floating back toward the beach, Greninja set Ash down, the young trainer confidently grinning as he saw his Greninja levitate back toward Tapu Koko.

"Let us continue..." Ash breathed, reaching over his shoulder toward his back, Greninja doing the same, hos webbed hands grasping the massive Water Shuriken.

With a deft and swift motion, Greninja hurled the massive shuriken at Koko, the Legendary just barely able to guard, covering his body in the shield-like shells on his arms. As the rapidly rotating shuriken began to cut into the protective barrier, Koko turned his body just enough for the remaining momentum of the attack to make the shuriken veer off toward the ocean, the attack having left significant bruising on Koko's arms.

"Yes!" Nemona cheered, pumping her fists triumphantly. "Ash actually landed a clean hit!"

"So this is Master's full power..." Cynthia hummed, staring in awe at Ash's back, his body radiant and divine. "I don't even need Clemont's device to tell me his body is bursting with power!"

"Ash..!" Serena gasped, soaking in the glorious form her boyfriend had taken. "You just got even cooler!"

"You can do it, Ash!" Lillie cheered, her and her fellow cheerleaders present chanting his name, boosting his morale. "Beat that Guardian Deity!"

Forming a ball of energy in his hands, Greninja, along with Ash mimicing his movements, produced a Dark Pulse, its power even greater than before. Blasting Koko with the resisted, yet devastating attack, the energy beam now even bigger and widder than it was in his base form, Ash stared upward as Koko prepared a Wild Charge. Rushing Greninja down, Greninja used his Extrasensory to fly outward, toward the ocean. As Koko pursured Greninja, the Ninja Pokémon's newfound speed, no longer inhibited by the sphere of water, proved too much for the Legendary Pokemon.

Seeing it was hoplelessly outsped, Koko opted to using a different strategy. Using all of its electric energy, Koko expelled a Rising Voltage all around itself, the attack devastating the area, with Greninja getting caught in it.

"Ah!" Ash gasped, the pain Greninja took during battle still a side effect of the transformation, sparks of electricity felt coursing through the trainer's own body.

Landing back down on the beach, Greninja stood beside Ash, ready and waiting for Koko's next move. The Legendary Pokémon, equally as frustrated as he was excited by the sudden increase in power his opponent got, began to draw out its own full power. Suddenly, an orange flaring aura emitted around his body.

"A big one's coming! Watch out, Master!" Cynthia warned her pupil before realizing her student remained completely composed.

"The stronger our opponents get, the stronger we become, ourselves." Ash spoke to Greninja through their mental link, the duo composed, their hands reaching in sync to grab the Water Shuriken on Greninja's back.

As Koko continued to power up, a fissure began to form on the beach right beneath it, a massive, headless titan of glowing earth rising from the crevice. The colossus, tall as a two story house loomed over the duo, with Koko closing itself up into its shell, taking its place upon the shoulders of the titan, serving as its head.

"The Guardian of Alola..!" Lillie breathed, remembering the legend of the earthen titan of Alola in story books her mother used to read her. "Watch out, Ash! A punch from that won't be good!"

"If he has a super attack, then we will come up with one of our own!" Ash called out. "Do it, Greninja!"

Holding the Water Shuriken over his head, the liquid weapon began to hover over his palm, begining to spin rapidly. Ash and Greninja's eyes glowed an even brighter red, Ash's hair and Greninja's lightning bolt hair accents as well as the red crest on the top of his head began to glow red as well. Suddenly, a pillar of water rose around Greninja, the water collecting in the shuriken, empowering it.

What once was a pure blue shuriken was now a giant, glowing red disc of super heated water, its edge burning with a powerful energy. The attack now twice the size of the one holding it, the duo had poured both of their energies from their body into the attack, their mastery of the energy that dwelled within them perfected.

"That Shuriken is massive!" Bea gasped, the light that emited from the shuriken a sign of the seemingly limitless power that her Master wielded.

"Do, it Master!" All Ash's sex slaves cheered.

"Take this! Our Mega Shuriken!" Ash yelled, he and Greninja synced in movement as Greninja tossed the giant ninja star.

Koko took his titan's fist, sending it toward the Shuriken, meeting it head on. As Greninja's and Ash's power clashed with the divine giant's fist, Ash saw their attacks were roughly evenly matched. The giant was not able to push the still spiralling shuriken further, but yet Ash's attack was not strong enough to break though, either. Seeing Koko charge up electric energy from its body, priming a Rising Voltage, channeling it into his fist, Greninja collected dark energy, his and his Trainer's dark thoughts bestowing power unto their Dark Pulse, the beam bolstering his Water Shuriken, dark energy entering the spinning disc, sparks of black energy crackling on its edge.

Despite the power added, it wasn't enough. The duo were still locked in a stalemate. Pushed to their brink, Ash and Greninja realized their form was coming to its limit, Ash and Greninja both feeling the toll on their bodies from battle as well as the strain the form. They felt they had one final push left in them before they powered down.

Greninja's body began to glow magenta once more, channeling his Extrasensory once more to assault Koko directly, the psychic attack, while not enough to significantly damage the deity, it was more than enough of a distraction, Greninja's and Ash's thoughts drawn from mental acuity infiltrated Koko's mind, the Legendary Pokémon feeling their determination, and their desires to win the battle.

Such an infinitesimal moment was a moment of opportunity, one which Ash and Greninja's attack overpower the Guardian of Alola titan, his earthen fist beginning to shatter against their might. As a super heated explosion of water amd dark energy encomposed Koko's titan body as well as itself, Ash and Greninja fell to their knees, conscious, yet completely sapped of strength.

"Damn..! I guess that's all we're able to muster, for now..!" Ash breathed. "Did we get him?"

Ash would soon have his answer, for the moment the steam and black particles of energy cleared out, Ash saw Koko hovering in the air, still up and about.

"Shit!" Cynthia grunted. "He's not called a deity for nothing, I see..!"

"And Ash just ran out of power!" Nemona gasped, reaching for a spare Poké ball, afraid Koko would continue attacking.

"Wait!" Lillie stopped her fellow slave. "Look!"

Suddenly, Koko collasped onto the sand below, his body trembling and his breathing labored. Though he hadn't fainted, the Legendary Guardian had seemingly been pushed to his limit as well. Despite this, at a mere glance Ash could tell, if it desperatly wanted to, Tapu Koko would have decimated them, had it used its full strength from the start. In the time he connected woth Greninja, Ash felt he could interpret the cries and called Koko made during the fight, as if syncing with Greninja seemed to translate what Koko was saying.

"You were testing us, weren't you?" Ash breath, sitting on the sand beside Greninja, his hair, eyes and body returning to their normal look. "I could tell from Greninja's perspective. You love a strong opponent to spar with. If it we're for you, we kight have still been struggling to perfect our power. Thank you, Tapu Koko."

Noticing Ash's words to be of genuine gratitude, Koko's expression seemed to soften. Taking his beaked hand into his shelled arm, Tapu Koko pulled from its body a strange looking bracelet, fashioned out of a peculiar type of dark stone. Embedded in a cut slot seemingly designed for it resided a crystal with the imagry of piercing eye within, its color matching the magenta aura Greninja casted when using Extrasensory. Throwing the bracelet to Ash, the raven haired teen curiously examined the object, unsure as to what it was, or why Koko had just given it to him.

"What's this thing?" He said aloud softly.

"Its a Z ring." Lillie answered, approaching her fiancée. "And with a Psychium Z crystal inside it. If you can draw out its power, it can make Greninja's new move even more powerful!"

"Is this for me?" Ash asked the guardian deity.

Nodding his head to confirm, Koko stiffly rose up from the ground before floating off somewhere, no doubt to nurse its battle wounds by gorging on the plentiful berries that grew in the region.

"Thanks, Tapu Koko. You gave us a valuable lesson, and a precious gift." Ash said aloud, somehow knowing his words would be heeded.

"Ash!" The rest of his slaves shouted, rushing to their Owner's aid.

"Are you hurt, baby?" Delia asked in concern, helping her son to her feet.

"That was some crazy transformation you two did!" Nemona smiled, patting Ash on the back. "You too, Maestro! When you changed, you got even hotter!"

"Its okay, girls. We'e fine." Ash smiled, turn to Greninja, his Pokemon rising to his feet. "Right, pal?"

"Gren!" Greninja nodded, giving a thumbs up with his webbed hand.

"I was right. Your power truly ascends beyond a mere Mega Evolution, after all!" Cynthia smiled, prouder than ever to witness her studant achieve heights never seem before. "To think you'd have power to match that of a deity makes me so delighted! So long as you continue to perfect and master that form, I doubt soon enough that even I would be able to stand a chance!"

"Thanks, Cynthia!" Ash smiled before growing dizzy. "Say, can you take us back to the house, girls? I'm sore all over here..!"

"Yes Master!" His slaves obeyed with pleasure, the group delicatly hoisting Ash up, his servants letting Ash lay back in their arms as they carried him back to his mansion.

Exhausted in body, but not in spirit, Ash laid in one of his pool chairs, tended to by Lillie, Cynthia, Nemona, Astrid and Serena, the former two fanning him with large palm leaves while the other three massaged his feets, acted as a foot stool and served him cocktails, respectively.

Ash's Pokémon were tended to as well, with Salazzle burying herself in the sand down by the beach on the other side of the island, watching as many of the girls the lizard Pokémon helped enslave for her trainer played nude beach volleyball.

Silvally and Gallade were drawn over to the edge of the ocean by a pod of Finizen leaping through the air, the inquisitive nature of the duo mesmerized by their airborne tricks.

Greninja was brought back into the mansion itself, tended to Shauna as she and her Ivysaur saw to its injuries from battle, the Ninja Pokémon, self esteem as high as his trainers, now that they had perfected their Bond Phenomenon.

Living it up like a king on a private island, pampered by his numerous slave girls, and now in possession of not only a unique transformation for both him and his Pokémon, but now a Z Ring as well, Ash could only imagine what other heights he would reach next. What new Pokémon he would capture, and what new slaves were for the taking. One more day of training before the school tournament was left, and Ash was gonna make the most of it.

Back in Kalos however, Xavier was walking through a hallway in a hidden location, the eccentric gambler thinking of new, elaborate ways to challenge Hilda and discover Ash's identity and location. Ruminating as he was, he was clueless to his fellow Prospect lieutenant waiting in the doorway at the end of the hall.

"Had your fun yesterday, Xavier?" The man asked condescendingly.

"Gale..." Xavier growled, the pompous attitude of his fellow Prospect member, quickly changing his mood to play coy. "I don't know what you're talking about..!"

"Don't screw with me, you lunatic!" Gale spat, pushing a bang of his usually well kept jet black hair.

"Ain't that rich..? You! Calling me a lunatic?!" Xavier chuckled, knowing his antics got on his nerves. "Ugh, what do you want?"

"Its not what I want. It's the boss. He's here..!" Gale smuggly grinned as he moved out of the doorway. "And he wants to have a word with you. Step inside."

Having a good notion what this was about, Xavier took a deep breath before entering the room, the hydraulic door slamming shut behind him, the darkness of the room all-suffocating, save for a dimmly lit lamp upon a desk at the end of the room, a large swiveling office chair holding the man in question. His back turned to him, the boss simply sighed before speaking.

"Xavier."

"Yes, sir?" Xavier asked.

"Do you remember the talk we had a while back regarding you no longer being permited to return to the Chateau?" The boss calmly asked, swirling a vintage red wine in a glass in his hand, the man examining the faint reflection of his subordinate within it. "Do you remember why I punished you that way..?"

"So I couldn't have my fun." Xavier answered as bluntly, yet honestly as possible.

"So you do remember. I suppose the fault was on me for failing to explain your punishment in detail." The boss responded, his voice still composed and dignified. "Procuring illicit vehicles. Racing them around the city. Causing the police to mobilize in full force. You even blew through that political rally, as recklessly as possible, might I add."

"Sir..."Xavier began to speak in protest, only for the simple raising of his boss' index finger to instantly pacify him.

"Do you remember why I invited you to join our operation, Xavier?" The boss asked, the man's tone of voice seeming to indicate he was reflecting on the past in a nostalgic way. "You take chances. You know if there is no risk, there's nothing worth achieving. Its one of your finest qualities. When you set your mind to something, you see results get done. I like that about you..!"

"Well, sir-" Xavier began to say.

"HOWEVER." The boss began to speak a little louder, yet still composed.

The boss' tone of voice was a familar feeling to Xavier. He addressed many of his underlings in the same fashion. He was always calm, calculated, and serious. And yet despite voicing many times in a stern voice, it was never seemed to be born out of malice or rage, but more like a father scolding his rambunctious children. At times, Xavier found it far too patronizing, but he knew better than to say such an opinion openly.

"You draw far too much attention to yourself when you do your little theatric stunts such as you did. Normally, I'd see to covering up your little performances before they're brought to light in the public eye, but this latest stunt was far too bold for me to do anything about. I know you too well, my friend, and I know your passion for gambling was whta certain drove you do do this, without my approval, none the less." The boss continued. "Gale and Xerosic were among the first to voice their...discontentment when it came to your little race, but seeing as how it served our purposes in the long run, I'm willing to forgive such a transgression."

"Huh?" Xavier asked, confused. "What do you mean, it will serve us in the long run..?"

"Public opinion of our group is becoming more and more reviled. People are crying out for change. And when people want change, they will want to cling to the one who would deliver it to them." The boss explained, humming as his sipped on his wine glass, the faint glint of a keystone on his finger glimmering in the darkness. "The Gala Event will be upon us soon. When I reveal myself to our conspirators, that will be the beginning of our next phase. When I take the stage, I will prove to Lumiose, Kalos, and the whole world, their arrogance and folly."

"We'll be moving our people underground soon?" Xavier asked. "Is the time for the next phase that soon?"

"The servants we had at the old badlands base have already been moved underground, as you know. Xerosic saw to it personally, what with the Vipers stealing back Type:Null from us." The boss answered. "As for our conspirators, they will understand that there is precious little time left and they will begin their move into the facility. They know what is coming."

"Understood. Then, I will take the next few days overseeing the security of the Gala." Xavier nodded, realizing he dodged a bullet. "I will withhold myself from doing any more of my usual acts until after the event, then."

As Xavier was about to leave, the boss spoke up once more.

"You were racing with the Vipers, I noticed." The man softly raising his voice to the man reaching for the door. "Tell me. What could you glean for your interaction with them?"

"They seemed desperated. Tried to use my gambling habit to gain information they could use against us." Xavier answered.

"I see. And tell me. How would they have known you were a gambler? Did you by chance approach them in their little 'secret' base..? Or perhaps did they sneak unto the Chateau one night, and you lost to them?" The man asked his subordinate.

"I'm not sure what you're getting at." Xavier sheepishly replied.

"Let's not dance around the bush. I am aware that 3 Viper members snuck onto our cruise ship, and you gave them a flashdrive containing intel on the truck containing our mind control prototype." The boss smiled, the man putting Xavier on the spot.

"..."

"No need to be so stiff, Xavier. I made sure the other lieutenants aren't privy to you leaking that info out. Besides. Its as I said before. Them having such a meager victory doesn't affect us much as it stands." The boss assured him. "But I am curious, seeing as you've had more hands on experience with the motely group than any of us higher ups. Don't you think they're more organized than before?"

"Pardon?" Xavier asked.

"We've always known that Hilda and Rosa Smith are the two major leaders of that little group. Why, if it weren't for them unknowingly, yet kindly guarding to our project down in the Lumiose Subway as well as their father personally asking us to leave them be, I'd have done something about them." The man chuckled before his expression turned stern once more. "Normally, they just use to flounder about like a group of delinquents, thinking their meager acts caused actual change."

"But now they're organized." Xavier added, coming the conclusion his boss was alluding to.

"Precisely. At some point, this group had managed to find the means to challenge us. The truck raid and their theft of Type:Null would never have been possible without external help. Not only in logisitic support, but in leadership." The boss softly spoke, staring into his glass once more. "If these urchins have found themselves a new leader, opperating in the shadows, then I see no other motive behind their sudden involvement besides wishing to challenge us. If I were to hazard a guess, I would say they wish to inflitrate the Gala and discover my identity."

"I would say its a likely possibility." Xavier confirmed the boss' suspicions. "And how exactly would we counter this?"

"If this theoretical new leader is as ambitious as I believe them to be, they will be present as well, somewhere among a crowd of hundreds of attendees. And I will be right there among them. This will be like one of those gambling games you so adore: a game of Persian and Maushold." The boss chuckled. "This will between the two of us, Xavier. The others will continue to follow the plan as usual, and we will use that to our personal advantage. The pieces are in place. All that we can do now is wait."

"Right then. I will leave to prepare." Xavier responded, turning back again to the door.

"Oh, Xavier!" The boss called out one last time, his subordinate stopping with one foot out the door. "That little gambling match you and the Vipers had. I am curious as to who won that little match..."

"..." Xavier hesitated to speak. "...They did..."

"...How very interesting..!" The boss' mouth twisted upward into a warped, strained grin, turning in his chair so that his subordinate could see the look on his face lit dimly by the desk lamp, his eyes expressing a form of irritation that Xavier had never witnessed before. "You may leave now...Xavier."

Unsettled and realzing his mistake, Xavier rushed out the door to focus on his tasks, knowing even a man of great patience such as his boss had limits. As the boss sat in the darkness of his room, he reached into his desk, withdrawing a black, ornate key from it. Twirling the key between his index and thumb, the man hummed to himself.

"Soon."

Author's Note: Hello once again readers, YaBoySteven back again with another new chapter in the High School hypno harem! In this chapter, Ash not only finally perfected his Ash Greninja form, with power flowing through his own body as well, but he even gained a Z Ring for his efforts in his battle against the Guardian Deity, Tapu Koko. Not only that, but Prospects is scheming behind the scenes. What exactly is going on at the Gala Event at Parfume Palace? Will Ash discover the identity of their leader? And what does that man have in store? Find out soon!

I hope this will serve as a nice New Year's gift for you all, and I hope you all continue to enjoy my work. I had a small chapter where I asked if people would like the additions I made to the Ash Greninja form, more specifically to Ash recieving some power from it as well. Like I said in such author's note, I don't intend on having Ash become some boring, unstoppable monster with the power he gets from transforming,I simply wanted to use it as a way to convey just how powerful and unique the form is compared to standard Mega Evolution.

And to anyone who may have PM'd me recently, I'd like go once again remind you I responded to your messages some time ago, without any responses back. Should you ever wish to PM me, I'm happy to let you know I will do my best to try and respond to you in a prompt manner. If I replied so late to where you forgot you PM'd me in the first place, I'm terribly sorry for my lack of punctuality.

Regardless, I hope you all enjoy this chapter and I hope to hear you all in the reviews as well as your PM's. Happy reading and Happy New Year!