Is chapter 50! 50! FIFTY! That's such a big number when you think about it! And today I must confess to y'all my deepest secret... despite the name of this fic, my favorite Naruto opening is "Haruka Kanata", I'm sorry.

Here we have another chapter that had to be cut in half, my god, this Alola arc has turned a bit too long, we're still missing like 10 chapters of it! This isn't even an arc anymore, it's a whole damn season!

Whatever, Hapu's battle and the Ash x Bea lemon were moved to the next chapter, but there's another hot scene here as we keep building up, with Ash, Mallow and Lana this time.

The title of this chapter translates from Hawaiian to "Lullaby of the lost ", hope you guys understood the reference though.

Let's get into it.

Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh.

"She's not here..." Goh said while he was inspecting Dawn's house along his comrades.

"Looks like she was smart enough to not stay here after treathening to go to the Headquarters." Quillon added.

"What about you, Lyla?" Goh asked.

"Nothing in the second floor." She answered going downstairs along her Frosmoth.

"How's everything in the base, Horace?" Danika asked in her Rotom Phone.

"All calm as of now." Horace answered.

"We'll have our eyes open in case anything shows itself." Professor Amaranth added next to Horace. "Looker and Shunya are also in the first line in case something happens, and we have the whole Interpol with us, we'll be prepared."

"Just where could she be?" Danika wondered.

"I still feel like you're worrying too much about her." Quillon said. "She's just a coordinator, even if her battle skills are somewhat decent, what's the best she could do against all of us?"

"I'd just like to be sure that she doesn't become a problem." Danika said. "You should have seen that call we had, she looked way too motivated."

"Do you have any idea of where she could be then?" Lyla asked.

"Not at all, I barely know her to be honest." Danika replied. "What about you, Goh?"

"Doubt I could help, I only met Dawn a few times when she was visiting Koharu." He answered. "I don't much about her either."

"Then maybe you could call Chloe and ask her if she knows anything about Dawn." Quillon said.

"I'd prefer to not be the one who does that at the moment." Goh answered looking away. "We're seriously not in good terms."

"Riiiiight, my sis told me that the break-up was your fault." Lyla giggled. "You're not even calling her Chloe anymore? Ouch."

"Leave me alone." Goh glared at her.

"Maybe Ash knows, you said Dawn was in Alola to see him, right?" Quillon asked Danika.

"Correct, but they had quite a discussion and Dawn left afterwards." Danika answered. "I suppose she also left Alola without telling him."

"And what was the discussion about?" Lyla asked.

"Uh, nothing important." Danika answered with a light blush. "Nevermind, I'll just call Chloe myself, she has told me Dawn is one of her closest friends so she could have trusted her enough to tell her about this whole thing."

Solaceon Town, Sinnoh.

"Thanks again for letting us stay here, Angie." Dawn said to the girl after arriving to the Daycare of Solaceon Town along Chloe, Regina and Ursula.

"It's no problem, Dawn." Angie answered offering cups of tea to the group in the living room. "At least you came here when my parents are in one of those business travels. Now, to recap what you told me, your ancestor, who came from the past, and your mom were kidnapped by the Interpol and you said out loud to a member of that organization that you'd be going to raid the place and save them."

"Yeah... the last part wasn't my smartest decision." Dawn said.

"As if you hadn't complicated things enough already." Ursula glared at Dawn.

"So you're kind of a resistance." Angie said to Dawn. "That's cool and all, but, girl, are you totally sure you want to do this? Like, they're the authority, the ones from above, we're talking about an armored fortress and many highly trained people, even if you manage to get through their defenses and take your family out, what will you do after that? They're obviously going to chase you afterwards, this is pretty much a suicide mission."

"I don't care about any of that, my priority right now is rescuing my family." Dawn said.

"If that's the case, shouldn't you call Ash to help you?" Angie asked.

"Why is everyone asking that..." Dawn sighed. "Ash and I had a discussion, okay? I really don't want to talk with him at the moment."

"Can you at least tell us what was the famous discussion about?" Chloe asked. "You have told me that Ash and you are really close friends, must have been something horrible to make you not want to talk with him."

"Eh... it was nothing you girls should worry about." Dawn replied

"Damn, what a shame, I really think it would have been nice to see Ash again." Angie said.

"Oh, right, you had a crush on him, didn't you?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah, but... heh, it was my fault for letting him go without saying anything about it." Angie said. "I saw that he was in Sinnoh for the World Contest and I... I guess a part of me expected him to give me a visit... He probably hasn't thought about me since we last met, can't say I blame him, Ash has gone everywhere and has met everyone... how important could I be?"

"I'm really sorry to hear that." Dawn said.

"Don't worry about it... Do you know if he has a girlfriend by any chance?" Angie said.

"Uh, what?" Dawn asked.

"Wait, now that you mention it, that actually could be a nice reason for your mentioned discussion." Ursula said.

"So that was the thing?" Chloe asked. "You went to Alola to confess to him and then you discussed because he already has a girlfriend?"

"W-What?! No! It... is complicated, okay?" Dawn stuttered.

"Don't tell me..." Regina trailed off. "You did go to confess, but then you found out Ash has been making a harem and you got angry with him because of that."

"...THE FCK?! HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?!" Dawn shouted.

"It was a... joke." Regina said.

"So Ash is making a harem?!" Ursula shouted.

"W-What?! Is that even allowed?!" Chloe exclaimed.

"Hold up, how many girlfriends does he have?! Is he willing to have more?! How many spots are left?! Angie asked surpringsily interested.

"Please, stop that, if any of you join that thing, I swear I'll have the biggest headache in the history of earth." Dawn complained.

"Did he ask you to join?" Ursula asked.

"Yes, and I obviously didn't accept!" Dawn answered. "He's got seven girlfriends! Does seriously no one besides me understand the problems that come with Polygamy?! Handling jealousy, conflicting schedules?! Nothing of that at all?!

"Too many warm bodies in one place?" Regina asked.

"Don't you think Ash is being unfair with those girls?!" Dawn shouted again.

"Maybe you're overreacting." Ursula said. "I didn't get to know Ash that much, but if he decided to do something like that it must have been for true love and not because of some despotism."

"I don't know what depotism mean, but I agree with that." Angie said. "Do you two know Ash?" She asked to Regina and Chloe.

"I haven't gotten the honor, but Chloe did." Regina answered. "She even had a dream with him the other night."

"THAT WAS PRIVATE INFORMATION!" Chloe shouted with a massive blush.

"Don't tell me you like him too..." Dawn sighed.

"Even if I liked him, Dawn is right!" Chloe continued. "A harem?! In a time like this?! Not only that's morally wrong, but it must also be super illegal!"

"Well, it is actually legal in Alola." Regina said reading the laws in her Rotom Phone. "And he's the champion of that region so I guess it's fine for him."

"What about the morally wrong part?!" Chloe exclaimed.

"I suppose that if all the girls are okay with it then it should be fine." Ursula added. "Even if Ash feels somewhat guilty he must be trying to make them happy."

"You're taking this way too easy!" Chloe shouted. "How can Ash even live like that?! There must be so many people judging them!"

"Well, you know what they say, it's the age of diversity and all that." Angie replied. "Like with Maylene and Candice, they are together and we don't judge them because of that, is Ash having a harem really that different?"

"I also suppose he doesn't mind much what other people think and he simply does what makes him happy, I mean, it's his life." Regina replied. "After all, if Dawn doesn't want to call him, that means she didn't manage to convice him of abandon that whole thing, right?"

"...Ok, I'm running out of arguments here." Chloe sighed. "I suppose that when you think about it more calmly then-"

"Argh, enough! This isn't a polygamy debate! Let's just focus on the current problem!" Dawn interrupted them.

"Sure, speaking of that, I'd like to help you with that rescue, Dawn." Angie said.

"Are you sure? You said your parents were in a business travel, are you going to leave the Daycare alone?" Dawn asked.

"Don't worry about that, I'll be calling Marnie and Paige to take care here when we take off." Angie said.

"Why the sudden interest though?" Ursula said. "You said a few moments ago that this was a suicide mission."

"Weeeeell, even if they had a discussion, helping one of Ash's best friends sounds like the perfect way to get some points with him and become one of his girlfriends." Angie winked.

"Just kill me already." Dawn whispered.

"At least we got a team of four now." Regina said.

"Wait, aren't we five?" Angie asked.

"She's talking about me." Chloe raised a hand. "I really wish I could help as well, but all I have is my Eevee and I'm not even a decent battler with her, I'd honestly slow you down." She sighed again, her Rotom Phone suddenly ringed and she froze once she saw who was calling her. "I-It's Danika!"

"She must have gone to the house already and is calling you to know about Dawn." Regina said.

"D-Does she knows I'm helping you?!" Chloe stuttered.

"I don't think so, but she does know we're friends, so I guess it's an obvious connection for her to make." Dawn said.

"Answer camly, don't act suspicious." Ursula said.

"And for the love of Arceus, don't tell her you're here." Angie added. "The last thing I need is that you turn the Daycare into a battlefield."

"Choose your words wisely, the fate of this mission could depend on them." Regina said.

"All this pressure isn't helping!" Chloe shouted.

"Just answer already, Danika could suspect if you don't." Regina insisted, Chloe then took a deep breath to try and calm herself and then accepted the video call.

"H-Hey there, Danika." Chloe greeted her.

"Hello Chloe." Danika answered. "Sorry if I'm bothering you, I'll be fast, have you talked with your friend Dawn recently?"

"Uh, no, I haven't." Chloe answered. "I'm actually quite angry at her since she left Sinnoh without telling me just the day I was supposed to give her a visit, and she's not even answering my calls, she has turned into a total idiot these days."

"I see..." Danika trailed off. "Well, thank you, Chloe."

"Why the question though? Did she do something?" Chloe asked.

"Oh, no, no, you know, I just wanted to give her some information that she needed, but I haven't been able of contacting her either, thanks again." Danika smiled before cutting the call and Chloe let out a huge sigh of relief.

"Total idiot, eh?" Dawn asked.

"I-I was just trying to play along!" Chloe exclaimed.

"Well, good job, at least that will give us some time." Angie said.

"We should start preparing that attack plan." Ursula said.

"But first you have to return to Galar to make sure Danika doesn't suspect." Regina said to Chloe.

"Wait, now that you mention that, doesn't your father works along the Interpol and the chasers sometimes?" Dawn asked Chloe. "Don't you think he could know about this whole thing?"

"It's fine, since Chloe saw you so worried, she didn't mention you." Regina answered. "Our families think we came to Sinnoh simply to see some contests, since Chloe is still trying to find what she'd like to be in the future."

"I still can't believe I had to lie to my Dad." Chloe sighed. "But he's been also acting a bit weird since he saw Zorua, altough he hasn't done anything with her."

"As for my family, I'll be telling them that I decided to stay in Sinnoh for a while and learn coordination from Ursula." Regina continued.

"Good choice, I'm a super famous and talended coordinator here so of course they'll trust you're in good hands." Ursula replied with a smug smile.

"If you're so good why did May eliminate you in the semi-finals?" Angie asked.

"Shut up." Ursulsa said.

"Like I was saying, Chloe, you just have to confirm that story to my parents and we should be fine." Regina said. "Ursula will also be here and they'll get to talk with her if they want to."

"Understood." Chloe nodded. "At least Miss Melony and most of your siblings trust me, so that shouldn't be hard."

"And how many siblings do you have?" Angie asked.

"Is that really the topic we should be discussing?" Dawn asked.

"Well, I'd feel impolite if I don't answer." Regina smiled. "I have six siblings, The oldest's named Gordie, he's a Gym Leader in Galar, next is my older sister Lyla, then there's me, then my younger sister Winter, and finally, three younger male triplets, Peri, Spike and Gliss, my mother's Melony, another Gym Leader from Galar, my father and her divorced when the triplets were born and we all live with her, but our father send us plenty of money and we talk frequently with him."

"Wow, that's a really huge family." Ursula said.

"Yeah, they're all pretty nice, bar Gordie, who's a bit annoying sometimes and Lyla is also not the most kind person I've met." Chloe said.

"If it makes you feel better, Lyla started living alone some time ago." Regina said. "She even got a new job, though I'm not sure of what it is exactly."

"Fine, back to us..." Dawn sighed again. "Before you leave, Chloe... do you have Ash's number?"

"I do, we traded numbers after we met, he... uh, he visited my family's lab and we gave him a Grookey." Chloe answered.

"Listen, we'll be cutting all communications with you for safety." Dawn explained. "...I really hope all this turns out fine, we'll call you if we succeed, but if you don't know anything about us in a week... that would mean that we failed, so you'll have to call Ash and tell him about all of this, okay?"

"Now I'm really scared." Chloe said.

"I know, but... please, if all this fails Ash could be our only hope." Dawn said. "Can I count on you with that?"

"Of course..." Chloe trailed off to then give Dawn a hug. "Please be careful... all of you." Chloe parted from Dawn to then go and hug Regina. "A-Are you totally sure you're staying?" She asked.

"Completely." Regina nodded. "Helping people when they're at their lowest is the right thing to do... just like you did for me when we met."

"Thanks a lot, Regina." Dawn told her. "Ursula, Angie, I'll ask one last time, are you sure that you'll be taking part of this?"

"What are friends for if it isn't to attack a militar organization full of soldiers and officers?" Angie laughed.

"I already told you, I'm doing this for Johanna." Ursula added.

"I wish you all luck." Chloe sighed before leaving the Daycare, taking her Rotom Phone in hand and making sure she had Ash's number. "I really hope things don't get worse than they already are..."

Meanwhile with Ash.

"Ready for this, Elaine?" He asked her.

"I am! I'll give you my best, brother!" Elaine answered. 'At least this will distract me a little.' She thought to then looked at Ash's girlfriends, who were all going to watch the battle in the beach, along Delia, Lei, Selene and Mina, with the latter giving her friend a thumbs-up as she took position as the referee.

"Alright, guys, this will be a 3 on 3 battle, with Z-Moves allowed." Mina said. "You can also switch if you want, so let's do this!"

"Wait, do you have a Z-Ring?" Ash asked her.

"I do, it was a gift from Mina." Elaine nodded showing the ring to Ash. "I'll send the first Pokemon if you don't mind, brother."

"Go ahead, we're ready for you." Ash answered.

"Let's go, Dewgong!" Elaine shouted and released the seal.

"Alright, Grookey, I choose you!" Ash tossed his Poke Ball as well, releasing the Grass Type.

"If both trainers are ready, then the battle begins now!" Mina exclaimed.

"Use Toxic!" Elaine ordered and Dewgong shot a blob of purple poison from his mouth.

"Branch Poke!" Grookey quickly spun his stick in front of him and dispersed the poison before it could reach him. "Show us what you can do Grookey, Grassy Surge!"

Grookey nodded and raised his stick in the air to then smack it with force into the sand, turning the portion of the beach where they were battling at into a Grassy Terrain. "Now Grassy Glide!" Grookey made a quick slide surrounded by green energy and tackled Dewgong down to the floor.

"Aurora Beam!" Dewgong opened his mouth again, this time firing a rainbow-colored beam that pushed Grookey back and partially froze the grass he had created in the beach. "Great, do that again!"

"Mega Kick!" Using his stick as a pole vault Grookey sent himself flying at Dewgong, going through the beam and landing the kick right on Dewgong's face.

"Smart Strike!"

"Branch Poke!"

Dewgong's horn shined in silver light and elongated into a blade that he tried to use to slash Grookey, but Grookey's stick also elongated with a green light and he used it to fight back the Smart Strike, as the back and forth continued, Dewgong's hits eventually became heavier and the seal ended up beating Grookey's attack and slashed the monkey down.

"Toxic!" Dewgong once again fired off a purple lob and this time Grookey wasn't fast enough to counter it and ended up poisoned. "Now return!" Elaine quickly recalled Dewgong and tossed another Poke ball. "You're next. Let's go, Venomoth!"

"Grookey, return!"

"Infestation!" Elaine shouted while Ash was looking for his Poke Ball and her Venomoth quickly flapped his wings causing a wind swarmed by dust-like scales that got stuck to Grookey's body and blocked the ray of the Poke Ball. "Venoshock!" Venomoth fired off a stream of liquid poison that surrounded Grookey and heavily damaged, Grookey survived the hit, but he was quickly knocked out afterwards by the combined damage of poison and the infestation.

"Grookey is unable to battle! Venomoth is the winner!" Mina said.

"That's how it goes." Elaine smiled.

"Wow..." Ash simply trailed off.

"Let me guess, you now think I'm stronger than you first thought." Elaine said while Ash returned Grookey. "That's what everyone says."

"Well, you're definitely more skilled than you look." Ash admitted. "But one thing that I learned during this travel is to not always believe in appearances... and to be fair, Grookey is one of my weakest Pokemon right now."

"Wait, what?" Elaine asked.

"I mean, all my Pokemon are strong on their own, but with all the things I've been through recently I haven't gotten a chance to properly battle with him so I thought this would have been a good opportunity and I'd say he still gave Dewgong a good fight."

"Y-Yes, he definitely did." Elaine nodded.

"But Elaine, back to your original question, you really are stronger than you look." Ash said.

"Glad to know I surpassed your expectations, brother." She answered.

"Well, let's see if we can counter you. Cufant, I choose you!" Ash's next choice was the orange elephant who made a trumpeting side as he entered the battlefield.

"Watch out, Elaine, that's a Steel Type!" Peonia said.

"Thanks for the tip." Elaine said.

"You really think you should have told her that?" Nessa asked.

"Well, she's still our boyfriend's sister, nothing bad with trying to get her to like us." Peonia answered.

"Alright, Cufant, Rose told me you've been trained a lot, but this is our first battle together, let's see how we compliment each other." Ash told him and the elephant nodded.

'Another first shot... I kinda feel like he's underestimating me.' Elaine thought. "Nevermind. Venomoth, Zen Headbutt!" Venomoth's head shined in pink light as he bashed towards Cufant, but the Elephant withstood the hit without much problem thanks to his weight.

"Whirlwind!" Cufant took a deep breath from his trunk and then let it out pushing Venomoth to the floor. "Now Steel Roller!" Cufant jumped and curled himself into a ball, rolling towards Venomoth while also destroying the Grassy Terrain that Grookey had created, Cufant then rolled over Venomoth a few times, but the moth took flight again despite the damage.

"Steel Beam!" With another trumpeting sound, Cufant fired off a huge silver beam from his trumpet that exploded onto Venomoth and knocked him out of the sky, leaving him defeated.

"Venomoth is unable to battle! Cufant is the winner!" Mina exclaimed while Cufant celebrated.

'...Okay, maybe he isn't underestimating me.' Elaine thought.

"Wow, that's some sheer power there." Gloria said.

"Pokemon trained in Macro Cosmos are always like that." Peonia said. "He must have been trained to fight since he was really young."

"Is that so..." Bea trailed off.

"Guess the strength runs in the family." Elaine smiled while recalling Venomoth and releasing Dewgong again. "Use Brine!" She ordered and the seal shot a stream of salty water that pushed back Cufant.

"Give us a Power Whip!" Cufant started ro run towards Dewgong as his trunk shined with green light, Dewgong tried to push him back with another Brine, but Cufant stood firm and then continued his attack, slamming his trunk onto Dewgong several times.

"Aurora Beam!"

"Steel Roller!" Cufant rolled unbothered by the ice and slammed against Dewgong with full force leaving the seal defeated in the sand.

"Dewgong is unable to battle! Cufant is the winner!"

"My, my, that guy's tough." Elaine said and then looked at the female Pikachu in her shoulder. "Is up to you, girl! Let's go, Pikachu!" She told her and Pikachu jumped to the sand and stood in front of Cufant.

"Power Whip!" Cufant started to swing his trunk around, but Elaine's Pikachu moved from side to side to avoid it. "Whirlwind to the ground!" Cufant blew the sand beneath them causing it to go onto Pikachu's eyes which gave him the time to smack her with a Power Whip that sent Pikachu flying back, but the mouse stood up again, albeit with a bit of difficulty.

"We have to take down that Cufant fast." Elaine said. "Splashing Spark!" Pikachu raised her paws and slammed them in the sand, a flood of electrified water suddenly appeared from beneath and she rode on it as the wave washed Cufant away. "Crackling Accel!" Pikachu's body became surrounded in electricity and she slammed herself onto Cufant.

"Steel Roller!"

"Floating Fall!" Pikachu body became outlined in white energy as she jumped in the air to avoid Cufant's attack, she then quickly descended and knocked down the Steel type.

"Pika Thunder!" Pikachu jumped in the air again and fired off a yellow lightning surrounded by many heart-shaped sparks.

"Steel Beam!" Cufant quickly stood up and managed to counter leading to both moves creating an explosion in the middle of the beach.

"Steel Roller!"

"Floating Fall!" The earlier scene repeated, but before Pikachu could fall back, Cufant jumped using the momentum of the roll and smacked Pikachu down with a Power Whip to then fall on top of the mouse with his weight, while Pikachu struggled to get him off her without success.

"Well, I'm running out of options, let's see if those Pokedex entries are true..." Elaine trailed off while placing her Z-Ring in her wrist along her Pikanium. "Catastropika!" She shouted and made the correspoding pose as the energy of the Z-Crystal was transfered to her Pikachu, a massive blast of electricity then came from Pikachu sending Cufant flying up and setting herself free. "Pika Thunder!" Pikachu quickly fired the move and this hit Cufant before he reached the ground, leaving him knocked out once he landed.

"Cufant is unable to battle! Pikachu is the winner!"

"Thanks Cufant, that was an amazing job." Ash told him as he returned the elephant, while Elaine's Pikachu walked back to her trainer rather exhausted.

"Can you keep going?" Elaine asked and her ace nodded. "Even though it took us so much just to beat that Cufant and Ash's third Pokemon is completely intact... fine, if we're going down, it'll be fighting."

"It's your turn, Pikachu." Ash said to his partner who jumped into the battlefield, standing in front of Elaine's Pikachu. "Let's go for the classic Thunderbolt!" Ash gave the order and his Pikachu made his move which knocked back Elaine's Pikachu, who later struggled to stand up again.

"Wait, what's-" Elaine was about to ask, but her Pikachu looked at her and gave her a quick wink. "...I get it." Elaine whispered with a smile. "Splashing Spark!"

"Use Surf!" Both Pikachu summoned their waves and washed each other away with both of them landing in the nearby sea.

"Thunderbolt!"

"Pika Thunder!"

Both Lightnings exploded between the Pokemon and once they met and the sea water conducted the electricty back to them, with Elaine's dropping on the water afterwards, while Ash's continued to stand up despite the damage.

"Iron Tail!" Ash ordered and his Pikachu jumped close to Elaine's before she could react and smacked her back to the beach with a silver tail to then jump again and make a downward slash with the same attack.

"Crackling Accel!"

"Knock Off!"

Elaine's Pikachu ran at Ash's surrounded in electricity as Ash's Pikachu's fist was surrounded by dark energy, with the Knock Off eventually outpowering and pushing Elaine's Pikachu back to the sand. "Now Surf!" Ash's Pikachu summoned his wave again washing away Elaine's, who seemed unable to stand up after that hit

"Thunderbolt again!"

"Another Pika Thunder!"

Still in the floor, Elaine's Pikachu tried to counter, but her lightning wasn't enough to match the one that came from Ash's and the Thunderbolt hit her directly with a explosion.

"P-Pikachu!" Elaine exclaimed.

"Let's give them a big finale! 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt!" Ash tossed his cap to Pikachu and this put it on his head, Ash then prepared his Pikashunium-Z as Pikachu and him synchronized a series of poses to build up power and black stormclouds formed above them, Pikachu then jumped in the air and asborbed electricity from the clouds to then fire it off with seven lightnings in the colors of the rainbow that struck Elaine's Pikachu causing another huge explosion, however, once the dust settled, Elaine's Pikachu was standing pretty much unharmed altough with several burst of colored electricity coming from her body.

"Pika?!" Ash's exclaimed.

"Pika..." Elaine's winked.

"What in the-"

"Look like we got ya!" Elaine smiled. "Let's give it back!" Elaine's Pikachu put her paws in front of her and the Z-Move was fired back to Ash's Pikachu with another explosion that left him knocked out in the sand.

"Ash's Pikachu is unable to battle! Elaine's Pikachu is the winner and the victory goes to Elaine!" Mina shouted.

"But I..." Ash thought for a moment and then let out a laugh as he picked up his Pikachu and walked to Elaine. "You clever girl!" He told her once they were in front of each other.

"You already guessed?" Elaine asked.

"Your Pikachu was acting to be damaged by the electricity so we would think her ability was Static." Ash said as his Pikachu sighed. "But it was actually Lightning Rod, she was building up energy during the whole battle."

"Ten points for you!" Elaine giggled. "Though the credit goes to Pikachu since she was the one of the idea, I just played along, we were waiting for you to go for a Z-Move, I almost thought it would be too much for her to absorb, but she managed it."

"Your Pikachu really has some endurance." Ash said as the Pokemon jumped to her trainer's cap. "And your other Pokemon were great too."

"You think so? I feel like the Toxic-Venoshock strategy is a bit basic, but at least it worked." Elaine smiled. "And your other Pokemon were awesome as well, I can totally see why you're a champion."

"You're quite the champ in the making too." Ash replied. "That's the first actual loss I've had in a long while, Lance better watches out."

"Eh, even if I beat him he'd still be Johto champion, but yes, I'll give my all in the league." Elaine suddenly hugged Ash. "A-And I hope we can have a rematch too!"

"I'll be waiting for it, Sis." Ash hugged her as well and Elaine suddenly pushed him away slightly. "Something wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just..." Elaine blushed while looking away. "You know, knowing you have 8 girlfriends now, literally the double since we last met, I still find the whole thing a little awkward... wait, Selene?!"

"I wondered how much time it'd take you to notice me." Selene smiled. "I mean, we were standing side by side while Miss Ketchum was talking with the girls, but you had your eyes covered."

"You two are friends, it seems." Ash said.

"Yup, I met her back in Kanto." Selene answered. "Of course, I didn't know she was your sister."

"N-Nice to see you, but if you're here... you're also one of Ash's girls?" Elaine asked.

"No, I'm not, but... well, I guess this is some kinda trial for me, the whole situations seems fun." Selene answered. "And you seem rather interested in Ash too, I'd say."

"EH?! N-NO! I'm NOT!" Elaine shouted. "I'm his sister!"

"Though it was kinda funny how you asked him if he was gonna be your husband the first time you met." Delia asked.

"No, it wasn't!" A blushing Elaine quickly ran until she was behind Mina and then pushed her so she would stand in front of Ash. "Come on! Look at his eyes and tell me you don't love that face!"

"Well..." Mina stared at Ash for a few seconds and traced the marks on his cheeks with her fingers. "I'll admit it's a face I'd like to see when I wake up, but what about you, kid? As far as I know you met your most recent girlfriend for like two days, are you just fine with taking in any girl falling in love with you?"

"It's not always as easy as that, but I guess I just kinda accepted it by now." Ash replied. "So... you?"

"Listen, what I'm about to do is for the sake of Elaine." Mina then looked at her friend who was expectantly watching the scene.

"Yeah, about that, Elaine, why do you want Mina to be my girlfriend so bad?" Ash asked her.

"W-Well, you're my brother, who better to take care of my best friend than you?" Elaine asked with a nervous laugh.

"Well, Ash, I have a very important question then." Mina continued. "...Can I take a look at your Flabébé?"

"What?!" Elaine shouted.

"Is that like a french word for something inappropiate?" Skyla whispered to other girls.

"Sure, here goes." Ash nodded to Mina and released the fairy who sat down on his hair. "I just remembered, Valerie told me you were the one who gave her Flabebe's egg to begin with."

"Yes, I did, but to be completely honest, I don't remember where I got it from." Mina said.

"What? For real?" Ash asked.

"For real, I know it was one of those time I was visiting Elaine in Kanto, but I don't remember the exact moment." Mina added looking at the Pokemon. "I suppose Valerie explained you the legend behind her-"

"Can you two go back to the girlfriending?!" Elaine complained.

"...Would it be okay if I take a sketch of her?" Mina asked pointing at the fairy.

"What do you say, Flabébé?" Ash asked and the fairy nodded while still on his hair.

"Come on!" Elaine shouted.

"Fine, if she isn't moving from your hair then stay still, Ash." Mina then pulled out a canvas from her bag and with black paint started her drawing, she finished the whole thing in less than a minute and then showed the sketch to the group, showing that she drew both Ash and Flabébé.

"I thought you were only going to draw Flabébé." Delia smiled.

"I was, but Ash has a nice face to paint and I couldn't resist." Mina giggled looking at him. "Your girlfriends have really good taste, that's something I'm not denying."

"KISS HIM ALREADY!" Elaine shouted.

"Listen Elaine, I don't know what you're up to, but you can't just force people into-" Ash's speech was interrupt by Mina who took a hold of his chin and planted a quick kiss on his lips. "Uh..."

"There, satisfied?" Mina asked her friend.

"Yes!" Elaine said. "Now we just wait for my feelings to devolve into normal sibling love."

"And when does that happen?" Mina asked.

"Dunno." Elaine said.

"That was just a kiss though, I'm not his girlfriend." Mina said.

"Yet." Elaine smirked.

"I feel like I just made a mistake." Mina said. "But, eh, it felt nice."

"Anyway, thank you for helping." Elaine said. "As long Ash doesn't know I like him, we'll be fine."

"You what?" Ash asked.

"EH?!" Elaine shouted. "N-No! That's not what I mean! I just think you're super cool and I'm really proud to be your SISTER!"

"Should we do something about this?" Gloria asked to the rest of the girls while they were watching the scene.

"They don't seem to notice that we are hearing everything." Lana added.

"I feel like this is something they should fix on their own." Delia said.

"ACEROLA!" Someone shouted from above and the group saw Phoebe descending in her Drifblim. "Oh, thank goodness, you're okay!" Phoebe shouted running to hug her.

"Uh, why wouldn't I be?" Acerola asked.

"You didn't know?" Phoebe asked and Acerola shook her head. "Listen, there's something odd happening around the world, many Ghost-Type trainers and pokemon are disappearing, Agatha, Fantina, Allister, I was worried that something had happened to you too."

"Well, that's really weird, where is Shauntal?" Acerola asked.

"She's at Caitlin's Villa and I need you to come with me as well." Phoebe said. "It'll be better if the three of us are together in case that something happens."

"Do I really have to go with you?" Acerola asked. "I mean, I feel pretty safe here with Ash."

"You may feel safe, but your boyfriend doesn't understand the situation." Phoebe replied.

"Well, I heard what you explained." Ash replied. "I may not understand the situation, Phoebe, but there's no way in hell that I'm letting something bad happen to Acerola."

"That's right, he already saved me from being killed." Acerola casually commented.

"Wait, what?! From what?" Phoebe asked.

"I'll explain you later." Acerola answered.

"Please Phoebe, you can trust Acerola to me, and the rest of the girls will protect her too." Ash continued.

"Ash, I'm sorry, but if you really care about her safety then you'll let me take her with me." Phoebe answered.

"Why don't you all just come to my mansion until the situation resolves?" Ash asked. "I mean, there's plenty of space."

"Oh, so you're trying to drag me into this little 'family' of yours too?!" Phoebe asked annoyed.

"N-No! I mean... wait, do you want to?" Ash asked.

"NO! I Don't!" Phoebe shouted while blushing. "I still haven't forgiven you for forcing Acerola into this!"

"He's not forcing me! I took this choice!" Acerola answered. "And I haven't forgiven you for trying to change me into something I wasn't just to be with Ash!"

"Are you sure you don't want a spot, Phoebe?" Delia asked her. "I mean, you said Ash was an amazing person, quite well-looking and nice when I first met you, I still think you'd be a nice wife for him."

"Again. NO!" Phoebe shouted.

"Are you totally sure? You still saved his life after all, take care of you seems like the perfect way he could repay you." Delia insisted.

"It's not like I saved him with the idea of making him my boyfriend!" Phoebe shouted while Acerola sighed.

"...It's alright, Ash, I'll go with her." She said.

"Are you totally sure?" Ash asked and Acerola nodded.

"Don't you worry about a thing." Acerola said. "Between Phoebe, Shauntal and me we should be safe."

"Fine... Phoebe, please take care of her." Ash told her.

"Of course, we'll be in Caitlin's Villa like I told you, it's in the north beach of Ula'Ula." Phoebe answered.

"We'll call you if we need your help." Acerola gave Ash a quick lip kiss, Phoebe then called her Drifblim and the two flew away with it.

"Huh, quite unconventional." Mina said.

"Ok, I think we should leave." Elaine was about to walk away but Mina stopped her.

"You're not going to say goodbye to your brother?" She asked while Ash was looking at the younger girl.

"Elaine..."

"Thanks for the chance, brother!" She exclaimed bowing to him. "I'm glad to know you're safe after that invasion, but like I said last time, I think you'll be better spending time with your girlfriends, we'll find another time to talk..." She slowly walked to him and hugged him again while Ash hugged her as well. "I... I'm really happy to have a brother and I'm glad it's you out of all people..." She said while parting way. "And please, consider giving Mina a chance to join."

"Like I was saying, Elaine, that's not something you can force." Ash looked at Mina who simply winked at him and started walking away, Elaine then gave Ash one last quick hug and ran behind her friend with a big smile.

"I think I should leave as well." Delia talked to Ash. "I just wanted to check up on you and it's nice to see you're doing great."

"Thanks Mom, and thank you bringing Lei too." Ash carried the baby for a bit and then recieved a hug from his mother, she then left the beach to take a taxi back to Kukui's home, Ash looked for a moment as the car disappeared in the distance and then looked at the girls. "Fine, enough setbacks, you girls wanted some time with me in the beach, that's what you're getting!" He exclaimed getting some cheers, smiles and hugs from the girls in response.

Some time later in Caitlin's Alolan villa.

"When every life meets another life, something will be born... that's what the Sinnoh legends says and I firmly believe in that quote... something was born when we first met in Amity Square, but I had no idea of what it was... maybe I was too focused on what his rivalry with Paul would become, maybe I didn't notice it because he was too young, but now that he's grown... now that I see the person he has become, the things he has done... I love him, I truly do, but this situation of the harem is a lot to think about, should I just accept it and join? Should I become his girlfriend but only outside of that, like not hanging around with the other girls, should I ask him to let go off the rest of the girls to be just with me like Dawn and May tried to do?... no, of course I can't do that, not only because it definitely didn't work for them, but because is obvious that Ash loves them, he was willing to have a shared relationship after all, I know his feelings are genuine... look at me, the migthy champion of Sinnoh, willing to share a young man with other seven girls, or eight if Skyla managed to get in... how many men would kill to be just with me? ...But Ash is not like any of them, he's different... I truly don't understand this at all... I don't understand my heart anymore."

"Alright so..." Shauntal took off her glasses and sighed. "Listen, Miss Cynthia, I don't know what Cailtin told you, but I'm not that kind of doctor, ok? I'm not a therapist."

"But what do you think I should do?" Cynthia asked.

"Well, if you really like the kid that much just go after him." Caitlin answered while watching the scene. "I'll admit he's a fine man, I would have definitely tried something with him had things played differently between Shauntal and me."

"Thanks for the comfort, WIFE!" Shauntal shouted and then Phoebe and Acerola entered the house. "There you are, glad to see you're safe."

"Yeah, I had to- Miss Cynthia?!" Phoebe shouted.

"Hi." She answered without much will and then looked at Acerola. "Uh, you're on of Ash's girlfriends, right?"

"Correct, I'm the fifth." Acerola answered.

"How can you say something like that so casually?" Cynthia asked. "Like, imagine how is it gonna be in 10 years: Why, yes, I'm Ash Ketchum's 99th girlfriend, how can I help you? Gosh." She sighed dropping herself in the couch.

"Oh, you also want to become Ash's girlfriend?" Acerola asked.

"Of couse not, Miss Cynthia values herself too much to join a harem." Phoebe answered.

"I don't know, I mean, I kinda want to." Cynthia replied.

"YOU WHAT?!" Phoebe shouted. "But you're a champion! You're Cynthia Shirona! One of the most powerful and influential people in the world! You have so much power that you could build a harem for yourself! Why would you lower yourself like that just for a man?!"

"I like him." Cynthia sighed again. "It doesn't get much simpler than that... true feelings is something hard to find for people like me... Acerola-"

"Yes, he love us all equally." She interupted Cynthia. "Yes, he's super caring, yes, he does his best to make us all happy, and yes, all of us get along, for his sake."

"... I'll go talk with him tomorrow." Cynthia smiled.

"This whole world has descended into madness!" Phoebe shouted.

"Live and let live, dear." Caitlin told her.

"Whatever, we should prepare ourselves in case that whatever happened to the other Ghost experts happens to us as well." Shauntal said.

"Pfft, we'll be fine." Acerola said.

"STICKY FINGERS!" A voice echoed and the giant zipper showed itself, opening into a portal that absorbed Shauntal, Acerola, Phoebe and Cynthia.

"...Well, that's not something you see everyday." Caitlin said with a yawn. "Oh, well, they're surely fine, time to sleep."

.

"Yet again, you take more people than we need." Froslass said.

"Just stop complaining." The Marshadow answered. "Is that everyone already?"

"As for trainers, yes, but we're still missing some of your students." Froslass answered.

"Then let's get going."

Back with Ash.

Just like they agreed, Ash spent the whole afternoon in the beach with the girls, some sunscreen, a few training and swimming, some boobs on his face, all alright, then the night came and since Acerola wasn't there, Mallow took the liberty of making all the dinner by herself, no matter how much Ash insited in helping her. Selene was still trying to find the right words to talk with Ash, so she decided to stay in the mansion at the moment and ash prepared her a room, while the girlfriends had another one of their private meetings and discussed the 'Sleep with Ash' situation, since their numbers kept increasing, they agreed to make a little lottery, only two of them will sleep with Ash per night from now own, at least to get some kind of privacy, and the winners of the first spin were Mallow and Lana, the following night would be Nessa and Bea, then Gloria and Peonia, and finally Skyla and Acerola, assuming the latter got back for that day, however, the girls made a rule, for the time being they couldn't initiate anything with Ash, BUT, if he 'succumbed to the temptations', well, it couldn't be helped. That was the deal. And Ash, like the good boyfriend he is, accepted the conditions.

"You can come in, Ash!" Mallow called him from inside his room and Ash entered, both girls were in their usual sleepwear, with Mallow in her pink short pajamas while Lana was wearing light blue onesie with bare shoulders, while Ash simply had blue shorts and a white shirt for sleepwear, he then sat in the edge of the bed, while Lana sat by his left while Mallow took his right.

"Well... I guess that now I should ask if you two want to do anything before we sleep." Ash said.

"And we do indeed." Lana smiled and put herself behind Mallow, the latter gave her a firm nod and Lana raised her pink pajama shirt to reveal Mallow's breasts, Ash stared at them for a brief moment and simply took a deep breath.

"I guess this is happening now." Ash said.

"Come on, what else did you expect?" Lana giggled fully taking off Mallow's shirt while her long-time friend simply blushed in silence due to the embarassment. "I've seen them a few times, so I thought you'd also want a peak. Skyla confessed to us what she did with you after all."

"Bea also told us something." Mallow giggled. "We, uh, we pressured her a bit during the last meeting and she bursted out."

"OK! FINE! HE BIT ME! REAL HARD! HE GROPED MY ASS AND LEGS AND SUCKED MY TITS AND I LOVED EVERY FRICKING SECOND OF ALL THAT!"

"So we thought that it shouldn't be a problem if we try to do something like that too..." Mallow continued. "Good thing we had our turn together."

"And well, we told you the rules, we shouldn't initiate anything with you." Lana smiled. "But I don't see the problem with giving oursleves a bit of attention. Right, Mallow?" Lana asked in her ear while starting to grope Mallow's breasts.

"Uh, y-yes, I mean- hmmm..." Mallow found herself unable to talk once Lana targeted her nipples.

"Ah, yes, your girlfriend told me her nipples are reeeeeally sensitive." Lana continued with the groping while staring at Ash. "Just look at these big jugs and tell you don't want to put them in your mouth."

"...Mallow, do you want me to-"

"Y-Yes, please do it!" She shouted and then covered her mouth in embarrassment, but also nodded. Ash nodded as well and got closer to the girls, he then took Mallow into a deep lip kiss while he started massaging her breasts along Lana, who then planted some kiss on Mallow's neck to keep stimulating her.

"W-W-Wait, g-guys, that's too much, too..." Mallow's word were lost into Ash's mouth as he went for a tongue kiss and she accepted it while taking a hold of his cheeks as Ash and Lana kept massaging her breasts.

"Heh, you two probably would have spent the night just sleeping if it wasn't for me." Lana smiled at the scene and took her hands off Mallow's breasts only to approach their mouths with her own to turn the thing into a three way kiss, with the two girls getting their tongues inside of Ash's mouth. "Yeah, this is what I meant the other day." She separated from them with a satisfied smile.

"This is so embarrassing." Mallow dropped herself in the bed. "But... it felt nice... Ash... I want you to suck them, is that okay?"

"Ah, sure!" Ash nodded surprised by her bluntness. "Just let me..." While Mallow still laid down in bed, Ash softly positioned himself above her and gave her left nipple a small lick. "You ready?"

"Y-Yes, but please, no biting." Mallow stuttered. "Bea might have liked it, but you heard Lana, I'm really sensitive there."

"Sure, I'll be careful." Ash smiled and gave her nipple a few more licks to then start to gently suck on it, earning some moans from Mallow who put both of her hands on his hair to make sure he wouldn't move from there. While the situation unfolded, Lana took off her entire pajama, showing her small breasts as well and staying only with blue panties, she then decided to join Ash and started sucking on Mallow's right breast.

"L-Lana!" Mallow exclaimed.

"Don't tell me you expected me to sit back and watch. I'd be lying if I said I haven't been wanting to do this for a while." Lana smiled to then give the nipple a soft bite.

"I-I said no biting!" Mallow exclaimed between moans.

"You taste so nice, Mallow." Lana told her. "Like hot salad water."

"Gosh, you're horrible at flirting." Mallow answered embarrassed and then looked at Ash, who was still focusing on her left nipple, sucking it with his eyes closed. Having those two down on her breasts gave her an undescribable feeling, she wanted this to happen with Ash and she knew Lana would be there, but having Lana, her bestest friend, sucking on her and swirling tongues a few minutes ago was a bit of a weird thought, she wasn't even sure if she could ever see Lana face to face again... meanwhile Lana was simply enjoying the whole thing without thinking too much about it.

"I-I'm really close guys." Mallow stuttered between whimpers. "I-I don't think that should happen in the bed."

"Well, I'm definitely not doing the cleaning." Lana giggled finally taking a break from Mallow's breasts, she then pulled out a bit of Ash's hair and he separated as well, both of them were now looking at the sweating, blushing and panting mess that Mallow had become. "Heh, imagine if Lillie was here too, that would have done it." She giggled again.

"Yeah, uh... you okay, Mallow?" Ash asked her.

"That felt so amazing..." She trailed off to then sit on bed. "Well, Lana, your turn."

"Eh, I dunno, I'm not as sensitive as you." Lana shrugged her shoulders.

"Well, you're really naked so it'd feel like a waste to not try." Ash got closer to Lana and started sucking on her left nipple while Mallow hugged her friend from behind and started planting kisses on her neck like she was doing to her earlier, with the added effect of having her breasts press on Lana's back.

"Yash, not a bad start." Lana smiled. "Happy to be the center of attention... my, look at you, Ash, sucking there like your life depends on it, hehe, so Acerola was right, you're a boob addict, even if it doesn't have to do with size."

"Just how long were you waiting for this happen?" Ash asked her, Lana then stuck out her tongue at him and took a hold of his face to take him into a lip kiss. Ash on the same started caressing her cheeks as Lana pushed her tongue inside his mouth again while Mallow began pinching Lana's nipples. "Nice, that's nice..." Lana trailed off between the kisses, which continued for roughly a minute. "Ash... shouldn't you at least take some clothes off?"

"Y-Yes, please." Mallow added. "We've been top naked for a while, while you still have everything on."

"Fine, I guess I haven't been fair." Ash said with a short laugh, Mallow and Lana shared a nod and changed positions, Mallow placed herself behind Ash and quickly pulled off his shirt, while Lana stayed in front of him and took off his shorts, leaving Ash with only a pair of blue boxers, Mallow then made him softly lay down on bed, letting Ash rest his head on her thighs while she stroked his hair, Lana then pretty much jumped on top of him and started to kiss him again.

"You've fallen into our trap..." Lana trailed off giving him one last lip kiss and then started to go down his body, starting by kissing his chin to then keep going to his neck and his chest, she then licked his nipples a bit to then plant a few kisses on his belly bottom, earning some pleasure grunts from Ash. "Your belly, your body temperature, you even got some abs already, yeah, I'm definitely enjoying this." Lana talked while Mallow simply kept stroking Ash's hair with one hand and groping her left breast with other, Lana then kept going down until she met with the not-so-small bulge on Ash's boxers.

"Well, now I totally understand why you need so many girlfriends." Lana giggled while looking at the bulge and gave it a short kiss. "There's no way this big guy will be satisfied with just one girl."

"L-Lana..." Ash tried to talk, but Mallow interrupted while placing his head between her thighs and squeezing them on him.

"Ssh...You should have stopped this before." Mallow smiled looking down on him. "Heh, you already sucked us both, so this is only fair."

"We'll have to apologize to the rest of the girls later." Lana said taking a hold of Ash's boxers. "Now let's see how happy to see us 'little Ash' is."

"You're seriously horrible at flirting." Mallow said, Lana simply stuck out her tongue again and tried to return to what she was about to do, but Ash's Rotom Phone suddenly ringed from inside of one the drawers and stopped the trio.

"That's not happening, I'm not hearing it." Lana tried to ignore the phone, but this started to ring louder. "God damn it, Ash! At least you could have put it in vibration!"

"Sorry, sorry." Ash apologized and the two girls let go off their grip so he could stand up and open the drawer to take the phone. "And it's Lillie." He said to them. "Ok, I'll be answering first, you two put back your clothes on for now."

"But I was so close!" Lana shouted.

"It's fine, we'll continue after the call." Mallow said putting on her pajamas again, while Lana sighed to then do the same and Ash then quickly put on his shirt again and accepted the video call.

"GUYS!" Lillie suddenly shouted. "Oh my gosh, I just heard everything about the invasion in the news, what in the world happened?! Are you okay?! Why didn't you call me?!"

"Uh, sorry Lillie, but don't worry, we're safe. The Ultra Guardians took care of everything." Ash answered. "We solved the situation just fine, it was tougher than usual, but luckily none of us was injured."

"Yes, I saw your fight against that Naganadel." Lillie added. "Glad you could handle it, how's our gang?"

"We're just fine." Lana said showing herself next to Ash to the camera along Mallow after they both changed themselves.

"There's nothing you have to worry about, Lillie." Mallow added. "How long will it take you to finally return here, uh?"

"Oh, right, the cruise had to back down a moment because of the invasion, but we're already back in our way, we should be there in 2 or 3 days." Lillie answered. "I'm sorry about... wait, what are you three doing together in the middle of the night?"

"We, uh, we're having a sleepover!" Lana exclaimed.

"Y-yeah, what she said." Mallow stuttered trying to not look down at Ash's boxers.

"I see, are Sophocles and Kiawe with you?" Lillie asked.

"Uh, no, Lillie, they couldn't make it." Ash said.

"That's fine, tell them that I'm glad they're safe too." Lillie answered to then sigh. "Ash, can you leave me alone with Mallow and Lana for a moment?"

"Sure thing." Ash nodded and gave Lana his Rotom Phone to then leave the room, letting the three girls talk in private.

"Tell me, girls, how's Ash?" Lillie asked.

"Well, he's doing fine, you know him." Mallow added.

"You know that's not what I mean, his, uh, his love situation, that is." Lillie said.

"Oh, that..." Mallow trailed off.

"Well, Ash does have plenty of prospects that are trying to get him, but don't worry, he's gonna be all ours." Lana said.

"I'm really sorry girls." Lillie said. "We could have been there already, but I was the one who insisted in continue the search for another week... all for nothing."

"Don't feel like that, Lillie." Mallow said. "Your father is somewhere out there and you have all the right to look for him!"

"Mallow's right, besides, we can hold Ash for a few days until you come back." Lana added. "We'll have our shared confession once you get here."

"Thank you, I know the three of us will be the best wives Ash could wish for and he's gonna be the best husband we can imagine, oh well, good night. Please take care of him until I'm there." Lillie smiled to then cut off the call.

"Take care..." Mallow trailed off.

"Fine Ash, let's keep going." Lana told him and he entered the room again.

"Is everything okay with Lillie?" He asked.

"She's fine, but, you know, she still thinks that it's just gonna be the three of us with you." Mallow sighed to then walk to the bed. "Sorry guys, I'm going to sleep."

"What?!" Lana exclaimed. "But you sai-"

"I know, and I want to keep going, but... now I can't stop thinking about Lillie." Mallow sighed again. "Of course there's the chance that she might join us, but what if she doesn't? I'd feel like I'm failing her, like I betrayed her trust... it was kinda like what Dawn and May said, I suppose they wanted to share Ash between them two because they were already friends, just like Lana, Lillie and me, we wanted Ash for the three of us because we were already friends."

"I guess you have a point." Lana admitted. "We knew it was going to be difficult, but if it was the three of us then we could have worked it out together, but now... we've getting along with the rest of your girls, Ash, but Lillie... she could even be repulsed by the whole thing, knowing we're sharing you with people we barely know."

"I want to tell her the truth, but I can't do it until she's here." Mallow continued. "When it happens, it has to be face to face."

"Don't you worry about that." Ash hugged them both. "I'll make sure to show Lillie this relationship is honest... if she was willing to share me with you two then I have hope that she'll accept this as well."

"it'd be honestly unfair to leave her behind." Lana said.

"If she rejects us... I don't even know if I could look ever find the courage to even talk with her again." Mallow said. "I... I just want us all to stay together... I love you guys, I love you all."

"Me too." Lana replied.

"I also love you..." Ash said. "And I... I love Lillie as well, I'll show her... we all have to show her, ok?" He asked and the two girls nodded.

"Fine, let's go to sleep." Mallow gave Ash one last lip kiss and then dropped herself in bed.

"Are you totally sure you don't want to continue?" Lana asked and received a snore from Mallow in response. "Eh, whatever." She gave Ash a lip kiss as well and laid on the opposite side of the bed, leaving Ash to the rest in the middle between the two. "This session isn't over, Ash Ketchum, you won't escape me next time."

"Well, I liked it, but you were definitely more straightforward that I expected." Ash replied.

"Oh please, you really didn't notice what I did while we were in the hot springs?" Lana asked.

"Uh, no, what did you do?" Ash asked.

"Heh, nevermind." She winked with a smile.

The next day.

"So you girls won't be coming?" Ash asked them as he prepared to leave the mansion to go to Poni Island and have his rematch with Hapu.

"Mom said she had an emergency and I'll have to stay with Harper and Sarah for today." Lana said.

"I would like to continue with Nia's swimming classes since we couldn't do any progress yesterday." Nessa said.

"She's forcing me with this, please save me." Peonia whispered.

"Gloria and I will take Skyla to buy some clothes to the mall." Selene said.

"Aha, I originally didn't intend to stay here in Alola, so I didn't bring anything to wear, good thing the girls had spare sleepwear... although Bea's shirt was a bit small... in the chest area."

"Of course." Bea rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, I'll get some clothes for myself." Skyla continued. "I also should make a call to the airport and explain what happened to my plane."

"Uh, we hope that doesn't bother you." Gloria said while Ash let out a laugh.

"Bother me? Please, you may all be my girlfriends, but that doesn't mean that everything you do has to revolve around me, you're still your own people, I'll see you all at the end of the day, okay?" Ash told them and they all nodded. Lana, Skyla, Gloria, Nessa and Peonia then gave him a lips kiss each while Selene looked at the scene rather embarrassed.

"Ah, yes, I can just imagine when there will be 20 of them, all of them in line to take a turn." Selene said while leaving onward the mall along Skyla and Gloria, while Nessa dragged Peonia to the ocean and Lana left to her house.

"Well, looks like just Mallow and me will be going with you." Bea told Ash.

"Fine then, let's get going." Mallow added taking one of Ash's hands while Bea did the same and they the three went to take a ship to Poni island.

Meanwhile in Blackthorn City, Johto.

"I CAN'T STAND THIS ANYMORE, JASMINE!" Clair shouted. "If Lance tries to bring another one of his 'men' for me, I swear I'll go nuts!"

"Calm down, Clair, I seriously feel like Lance just wants the best for you." Jasmine answered.

"But he's driving me crazy!" Clair shouted again. "He just won't stop with that topic, the other day he brought this guy Drake, who's like 3 times my age! What the hell?!"

"Maybe you could just find someone yourself, that could stop Lance flat."

"I've been trying, okay?! But it's not as easy as you think!" Clair then tried to calm herself down and let out a huge sigh. "But speaking of that, how's your deal with Ash?"

"Oh, well, I called him the other day after seeing all that chaos of the invasion just to make sure he was okay." Jasmine answered. "Luckily, he was, and he also told me that he has something important to tell me next time we met in person, so I hope it's the answer I'm expecting."

"My, you're really lucky with that kid." Clair said. "I also wanted to call him to check on him, but I don't want him to get the wrong idea, because I don't like him."

"Clair, the more you deny it, the more obvious it gets." Jasmine giggled while her friend tried not to blush.

"Nevermind that! Why don't we change the topic of the conversation, eh?"

"Hmm, well, since we were talking about Ash... Clair, do you happen to know where Whitney is right now?"

"I think so, she made a trip to the Kanto region and yesterday she told she was going to make a stop in Ecutreak to meet with Morty." Clair explained.

"Kanto... listen, Whitney's obsession with Ash is starting to worry me." Jasmine said.

"Because you aren't obsessed with him too, right?" Clair asked.

"I think it should be easy to understand the difference between with our feelings. Yes, I love Ash, but there's no way I'd force him into anything he doesn't want, Whitney on the other side... The things she seems willing to do just for that love are scary sometimes, I wanted to warn Ash about it, but he's in the region that crowned him as champion and I don't want to ruin the great moments he must be living, besides, if he starts seeing Whitney as a threat, that could only worsen her reactions towards him."

"Hmmp, good thing I'm the only one of this group who doesn't like Ash." Clair said. "Because you girls would be lost if our whole trio was like that."

"Sure..." Jasmine scoffed with a smile. "I just hope Whitney understands the error in her ways soon."

Meanwhile with Whitney and Morty.

"GOD FUCKING damnit MORTY, where the FUCK are we!?" Whitney shouted.

"I'm not totally sure, that giant zipper ate us and well..." Morty interrupted himself with a chuckle. "But this place looks somewhat similar to me."

"Who cares?! What did you do to take us here?!" Whitney continued.

"Hey, this isn't my fault." Morty answered.

"Where the hell is my phone?!" Whitney shouted.

"That doesn't seem like the most pressing concern at this moment." Morty said.

"Oh, really? You don't think this would be a good moment to make a phone call, or text somebody, or change your status to stuck in a freaking shadow void with a stupid wizard who won't help his friend?!"

"For the last time, Whitney, I don't know how to cast a love curse." Morty said. "And even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you how to do it!"

"Yes, you know how to do it!" Whitney exclaimed. "Cause there's no way Eusine would be dating an idiot like you if it wasn't thanks to a curse!"

"That's it, talk to the hand." Morty said.

"I don't want to talk to the hand, because I'm seeing you!" Whitney shouted.

"Maybe you two could shut up then." Giratina said appearing before them.

"Sorry, but I'm having a discussion, you giant Caterpie!" Whitney exclaimed.

"W-Whitney, that's-"

"My name is Giratina." He interrupted them. "This is the Distortion World, I am the king of this domain."

"Your last name is Tina?" Whitney asked.

"Excuse us, lord Giratina." Morty said taking a bow. "But why have you brought us here?"

"You have been invited to the Ghost Type Strongest Battle, Morty Mortimer... and your friend who I don't care about is here too, so I suppose she can also join, I don't really care."

"Hey!"

"But what you need to know for now is that the only way to return to your world is participating, so prepare yourselves."

Back with Ash.

"Well, that was faster than I expected." Bea said once they made it to Seafolk Village.

"Now we just have to make our way to Poni Breaker Coast and meet with Hapu." Mallow said while Ash's Pikachu jumped to her arms while staring at Bea.

"Yes, it's a straight path to the east, shouldn't be hard." Ash began to guide the two girls near the coast, but after a few seconds of walking, a whirlpool suddenly appeared in front of them and Tapu Fini revealed herself to the trio. "Huh, maybe it will be a bit."

"Nice to see you, Tapu Fini." Mallow told her with a smile and the legend then looked at Bea.

"Uh, i-it's an honor." Bea took a short bow, but Tapu Fini suddenly raised her in the air with her powers and started to fly way taking Bea with her. "Hey, wait, where are we going?!" She shouted.

"Bea!" Ash shouted.

"Ash, wait a second." Mallow stopped him. "If Tapu Fini took her it must have been for a good reason, you remember what happened that time, right? D-Does Bea have anyone... you know?"

"Her... her mother." Ash answered. "She died when Bea was young."

"That must be it, Tapu Fini wants Bea to reencounter with her!" Mallow exclaimed.

"Maybe, but now I'm worried about what could happen when Bea meets her." Ash said.

"Listen, we can follow them just to make sure she's okay, but whatever happens when she meets her it'll be up to her." Mallow said.

"...Fine, let's go after them." Ash and Mallow began to chase after Tapu Fini, but the Legenday created a blue mist to distract them and Ash and Mallow ended up separating from each other without noticing.

"Hey, you! Put me down!" Bea shouted and Tapu Fini did so. "Uh, thanks... what's the matter?"

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Saito." Tapu Fini finally talked as she floated in front of Bea. "Sorry about the abrupt introduction, but you don't have to be afraid, tell me, do you know who I am?"

"Yes, you're Tapu Fini, one of the guardian deities of this region, Ash told me about you and your brothers." Bea answered.

"If that's the case, do you know about my powers?"

"Well, if I remember correctly you can control the ocean currents." Bea said. "You also create strange mists and... one of them lets people reunite with their loved ones who had passed away."

"That is correct, the living belong to the living and the dead belong with the dead, that's what people say, but I like to give the one who passed a bit of... freedom... I'll help you reencounter with your mother."

"W-Wait, what?!" Bea shouted.

"Yes, as the main spouse of the chosen one I have decided to reward you, this is a way of thanking you after how you've helped Ash since you met." Tapu Fini continued. "...Though this was also a request from her... Now get ready."

"Wait, wait, I'm not ready for something like that!" Bea exclaimed, but Tapu Fini closed herself in her shell and a white mist started to surround the place. "N-No, stop it!" Bea covered her eyes and sat on the ground.

"Saito..." A soft voice called her and she felt a hand touching her shoulder.

"No! I don't wan't to do this!" Bea shouted as she started to run away.

Meanwhile with Ash.

"...Mr. Miles?"

"Ah, at least you remember me."

While searching for Bea, Pikachu and Mallow, Ash got deeper into the fog, finding none other than Skyla's grandfather, or, well, his spirit.

"Wait, wait, wait, why am I seeing you?" Ash asked. "I mean, Skyla told me you died, but I thought this fog only made people meet with their loved ones."

"Eh, it's more complicated than that." Miles said. "You're Skyla's boyfriend now, so we're kinda family, you can call me grandfather-in-law, it was actually not going to be me the one to meet with you, but Sir Aaron is a bit too busy in the afterlife.

"SIR AARON?!" Ash shouted.

"Point is, Tapu Fini asked me to talk a bit with you." Miles continued. "She doesn't want you to distract Saito from reencountering with her mother."

"I... I understand that." Ash said. "I suppose that's something that Bea has to do in her own, right? ...Also, sorry that you died and all that. This is a little awkward actually."

"Don't think too much about it. You heard Skyla. Nobody dare to cry, let him laugh in silence..." Miles answered. "Now, I suppose you can imagine what I'd like to talk with you about."

"You know that Skyla is only one of my eight girlfriends, right?" Ash asked.

"Yup, so I have on thing to ask, boy, are your feelings for her truly genuine?"

"Yes, they are." Ash firmly answered. "A lot of people have asked me things like that recently regarding the girls and just... just who made the rules saying that you can't love more than one people from the bottom of your heart?! ...But... even then, I don't think it should be me who decides whether the love I give to my girlfriends is genuine or not, is up to them to decide, at least so far they have reciprocated my love and they tell me they're happy, and if they ever feel like I'm doing enough they know that they have the right to tell me."

"They trust you." Miles smiled. "That's all that really matters... So you really love Skyla... and all the other girls, heh, I guess it can't be helped, you teo have my blessing of course."

"... Thank you, Miles."

"Oh, man, I was gonna go all 'I'll curse you to death if you don't bring her happiness', but I guess I don't have to do that."

"You can be sure I'll do eveything I can to bring Skyla happiness." Ash replied.

"...I suppose you will, I've been watching over her since her parents died when she was just 10, Skyla has been chased by countless numbers of guys, but seeing a guy as sincere as you? Definitely a first for me, heh, I knew something was up to you that day you arrived in Mistralton... when I noticed I was dead, my only regret was leaving Skyla alone... I feel at ease now... please take care of her, all of them, and of yourself too."

"You can count on it, Miles. And thank you for taking care of Skyla for so long too."

"Now that you'll be the one who takes care of her... please don't tell her you met with me here."

"Whatever happened to Volo pro veritas?" Ash asked.

"Ash... you just don't understand how hard it was for her when I died." Miles sighed. "I'm so happy to see her smiling again, knowing she moved on, I can't imagine how hard it'd be for her to see me like this and then having to say goodbye a second time... you get all that."

"Of course I do, Mr. Miles." Ash nodded and the man then started to vanish.

"Guess I'm going back, just follow your heart, son... Volo pro veritas." He made a salute to Ash and then completely disappeared.

"...Volo pro veritas." Ash whispered saluting him as well. "...Bea's mother, if you can hear me... please, go easy on her... she has been through too much."

Back with Bea, she simply kept running, still with her eyes closed and ended up bumping into Mallow, but Bea still didn't open her eyes and started throwing punches to the air.

"Bea, calm down, it's me!" Mallow exclaimed whiel trying to avoid being it and causing Pikachu to fall off her arms.

"M-Mallow..." Bea stuttered as she calmed down, still finding herself unable of opening her eyes and falling knelt to the ground again. "Mallow, y-you have to take me out of here."

"...I suppose Tapu Fini explained you." Mallow said sitting next to her while trying to clean her tears. "Ash told me that your mother passed away, don't you want to see her again?"

"I-I can't, not with all that has happened." Bea answered.

"Bea... how was your mother?" Mallow asked.

"S-She was the most sweet and caring person to ever exist." Bea replied in tears. "She was always protecting me, she loved until her very last day... I... She'd be so disappointed with me."

"Why would she? Because of our relationship with Ash?" Mallow asked.

"That's only the tip of the iceberg..." Bea clenched her fists. "Mallow, I... I escaped from my home."

"You did?" Mallow asked surprised.

"It's been two months, I was trained for my whole life to be something that I didn't want to be... I eventually found the courage to run away and try to start over, that's when I met Ash... at first I didn't tell him, but now he knows everything and I... I asked him to not tell any of you about that, at least not for the time being."

"If your Mom was as good as you said, and if she loved you as much as you said, then there's no way she'd hate you for running away to be the person you wanted to be." Mallow added with a smile. "I'm sure she'll proud!"

"Y-You think?"

"I do, but... there's only way to know for sure... you have to give it a try."

Bea took a deep breath as she cleaned her tears and finally opened her eyes, Mallow then gave her a big hug and helped her stand up. "I understand how you're feeling, the first time I was here I was also scared to see my mother again, but... it was such a wonderful experience... though I guess I can't say I understand the reasons why you did what you did."

"...I'll tell you and the girls the whole story when we get back, I promise." Bea said while they both stood up. "For now... let's do this."

"Ok, then we should..." Mallow was about to suggest something, but she stopped talking once she saw a spirit that was approaching them. "Bea, is that her?" Mallow asked and Bea hesitated before turning around, but she still did so.

"...Mom?" Bea trailed off looking at her, fair skin, long black hair and wearing a fully white yukata, with the same grey eyes that Bea had.

"My dear Saito... sorry if I scared you." She talked with a smile. "It surely has been a while."

"Saito?" Mallow looked at Bea who was doing her best to hold her tears, while Mallow could only see herself refelected in Bea.

"That's... p-p-part of what I have to tell you and the girls." Bea replied.

"Bea... I'll leave you alone with her, okay?" Mallow asked and Bea nodded. "Great... wait, where did Pikachu go? ...Uh, nevermind, I'll try to find Ash and him to tell them you're okay, Ash is especially worried." Mallow looked at the women again and gave Bea another hug to then run out of the scene.

"Saito..." The woman gave a step forward, but Bea backed down a little. "...Tell me, dear, what troubles you?"

"M-Mom..." Bea stuttered as tears started to flow off her eyes again. "This... is this really you or is it some weird hallucination messing with my mind?"

"I can assure you, this is the real me..." She said. "But this must be so bizarre to you, you haven't seen me in years... You must feel like you're talking to an stranger."

"Maybe... but I remember enough." Bea answered with a smile as she started appoaching the woman. "I know you loved me, you're my mother and that's never going to change."

"Can I-" Shirai opened her arms and Bea suddenly caught her in a hug as she let the tears flow out. "Saito..." The mother hugged her as well as she softly stroked Bea's hair. "I've waited this for such a long time, you must have some many questions... you still wear the hairband I gave you."

"It has never left my side." Bea answered. "But, yes, I do have questions... this hairband, to begin with."

"I'll tell you all you need to know, your aunt Kyoko is an expert in magic and the like." She started to explain. "After my diagnosis came by and we learned that there was nothing we could do, I found out about this special enchantment and I asked her to do it, I couldn't leave you alone with Habe, we needed someone to look after you... a fragment of my soul was transferred to that hairband, which on its own transferred it both to you and to the Pokemon who'd be your partner after I was gone."

"So Cinderace-"

"Your Cinderace already met with Kyoko, she explained her the whole thing as well." Shirai interrupted. "She's more or less a manifestation of my feelings and consciousness, but she also got her own personality as well, she was destined to meet with you. I'm so glad things turned out fine."

"I see... but that time we were fighting against my father, Cinderace started acting weird for a moment."

"That was me." Shirai nodded.

"You?"

"As you noticed, I'm a ghost, there's not much I can do from here, but thanks to that enchantment, in that moment of so much pressure, I could briefly go down and lend you all a hand."

"What? ...S-Saito..." Cinderace cried a little as she looked at the girl, placing a paw on her cheek. "It's good to see you...Y-You're all grown up, H-How are you?"

"Cinderace?"

"N-No, sorry... I just..." The rabbit gave her a warm smile. "I just want you to know that... I've always loved you and I've always been proud of you... It makes me really happy to see the person you've become..." Cinderace suddenly passed out for a moment, and once she returned to herself her eyes were back to normal. "Uh..."

"But that was all I could do..."

"Wow, that's... that's a lot, I... at least Cinderace will be happy to know I got to meet with you."

"Ah, yes, I'd also like to talk with her... I owe her a lot, she was the mother I could never be to you." Shirai answered. "But that's enough about me, how have you been?"

"Well, if you were there during that fight, then I suppose you know I escaped form home." Bea said. "I've never been so happy, I've seen so many things, visited so many places, met so many people... even a person who truly loves me."

"That's amazing, I'm so glad you built up the courage to try and be the person you wanted to be... and who was that girl that was with you?"

"Oh, well, that was Mallow, she... she's one of the girls I'm sharing my boyfriend with." Bea admitted with a nervous smile.

"I see..." Shirai trailed off.

"I-I know what you're gonna say-"

"No, you don't." She interrupted. "Listen, if you're really okay with that, then you must really love your boyfriend, and he must love you too, right?"

"Y-Yes." Bea nodded.

"Well, if I had to choose between being the only wife of a man who doesn't love me and being part of a harem for a man that does love me with all his heart, the choice is obvious." She said. "But that gives me an idea... I want you to tell me how this travel of you has been."

"Uh, well, don't you watch over me and all that?" Bea asked.

"I do, but it's not as easy as people think, I can't always be there, besides, I'd like to know your perspective on all that. Please, tell me everything that has happened since you left Stow-on-Side."

"Everything? My, that's such a long story."

"And fortunely, we have time."

"...Well, let's begin... it all started the day I finally decided to leave."

...

First off, Cinderace helped me escape the stadium along Quilladin and Hitmontop, and from what Ash told me, that exact same day was when he received an invitation from Chairman Rose to come to Galar.

...

I managed to survive my first night outside, I caught a Rufflet that stole my hairband and then Genta found me, but he helped me with the escape.

...

Ash arrived to Galar the next day, in Hulbury, he found a Riolu and Miss Oleana introduced him to the Gym challenge, that day he also met with Nessa, who'd end up becoming his second girlfriend.

...

We met the following day, I was going to Turffield, but I ended up in Hulbury instead, I was practicing Dynamax with Cinderace in the stadium, Ash didn't know what that was back then, he went to ask but... he surprised me and I kinda tossed him to the floor, but I apologized of course, it was an interesting meeting... that was the moment I came up with 'Bea', I didn't want to trust my real identity to an stranger, I wasn't sure if I could trust him.

...

Then we had our first date, I felt guilty about that throw so I asked him out, by accident, but I decided to play along, he saw right through me though, he knew I didn't want to have that date, but the more we talked, the more we both enjoyed the whole thing, then a Zigzagoon stole my backpack and we ended up fighting an Obstagoon together, he's got some moves, I... I couldn't believe someone would risk his life for a person that he just met, but that's how Ash is... that was the point when I started to trust him more, I also explained him the deal with Cinderace and my hairband and he believed it, he was the first person to ever do so...

...

I challenged him to a battle, 3 on 3, we had it the next day, his Riolu beat my Rufflet, his Oshawott beat my Hitmontop, and then Cinderace beat down those two, but she was still defeated by Ash's Pikachu... he asked me if I wanted to travel with him, but at first I declined, I was... scared... but I didn't want to be apart from him, I found him and I pretty much plead to him to let me be his traveling companion, of course, he accepted, and that was when the madness truly begun.

...

Our fist day of travel was calm actually, we went to sleep pretty much without any issue while our Pokemon shared some stories, I wonder what those could have been.

...

The next day, I stumbled upon a talking Meowth, I thought it was something with the hairband, but it turns out he was actually speaking fluid english, he was part of a group of Pokemon thieves called Team Rocket, they kidnapped Ash and his Pikachu with a giant Robot, but my Pokemon and I saved them and we ended up in Turffield.

...

We met with Milo, the Gym Leader of that city, and Ash challenged him to a battle, while we were in the center we met an old friend of Ash named Cilan and his girlfriend Burgundy, then I gifted Ash his uniform and I... I saw him while he was changing, b-but it was only his back, Ash had his battle with Milo and his Pikachu Gigantamaxed in the first try, and Ash also brought some of the Pokemon he caught in other regions, Snivy and Leavanny, Ash won the battle, but while he was leaving the stadium, he met with Nessa and she dragged us all to Hulbury, we also met with Valerie, a friend of Nessa and Gym Leader from Kalos.

...

I was really... aggresive towards Nessa, I don't know, the way she always acted with Ash annoyed me, they had their battle, Ash won again, she kissed her cheek, I tried to... punch her, but Cinderace stopped me and we left.

...

While we were leaving Hulbury we met with Gloria, she's a great girl, she's a fan of Ash and she went all the way from Postwick to challenge him, they battled and Gloria's Drizzile had plenty of counters for Pikachu, but Ash still won, and then thanks to Gloria I found out about all the amazing things that Ash had done, now that's when the problems started, a part of my Bea facade was that I was actually from Postwick, Gloria is actually from there and her brother asked her to go back, Ash wanted to accompany her since he wanted to know my 'hometown', so I had no choice but to agree. And Cinderace started to push me tot ell Ash the truth, but I didn't want to, I thought Ash wouldn't forgive me for lying to him...

...

The train arrived in Wedgehurst the next morning and we met Gloria's older brother, Victor, and a friend of them, Professor Sonia, then we went to Postwick by foot and there we met with another friend of them, Hop, who's also the younger brother of the Galar Champion, Leon, who also was there and challenged Ash to a battle, altough Leon stopped the battle before it could end... then Hop and Gloria had a battle themselves to kinda make up for it and Gloria won, then a Rookidee that we met in the train came to us again and challenged Ash to a battle, but it was just a distraction, while they were fighting, another Rookidee came from above and stole my hairband so we followed it.

...

Turns out the Rookidee were working for the Legendary Pokemon Zacian and Zamazenta who were going to bless us as their heroes, at first Ash didn't want to, but Zamazenta managed to conviced him and he also gave him the Rookidee form earlier, as for Zacian and me, well, she was the one who didn't want to bless me, she knew I was lying to Ash, so I decided to fight her directly in order to prove myself to her... she totally crushed me, but I guess my determination was enough to impress her and she blessed me anyway, I was really injured so she made my injuries heal, but I was still unconcious for a few days, Ash was there... he spent all that time next to me and when I woke up, he hugged me... it was so warm, I guess that was the moment when I really fell for him, then we continued our journey to Motostoke with Gloria and Victor joining us.

...

On our way to Motostoke we met with this girl called Marnie, another friend of Gloria and Victor, who Victor was in love with and viceversa, Marnie also had a bunch of fans following her called Team Yell, on the same, Marnie was traveling with a girl called Roxie, a Gym Leader from Unova who Ash previously met on his journey there, Ash and her had a short rematch, Ash won, Roxie did a song for us and then Marnie told us the Gym Leader of Motostoke had gone to a nearby mine after their battle so we went there to look for him, we also met 'Scottish Gloria' and Marnie kissed Victor, later is when we found Bede, a trainer endorsed by Chairman Rose, who challenged Ash to a battle, Ash totally decimated him and then we met with Kabu and his niece Flannery.

...

Flannery is also a Gym Leader, from Lavaridge in Hoenn, Ash had also challenged her before and won, Kabu's condition to fight with Ash, was for him to have another battle with Flannery and Ash won again, then he fought Kabu and also won, then we met with Milo and Nessa again, she tried to take Ash away, but I challenged her to a battle.

...

Nessa and I had our battle and I won, but she still asked Ash out and he left with her, they made a photo session together, they shared some ice creams and Ash... I guess that was when he fell for her, meanwhile Gloria and Roxie where dealing with Marnie and Victor's relationship. I asked Ash for a date and he accepted, but he said he was tired so we left it for the next day.

...

The next morning, Ash had some nightmares, he said they felt way too real, he looked so scared, he even wanted me to leave him because he thought the things from those nightmares could happen for real, I did my best to confort him... I even kissed his forehead, hehe, the situation with Marnie and Victor continued, her brother and him were going to have a battle and Victor asked Ash for help, Ash gave him the exact move he needed as well as a little tip that helped him the fight, and Marnie and Victor ended up as a couple, Gloria then helped me prepare for my date, Ash and I skated a bit, we went to another cafe and then some thieves tried to take the whole place hostage, they recognized Ash was champion and tried to get to him, but I defended him, then their Pokemon tried to attack me and Ash summoned a giant shield, something that came with the blessing of Zamazenta, then Ash told us he'd be going to Sinnoh to see his friend May paticipate in the World Contest, Victor and Gloria decided to stay in Galar with Marnie and Roxie, while Ash and I ended up tagging along with Flannery and the three of us went to Sinnoh, I also breifly met with Dawn, another friend of Ash.

...

We arrived in the Sinnoh Region the next day, in Canalave, where we met with the Gym leaders Roark and Byron, Ash also brought his Infernape for the travel, having asked him to bring a half-ribbon that he shares with May, then we heard a huge explosion in a nearby island, so we went there, it was iron Island, there we met with a researcher called Lucas and his girlfriend Mars, who used to be part of an evil organization that Ash dismantled called Team Galactic... and speaking of that, Mars kind of reminded me of me, at first she was hiding her past from Lucas, but she told him everything in the end, the cause of that explosion was a Legendary Pokemon called Registeel, Lucas told us something had been infecting said Pokemon along its family, we all went deeper in the island and found someone called Riley, whose Lucario was father of Ash's Riolu, also during the whole fight a shadowy Pokemon appeared to help us and my Cinderace fell in love with Ash's infernape, Lucas then caught Registeel and left, Ash and Riley fought with Lucario and Riolu, Riolu evolved during the battle, but he still lost and I... I gave him a little talk, he also reminded me of me, with a father whose expectations he couldn't meet... and while that was happening, Flannery confessed to Ash, whatever, the next day we found a Pokedex laying in the road, Ash's pikachu recognized and he followed the scent to an old mansion.

...

So, we enter the mansion, but then we meet with the shadow from Iron Island and a giant zipper appears beneath us and shallow us to the basement, then other tree zippers appear and separates us and our Pokemon in the three groups, first there was me and Ash's Pikachu, then there was Infernape and Cinderace and lastly Ash and Flannery, each group had to find an specific book and then fight against a Ghost Type, all of that while following instructions of some Mr. marsh, who then revealed himself to be a Marshadow, then we finally meet Dawn and the shadow from earlier turns out to be a Gallade that wanted to come with me, I accepted and then we had a battle with Ash's Rookidee, who evolved and beat us, but Gallade still went with me, Dawn then tagged along with the group and Ash recieved a message from a Gym leader named Maylene, asking him to pay her a visit in Veilstone, we go there, we meet with Maylene and the first thing she does is punch Ash in the stomach, saying he stole her girl.

...

Maylene finally calms down and give us some explanations, her best friend Candice, who she was going to confess to, fell in love with Ash, and Maylene blamed him for it, then Candice shows up so Maylene she challengees Ash to a battle to show her who was the strongest, but Ash still won, Maylene was still super angry, she thought Dawn, Flannery and me were all sharing Ash... heh... she also thought Ash wanted to turn Candice into 'one of us', Maylene was scared to confess too, she didn't want to ruin her relationship with Candice, then we all went to Maylene's house and we turned on the TV to see a show of Candice's favorite singer, which was none other than Roxie, Maylene had send her a card asking to help with her confession and Roxie turned it into a whole song with her answer and it was just what Maylene and Candice needed to end up being couple, the situation resolved, Infernape and Cinderace had a battle, and we went to visit someone named Paul, who was a rival of Ash during his trip in Sinnoh, altough he wasn't there we met with his brother Reggie, who gave Ash Paul's number so he could call him, and Paul told him that he was also taking the Gym Challenge in Galar, after the talk, a Mega-Lopunny appeared in the backyard of the house and started attacking the Pokemon there, I tossed a Poke ball to it and she was absorbed, meaning that the Lopunny was wild, but she still escaped... the next day Ash recieved a call from Lucas, telling us that the lab where he works in Sandgem Town was being attacked by Team Galactic, we went there, but it was already late, Team Galactic took the Poke Balls that contained the regis and kidnapped Lucas as well.

...

In Sandgem we met an Interpol agent called Looker, he explained us that Team Galactic was reforming and how the previous second-in-command, Saturn, was now leading the whole thing alongside a scientist named Charon, Mars then told us that Team Galactic had an incomplete base in Sunyshore City so we went there in hope of finding something, but Dawn stayed in Sandgem, since the place was close to her hometown she was worried about her mother, back in Sunyshore Looker and Mars went their own way and I had a discussion with Ash, the whole situation with Mars got me thinking a lot about my past, wondering if mine could catch up to me as well, on top of that, Sunyshore is a beachy place and that got me thiking about you... about how you were always saying you'd take me to a beach... and Ash noticed I was acting weird, I told him that I just wanted to be alone, but... in the end, that wasn't what I really wanted, I ran to him, I hugged him as tight as I could and I kissed him... on his cheek, heh, we later met with Gym leader Volkner and Elite Four Flint, who took us with Jasmine, a Gym leader from Johto, after some more introductions and battles, Mars called us and we all went to the place where the abandoned base would be, Ash went underground along Looker, Mars and Volkner, but it was a trap set by Saturn and a Regirock created an earthquake to trap them, luckily, Volkner's Electrive took them out with Teleport and Volkner had a device that he used to track Saturn, who was in Sendoff Spring, we went there along Jasmine and Volkner; and there was this big ray shooting at the skies.

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Once we landed, we were surprised by some Grunts, Jasmine, Looker and Volkner stayed behind to distract them, while Ash, Flannery, Mars and I kept going, Ash went directly to the lake to fight saturn, while the girls and I started to look for an entrace to the new Headquarters of Team Galactic, we found the underground building, we took Lucas out and fought against Charon and some grunts, meanwhile Ash beat down most of Saturn's Pokemon, but he still was using the Regis and that ray created a portal, then Cyrus, the original leader of Team Galactic came out of it, he had been trapped in a place called the Distortion World for years and Saturn thought he'd help him, but Cyrus shut down the machine and helped Ash instead, apparently Cyrus had realized his plan was a mistake, then a pokemon called Hoopa appeared to help Ash, bringing with him two more Regis, Regieleki and Regidrago, once all of Saturn's side was beaten he... he self-destructed the machine that created the portal and he was too close, he died right there... luckily, Ash and co. weren't harmed, meanwhile with us, we also defeated Charon, but he activated a self-destruct sequence for the whole building and escaped, and while we were escaping too, I ended up falling in a sinkhole, but I told the rest to keep going, they made it to surface and Flannery told Ash about what happened, of course, he ran down to help me, I was already out of the sinkhole, but still... then a huge earthquake happened and a bunch of falling rocks were going to fall over our heads...

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And Ash summoned that giant shield again and saved us, but the entrance was still blocked by rocks, I tried to make our way out with my own fists... it didn't work, then my sword finally appeared, but it didn't work either, my heart wasn't in the right place, I passed out and Ash tried to protect me again, even after his shield disappeared he was willing to protect me with his own body, then my Quilladin evolved into Chesnaught and he took us out. Cyrus was arrested, he gave his Weavile to Ash, I had a talk with Mars and Ash and I kinda slept together in the aftermath...

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So, next day I wake up and I find Flannery sleeping on Ash's lap, then Dawn and Jasmine come in, Ash hugs Jasmine while he's still sleeping, Dawn wakes him up and Jasmine asks him to have a battle with her before May's contest, while Ash is preparing Dawn had the... ehem, the idea of making Flannery and me dress as Cheerleaders for Ash, we weren't totally sure of the idea, but we accepted it anyway, before the contest we also helped Ash choose some clothes to wear and Ash... he accidentally saw Jasmine in underwear but that's another story, whatever, they had their battle, we did the cheerleading, Ash won then we went with his friend May and she... slapped him, she really wasn't happy, apparently she wanted him to come on his own and she thought Ash only was there because Flannery told him to, that fight made her lose focus and she screwed up during the first round and then ran away.

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We started looking for May, Ash was the one who found her, May then told him that she tossed away her half of the ribbon they shared, she was feeling real guilty about it, but Ash helped her feel better and she eventually understood her expectations were a bit high, May apologized with everyone and she explained us that the second round had to be with a couple and she asked Ash to do it with her, of course he accepted it, Ash and her practiced, a pair of Zigzagoon found their ribbon and gave it back to them, May and Ash caught them and then they had a dance and song together and defeated Lisia in the second round, now May had to do the third around against Lisia alone in a direct Pokemon battle, but Ash let her burrow her Sceptile and May managed to win, becoming the World Contest champion... Ash and I then said our goodbyes to everyone and parted back to Galar, once again, it was just Ash and me.

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Okay, so we were in a cruise back to Galar, fine? I invited Ash to the pool, he saw me in a bikini, I saw him in just trunks, we, uh... I accidentally... I pushed him to the water, then some guys tried to harass me, but Ash told them he was my boyfriend and they left, then I sang in a Karaoke for him, we arrived in Hulbury and Nessa... she invited me for a 'Girl's day out', while Ash went to her mansion to help Valerie, since she was feeling down.

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So while Ash was helping Valerie, I spent the day with Nessa, we saw a bit of Hulbury, she taught me how to fish and we stumbled upon this Froakie that escaped her, then we saw a Lapras and she called her Drednaw for me to ride on it while she swam to it, while we there she told her Pokemon to drop me and I fell on the water, I was really mad, but... well, she apologized, we agreed to be friendly rivals, she also gifted me a Clobbopuss which I caught without noticing, while Ash managed to cheer Valerie up and... well, stop her from offing herself. And Ash kissed Nesssa... that's when thing get real complicated. We also had received a short call from Zacian and Zamazenta, they asked us to go to the Crown Tundra to find another Legendary Pokemon called Calyrex and while we were talking about that we met with Peonia.

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She offered herself to guide us in the Tundra and while we were on the train... I confessed to Ash, he told me that he kissed Nessa and I got super jealous, he saw right through me again and then... he simply left me there, Ash had been thinking about all the girls that had confessed to him and it seems like adding me to the picture really confused him, and because of that he started acting cold with me and was trying to ignore me... we then met with Peonia's father, Peony, and learned they were related to the Chairman Rose, Peony explained us that they were having problems with the Galarian Birds, Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno were attacking the Tundra, and Peony said he'd give us information about Calyrex if we kicked the birds out so we went after them, Ash's Infernape defeated Moltres, my Chesnaught defeated Zapdos, but the birds escaped and Peony confessed he didn't really know anything about Calyrex, that's when we meet with Quillon and Danika.

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Those two are Chasers and they investigate Legendary Pokemon, they told us where to find Calyrex and we did so, Ash and I had heart to heart talk on the way there, but when we found Calyrex he said that he didn't want to have anything to do with the whole situation, then Articuno ambushed and took a dark silver feather that Calyrex was hiding, the feather belonged to Shadow Lugia, an evil Pokemon that terrorized the Tundra long ago, the three birds used the power of that feather to fuse, but Calyrex showed up, he gave Ash and me two seeds which we used to find his steeds, Glastier and Spectrier, while he gave Peonia some flowers that she used to recreate the Reins of Unity, and Calyrex used them all with a chariot and defeated the fusion, the birds then accepted him as their master and we gave him a message from Zacian and Zamazenta, so we returned to Peonia's house and we met with Oleana and Chairman Rose, who told us Peonia was training to become a Gym leader and her last test would be to face Ash in a battle.

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Still, Peonia's request was for Ash to use a fossil in battle, but he didn't have one, so we had to go and dig it, but first Ash's Dewott had a battle with a Mythical Pokemon called Keldeo, we also met with Sonia again, back to the fossils, I got a Cranidos, but the one in charge of fossil reconstruction was... a little crazy, she ended up mixing two broken fossils and it turned into a new Pokemon, Dracovish, which started to rampage around, but Ash found the way to calm him down, turns out it just wanted water since it couldn't breathe and Sonia had a device that helped him stay out of the water, Ash and Nia had their battle and even thought Ash won, she was approved to become Gym Leader, then Rose invited Ash to have a private talk in his tower in Wyndon, so we took the first train there, the train stopped as the Rolycoly powering it escaped so we followed him, but Ash and I were in the middle of something, I didn't want him to escape our conversation so I hug him to stop him and he... he bit me... and I liked it, damn it!

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He escaped me after the bite and then we got separated while entering an old mine, Ash met with Roxie and I found Gloria, Victor and Marnie, after quite some antics we all rejoined, a Coalossal then Gigantamaxed and the earth cracked apart, there was lava everywhere, but the egg that Ash received from Valerie hatched into a Flabebe that used her polem to stop Coalossal, also Roxie confessed to Ash while they were alone, Gloria almost passed out from a nosebleed while seeing Ash shirtless and then she challenged him to a rematch, but Ash won again, we all made it to Stow-on-the-other-side and Ash gifted Gloria the cap he used during his Hoenn travel to replace and Ash plushie that she lost during the fight... hmmp, I just remebered I got one of those too, either way, Gloria confessed as well before leaving, I got jealous again and I... I tried to kiss Ash, but I cowered... so he kissed me instead.

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We were both in complete shock! I-It was amazing, I loved that kiss, I'll never forget it. Ash told me he liked it too, but he was still feeling conflicted, especially after Roxie's and Gloria's confessions, he told me he wasn't sure if he should have done it... sigh, we then went to look for the Stow-on-the-Other-Side Gym Leader in a graveyard, where Ash caught a shiny Drakloak that didn't have a Dreepy, we met with Bede again, Ash Decimated him again and we found the Gym Leader, he was so god damn cute and Ash got jealous of him, hehe, that's when I kissed him instead, I also like to bridal carry him, dunno if I mentioned it, we later met with Sabrina, a Psychic and Gym Leader from Kanto who lend Ash a Gengar to challenge Allister.

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That night, Cinderace kept pushing me to tell Ash the truth, but I didn't want to... I was really harsh with Cinderace, even though... she was right, she has always been there to take care of me and that wasn't different... next day, Ash and Allister had their battle, Ash won... then the following day Ash called Sabrina so she could take the Gengar back, but Allister came by as well and he told us someone was trying to destroy the mural of the city, it was Bede again, we went there and tried to stop him, Sabrina had to intervine with her Psychic powers, but the mural was destroyed anyway, however, behind the mural there were four statues, Zacian, Zamazenta and the two original Sword and Shield heroes, the Zacian and Zamazenta statues then tried to attack us, the real Zamazenta told us we had to show them our weapons and they'd stop, Ash could do it without problem, but I still couldn't, that's when I... I told him who I really was... I thought that setting myself free form that weight was what I needed.

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He took it really bad, so bad... I deserved it, I had that lie going on since we first met, but he told me he'd give me the benefit of doubt and I was finally able of using my sword properly, the statues guided us to a message from the original heroes warning us about Eternatus, Sabrina then teleported us to Wyndon and I went to the Pokemon Center while Ash went to his reunion with Rose, but he wasn't there and Ash ended up stumbling on Peonia... who confessed and kissed him, she wanted Ash to reject her, but he couldn't do so... he later met with a girl called Chloe, who thought Ash was going to harass her, but the misunderstanding got over soon and Ash received a Grookey from Chloe's father, then the moment finally came and I... I explained him every single thing, I made sure to not miss anything... he accepted me... h-he asked me to be his girlfriend even after I did all that... I don't deserve him... of course I agreed... we finally became a couple.

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Next day it was my birthday, I seriously didn't even notice it, but of course Ash did, when I woke up and I didn't find him, I thought he had left me, but no, he had prepared me a perfect day, we had such a beatiful party and then we had another date, we went to many lovely places in the city and then... and then...

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They found me... they finally found me, Ash was having his reunion with Rose when Genta appeared on my room of the Pokemon enter, he tried to convice me peacefully, but I kept refusing, so he said he couldn't protet me anymore, he left and told me that Takeru's troop will come after me, I had to leave as quick as possible, but I was more worried about Ash than me, I took pikachu and Ash's things and we found him in the city, I tried to leave with him, but they found us, of course Ash took a stand for me, we had this massive fight with all of our Pokemon against them, even the Mega-Lopunny showed up to help us, we were about to win, but... they took Ash's Pikachu and escaped, he obviously wanted to go to Stow-on-Side, but I was too scared to go with him, he left me to go and... as always, Cinderace talked some sense into me, we were going to catch up to him, but he was the one who returned... he told me we needed to do this together and so we did...

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That night we arrived in Stow-on-Side, Ash finally met with my father and tried to talk with thim, but it didn't work out... I decided to intervene, I challenged him to a battle, fist on fist, and if I won he had to let me go, and he accepted the idea, Ash and Cinderace were so worried, then the fight begins and... he takes me down without issue several times, I was no match for him, he then walked away, saying I wasn't worth all this trouble... he told me I was weak and frail and... he said you were disposable, I couldn't take it anymore, I called my sword and I tried to... I could have killed him, right there, Ash was about to intervene the fight, but Takeru got on his way, then Cinderace came out and attacked my father and then she protected me alongside Ash, but the whole situation got me out of my mind, I tried to hurt Ash as well when he tried to stop me from fighting, but he calmed me down as always, then Ash challenged my father to a Pokemon battle, he said that if we lost Ash would have to abandon his career as trainer and hand over all his Pokemon... a part of me still doesn't believe he accepted such a thing, we fought against him the next day, my Cinderace and Ash's Infernape against my father's Machamp, the fight went on and Cinderace started acting weird... you say that was you? ...She defeated Machamp and my father simply left... then Cinderace said she had to leave, that she wanted answers and Infernape left with her... then I took Ash to that rock, that damned rock I had to punch every day, I could have cut it in half with my sword, but I didn't want to, Ash told me I had nothing to prove there and he was right... we then left to Stow-on-the-Other-Side and Ash and I slept together that night... but he recieved a call from Nessa, asking him to go to Hulbury again... I told him that now that we were a couple he had to reject her and... well...

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Like I told you, we slept together, Ash and I got... ehem, a little intimate that night, next day we arrived in Hulbury again, we met with Sonia and Valerie while Nessa was fighting in her Gym, we learned that Ash's Flabebe was part of an old legend from Kalos, then Nessa came by and showed Ash the Lapras that she caught last time, which belonged to Ash before... then Ash tried to reject her, she started crying, but she said she'd never give up on her feelings, I guess Ash felt guilty... he kissed her... I came in and got really angry, I was about to punch her, but Ash stopped me... he told that he loved Nessa... he said we needed to talk.

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And it was quite the talk indeed, Ash told me how his feelings for Nessa refused to disappear, he said that he loved her as much as he loved me and that he wanted to be with the two of us, Nessa accepted immediately and I... I really didn't want to, but the more they talked... well, I accepted and Nessa became Ash's second girlfriend, both Valerie and Sonia told us that they were happy for us, Nessa and I had a talk and we stayed in her mansion, Ash also told us about some other girls that could probably join us later.

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So, the three of us slept together and next day we had a triple date where we helped nessa catch that Froakie from last time, and then we met with Peonia who had heard about the whole situation from Sonia and wanted to join us.

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Ash was about to accept her, but then Peony appeared and he was really against the idea, but the four of us managed to convice him and he let Peonia join, however, she later told us that Sonia was the one who told her about our sharing and Nessa got really angry, so we went to Wedgehurst to confront her and Gloria came to the lab as well since Sonia also told her about us, Ash confirmed the whole thing to her and then kissed Gloria, she then started to kiss him herself, but Vic, Marnie and Roxie came in too.

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The situation with Vic was far more calm and he let Gloria with Ash since he trusted him, then Roxie kissed Ash on his lips, she said she'd think about joining so she asked Ash to save her a spot, we all said our goobyes and then left to Hulbury again, the other girlfriends and I had a few proper introductions, explaining how we met Ash among other things and we kept talking about what other girs Ash would bring in the future, I talked the girls about the ones I personally knew, Flannery and Jasmine, then Gloria told us some things about Roxie and Ash about Korrina, but we kept talking about other 'candidates', then the girls and I decided to have a small tournament to decide who'd be Ash's 'first' and while we were deciding the rules, he received a call from his friends asking him to go to Alola.

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So we all take a plane to Alola and Ash explain us the situation, the couple that he stayed with while he was in that region, Professor Kukui and Burnet, were having a baby and he had to be there, while on our way to the hospital with meet again with Phoebe, she, uh, she helped during the cruise I mentioned, Phoebe was also being accompained by Shauntal and Acerola, with the latter hiding from Ash since she was struggling to confess her crush on him, so we get inside the hospital and meet with an old rival and friend of Ash, Gary, we then made it to the room where Kukui and Burnet were and surprise, Ash's mother, we were all so nervous, geez, though at first we only introduced ourselves as friends of Ash, then we finally get inside the room, we meet with some more friends of Ash, he was really angry that Kukui didn't tell him earlier about the baby, but he calmed down, Ash then carried the baby and then... heh, and then he tell us he'd like to have babies with all of us, we all agreed with the idea and that's when he introduced us too everyone there as his girlfriends... they all took it surpringsily well, except for one of Ash's friends, Mallow, who left the place after the confession, still, Ash's Mom even suggested him to add acerola to the whole thing, however, before he could do that, Elaine shows up...

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So Elaine's friend, Mina, comes by and tell us that Elaine is Ash's half-sister, Ash then take us to a place called Aether Paradise so they could run a DNA test on them, we met with a woman called Wicke who helped us with that since Ash is a close friend of the family that owns the place and the test turned out positive, but Elaine left shortly afterwars saying that she had things to think about, we went with Kukui and Burnet again and he told us the people of Alola have been a building this huge mansion for Ash, so we went there and established ourselves, Ash also learned that his father was alive that day, quite the revelation...then we recieved an invitation from Acerola, asking Ash to go to her castle.

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So, next day Ash made breakfast for all of us, the girls and I had a talk with Burnet and Delia, while Ash talked with Kukui, and then we helped Ash prepare and he went to that castle that night, from Acerola told us, she was trying real hard to impress Ash, as in, Shauntal's wife, Caitlin, paid for a whole castle while Shauntal and Phoebe were watching the whole date with cameras and microphones while telling Acerola what to do and how to act, but she eventually got tired of all that and Delia conviced her to be sincere with Ash, she did so and Ash accepted her as his fifth girlfriend, meanwhile the girls and I were having that tournament we mentioned earlier, Gloria won, but she preferred to hand over the first place to me, later we met with Selene, an old friend of Ash who really didn't get along with Gloria, even though they're quite similar, then Ash came by and Selene kissed him and confessed to then escape, Ash introduced us to Acerola and we welcomed her in, and next day... the invasion began, this shiny Naganadel called Stinger was leading an army of shiny Ultra beasts called the Lightbane that started attacking Alola and said they were here to conquer the world, but Ash knew exactly what to do.

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We went to the base of the Ultra Guardians in the Pokemon School, meeting with Wicke again, she then gave Ash and his friends Sophocles and Kiawe a set of devices called the Z-Mode braces, which they could use to transform into a group of super heroes called the Ultra Guardians, I also recieved a brace and the four of us went to fight off the Ultra beasts, while Acerola, Gloria, Nessa and Peonia stayed in the base with Wicke, there were too many Ultra beasts so we had to split, I helped this girl called Pikala and then met with a shiny Zeraora working for the Lightbane, but I beat him and he told me that his world was destroyed by the Ultra Beasts, meanwhle Ash gave a message to motivate and give hope to the people of Alola and that inspired them to help us fight back, then Ash made his way to save Mallow and Lana, who both confessed that they also wanted to share Ash with another of their friends, Lillie, Ash accepts him and then gives them their braces and they also help us with the fight, then Danika shows up as well, bringing Ash his Naganadel, and that's when Stinger challenges Ash to a one on one in Aether Paradise, saying he'll call off the invasion if Ash and his Naganadel wins, so he goes there along Danika and Naganadel, while Mallow and Lana stay behind to keep helping the civilians.

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On the way there they meet with Dawn and May again, along two other girls, Skyla, a Gym leader from Unova, and Cynthia, the champion from Sinnoh, Ash arrives in Aether Paradise where Stinger is and he defeats him with Naganadel, but of course it couldn't be that easy and Stinger made himself giant, but the Tapus, Legendary Pokemon guardians of the region, came by and with the help of Ash and the girls they combined into a giant that fought Stinger, while the Ultra Guardians helped them with a big blast of energy, but it was so big that it made us lose our powers, even after all that, Stinger didn't give up, that's when Zeraora teleports me there and starts helping us, while all that happened, Danika went to find Faba, a scientist that was helping the Ultra beasts, but she also met with an agent from Team Rocket, Domino, who took her down, Domino also had been investigating Ash, knowing the girls were hiding in the Ultra Guardians' base, Zeraora told us how to shut down the portals, we did like he told us and all of he Lightbane were absorbed back, that's when Danika wakes up and tell us about Domino...

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Zeraora teleported Ash, Danika and me back to the base, Domino was dressed as an Aether Paradise employee and she tricked the girls into trusting her, Gloria recognized her, but it was too late, Domino took acerola by her neck and threatened to shoot her, Ash tried to talk with her, but the situation wasn't easy, Gloria tried to help us, but Domino then had her threatened as well, she was this close to shoot one of them when Wicke put on an Ultra Guardian suit and disabled her weapon, then Ash was the one who took Domino by her neck and she plead for her life, Ash let her go and Danika was about to arrest her, but then a Pokemon thief, Millis Steel, appeared in the scene and took Domino with her, they caused the place to catch fire before leaving and we couldn't put it out, but Zeraora teleported all of us out, then Danika explained us about a totem she had which contained the Legendary Pokemon Urshifu and how Domino took it, then Mallow and Lana made it to where we were and explained us their whole thing so we welcomed them in as well, that's when May, Dawn, Cynthia and Skyla come by as well and...

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May and Dawn also wanted to share Ash, but they wanted it to be just the two of them, Ash then explained them the harem situation, he had seven girlfriends to that point, May was really angry while Dawn tried to talk some sense into us, but we all explained them how we were happy even if this wasn't the right thing, and Ash also wanted them to join, but it seems like they didn't believe us so they left, Skyla and Cynthia heard our whole discussion and they also left, Danika then gave Ash a cheek kiss, promising to have a date with him later, Ash went to Mallow and Lana's house while they were preparing their things and he then took them to the mansion where we got a more proper introduction.

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The next day, both Selene and Skyla went to the mansion, with the latter challenging Ash to a battle in order to join the harem, Ash won, but he still welcomed Skyla in, while Selene said he'd stay with us to watch how our situation while she considers if she wants to join, we then wanted to spend a day in the beach with Ash and Elaine came along Delia and Mina chalenging Ash to a battle.

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Ash and Elaine fought, and Elaine won, though she was acting really weird, she was pushing Mina to be with Ash, and he was reclutant about forcing her, but MIna kissed Ash and said she'd think about it, they all leave, we spend some time with Ash... and today he came to have a rematch with Hapu, but most of the girls had something else to do, so only Mallow and I came with Ash, then Tapu Fini kidnaps me and... here I am.

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And thaaaaaaat's it!

Funny enough, Journeys' Eevee recap gave me the idea of making a recap of the story, at least I tried to justify by having it from Bea's perspetice, heh, hope it didn't annoy you, next chapter we'll have the battle with Hapu, then some side stories for the girls, and then the Ash/Bea lemon.

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Elaine's Pikachu moves are based on the signature ones of partner Pikachu in LGPE, but I decided to change the names since they're a bit silly.

Floaty Fall - Floating Fall, hah

Zippy Zap - Crackling accel (From its japanese name)

Pika Papow - Pika Thunder (Again the japanese name)

Splishy Splash - Splashing Spark

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I've always loved Ash x Angie, since I was a kid, like I mentioned I wanted to give her a full chapter during the Sinnoh arc, which could have included a confession and would also have meant that Angie would have been confirmed for the harem, since when the harem switch happened I confirmed that all the girls that had confessed up to that point would join, but of course, that didn't happen with Angie and I'm not totally sure what I'll do with her now.

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And the situation with Akari and Johanna's rescue continues.

The trainers that fight to take back their loves ones.

The chasers trying to protect the peace of the world.

Which side are you on?

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Speaking of that, I'm also part of the people who think Lyla/Layla and Shunya should have been introduced earlier to Project Mew, Lyla's design simply hits me, kinda like Danika's did when she was first revealed, she also had the second most tokens in the trial only behind Gary, but nothing happened with that, oh well, Lyla will most likely not appear in Journeys again so let's try to do something with her, decided to make her related to Regina and then relate them both to Melony, cause why not? They both kinda remind me of her, like that explorer girl from early Jouneys episodes who's kinda similar to Milo, it also seemed like a good way to make the characters more interesting.

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Now, since this is chapter 50, I'd like to tell you some things about the story:

-The working title of the story was 'You are worth fighting for', looking back at it, it feels like a better title, but 'Fighting Dreamers' fits better the overall theme of the story.

-My original plan for the Galar journey was for the fic to have 50 chapters, that plan didn't include other regions nor a harem, but as you can see, things have expanded and it seems like we could make it to 100 chapters, so you guys will have to deal with me for at least two more years.

-Milo was going to join Ash and Bea in their adventure through Galar, but the idea ended up scrapped.

-Chloe was also considered as a main companion, but the same thing happened, if she had been a companion she'd definitely be confirmed for the harem by now, actually, the fact that her 'climax episode' in Journeys was so ...meh? Inspired me a bit to use her more, maybe that'll lead to something.

-There are times when I wonder if I should have made Marnie interested in Ash instead, you know? I've always liked her with both Ash and Victor, but since she had her journeys episode, well, I kinda regret it a little, but I still like her a bit more with Vic, it's not like I'll change their relationship in this fic after all the build-up... right?

-Flannery originally wasn't going to accompany Ash and Bea to Sinnoh and she was only going to gift Ash her Litleo, but a few rewrites helped me change my mind, I think it was a great choice making Flannery a temporary companion, it helped escalate the overall conflict with May and it brought a good development to most characters and Flannery herself, it also made me warm up more to writing her, which eventually led to her side stories with Korrina.

-Phoebe is my all-time favorite Pokemon girl. Not sure if she'll join, but she has a big chance and she's definitely getting more appearances in the Alola arc.

-When I started the harem switch, Sonia was originally meant to be the third girlfriend, leaving Peonia to be 4th and Gloria to be 5th, but with some writing Sonia joining didn't feel as natural as I wanted it to be, so she was cut, might tackle her again when we return to Galar.

-One of the earliest ideas for the story was to have Kris as Ash's main rival, she was even meant to have a Suicune and if you guys caught the reference you'll know that idea is finally going to be done.

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Now, like I mentioned, this Alola arc extended itself quite a bit, so I'll give you some teasers of what you can expect soon:

Ash meeting with Leaf.

Hilda and Rosa, who will most likely be sisters.

Ash vs Cynthia.

Ash vs Steven and/or Roxanne.

Ash vs Phoebe.

Someone's gonna die.

A musical-esque chapter.

Marnie kissing someone that she shouldn't.

Of course, Lillie and Lusamine.

Among other surprises.

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Now for the reviews:

Lycanrogue

Ok, that idea is amazing and it could have worked, but I kinda want to ship Ash with Tina at the moment, but don't worry, we're getting some conflict and questioning. I seriously love it when you guys have your theories.

Guest

What was Arceus doing back in the day?

Search "Zeus" by Pascu and Rodri to get an idea.

Sammy-1000

They may be 'oversued', but that doesn't mean they don't have a chance, even if the harem so far has been formed of girls that are barely shipped with Ash, even Mallow and Lana, who tend to be overshadow by Aureliashipping (Lillie) or are simply dragged into a three-girl harem with her, still, there's only one main companion who definitely isn't making it in, but I won't tell.

Dragon King Ryuoga

Man, you really are team Cynthia, eh? Like I said, I'm considering her a lot, hopefully their anipoke match will give me the inspiration I need to finally decide, altough there's still like one month left for it.

Cinderace will return, but I have to make sure that it is something good enough.

Guest 2

Well, Ash has his 'crowned' Corvisquire so there's that, but yeah, I know what you mean, I wanted to give Keldeo to Ash back in the Crown Tundra, but like I said back then, he overlaps with Dewott and I decided to just leave it in a battle, Ash will get a mythical eventually though, either Victini or Meloetta seem like good choices.

General ironox

Glad you like the story!

One of your girl suggestions is 100% joining! But once again, won't tell.

Venomous Ares 12

Your theories regarding Cynthia? Can say we'll have a bit of both.

WerewolfMazuko117

Bueno, esperemos que si.

David Garrido

Ask and you shall recieve, heh, the tropes pages still sounds like a bit too much work, but I'm making a list of the references so far in the fic.

Doc of 102, Rowlets and Oshawotts

Like I said, I'm not decided with Dawn or May, let's see how their storylines work now that they're separated again.

UltimateCCC

Yes, and YES!

Reader

Expect Team Dawn making their move in the following chapters

The next chapter will be titled "Boots on the Ground", I already told you what you should expect on it, actually, what you will see in the chapter can be summed up with the lyrics that the title is referencing so try to guess:

I'm not alone

Not gonna fall

I know how it goes

When you want it all

Eyes in the sky

Boots on the Ground

Now hold the line

We're rooting down

Lastly, my usual thanks, for all your support, critics, and for just being here, so thank you, to those who are here since day 1, to those who joined mid way, to that one dude who must be binging the story right now, to those who always leave reviews, to the silent readers, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Holdonlupin is out!