There will be quite a lot of info in this chapter. I wanted to get that out of the way all at once, instead of spreading it around in many chapters, as it would be hard to keep track of what I already mentioned, and what I didn't.
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Far from the Sandgem Town, or even the Sinnoh Region, there is a place where the HQ of the Shadow Legion is located.
Right now, the members of the Organization are gathering in a large meeting room inside of Freya's castle. (It's basically Einzbern Castle from TYPE-MOON. Look it up, as I won't describe it).
Freya herself is already there, and is seating at the head of the table. She has leaned back in her comfortable chair, and is simply watching as the other members are all gathering in the chamber. Her silver hair is still as long as it used to be, and her violet eyes are still as piercing as ever. She wears a long scarlet skin-tight, V-neck dress, with golden patterns on the breast part of the dress, and just below it. The dress is long sleeved, though parts of her arms are visible, as the sleeves don't cover her whole arms, but just parts of it. It's like part of the sleeves were cut-of. She has large golden and purple neckless around her neck, and two red and golden flowers attacked on the sides of her head, on her hair.
All in all, she looks as beautiful as ever.
On the right side of the table, the first person next to Freya, is another female, though she is covered in darkness of the room, and her features are unseen. The same goes for the woman across from her, which is seating on Freya's left side. These two are agents #1 and #2 of the Shadow Legion.
Next to agent #1, seats Yuriko Takagi. An agent #3 of the organization. She has long purple hair, tied in a bun and two chin-length bangs at the side of her face. She wears a red long-sleeved dress with left thigh slit and red high heels.
Opposite of her and next to agents #2, seats agent #4. This one is a special case of the organization. Her name is Domino, and she is a former agent of the Team Rocket. The only member of that - now dead organization - who was able to escape imprisonment, as she was never caught in the first place. After the fall of the Team Rocker, she was a free agent for some time, until she was recruited by the Shadow Legion, after which she became an agent #4. She has wavy shoulder length blonde hair, and wears lacy bodysuit (black), short jean shorts, and black blazer. She looks very beautiful, though arguably, not as beautiful as Freya or Yuriko.
Monica is still agent #5. She was able to keep her position even after what her husband and sons did, but she has suffered a lot for a while after their failure and deaths. She has suffered the worst punishment issued to the female members of the Shadow Legion; that being a gang-rape by all male and some female members of the organization, which went for three days and nights. During that time, Monica was continuously fucked, and only left free to eat, go to the bathroom, and occasionally sleep, though that was only a few hours a day. The rest of the day, she was fucked in all the ways possible. To Monica, those three days and nights were the worst of her life, but she was able to get through it, and was able to keep her position in the organization. There was an alternative to the punishment, of course. She could have chosen death, but she wanted to live, and as such, she endured the punishment she didn't deserve, but one which she had to go through as she was Julian's wife, and the mother of their children. Since Freya couldn't punish them - as they were dead - she punished Monica.
Monica hasn't changed much in the last few years. She is 60-years old, but looks like she is no more then 45, and even that is pushing it. She still has long light brown hair, blue eyes and a beautiful face along with a curvaceous figure. She could be considered as the second most beautiful woman in the organization, if one was to go by their age. Technically, some of the younger woman in the organization were more beautiful, but as Monica is 60-years old, and looks so much younger and very beautiful, she could be ranked above all of them, and only behind Freya. Yuriko would be the third most beautiful, at the age of 50, while looking to be around 37 or 38 years old.
Agent #6, is Courtney. She was assigned by Freya to infiltrate Team Magma, and spy on them. She has done her job well, and was smart enough to understand that Team's Aqua and Magma were done for, when Ash showed up at Team Magma's ship. As such, she didn't even bother to go to the Monsu Island, after her confrontation with Ash at Team Magma's ship. All she did was stay back and watch what happened on Monsu Island, and once it was all done, she convinced the few members of Team Magma, which were with her, to come with her. They all went to the organization, where Freya was convinced by Courtney to let the few remaining members of Team Magma, join the Shadow Legion, as they will need more members for the future.
Since she returned to the organization, she has changed her appearance. She no longer wears Team Magma uniform, but instead she wears a red, knee-length Bermuda shorts, black long-sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves. She has a purple hair tied in a messy bun, and with few frills at the side of her face. Overall, as a 19-year-old girl, she is considered to be extremely beautiful, and not just in the face, but also her body type is very attractive.
Until a year and a half ago, Shelly was agent #7. She was working as a spy for the organization in Team Aqua, and has done a nice job of informing Freya of everything that's been going on in that team, and their plans. When Team Aqua fell on Monsu Island, Shelly was able to escape without being imprisoned, and returned to the Shadow Legion HQ, where she was given another job, that being, to release the Giant Claydol, so that Ash and his friends can battle it. This would allow the organization to see their skill, against an opponent of a level that high.
Something has happened, though, and Shelly has disappeared from the face of the earth, and no one knows where she is. Freya has sent many search teams to find her, but all of them came back with no news at all. It's been over a year and a half since Shelly's disappearance, and Freya still doesn't know what happened to her.
Of course, not long after Shelly disappeared, Freya decided to promote agent #8, to agent #7, so that Shelly's position could be filed as soon as possible, as there is no way for her to know if Shelly will ever be found.
As such, the current #7, is seating on her spot, right next to Monica. Her appearance is covered in darkness of the room, so her features aren't recognizable, except the fact that it's a woman.
With agent #8 being promoted to #7, that means that #9, was moved up to fill #8 spot. At that time, Agent #9, was Jane, and with her promotion, she was moved to #8. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't able to keep that position for long, as she has up and disappeared right after Ash came back to the Pallet Town, from his journey through Hoenn.
Freya has spent a lot of resources searching for Jane, just like she did with Shelly, but just like with Shelly, she never found Jane, and never found what happened to her. All she knew is that Jane disappeared right after Ash came back to Pallet Town. She found it interesting that Shelly also disappeared when Ash was around, so it was easy to put two and two together and realize that Ash is responsible for the disappearance of two of her agents. The only thing she isn't sure about is what Ash has done with them. Had he killed them - which Freya knows that Ash is more than capable of - or has something else happened?
Still, with Jane's disappearance, another agent had to fill #8 spot. The agent that did, was agent #9. Her name is Athena. She a 14, close to 15-year old girl, with long dark brown hair, and fringes over her forehead and at the sides of her face. She also has a part of her hair tied at the upper back of her head, which makes some of her hair stand up. She also has gold-brown eyes. She is rather small for her age, being only 150cm tall, and weighting aground 43 kg. Her body is small, and petite, with small breasts. Her face is very beautiful, though many would say it's more cute then beautiful. Due to her body size and cuteness, she is considered to be about two years younger than she actually is. She wears a black and white mini skirt, with the upper half of the skirt being black, while the lower is white, and there is a light blue line about a centimeter from the bottom of the skirt and goes all around it. On her upper body, she wears a cream colored sleeveless shirt, and a black sports bra underneath it. (It's basically Yūki Mikan, from To Love-Ru)
Athena is a trainer on a journey, and has been for almost five years now. She is around the same age as Serena, and in fact, they are very close to each other, even though they have never met. This fact is only know to one person, and that person is Freya. No one else knows about the connection that Athena and Serena have, and it's been like that ever since Athena's father died several years ago.
Freya has a great deal of respect for Athena, and cares for her more than for anyone else in the world, though no one will say that she loves her, as Freya is incapable of such feelings. Athena is a really good trainer, though she has never made that known. She participated in regional tournaments, but never got far, because she didn't want to draw attention to herself. Being a member of the Shadow Legion, attention from anyone outside of it can prove to be detrimental.
Athena currently travels around the world on her Pokemon journey, and even though she is a numbered agent, no one expects her to do anything for the organization, unless absolutely necessary. For now, she is mostly let to do what she wants, but soon, she will have to start doing jobs for the organization which raised her since she was a baby, and she won't have a choice in the matter.
Since Athena became #9, there hasn't been a new agent #10. Then, when she was promoted to #8, there hasn't been a new #9 either. This has left the organization with two of their numbered agents, down, and that can't go for too long. Those spots need to be filled.
In the last year and a half, Freya has had her agents search around the world for new members for the organization, and they have been successful. There are many new agents in the organization, and they are all preparing themselves, and the organization for what's to come, which is a war against the Ketchum Family.
Two of the new members have become agents #9 and #10. They are currently seating at the table along with Freya and other numbered agents. Their features are covered in darkness and unrecognizable, besides the fact that new #9 is a female, while #10, is the only male member of the numbered agents.
Except the main table, at which Freya and her numbered agents are seating, there is another table at the opposite side of the chamber they are in. At that table, many other members of the organization are seating. They are all ranked below the numbered agents, but above the mere grunts and foot soldiers. They all have some skill, them being skills as thieves, poachers, kidnappers, assassins, and so on… They are all also a descent trainers, and while not at the level of the numbered agents, definitely above grunts.
There are many of them at that table, seating and waiting for the meeting to begin. Some of those at the table, are Blasé and Ann, the two members who have been tasked with following Ash ever since the Izabe Island in the Hoenn Region.
Another member is Rico; a Pokémon Poacher who was arrested by Ash not long after Ash arrived in the Hoenn Region. He was sent to jail after that, but was extracted from there around the same time when Freya had David and Martin pulled out. Rico joined the organization, and has been working for them as a Pokemon Poacher, instead of a freelance poacher who worked for hire. Now he works only for the organization.
Another member - which happens to be the highest ranked among them - is Rika Minami. She is the woman who Max met at Wales Island, over a year and a half ago. She is an enforcer of the organization, and mostly does the very secret and important tasks. She is also in charge of keeping everyone in the organization in line, so they won't try and do something stupid, and is the one who administers punishment on the ones who break the rules of the organization, or fail in their assignments one too many times. Technically speaking, she could be considered to be the best Pokemon trainer in the organization. She is also the most skilled in other areas and not just as a trainer, and has overall skill to be agent #1. But, she isn't #1 because she doesn't want to be. She works from the shadows, she deals with problems, which others can't deal with, and she kills when someone needs to be killed. As such, she is not a numbered agent, but unlike anyone else in the Shadow League, she has subordinates, who work directly under her, as part of her team. No one else in the organization, not even the numbered agents have that. Because of that, and her overall skill set, she is the second most dangerous member of the organization, right behind Freya.
Among them, there is a group of five people, and one Pokemon. They are relatively new members to the organization, but they used to be members of another organization, before they were all arrested, and their asses thrown in jail. They are former members of Team Rocker, Jessie, James, Meowth, Butch, Cassidy, and finally, Matori.
James has changed a lot in the five years he has spent in jail. He looks more mature and tougher then he was before he was sent there. Now, he has his shoulder length blue hair, tied in a small bun at the back of his head. He has a full facial hair, sort of like Vikings used to have, though the beard is not too long. Maybe 3cm. but it does cover most of his face. He wears gray pants, dark blue shirt and gray vest without a tie, or suit jacket. Overall, he looks like a business-man with large muscles and annoyed look on his face.
Jessie has change just as much as James did. Her hair is now flowing straight down to her mid-back, while the right side of her face, along with her right eye are completely covered with her hair. She wears very tight dark gray jeans, and burgundy colored crop top hoodie, with a zipper which was zipped-up to the middle of her chest, revealing her upper chest, and part of her breasts. Her chest are visible enough to make it obvious that she doesn't wear a bra. Unlike James who does look older then he used to be, Jessie still looks young, younger the she should look at the age of 30.
Butch doesn't look that different then he used to be, except that he is older, and has a haunted look on his face, as if he has been through a lot in recent years, which shouldn't be surprising considered that he has been in jail. His hairstyle is the same, and he wears brown pants, and white shirt, along with light brown cap, and a light brown tie. (He looks pretty much the same as he looks in the Pokemon Journey's)
Then there is Cassidy. She wears white crop top with drawstrings at the chest area. Black jacket and blue short shorts. She has wavy blonde hair, which flows down at the left side of her head.
Finally, there is Matori. She has straight shoulder length hair with split fringe. She wears a purple suit and glasses.
After they were arrested back in Kanto, Jessie, James, Butch and Cassidy were sentenced to five years in jail. Meowth was also arrested, but he spent his time in the Pokemon Prison in Rota Kingdom. All of them were released several months ago, after they've served all five years of their sentences.
As for Matori, she was arrested in the Johto Region, almost two years after the others, and was sentenced to three years in jail. She got out couple of months before the others.
Before they even got out of jail, they were visited by a representative from the Shadow Legion - who was sent by Freya - and the former members of Team Rocket were offered to join the organization once they all get out of jail.
Seeing that there is nothing better they can do after they get out of prison, all of them accepted, though James wanted something in return for entering into the Shadow Legion. He was granted his request, and in the end, he joined as well.
Now, many of the members of the Shadow Legion, don't have regular jobs to do for the organization. They are there only to be used when necessary. In a way, they are like Athena. They are allowed to do what they want 90% of the time, but when the Queen needs them for something, they have to answer the call… or else. The former members of the Team Rocket are among them, which means that even though they have been in the organization for months now, they didn't do a single job for the group, and this was the first meeting they have ever been at. They have only ever met few members of the group so far, so they barely know anyone of the large number of people, who were currently at the meeting.
Because they have so little to do for the organization - at least for now - they all had to find other jobs, or anything else to do to keep their time, instead of just seating around.
Beyond the more notable members like Rika, Rico, and former Team Rocket members, there are a bunch of others, who work different stuff for the organization, but they are not that important.
This is the first time in a while that almost every member of the organization have gathered at the same place and at the same time. In fact, they are all there, except Shelly and Jane, though they can't exactly be considered as a members right now, as no one knows where they are and what happened to them. They don't even know if the two woman are still alive.
The whole organization has gathered at the order from Freya, as she wants to hear all at once about different progresses from her subordinates, as well as any news about Ash and the Ketchum Family.
The meeting went on for a while. They talked about everything, from the acquiring of the new Pokemon, to the acquiring of money and other valuables, as well as the new members of the organization. Once that was all finished, the time to talk about the Ketchum's, has come.
"Now, what news can you give me about Ash Ketchum, and the rest of his family and allies?" Freya asked as she looked around the chamber and at her subordinates.
Yuriko stood up from her seat, drawing everyone's attention, before she spoke. "I have compiled all the information from everyone, so I will be the one who will inform everyone here instead of everyone giving reports."
Freya nodded at this. It was a good idea to listen to one person with all information's, instead of a bunch of them with different information's.
"First of all, I'll inform you all that Ash has returned from the Alola Region few weeks ago, and is currently in the Pallet Town," Yuriko spoke. "For those who don't know, he was in the Alola Region for the last year, teaching in the Pokemon Academy, and also helping Professor Kukui with formation of the Alola League, which didn't exist until now. I'll inform you that they were successful and that the first Alola League Tournament has been held few weeks ago, with the winner of the tournament being Gladion, the son of the head of the Aether Foundation."
This information has made many in the organization raise their eyebrows, as they didn't think that Ash would lose against some kid. "How did this, Gladion, defeat Ash Ketchum?" Freya asked, as she also couldn't believe that Ash lost.
"He didn't defeat Ash Ketchum, because Ash didn't compete," Yuriko said, surprising everyone even more. "From the information I have, he wasn't interested in competing this year, and was only a promoter of the new League. Basically, he was the face of it, so that it would draw the attention of the trainers from the other regions." Many nodded in understanding at this piece of information.
"Anyway, Ash has spent the year in Alola teaching students, training his older Pokemon, which he has brought to a champion level," Yuriko spoke again. "Every single Pokemon he caught in Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto and Hoenn Regions, are now at least at the Champion level, with few among them being at the same level as High Legendary Pokemon." This information made everyone in the Shadow Legion, start to sweat, because this means that Ash currently has around 70 Champion Level Pokemon, which is more than anyone else in the world. Much more. It's also more than the organization has, as they only have about a dozen Champion Level Pokemon among all of them.
"That is a problem," Freya said, and everyone had to agree with her. "What else."
"Well, he has caught some new Pokemon in Alola," Yuriko continued to speak, "but since he focused on training his older Pokémon, this new group hasn't been trained that much.
"On top of all that he has somehow found time to get himself more girlfriends," more raised eyebrows, "as if the ones he had haven't been enough," Yuriko scowled. "Not only that, but the kid has gone on a roll - in a way - and has slept with over two dozen woman while in Alola, and they are all much older than him, some even older than his parents. That being said - and excuse me for saying this… but the kid is a man-whore." This caused many members of the organization to snicker.
"Beyond that, he has continued on doing the impossible, as he was able to defeat Ultra Necrozma," When Yuriko said this, several members of the Shadow Legion almost choked on their spit. They were the ones who knew who the Ultra Necrozma is, and how powerful it is. "He was able to defeat it by having his Pikachu and Alakazam battle it in two-on-one. During the battle, his Pikachu went through some change, which was permanent, though we are not sure what it is. A change like that has never been seen.
"After that battle, Ash has been blessed by Solgaleo, Lunala and Ultra Necrozma, just like he was by the Legendary Pokemon from Kanto, Johto and Hoenn Regions. We don't have information on what he can do now because of those blessings, but we believe that some of his Pokemon will be affected by the blessing in some way, just like they were before."
Yuriko made a small pause, so that everyone can process these new information's, before she continues.
After a minute, Freya spoke. "You can continue, #3." She said. Yuriko nodded, before she looked at the files, and continued to speak.
"There are some information that Ash has changed after those blessings, but we are unsure how he changed," almost everyone raised their eyebrows at this. "This information came from Blaise and Ann, who have been shadowing Ash while he was in Alola."
Everyone looked at the two members of the organization, making them squirm in their seats. "Will you tell us what you meant in your report?" Freya questioned the two.
Blaise and Ann stood up, and Blaise decided to speak. "Well, before that blessing, he wasn't much different then he used to be until that moment. He was a good looking guy, popular with the woman, and great trainer. After though, I… I don't know how to describe it. He… he was still everything he was up until then, but at the greater level. His body grew in size, and he became even better looking. His popularity with woman increased to the point that woman can barely stand in his presence without being drawn to him. His skills as a trainer increased, and his Pokemon have become even more powerful.
"Honestly, I have no idea how to describe the change. The best would be to say that… until that moment, he was a regular human. But after that… he became something else."
Blaise's words have unnerved everyone in the Shadow Legion, more than any of them would admit it. Ash was a huge problem when he was his normal self, but if he has changed this much after being blessed by the Legendary Pokemon from the Alola Region, then he has become a nuisance on an astronomical levels.
They all spent several minutes trying to process this new information, and trying to find a way to deal with it. Eventually, Freya told Yuriko to continue.
"Well, that's about everything that happened in Alola," she said. "He came back to the Pallet Town not that long ago, and is still there. We have no information on when he plans to restart his journey."
"What about the others," Freya asked? "His family, friends, and girlfriends."
"Well, his mother was in Alola with him," Yuriko said. "The same goes for Grace, Caroline, Max, and Rose. As for the others, Cynthia was in Sinnoh, and there is nothing new about her. She is still a champion there. The same goes with Diantha, but in Kalos. Before Ash left to Alola, Misty and Leaf have become members of the Kanto Elite Four, and they are still members.
"Whitney from Goldenrod has trained like crazy for a while after Ash went to Alola, and then she came to Kanto, and challenge Bruno, a Member of the Kanto Elite Four. She defeated him, and is now a member of the Kanto Elite Four. She quit being a gym leader in Goldenrod City, and now lives in Pallet Town.
"We have nothing new on Zinnia. She is still mostly in the Meteor Falls, and is rarely leaving.
"As for Serena, Amber and May, well they traveled through Kanto, where they competed in the Indigo league, with Amber also challenging the Battle Frontier.
"Amber won the Battle Frontier, and accepted to become a new Frontier Brain. As for the Indigo League, May lost in the Quarter Finals against Amber, who got to the final match along with Serena, and there, Serena was able to win, making her the official winner of the Indigo league, and allowed her to challenge the Kanto Elite Four. She didn't challenge them though, but accepted the offer to become a new gym leader in the Viridian City. She will be using Flying Type Pokemon though, so the gym has changed the type.
"One other thing related to Serena, is her powers. From what we found out, she has been spending a lot of time meditating. She's been at it for a year now, but we don't know what kind of influence it has on her, and how it affects her powers. She doesn't seem to be any different then she used to be, but there hasn't been any threat to her or her friends when she was around, so we don't know how she would react if she's in danger."
Freya though of this new information about Serena. She was satisfied that he granddaughter is such a good trainer and will be a gym leader -coincidently at the same gym where her uncle, Giovanni, used to be. It is also very likely that one day, Serena will at least be a member of the Elite Four, if not a Champion.
What she isn't satisfied with is, not knowing what is happening with Serena's powers. She is also wondering who told Serena to start meditating, and why. Freya knows that meditation can help people clear their minds, keep them calm, and also in the cases of those who have aura or psychic powers, it will help them with control. Freya knows that Serena has a lot of psychic energy, and it's the reason why she had plans for her since she was born. Freya theorized that, with the amount of psychic energy she has, if she was to add Serena's energy to herself, she would no longer be dependent on sucking the psychic energy from others to stay young. She would become permanently young at that point. The downside would be that Serena would die when her psychic energy was sucked out, but Freya could live with that, as that would mean that she would be completely ageless.
But then, Freya heard about what happens when Serena loses control over herself, and started to think that it might not be such a good idea to go after her. She has heard what Serena can do with her powers, and Freya has no intention of being turned into a pile of ash. Now though, Serena is seemingly training her powers, and Freya honestly has no idea if that's a good or bad thing. It should be a good idea, as Serena could gain control over her powers, but that's also a bad thing, at least for Freya and those working for her, as that would mean that Serena would be able to use her powers whenever she wishes, and not just when she loses control over herself and her powers.
Freya decided right then and there to find what's happening with Serena, how her training is going, and how her powers are developing. Once she has those information, she will decide if she should go after Serena, or she should go after someone else. There is still one other option she can pursue in her quest for complete agelessness, and though she isn't sure if it will work, she has no other choice, and won't lose anything if she tries it.
"What else can you inform us of?" Freya asked.
"Well, the only thing left is the information on Red, Riley and Delia," Yuriko spoke. "But there is only one interesting thing about all of them, everything else is pretty much the old news; like the construction of the Mauville Tower, or the talks that Red is having with other regions and places to see if they will accept to have towers built in their regions. The only new news is that apparently, Red and Delia are divorcing."
Freya raised her eyebrows in surprise at hearing this. Few others also rose their eyebrows. They are mostly the ones who have some knowledge of Red and Delia, while those who don't know anything of them, didn't look like they care.
"Why are they divorcing," Freya asked? "I thought that they had a good marriage."
"Well, Red is never home, always working, and it seems that Delia can't handle it anymore," Yuriko said. "She ended up cheating on Red while in Alola, which almost caused an apocalypse when Ash found out about it."
"What happened?" Freya couldn't wait to find out what Ash has done. Knowing his temper, and what he can do with his powers, she was sure that nothing good happened.
"Well, he caught Delia and Grace having sex with three man, at the same time," Yuriko said, making many people's eyes widen in disbelief, and some shivered. They also knew how Ash is, and had a bad feeling. "This happened AFTER he was blessed by the Legendary Pokemon from the Alola Region, so his temper seemed to be even worse than it was. When he caught them, he snapped to the point that he nearly killed those three man. In fact, he would have killed them right then and there, if Delia and Grace didn't stop him."
"How could they possibly stop him?" Surprisingly, it was Courtney who asked this. She had a run-in with Ash, and knew the kind of person he was, though she only saw him once. It was more than enough to figure out that he is not someone to mess with, especially when he is angry.
"Well, it was Grace who stopped him," Yuriko said. "She distracted him with her naked body, which drew his attention from the three man, to her. From there, he went at her and fucked her. This allowed Delia to pull the three man out, while Ash was distracted with Grace. It took hours for Ash to calm down enough to let Grace go… not that she was able to go anywhere by the time he was done with her. It took her three days to recover from everything that Ash has done to her.
"Once she recovered though, she became very devoted to Ash, to the point that she let him do with her whatever he wants, and however he wants."
"I don't understand," Monica spoke. "I know Grace, I know what she was like when she was with the organization. I know that she is a nymphomaniac and has slept with many man and woman, yet, she has never become devoted to any of them. What did that kid do to her to make her like that?"
"We are not sure," Yuriko sighed. "It most likely has to do something with his power. Then again, the fact that he is very well endowed and is great in bed, most likely had some influence as well."
Freya looked at Blaise and Ann, before she asked. "Are you the ones who gave this information?"
"Yes," Ann spoke, and while she did, she was wearing a huge blush on her face. It was noticed by everyone there. "We have witnessed it all."
"Did you now?" Freya questioned with narrowed eyes. She noticed the blush, and was curious.
Blaise and Ann nodded, but said nothing.
"Then explain how Ash was able to… tame, Grace?"
"Well, he didn't really do anything special," Ann spoke, "at least it didn't look like he was using his powers at all. He was enraged, and was going all out on Grace, but beyond the fact that they had sex for hours without stopping, and that he is REALLY big, there is nothing we saw him do, which would allow him to control…. possess… tame - or however you want to call it - Grace."
"So how did he do it," Monica asked? "It can't be just because he is good in sex, or has a large dick."
"He's REALLY good and REALLY large," Ann spoke again. "So, yeah. I'm pretty sure any woman would fall for that. I know I would."
"You are not Grace," Monica argued! "There is a big difference between you two, and that's not just because of her being older and more experienced. She's a nymphomaniac, and a high level psychic. She has great control over herself, so there is no way I'm going to accept the fact that someone like her, was tamed by a 15-year-old brat!"
Everyone was surprised that Monica was arguing so much, and denying what the evidence was saying. It's not like her, but then again, she is right when she says that she knows Grace, while the others, except Freya, don't. So, maybe she truly is right, and there is something strange going on with Ash and Grace. Something that they can't see or figure out.
"Maybe it's some subtle power," Yuriko offered her opinion, drawing the attention back at her. "We know that he is psychic. A powerful one, so it's not a stretch to believe that he could have somehow overpowered her mind and controlled her. For all we know, what he did to Grace might have something to do with his new powers he received from the Legendary Pokemon from Alola. Remember, all three Legendary from Alola; Solgaleo, Lunala and Ultra Necrozma, are part Psychic Type Pokemon, so his Psychic powers could have gone through the roof after their blessing. Theoretically, he could probably do anything with those new powers, and high level mind control isn't an impossibility. It could also explain the information we have that says that all woman are drawn to him. It could be that his own perversion, plus his mind control ability are allowing him to draw woman to himself, even if he doesn't want to. It could be a passive ability, for all we know."
Everyone thought about what Yuriko said, and they all had to admit that, there is a possibility that she is right - even though some of the stuff she said were a bit hard to imagine.
Finally, Freya decided to say something. "While I won't argue with the fact that what you said could be the truth," she said while looking at Yuriko, "I also can't just accept it without any real evidence."
"Then how do you want us to proceed with this?" Yuriko asked.
Freya thought for a moment, before she looked at Blaise and Ann, and said. "You two are no longer going to follow Ash," as she said this, many were surprised, none more so then Blaise and Ann, who have followed Ash for a long time. "You are free to do what you want, until I have something else for you to do." Blaise and Ann were surprised, but still nodded. They weren't going to argue with the Queen. It could be the last thing they ever do.
Freya then looked at Athena, and said. "Prepare yourself, Athena. As soon as we find out where Ash is going on his next journey, your first mission for this organization will officially start."
XXX
Ash, Lillie and Dawn are on their second day of traveling through the Sinnoh Region.
They have left the Sandgem Town yesterday in the afternoon hours, and have traveled until the nightfall, without running into anyone, or any place where they can stay for the night, so they decided to camp out. Not like they had any other choice.
Yesterday, not long after they left Sandgem Town, and while traveling through the forest, Ash has caught himself his first Sinnoh Pokemon… well the first Pokemon he caught in the Sinnoh Region. He does have several Sinnoh Pokemon which he got at his earlier journeys.
The Pokemon he caught, is Starly. A Flying/Normal Type, which is a perfect Pokemon to catch when coming to a new Region.
Unlike Ash; Dawn and Lillie didn't catch any Pokemon, but that's fine, as they've just started traveling, and Lillie has special desires when it comes to catching Pokemon, so she won't be getting too many of them.
As for Dawn, she tried to catch a Buneary with her Piplup, but she failed, and her Piplup got his ass handed to him, much to his and Dawn's embarrassment. She couldn't look Ash in the eyes for hours after that, feeling shame for doing so badly on her first try to catch a Pokemon.
Of course, Ash talked with her and explained to her that it was ok to fail, as she is a starter trainer with a starter Pokemon, so failing at the start of her journey, is preferable then failing later in her travels. Early failures will teach her a lot more then she would learn if she starts catching Pokemon right of the bat.
Ash also thought about speaking with Dawn about her infatuation with him, which was apparent as she has a hard time looking him in the face, even before she failed to catch Buneary. She would blush every time she sees him, or hears his voice, which is pretty much always, as they are traveling together.
Now, Ash likes this, don't get him wrong, but he knows that if he wants to make some progress with her, she needs to stop blushing around him, and be able to have a normal conversation with him. Talking with her about her failure, was hard, and Ash doesn't feel like going through it again.
By the morning of the second day of their journey, Dawn seems to have at least stopped blushing every time Ash is around, and can speak normally with Lillie. Talking with Ash… that is a work in progress.
Sometime after launch on the second day of their journeys, Ash and the gang run into someone. In fact, they are currently standing opposite of that person, speaking with him.
The person is a boy, around Ash's age, though quite a bit smaller, as Ash is considered to be quite big for his age, while the other boy is average. He has shaggy purple hair and black eyes. He wears gray pants, purple and black sneaker shoes, purple and black jacket over a green blouse. He looks very serious, thought there is also a slight scowl on his face.
"Yes," Ash spoke to the other guy. "Who are you? And how can we help you?"
"My name is Paul," the boy introduced himself. "Are you, Ash Ketchum?"
Ash raised his eyebrows at the quick introduction, and then a question, though he wasn't surprised that he was recognized, even if he has changed A LOT, while in Alola Region.
"I am," Ash confirmed, which caused Paul to crack a small smile on his face. "Why are you interested in knowing that?"
"I want to challenge you to a battle." Paul stated, while holding one of his Poke Balls in his hand.
Ash, Dawn and Lillie looked at each other, and while Dawn was simply surpassed, Ash and Lillie weren't so surprised by the challenge, as much as the confidence they can see and feel from Paul.
"And why do you want to challenge me," Ash asked? "If you know who I am, then you know that I'm not just some regular trainer."
"I know perfectly well who you are," Paul said. "That's exactly why I want to challenge you. I never had a chance to battle against Elite Four, or champion level trainers, and now that I've run into you, I have no intention to let this chance slip by me."
"I respect your desires," Ash said. "I really do, but are you really willing to battle me, knowing that there is a high chance that you will lose… badly?"
"Battling against you will show me how far away from Elite Level I am," Paul said. "I saw your battle against Cynthia, five years ago, and since she is a Champion now, I have a feeling that you are at the same level as she is. If I battle against you, I will know her level as well. I will know how much farther to go to become a champion."
Ash looked at Paul for a while, trying to decide if he should accept this, or not. He can see that the guy has tenacity, desire, will, and is most likely a descent trainer, but is he good enough to battle against him… probably not, but still, Ash doesn't have his strongest Pokemon with him, and the ones he does, haven't been trained that much, so Paul probably has some chances. Besides, Ash's Pokemon need training and battling, and this is as good a chance as any other, so why not.
"Fine," Ash said. "But you should know that the only Pokemon I have with me are relatively new and not trained that much. I hope that isn't an issue to you."
Paul frowned. This isn't what he was hoping for. He wanted to have battles against Champion level Pokemon, but Ash doesn't have any with him… which Paul can understand in some way. If Ash is going to travel through Sinnoh and challenge the gyms, he won't do it with Elite Level Pokemon, but with new ones.
"It's not what I was hoping for," Paul admitted, "but fine. Even without your strongest Pokemon, you should do well with your untrained Pokemon."
Ash raised his eyebrows at what seems like an insult, but didn't pay it much attention, in the end. Paul certainly isn't worthy of him getting angry just because of some small insult.
"I guess, I'll be a referee," Lillie spoke, as Ash and Paul stood on a large clearing, opposite of each other, while Lillie stood on the side. "This will be a three one-on-one match between Ash and Paul. The trainer who first gets two wins, wins the match!"
Lillie announced, before she looked at the two trainers, and saw that they are ready. "Release your first Pokemon." She ordered.
"Starly, I chose you!" Ash released his first Pokemon, which also happened to be the first Pokemon he caught since he came to Sinnoh.
"Starly, stand by for battle!" Paul called out, and released his own Starly. "You can go first, Ash."
"Ok," Ash said. "Use Quick Attack!"
Ash's Starly flew fast toward Paul's Starly, letting a white trail behind it, as she was flying. It soon got close to Paul's Starly, and hit it, head-on.
"Starly, Aerial Ace!" Paul called his first move. His Starly flew at Ash's, top speed, and covered in white light. It landed a clean hit mid-air, causing Ash's Starly to grunt in pain, but she wasn't defeated.
"Use Wing Attack, Starly!" Ash called out, and his Starly flew at Paul's but Paul called out a Double Team, and suddenly, there were multiple of his Starly, all over the field. It confused Ash's Starly, and it allowed Paul's to come at it from behind, again, using Aerial Ace.
Fortunately, Ash saw this, and reacted. "Dodge!" He called out, and his Starly moved out of the way, just in the nick of time, before she was hit. Unfortunately for Paul, Ash's Starly was very close to the ground, so when Ash's Starly dodged, Paul's simply crashed into the ground with the speed of Aerial Ace.
Paul's Starly passed out as soon as it hit the ground, while Ash's floated in in the air, right in front of the smirking, Ash. "You see, Paul," Ash spoke, as Paul recalled his Pokemon. "Not everything is in power, or the moves that the Pokemon knows. There is also something in being careful."
Paul said nothing at that. He was smart enough to understand that Ash was mocking him, and Paul can't blame him. He did screw himself over with that second Aerial Ace, as he didn't think that Ash will have his Starly dodge, which would cause his own Starly, to crash into the ground. He will make sure that that, doesn't happen again.
Ash also recalled his Starly, as she has won her round, and now it's up to some other Pokemon. Ash had a perfect one for the next round.
"Stand by, Chimchar!" Paul released his second Pokemon.
Ash looked at Chimchar, and smiled. He wants to have one of them, and seeing that Paul has one, made Ash want it even more.
"Aipom, you are up next!" Ash released his second Pokemon, which happens to be an Aipom.
"When did you get an Aipom?" Lillie couldn't help but ask, drawing everyone's attention.
"I got her few days ago," Ash said. "Just after I left Pallet Town, and was on the way to the Vermilion City. I was going through the forest, and there she was, so I caught her."
"So that's another one of your new Pokemon?" Paul questioned.
"Yes," Ash said. "I caught Starly, yesterday, while I got Aipom few days ago. They are my newest Pokemon."
Paul frowned. He really didn't like being underestimated, and Ash is doing just that.
Seeing that both trainers have their Pokemon ready for battle, Lillie started the second round.
"Aipom, start with Swift!" Ash called his first attack. Aipom's tail glowed, before she swung it, and released multiple golden colored stars, at Chimchar.
"Chimchar, use Ember!" Paul countered Ash's attack. The two attacks hit and canceled each other.
"Use Focus Punch!" Ash called his next attack. The hand on the top of Aipom's tail, glowed, while Aipom jumped toward Chimchar.
"Flame Wheel, quickly!" Paul shouted. Chimchar was enveloped in fire, before he started to spin toward Aipom, and hit her head-on, causing her damage, and making her Focus Punch, disappear.
"W-Why did that Focus Punch, disappear?" Dawn wondered out loud, from where she was standing and watching the battle, which was just behind Lillie.
"If a Pokemon is using a Focus Punch, and gets attacked before it's complete, the attack, can't be finished." Lillie explained to Dawn. Technically, this is a knowledge that any trainer should have, but Dawn obviously doesn't, and Lillie herself didn't know it until Ash taught her while in the Pokemon Academy. One of the many things she learned from Ash, is how some attacks work, when they don't work, and why.
"Not a very good choice of attack, Ash," Paul said, before he ordered his Chimchar to attack.
"Use Double Team, Aipom." Ash said, not bothered by what Paul said.
Aipom created several copies of herself, in order to confuse Paul and Chimchar, but Paul told his fire type to use Ember, so Chimchar fired his attack at all the Aipom's, taking them down, one-by-one.
"Now use, Scratch!" Paul ordered, when there was only one Aipom left. The real one.
Chimchar attacked and scratched Aipom several times, but didn't deal too much damage.
"Use Focus Punch, again. Aipom." Ash said when Aipom backed away from Chimchar's attacks.
"Chimchar, use Flame Wheel!" Paul said, as soon as Aipom's tail started to glow, and was ready to attack Chimchar. Chimchar was enveloped in fire, and started to spin toward Aipom.
"Wait…" Ash said to his Pokemon, watching as Chimchar was approaching. "Now! Jump, and hit it!"
Aipom bounced off the ground with her arm, and jumped above Chimchar, so she evaded the Flame Wheel, but then she span around and hit Chimchar right in the face, dispersing the Flame Wheel, and crushing Chimchar into the ground, where the Fire Pokemon, passed out.
"Chimchar is unable to battle," Lillie announced with a smile on her face! "Aipom is the winner, and with two battles won, Ash wins the match!"
Paul returned his Chimchar, and glared at the Poke Ball. "You are still just as useless as can be." He said to his Pokemon.
"I don't think that's any way to treat your Pokemon." Ash said, just as he thanked his Aipom for a nice battle, and then returned her to her Poke Ball. His words were caused by him hearing what Paul said to his Pokemon.
Paul looked at Ash, and glared at him for a few moments. "This Chimchar is special," Paul said. "That being said, he will never amount to anything unless he tries harder. I've seen what he can do, but codling him, will not help him. He needs heavy hand. Do you understand that?"
"What I understand is that you are berating your Pokemon just because they lost," Ash said. "You did that to Starly, and now to Chimchar. As powerful as they are, or as much talent a Pokemon has, is useless if they don't wish to use it for a trainer who doesn't respect them. Do YOU, understand that?"
Paul said nothing to that. The words, as much as he doesn't want to listen to them, are coming from a person who is a great trainer, so he can't just disregard them. He will have to sit and think about it. Now though, he has another thing to do. Paul took Starly's Poke Ball, and released the Flying Type Pokemon, back into the wild.
"So you won't even bother to train it, won't you?" Ash questioned with narrowed eyes.
"There are many Starly's as powerful as that one," Paul said. "There is nothing special about it. I want the one who is special."
"Is that so?" Ash questioned, while Paul only nodded.
Ash sighed. "You are not a bad trainer, Paul," he said. "But you will never get above a gym leader level. You simply don't have a mindset to be anything more than that."
With those words said, Ash looked at his companions, and said that they are leaving.
Soon enough, Ash, Lillie and Dawn were gone, while Paul was left standing at the clearing, thinking about what Ash has said.