pokemon Fighting Dreamers

Our story today starts with Ash and Elaine, two recent discovered siblings, the two were alone together in a room, Ash was sitting on the edge of the bed, while Elaine was sitting on his lap, both looking into each other's eyes as Ash caressed her cheeks.

"A-Ash... it's okay." Elaine whispered.

"Why you?" He asked. "Why my sister of all people? ...Maybe if we had the chance to grow together I wouldn't feel this way... I'm such a sick person..."

"Y-You're not sick... I feel the same way. We both feel the same, we can have this."

"Are you sure this is what you want?" Ash asked. "Once this happens, there's no turning back."

"I'm totally sure, I've been waiting for this..." She replied getting their faces closer. "I-I'm not gonna ruin it with some emotional moral crap."

"Good girl..." Ash smiled. "Now shush and follow my lead."

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"Elaine, you there?" Mina talked to her sleeping friend back in the real world, the two had slept in a motel on Route 1 after being pushed back from their travel due to the damage caused by the Ultra Beasts.

"W-Wait..." Elaine whispered. "You're so big, Ash..."

"ELAINE?!" Mina shouted again and the girl suddenly opened her eyes to look at Mina and her female Pikachu and then took a deep breath.

"...Please don't tell me I was sleep talking." Elaine said.

"Pikapi." The mouse nodded.

"Maybe a tiny little bit." Mina said. "Who knew you'd be into that kinda stuff."

"It's not incest if I just met him four days ago!" She shouted.

"I'm totally sure that still counts." Mina giggled.

"Why is this happening?!" Elaine shouted again. "He's my brother! He's quite older than me and he has a bunch of girlfriends already! Why do I like him?!"

"For the same reason all those girls agreed to share him, I guess. Ash is just... kinda cool." Mina said. "But if it makes you feel better, with all the girlfriends he has up to this point, I don't think he'd mind his sister joining in."

"That doesn't make me feel better at all!" Elaine exclaimed.

"Well, whatever, you can't just keep avoiding him." Mina insited. "Even if you managed to get away from him until he leaves Alola, he promised to go and see you in the Kanto League."

"Mina, I do want to spend time with him, he's my brother, but... I don't want to end up saying the wrong thing and ruin our relationship before it even starts."

"I can be with you during the whole thing if you want." Mina suggested. "I don't like being a third wheel, but it seems like you need a bit of support."

"Third wheel..." Elaine trailed off. "That's it! You have to join Ash's harem!"

"Ha! Good one!" Mina smiled, but seeing Elaine's kinda desperate face she then took a serious expression. "Oh, wait, you're serious..."

"Just think about it, Mina! I think my brother is real handsome and I think you're also really cute, if you both get together then maybe these thoughts would disappear from my head!"

"How did you even get to that kind of conclusion?" Mina asked.

"Please, Mina, I'm begging you!"

"Sorry, little one, but I'm not going to date your brother." Mina replied. "Like, the harem thing, the fact that he'll have to leave Alola, I don't know..."

"B-But please, the way you looked while you were drawing that sketch of him, you were blushing, I saw it!" She exclaimed again pointing at the painter. "You looked totally hypnotized by that drawing, you're seriously telling me you don't feel anything for him?!"

"Listen, physical attraction is just a chemical reaction in your brain, you can't trust it." Mina answered. "Nevertheless, just like two thirds of the females in this world I do think he's quite nice, but-

"Then please be his girlfriend!" Elaine exclaimed again. "M-Maybe that way I'll be able of getting over my feelings!"

"Is this whole request a way of saying that you wouldn't share a boyfriend with me?" Mina asked. "Quite a rare insult."

"Did you hear that?!" Elaine suddenly shouted.

"Hear what?" Mina asked.

"Someone's coming! Don't open the door!" She said hiding underneath her bed, a few knocks were then heard at their door and Mina went to open it.

"Don't do it, it could be Ash!" Elaine continued, but Mina simply opened the door and found Delia carrying Lei in her arms.

"Good day, you two!" Delia greeted them.

"Hey there, Miss Ketchum." Mina replied to then look at Elaine. "Right, I forgot to tell you she called me to make us a visit."

"Oh, thank god it's just her." Elaine sighed relieved.

"Good to see you again." Delia said. " I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to pay a visit to Ash."

"Sure." Mina smiled.

"No thanks!" Elaine shouted going underneath the bed again causing Lei to laugh.

"Hmm... Mina, can you hold this angel a second?" Delia asked her.

"Of course, leave him to me." She nodded and Delia left Lei with Mina to then walk next to the bed.

"Is there a problem, Elaine?" Delia asked kneeling next to the bed and raising the sheets to see the girl.

"I-I'm sorry, Miss Ketchum, I don't mean to disrespect you, but I really don't want to see Ash right now." Elaine answered.

"But why not?" Delia asked. "I mean, you two barely spent any time together after the revelation, I know you said you had a lot to think about, but maybe that's the point, you and Ash could talk about those things together."

"S-Sorry, maybe another day." Elaine covered herself with the bed sheets again and Delia stood up with a sigh.

"Fine, it's not like I'm gonna force you." Delia said.

"You know what? I'm still going with you, Miss ketchum." Mina said returning Lei to her. "Elaine here has turned a bit shy with Ash because she can't find the courage to tell him something important."

"T-That's not true!" Elaine shouted coming out of the bed.

"So, I suppose I'm going to pay a visit to Ash and give him the message for you." Mina continued.

"Not if I get to him first and tell him what you want to tell him!" Elaine shouted again and then ran to the bathroom, quickly changing from her pajama to her usual attire to then take her Pikachu and run out of the room. "I'll tell him everything!"

"She fell right into it." Mina smiled as Delia and her began to walk behind Elaine.

Meanwhile in Stow-on-the-other-side.

"Nothing brightens the dark room like a light from a window!" Allister said to himself on his house while he walked to a window. "Time to open the window...AAAAH!" The boy opened the window and was surprised by a Froslass, the Pokemon then offered him a purple ticket and Allister took it.

"A Ghost ticket?" He asked and the ticket then illuminated in purple light to show an hologram of a Marshadow.

"Greetings, Allister Tamanegi." The Marshadow talked. "My name is Mr. Marsh, and it is my honor to invite you to the 'Ghost Type Strongest Battle', congratulations in being selected."

"Wait, wait, a what?" Allister asked.

"We'll give you more explanations later, the important thing you shall know is that the winner will get a special wish as a reward, so, are you ready to participate?"

"Uh, no?" Allister said.

"...Too bad." The Marshadow answered.

"STICKY FINGERS!" A voice suddenly shouted a giant zipper appeared behind Allister.

"What the- Hey!" Allister was about to say something, but the zipper opened and sucked him inside to then close again and disappear.

"Well, that's already the third of our excited contestants, let's keep gathering the rest." Mr. Marsh said. "And who's next?"

"Morty Mortimer from Ecruteak in Johto." The Froslass answered with a list in her hands. "And is it really necessary to continue with the introductions? I mean, none of them so far have been willing to participate, but we dragged them anyway."

"I'm just trying to be formal." Mr. Marsh said. "But if it's too much of a bother I guess I'll just ask Banette to open a portal without asking, let's get going."

Back with Ash, Selene and Skyla.

"You heard her, Selene." Ash talked to her. "I... I have a harem, it isn't just Gloria, the rest of those girls you saw when you first were here, along a few others that I think you might know already, I have seven girlfriends so far."

"...The what?!" Selene shouted.

"So far..." Skyla trailed off. "That means I have a chance? Do you accept my challenge?"

"Well, Skyla, you already came all the way from Unova to Alola." Ash replied. "Yes, I'd love to have a battle with you."

"T-Thank you!" Skyla suddenly hugged him, but parted away from him just as sudden. "Sorry, do you, uh, need time to prepare?"

"Yes, give me a few minutes, I'll go inside to tell the girls and I'll make a quick call to adjust my team and give you a good fight."

"O-Of course, then I'll be waiting here." Skyla nodded.

"What about you, Selene?" Ash looked at her and she blushed harder to then look away.

"A-Ash, I... I'll also stay here, I need to think." She answered.

"Fine, Ill be back in a moment." Ash returned his Pokemon and walked back inside the mansion along Pikachu, leaving the two girls alone.

"..."

"..."

"Ah... nice to meet you." Skyla offered a handshake to Selene and she accepted it. "If Ash explained you the whole thing then that means you're not one of his girlfriends, right?"

"No, I'm not, I'm... I'm just an old friend of him." Selene answered. " I didn't know he had something like that going on, I thought he only had one girlfriend."

"And why were you laying on top of him while kissing him a few moments ago?" Skyla asked.

"B-Because I also like him, I-I wanted to be his girlfriend."

"Oh, so you're trying to join the harem as well?"

"N-No! I mean... I-I... he has seven girlfriends, how am I supposed to... and what about you? Are you really okay with that whole thing?"

"Well, of course my original plan was to try and being his only girlfriend, but the problem was that with all the girls that like him I had a big chance of getting my heart broken, but now that I now he's multitasking then that means I have a bigger chance! And I'll show him that I'm a great option for him!"

"An option? You're making it sound so easy..." Selene sighed. "You must know Ash a lot."

"Well, I met him for 2 days and I haven't seem him for 3 years, so there's that." Skyla answered with a nervous laugh.

"...2 days?! 3 years ago?!" Selene shouted. "Are you out of your mind?! How can you even consider that?!"

"Because I love him!" Skyla smiled. "Just like you do, I'm totally infatuated, but it feels so amazing, I feel so warm and cozy every time I merely think about him, I can't let all those feelings go to waste... but I suppose you know him better by the way you reacted."

"Y-Yes, we're from the same town, we've been friends since we were pretty young, thought I haven't seem him in some time." Selene replied. "This is... This is so much and... and I already get along real bad with one of his girls, I don't even want to imagine what could happen if I try with the other six."

"I guess you'll find out what happens soon." Skyla said.

"Why is that?" Selene asked.

"Because they're coming." Skyla pointed behind her and they saw Ash returning to the scene along his seven girlfriends.

"Alright Skyla, I'm ready." Ash told her. "These are the girls, Bea, Nessa, Peonia, Gloria, Acerola, Mallow and Lana."

"It's a pleasure to meet you all!" Skyla approached the girls and shook her hands with each of them while Selene took a few steps back from the whole thing. "My name is Skyla Stahl! I'm a Flying Type Gym Leader from Mistralton City in Unova... Hey, I know you!" She pointed at Nessa. "You're the girl form Galar that goes to some of the shows that Elesa makes."

"Yes, that'd be me." Nessa smiled. "Ash told us about your little suggestion, so if you beat him in a battle then you'll be joining us?"

"Y-Yes!" She sttutered. "I hope you're all okay with that."

"You know that's not necessary though, right?" Peonia asked. "I mean, none of us had to get through some kind of trial to join."

"I-I know, but I still want to prove myself to Ash." Skyla answered. "I feel like you all have been in the need to demostrate your value to him, right?" The girls then looked at each other and smiled.

"Fine Skyla, do your best." Bea said.

"Thank you, that's exactly the plan." Skyla said.

"You..." Gloria glared at Selene.

"Hey there, Gloria." Selene answered without looking at her.

"I told you what was going to happen if I saw you again, didn't I?" Gloria

"Of course and now that I know about Ash's girlfriends, well, I suppose I was right..." Selene finally looked at her. "You weren't enough for him."

"I'm gonna-"

"Cut that off, you too!"Ash suddenly stood between the two girls. "Gloria, Selene, please, I understand you girls had a rough start, but I'm totally sure you'd get along if you give it a try."

"Problem is that I don't want to give it a try, so you better keep in mind that you're not gonna be with Ash!" Gloria continued. "While talking with the girls about future girlfriends, we made an accord, everytime a new girl wants to join, all of the current girlfriends have to be okay with it, so, everyone is okay with Skyla joining if she beats Ash?"

"Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes!" Skyla exclaimed prostrating herself in fornt of the girls.

"Well, you seem really motivated so I suppose it's okay." Bea said.

"Sure thing." Nessa continued.

"We'll welcome you in!" Acerola said.

"Like I said, this is not necessary, but if you insist go ahead." Peonia said.

"Of course, it's no problem." Mallow said while Lana just nodded.

"And I'm fine with it too!" Gloria shouted to then look at Selene. "But I am not fine with YOU!"

"Gloria, I'm not sure about what happened with you too, but Selene's a great girl." Lana said.

"Yeah, she has even helped me a lot in the restaurant along her brother." Mallow added.

"Sorry, but that's a no!" Gloria insisted sitting in the floor with arms and legs crossed.

"If you're the only one who doesn't want me to join in that'll make it a six against one." Selene said. "Would they seriously leave me out just because of you?"

"Yes, we would!" Gloria said. "You don't seem to understand how this kind of relationship works out, we need all the family to really work together and it would only take one girl, just one girl, to throw a wrench in that and make things a lot harder than they need to be."

"Well, I never said I wanted to join for sure." Selene said. "I'll admit I'm... considering it... But, did you all really just accept this whole situation since the beginning?"

"Honestly, at first it did take work to keep adding girls." Bea said. "But I guess that now we just look at how many we are and we accepted it, Ash is just that kind of guy."

"He does his best for this to work, so the least we can do is our best as well." Acerola added.

"But there are still some things who can cause trouble, like you! So I'm not letting you in! I won't let you ruin this!" Gloria exclaimed.

"Alright, Gloria, calm down." Lana said.

"Well, Ash... what do you have to say about all this?" Skyla asked. "Selene told me she's an old friend of you, she seems to know you a lot, and if you're willing to give me a chance despite not knowing you that much then it's only fair you do the same for her."

"If I have to be completely honest..." Ash doubted a moment, but then looked firmly at the girl. "Selene, you're a important part of my childhood, it has been amazing meeting with you again and seeing how you've grown and changed... you're so beautiful, I... of course, I'd love to have you as my girlfriend."

"Ash, all those things we did together when we were younger shaped the person who I am today." Selene smiled with a blush. "Still, I know you're just trying to say that you liked my kisses the best, heh."

"YOU KISSED HIM AGAIN?!" Gloria was about to throw herself over Selene, but was stopped by Acerola, Mallow and Lana.

"E-Easy there, no need to get violent." Peonia told her.

"Just let me do it! Is nobody on my side here?!" Gloria shouted again.

"You two actually remind me of how much Bea and I hated each other before we agreed to share Ash." Nessa said.

"Hehe, yeah, I was ready to punch her face more than once." Bea replied. "But her feelings for Ash were always sincere and I eventually got to understand that, so, take it easy Gloria, maybe Selene isn't as bad as you think."

"Well, it seems like the whole family is on my side." Selene smiled at Gloria.

"I'm gonna get some god damn cider and then I'll splat your face to the ground!" Gloria continued.

"Listen, Ash, before I make up my mind with all this, I think you have a bigger problem at the moment." Selene pointed at Skyla. "So take care of her first, maybe seeing your battle will help me get to a conclusion."

"Let's do it then." Ash nodded. "All ok, Skyla?"

"I'm ready for take-off, Sir!" She saluted him and ran to the battlefield while Ash did the same. "You know, Ash? The Stahl family has a motto, 'Volo pro veritas', it means 'I fly for truth', and honestly, I didn't do that for a long time, you don't understand how ashamed and embarassed I am every time I remember those air battles, you and Cilan were right, I was failing my duty as a Gym Leader, but most importantly I was failing my family, I wasn't allowing trainers to show me their true selves, neither was I showing them my own, that's why actual Pokemon battles are so important, you get to see sides of both a trainer and their Pokemon that you would never see at first glance, now I totally understand my grandpa Miles was so disappointed, I'm glad you showed me I was wrong, at least I could clean my name, at least he saw some more of my actual battles before he..." Skyla slowly looked at the sky and smiled.

"Wait, Miles is-

"Don't you dare cry, Ash." She interrupted cleaning a few tears from her eyes and smiled again. "Let him laugh in silence, wherever he is... ready for this? I'm gonna show you my truth!"

"...Come at me." Ash answered and she nodded.

"Alright, then, this will be 4 on 4 match with switchs allowed and no Z-Moves." Bea explained taking position as the referee, while the rest of the girls walked to the stands, with Ash's Rowlet sitting on Selene's shoulder again. "If Skyla wins then-"

"T-Then I'll get to be one of Ash's girlfriends!" She exclaimed excitedly.

"Well, yeah." Bea said. "So trainers, take your positions and release your first Pokemon!"

"Unfezant, I choose you!" Ash was the first one to call out and release his female Unfezant who instantly recognized Skyla, who was surprised to see her as well.

"Like I said, I made a quick call." Ash said to Skyla. "I thought you'd want a rematch with her."

"Nice to see you again!" Skyla waved at the Pokemon who waved as well with her wing. "If that's the case... take flight, Unfezant!" Skyla then called out her male Unfezant who looked at Ash's and smirked, Skyla's Unfezant then quickly flew closer to Ash's, who prepared herself for an attack, but instead of that Skyla's Unfezant started to dance around the female.

"...What's going on?" Acerola asked.

"Well, uh... looks like he's trying to court her." Nessa said.

"Yeah, I have watched our battle quite a few times with them." Skyla said. "I guess my Unfezant was really impressed by yours. She beat both Swoobat and Swanna after all."

"Did you hear that, Unfezant? You're popular!" Ash commented with a laugh but his Unfezant sighed and slapped Skyla's away with an annoyed look.

"Well, Unfezant, don't you think it'll be the best to show Ash's Unfezant how strong you are? That way she'll surely fall for you." Skyla told him but her Unfezant shook his head and continued to dance around Ash's Unfezant who slapped him off yet again.

"If I had to guess I'd say he doesn't want to hurt her." Lana said.

"Fine, I think I have an idea then." Ash said. "Unfezant, stay back with the girls, I'll call another one of my Pokemon to fight Skyla's Unfezant instead, that way we can continue the battle and he can show you what he's capable off."

"That sounds like a great idea!" Skyla said.

"Zant." Ash's Unfezant nodded and flew off the battlefield landing next to the girls, Skyla's Unfezant then returned to his position and winked at Ash's Unfezant, while she simply sighed again.

"Fine, Staraptor, I choose you!" Ash tossed another Poke Ball and the Sinnoh bird came out flying with a mighty cry to then landed firmly with his talons on the ground.

"Fezant!" Ash's Unfezant chereed on Staraptor who smiled at her while Skyla's unfezant growled in jealousy.

"If both trainers are ready then the battle begins now!" Bea gave the order.

"Let's begin with Pluck!" Skyla ordered and her Unfezant took flight aiming at Staraptor with his beak glowing to stab him with it, but Staraptor simply stood still and raised a talon and grabbed Unfezant by the neck to stop him.

"Close Combat!" Ash shouted and Staraptor smacked Unfezant to the ground to then toss him up to the air and kick him repeatedly with his talons mid-air. "Steel Wing!" Staraptor's wings then illuminated with a metallic light and he slashed Unfezant with them, making him fall to the battlefield. "Now Brave Bird!"

"Use Heat Wave!" Unfezant quickly stood up and flapped his wings creating a hot wind that damaged Staraptor, but that wasn't enought to stop him and Staraptor still landed his Brave Bird on him.

"Ash is totally going to win this!" Acerola cheered on.

"D-Dual Wingbeat!" Skyla stuttered as Unfezant recovered from the hit and both his wings illuminated in white light.

"Steel Wing!" Staraptor responded and the impact of his own wings was far greater and easily beat out Unfezant's Wing Attack.

"Hyper Beam!" Unfezant flew away as his mask illuminated in red light and then fired a white and red beam from his mouth.

"Ominous Wind!" Staraptor smirked and quickly spun on his place creating a purple tornado that absorbed the Hyper Beam and neutralized it. Staraptor then flew off the tornado and flapped it to Unfezant who couldn't move away since he was recovering from using Hyper Beam, Unfezant braced himself for the impact, but the Tornado didn't even damage him because of its typing and while he was distracted Staraptor dived down with another Brave Bird and knocked out the Unovan bird.

"Unfezant is unable to battle! Staraptor is the winner!" Bea said while Staraptor landed again and Ash's Unfezant cheered on him.

"Argh, that was too easy... in fact, that Staraptor could solo my whole team if he keeps up like that... fine..." Skyla sighed and returned her Unfezant to then pull out a Premier Ball. "I... I'm not going to waste my chance, I'll show I'm a different person!" She shouted at Ash. "I'm not playing around... Take flight! Tornadus!" Skyla tossed the Premier Ball and the Legendary Pokemon came out of it in his Therian Form with a roar, leaving everyone around speechless.

"...You have a Tornadus?!" Mallow shouted.

"Yes! And it's a long story and I'm trying to focus, so I'll explain you later!" Skyla answered.

"T-That's a Legendary Pokemon!" Gloria shouted.

"The what?!" Acerola exclaimed.

"Boy, she really wants to be in the harem." Peonia said.

"..." Ash simply stared at the Tornadus who then nodded at him. "So it's the same..."

"Use Flying Wish!" Skyla ordered and the Legendary roared again summoning a light blue mist that surrounded the whole battlefield. "This is a Flying Zone, it's gonna boost every Flying Type Move we use, it should make things more interesting."

"Ready for this, Staraptor?" Ash asked and the bird gulped to then nod.

"Hmmp, U-Turn!" Skyla shouted and Tornadus quickly flew at Staraptor surrounded by green energy, he then headbutted him and returned to his Premier Ball. "There, as you can imagine, Tornadus is the best I have right now, I want to save him for last."

"Fine then, that should give us some time to prepare." Ash said, he then noticed that Staraptor took plenty of damage from the hit of that U-Turn so he decided to return him and then looked at Unfezant who quickly understood and returned to the battlefield.

"Sorry that my Unfezant disappointed you." Skyla said. "I hope this one will do better, she's been also wanting a Rematch. Take flight, Swanna!" She exclaimed calling her ace, who instantly traded some glares with Ash's Unfezant.

"Let's go! Air Cutter!" Skyla ordered and her Swanna flapped her wings creating a huge x-shaped wind blade that was powered-up by the Flying Zone.

"Air Slash!" Ash answered and his Unfezant made a similar move, creating a single huge wind blade that clashed with Swanna's Air Cutter and both moves cancelled each other.

"Hydro Pump!"

"Night Slash!"

Swanna fired off the stream of water from her mouth as Unfezant's wings were covered by dark energy and she slashed her way through the Hydro Pump until she made it to Swanna and landed a cut on her face. "Now Swift!" Unfezant took flight again and many white stars appeared in front of her, she then flapped her wings and all the stars rained over Swanna.

"Aqua Ring!" Swanna covered herself with her wings and many water rings appeared around her to block the stars, the rings then spun as saws and flew at Unfezant exploding against her and knocking her out out the sky. "Ice Beam!" Swanna fired the attack from her mouth and froze Unfezant solid while she was falling, Unfezant the crashed onto the battlefield and the ice around her broke into pieces, she then tried to take flight again, but there was still ice scattered on her wings that stopped her from doing so.

"Well, well, looks like you won't be flying for a while." Skyla said.

"Who said we need to fly?" Ash asked as Unfezant nodded and began to run at high speed towards Swanna ending up with a flying kick on Swanna's neck.

"Hydro Pump!" Swanna attacked but Unfezant quickly jumped from side to side and avoided it, landing yet another kick as she began a quick succession of attacks with her speed. "Aqua Ring!" Swanna defended herself and the rings pushed Unfezant back, the rings then flew toward Unfezant just like the last time, but she jumped through them like hoops and kicked Swanna again, with her wings finally thawing out thanks to the body heat cause by all that movement.

"Use Gust!" Ash ordered and Unfezant made a single strong flap that powered by the Flying Zone caused an immense wind and launched Swanna up in the air. "Night Slash!" Unfezant took flight in the same direction and charged the attack with both her wings as she was being driven by the same wind she created.

"Ice Beam!" Swanna made the move, but Unfezant crossed her wings in front of her, letting them being frozen, but still being guided by the wind, Unfezant crashed the ice right onto Swanna's face, ending with a double Night Slash in an X pattern once her wings were free, Swanna then fell out of the sky with swirls on her eyes and Unfezant landed exhausted in front of her.

"Swanna is unable to battle! Unfezant is the winner!"

"My neck is already hurting from looking up at these fights." Nessa said.

"That was amazing, Unfezant! Take a rest." Ash said while recalling her.

"That's two already..." Skyla sighed. "You really have grown stronger, but it's seems like I haven't done the same."

"Don't be down, Skyla. The battle isn't over yet." Ash said. "I know you still got more things to show me."

"Fine..." Skyla smiled returning her Swanna. "Let's keep flying!"

"Rowlet, I choose you!" Ash called him and the bird flew off Selene's shoulder and to the battlefield.

"You can do it, Rowlet!" Selene cheered on him and Rowlet smiled.

"Take flight, Swoobat!" Skyla exclaimed calling upon the Psychic Type. "Here it goes, Charge Beam!" Skyla once again gave the first order, Swoobat's ears illuminated in yellow light and quickly shot an electric beam from them, landing a clean hit on Rowlet. "Now Air Slash!" Just like Unfezant before, Swoobat flapped her wings to launch a giant air blade that grew in size thanks to the Flying Zone.

"Brave Bird!" Rowlet charged with his move powered by the Flying Zone as well and easily broke through the Air Slash and crashed a strong hit onto Swoobat.

"Venom Drench!" Swoobat's fangs suddenly turned purple as she opened her mouth to land a huge bite on Rowlet.

"Feather Dance!" Rowlet quickly flew backwards leaving a husk of feathers in his place causing Swoobat to bite the feathers instead almost choking in the process.

"Use Seed Bomb!" Rowlet prepared himself and fired off the everstone from his mouth as a projectile that hit Swoobat right on her forehead and then bounced back to Rowlet.

"Swoo?" The bat quickly used her psychic energy and stopped the rock mid-air before Rowlet could swallow it, Rowlet then tried to grab the stone, but Swoobat kept moving it away. "Bat..." She grinned to then use the psychic energy again and guided the rock to smack against Rowlet several times, leaving him beaten up in the floor, once the attack was over, Swoobat let go off the everstone and started to laugh while Rowlet slowly walked to the stone and swallowed it again, the owl then flew off to the battlefield and to Selene's arms trying to hide his face.

"Uh, easy there, you did great." She said while rubbing Rowlet's head and trying to confort him.

"Guess someone lost the will to fight." Nessa said while patting his head.

"Don't worry Rowlet, we'll try to handle the rest." Ash said.

"Sure, but that wasn't a full knock-out so he can return to battle if he wants to." Skyla said.

"Thank you, now let's keep going. Corvisquire, I choose you!" He exclaimed calling the Galar bird.

"Hmm... that's not an usual Corvisquire..." Skyla trailed off noticing the silver feathers. "Well, let's see what he can do! Heart Stamp!" Swoobat's nose fired off a pink heart-shaped projectile, but Corvisquire avoided it without much issue.

"Behemoth Bash!" Corvisquire was surrounded by a silver shield and quickly flew at Swoobat crashing against her with a direct hit. "Agility!"

"Use Venom Drench while he's doing that!" While Corvisquire was spinning to boost his speed Swoobat quickly flew at him and bit him, poisoning him, dealing damage and lowering his stats all at the same time, but Corvisquire pushed her away with a kick.

"As I thought." Skyla said. "Most of the Rookidee line go with the good old Agility to Power trip, but Swoobat here while keep lowering your stats so I suggests you to think of something else.

"Fine, Brave Bird!"

"Air Slash!" Swoobat used the move multiple times and managed to stop Corvisquire before he could reach her, she then took the chance again and bit him with another Venom Drench.

"Behemoth Bash!" The shield that appeared pushed back Swoobat and Corvisquire tried to reach her again, but with his stats lowered, Swoobat was easily outspeeding him and Corvisquire had to eventually stop the charge due to the energy that requires the Behemoth Bash.

"Venom Drench again!" Swoobat laughed and again bit down Corvisquire pushing him down and making him fall to the ground. "Heart Stamp!" Swoobat then fired off another huge heart projectile that caused a big pink explosion and left Corvisquire defeated.

"Corvisquire is unable to battle! Swoobat is the winner!"

"Finally!" Skyla cheered on. "That was great, Swoobat! We can still turn this around!"

"That was quite unexpected, I'll admit it." Ash said. "Rowlet, want to try again?" He asked, but the owl shook his head. "Alright, Staraptor, I choose you!"

"Venom Drench!" Skyla exclaimed trying to repeat the scene once Staraptor was out.

"Close Combat!" Staraptor quickly attacked back and forth with his talons, but while he was doing that, Swoobat landed a Venom Drench bit on one Staraptor's legs, altough she still received a kick and was sent flying back.

"Heart Stamp!"

"Steel Wing!" Staraptor quickly made a movement with his wings and cut the heart in half to then fly at Swoobat and land another Steel Wing on her chest, but Swoobat took another chance when he got close enough and bit again, causing yet another Venom Drench effect.

"Ominous Wind!" An angry Staraptor grabbed Swoobat by her chest with his talons and started to spin around the battlefield, creating another purple tornado to then fly out of it and throw a dizzy Swoobat with force onto the tornado, causing the whole thing to collapse onto her in an explosion that knocked out the bat.

"Swoobat is unable to battle! Staraptor is the winner!"

"Argh, damn it!" Skyla exclaimed and then sighed while returning Swoobat. "So, we're three on one, but you already know who's my last." Skyla tossed the Premier Ball and her Therian Landorus took place in the battlefield again.

"Staraptor, can you keep going?" Ash asked and Staraptor smirked with a nod despite being poisoned and having some stats lowered. "Then Brave Bird!" Staraptor quickly flew at Tornadus and landed a clean hit, but he only managed to slightly push back the Legendary.

"No more hiding! Bleakwind Storm!" Tornadus started to flap his wings and created a frigid wind that pushed Staraptor back, the wind was felt around the whole battlefield, freezing most of the floor.

"So this is the power of a Tornadus..." Gloria trailed off.

"Ash has told me about this one, but as always, it's more impressive to see it in person." Bea said.

"Argh, cold! I hate cold, I hate it!" Selene exclaimed while hugging Rowlet close to her as they both shivered.

"Wow... that was really something." Ash said.

"I know, right?" Skyla asked. "I don't use him for Gym Battles because of how one-sided he can turn things some times, but this battle is different, you are different."

"Hmm... You okay, Staraptor?" Ash asked and the bird nodded again as he tried to stand up with difficulty covered by frostbite injuries that were just adding to the poison.

"Nobody here needs a break! Focus Blast!" Skyla ordered and Tornadus formed the move between his wings to then swing it at Staraptor while Ash's pokemon was unable to avoid it due to his injuries, the attack caused a massive explosion that sent Staraptor flying again, but he still stood up despite that.

"Staraptor, that's enough, I'll call you off the battle." Ash said, but Staraptor shook his head.

"RAAAPTOR!" Staraptor shouted and raised his wings as a giant red star appeared behind him, the star was then absorbed by his body as he turned fully red and flew at high speed towards Landorus, the Legendary tried to stop him with another Bleakwind Storm, but Staraptor kept going and crashed against Tornadus with a huge shockwave and a explosion that managed to throw the Legendary to the floor covered in injuries, but Staraptor fell defeated after the impact.

"Wow... uh, Staraptor is unable to battle! Tornadus is the winner!" Bea said.

"That was a Final Gambit..." Ash sighed while returning him. "Really reckless, but thank you, could be what we need."

"Talking about strong winds..." Skyla smiled as her Tornadus stood up again. "That's the first time someone ever knocks down Tornadus since I got him, can't expect less from you."

"Thanks Skyla, but Tornadus really has some power backing him up." Ash answered. "Unfezant, I choose you!" Ash called the Unova bird again who quickly recognized the Force of Nature, just like Tornadus recognized her.

"Ah, yes, these two have some story together. Use Swift!" Ash ordered and Unfezant summoned the set of stars to then flap them away at Tornadus.

"Bleakwind Storm!" Tornadus once again summoned a cold wind, this time freezing the stars and sending back at Unfezant as solid projectiles.

"Night Slash!" Unfezant prepared the attack and cut down most of the frozen stars, but some of them still hit her right on her chest and she was eventually pushed back by the wind.

"Focus Blast!" Tornadus made the move again, but Unfezant gracefully dodged it and made her way to Tornadus, cutting through him with a quick succession of Night Slashes. Unfezant then flew away and Tornadus began to chase her, eventually biting her down to then smack her with his tail and use another Bleakwind Storm from up-close pushing Unfezant all the way down to the battlefield and freezing her solid to the ground. "End it off!" Skyla ordered and Tornadus formed another Focus Blast and tossed it to the floor, creating an icy explosion and leaving Unfezant defeated.

"Unfezant is unable to battle! Tornadus is the winner!"

"Now you only have one left!" Skyla jumped in the air. "I may win, but it seems like you'll be taking the prize." She giggled. "I wonder what kinda stuff we should do when we get some time alone, I could do a special 'private show' for you."

"Hey, that was my idea!" Nessa complained.

"Well, Rowlet, you're all we have left." Ash called him, but both Rowlet and Selene were both still trembling by the cold.

"R-Row!" He exclaimed shooking his head again while looking in fear at the Tornadus.

"Come on, Rowlet, I need you here." Ash said.

"Go on, f-f-fluffy one, I know you can do it." Selene said.

"We believe in you, Rowlet!" Lana said.

"We know you're much more than what you look like." Mallow added.

Rowlet then looked at Ash and sighed to then fly at the battlefield, standing in front of Tornadus. "Row..." Rowlet simply looked back at Ash with a worried look.

"Give us your all." Ash said.

"I know Ash usually does great in this kind of situations, but are we sure that the little guy can handle this?" Nessa asked.

"Don't understimate Rowlet." Mallow said. "He managed to defeat a Decidueye, his final evolution."

"Mallow's right, I say he has a fair chance of winning." Lana added.

"Let's make it quick, Bleakwind Storm!" The gust of cold wind efortlessly pushed Rowlet back, but the little owl did his best to keep flying. "Focus Blast!"

"Dodge it with Brave Bird!" Rowlet quickly moved out of the reach of the attack and landed the Brave Bird on Tornadus, but he didn't do much damage, Rowlet then tried to fly away, but Tornadus slapped him off to the floor with his wing. "Seed Bomb!" Still in the floor, Rowlet fired off his Everstone, but Tornadus caught the stone with his teeth and crunched it into pieces with a single bite.

"Roooow!" Rowlet cried desperately, but Tornadus simply smacked him away with his tail, Rowlet rolled along the ground and ended up on Ash's feet, with his trainer picking him up after that.

"Hey, you okay?" Ash asked and Rowlet looked down to then stare angrily at Tornadus. "That stone was really important for you... Maybe we should call off the battle, don't push yourself, I'm sure there's a replacement somewhere over there." Ash then hugged Rowlet, but the bird's body started to illuminate and in just a few seconds the shine died off and Rowlet had evolved into a Dartrix. "W-Wow, I-" Ash was about to say something, but Dartrix began to shine again, he then softly left him in the ground as the figure grew taller and a Decidueye was now standing in front of him. "What the-"

"He evolved twice in a row?!" Peonia exclaimed.

"Well, he's been holding that Everstone for quite some time." Mallow said.

"Guess all that exp was there ready to make him evolve, but the stone didn't let him." Selene said.

"That kinda explains what happened against Hau." Lana added.

"Decidueye, the Arrow Quill Pokemon. In a tenth of a second, it can nock and fire an arrow quill, piercing an opponent's weak point before they notice what's happening." Ash's Rotom Phone informed. "Decidueye's Moveset has been updated: Spirit Shackle, Leaf Blade, Brave Bird, Low Sweep."

"Two evolutions in a row!" Skyla exclaimed. "Geez, wonderful things always happen to you, don't they?"

"Decidueye..." Ash trailed off and the owl nodded, the newly evolved starter then looked at Tornadus again and took a hold of his vines, pulling them to close his hood.

"That's something they do to concentrate!" Selene told Ash. "He's ready to go all out!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Spirit Shackle!" Just like the Pokedex said, in less than a second, Decidueye took one of his quills and fired it off to Tornadus causing an explosion on contact. Decidueye then repeated the move and Tornadus caught the second arrow with one of his claws before it could reach him, but the quill still exploded and pushed him back.

"Take the sky!" Skyla ordered.

"Arrow to the floor!" With both of them remembering their battle with Hau, Decidueye fired off an arrow to Tornadus' shadow, preventing him from taking off. "Now Leaf Blade!" Decidueye flew at Tornadus as both his wings were surrounded in green light, once he was close enough, he slashed Tornadus several times, but the Legendary pushed him away with a kick, Tornadus then tried to take flight again, but the effects of the Spirit Shackle still didn't let him.

"Wait, that arrow! Try to stomp it!" Skyla shouted and Tornadus did as ordered, freeing himself from the restraining effect and finally taking flight.

"He already figured it out, let's go after him them!" Decidueye nodded and shot several arrows at Tornadus while he tried to avoid them and the arrows began to follow him.

"Dive down!" Skyla ordered and Tornadus aimed at Decidueye with his talons.

"Low Sweep!" Decidueye jumped off and kicked Tornadus on his stomach, pushing him back to the arrows that were following him and leading to another explosion that finally caused the Legendary to slow down.

"Focus Blast!" Tornadus once again fired off the move, but Decidueye simply stood still and took the hit, which didn't damage him at all.

"He's a Ghost now! Tough luck." Acerola said.

"Argh! Then Dark Pulse!" Tornadus roared and a beam of dark energy was shot from his mouth finally landing a clean hit on Decidueye. "Bleakwind Storm!" Tornadus once again summoned his cold wind, but Decidueye quickly shot an Spirit Shackle that broke through it and caused another explosion onto Tornadus.

"Brave Bird!" Decidueye's body became covered in blue aura as he charged the move, but instead of taking flight, Decidueye prepared an arrow and the energy of the move was transfered to it.

"That's his Long Reach Ability!" Selene exclaimed. Decidueye then smirked and let go off the arrow, which took the shape of a drilling tornado and went right through Tornadus knocking him out of the sky, but he was still concious.

"Spirit Shackle!"

"Dark Pulse!"

Both moves were fired at the same time, but the arrow redirected itself to dodge the attack and crashed onto Tornadus while the Dark Pulse continued to Decidueye, but the owl avoided and flew at Tornadus, landing a Leaf Blade with his wings just a second before Tornadus hit the ground and once that happened the Legendary was finally defeated.

"Tornadus is unable to battle! Decidueye is the winner and the battle goes to Ash!"

"And That's that." Ash said as Decidueye walked back to him. "Congratulations... but I guess you won't fit in my backpack anymore, right?"

"De..." The owl shrugged shoulders.

"Thanks a lot, you all did your best." Skyla said to Tornadus and returned him while Ash walked to her.

"Great battle, Skyla, that was crazy." He said.

"Heh, you bet." Skyla replied with a weak smile. "You just keep getting stronger, don't you?"

"You also seem to have improved." Ash said. "Now, can I know how did you end up with a Tornadus?"

"Well, listen to this, I caught him roughly four months ago, but it all started when I was a child, I was in a plane with my parents and I first saw Tornadus there, altough no one believed me back then, however I think that was what started my fascination with planes and flight, seeing him so graceful yet violent when he was flying in the middle of a storm... back to what I was telling you, four months ago there was this huge storm close to Mistralton, it had been going for several days, people and Pokemon were force to fleed and I thought I knew what was causing it, I took my cargo and Tornadus was there, simply flapping his wings stationnary, my team tried to take him down so he would stop the storm, but he beat them quite easily... he looked at me and... I dunno, he simply left, then he kept making storms in different parts of Unova and I kept 'visiting' him everytime he did so, I guess... that after all that time we spent flying together we eventually learned to trust each other... and well, the catch wasn't as dramatic as one would expect, it just happened on day."

"That's an amazing story..." Ash replied.

"You think so? It wasn't much big deal honestly, his capture is kind of a symbol for both of us, I let him roam free most of the time and I only use him in Gym battles when things get really bad or if I need to teach a lesson to some arrogant trainer... I brought him to Alola to help us with the Ultra Beasts, but I guess it wasn't necessary."

"I see... Now Skyla, about that little deal with had-"

"Sure, you won." Skyla sighed. "I'll leave you and your girls alone, b-but thanks for giving me a chance."

"No, Skyla, wait." Ash suddenly took her hand. "I think we can still do that."

"But I... I lost." Skyla said.

"Yes, you did, and honestly..." Ash sighed. "If you had won, I'm not totally sure I would have just accepted you."

"You... Right, I-I guess I'm not girlfriend material, am I?"

"It's not that Skyla, but, this relationship I have, it's not something that I'd decide with just a battle." He answered. "It must be something about you and me, about how we both feel, especially considering we didn't get to know each other that much."

"T-That's why I've been doing all this." Skyla said. "To get to know you better, to become closer and be your... you know. But if that's the case, why did you accept that battle?"

"I accepted your offer exactly because of that, because it has been a long time since we last talked, I wanted to see how you changed over the years." Ash said. "It was never about who's a better trainer, but about what kind of people we are."

"Well, I definitely just fell harder for the kind of person you are, I love everything about you, Ash." She replied while the blush growing in her face only made her smile wider. "But... do you like the person I am now?"

"I do. You can be sure of it." He answered. "You looked so motivated during the whole fight and you came all the way from Unova to help me after all, you reeeally want this to happen, don't you?"

"Heh, yeah..." She answered getting close enough to him so her breasts would press on his chest and then winked. "I also lost my beloved plane, soooo... maybe you're feeling a bit guilty about that?"

"Skyla, would you like to be my girlfriend?" He suddenly asked.

"...YES!" She shouted after processing the question for a few seconds and then gave him a big hug that almost knocked him down. "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Thank you! I promise, I'll do... I'll do... I-I'll do fricking everything for you and for the rest of the girls! You're not going to regret this!" She exclaimed to then grab his cheeks and give him a deep kiss on his lips. "Heh... that was even better than I imagined!" Skyla smiled holding her own burning cheeks to then look at a blushing Ash. "You look so so so cute! I... W-Wait, I just kissed you."

"Uh, yes, you did." Ash smiled.

"...AAAARGH! THAT WAS SO STUPID! WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?!" She shouted. "I MEET WITH THE MAN OF MY DREAMS AFTER THREE YEARS AND THE FIRST THING I DO IS IMMEDIATELY CHALLENGE HIM TO BATTLE TO FORCE HIM INTO BEING MY BOYFRIEND AND THEN EVEN AFTER I LOST HE ACCEPTED ME AND THE FIRST THING I DO AS HIS GIRLFRIEND IS KISSING HIM WITHOUT CONSENT! HE'LL THINK I'M SOME SORT OF NYMPHO!"

"Skyla, there's nothing wrong with kissing, I reallly like i-"

"OH MY GOD, I KISSED A BOY!" Skyla continued "OH MY GOD, I HAVE A BOYFRIEND! OH MY GOD, HE HAS 7 OTHER GIRLFRIENDS! WHY DO I KEEP TALKING WITH THOSE FLYING METAPHORS?! I'M OBVIOUSLY THE LEAST INTERESTING OF ALL HIS GIRLS! WHAT IF HE GETS SICK OF ME AND DUMPS ME! OH MY GOD I'M SUCH A CRINGELORD! I WANT TO JUMP IN A HOLE AND DIEEEEE!"

"Seems like everything hit her together just like with Mallow yesterday." Peonia giggled, while Ash smiled again and gave Skyla another hug.

"Skyla, it's fine, please calm down." He insisted.

"A-Are you sure?" She asked and her answer was another lip kiss from Ash.

"I'm totally sure." Ash answered. "Girlfriend."

"...C-Come here you!" Skyla suddenly took Ash's head and pulled him to bury his face between her breasts. "I'm all yours from now on, so make sure to check the goods!" She added and then noticed Ash wasn't moving. "...You okay?"

"Sure..." A blushing Ash trailed off without resisting. "It's like... two big soft pillows."

"Yes!" Skyla smiled.

"Well, that was fast." Selene said.

"At least Nessa doesn't have the biggest boobs anymore." Gloria said.

"Damn it." Nessa complained.

"And Mallow's third by not much." Lana said. "Everyone else here is kinda flat."

"You just had to say that." Peonia said.

"I mean, it's hard to compare with Skyla." Acerola said. "That girl has some serious curves."

"Hmmp, Cinderace wasn't joking with those thights." Bea said.

"Yeah, that's bountiful bouncy bosom isn't half bad either." Lana said.

"Eh, to change topic, its funny how your numbers doubled since you made it to Alola." Mallow said.

"Pfft, yeah, if it keeps us like that we'll be ten in no time." Skyla said.

"Well, you'd be tenth if... nevermind." Ash said.

"You're really comfy there, aren't you?" Skyla stroked his hair without letting him move away from her breasts. "I'm gonna pamper you lots!"

"Ok, fine, I have to pamper you as well." Ash said separating a bit from her. "What would you like me to do?"

"Some things that we shouldn't do out in the open." Skyla giggled.

'This one will get along with Flannery at least.' Bea thought.

"But well, while we're here... Would you... Ash, would you like to stroke my hair?" Skyla asked finally letting go off him, Ash simply smiled to then place a hand over her hair and began to stroke it while Skyla hugged his chest.

"That feels great...I feel so safe in your arms..." She trailed off. "I'm melting... P-Please keep going, Daddy!"

"Daddy?!" The girls exclaimed.

"Uh..." Ash stopped a moment due to the embarassment.

"AH?!" Skyla shouted as well.

"Not that girl too now..." May trailed off as she saw the scene from afar. "You really didn't understand anything, Ash... I could just take a picture of this mess and tell everyone what you're doing... I'm the World contest champion, they'll have to believe me and then they'll have to separate you from those girls... but I'm not going to do that, just like Dawn, I'm still your friend, I'll help you realize you're doing the wrong thing, I'll find another way to make you dump them... or maybe they can dump you instead..." She added with a smile. "That way you'll run back to me."

Meanwhile in Kanto.

"Miss Erika, is this legal?" Shauna asked.

"When there are no cops around, anything's legal." She answered.

The Gym Leader and her new apprentice were now in Pallet Town, right next to the Ketchum residence, after their talk with Ash, Erika told Shauna that her next class would be accompanying her there and she had no choice but to agree.

"Why are we doing this again?" Shauna asked.

"Just follow my lead." Erika said. "I checked Miss Ketchum's social media and she's also in Alola along her Mr. mime so the house should be all alone. Now, let's do as we planned." Erika then released her Victreebell and Shauna called her Ivysaur, the girls then told their Pokemon to use their vines to open a window on the second floor of the house, once they did so, the Grass Types then raised the girls with their vines and helped them get inside the window and the trainers returned them once they were safely inside.

"Alright, this seems like Miss Ketchum's room..." Erika walked to the closet and opened it while Shauna stayed behind, Erika kept tossing some clothes around until she finally found what she was looking for. "Here it is!" She exclaimed holding a long orange dress. "This was the one he wore!" Erika then brought the dress closer to her nose as she blushed profusely and gave it a big sniff. "So this is how Ash smells like..." Erika smiled enamoured by the scent as her mind drifted off.

"What's going on here?!" Shauna suddenly shouted bringing Erika back to Earth.

"Ah, right, I suppose he doesn't comment it much." Erika giggled while hugging the dress close to her. "Ash disguised himself with this dress in order to challenge my Gym again after I banned him... he looked so cute..."

"We trespassed a home only so you could get your hands on a dress that Ash wore?!" Shauna exclaimed.

"Yup." Erika nodded.

"I'm really starting to regret asking to be your apprentice." Shauna sighed. "...But well, since we're here we might as well check Ash's room, I'd like to see what's inside there."

"That's a wonderful idea!" Erika exclaimed.

"Hey Erika, what are you doing in my Mom's room?" A male voice suddenly called from the door and the two girls saw Ash standing there while looking at the scene with his Pikachu on his shoulder.

"A-A-ASH!" Erika shouted while trying to hide the dress behind her. "This is not what it looks like!"

"It looks like you broke into my house along this girl to steal that dress." He said.

"...Ok, maybe it is what it looks like." Erika said. "B-B-But please, don't be angry, I just wanted to... I wasn't totally honest during our call, Ash, I fell in love with you! I-I wish to be your girlfriend!"

"Whaaaaaat?!" Shauna shouted.

"I see..." Ash trailed off. "But that's still no excuse for you and this girl to come here like nothing!"

"I-I know, I'm sorry, you must be so disappointed in me." Erika continued while protrasting in front of Ash.

"Wait, why do you keep saying 'this girl'?" Shauna asked. "Why don't you call me by my name?"

"Uh, w-well, that's because..." Ash looked around for a second. "Because I'm angry at you!"

"You recognized Erika because she's a Gym leader, but I'm not from this region..." Shauna trailed off as she approached Ash. "And you couldn't have made it all the way from Alola to here, we talked with you roughly an hour ago!"

"We did?" Ash asked.

"You're not Ash!" Shauna exclaimed releasing her Ivysaur again. "Who are you and what you doing here?!

"...Sigh, fine, you're good, girl, I'll admit it." Ash took a few steps back and laughed. "Might as well, just show myself! La imitadora! Maximitadora! No limitadora!" He exclaimed in a feminine voice making a quick spin "It's Duplica!" She posed back in her usual clothes holding Ash's attire in her arms while her Ditto smiled in her shoulder.

"...Who?" Shauna asked.

"Uh, she's an actress and impressionist, she owns a theather here in Kanto." Erika explained. "Thank Mew it wasn't really Ash... but man, was that a wasted confession."

"So you're in love with Ash?" Shauna asked.

"Yes, but I don't think that's the topic we should talk about at the moment." Erika replied looking at Duplica. "I feel obliged to ask what are you doing in Ash's house."

"Not sure if you're in place to ask that." Duplica giggled. "But well, I've always been good at imitating Ash and since he got so famous I've been getting a lot of requests to inpersonating him more, I decided to pass by his house and check the original source in order to make good enough dupes."

"Odlly specific." Shauna said.

"At least I didn't come here to steal an old dress." Duplica said.

"Leave the dress out of this!" Erika shouted.

"Sure thing, Weirdo." Duplica continued.

"Don't act like this is the first time you come here, Duplica." Another voice called and the girls looked at the door again seeing a young woman in a schoolgirl attire.

"Oh, hey Giselle!" Duplica greeted her.

"And this is?" Shauna asked looking at Erika.

"Well, Giselle is a top graduate of the Pokemon Technical Institute and the current Gym leader of Viridian City." Erika explained.

"Well, if it isn't Erika." Giselle said. "May I know what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same." Erika answered.

"We could all ask each other that question honestly." Shauna said. "Seriously, none of us should be here."

"Hmmp, I just came to check my future mother-in-law's house." Giselle replied.

"What?" Shauna asked.

"Why, of course, as Ash's first and only crush it is my duty to prepare myself to be his wife." Giselle said.

"Ah, yeah, she's totally delirious with the idea that Ash still loves her." Duplica said.

"Of course he does!" Giselle shouted.

"His 'crush' in you was almost 8 years ago." Duplica giggled.

"Uh, Miss Erika, since we already have the dress I think we should just leave." Shauna said.

"That's actually a good idea." Erika agreed and Shauna began to lead the way to the door, but she was stopped by yet another young woman that stood in front of her.

"...Do I have to ask?" She talked looking around at the rest of the visitors.

"Misty!" Erika shouted.

"Misty..." Giselle trailed off glaring at her.

"Uh, Hello there?" Shauna said.

"Oh, hi, Misty!" Duplica greeted her. "You also came to sneak inside Ash's house?"

"No. Miss Ketchum left me an spare key and asked me to water the plants." Misty answered. "So, all of you, to the living room. NOW!" She shouted and started to walk away, but then noticed the other girls weren't following her. "I SAID NOW!" Misty shouted again and the four girls accompanied her to the living room, with all of them sitting in the sofa while Misty held her head.

"Fine, explain me, one by one, what are you all doing here in Ash's house?!" Misty shouted.

"I just wanted this dress..." Erika trailed off.

"I'm Erika's student so I had to follow her." Shauna continued.

"Just looking for some inspiration." Duplica said.

"Once again, I came here to prepare myself to be Ash's wife." Giselle said. "After all, you never forget your first crush, we know that I'll always be his one and only true love, I bet he dreams about me every night and spends the days thinking of me."

"...I seriously think you're exaggerating with that." Shauna said.

"Ah, sure! Now that he's famous you want him for you!" Misty shouted at Giselle.

"I always loved him!" Giselle answered. "But he was too young to understand his feelings and my own, now that he's a man, I know he's waiting for me."

"What did I say? Delirious." Duplica replied rolling her eyes.

"He isn't waiting for you, you heartless monster!" Misty continued. "Do you have any idea how much he's cired over you? He finally moved on! Ash deserves to be happy, you should be ashamed! You're SICK!"

"...I feel like you're both exaggerating with that now." Shauna said.

"Ash deserves something better than you!" Misty shouted pointing at Giselle.

"Like who? You?" Giselle asked. "Don't make me laugh, Ash needs someone who at least acts as a woman. I'd rather have him be with Erika."

"Uh, Thanks?" Erika said.

"As a second wife with less rights than me, of course." Giselle ended.

"I ALSO LIKE ASH!" Shauna shouted. "I can't with the pressure, I can't stand it!"

"I can always ask dibs once you end your fighting." Duplica raised a hand. "Pfft, imagine if we do it while I'm dressed as him. That'd be weirdly hot."

"I won't be able of taking that picture out of my head for a while." Misty said.

"Like I said, Ash needs a real women." Giselle continued.

"Now I'm wondering if he'd be rough." Erika trailed off.

"Listen girls! I'd like to not imagine Ash in suggestive situations at the moment and you're not helping!" Shauna shouted.

"Will you all just shut up for a second?!" Misty shouted. "Argh! I can't with this! You're all going to clean this place until it looks better than when you arrived. Then you will leave, and never come back, understood?!"

"Pfft, or what?" Giselle asked.

"Or else I'm telling Miss Ketchum and Ash about all of you and what you did here!" Misty shouted.

"...That's actually a pretty good menace." Duplica said.

"This is so ridiculously stupid!" Misty shouted. "How come four girls decided to break into the same house the same day?!"

"That's five actually." Giselle said.

"I didn't break in! I have the key right here! Psyduck is still watering the plants!" Misty shouted and then pointed at the her Pokemon who had a sprayduck on his hand while watering a plant in the living room.

"I wasn't talking about you." Giselle said. "There was this weird pink haired girl in Ash's room when I got here, but she ignored me when I tried to talk with her, she was also saying some pretty weird things to herself so I decided to just leave her alone.

"Wait, what?" Misty asked.

"Uh, yeah, she had twintails and huge boobs, you didn't see her?" Giselle asked.

"Pink hair, twintails and huge boobs?" Duplica asked. "I think I've impersonated someone like that before."

"That kinda sounds like..." Erika trailed off.

"WHITNEY?!" Misty shouted and ran to Ash's room, the other four girls acompanied her, but there was no one in the room, altough the window was open.

"Are you sure it was her?" Erika asked.

"Give me a sec..." Misty looked to where Ash places his badges, setting her sights in the Johto ones and noticing the Plain Badge wasn't there anymore. "Yeah, it was definitely her... but what does Whitney want with Ash?"

"...So, can I keep the dress?" Erika asked.

"NO! YOU CAN'T!" Misty shouted.

Meanwhile in the Vermilion Port.

"My, that was a long travel, but it was well worth it... I knew he was keeping it dearly." Whitney smiled with Ash's Plain Badge in her hands and gave it a small kiss. "Don't worry, my dear Ashy, I'll give it back to you, when we meet again, this badge will represent the start of our new relationship... You'll soon see how much I love you... and how much a women can do for her love."