Chapter 54: chapter 54
Back with Ash.
After the little moment with Skyla and a better introduction with the rest of the girls, the group decided to have another reunion, this time including their newest member, so they left Ash and Selene outside the mansion while the rest stayed inside to talk.
"Well, that was quite the scene." Selene said.
"I'm sorry if this is all making you uncomfortable." Ash answered.
"No, it's fine, they're your girls, it's only fair to let them show their affection." She replied. "And I guess it's a good idea to share the day with them, you know, as some kind of free trial for when I... for when that happens."
"So you made up your mind?" Ash asked.
"I'm still thinking... I just want to spend some time with you for now, is that okay?"
"Of course, and I'm sure the girls won't mind having you tag along for the moment."
"Yeah, with the exception of Gloria, they all seem nice." Selene smiled. "And speaking about that..."
"What?" Ash noticed Selene was looking behind him but before he could turn and see, someone's hands covered his eyes.
"Guess who?"
"Aside from the voice, those breasts pressing on my back are more than enough clue, Skyla." He answered.
"Pfft, what a mood killer." She giggled before giving him a kiss on his cheek while still covering his eyes. "Listen, the girls and I already talked and we decided to take the rest of the day easy, we just want to spend some time with our loving boyfriend in the private beach of the mansion, how does that sound?"
"S-Sounds great." Ash stuttered a little already guessing what would happen in that beach.
"That's great! You can join us if you want, Selene." Skyla continued.
"Sure, I'll just go change myself first." She answered to then walk inside the mansion.
"As for you, Ash, I'm gonna put you on a little blindfold, the girls and I want to surprise you, so I'll take you to your room so you can change clothes and then you'll put on the blindfold again so I can take you to the beach, okay?"
"Fine, I guess I'll play along." Ash smiled and Skyla put on the blindfold on him to then take him to his room, Skyla let him go inside and closed the door, Ash then took off the blindfold, and just like she suggested he changed himself, now wearing only a pair of blue swim trunks with a white stripe running down both sides, he was about to put on the blindfold again, but his Rotom Phone ringed with an unknwon number so he answered the call.
"Uh, hey there, Hapu!" He greeted her.
"Nice to see you, Ash." She answered while blushing a little as she noticed he was shirtless, but she tried to ignore that topic. "Uh, Kukui gave me and the other Kahunas your phone the other day, hope you don't mind."
"Don't worry, it's fine, how's everything in Poni island?"
"You mean after the invasion? Luckily no casualties, we're already rebuilding, glad you stopped the whole thing rather quickly tho."
"Guess it's kinda my job as a champion." Ash laughed.
"Speaking of that, I'd like to invite you for a rematch." Hapu said. "A more detailed battle between you and me, without improvised Soak this time, okay?"
"Sure, I accept your challenge." Ash answered.
"Thank you, I suppose we also got a few things to talk about." She smiled. "Can you come today?"
"Sorry, but it'll have to be tomorrow, I'm kinda busy at the moment."
"Of course, I understand, see you tomorrow then, in Poni Breaker Coast, just like the last time."
"I'll be right there." Ash smiled and cut off the call, he then put on the blindfold again and knocked the door to tell Skyla to open it.
"There, we going to the beach now?" Ash asked while Skyla took one of his hands.
"In a second." Skyla giggled. "The girls told me I could have a little moment for ourselves first."
"Uh, Skyla-"
"Chill out, I'm not going to take advantage because you're blindfolded, when that happens, I'll make sure you see everything." She answered giving him a deep kiss right on the lips. "But until then... I don't see a problem with stimulating your other senses... A-Ash, if you don't want to do this right now, just tell me and I'll stop."
"Well, you say we're alone and the girls gave you a moment so... wait, you're wearing a bikini, right?"
"I was, but I decided to take it off while you were changing." She bluntly answered.
"SKYLA!" He shouted in embarrasment.
"Hehe, you haven't seen any of your girls fully naked from what they told me, and well, it's not like I want to steal that first spot, but..." Skyla took both of Ash's hands and guided them to her breasts. "I just want you to know what you're messing with, now that we're together, I'll be quite some more straight-forward... you're feeling them right?"
"Y-Yes, they're... they're r-really big and soft." He stuttered with a massive blush. "But your, uh... they're hard, you know?"
"Oh, what? My nipples?" She grinned while he flustered even more. "Yes, they are, and they're not the only hard thing here." Skyla giggled looking down. "Again, none of the girls have seen you fully naked either, I wonder for how much time this family will stay pure?" Skyla then moved Ash's hands to her hips and buried his face between her breasts again, but this time they were both blushing far more than before thanks to the direct skin contact.
"Y-You're... really warm." Ash said.
"You too, I love it." She answered. "This is the embrace of a woman who loves you, can you hear it? My heart? It's running wild because of you... hehe, fine, we should get moving before the girls get worried. Hopefully next time this happens you'll get to use your eyes." Skyla finally let Ash go and put on the bikini again, she then gave the still blindfolded Ash another lip kiss and started to guide him to the beach with their hands joined until they were in front of the rest of the girls.
"And Tada!" Skyla took off the cloth from his eyes and Ash saw all the girls in swimwear, Bea had the same black bikini with orange outlines and white flowers from that time in the cruise, Nessa's bikini was red and she had a black towel around her waist, Peonia's bikini was green with red outlines, Acerola's was purple and Skyla's was light blue with white outlines, Mallow had her usual green swimshorts and bandeau patterned with red flowers, while Lana was wearing her usual one-piece swimsuit and Selene had a Bikini with blue and white stripes.
"My life... has no regrets." Ash whispered.
"So, I guess this is the fun part of having a harem, isn't it?" Peonia begin with the tease while hugging one of his arms.
"I bet you were just dying for a moment like this." Nessa asked kissing one his cheeks.
"W-Well, you all definitely look amazing." Ash said.
"Well, you can imagine swimwear is kinda my thing." Nessa replied giving him a lip kiss. "Glad I'm getting you excited."
"I feel a bit awkward with this honestly, but I'm glad you like it." Peonia said. "Like, you know I'm from the Crown Tundra, I've lived most of life in the middle of snow and cold, wearing tropical clothes is one thing, but a straight-up bikini? well, it feels like I'm... wearing nothing at all." She whispered to his ear and smiled happy to see him blushing.
"W-We wanted to try some bikinis too, but we thought you'd prefer us in our usual stuff." Mallow said.
"I'll admit you do look somewhat different while wearing them now that you're my girlfriends." Ash said. "Even considering Lana pretty much lives with that swimsuit on."
"You know me well, don't you?" Lana asked.
"I was saving this for a special ocassion too!" Acerola smiled.
"I-I honestly brought this one on my way to your house, it was in case that the battle failed." Skyla said.
"So you were going to try and seduce me?" Ash asked.
"Is it working?" Skyla stuck out her tongue and pressed her breasts out between her arms.
"Yup, definitely." Ash nodded remembering what just happened between them and Acerola then hugged his free arm.
"What about me, Ash? Am I seducing you too?" She asked.
"I don't know... you look more cute than anything." He answered.
"Not the answer I expected, but I'm satisfied." Acerola said. "And I'll grow soon, so wait for it, I can already tell you're a boob addict... the more kids you give me the more they'll grow."
"Hey, I'm not a boob addict." Ash said feeling an urge to look at Bea, who blushed while remembering that moment they shared back in Galar.
"Really?" Peonia asked with a raised eyebrow. "Nessa, Mallow, Skyla, come here, okay?" The girls understood the idea and the three stood in front of Ash with Skyla in the middle while she hugged them from their sides so their breasts would press against each other.
"That's not fair..." Ash trailed off hitting his blushing limit while finding himself unable to look away.
"I already got two wins and it's my first day as girlfriend!" Skyla smiled.
"Ash Ketchum, you pervert." Nessa giggled at him. "But you don't have to feel bad about seeing us that way, we're your girlfriends after all."
"This is a bit embarassing, but I'm glad to know we have that effect on you." Mallow said.
"Aight, enough. Cool down, y'all." Lana suddenly tossed a trio a bucket of sea water and then did the same to Ash, wetting Acerola and Peonia as well.
"Yeah, you should cut that off before his heart stops." Selene told them.
"I'll give him CPR if that happens!" Nessa smiled.
"I'll rejoin his soul with his body if that doesn't work!" Acerola smiled as well. "Phoebe told me how to do it."
"S-Sure, I... Selene, you also look great." Ash told her.
"Thank you." She answered with a blush while looking away. "Like you said, I think I'll tag along for the moment."
"Of course, and I'm glad to see you wearing that bikini again, Bea." Ash continued. "I... I really thought you looked amazing with it since the first time."
"Heh, thanks, now let's hope that what happened the last time I was wearing it doesn't repeat." Bea said.
"Oh, you mean when you killed Ash?" Acerola asked and everyone stared at Bea. "Phoebe told me about that."
"You did what?!" Selene exclaimed at Bea.
"It was an accident!" Bea said. "I-I pushed him to a pool and... well..."
"But Phoebe saved me and it's all alright, no one got hurt in the end." Ash said trying to calm down the girls. "Like I was saying you all look beautiful... hey, wait, where's Gloria?"
"I'm here!" Gloria called behind him wearing a short blue sleveeless shirt accompained by a blue sarong, a wrist scrunchie and a pink flower in her head. "I... Marnie and I bought a pair of these back in Galar some weeks ago and I finally get to use it, how do I look?"
"Gloria..." Ash slowly walked to her and caught her in a hug. "You look so precious."
"Yeeees!" Gloria whispered.
"Alright, we got a whole day for us!" Nessa smiled. "First things first, I'm teaching Peonia how to swim!" She said while grabbing the aforementioned's arm and dragging her to the ocean.
Oh, I can help with that too." Lana said following them.
"Hey, wait, wait! We don't have to do that now!" Peonia exclaimed to no avail.
"Well, what are the rest of you going to do?" Ash asked.
"Oh, can we look for some Sandygast in the beach?" Acerola asked. "You know, for safety."
"I was thinking I haven't trained in a while." Bea said. "Maybe you can help me with that?"
"Why don't we try the classic sunscreen on the back?" Mallow suggested.
"I'll do anything you do, Ash!" Gloria smiled.
"How about you bring your face here for another bit, boyfriend?" Skyla asked pointing at her breasts.
"ASH!" a voice suddenly shouted and the group looked back to find Elaine running at them with her Pikachu on her head, but she stumbled and fell with her face first on the sand a few steps away from Ash.
"Elaine! You okay?" Ash asked helping her stand up.
"S-Sure, thanks." She answered coughing a bit of sand. "I just... Why aren't you wearing a shirt?!" She shouted looking at his chest.
"Well, we're on the beach so-"
"Cover yourself!" Elaine demanded covering her eyes.
"What? But I can finally watch him shirtless without nose bleeding!" Gloria complained and stared at Ash for a few seconds before covering her nose. "Well, almost."
"Hello there, guys!" Mina walked into the scene along Delia and Lei.
"Hey, Mina, and Mom!" Ash greeted them.
"...MOM?!" Skyla shouted and suddenly prostrated in front of the woman. "I-I'ts an honor to meet you, Miss Ketchum, my name is Skyla Stahl, I'm from Mistralton City in Unova and I'm the eighth girlfriend of your son, I-I hope you accept me just like you have accepted the rest!"
"Uh... Nice to meet you, please stand up." Delia answered and Skyla straightened herself in front of her. "Don't need to be nervous darling, now, you said you were eighth so... can the rest of Ash's girlfriends please come here?" Delia asked and the girls in question got a bit scared and quickly went to stand next to Skyla, while Selene, Mina and Elaine stayed behind next to Ash, with the younger sister still covering her eyes.
"I-Is there a problem, Miss Ketchum?" Nessa asked.
"Don't worry, it's not because of anything bad, I just want to make sure I know you all correctly, fine?" Delia said. "Now, let's see if I get it right... I already met with Bea, Nessa, Peonia, Gloria... Acerola, I'm so glad you got to make it on your own."
"Thanks a lot, Miss Ketchum!" She answered. "I honestly wouldn't have made it without your help."
"You two are Mallow and Lana, right?" Delia asked and the two tensed up and simply nodded. "Of course, I know you two are great friends of Ash, nice to see you're in as well."
"T-T-Thank you!" Mallow stuttered.
"We won't dissapoint you, Miss Ketchum." Lana nodded.
"And Skyla, you're the lastest addition." The mother continued.
"Yes, that's me." Skyla nodded.
"You truly have been expanding your horizons, right Ash?" Delia asked with a laugh while her son approached her.
"I guess you can say that." Ash answered and then looked at Lei. "And what about you, little guy?" He asked taking him on his arms and Lei began to laugh.
"I decided to bring him with me, that way Kukui and Burnet will finally get some sleep." Delia explained. "Those two haven't closed an eye since Lei came by. I also left Mimey in their house to take care of them."
"Oh? So you've been staying with Burnet and Kukui?" Lana asked.
"That's right, I still hope they're not seeing me as a third wheel though." Delia said. "They're truly amazing people and I owe them a lot for taking care of my Ash for over a year, helping them as first-time parents is just a way to show my gratitude."
"Well, I can see where Ash got his kindness from." Skyla said.
"Since we're doing introductions..." Ash walked to Elaine, who was still covering her eyes and guided her to the girls. "For those who don't know, this is Elaine, she's my sister."
"You have a sister?!" Mallow and Lana shouted.
"Yup, well, half-sister, it's a long story." Ash replied while uncovering Elaine's eyes. "Isn't that right, Elaine?"
The younger girl simply stared a few moments at him and then blushed again. "...Argh, damn it! Ash! Mina wanted to tell you that she wants to join your harem!" Elaine exclaimed.
"Uh, really?" Ash asked the painter.
"Nope, sorry lad." Mina answered. "Elaine is just trying to deviate your attention since she's got too shy to tell you something that she's been hiding since you met."
"That's not true! Don't listen to her!" Elaine exclaimed. "Go ahead! Kiss her right now with those... t-those lips that look so... AAAARGH!" Elaine ran away and started to kick some sand. "Why is this happening to me?!"
"...She'd like to have a battle with ya." Mina said to Ash.
"Oh... right, that's a good idea." She said. "Please let me show you my battle skills, brother!"
"I'd be happy to show you mine as well." Ash said returning Lei to Delia. "Also, Elaine, you know you can just call me Ash, right?"
"Y-You mean like how your girlfriends call you?" She asked blushing.
"Uh, more like how everyone else calls me." Ash answered.
"Oh, this will be fun." Mina giggled.
While the whole scene unfolded, Selene walked to Delia, looking down while she rewinded the whole day with Ash and the girls
"Is everything okay, dear?" Delia asked her.
"Miss Ketchum, can I ask you something?" Selene raised her head and looked at the mother.
"Oh, please Selene, you don't need to be so formal with me." She smiled.
"Well... you know him the best so... what do you think is Ash's ideal type of woman?" Selene asked.
"Ah, well, I think the answer to that should be obvious." Delia giggled. "Ash's ideal type of woman is just any woman that he can make feel special, look around and you'll see, there's beautiful girls, cute girls, sexy girls, small girls, clever girls and even some not-quite-so girls... Ash's sincere love for all types of woman is pretty evident, don't you think?"
"I guess that's a way of saying that... Ash is naturally gifted at seeing the best in women." Selene said.
"Correct, and I'm sure he wouldn't mind having you as well." Delia smiled while Selene blushed.
"I'm not sure, Miss Ketchum." She answered.
"Listen, I know I may sound like I just want my Ash to have all the girlfriends possible so I can be swarmed by grandkids, but I really think you'd be both happy with each other, I still remember how close you two were with when you were younger."
"I guess that's true..." Selene trailed off looking at Ash again, but Gloria suddenly stood in front of her.
"Would you stop staring at my boyfriend?" She asked at Selene."
"Gloria... I'm really sorry about everything." Selene said.
"Ah, sure! Now you want to be nice with me only to join the family!" Gloria exclaimed. "And once you're in, you'll continue to fight with me, right?"
"...Gloria, how did you meet Ash?" Selene asked.
"What?"
"I mean, you told me that you were his biggest fan, now, since you know I met him during his childhood, I'd like to know how it was for you, since you seem so close to him." She explained.
"Hmm... I first saw him during a broadcast of his battle against the Frontier Brain Brandon back in Kanto." Gloria answered and looked back at Ash, who was still talking with Elaine and Mina. "I wasn't much interested in battles or Pokemon at all before that, but I stumbled onto that broadcast and it changed me forever, it's because of Ash that I am a trainer today... then I finally met him in Galar and... well, lots of thing happened up until this point."
"And so it seems..." Selene gave a sincere smile. "Ash also changed me, the way he was always talking about becoming a trainer back when we were kids eventually led me to become one too, and seeing his victory in Alola motivated me even more, so I came here to take the trials, I'll be sure to give him a battle that he remembers... in the end, the two of us are what we are now thanks to Ash, I guess they're right, you and I are not so different."
"...If you're really as important as Ash says you are..." Gloria trailed off to then sigh. "Fine, you have my permission to join, so I guess is up to you now."
"...Thank you, Gloria." Selene smiled and tried to give her a hug, but Gloria suddenly pushed her away and made her fall to the sand.
"Don't be exaggerated, we aren't friends yet." Gloria said while she walked back to Ash.
"Well, that's a start, she'll warm up to me." Selene said while Delia helped her stand up.
"Glad to see you motivated." Delia smiled. "In all honestly, Selene, back when you lived close to us, I would have definitely liked to have you as Ash's girlfriend.
"Hehe, thank you, Miss Ketchum." Selene smiled to then look at Ash again. "I guess I have an answer already..."
Meanwhile in Shalour City, Kalos.
"I feel like Ash is thinking too much abouts boobs recently and I'm not there to take advantage of it." Flannery said.
"I screwed up Flannery, I screwed up so so bad." Korrina said while they were both at the Ice Cream Shop in which Malva was working, Flannery and Korrina's Pokemon were all trying to cheer her up, but there wasn't much they could do.
"Oh, please, you don't gain anything just giving up like that." Flannery said. "You just have to call Ash and explain him everything."
"Explain him what?!" Korrina shouted. "That I didn't want him to reencounter with his best friend because I was jealous of her?!"
"...It does sound quite bad when you say it like that." Flannery admitted.
"Are you two going to order something already?" Malva asked behind the bar.
"Yeah, in a moment, we're trying to give Korrina some emotional support here." Flannery said.
"What am I going to do now?!" Korrina continued. "I had so many things planned for our rencounter! Our battle was going to be legendary! Lucario, Mienshao, Machoke, you all have been training so hard! But now there's no way Ash will come to visit- AH!" Korrina suddenly stood up and slipped with her skates, but a Poke ball opened and a shiny Golett appeared and caught Korrina on his arms before she hit the floor.
"Huff, thanks." Korrina said standing up again. "...Wait, who are you?"
"I think he came from your pocket." Flannery said pointing at her skirt, Korrina then looked inside the pocket and pulled out an opened Dusk Ball with a note on it.
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-H-Hey Korrina!, Uh, I was going to visit you today to give you this, but, uh, I saw you crying on the streets, you looked sad, so, I decided to just leave it on your pocket without you noticing! You know I'm good at sneaking. This is Golett, he likes to roll a lot and that reminds me of you, please take care of him!-
With love, Hexy.
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"My, thanks a lot, Hexy." Korrina smiled looking at the Golett who gave her a salute.
"Who's Hexy?" Flannery asked.
"She's a good friend of mine, altough she's really shy." Korrina said handing Flannery the note. "You've probably seen her walking around here in Shalour, pale skin, long black hair, black cobweb dress... kinda big boobs... like yours."
"Ah, yeah, I think I've seen her." Flannery said. "Also, did she sturtter in her writing?"
"Like I said, she's really shy." Korrina added. "But well, at least her boyfriend Calem and his girlfriend Evelyn are there to support her."
"Uh, what was that last part?" Flannery asked.
"Oh, yeah, Hexy's boyriend, Calem, is also dating another girl called Evelyn, but both Evelyn and her know and agreed with the whole thing." Korrina explained. "Hexy assures me she's happy and I've met Calem, he's nice, I haven't met Evelyn, but Hexy told me she's also shy so I suppose Calem has a thing for that kinda girls, and it's not like I'm someone to judge them... still, just try to picture that, two girls sharing the same guy, that must be chaos."
"Why do I suddenly feel a cold wind?" Flannery asked.
"Are you seriously asking that?" Malva raised an eyebrow.
"Hello, everyone..." Drasna waved at them as she walked inside the store with a serious face.
"Hi, darling." Malva said closing her eyes and waiting for a kiss, but her wife simply stood in front of her with her arms crossed."
"We need to talk." Drasna said opening her eyes, something that scared both Flannery and Korrina.
"W-What did I do now?" Malva stuttered slightly scared as well.
"It's not about what you did, but rather what you didn't do." Drasna continued. "Listen, I've been reading quite a nice book titled 'Setting Limits for Your Out-of-Control ex-criminal wife'."
"Well, that's... really specific." Malva said.
"Yes, someone called Brendan wrote it." Drasna said. "Whatever, I think it's time for you to stop this unhealthy behavior."
"What unhealthy behavior?" Malva asked.
"Everyday you simply come to work and go home to eat alone in your room and sleep!" Drasna complained. "You haven't spend time with us since we're married! You need to take responsibility for our life together and that starts by helping me raise our daughter!"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...I'm... sorry...?" Malva said. "I literally have no idea what you're talking about."
"The teen orphan you adopted during our wedding, remember?" Drasna asked and Malva shook her head confused causing Drasna to sigh. "Tina, could you come here?" She called and a slim and fit teen girl walked inside the shop, she had tan skin, orange eyes, and slightly messy short red hair kept in place with a black headband. She was also wearing a sporty outfit consisting of a black athletic top, matching black athletic shorts, and an orange and white long-sleeved jacket that was partially unzipped along athletic orange shoes, while also being accompanied by a Flareon.
"Uh... Hi?" She waved at them.
"...Hello?" Korrina answered.
"YOU HAD A DAUGTHER!" Flannery shouted.
"What?! No?! Do you even understand how that works?!" Malva shouted. "W-W-Who is this supposed to be?!"
"You really don't know?!" Dransa complained.
"No! Where did she come from?! " Malva continued. "Only our friends and family where at that wedding!"
"Uh, Miss Drasna-"
"No, don't you worry Tina." Drasna interrupted her as she grabbed Malva by the neck of her uniform. "To begin with, only friends and family were at that wedding, but you got drunk and disappeared for like an hour!"
"Ah, yeah, I remember that." Flannery said.
"So let me explain you what happened during that hour!" Drasna exclaimed.
Some weeks ago at their wedding.
"Hey, where did Malva go now?" Blaine asked.
"Eh, she probably got drunk and started wandering around." Kabu said.
"That's quite the problem, considering that crazy woman always had the weakest tolerance to alcohol of the family." Mr. Moore added.
"We've been married for 30 minutes and she already abandoned me." Drasna sighed.
"Shouldn't we go after her then?" Flannery asked.
"Nah, she'll be back." Kabu said. "Drunk Malva is like a boomerang, she always returns to where she sent off."
"Or so we thought!" Drasna narrated back in the present time. "Malva rode on top of her Pyroar and ended up in a beach of Ambrette, our girl Tina here is a Track and Field runner and she had just ended winning a race in that town while she was returning to the orphanage where she lives in and stumbled upon a drunk malva in the beach."
"Miss Malva?" Tina asked recognizing her.
"Oh, hiiiii!" Malva smiled mostly lost in the alcohol. "Are you a fan? You want a picture?"
"Oh! That would be great!" Tina smiled and pulled out her Poryphone to take a selfie with Malva.
"Here we go! Party face!" Malva smiled while making a peace sign with her fingers as Tina took the picture.
"Whoa! Thanks, Miss malva!" Tina exclaimed.
"Call me Malvs, dear." She laughed again.
"Hey, are you okay?" Tina asked.
"I'm just so jazzed to meet you, girl!" Malva giggled. "What's your name?"
"M-My name is Tina, Tina Sazanka, I live in an orphanage quite close from here."
"Oh, so you're an orphan..." Malva trailed off. "My, poor girl."
"It's fine, don't worry." Tina said. "In fact, I pretty much work there, helping the caretakers with the younger ones, I've been thinking of setting off in a journey, but I'm not sure..."
"Hey, do you want some advices to get adopted?" Malva asked.
"Oh, yes, that'd be nice." Tina nodded.
"Listen, teeth whitener is a good idea." She started and Tina quickly looked for her Poryphone again and started writing.
"Teeth whitener..." She repeated.
"Aha, also eyeliner and learning a foreign language can help." Malva continued.
"I already know some languages tho."
"You should also get experimental surgery to make my eyes larger and more vulnerable-looking." Malva said.
"That sounds a bit too extreme..." Tina said.
"Well, you want to be adopted, don't you?" Malva asked.
"Y-Yes, but-"
"Listen, what can you do now?" Malva interrupted her.
"Uh, well, I'm a Pokemon trainer, I'm also good at cooking, driftwood art and I'm a skilled Track and Field runner and gymnastic."
"That all sounds super cool!" Malva exclaimed squeezing Tina's cheeks. "Listen, gal, I just got married and my wife and I talked about how we'd like kids... do you think you'd be interested in letting us adopt you?"
"...YES!" Tina shouted.
"Greeeeeat!" Malva smiled again.
"Oh my god, t-this is so great! great! great!" Tina started jumping in the air. "Because all I ever want was to get adopted, so I can finally stop being..." Tina looked at Malva again and noticed she had fallen sleep in the sand. "...alone." She whispered sitting next to her.
Back in the present time.
"Then Tina called me with your Rotom Phone and stayed there in the beach to make sure nothing happened to you until Blaine, Kabu and I found you." Drasna continued to explain. "She later explained us everything that happened, we confirmed it with the audio of a nearby camera and I thought it was a good idea so I filled the papers and we took her in."
"JUST LIKE THAT?!" Malva shouted.
"Yup, she's been living with us for the past weeks, but you're so lost into your own world that you didn't even notice it!" Drasna shouted.
"Heh, and I didn't want to visit you for a while to give you two some privacy." Flannery laughed.
"This isn't funny!" Malva shouted.
"It is quite comical actually, and I must say, I've grown rather fond of the young lady." Drasna continued hugging Tina close to her. "You should get to know her, you and her have a lot in common... she lost her parents at a very young age. Doesn't she deserve a chance for someone to take her under their wing, as I took you under mine after what happened with Team Flare?
"...Drasna, you've been watching way too many Lifetime movies while drinking Berry juice." Malva said.
"It's tea." Drasna answered.
"Whatever it is." Malva sighed and then looked at Tina. "You... fine, I still don't fully understand what happened, but you look like a nice girl and I do wanted to adopt eventually, so welcome in."
"That's so great!" Flannery exclaimed hugging Tina. "I've always wanted a sister! I mean, you're technically a cousin, but we'll get along, my name is Flannery, pleasure to meet you!"
"Uh, t-thank you." Tina smiled.
"And are you really okay with all this?" Korrina asked Tina.
"Sure! I mean, it's better than being orphan." Tina answered. "Miss Drasna is really caring and, had I not accepted, I probably would have stayed in the orphanage my whole life, I never had luck with adoption interviews anyway."
"How many of those did you have?" Flannery asked.
"One hundred twenty-four." Tina answered with dead eyes. "Besides, I'm turning 17 next year, and it is really hard for a teenager to get adopted. I thought I had no future and that no one wanted me, but I'm glad I found Miss Malva."
"Heh. Guess I was good for something after all." Malva said.
"I'm proud of you, darling." Drasna said and gave her wife a kiss, while the Pokemon were all greeting Tina alongside Flannery and korrina, however Flannery's Lampet suddenly heard a suspicious noise and he floated to the front door.
"Something wrong, Lampet?" Flannery asked him and the front door suddenly opened sending Lampet flying back to his trainer.
"Korriiiiiinaaaaa!" An angry Serena shouted entering the place along Miette.
"Of course." Korrina sighed.
"You and I need to talk!" Serena pointed at the skater. "I just talked with Ash and I know he was covering you! Why didn't you tell him about my welcome back party?!"
Korrina did her best to try and find an appropiate answer, but before she could talk, the front door of the shop slammed closed and turned into a zipper.
"Uh, is that a giant zipper?" Tina asked.
"Pretty sure that's a giant zipper." Korrina nodded.
"Lamp!" Flannery's Lampet exclaimed happily.
"Oh girls, you're in for a show." Flannery smiled.
"I don't care if this shop turns into pants, you're gonna answer me!" Serena shouted at Korrina again.
"Serena, I actually think we should be a bit more concerned about this." Miette suggested.
"STICKY FINGERS!" A voice shouted and the zipper opened to then absorb Flannery, Korrina, Tina, Serena, Miette and their Pokémon inside of it, the zipper then closed and disappeared as quickly as it came, leaving only Drasna and Malva in the Ice Cream shop.
"...You just saw that too, right?" Malva asked.
"Yup." Drasna nodded.
"Should we call the police?" Malva asked again.
"Nah, I got the feeling that they'll be fine, let Tina have her first adventure." Drasna answered.
Meanwhile in the Distortion World.
"Did we really need all of them?" The Froslass asked. "I thought you only wanted that Lampet."
"Yeah, but they were too close to the zipper, so it's their fault." The Marshadow answered. "Besides, the more contestants, the more fun, right?"
"I still feel like we're being too irresponsible with this whole thing." Froslass said.
"Oh, please, what's the point of having god-like powers if you can't use them to mess with the mortals?" Giratina said appearing behind them. "You should have seen Arceus back in the day."
Back in the day.
-Arceus! aunque tu madre lo oculto, era aquel fontanero!-
-Sexy Sax Noises-
"Ok, enough." Froslass said. "Now we're only missing Shauntal Buckland, Phoebe Uhane and Acerola Ketchum, all of them are in Alola."
"No place like home." Marshadow said. "Let's go for them."
Meanwhile in Twinleaf.
"Ursula, are you here?" Dawn asked entering her house seeing how the place seemed intact but most of the decorations looked different.
"Yes, we're in your room, come up!" Ursula answered and Dawn walked upstairs to go to her room, finding her Ursula along Chloe and Regina, with the latter carrying Akari's Zorua in her arms.
"So... it's true." Dawn trailed off.
"I'm sorry Dawn, I checked every centimeter of the house, there's not a clue." Ursula said.
"Ursula explained us what she knew, we asked the neighbors but nobody knows where they are or what happened." Chloe added while going to give her friend a hug. "I'm really sorry, Dawn.
"It's okay..." Dawn answered trying to hold her tears. "T-Thank you for coming anyway... you must be Regina."
"Yes, that's me. Pleasure to meet you, altough I wish it could have been in better conditions." Regina answered walking to Dawn. "And I suppose he's yours." Regina tried to give Dawn the Zorua, but this jumped away from Dawn and to Regina's shoulders.
"Zorua... what happened?" Dawn asked, but the Zorua simply sat down on Regina's shoulder and closed her eyes.
"Alright, Dawn, we need some explanations." Ursula said.
"Like, to begin with, this is a Hisuian Zorua." Chloe said. "I didn't want to say it during the call since it is a complicated topic, but you seem to know about it, how did a Pokemon that's been extinct for centuries suddenly appear in the present? What does it have to do with you and who does it belongs to?"
"...This Zorua belong to one of my ancestors, her name is Shō Akari." Dawn started to explain. "She's the first girl of my family that came to Sinnoh, she was teleported by what I suppose was a time portal to the present time, she's currently around my age and we look extremely similar, she has been staying with us for a few weeks before I left to Alola."
"Well, that whole thing is a problem." Regina said. "Having your ancestor abandon their original place in time before they could give birth to their sucessor is already a tight situation... you say she was living with you for a couple weeks, how were you planning to send her back to the past?"
"I'm honestly not sure, I just thought we'd find a way somehow." Dawn said. "And I was also going to explain my situation to Ash, in hope that he could help us."
"And where is he?" Ursula asked. "Why didn't you bring him with you?"
"Ash and I had... a big discussion back in Alola, I couldn't even tell him the problem with Akari." Dawn sighed. "Nevermind that, I think I know what happened with Mom and Akari. Danika must be behind it."
"Wait, Danika?" Chloe asked.
"You mean that chaser that was visiting you the other day?" Regina asked.
"A what now?" Ursula asked.
"Chasers are somewhat elite Pokemon Rangers and researchers, they also work for many law-enforcement organizations like the Interpol." Regina explained.
"Danika's specific division, M.E.W. Of project RKS, is investigating Legendary Pokémon to understand the origin of the species, and she is also one of the most experimented chasers in the world." Chloe continued. "She's... uh, a friend of my ex, that's how I got to meet her..."
"And how did you meet her, Dawn?" Ursula asked.
"I guess I'm responsible for that." Chloe said. "I asked her to give Dawn a visit after she asked me if I knew about time portals... you were talking about Akari back then, weren't you?"
"Yes, I was." Dawn answered. "When Danika came here she told me there was some kind of time crisis here in Sinnoh, that must have been what brought Akari here, but... I didn't tell Danika about her."
"Why not? She could have helped." Chloe said.
"I don't know, there's something weird about her, I knew you send her, but I wasn't sure if I could trust Danika." Dawn said. "I believe that after I left to Alola she found the truth about Akari and tried to take her away."
"And Johanna, being who she is, definitely tried to defend her." Ursula said.
"That would mean Danika arrested her as well." Chloe said.
"Well Chloe, you know the most about this Danika, where would she take prisoners after something like that?" Regina asked.
"The Interpol has a set of Headquarters with a prison section here in Sinnoh, they take the most dangerous things there and that place is also the base of RKS, so it must be the first place where Danika thought of taking them, it's on the foot of Mt. Coronet." She explained.
"Then I'm going there." Dawn said.
"Wait a second, Dawn." Regina replied. "Even if that was the correct place, you still aren't even completely sure if Danika was the one who took them way."
"Well, there's only one way to find out." Dawn said with Rotom Phone on hand.
Meanwhile in the foot of Mt. Coronet
"Let me go!" Faba complained while he was being thrown inside a glass cell which was then locked. "Why are you doing this to me, Gladion?! I'm still the head scientist of Aether Paradise! I have my rights!"
"Those rights only apply to citizens respetful of the law who don't help aliens try to conquer our civilizaton!" Gladion answered. "And you better be sure that you're more than fired, Faba."
"Argh, you can not do this!" Faba shouted.
"Well, you wanted your very own kingdom, so make this cell one of those." Gladion answered. "That guy over there could be your advisor."
"What guy?" Faba looked behind him and his blood froze once he recognized the man sitting in one of the beds of the cells. "Cyrus..."
"And you're Faba, from what that young man has said." Cyrus answered.
"So the rumors are true... you're back and alive." Faba continued.
"At least for the time being." Cyrus said.
"It's... it's quite an honor honestly." Faba took a short bow. "The unifying theories that you proposed before you created Team Galactic, they were correct, we could harness the power of time and space, even if it wasn't at its fullest, most of my carrer has been devote to your ideas."
"Hmmp, at least we'll have a lot to talk about now that we're locked together." Cyrus said.
"I'll leave you alone to meet your idol or whatever." Gladion rolled his eyes and walked out of the cell section to then meet with Danika.
"Thank you for bringing him all the way here." She said.
"It was the least I could do, his existence has been pretty much a problem for my whole family for quite a long time." Gladion answered. "But are you sure it is safe to leave those two in the same cell?"
"Cyrus has been surpringsily cooperative since we captured him." Danika said. "We asked him to play being his friend, hopefully Faba will reveal some things regarding the invasion, we need to know more about the Lightbane in case they return."
"I hope this works then." Gladion nodded before starting to walk away. "I'll take my leave, my family is returning to Alola soon and there's someone who I need to talk very seriously about that."
"Good luck!" Danika waved at him as he left and then felt her Rotom Phone ring, she sighed once she saw who was calling her but answered immediately despite that.
"I suppose you already know." Danika said.
"Danika..." Dawn glared at her. "What happened to my family?"
"...They're fine, if that's what you're asking." Danika said. "They're locked here, I'm sorry things had to escalate to this, but Akari is dangerous, the time anomaly she represents accidentally sent a trainer named Lucas to the past."
"L-Lucas was sent to the past?" Dawn asked.
"Yes, and I don't know to how many people something like that could happen. I need to control this, Akari has to stay locked."
"And what about my Mom?" Dawn asked.
"Not only she resisted, but she's been with Akari too much time, I don't know what kind of effects that could have on her."
"You can't just lock them like that until the situation resolves!" Dawn shouted. "There has to be another way!"
"This is the only way!" Danika answered. "Besides, you lied to me, and you were also exposed to Akari, be thankful that I didn't arrest you as well back in Alola."
"I'll show you thankful!" Dawn shouted. "I'm going there and I'm going to rescue my family!"
"Dawn, I'm obliged to give you a warning, if you dare try to come here and take them out, then my partners and I are going to respond with force." Danika answered.
"Then I'll have to answer harder." Dawn replied to then cut the call.
"...That family is full of crazy people." Danika said.
.
"Well, there goes the surprise effect." Ursula said.
"Chloe, I'm gonna need the location of those Headquarters." Dawn said.
"Are you crazy?! I'm not letting you go there!" Chloe said.
"Listen to me, Koharu." Dawn put both hands over her friend's shoulders. "I have to do this. If it was your family, wouldn't you go despite the danger?"
"You just had to play that card." Chloe sighed. "Fine, I'll transfer the location to your Rotom Phone. But I... I can't go with you."
"I understand." Dawn assured. "This is something really dangerous... besides, if something goes wrong it'll be the best to not let Danika know that you helped me, you should return to Galar as quick as you can."
"I'm going with you, Dawn." Ursula said.
"Urs-"
"Save your words." Ursula interrupted releasing her Garchomp. "I'm doing this for Johanna, after all, this whole situation is your fault, you could have simply tell Danika what was happening... Just don't slow me down."
"...Sure." Dawn looked at Regina and then tried to grab Zorua, but this continued to avoid her. "What's the matter?"
"If you allow me..." Regina hugged Zorua closer to her. "Zorua feels betrayed... she feels like you abandoned Akari."
"I guess that's somewhat true..." Dawn sighed. "Worst part is that in the end I left Sinnoh for nothing."
"I'll go to this mission as well." Regina said. "I'm quite a skilled battler, I could be of help."
"Thanks a lot." Dawn said.
"Speaking of battle, if you want to raid that place, I think you should really call Ash for help." Ursula suggested.
"I know, but I don't want to." Dawn said. "Like I told you, we had a big discussion, I don't feel like I have the right to ask him to do something as big as this, he has better things to do than me."
"Whatever you're gonna do, we should get out of here." Chloe said. "Danika knows where your house is and could come here or send someone to stop you before anything happens, we should find another place to stay while we prepare this attack."
"What about your house, Ursula?" Regina asked.
"I mean, we could go, but I live in the Resort Area, which is quite far." She answered.
"Isn't there a closer option?" Chloe asked. "Maybe we could rent a room in a nearby hotel, but considering that Danika could have access to the security cameras that could not work. Don't you have a friend that can help us with this, Dawn?"
"Let me think a moment." Dawn said. "Kenny and Barry's houses are pretty much next door, but I don't think we should stay this close, Salvia's castle is a bit too far, Zoey isn't in Sinnoh right now... I think I got it, let's move everyone, we're going to Solaceon."