pokemon Fighting Dreamers

Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh.

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

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

"What about you, Lyla?" Goh asked.

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

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

"All calm as of now." Horace answered.

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

"Just where could she be?" Danika wondered.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Leave me alone." Goh glared at her.

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

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

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

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

Solaceon Town, Sinnoh.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Uh, what?" Dawn asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Just kill me already." Dawn whispered.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Total idiot, eh?" Dawn asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Shut up." Ursulsa said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meanwhile with Ash.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Smart Strike!"

"Branch Poke!"

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

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

"Grookey, return!"

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

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

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

"Wow..." Ash simply trailed off.

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

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

"Wait, what?" Elaine asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Thanks for the tip." Elaine said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Aurora Beam!"

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

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

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

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

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

"Steel Roller!"

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

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

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

"Steel Roller!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Thunderbolt!"

"Pika Thunder!"

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

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

"Crackling Accel!"

"Knock Off!"

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

"Thunderbolt again!"

"Another Pika Thunder!"

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

"P-Pikachu!" Elaine exclaimed.

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

"Pika?!" Ash's exclaimed.

"Pika..." Elaine's winked.

"What in the-"

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

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

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

"You already guessed?" Elaine asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"What?!" Elaine shouted.

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

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

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

"What? For real?" Ash asked.

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

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

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

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

"Come on!" Elaine shouted.

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

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

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

"KISS HIM ALREADY!" Elaine shouted.

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

"There, satisfied?" Mina asked her friend.

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

"And when does that happen?" Mina asked.

"Dunno." Elaine said.

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

"Yet." Elaine smirked.

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

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

"You what?" Ash asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Again. NO!" Phoebe shouted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Huh, quite unconventional." Mina said.

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

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

"Elaine..."

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

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

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

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

Some time later in Caitlin's Alolan villa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

.

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

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

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

"Then let's get going."

Back with Ash.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"L-Lana!" Mallow exclaimed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"But I was so close!" Lana shouted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Take care..." Mallow trailed off.

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

"Is everything okay with Lillie?" He asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Me too." Lana replied.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The next day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Of course." Bea rolled her eyes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meanwhile in Blackthorn City, Johto.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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