Loyal to the Game [Pokemon Fanfic]

Foreword

Hello readers! A few things first before you proceed:

This is a reverse harem fic, meaning that it will follow the conventions of the reverse harem genre in that the heroine has guys falling for her left and right and that the usual conventions of anime/manga (including the many clichés and eccentricities) are definitely included and in abundancy. To clear things up, this is like a common anime with all the usual traits. Meaning Ash gets paired (sort of) with basically a lot of people and it's mostly one-sided (also hence the Ash being a little too naïve when it comes to men, as it's a common theme in that type of anime on girl romances ala shoujo and/or reverse harem genre manga/anime like Fushigi Yuugi, Ouran High School Host Club, etc.), with fanon Harem twist of multiple partners. Most guys are reoccurring unrequited or "character of the day" crushes, but a select number are permanent requited guys. These are the permanent guys:

Permanent Pairing Guys/Ash (Bolded if introduced)

Giovanni/Ash: ShatterShipping

Lt. Surge/Ash: WorstKindShipping

Lance/Ash: ChampionShipping

Oak/Ash DaddyShipping/BizarreShipping

Steven Stone/Ash: HoleShipping

Norman/Ash: UnbalancedShipping

Colress/Ash: AmazedGeekageShipping

Wallace/Ash: PerceptionShipping

Archie/Ash: KyogreCrossingShipping

Maxie/Ash: BurningAshesShipping

Volkner/Ash: LightningboltShipping

Riley/Ash: AuraProtectShipping

Cyrus/Ash: RedTreeShipping

N/Ash: UnknownShipping

Cilan/Ash:CafeMochaShipping

Siebold/Ash: AquaTrainerShipping

Sycamore/Ash: SixthLabShipping

Sir Aaron/Ash: HadouShipping

There are the one-sided/'character of the days' groups that I (over at FF.NET) had opened to the readers and allowed an open suggestion to them, in order to expand the variety of pairings for Ash and as I told them over there: "so everyone can just enjoy their pairings and because every time I look for a fic with Ash paired with someone different...there isn't anyone. Therefore this is the fic to get your fix and where you can see Ash paired with everyone." This offer is now also open to readers here, in Wattpad. Look here to see if the guy has already been suggested though: http://lafinalearia.weebly.com/ashs-reverse-harem.html

This is a classic "episode rewrite" story, so it will be more or less following the timeline of the anime (with game influences), however things will be switched up. And just because you know the general outline of what will happen, does not mean you can predict the entire events as the whole point is to switch up. The point is to see the changes, what has been changed. Especially in regards to the gender/sex of Ash Ketchum having changed -the main idea is to see how that changes things, changes people's opinions/outlooks, and as I put in an answer to a question -There's also the point of double standards, generalization of gender roles, the typical and maybe even cliché outlook towards girls, and various girl versus boys issues. For my story, Ash is now female. In some ways, that makes Ash a bit more softer, though even canon!Ash can be rather sweet and soft. I try to keep the core of canon!Ash in there a bit, but an AU causes Butterfly Effects that changes things, and the more things change."

Ash is a refleciton of Red from the games, who's generally seen as OP. And as I said in the author's notes section in the FF.NET version, "the older age is also why Ash is a bit better at battling, because she does have more experience (and has matured a little more) than she would have at ten. And also because I am sick of the anime, and I wrote this BECAUSE I wanted to write a better Ash, that's actually matured physically, mentally, and emotionally. I mean, come on, the anime has canon!Ash as this boy who stays a little boy, and after how many battles is still being mocked and seen as inexperienced? I'm writing this because I'm irritated by that. Not to say Ash is going to win every battle, but she's not going to be losing that easily either."

As for Ash as a Mary Sue, it's a pet peeve of mine whenever Mary Sues are brought up, even if it's not my fic because people don't know or understand what a real Mary Sue is anymore. It's shallow writing and if you think any character of mine is a Mary Sue, you're accusing me of shallow writing and having no depth. Mary Sues tend to be superficially written, and of that I firmly disagree on that I have ever written anythng superficially. This is the only point that I have ever seen or will ever feel offended by.

There are a few Japanese words in here, but are the common ones that most people should know or can infer/ignore, and really is more attuned to show the regional language attributes (kind of like the combination of English and Chinese in the show Firefly).

Thank you for you time!

Eri