fates collide // an ash xy love story

xiv // mikrokosmos

Hannah looks as though she didn't care about what Bonnie had to say, but in her head, she was really trying to remember any other times when Ash did fidget.

The said boy finishes up his battles and is advancing to the 4th round. His Hawlucha and Noivern suffered the cruel fate of fainting, but Pikachu pulled through and the three of them made the girl's Forretress, Magmar, and Crobat faint, eliminating her from the competition.

As soon as Ash finishes his battle, the next one begins. It between a boy and a girl. The girl releases her Pokémon first, and it is a Miltank. Then, the boy releases his Pokémon, and what appears on the field is a Toxicroak. As soon as Hannah sees that Pokémon, her eyes grow wide as well as Weavile's, and Hannah rushes to get that Pokémon out of her sight before she can begin to panic.

Hannah excuses herself from the group and walks towards the staircase to get her down to the battlefield. But before she fully exits, Hannah turns towards them and exclaims, "Hey, Serena. You know that research with the professor I was telling you about?"

Serena turns around at that, and stares at Hannah, awaiting her response.

"I'll show you a little something on the field," Hannah concludes before walking towards the staircase. The group was a little confused upon what Hannah was talking about, but there is always one who gets what she means.

Bonnie sits back in her chair, already aware of what power Hannah was speaking of, 'what's on her wrist says it all."

Just after finishing his battle, Ash walks with a tired Pikachu on this shoulder towards the make-do Pokémon centre located at the end of the hall to heal the Pokémon and let the trainers continue watching the battles in the stands. The hallway from the field to the Pokémon centre was long, no windows in the hallway, just pictures depicting the history of the Kalos Region and various others.

Ash ignores the pictures and continues along the hallway. Stopping when he sees Hannah admiring one of the pictures on the wall.

The picture shows a hoard of Bellossom and Vileplume living happily under a giant willow tree. The two co-operating well with a lot of Oddish and Gloom running around, content with their families.

Hannah looks down to the bottom right-hand corner to see the details of the piece. Written there, it says a few words describing the piece.

"Date: 19th of February, 201X

Photographer: Freya Bamford

Whereabouts: Route 44, Johto Region

Description: A few moments peace between the ongoing feud amongst two species of the same evolution line."

"You know, I've been there?" Ash comes up from behind Hannah and startles her slightly, not showing in her body, but in her mind, rather.

"Really?" Hannah asks, wanting him to continue on in his story.

"Yeah, I was going from my 7th gym battle and heading towards my 8th, when my travelling companions, Misty, Brock and I were heading towards Blackthorn City when we saw three Oddish that was quite sick. That was due to the battles of Bellossom and Vileplume towards a huge tree that provided shade for the Pokémon. Long story short, a war broke out but both species live in harmony once again."

"How long ago was that?"

"About 4 years ago."

"So, after that picture was taken." Hannah determines, looking at the description of the piece, and from what Ash just said, Hannah concludes in her mind a theory, and proceeds to tell Ash of it, "You're the reason that the picture's description of the 'ongoing feud' is redundant now, because you and your friends stopped the fighting?"

"That's right," Ash says proudly, Weavile on Hannah's shoulder and Pikachu on Ash's high five each other.

"I would love to travel around so many different regions, and meet so many different Pokémon," Hannah says to no one in particular, more just her dreaming out loud.

Ash was about to say something, but his voice rendered inaudible due to the very loud speaker announcement throughout the vacant hallway. A feminine voice sounds, alerting the only two people in the hall, "Hannah Abernathy, please report to the field, I repeat Hannah Abernathy, please report to the battlefield immediately. Thank you."

"Looks like you've gotta go," Ash says with disappointment threaded through his words.

"Don't worry, Ash. I'll finish my battle up real quick." Hannah exclaims and winks at Ash before walking towards the field. Ash stands there like a deer in headlights, not moving until he hears his name being called once again, "Hey Ash."

The said boy turns around and meets the eyes of the girl who speaks again, "Watch me, I'm using a Pokémon you don't even know I have." She then turns around and continues walking to the field.

They both walk away from each other, wondering what Hannah's battle lies in store. 

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- hannah ✨