Our Promise, Our Future

By JohtoAmour64

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After winning the Kalos League and keeping their promise, Ash and Serena continue their journey together. Fro... More

Chapter 1: Laying Out Our Feelings
Chapter 2: Serena's Home
Chapter 3: Kanto Bound
Chapter 4: Ash's Home
Chapter 5: From Celebration to Chaos
Chapter 6: The Morning After
Chapter 7: The True First Date
Chapter 8: Our Journey Starts Today!
Chapter 9: Alola, Ash and Serena!
Chapter 10: Getting Schooled
Chapter 11: Housewarming Hospitality
Chapter 12: The Island Challenge
Chapter 13: Tapu Koko's Grand Trial
Chapter 14: The Island Challenge Begins!
Chapter 15: Island Challenge - MeleMele Island Part I
Chapter 16: Island Challenge - MeleMele Island Part II
Chapter 17: Alolan Date Night - Ash and Serena
Chapter 18: Alolan Date Night - Pikachu and Sylveon
Chapter 19: Alolan Date Night - Greninja and Delphox
Chapter 20: A Day at the Pokemon School
Chapter 21: Island Challenge - Akala Island Part I
Chapter 22: Island Challenge - Akala Island Part II
Chapter 23: Island Challenge - Akala Island Part III
Chapter 24: A Different Type of Day
Chapter 25: Parent & Child, Partners & Sisters
Chapter 26: Revelations
Chapter 27: Ash's Birthday
Chapter 28: Serena & Delphox
Chapter 29: Acceptance
Chapter 30: Icy Rescue Arc Part I - Journey to Aether Paradise
Chapter 31: Icy Rescue Arc Part II - Vulpix Stands Tall
Chapter 32: Icy Rescue Arc Part III - The Power of Bonds
Chapter 33: Icy Rescue Arc Part IV - You'll Always be my Mother
Chapter 34: Honey Blonde Hair
Chapter 35: Reconciliation
Chapter 36: Island Challenge - Ula Ula Island Part I
Chapter 37: Island Challenge - Ula Ula Island Part II
Chapter 38: Island Challenge - Ula Ula Island Part III
Chapter 39: Island Challenge - Ula Ula Island Part IV
Chapter 40: One Last Day
Chapter 41: Alola Crisis Arc Part I - The Battle Begins
Chapter 42: Alola Crisis Arc Part II - The Ultimate Bond
Chapter 43: Alola Crisis Arc Part III - An Icon of Love
Chapter 44: Alola Crisis Arc Part IV: The Power to Protect
Chapter 45: Alola Crisis Arc Part V - Somber End
Chapter 46: Helping the Broken
Chapter 47: Heroes Always Come Home
Chapter 48: Alolan Christmas
Chapter 49: Island Challenge - Poni Island Part I
Chapter 50: Island Challenge - Poni Island Part II
Chapter 51: Alola League Part I - Starting Line
Chapter 52: Alola League Part II - A Battle of Jealousy
Chapter 53: Alola League Part III - A Rocky Rematch
Chapter 54: Alola League Part IV - A Fated Battle Between Rivals
Chapter 55: Alola League Part V - Alola's First Champion
Chapter 56: Alola League Part VI - Partners, Now and Forever
Chapter 57: Alola League Part VII - Rise
Chapter 58: What Lies Ahead
Chapter 59: An Alolan Goodbye
Chapter 60: Our Journey Continues!
Chapter 61: A Surprise Reunion
Chapter 62: Gathering a New Team
Chapter 63: Serena's Galar League Challenge
Chapter 64: Galar League - Grass Badge
Chapter 65: Galar League - Water Badge
Chapter 66: Galar League - Fire Badge
Chapter 67: Galar League - Fighting Badge
Chapter 68: Galar League - Fairy Badge
Chapter 69: Galar League - Ice Badge
Chapter 70: Galar League - Dark Badge
Chapter 71: Galar League - Dragon Badge
Chapter 72: Galar League Tournament - Part I
Chapter 73: Galar League Tournament - Part II
Chapter 74: Galar League Tournament - Part III
Chapter 75: Galar League Victory! Serena's Ultimate Match!!
Chapter 76: The Darkest Day Arc Part I - Emergence
Chapter 77: The Darkest Day Arc Part II - Fighting Through the Darkeness
Chapter 78: The Darkest Day Arc Part III - The Way Home
Chapter 79: What I'm Aiming For
Chapter 80: Rise To The Challenge
Chapter 81: A Champion Time!
Chapter 82: The Very Best, Like No One Ever Was
Chapter 83: The Last Step
Chapter 84: Don't Give Up
Chapter 85: Until Its Over
Chapter 87: Asking the Question
Chapter 88: A Day of Matrimony
Chapter 89: One Big Happy Family
Chapter 90: Our Promise, Our Future

Chapter 86: Ash's & Serena's Home

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By JohtoAmour64

Hi there! I'm back to bring you all the next chapter! Now that the Aim to be a Pokemon Master arc is done, the story is almost done as well. Don't worry, this isn't the last chapter, there's still things I want to do before I consider this story complete. This chapter is kinda like a chapter with not much going on. It might even be a short chapter, who knows, I think you all know how I operate by now. I'll talk about the next chapter at the end, so go enjoy this one for the time being.

"Fall back towards those big rocks!" Inteleon yelled.

Inteleon, Decidueye, Pancham and Lucario were running in a forested area from a huge wave of attacks from wild Pokemon. They dove behind a large row of rocks as the attacks barely missed them.

"How did we get into this situation?!" Lucario yelled as he threw an Aura Sphere towards the wild Pokemon.

"Beats me! But I bet Decidueye knows!" Inteleon yelled as he fired a Snipe Shot.

"You're the one who shot first!" Decidueye yelled back as he fired a Spirit Shackle.

"YOU told us to shoot!" Inteleon yelled.

"I meant shoot like 'damn!', not shoot like 'SHOOT'!" Decidueye yelled.

"Well, regardless, now we're stuck here!" Inteleon yelled.

Decidueye and Inteleon decided to stop arguing for the time being. Lucario saw Pancham ducking behind cover. He looked and saw a spot off to the right that could be used to blindside their attackers.

"Ok, Pancham, I know we're pinned down right now, but I'm gonna need you to flank to the right, establish an attacking position at that vantage point over there and hold it until further notice!" Lucario said as he pointed towards the spot.

"I barely understood any of that" Pancham said.

"Just go over to that big rock and fire your attacks at them!" Lucario said.

"Over there? Yeah I don't think so" Pancham said as he looked at where Lucario was pointing.

"We don't have time to discuss this!" Lucario said.

"No time for you. You get to hang out here with Owl Hood and Fancy Finger Guns and shoot in the breeze. Meanwhile I'm going out there, eating an OP attack sandwich" Pancham said.

"Pancham, we're gonna give you covering fire!" Lucario said.

"Covering fire? Unless that means you're gonna build some giant plot armor wall between me and where that vantage point is, I think you need to come up with a better plan, preferably one where I won't get hit" Pancham said.

"I guess I can do that. Oh wait, do you mean on your body?" Lucario said.

"Dammit! They're closing in! Everyone get ready to move!" Inteleon said.

They all got ready to move, however they suddenly heard loud noises from where the attackers were. The attacks ceased as well. The boys looked up and saw Dracovish, Latias, Cinderace and Lilligant standing over the defeated enemies.

"Another forest rescue to start the morning! I guess it's all wood!" Dracovish said confidently.

"Just-, no" Cinderace said as she looked at him with annoyance .

"We've been looking absolutely everywhere for you guys" Lilligant said.

"Sorry, we got sidetracked" Inteleon said.

"What were you guys doing out here anyway?" Latias asked.

"I wanted to collect some berries from the woods and we ended up in the wrong area" Decidueye explained.

"You were collecting berries? For what?" Lilligant asked.

Before he could answer, someone spoke up.

"He wanted to make a cake to give to Primarina" Lucario said.

"What? But your baking skills suck" Pancham said with surprised.

"Maybe, although my targeting skills are pretty good" Decidueye said with an intimidating glare.

Pancham slightly shivered and decided to shut up.

"You're making a cake for Primarina? That's so sweet!" Cinderace squealed with her hands together and an excited blush.

Decidueye rubbed the back of his head as he awkwardly chuckled.

"Unfortunately we couldn't collect the desired berries cause we got attacked" Inteleon said.

"If you lead the way we'll help you" Lilligant offered.

The group ventured into the forest again. After some searching they found enough berries. Inteleon nabbed some berries for himself.

They all eventually returned to Wyndon. They walked up to a large tower.

"Welp, home sweet home" Pancham said.

"Hard to believe the first time we were here it was to save the world" Lilligant said.

"It was where The Vish had risen once again!" Dracovish said with excitement.

Latias giggled while Cinderace sweatdropped.

"Well it serves much better as a high rise condo building" Inteleon said.

They all entered the building. They walked past the receptionist, who waved to them, which they waved back. They all entered a large private elevator and headed to the top floor.

They exited the elevator. They past by the closest room, which had a sign that said 'Ball Court Room'.

Noises were heard inside the room.

"That now makes it 40-30!" Ninetails said from her seat.

"I'm just 2 games away from victory! You're going down!" Zoroark said with confidence.

"Don't get cocky, I'm the tennis master around these parts!" Gardevoir said with a confident grin.

The group kept walking, passing by another room that read 'Game Room.'

A couple Pokemon were sitting in front of a large tv screen that had a certain fps game playing.

"I'm going for the flag" Delphox said.

"I've got the Sniper Rifle so I'll cover you. You have the Grappleshot equipment on you right?" Greninja said.

"Yup, I just picked it up. You have the Threat Sensor equipment on you right?" Delphox said.

"Yeah, I also saw where the Drop Wall equipment will spawn. And I think I spotted a teammate with the Quantum Translocator equipment too" Greninja said.

"Shit! Guy with Energy Sword!" Delphox said frantically.

"I got him!" Greninja said.

"Yes! We won! AND with a steaktaculor! Eat my flaming shit!" Delphox cheered as she captured the flag and won the match for the team.

"Ain't nobody getting in the way of our flag capturing!" Greninja said with pride.

"Yer goddamn right!" Delphox said.

The next room, which was labeled 'Nap Room', showed Butterfree and Pink Butterfree fast asleep next to each other.

Eventually the group reached the kitchen area. Decidueye put the bowl of berries in the large refrigerator for later.

"Oof, I think I'm gonna go relax now" Lucario said as he headed towards the living room.

"Hey Inteleon, you wanna play some tennis after Gardevoir and Zoroark are done?" Cinderace asked.

"Sure, that sounds good" he said.

"I wanna go to the pool now!" Dracovish said excitedly. "You're coming too right Latias?"

"But of course" she said.

"Guess I'll find Primarina now" Decidueye said.

"You wanna hit the gym Pancham?" Lilligant asked.

"I'm down for that" he said.

"Great! Let's go" she said happily. 'I get to spend some alone time with him! This'll be awesome!' She squealed internally.

At the end of the hallway was a big door, which led to a spacious balcony that had the best view of Wyndon. Dragapult and Eternatus were flying around.

"It's nice seeing Galar with a new perspective" Eternatus said.

"Especially with a view like this" Dragapult said.

"I'm very grateful to you for helping me learn how to talk normally" he said.

"It was my pleasure, you were a quick learner" Dragapult said.

"Only because you made it easy to understand" he said.

Dragapult blushed from his compliment. The two observed the city bellow them.

"Hard to believe it's been over a year now since I was reawakened" Eternatus said.

"Time sure has flown by hasn't it. Ash and Serena have held onto their titles firmly for over a year now too" Dragapult said.

"To be honest, I was a little apprehensive about living here at first. But, its actually kinda nice" Eternatus said.

"For sure. But after Chairman Rose died his company died with him. The tower was supposed to be demolished but when Leon became the new Chairman of the Pokemon League he converted it into a high rise condo complex" Dragapult said.

"Sword & Shield Tower Condos" Eternatus said.

"Wonder who came up with that" Dragapult said with a light chuckle.

"No idea, but I don't think we have to complain since we live in the Penthouse suite" Eternatus said.

"That is very true" Dragapult said.

The two decided to fly around a little more.

It was late in the afternoon when Ash and Serena returned to the apartment with Pikachu and Sylveon.

"We're home!" Ash said as they exited the elevator.

All their Pokemon emerged from separate rooms. They were happy to see their trainers safely home. Dracovish bit down on Ash's head, causing him to flail his arms and legs around.

Serena and the girls started making dinner for everyone. Ash and guys were hanging out in the living room.

"Man, what a day" Ash said as he relaxed into his reclining chair.

"For sure" Pikachu said as he laid on Ash's lap.

"It's nice that we get to live here and not at the hotel anymore" Decidueye said.

"I agree, truth be told it was starting to feel a little stuffy" Lucario said.

"Yeah this place does have its benefits" Ash said with a chuckle.

"Still though, it's kinda weird that you and Serena didn't have to pay any money when we got this place, especially since it's the penthouse suite" Inteleon said.

"We tried telling Leon that but he said it was fine, so me and Serena reluctantly agreed" Ash said.

"Okay boys, dinner is ready" Serena said as she peaked into the living room.

All the boys got up and went into the kitchen. Everyone ate and made small talk.

"Oh Ash, by the way, Professor Kukui called me earlier, he said he wants to discuss some things with you" Serena said.

"Discuss some things? Did he say what they were?" Ash asked.

"Mostly Alola League stuff" Serena answered.

"Oh okay" Ash said.

The group finished dinner. Ash went into the master bedroom and sat down on a nearby desk with a computer screen attached to it. He started it up and dialed the Professors' number. A new screen came up, showing Professor Kukui in his basement lab.

"Hey Ash, good to see you" he said with a smile.

"Good to see you too Professor. How are Burnet and the Pokemon?" Ash asked.

"They're all fine, your Pokemon have been a big help for my research, thanks for letting me use them" Kukui said.

"No problem Professor. So Serena said you called her earlier about stuff you wanted to talk to me about" Ash said.

"Yes. I wanted to go over a few things, most of them involving the Alola League" Kukui said.

"Serena mentioned that. So what's the stuff about the Alola League?" Ash said.

"Well the first thing is deciding who you want your Elite 4 members to be" Kukui said.

"I've thought about that too, and I think I've narrowed them down" Ash said.

He pulled out a list with four names on it.

"I've asked them if they would like this position and they all agreed" Ash said.

He sent a copy of the list to Kukui. He looked at the list, which had the names Goh, Clemont, Annabel and Paul.

"These are good picks. I'll be sure to contact them and give them the details. Now the next matter is about your Charity Project" Kukui said.

Ash nodded. "Has it been licensed yet?"

"It has. The Delia Ketchum Charity Foundation has also been endorsed by President Lusamine as well. Burnet has been hard at work getting everything in order" Kukui said.

Ash smiled. He created the Delia Ketchum Charity Foundation to help kids who have lost their parents get things like food and clothing. Naturally everyone liked the idea and worked to make it happen.

"The last thing I want to discuss with you is actually personal" Kukui said.

"Personal? What is it?" Ash asked.

"Well, um, how do I say it" Kukui said as he rubbed the back of his head. "Ash, have you, um...have you and Serena talked about your future going forward?"

"Our future going forward?" Ash said with confusion.

"You know, like, have you talked about marriage?" Kukui asked.

"Huh?!" Ash said with a deep blush. "But, we're only 17! I thought you couldn't get married until you're at least 18" Ash said.

"Normally yes, but if you get both parties' consent then you can get married before 18" Kukui explained. He suddenly smirked. "I'm surprised you thought that, could it already be on your mind?"

"Wha-?! No! I don't know what you're talking about!" Ash said as he looked away with embarrassment.

"I'm just teasing you Ash. You have plenty of time to figure that out. You just know how Burnet can be about these things" Kukui said with a light chuckle.

Ash lightly chuckled as well. "Guess you're right."

"Well, I'll leave it at that. We're all looking forward to seeing you all at Christmas" Kukui said.

"Thanks Professor. Me and Serena just need to do a few more things here and then we'll book a flight" Ash said.

"Sounds good. See you in a couple weeks, give Serena our regards" Kukui said.

"I will. See you all soon" Ash said.

The computer screen turned black as the call ended. Ash sighed and sat back in his chair.

"Marriage...huh..." Ash said as he looked up at the ceiling.

Unbeknownst to him, Greninja had overheard everything. He too thought about that word. He wanted to marry Delphox, there was no doubt about that, but he wanted to wait until Ash was ready to propose to Serena.

***um...things might get slightly mature here***

Later on Ash and Serena decided to take a bath. Serena was preparing the hot water.

'This is my favorite time of the day. It was so funny seeing Ash's face when I first asked him to bathe with me' she thought to herself with a giggle.

"Hey Ash, let's take a bath together" Past Serena said.

"W-W-What?!" Past Ash said with a red colored face.

"We'll save money on the water bill that way" Past Serena reasoned.

"W-Well, o-okay" Past Ash said shyly.

Serena hummed to herself as she finished filling up the bathtub.

'Alright, now that that's done, I'll let Ash know. This is my chance to see all his muscles, and...'

She imagined her boyfriend's body in the bath with her.

"Serena, would you like me to wash your back?" he offered.

Serena turned her head to the side as blood shot from her nose.

'No no no! Don't be a perv Serena!' She mentally shouted.

Serena took a deep breath to banish her perverted thoughts.

"I need to calm down. Me and Ash have done it quite a lot, so why does bathing with him make me so nervous?"

The bathroom door suddenly opened. Ash walked in.

"Oh, hey Serena, I didn't realize you would get here first" he said with a smile.

Serena jolted up. "O-Oh um, y-yeah sorry, I just f-figured I'd prepare the bath th-this time" she said nervously.

"Oh okay, thanks then" Ash said.

Serena tried to take calming breaths. She slowly reached for the bottom of her shirt until she heard Ash sighing.

"Man what day..." he said tiredly.

Serena turned around and saw him taking his shirt off, exposing his muscular torso. Serena started drooling as she kept staring. Eventually Ash removed all his clothing, giving Serena a full show. Serena's eyes turned into swirls as she muffled her screams.

'Oh wow...! I'll never get over how insanely hot he is!' She internally yelled.

"Um, Serena? You okay?" Ash said.

Serena finally snapped out of her trance.

"S-S-Sorry!!" She said a louder than necessary.

Ash titled his head in confusion. Serena gulped shyly as she started removing her clothes.

'Dammit! Stop it perverted brain!!' Serena thoughtfully yelled.

After removing all their clothes they both got into the bathtub. It was quite large and could easily fit both of them. Serena kept fidgeting while Ash looked relaxed.

"Ah...I needed this" Ash said with a blissful sigh. He looked at Serena, who was blushing madly with her head down. "You didn't really answer my previous question you know."

Serena looked up. "Huh? What?"

"I asked if you were alright" Ash repeated.

"Y-Yeah um, I-I'm fine" Serena said nervously.

"I know you're not. I also know the reason you wanted to start doing this wasn't true" Ash said with a serious tone and a face to match it.

Serena looked down again with a shameful expression.

"Serena, we don't have a water bill, we don't have any bills. You know you can be honest with me, even about stuff like this" Ash said.

"I know...I'm so sorry I lied..." Serena said.

"I'm not mad Serena, I promise. So please just talk to me" Ash said with a reassuring smile.

Serena sighed. She looked up at Ash again. "I just...I just want to have more intimate moments like this with you. We've been so busy this past year that we barely have enough time for ourselves, and I really want to be closer to you, especially if it's a situation like this..."

Ash looked at her with sadness. "I understand. I too wish we had more time for just us. But I know things will get less busy for us eventually, then we'll have a lot more time for us to have more intimate moments like this" he said with a new reassuring smile.

Serena smiled at him. "You're right. Things are always busy in the beginning but they eventually calm down."

"Exactly, so don't worry about it Serena"Ash said.

Serena nodded. She suddenly got an idea, making her form a mischievous grin.

"I don't think I have to worry, but you might have to" she said.

Ash looked at her again with confusion. "What makes you say that?"

"I don't know..." she slowly stood up, revealing her entire naked body. "Just a hunch" she said with seductive pose.

Ash blushed deep crimson. He couldn't help but stare at his girlfriend's body. 'Oh wow...have Serena's breasts always been that big? Wait what am I saying?!?! Dammit Serena! Stop it!'

"What's wrong Ash? Your face is so red" Serena said as she crawled towards Ash, still acting seductive.

"N-Nothing's wrong! It's y-your imagination!" Ash said as he looked away.

"Are you suuuure~?" She asked flirtatiously as she kept moving towards him.

"V-Very sure!!" Ash said as he shut his eyes tightly.

"Oh AAAAAsh~" she whispered.

Ash slowly turned his head towards her. He nervously opened his eyes. He was met by Serena's breasts directly in front of him. He yelled as he fell backwards. This made Serena burst out laughing.

"N-Not funny Serena!" Ash said as he got back up as Serena sat back down.

"You're so cute when you're so flustered" Serena said as she continued to laugh.

Ash grunted as he recomposed himself. An idea suddenly appeared in his mind. His slyly smirked. 'Time for some payback.'

"Well then, let's see how flustered you get while I wash your back" he said.

Serena immediately stopped laughing. Her face froze as she processed his words.

"Huh?" She whispered with a shaky voice.

"Hmm, you know what? I think I should wash more than just your back, what do you think?" He said as he pretended to think with his hand on his chin.

"U-Umm, I-I uh" Serena said as her body started to shake.

"I think I'll do just that. Hmm...ah there's the loofah. Why don't you come over here and I'll wash you" Ash said.

"N-No, th-that's alright, I-I can do it m-myself" Serena stuttered.

"Are your suuure~?" Ash said. Serena nodded very fast. "I guess I'll come over there then" he said as he started to stand up.

He stood up, exposing his entire body to his girlfriend. Serena immediately started staring at it.

'Oh no...oh no oh no oh no!! Dammit no! Stop it Ash! Don't let me see everything like that!' She thought as she slowly crawled backwards. "S-Stop being so hot!" She whispered to herself.

"Don't feel so flustered Serena~" Ash said as he got closer.

"I-I'm not feeling flustered!" She said as she was nearing her limit.

"Sereeena~" Ash whispered as he got right in front of her face. The two stared at each other, not saying anything. Ash kept his seductive look while Serena looked incredibly nervous. Ash then whispered into her ear. "You're so cute when you're so flustered."

Serena had reached her limit. "That's it!!" She yelled.

She pounced onto Ash, pushing him onto his back and causing water to splash onto the ground. She started aggressively kissing him, grabbing Ash's hand and placing it on her chest. Ash had also reached his limit. He tried to regain dominance, causing more water to spill out onto the ground. He finally managed to get on top again.

"Get ready Serena!" Ash said.

"Bring it Ashy!" Serena said.

They began aggressively kissing again, barely any water left in the tub.

***I'm so sorry...***

Ash and Serena eventually left the bathroom, looking more tired than they were when they first entered.

"I'm sorry Ash, I couldn't hold myself back any longer" she said tiredly.

"No I'm the one who should be sorry. I pushed you too far" he said tiredly.

"I think we both went a little overboard" Serena said.

"Maybe. But I still enjoyed it" Ash said.

Serena hugged him. "I did too."

She kissed him on the cheek as they maintained their embrace. They eventually returned to the living room, a few Pokemon were in there.

"There you guys are, where were you?" Pikachu asked.

"Oh um, we were cleaning our bathroom" Serena said.

"And it took both of you?" Sylveon asked curiously.

"Well you know Serena has been trying to get me to do more chores around the place" Ash said as he scratched the back of his head.

"That is true, you have been slacking a little" Pikachu said.

"Interesting point. I was actually planning on going to get groceries for Serena tomorrow, but maybe I don't need to get any ketchup" Ash said as he rubbed a hand on his chin.

"If I recall I don't think we're in need of any, so it's probably okay" Serena said, playing along.

Pikachu's eyes widened. "No! Please! I'm so sorry!" He yelled as he bowed his head apologetically.

"What's with all the shouting?" Greninja asked as he and Delphox entered the living room.

"Nothing really" Ash said.

To break the tension, Serena went into the kitchen. She pressed on a button, activating a microphone.

"Attention everyone, we will be having a family movie night tonight. Anyone who wishes to join please come to the living room in 20 minutes" she said over the intercom. She pressed the button again, turning it off.

20 minutes later, all the Pokemon, minus Eternatus, were in the living room. Ash and Serena came in with refreshments, setting it on the large coffee table.

"So what are we watching?" Butterfree asked.

"Who's turn is it to pick?" Primarina asked.

Nobody knew who's turn it was. Someone suddenly jumped up.

"Oh! Oh! Pick me! Pick me! I have the perfect one we could watch!" Dracovish said while flailing his fins.

"Oh boy..." Cinderace said to herself.

Dracovish ran to the storage room, coming back with a movie case in his mouth. Cinderace took it from his mouth. She examined it, and looked surprised and confused.

"Wait, you seriously want to watch this?"

"What's the movie Cinderace?" Ash asked.

Cinderace handed it to Ash. Once he saw it, he was also surprised and confused.

"Umm, this isn't a movie, it's an Anime Box Set" Ash said.

"Where did you even get that?" Gardevoir asked.

"Umm, he may have bought it for me for our anniversary" Latias said while awkwardly tapping her fingers together while blushing.

"Wait, seriously? You like Anime Latias?" Lilligant said.

"Some of them. Greninja recommended me his favorites" Latias said.

Everyone looked at Greninja.

"What? I can't have my own hobby?" He said defensively.

"It's just, kinda weird" Decidueye said.

"Hey, Uncle Greninja has recommended really great shows" Ninetails interjected.

"You watch Anime too Ninetails?" Serena asked with surprise.

"Only the ones I watch with Uncle Greninja and Aunt Delphox" she said.

Now everyone looked at Delphox.

"They're really great shows" she said.

"I'm fine with it" Inteleon said.

"Yeah, might as well I guess" Pancham said.

Everyone else agreed as well. Pink Butterfree put the disk in. Before Ash could play the first episode, Dracovish spoke up.

"Wait! Don't press play just yet!"

"Why?" Zoroark asked.

"Latias wants to sing the opening theme song!" Dracovish said.

"Wha?! B-But I..." Latias said with an embarrassed blush.

"Actually, I'm kinda interested how well you sing" Primarina said.

"And didn't you learn a new language with Greninja?" Delphox asked.

"I've seen you sing it before, you were pretty good" Greninja said.

Latias grunted in defeat. "O-Okay, I guess I'll do it."

"Do we have the background music to it?" Sylveon asked.

"We do. Hey, Rotom! You got a minute?" Ash called out.

Rotom suddenly came flying in, not inside his Poke Dex body.

"Hey buddy, I've got your Poke Dex body right here" Ash said while holding it up.

Rotom saw it and flew into it. After a couple beeps he booted up.

"Bee! It's been a while since I lived in here, living in the building's security system is too spacious-roto" he said.

"I bet. Say Rotom, do you want to watch what we're all watching tonight?" Ash asked.

"Sure, I've been watching through the security cameras all day so I could use a break from that-roto. What are we watching?" He asked.

"It's an Anime that Dracovish and Latias like. But Latias wants to sing the opening theme song to us first" Serena explained.

"I don't know about 'want'..." Latias said under her breath.

"An Anime? I like that idea-roto! What's the song? I can find the background music for it-roto" Rotom said.

Latias whispered it to Rotom.

"Leave it to me-roto!" He said.

After making some computing noises, a playback screen appeared.

"Background music ready. In 3, 2, 1..." he computed.

The song began to play. Latias took a breath before speaking.

"Tatoeba konoyo no zenbu o horoboseru
Kyoudaina mahou de sae kowasenai
Shinde mo ubawase wa shinai
Kono kokoro dake wa dare ni mo

Naida keshiki ni sakaseru
Uke mizou musou ukabu se to kibou
Risou de genjitsu o nagu youna
Sonna bankuruwase o kanaeyou ka

Suikou no sue itaru airo de
Souten ga kageru jinsei datte
Soredemo nani ka o shinjite ikiteita

Tatoeba konoyo no zenbu o kaerareru
Kareki ni hana o sakaseru hodo no kiseki o
Genjitsu ni suru kurai tsuyoku naretanara

Tatoeba konoyo no zenbu o horoboseru
Kyoudaina mahou de sae kowasenai
Soudaro
Nageki mo itami mo nani mo muda janaito
Waraerareru ashita o mitemitai"

After she finished, she faced the group. They all applauded her performance.

"That was amazing!" Lilligant.

"Girl, your singing voice is spectacular" Primarina said.

Latias blushed from all the compliments.

"And everything else about her!" Dracovish said happily.

Latias covered her eyes in embarrassment as her blush got redder.

After all that, everyone settled in to watch it.

It was super late when they finished it. Everyone retreated to where they sleep, knocking out as soon their heads reached their pillows.

The next day came. Ash went to the store to get groceries like he said and he got all the things he needed, nabbing a bottle of ketchup as well. As the week went by, Ash and Serena finished up all the work they needed to do before they left for Alola. They planned to spend Christmas with Kukui and Burnet and New Years with Grace and Jake in Kalos, before returning back to Galar in January.

It was now a week before Christmas. They took a train to Wedgehurst. They wished all their friends in Galar happy holidays before leaving. They reached the airport, Ash and Serena recalled everyone, minus Pikachu and Sylveon, and boarded their plane. They gave Pikachu and Sylveon some medicine to help with their nausea.

"It'll be so nice to see everyone, we haven't gotten together since the party to celebrate our battles from last year" Serena said.

"For sure" Ash said.

He looked out the window with Pikachu, seeing Galar slowly getting farther away.

"Our future going forward..." Ash said to himself.

He glanced at Serena, who was brushing Sylveon's fur. He smiled.

'Well, guess I'll see what the future has in store for me during our vacation' he thought to himself.

Serena handed him the brush, and Ash started to brush Pikachu as the plane got further away from Galar.

I think that's a good place to end it. It's been forever since I could write a chapter about whatever I felt like writing. And about that bath scene, that was a spur of the moment kind of deal. And so was Latias singing that song, and in Japanese, just go with it. It's actually from an anime I've been binging for the past week. If you want to watch it, it's called "I got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too" (damn that's a mouthful!). So I'm pretty sure you all know what's gonna happen in the next chapter, so I'll try to get it out soon. Till then, Power to the Readers!

JohtoAmour64 out!

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