"ѕσмєтιмєѕ уσυ вєттєя яυи вєfσяє уσυ ωαℓк"
-Iron Man
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Ash woke up with Iris's arms still wrapped around him he smiled as he snuggled closer to her, then he looked around the room, it wasn't super late into the day but there was sunlight coming in through the door. Then he turned his attention to the foot of the bed an immediately regretted it. He saw Cilan and Trip staring at him and Iris with their faces beet red.
"Uh-uh, sorry Ash we-we'll just go now." Stuttered Cilan as he and Trip turned away and began walking towards the door.
Ash sighed and let his head fall backwards onto his pillow.
"This'll be a fun one to explain." Groaned Ash unhappily.
"Huh?" Murmured Iris as she woke up.
She looked at Ash in confusion.
Ash sighed again.
"Trip and Cilan saw us." Explained Ash.
Iris raised an eyebrow.
"So?" She asked.
Ash sighed one more time.
"They got the wrong idea." Said Ash.
A bright blush then appeared on Iris's cheeks. Right now, her face was as red as a tomato.
"Y-you mean, th-they thought w-we...? Started Iris, but was unable to finish her sentence.
Ash nodded his head. Somehow Iris's face managed to become even redder before she buried her face in a pillow. Ash just stared at her sympathetically while she laid there. They stayed there for a moment before speaking up.
"It would... be nice to do that one day though." Said the dragon master sheepishly.
Ash blushed bright red at her words.
The boy was so thrown off by this that he even fell out of the bed.
A/N: Just a reminder, both of them were dressed in their normal night attire both when they went to sleep and when they woke up so don't get any ideas.
"Huh!?" Asked Ash.
At this Iris giggled little.
"When we're older silly." Explained Iris.
Ash breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's hurry and get dressed before our quote-friends-unquote start spreading rumors." Said Iris and with a new pep in her step, she rushed off to the bathroom to get dressed while Ash got his other stuff ready.
Once they were both ready for the day. Then they left their room to find their friends. Unfortunately, by the time Ash and Iris found them, Trip and Cilan had already done their damage. Ash put a hand on Iris's head and pushed it down in order to avoid the flying mystery mallet that's been hurled at their heads. Then Misty ran up and grabbed Ash by the collar before shaking him like a maraca.
"What is wrong with you!?" Demanded Misty.
"Sleeping together without telling anyone?" Asked May.
"And while Trip and Cilan were in the same room?" Asked Dawn.
"Ok, A: Nothing is wrong with me Misty now let go of me, B: Why, why, why, why, would I tell anyone that I was going to "sleep" with someone unless you meant in terms of one of you girls in which case I get it, but still! C: We didn't "sleep" together, Iris just crawled into my bed after she thought I had fallen asleep" –
"Wait you were awake?" Asked Iris but Ash ignored her. - "
"and D: Gross! You think I'd sleep with someone while other guys were present? Honestly..." Muttered Ash.
The three girls looked down embarrassed. Fortunately, Clemont and Brendan had been wise enough to cover Bonnie and Max's ears, so they couldn't hear this conversation and were just looking around in confusion.
Ash sighed and rubbed his forehead before taking off his hat and running his fingers through his hair. Then he put his hat back on and looked at his friends.
"Look can we just drop this topic, or at the very least save it for another time so I can go do my battle?" Requested Ash.
Everyone nodded their heads and together they all walked to the main arena. Once at the trainer's entry point Ash sent out two of his Pokémon, Charizard and Greninja, who then stood beside him at the entrance.
Ash was given a quick good luck kiss from each of his mates and fist bumps/bro-hugs/high fives/handshakes/or just simple nods of the head from all of Ash's male companions and Bonnie.
Then together Ash, Greninja, and Charizard all walked into the trainer's entrance while their friends went around.
As they walked Shadow chose now to appear.
"From now on could you please give me a warning before you give one of your girls a smooch? I'd like to be able to recoil into the farthest depths of our mind so that I don't have to experience you slobbering all over one of those girls?" Requested Shadow snarkily.
Ash just rolled his eyes at the soul he shared a body with. Deciding to put jokes aside Shadow's astral projection then began to walk next to Ash as they went to the entrance to the stadium.
Realizing that this was where he got off Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder.
"Hey Ash?" Asked the electric mouse.
Ash stopped and looked at his starter.
"Yeah? Is there something you wanted to tell me Pikachu?" Asked Ash as Pikachu just stood there looking at him.
"No, that's not it." Responded Pikachu.
"Oh, ok." Said Ash as he turned was about to resume walking.
"Ash." Said Pikachu.
Ash stopped walking but didn't look at Pikachu. When the boy didn't respond Pikachu took it as an invitation to continue.
"I'm not going to say anything; do you know what I mean by that?" Asked Pikachu.
Even though he knew his partner couldn't see him Ash smiled as he looked towards the ground.
"Yeah I do." Responded Ash.
Then the four of them resumed walking. Pikachu had tears in his eyes. He was so proud of Ash, the kid had come a long way since that snot-nosed brat, that came late to pick his starter, so Pikachu was given to him. Pikachu was happy to say that he was proud of Ash.
Widening his stance while tears were still in his eyes Pikachu raised his arm into the air while he stuck out his thumb and pointer finger, keeping the rest of his hand closed, so that his pointer finger was pointed straight at the sky.
A/N: Or, roof technically speaking.
It was a little thing Ash had developed with his Pokémon, since they couldn't cheer for him, since he was unable to understand them at the time when he taught it to them, it was a silent cheer, it meant: Even if I can't see you, I will always be watching over you.
Ash couldn't help but smile. He couldn't see Pikachu, but he still knew his partner was doing it. Ash raised his arm, mimicking Pikachu while still walking, Charizard and Greninja following suit. Even though he didn't fully understand it, Shadow also raised his arm into the air, copying Ash as they exited the hall and Pikachu ran around to where his friends had gone so he could also watch them battle. Ash continued smiling as he walked, but honestly, he just wanted to cry as well.
Not from sadness, but from happiness, he had come so far, fought so hard to get where he was, it all rested on this, he had to win this battle, to be a pokemon master, that was, and still is, his dream. Winning this battle would make that dream a reality.
Ash closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then together they went through the entrance. The entry way to the stadium was brightly lit so if you were behind the four of them as they walked through you would've only been able to see their silhouettes as they went through into the field.
They honestly looked pretty awesome while going through the entrance. The crowd cheered loudly at the arrival of Ash and his pokemon. Ash smiled and waved as he went to the battle field. When he reached the field, the five regional champs were standing on the opposite side. They tried to retain serious expressions (with the expression of Alder, he was grinning like an idiot), but Ash could see the corners of their mouths twitch upwards.
"Have you chosen your Pokémon Ash?" Asked Lance.
"Ahh, that reminds me, I meant to do something prior to the battle." Said Ash.
Opening his pocket dimension, he sent out every Pokémon he owned as they all gathered on the sidelines directly below where Ash's friends, and Pikachu were located. Lance raised an eyebrow at this action.
"Might I ask what you're doing Ash? You're only permitted to battle with six pokemon, so why send out all of them?" Inquired Lance.
Ash grinned widely at the Kanto/Johto champion.
"This is the most important battle of my life." Said Ash.
"You think I wouldn't let my Pokémon watch, the Pokémon who've been with me through thick and thin? Of course not." Said Ash.
Ash heard a spooky cackle.
"You got that right Ash!" Said a Gengar that popped out of Ash's shadow.
Ash jumped in surprise, but then he examined the Gengar and his eyes widened in surprise.
"You couldn't be... Haunter is that you?" Asked Ash.
Gengar cackled again and hugged Ash. This Gengar had evolved from the Haunter that'd helped him beat Sabrina.
Suddenly an Ambipom appeared and tried to snatch Ash's hat. Ash ducked out of the way then embraced the normal type in a hug.
"Ambipom, it's good to see you again."
The monkey Pokémon laughed then returned the hug.
"Same here Ash." Said Ambipom.
Suddenly three Butterfree flew into the stadium, there was a young looking one, a pink one, and one wrapped in a familiar yellow scarf. Ash's eyes began to water.
"Butterfree..." Said Ash as the Pokémon perched on his shoulder.
"I missed you Ash." Said Ash's first ever caught wild Pokémon.
Ash looked at the young Butterfree.
"Cute kid." Chuckled Ash.
Butterfree beamed.
"Thanks Ash." Replied Butterfree.
Suddenly a Primeape appeared and began jumping around in front of Ash.
"Let me guess, you're the Primeape that helped me win that fighting tournament in Kanto all those years ago?" Asked Ash.
Primeape nodded its head. Ash couldn't help but smile, even after all these years apart, the bonds he'd built with these Pokémon still held strong.
"You came to watch my battle?" Asked Ash.
The Pokémon (except for Primeape) all smiled and nodded their heads. Ash smiled as he turned to the field where the champions had been patiently waiting for Ash to finish his reunion. Ash smirked. Then he put on his headset and spoke into the microphone.
"Then I'd better give this audience one heck of a show!" Shouted Ash pumping a fist into the air.
The stadium erupted into cheers at Ash's words. Then the champions put on their headsets as well.
"Well tell us who you're facing, and the battle format, and we can begin." Said Lance.
Ash smiled as it was time for his biggest surprise to be revealed.
"You see that's just it, there is no way I could wait to face you one at a time, so instead I'll be fighting you all at once."Said Ash.
This caused the jaws of pretty much everyone else (besides the pokemon and Shadow) in the stadium to drop. The champions all stood there blinking and looking at Ash.
Then Steven dramatically put a hand to his ear and turned his head so that it was facing Ash.
"Uh could you say that again? "Because I don't think I heard that properly, did you say you want to fight us all at once?" Asked Steven.
Ash chuckled lightly.
"Yes Steven, that is what I said, allow me to elaborate, the five of you will each control one Pokémon at a time each, and I'll have either one or two of my own Pokémon active." Explained Ash.
"The five of you will have access to, at max, a total of thirty Pokémon, whereas I will have access to a at most six Pokémon, the battle end when all the Pokémon one side are unable to continue."Concluded Ash.
The champions couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"And you'd, be willing to fight five times as many Pokémon as what you have, without any rest?" Asked Diantha rechecking that she was hearing Ash's request correctly.
Ash nodded his head.
There was something bugging Cynthia about the way Ash had voiced his request in terms of the battle. So, she decided to voice her concerns.
"Ash what did you mean when you said, 'at most six Pokémon'?" Questioned Cynthia.
Ash smirked at the Champion of Sinnoh.
"If you want the answer to that question, then I guess you'll just have to find out." Said Ash.
This caused Alder to laugh boisterously.
"Well I say that we stop dilly dallying and start this battle already." Suggested Unova's champ.
The other four Champions looked at one and another before collectively sighing.
"Alright Ketchum, let's get this battle started." Said Lance.
The five regional champions all lined up on the opposite side of the field while Ash walked to the spot he was meant to stand with Charizard and Greninja by his side. The referee looked between the two sides and sweat dropped.
"Alrighty then, this battle will be a full battle between Ash Ketchum of Pallet town, and the five regional champions." Stated the referee.
"Each champion will only be allowed to use one Pokémon at a time and each have access to a maximum of six Pokémon. Meanwhile the challenger can use either one or two pokemon at the same time and has access to a maximum of six Pokémon, only the challenger is allowed to substitute pokemon. The battle will end when all the pokemon on one side are unable to continue. Trainers please select your first pokemon." Instructed the referee.
The champions each grabbed one of their pokeballs.
"Gyarados I choose you!" Said Lance throwing his Pokéball first.
Out of it came the large water and flying type Pokémon. But something was different. This Gyarados was red. Ash chuckled remembering the red Gyarados from when they helped Lance in Johto.
"Skarmory I choose you!" Said Steven sending out the steel and flying type pokemon.
Steven was a steel specialist, just like Lance was a dragon specialist so Steven's choice didn't surprise him too much.
"Roserade I choose you!" Said Cynthia sending out the grass and poison typed flower Pokémon on.
Cynthia didn't have a specialty, so Ash wasn't sure what to expect, but her first Pokémon being something from Sinnoh didn't come as to much of a shock to Ash.
"Accelgor come on out!" Said Alder sending out the bug type Pokémon.
Ash had pretty much the same reaction to Alder's first choice as he did to Cynthia's.
"Come forth Hawlucha!" Declared Diantha sending out the fighting and flying type.
Ash had to admit he was surprised that Diantha also had a Hawlucha, but besides that his reaction matched the one he had to Cynthia and Alder.
Ash looked at the Pokémon standing beside him and nodded his head. Charizard and Greninja leapt onto the field and faced the five Pokémon on the opposite side.
"Battle begin!" Instructed the referee.
"Gyarados use Hydro pump on Charizard!" Shouted Lance.
"Skarmory use Drill peck on Greninja!" Instructed Steven.
"Roserade use Dazzling gleam on Charizard!" Ordered Cynthia.
"Accelgor use Bug buzz on Charizard!" Commanded Alder.
"Hawlucha use Drain punch on Greninja." Shouted Diantha.
Gyarados fired a burst of water, Skarmory flew towards Greninja with an outstretched beak, Roserade fired the fairy type move at Charizard, Accelgor fired the bug type move at Charizard, and Hawlucha flew towards Greninja with a glowing fist. And neither the Pokémon nor their trainer reacted as the enemy Pokémon came at them.