Once upon a time, Ash’s hands weren’t so calloused and scarred from saving Pokemon, people, and the world, but instead only lightly calloused and scarred from what naturally came from playing outside as a young child.

Once upon a time, Ash’s hands weren’t abuzz with remnants of electricity. Before Pikachu, the most electricity they had felt was the slight shock that came with natural static. But...

This, this was an average Tuesday for Ash, in all honesty, but it didn’t change the fact he was upset. Arceus, yes, that one, had just bombshelled that they themself were Ash’s father. And they had done it right when they needed Ash to save the world for the 80 millionth time. But the way they had done it was in a very “i need you to clean up this mess specifically because you are my son” way ins...

The sun was warm, maybe a little too warm. It was bright too, maybe a little too bright. The electricity in his cheeks and the sun beating down on him at the same time felt so foreign. Yet, despite being locked up in this horror house of a lab for the last couple of years, Akihiro wasn’t focused on the overwhelming senses he was feeling, but rather, the person next to him, and his worry for it.

H...

Ash was used to this. He had to leave people and Pokemon behind all the time. But it didn’t change the facts—it still hurt, a lot. And even though Ash and Sawyer had parted ways many times before, he couldn’t help but feel more hurt than usual at this parting of the ways. Maybe it was because it had been so long, maybe it was because this was by far the longest amount of time they had been togethe...

The Greninja Festival. It was something Ash had just learned had been going on when his classmates had dragged him all the way here earlier that night, the festival celebrating his Greninja of all things. But, since then, he’s ran into so many people with relevance to him and Greninja’s story. It was as if all of Kalos had flown over to Alola for this festival. All of the gym leaders, Professor Sy...

One moment, Lilli was out searching for Genova, one of their rivals, since her Petilil had gotten split up from her, and instead ran into Lilli. Lilli had out their Sylveon, who never returned to its Pokeball, and their Brionne and Quilava, who they had been training with before Petitil had found them. The next moment, however, the group was thrown through a wormhole, landing in a place not much d...