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Chapter 22: Double Booked Kanto, Sevii Islands, Three Years Ago Anabel hated hospitals. She understood they were meant to be a place of healing and hope. They saved thousands of lives every day. She certainly wouldn't want to go back to a world where they didn't exist. That didn't mean she...

Chapter 21: Better Halves Sinnoh, Lake Valor, Three Years Ago Success is where preparation and opportunity meet. May had been preparing for years. Each day as a Coordinator was a chance for her to become stronger. A new Pokemon to train and raise; a new technique to hone to perfection; and a...

Chapter 20: Good Intentions Hoenn, Ever Grande Conference, Five Years ago Once every year, Trainers from across the Hoenn region gathered at the Ever Grande Conference to test their might. Each of them were the best of the best. They'd traveled across the region, bested the most powerful Gym...

Chapter 19: Friends Like These Wilderness of Hoenn, Five Years ago Gym Leaders were icons. It was strange. On the surface, Gym Leaders were simple athletes. They trained their Pokemon to the peak of their species, accepted sponsorships, and put on a good show for those that watched them. This...

Chapter 18: Friends and Enemies "This is June O'Lay with Alolan News Network coming to you live from Aether Paradise with an exclusive story." The reporter stood in a former nature reserve. While it had once been a beautiful replica of Alola's forests, its devastation was clear to everyone...

Chapter 17: Hot Spot Even all this time later, Aether Paradise never failed to steal Ash's breath away. When he had first come to visit it with Lillie and the rest of his friends from Alola, it had been a stunning display of modern technology. An artificial island created for the...

Chapter 16: Friendly Fire Ash stared up at the gray ceiling of the safe house. The distant, rhythmic ticking of a clock on the wall echoed dully in his ears. His mouth tasted of bile and death; his eyes ached; his limbs felt like lead weights, pinning him to the mattress. He shifted and glanced...

Chapter 15: Friendly Fire When he stepped inside the bar, Ash could immediately tell that something was off today. Typically, there were at least a dozen people either lounging around at the bar, drinking their sorrows away or waiting around for a job. This bar was a popular spot for freelance...

Chapter 14: Comrades Silence. Of all the things Ash had expected after revealing himself, silence hadn't been it. He'd expected there to be fear, anger, or at least plenty of shouting. To instead be faced with a calm silence and an inquisitive stare from his old friend had been unnerving to...

Chapter 13: Company Woman 11 years ago, Lumiose City, Kalos People were stupid. Domino had always known this. They complained about being given food that they didn't like or about how small their homes were or about how they despised their jobs. Dumb things that didn't mean anything in the...

Chapter 12: Bitter Pill The soup kitchen was crowded again. On Ash's first day he'd expected to deal with a dozen homeless. Yet after being on the food line he'd realized that he'd served a hundred and fifty people before his lunch break. He'd known that poverty and homelessness existed. How...

Noble Causes If there was one thing Anabel couldn't stand, it was the heat. The humidity made things so much worse. The only way to combat the heat was to wear light clothes and hope there was enough water . Otherwise, she'd die of dehydration. Death by sweating, what a way to go! It was for...

Chapter 10: Entry Point Ash's lungs burned and his muscles ached from what felt like hours of constant exertion but may have only been close to ten minutes. Despite his body crying out for rest, he refused to give in. He needed to push himself past his limits if he was ever going to improve as...

Ah, thanks so much for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for the tips! I'll do my best to add those little details to any scenes moving forward. While I generally have the broad strokes of scenes down, it's the little details that I struggle with sometimes. I'm getting a bit better...

Chapter 9: Sea Change It was happening again. The doom of Alto Mare, the theft of the Soul Dew, the rushing water, and the deafening silence. Ash's head pounded with his heartbeat, rocking his body with every breath he took. He could hardly focus on anything, let alone think. His throat felt...

Chapter 8: Flashpoint Ash stared out the window of the hotel room from the bed at the dazzling yellow lights of the city illuminated by the moonlight in the night sky. He slowly stroked Pikachu's back and let out a quiet, contemplative sigh. It had only been a few hours since the attack at the...

Chapter 7: Breaking And Entering It was official: Anabel despised auctions. There was just something about them that tested her patience. Those that attended them were all among the most stuck up, dull people that she'd ever had the misfortune to meet. Anyone who decided to spend thousands...

Chapter 6: Official Business "Is there anything that I can get you or your Pikachu, sir?" "No, thank you-" Ash winced as he felt a small shock to his side. "Actually... would you mind bringing me some ketchup?" The hostess frowned. "Just ketchup? No food?" Not unless he wanted to wrestle...

Hello! Sorry it took so long to get to this. I was stuck at work all day unfortunately. I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed this chapter though! This is definitely where I felt my writing really stepped up in terms of quality and with luck, I'll be able to get the first chapter up to snuff as...

Hello and thank you for the review! Yeah, Ash definitely has a lot of adapting and learning to do in his new life. I'm hoping to show how difficult such a change in lifestyle would be - starting with the physical side, but as we get further into the arc I'll go over the mental side as well...