Chapter 47: chapter 47
"So Nia will have the 4th place and Nessa will have the 3rd." Bea said. "That leaves you and me for the top, Gloria."
"I'll give you my best!" Gloria assured.
"Good luck you two." Peonia said.
"I'm rooting for both of you!" Nessa cheered on as the girls switched positions and the next battlers quickly released their Pokemon.
"Braviary, let's crash!"
"Let's go, Sandaconda!"
"If both trainers are ready then the battle begins now!" Peonia gave the order.
"Close Combat!" Bea ordered as Braviary dove down and kicked Sandaconda several times with his talons, Sandaconda was then pushed away but the hits activated his Sand Spit ability and summoned a Sandstorm.
"Try to blow it away!" Braviary flapped his wings and tried to push away the sand, but this quickly turned out to be too much for that to happen. "Fine, give me a Brave Bird!" Braviary nodded as he was surrounded by a fiery red, white and blue aura and descended to Sandaconda, using his sharp vision to find him despite the sand.
"Sandaconda, use Glare!" The snake's eyes illuminated with yellow light and Braviary was suddenly paralyzed causing him to fall down to the battlefield. "Now Poison Tail!" Sandaconda jumped forward and his tail glowed purple to then smack the fallen avian with it multiple times.
"Braviary, Crush Claw!" The bird did his best to return to himself and slashed Sandaconda away, but the paralysis prevented him from getting any closer after that.
"Use Dragon Rush!" Sandaconda jumped in the air again and dashed against Braviary tail-first with a purple drill shaped Dragon Rush that hit the bird directly.
"Sky Drop!" Braviary miraculously broke out of the paralysis and grabbed Sandanconda by the head with his talons to then raise him up.
"Poison Tail!" Sandaconda uncoiled part of his tail to charge the move and hit Braviary on the legs, a shock of paralysis then suddenly hit Braviary and both Pokemon fell together, hitting each other with Crush Claws and Poison Tails back and forth until they crashed against the ground defeated at the same time as the sandstorm subsided
"Both Sandaconda and Braviary are unable to battle! This fight is a tie!" Peonia said. "Let's go for the great finale, girls!"
"Is up to you, Inteleon!"
"Chesnaught, let's crash!"
Both starters were the final Pokemon and Chesnaught stood in his usual defensive posture, while Inteleon pointed at him preparing to shoot.
"Here it goes, Hammer Arm!" Bea gave the order and Chesnaught ran at Inteleon, but the latter dodged the attack without much trouble thanks to his speed. "Try to dodge this, Spiky Shield!" Chesnaught joined his fists and summoned a green shield that quickly shoot its spikes as missiles. Inteleon did his best to dodge them, but the spikes were too many and some of them landed and exploded onto him.
"Do it again!" Bea ordered.
"Use Air Slash to counter them!" Inteleon drew several withe lines in the air with his fingertips, the lines then turned into arrows that flew towards the spikes, with all of then exploding in the middle of the battlefield before they could reach the other.
"Chesnaught, Seed Bomb!"
"Inteleon, Watery Grave!"
Chesnaught opened his mouth and fired a huge green seed at Inteleon, the Water type quickly answered and tossed a Shadow Ball from his hand to then push it further with a Snipe Shot from his other hand, the two moves met with each other and exploded, once again without either beating out the other.
"It seems like this is the most even match we had so far." Nessa said.
"We have to get closer, Dragon Claw!" Chesnaught roared and ran at Inteleon as he charged the attack.
"Use Fell Stinger!" Inteleon pointed the tip of his tail to Chesnaught and fired quick green arrows from it, but Chesnaught deflected them with his claw to then land a huge upper slash on Inteleon.
"Now Hammer Arm!"
"Air Slash!" Inteleon had to make a smaller number of arrows to make it in time, but he managed to push Chesnaught away with his attack. "Now B.A.A.T.H.!" Gloria shouted and Inteleon drew a longer line, taking it by the middle with his hand to then use it a spear and slash Chesnaught several times.
"Spiky Shield!" Chesnaught quickly covered himself and Inteleon was way too close to either dodge or deflect all the projectiles that struck him. "Seed Bomb!"
"Counter Shield!" Inteleon drew several lines around him and then spun around summoning a tornado to protected him from the Seed Bomb, he then guided the tornado with his tail and the sharp wind left several cuts on Chesnaught.
"Inteleon, Camouflage!" The lizard nodded and disappeared in thin air.
"Guards up!" Bea ordered and Chesnaught raised his shields, but he was suddenly slashed right on his face. "He's somewhere close, Hammer Arm!" Chesnaught roared and threw several attacks to the air but all them seemed to miss while he continued to receive hit after hit.
"Just where is... Chesnaught look to the floor!" Bea shouted and Chesnaught obeyed, he looked down and noticed Inteleon's footprints in the battlefield that was left covered in wet sand thanks to the previous battles, Chesnaught then saw how a new footprint formed and extended his arm to grab Inteleon by the neck causing his camouflage to disappear.
"Fell Stinger!" Inteleon pointed the tip of his tail right to Chesnaught's face and shot the green arrows again, causing the Kalos starter to release him. "Now Air Slash!" This time Inteleon drew a circle in the air and grabbed it by one of its borders, tossing like a flying disc as it flew right through Chesnaught sending him flying away and leaving him knocked out.
"Chesnaught is unable to battle! Inteleon is the winner and the victory goes to Gloria!" Peonia informed.
"I-I won!" Gloria jumped in the air. "We did it! I'm first place! I'm having the first date with Ash and I'm...I-I'm taking his..." Gloria quickly blushed madly after remembering the first place wasn't only for the first date. "I'm...I-I'm taking Ash's..."
"Gloria, you okay?" Nessa asked.
"I'M GOING TO TAKE ASH'S VIRGINITY!" Gloria suddenly shouted and then covered her mouth as she began to hyperventilate. "Sorry, I-I just need to c-calm down...m-my nose is bleeding, m-m-maybe I should...maybe I should-" Gloria suddenly passed out and fell backwards, but Bea ran to her and caught her before she could hit the floor.
"...She'll be fine." Peonia said while Nessa cleaned Gloria's nose with a napkin.
"Get back here!" A voice unknown to the girls shouted and shortly afterwards a Jangmo-o suddenly ran out of a nearby bush being followed by Decidueye, while the latter was followed by a girl with pale skin, black hair, green shorts, a loose yellow t-shirt and a curious red hat.
"Uh, hello there." Bea greeted her still holding the unconscious Gloria.
"S-Sorry about trespassing." She talked. "I was just following that godammned Jangmo-o!" The girl quickly tossed a Poke Ball, but the lizard avoided it jumping to Bea's head. The girl then tossed another Poke Ball at it, but the Pokemon jumped away again and landed on Gloria's face waking her up.
"What's going on?!" Gloria moved abruptly causing Bea, the Jangmo-o and herself to fall to the floor, some of Bea's empty Poke Balls rolled off and the Jangmo-o ended up stumbling into one of them, being absorbed and caught without resistance.
"Huh, what an interesting timing." Nessa said.
"Uh...well, I guess I caught a Jangmo-o." Bea said standing up and taking the Poke Ball.
"Oh, come on!" The girl ranted and then took a deep breath, while her Decidueye put a wing on her back trying to comfort her. "No. You know what? I don't care, that little one was one idiot, good luck in surviving him... sorry for bothering you again, my name is Selene."
"Well, my name is Peonia."
"Nessa here."
"I'm Bea, and don't worry, I'll take care of the fella."
"My name is Gloria, nice to meet you." She said standing up to get closer to Selene. "That's a nice hat you have."
"You think so? Thank you, a good friend of mine knitted it and gifted it to me when we were younger." Selene answered blushing. "Your hat is also quite nice, it actually reminds me of him... Hey, wait a second!" She shouted abruptly taking the hat from Gloria's head. "Where did you get this from?!"
"G-Give that back!' Gloria complained.
"No way! This belongs to my friend!" Selene shouted.
"So you were talking about Ash?" Nessa asked.
"Yes! And you stole this from him!" Selene exclaimed.
"You're calling me thief?!" Gloria tried to grab the hat back, but Selene kept her away with an arm. "Ash gave me that hat!"
"You're lying!" Selene answered. "I know him! His mother made this hat for him, there's no way he'd hand this over to some random girl!"
"Random girl?!" Gloria shouted. "First off, I'm his biggest fan! And second and more important, I'm one of his girlf-"
"Biggest fan?" Selene interrupted and then laughed. "Yeah, sure, I'm Ash's biggest fan!"
"No, you're not!"
"Yes, I am!" Selene continued.
"Bea, bring me the cider!" Gloria said.
"I'm not going to do that." Bea answered blankly.
"Fine! If you're not giving me my hat back, then I'm taking yours!" Gloria quickly took Selene's hat out of her head.
"G-Give that back!" Selene shouted.
"You give me mine!" Gloria answered.
"This isn't yours!"
"Yes, it is!"
"No, it's not!"
"Wow, you too are really alike." Peonia said.
"Where?!" The two ranted in unison.
"So this girl is like an Alolan version of Gloria?" Bea asked.
"Or is Gloria a Galarian version of her?" Nessa asked as well.
"Who are you calling version?!" The two shouted together. "Stop copying me!"
"I'm gonna punch you like your name is Mertle!" Gloria shouted.
"I'd like to see you trying, Irish!" Selene stuck out her tongue.
"I'M SCOTTISH! YE BASTARD!" Gloria shouted and then threw herself over Selene.
"Shouldn't we do something about this?" Peonia asked the other girls.
"Gloria got into that mess, she better gets herself out." Bea answered.
"Dueye..." Selene's Decidueye simply nodded standing next to the girls, not wanting to intervene either.
"I suppose we should wait until Ash return then." Nessa said. "I wonder how is he doing."
Back in the castle.
"ASH!" Acerola shouted returning to the balcony. "I'm not gonna base our relationship on a lie!"
"Uh, what?" Ash asked.
"Ash, I have to tell you something, you'll probably hate me, but I can't with this anymore, this whole time I've been-"
"D-Don't tell him!" Phoebe called her I the earphone again. "If he finds out about all this, he'll think you're a weirdo!"
"Just like you think I am, right?!" Acerola shouted taking the device out of her ear.
"A-Acerola..."
"Phoebe, you know I love you as a sister." Acerola interrupted. "Thanks a lot for trying to help me, but I can't do this, I'll never be what you want me to be, I can't be like you."
"Acerola, I want you to be better than me." Phoebe said.
"And I want to be myself!" Acerola answered. "J-Just like Miss Ketchum said...I can do this on my own, I want to do it on my own...please just leave us alone."
"...Yes, of course." Phoebe sighed and turned off all the microphones and cameras.
"Well, what do we do know?" Shauntal asked.
"...We go home." Phoebe answered.
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"Ash, forgive me, my friends have been watching the date and telling me what to do this whole time..." She confessed.
"...And why were they doing that Acerola?" He asked.
"I asked them for help...I was trying to impress you." Acerola said.
"So when you said you wanted to be my girlfriend..."
"...Let me do this again." Acerola tossed the earphone to the floor and stomped it to then look firmly at Ash. "Ash Ketchum...I, Acerola, really, really, really really, really love you!" She shouted. "And I really, really, really, really, really want to be your girlfriend! That's why I allowed all this! The whole damn castle! I already wanted to impress you lots, but when your Mom told me you already had four girlfriends then I felt like I had to put even more effort into it or I'd feel like I wouldn't be good enough to 'qualify', but I'm done with that! I'm standing here, being honest, I'm okay with sharing you! I'm sure all your girlfriends are lovely and I can't wait to meet them! So please, let me be your princess for real!"
"So all this was to impress me..." Ash let out a short laugh and took the tiara from her head and took both her hands again. "But you were already a princess even before this...well, guess I only have more thing to say... would you like to be my girlfriend?"
Acerola blushed madly and was about to let out a big scream, but she contained and took a deep breath. "I... I'd like to make two little requests first." She said.
"About what?" Ash asked.
"First, I don't think I've mentioned this to you, but I'm an orphan, I never met my real parents and don't have a last name, so..." Acerola blushed further before continuing. "C-C-Can I be Acerola Ketchum from now on?"
"O-Of course you can!" Ash stuttered blushing as well, Acerola smiled seeing him like that and then she built up her courage to then give him a quick kiss on his lips.
"Thank you, Ash." She giggled embarrassed. "I'll be the best friend, girlfriend and wife you could ever have, I swear."
"I'll do my best for you too." Ash answered. "All that's left now is introducing you the girls, ready?"
"Y-You said they already kinda accepted me, but I'm still a little nervous."
"Don't worry, I'm sure you will all get along."
"Fine, I trust you..." Acerola took Ash's hand again.
"Hey wait, you said you had two requests, didn't you?" Ash asked.
"Oh right, sorry, I forgot for a moment, my second request is that I want you to make me a promise."
"Of course, whatever you need." He said and Acerola let out a smug laugh.
"I want to have 5 kids with you, Ash." She bluntly told him as if it wasn't big deal.
"FIVE?!" He shouted.
"Five." Acerola nodded. "So promise it."
"I-I... sure, it's a promise." He accepted despite the embarrassment and Acerola went for another kiss on his lips.
"Perfect, our first daughter will be called Zarala, we'll decide the rest of the names later, now come on, I want to meet the rest of our family."
"Our family..." Ash smiled and guided Acerola out of the castle.
"YAHOOO! ALRIIIGHT! YIPEEE!" Nanu suddenly shouted appearing behind the two with a huge smile. "WHAT AN ABSOLUTE CLUTCH COMEBACK! IT'S A COMEBACK HOME RUN! WE GOTTA CELEBRATE! CELEBRATE, BABY!"
"Uh..."
"Blame her for it." Nanu pointed at a laughing Acerola.
Meanwhile in Aether Paradise.
Domino made it Alola rather quickly in a Team Rocket Helicopter, the next thing she did was dress herself up as an Aether Employee and used a false ID to get in, she then met with Faba, who told her to simply act normal until the night fell, since he made sure no one would be there for the night shift, unknown to Wicke and everyone else.
"Ah, you finally made it." Faba smiled once she entered his lab.
"Well, you were right, there's no one else here besides us." Domino answered.
"Then why are you still wearing that uniform?" Faba asked.
"Because I look fabulous!" Domino answered laughing. "I'd like to try wearing white more regularly, but the color isn't exactly stealthy."
"Pfft, teenagers, do you have the device?" He asked and Domino pulled out a small blue engine from one of the pockets in her uniform.
"An updated version of Team Galatic's transdimensional portal machine." Domino said.
"How peculiar, Team Rocket knows how to supply, I'll give them that." Faba said. "Now, our visitor."
"Of course..." Domino looked for the Beast Ball that Giovanni gave her and opened it, letting out a black and yellow Naganadel out of it.
"A Naganadel?" Domino asked.
"I'm not just any Naganadel..." The Ultra Beast answered.
"...Did it just talk?" Domino asked.
"Silence! You bug!" The Naganadel exclaimed.
"Who are you calling bug?! BUG!" Domino shouted.
"Cut that off, you two!" Faba told them. "We're alone in here, but let's try to not bring any attention to us until we have finished the setting. Stinger, are your troops ready?"
"They are." The shiny Naganadel nodded.
"Stinger, that's your name?" Domino asked.
"General Stinger to you." He answered. "I'm in command of this operation, so you two start preparing the device and follow all my instructions clearly, understood?"
"I don't take orders from you." Domino answered.
"Oh, but you take them from Giovanni." The Naganadel approached her.
"How do you-"
"I know lots of thing, Domino." Stinger interrupted. "Or should I say Kerry?"
Hearing him calling her like that struck a nerve and Domino and she almost instantly pulled out her tulip staff charging an electric blast in front of the Naganadel's face. "Call me that again and I'm frying that wasp brain of yours!"
"Giovanni won't be happy if you do that." Stinger smirked and flew above the two. "Get to work. Now. The machine must be finished before sunrise."
"And what am I supposed to do?" Domino asked to Faba.
"I'll be taking care of the machinery, don't worry." Faba answered holding up the engine. "You just stay up and be the guard...hmm, no wait, there's something else you can do meanwhile, follow me."
Somewhere not far.
"Aether Paradise, this is Yukiga Airlines private flight 1138, ordered by Sinnoh Champion Cynthia Shirona. Lt. Earhardt speaking." The woman piloting the private jet talked. "We're currently at 4.5 kilometers from your airport and request to land as programmed."
"Aether employee 15673 reporting." Domino answered the communication. "We apologize, but you'll have to refrain yourself. There has been a weird energy anomaly and it has been determined to be harmful to planes, you won't be able of landing here."
"Understood, we'll be taking the main Alolan Airport then." The pilot answered.
"That won't be possible either, the mentioned anomaly is quickly expanding around Alola, it'll be the safest for you to back down before you end up trapped."
"Roger that, Miss Cynthia will be disappointed, but safety first. Thank you for informing us, Aether." Earhardt answered cutting the call and making a U-Turn with the plane.
"That's one problem less." Domino said.
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"Why are we turning away, Taylor?" Cynthia asked entering the cockpit of the jet.
"Oh, sorry Cynthia, I thought you were sleeping like May and Dawn. It seems there's this strange energy surging in Alola that's dangerous to planes, so we won't be able to land in the region."
"That's quite weird." Cynthia said. "Lusamine would have told me about something like that, she said we could land in Aether no problem."
"Well, you know those people are always experimenting with weird things, anything can go to hell within a second."
"I suppose that makes sense, you'll take us back to Sinnoh then?"
"Unfortunately the fuel isn't enough to get back to Sinnoh, so we'll have to stop in the nearest airport to refill, that being Mistralton City in Unova."
"Got it, I hope the girls won't be too mad about all this when they wake up."
Meanwhile in the Ketchum mansion.
Ash and Acerola found Pikachu resting in the living room along his Alolan team, Ash woke him up and then asked where the girls where, Pikachu simply pointed at the back of the mansion and returned to sleep, so Ash took his newest girlfriend there.
"Hey girls, I'm back with Acerola..." Ash walked to the scene and found Gloria and Selene still throwing hands in the floor, while the rest of his girlfriends were playing cards with Selene's Decidueye as they waited for those two to end fighting. "What's going... Selene!"
"Ash!" Selene looked at him and distracted herself enough to give Gloria an opening to punch her right in the face and then tackle her down to the floor.
"Ha! Did you see that Ash?" Gloria exclaimed.
"Gloria, what the hell is wrong with you?!" Ash shouted as ran over to help Selene.
"Wait, what?" Gloria said.
"Selene, it really is you, are you okay?" Ash asked.
"I-I'm so glad to see you." Selene smiled at Ash. "This little girl has been bullying me since I got here!"
"Don't try to play being the victim!" Gloria complained.
"Gloria, why were you doing that?" Ash asked as he helped Selene stand up.
"Y-You're seriously believing her?!" Gloria shouted.
"Well, first thing I see when I get back is that you punched and tackled her." Ash said.
"She was being so mean!" Selene exclaimed hugging Ash's arm and shedding fake tears.
"You were the one who started!" Gloria pointed at Selene, who did her face on Ash's chest and she continued to weep.
"S-Selene, I'm so sorry." Ash said trying to comfort her.
"Stop brushing her hair!' Gloria demanded.
"Hi, I'm Acerola!" She introduced herself to the rest of the girls while Selene and Gloria continued with Ash.
"Why were you two fighting anyway?" Ash asked.
"She took my hat!" Gloria shouted.
"O-Only because I recognized it from you!" Selene answered to Ash showing him the hat. "I-I thought she stole it."
"Selene, thanks for worrying, but I gifted that hat to Gloria." Ash answered.
"Of course, silly me!" Selene smiled.
"You haven't changed, huh?" Ash smiled as well and then looked at the object Gloria was holding. "W-Wait, that's..."
"It's the hat you knitted for me!" Selene answered.
"Wow, we were like 7 years old, to think you still have it-."
"Why wouldn't I?" Selene giggled. "Like sure, I've had needed to give it some fixes here and there as times passed by since it was a bit small, but it's the same hat, it's my dearest possession after all!"
"...Fine, I want you two to give back each other's hats back and apologize." Ash said looking at the Gloria and Selene.
"Sure thing, Ash!" Selene nodded and offered Gloria's hat back to her. "Sorry about the confusion Gloria, I hope we can forget all this mess and get along!"
"Hmm..." Gloria simply made the trade and both girls put their hats back on their heads. "Yeah, sorry."
"I can't believe you're here, Selene. How long has it been since last time we met?" Ash asked. "You're all grown up."
"You're also quite a man now." Selene laughed. "Hmm, now that I think about it I never got a proper introduction to your friends." Selene looked at the girls as her Decidueye returned to her side. "My name is Selene Taiyuki, from Pallet Town, pleasure to meet you all, Ash and I became good friends when we were younger."
"Alright, so we have a girl with a childhood friend complex." Peonia said.
"I guess you can say that." Selene blushed embarrassed.
"Her twin Elio and her lived a few streets away from my house, we used to play together a lot." Ash added. "Hey, where is him by the way? You two aren't traveling together anymore?"
"Nope, my brother and I took different paths some time ago, while I was doing the island trials here, he decided to stay and settle down in Alola." Selene answered. "He has a girlfriend and everything, her name is Kahili."
"Kahili? Well, I'm glad for those two." Ash said. "So you're taking the Island Trial?"
"And I can imagine you know what I'm aiming for." Selene giggled. "Knowing you became champion really motivated me... I'm going to win the next Alolan League and then I'll challenge you."
"...I'll be waiting then." Ash answered and Selene gave him a hug. "I've missed you, I-"
"You're not angry about the fact she's actively saying she wants to take your title away from you?!" Gloria shouted.
"Well, it's all part of the champion gig, isn't it?" Ash asked.
"Argh! Enough!" Gloria suddenly pulled Ash away from Selene. "Ash, this friend of yours called me a 'random girl'! Tell her who I really am!"
"Uh...sure. Selene, this is Gloria, she's my girlfriend." Ash presented and Gloria stuck out her tongue to Selene.
"So this girl is your girlfriend..." Selene trailed off.
"Y-Yes, but it's a bit more complicated, actually all these girls are-" Ash stopped mid-sentence once Selene cupped his face and planted a kiss on his lips.
"You deserve something better, think about it!" Selene told him and then stuck out her tongue to Gloria again. "I don't think this little one will be able to satisfy you."
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Gloria tried to get her again, but Selene quickly ran away in the same direction she came from.
"I love you, Ash! Hope we can talk about this later!" She shouted out loud waving before disappearing in the distance and Gloria gave up on the chase.
"YOU THINK YOU CAN KISS MY BOYFRIEND LIKE THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME?!" Gloria continued. "NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, YOU'RE DEAD! DEAD!"
"I...I guess I should have seen that coming." Ash said while Selene's Decidueye sighed and began to follow her.
"That was a little unexpected." Acerola said.
"You'll get used to it." Bea told her.
"Are you serious?!" Gloria shouted at the other girlfriends. "T-That girl just came out of nowhere, kissed our boyfriend in less than five minutes and then simply left without elaborating at all! None of you are going to complain about that?!"
"...Gloria, have you forgotten the situation we're in?" Nessa asked.
"Uh yeah, I mean, we don't know that girl, but it sounds a little hypocrite to get jealous." Peonia said.
"This is not the same!" Gloria shouted. "And why didn't any of you defend me while she was accusing me?!"
"Well, she took you hat, but you were the one who started throwing punches." Bea said.
"Don't you dare pull the 'I don't care who started' card!" Gloria shouted.
"Fine, let's calm down, with all that happened, I didn't even got the chance to tell you how was the date." Ash got the girls' attention again and Acerola walked to him and took one of his hands. "I'd say it turned out pretty well, so...due to how things panned out, would you girls mind accepting Acerola as my newest girlfriend?"
"Ash told me about all of you in the way here!" Acerola said. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you personally, Bea, Nessa, Peonia and Gloria, I hope we can all get along... Hey, all of our names end with A, isn't that wacky?"
"I'll admit I haven't noticed that." Nessa giggled. "We already agreed to welcome you in, Acerola, so don't worry."
"Thanks a lot." Acerola continued. "Now listen girls, I don't mind sharing Ash with you, but I'll have to give you all a fair warning."
"And that is?" Bea asked.
"When we all have Ash's kids I'm gonna be the favorite Aunt." Acerola answered.
"...I guess I can live with that." Peonia said.
"You're saying that now." Acerola smirked. "But when your children end up spending more time with me than you, I don't want to see you crying."
"You're really eager to be a mother, aren't you?" Gloria asked.
"Why, of course." Acerola nodded. "Ash already promised he'll give me five kids after all.
"FIVE?!" They all shouted.
"W-Well, that's what she wants." Ash answered embarrassed.
"How many kids are you all planning to have?" Acerola asked them.
"I-I don't know." Peonia stuttered. "I mean, we all said we'd like a family in the future, but we haven't thought of the details, you know?"
"Well, that's okay." Acerola laughed. "Just imagine Ash, it could be at least 10 children, it'll be so funny seeing you trying to handle all of them, but I know you'll be a great dad!"
"I-I hope so, because handling all of you is already quite the challenge." Ash laughed.
"That reminds me Ash, while you were away we had that tournament we mentioned." Peonia said. "The fights were great, and Gloria will have the first place."
"R-Right!" Gloria stuttered blushing. "S-So...uh...yeah."
"Girls, how many times do I have to say, this is not-"
"This is not a competition." The first four interrupted Ah and ended the phrase.
"We know that Ash, but we just thought that would be the fairest way to decide." Peonia said.
"We all did our best and Gloria won fair and square, none of us are going to complain about it." Bea added. "So, sorry Acerola, but you'll have to be fifth."
"No problem, I had quite the date with Ash just now." Acerola giggled. "Besides, five is my lucky number."
"Yeah, about that, Bea." Gloria called her. "I'll be taking the first date, but I think you should be the one who gets the first chance in bed."
"Uh, are you sure?" Bea said. "I mean, you won our match fair and square."
"Yes, I'm sure, you're the 'Alpha' girlfriend after all." Gloria laughed. "Besides, when I...when I imagine the scene, I really don't feel ready for it, but I still have time to grow and improve, so you take the first shot and I'll be second, don't worry."
"Fine, if that's what your prefer." Bea accepted.
"Well, that's just great." Nessa said. "But since we're at that Ash, tell me, bunny girl or maid?"
"W-What?" Ash asked.
"Just tell me..." Nessa hugged him planting a kiss on his lips.
"W-Well...bunny girl maybe." Ash answered blushing perfectly knowing what Nessa meant.
"Heh, did you hear that Bea?" Nessa asked.
"Keep your fetishes away from me, Nessa!" Bea shouted.
The next morning, at Oranguru's place.
"There you are..." Lana said relieved after finding Mallow in the bar. "I thought you'd be going home."
"That's what I said." Mallow answered between hiccups with a coconut filled with juice in her hand. "Because I knew you'd be telling Ash the truth, so I came with Oranguru anyway."
"Did she sleep here?" Lana asked Oranguru who nodded to her. "Alright, let's take you back home, your dad must be worried."
"FOUR GIRLFRIENDS!" Mallow suddenly shouted. "He's got four girlfriends!"
"I think you've drink too much." Lana said pushing the cup away from her friend.
"You don't understand..." Mallow trailed off.
"I think I'm the only person in the whole world who truly understands." Lana answered placing a hand over her shoulder. "Listen, it'll be fine, we just need to ask Ash and I'm sure he'll accept the three of us."
"But..." Before Mallow could answer, the ground suddenly began to shake violently and then stopped just as abruptly after a few seconds, the girls then ran to the nearest window to see the situation and saw several Ultra Wormholes opening in the sky.
"It's happening again..." Lana trailed off worried.
"The sky is falling!" A still slightly drunk Mallow shouted.
Meanwhile at the Ketchum mansion.
After some introductions, Ash and the girls went to sleep much like last night, but this time Acerola was resting on top of Ash, not like he minded since she was pretty lightweight. Gloria was the first to wake up and walked to the window of the room to get a look at the first sun rays.
"Good morning, starshine, the earth says hello... what the-, GUYS!" Gloria called them and they all woke up to go the window with her, seeing the numerous Ultra Wormholes in the sky, many thunders were heard despite the clear skies and several hordes of shiny Ultra Beasts came out of the portals.
"What's going on?!" Nessa exclaimed.
"Ultra Beasts..." Ash trailed off. "It's like...o-one of those nightmares I had that time..."
After Ash said this, the TV of their room along all of their Rotom Phones began to show static.
"YOU...ARE NOT...ALONE." A message was shown in the screens. "YOU...ARE NOT...ALONE... YOU...ARE NOT...ALO-"
"Hello, Earth! Congratulations on being conquered!" A white and yellow Poipole appeared on screen and waved at it, but he was then pushed away by the Shiny Naganadel.
"My name is General Stinger." He started to talk to the screen. "I am leader of the Lightbane, a highly evolved race of Ultra Beasts, we come from a world far from yours, we have journeyed across an ocean of stars to reach you."
"We have good news and bad news." The Poipole returned. "The good news? Your planet is rich in the resources we'll need to conquer more impressive worlds. The bad news? We'll need to destroy your civilization to get those resources. Omelet, broken eggs, you get it."
"To the false gods you idolize, to the Ultra Guardians, and anyone else who dares to oppose us, I say this: We are not like our 'cousins' that you faced." Stinger said.
"Yeah! We're not some monster of the week format!" The Poipole added. "We're straight up generals and main villains!"
"Surrender immediately or suffer the consequences." The Naganadel said. "The signal in Aether Paradise that stops Poke Ball from catching Wild Pokemon has been modified and empowered. Nobody in this region will be able of using their Pokemon neither capture our soldiers, and once we shred Alola down to its last atom, the rest of your world will be next." He ended before the transmission was cut.
"Well, that was quite dramatic." Domino said to them back in Aether Paradise.
"Leave." Stinger talked. "We don't need you anymore, you have completed your part."
"Maybe, but..." While checking the security cameras Domino stumbled on the videos from yesterday that showed Ash was already in Alola. "I think I'm staying here, there's a person who could give you trouble..." She smiled. "And I'm really excited to see him again."
"Just don't get in the way." Stinger told her as he flew away along the Poipole.
Back in the mansion.
"An alien invasion?!" Nessa shouted.
"A-Ash, what should we do?" Acerola asked.
"We're fighting back, aren't we?" Bea asked.
"Yes, but first we're going to the Pokemon School." He answered. "We need Ultra Guardian power now."
"It's hero time!" Gloria exclaimed excited. "I'll finally get to see Ash saving the world in person!"
"You really shouldn't be excited about this!" Peonia shouted.
Meanwhile in Mistralton City.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING IN MISTRALTON CITY?" May shouted after she got out of the plane alongside Dawn.
"I'm sorry, it seems like there's something dangerous happening in Alola." Cynthia told them.
"This isn't fair! Ash is already there!" May complained.
"Hello there Miss Cynthia!" A voice called from afar and the three girls saw Skyla running at them. "Pfft, it's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Skyla, I'm the Gym Leader of the city and head pilot of this airport, I was informed you were going to land here, so I thought it'd be a good idea to receive you."
"Well, thanks." Cynthia answered.
"If you're a pilot can you tell us what's going on in Alola?" May asked.
"Uh, I think I know." Dawn presented them her Rotom Phone which showed Stinger's message had been emitted worldwide.
"And once we shred Alola down to its last atom, the rest of your world will be next."
"That doesn't sounds good." Skyla said.
"We have to go there and help Ash!" May shouted.
"I for once agree with you in first term." Dawn nodded. "He'll surely want to intervene, and he left me behind while all the Team Galactic incident happened, this time I'm going to help." After Dawn said this, her phone ringed showing that Chloe was calling her, but Dawn quickly cut off the call.
"You're not going to answer that?" May asked.
"She'll probably just keep complaining about me making her waste her visit to Sinnoh, I'll hear her rants later." Dawn said. "Let's get going."
"I'd like to help girls, but after that ascended Beedrill threatened the whole earth I don't think they'll let us take any flight to Alola." Cynthia said.
"They definitely won't." Skyla nodded. "So I'll be taking you three there, don't worry!"
"Are you sure you can take us?" Dawn asked. "I mean, isn't it illegal or something?"
"It probably is." Skyla laughed. "But this sounds really exciting! I always thought it'd be fun to get into some kind of world saving situation! And as I told you I'm a head pilot, I have some bits of authority. Besides, I've been wanting to see Ash again for a long time."
"I suddenly have a bad feeling about you." May trailed off.
"Either way, I'll go prepare my cargo plane." Skyla continued. "It'll be the safest if that invasion hits us."
"Fine then, were counting on you, Skyla." Cynthia said.
"Let's go kick some alien butt!" Skyla exclaimed.