A Sudden Halt

Unwelcomed Reunion

"Ash. Hey Ash, it's time to wake up" a young, feminine voice called out in Ash's head.

Ash groaned as he turned over in his bed, completely ignoring the voice. In response to this, the figure gently nudged the young trainer. This made Ash grin to himself as he waddled toward the source of the contact.

He weakly opened his eyes as he saw those beautiful golden eyes of Latias staring back at him. He spread his arms and yanked her close to him. Latias giggled from this as she then let out coos along with nuzzling Ash. Ash returned the favor by caressing her.

Over the months, Ash became infatuated with Latias. He would find himself starring at her for long periods. And how could he blame himself, she was just too beautiful in his eyes. He loved the feeling of her feathers through his hands. The way that her purr could lull him to sleep. And Ash was very thankful for her helping him with his problems.

And for all of those pros, it makes him love her all the same as she does for him.

Ash was soon interrupted from his thoughts as Latias leaned towards him and kissed his cheek. Ash's face flushed into a deep red but quickly returned to normal as she floated backward. Ash sat up from his bed where he would stretch his arms.

Latias gave a smile at Ash as she turned to the door and left downstairs. Looking around the room, Ash remembered that today he was going to have a new mission from Prof. Cerise. But Ash suddenly felt movement from his left side.

He turned and was face to face with his starter pokemon and best friend, Pikachu. Pikachu was stretching his body as he gave a smug grin to Ash. Ash quickly turned away from Pikachu.

"Morning, Pikachu," Ash greeted.

"Pika chu," Pikachu called out as it moved to Ash's lap.

Ash petted Pikachu's fur as he remembered him breaking the news of Tia, aka Latias, to his friends in Alola. He grinned as he recalled their shocked faces when he revealed his relationship with Latias. This was followed by a series of congrats from his friends along with a discussion about the types of relationships of humans and pokemon from his teacher. But it was a great time nonetheless. He also recalled Pikachu tackling Latias to a hug during her revelation.

But in the present, Ash would sort of regret his decision back then. Always dealing with the constant teasing from Pikachu. What's worse was that Ash has yet to tell the rest of his friends and family, much less he didn't tell his mother about the relationship. But at least he introduced the eon pokemon to Delia, which Latias immediately took a liking to her.

Ash sighed as he laid down on his bed again, earning a long sigh from Pikachu. Pikachu stood on top of Ash as he stared down into his honey-colored eyes with a 'really' look. Ash sighed in response, "Ok. Only because Latias may come back... This time maybe not so lovely?"

"Pika," Pikachu yipped, giving a thumbs up.

Ash proceeded to get off the bed as he began to change into his regular day-to-day clothes as Pikachu watched from the side. Once fully dressed, Ash reached towards Pikachu. Without skipping a beat, Pikachu eagerly jumped on Ash's arm and climbed up to his shoulders.

"Come on, let's get some breakfast," Ash commented.

Pikachu cheered as it took off from Ash's shoulder and ran downstairs for some early pickings. Ash chuckled at Pikachu's sudden burst of energy as it reminded him of his childhood. His painful childhood...

'No, that was in the past. Things are better now,' Ash said to himself as he skipped down the stairs.

"Ash!" someone shouted in the kitchen.