BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR

🌹SLOW LIFE IN ROTA🌹

Being strong is one thing. Being unbeatable is other. Ash knew it. He was strong but strongest. Ahh a bad joke. One can never be strongest. There is always someone better than you.

"Ouch Clair. Be a little lenient." Ash said after being thrown into ground by Clair as she shrugged her shoulders. Hand to hand combat. It helped him to strech his body which was tired.

Sometime basics is all you need. Clair offered him her hand as he grabbed her and stood up.

"You were the one to say don't hold back." Clair muttered to him as she once again took a fighting stance.

"It is a figure of speech Clair. It never means beat me to death." Ash said taking his stance and raising his leg to hit Clair. She grabbed his leg and sweeped him down as he crashed down.

Clair noticed the stiff movement of Ash as she sat down next to him indicating this session to be over.

"Your movement is kinda stiff. We need to stretch your body first." She said as Ash tried to touch his toes. Clair looked at him. Close but not enough. Ash's never trained seriously for years after Sabrina was passed away making his body not too fit.

Physically it was. In sheer strength but other ways. Clair doubted. Ash focussed completely on hidden arts during his time in Kalos leaving no time for other training.

"Tell me when it hurts." She pushed down on his back helping him to touch his toes completely as he grunted. The pain travelled from his 1st vertebrae to tail bone. But he needed to get strong.

"Go ahead." Ash said as she pushed him with a little more strength. His entire back hurting as sweat rolled down his face. They stayed like that for a complete minuite before they decided to give their body rest.

"That was tiring." Ash sighed out loudly as Clair offered him a bottle of water he gulped down. The feeling of cold water going down his soar throat was a heavenly feeling.

"Your body is kinda stiff but you managed to do it in one go. Gotta say i am impressed." Clair wiped sweat from his face as both of them crashed on the grass of the garden of the castle.

"So when will you go after it?" Clair asked Ash referring to Rayquaza as Ash shrugged his shoulders.

"Maybe in a few weeks. After Cynthia finds about aura." Ash answered. He was waiting for correct time. If he act too soon then steven will know about it. If they act too late then who knows what might happen. He was thinking of using Groudon as his cover. The second it get close to the facility, devon corps will think of moving their establishment to somewhere else.

And that will be the moment when he will strike. At the moment of total chaos.

"Daddy." Hina jumped on Ash's chest as he grunted.

"Whats up Hina?" He asked her as Diantha looked at the tired duo laying on the grass.

"Why don't we go and explore the main city. It will fun." Diantha said as Hina nodded her head enthusiastically. Yeah, she was right. Ash also thought they should have a little family time. It will help all of them ease their mind. Cynthia was with Ilene for a long time too.

Maybe she could use this as an opportunity to cool her mind.

"I don't mind. What do you say Ash?" Clair asked raising Hina high into air as the girl giggled on being tickled on stomach by her legs.

"Sure. Let me get Cynthia." Ash stood up as he lightly punched his back as he walked away to get cynthia.

"This kind of feel like a dream." Diantha whispered sitting down next to Clair as Hina got off Clair and ran after pikachu. She was right, a dream. Living together in peace was a dream for them a few weeks ago. But it was coming true. And Ash was working toward it with even more will. Today they were living peacefully in Rota, next it will be the whole world.