A New Life

Chapter 19 - The Start of the Tournament.

After the meeting with the traitors Ash was less thrilled then he was when he set out that morning, he hadn't wanted to meet them this soon in the tournament. He knew they were going to be there but he didn't want to actually talk to them as he knew he may do something that he would not regret.

Ash was just lucky that his wife and family were there with him, if they were not then he would not have been able to guarantee the safety of those that betrayed him.

"Are you ready for this Ash?" Latias asked from behind him. The group had returned to their rooms after meeting the traitors to relax before they had to leave for the first day of the tournament. Latias and Ash were in their room, Ash sitting on the bed and Latias just coming out of the shower.

Ash turned to look at her and smiled. "Yes my love, I have been waiting for this for years, it is time to start showing people who I truly am without revealing a name." Ash said. Latias smiled and moved towards Ash sitting herself on the bed beside him, Ash wrapping his arm around her shoulder as Latias was in her human form.

"Yes I know you have Ash, and remember you have all of us to help you." Latias said snuggling into Ash's side and making herself comfy.

Ash smiled down at the person he loved more then anyone. Ash then looked down to her stomach that held his first child, created through the love of his/her parents. They had learned that pokemon are slightly different when it came to birthing, they did not hold the baby for 9 months but for 6 months, since Latias was now 5 months pregnant then she was going to be giving birth in the next month, however there is a chance that the baby could come early meaning when they are at the tournament.

Ash put his hand on the round stomach seeing if he could feel his child. Just when he was going to remove his hand there was nudge against it and he broke out into a grin.

"Oh My God, I felt them!" Ash squealed happily. Latias smiled to seeing how happy her husband was when he felt the baby, she felt the same way as well.

"Yes Ash, that's our baby." Latias said placing her hand over Ash's one resting on her stomach.

"I can't wait I'm going to be a father." Ash said.

They passed the time talking about their baby ranging from the gender to names they think they should call them.

Before they knew it they had to leave for the tournament, it was now half 9 and they needed to get to the arena. However as soon as they told the family that the baby had moved they all wanted to have a feel of it, once that was done and everyone had been able to feel the baby they all headed to the arena for the start of the tournament.

It only took them 15 minutes to walk to the arena however they were the only ones there, they waited till the time was right and realised they were still alone.

"Welcome all to the Tournament of Champions!" The announcer said. He then paused when he looked into the arena. "Where are all of the contestants?" He asked.

"I do not know sir, we arrived 15 minutes ago and no one was here. Maybe they forgot what time they were meant to be here?" Ash said, though the end of the sentence sounded more like a question than a statement.

"They were told the time of this event, I didn't expect great battlers to be like this I thought they were punctual. At least you 5 managed to get here on time." The announcer said.

"Yes this is late to us, we are used to being up early so this was no problem." Paul said.

"Yeah all of the others are probably still in bed and not wanting to get up since it is so early in the morning for them." Gary said with disgust. This was a very important and special tournament with the best of the best, even he thought the contestants would be more prepared then this.