Stronger

Help From An Old Friend

Normal POV

" And that's how it works! " Clemont proudly finished.

" Great, thanks! " Ash cheered.

After Greninja fired that last attack, Ash and his group of friends knew that, that would be it so, they quickly made their way back to Ash's room. Once there Clemont took this opportunity to explain how the new and improved charms work.

" Is it alright if I hold onto them for now? " 

" Yeah, sure! " Clemont said and handed them to Ash.

" So what do you have planned? " Bonnie yawned, sitting on Ash's bed swinging her legs side to side.

" You'll find out soon enough. " Ash sighed, putting the charms into his pocket. " Beside shouldn't you be going to bed now? "

" Ash is right. " Clemont added and he and Bonnie walked out the door back to their own rooms.

Serena was still in the kitchen trying to finish baking, Sawyer offered to help her while Ash was talking Clemont. Pikachu was passed out on the floor after having way to much ketchup and Greninja was cleaning up the mess the yellow mouse made.

" Jeez " Ash muttered, helping Greninja with cleaning.

Ash returned Greninja and looked at the ketchup stained carpet. Mumbling a few swears under his breath, he walked twords the bathroom. He filled the tub up to the top with cold water then walked into the kitchen. After fiddling through the freezer he was able to gather some ice and placed it in a bucket.

" What are you doing? " Serena asked.

" Cleaning " He replied and walked out of the kitchen.

He tossed the ice into the tub and made his way back to the sleeping Pikachu.

" Wake up. " Ash complained and poked the mouse Pokemon again and again.

After a minute he started to get irritated, he picked up the Pikachu and brought it into the bathroom. He held his arms out above the water, the Pokemon still fast asleep.

" I gave you a chance, you brought this upon yourself. " Ash said and dropped the electric mouse into the water.

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" Alright, once they cool we can frost them! " Serena said as she placed the tray onto the counter.

" Good, I'm starting to get hungry! " Sawyer pouted.

" Don't worry, We'll be done in no ti- " Serena was cut off by the sound of a thunderbolt followed by a slight scream of pain.

The two ran out of the kitchen to the bathroom, where they had heard the noise coming from.

When they opened the door they saw Pikachu soaking wet and yelling at Ash, whose clothes were all torn and burnt.

" PIKACHU PIKA PIKA CHU PI PIKAPI!" Pikachu yelled.

" Wasn't my fault. " Ash shrugged.

Serena and Sawyer both sighed as the two kept arguing back and forth.

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" So what do you think? " Ash asked.

" Do I even have a choice? " Clayton questioned.

" Nope! " Ash cheered with a smirk

Ash thought that while the others are doing their battles he would use that time to ask Clayton if he would help him with something.

" Is that all you need? " Clayton asked.

" Well, I can't think of anything else at the moment. "

" You sure this will work? "

" Nope! " Ash said, pressing a few buttons on his watch.

" What will you do if it doesn't work? " Clayton wondered.

" Well I can't really do much if I'm dead. " Ash joked.

" Let me guess, you gonna ask them for help, aren't you. "

" Maybe, who knows? "

" Ash..... " Clayton groaned.

" See you later! " A bright light wrapped around him and within seconds he was gone.

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" I'm going to the art store that I heard they have here, see you later! " Tracey yelled, closing the door behind him.

He ran though the lobby doors and continued down the pathway. As he went around a corner he forgot to slow down and ended up crashing into someone, they both fell down to the ground.

" Sorry! " Tracey quickly apologized and stood up.

" It's alright. " 

Tracey looked in front of him and saw Ash still sitting on the ground rubbing the side of his head, as if he had been hurt.

He held out his hand, which Ash took and Tracey pulled him up.

" Thanks.. " Ash mumbled, dusting off his clothes.

" Well it was my fault to begin with. " Tracey admitted.

" So where are you off to in such a hurry? " He asked.

" The art store! "

" Well, your going the wrong way then. " Ash commented.

" Huh, really? " Tracey asked.

" Yeah, I can show you the way if you want. " Ash offered.

" Do you even know the way there? " Tracey questioned.

" Better than you. " Ash smirked and walked past him.

Tracey stood there for a moment before turning around and running to catch up with Ash.

They were walking in an awkward silence for a while before Tracey decide to start up a conversation.

" So what have you been doing lately? " He asked.

" What do you think? " Ash sighed, gesturing to everything around him.

" Oh yeah, I forgot. " He said with a slight chuckle. " So... do you enjoy it here? "

" Yeah, I guess. Although all sorts of troubles come up. " Ash sighed.

" Really? Like what? " Tracey asked.

" Well first off Team Flar- " Ash stopped himself, trying not to say much more.

" Huh? You know I can help you, right? " 

Ash stopped and turned around, his back facing Tracey. 

 ' I guess he's thinking about it ' Tracey thought.

" Well, perhaps there is something you can help me with... " Ash thought aloud, sounding unsure.

**** Important: Sorry this chapter didn't come out sooner, I had it done two days ago but I still needed to read though it and edit some parts. Yesterday when I was gonna edit it, mostly all of the chapter was erased. So I had to rewrite all of it today, sorry about that.