IceMonster96
Ash and Goh keep finding themselves traveling to various regions to help Professor Cerise. Most of their research leads the two young Assistants mostly to Galar region where they keep meeting Sonia, the Assistant and granddaughter of the regions top most Pokémon researcher. They decide to help her uncover the secrets of Galar's past, but along the way they uncover Sonia's past as well as run into an old friend that Sonia hasn't seen in years but can't help running towards.
James, not the Team Rocket one, but an unknown element to most of those who comes and goes, a legend, a myth, who seemingly disappears as quickly as he appears. Hailing from the destitute Orre region, which is almost nothing but a barren wasteland due to a deadly history, he has one gym badges, leagues and tournaments the world over. Though he marches to the beat of his own drum, he seems to fit right in with the Punk Underground scene. While challenging and winning the Pokémon leagues of various regions, it only proves to be mindless entertainment to the Battle Hardened Veteran waiting to hear the next whispers of disturbance caused by Team Cypher's Shadow Pokémon. He usually does both, because he can't always track them down immediately, but challenge a Gym Leader, especially when the Leader is hosting it as an Exhibition Challenge, you can usually hear more rumors and whispers as friends meet up to discuss it while watching the match.
This is why Sonia has ran back into him, first meeting him shortly after he gave up his life of crime. You see, Sonia went to the Orre Region to visit her grandpa there, but was kidnapped by Team Snagem members, then was subsequently saved by James. Causing her to travel with him and try to get him to open up. Both of which ended up falling for the other, but neither could admit it to the other, much less themselves. So how will this reunion unfold?
A/N: So I've been thinking of this for a long while, it's just a spin and a small fusion between Colosseum & X