New Island

As the setting sun shone upon the old castle, recently rebuilt by it's newest occupant, sounds could be heard coming from the arena. The ferocious noises that were being produced were enough to cause even the many Garaydos in the surrounding water to flee back to their underwater homes.

Inside the arena resides a man, although that is a loose term when seeing him up close, He stands at an incredible 6 feet 9 inches and is clearly strongly built if it wasn't obvious from the fact that he was bench-pressing his Snorlax with one arm, how can he do that? You may ask, well that tale will be told soon but first let us listen in on the man the world once knew as Ash Ketchum.

"Wow buddy you've certainly been keeping in…uh…shape," Ash grunted as he neared his 90th rep

"Laaaaaaxxxxx," was the reply he received

"Father the others have finished their training and are waiting for you to know what to do next," Ash heard a voice in his head

"Okay princess I've just finished up here, tell the others to meet me in the dining hall, we're expecting him to talk to us about that new tournament we've been invited to," Ash replied to his adopted daughter, a shiny Gardevoir he raised after he saved her from being taken by poachers. Although he was too late to save her parents, the image of them lying dead on the ground still haunts her but Ash is helping her through it.

He gets up and starts to wipe the sweat from his body, his muscles that look as though they have been chiseled from marble, combined with the shoulder length black hair and the clean beard on his handsome features are enough to make all the Officer Jenny's and Nurse Joy's faint… at the same time; It happened a few years ago when he returned to civilization and started working with them for a while.

Dining hall 1 shower later:

Ash sits at the head of a table larger than ever before seen, looking along said table there are many chairs, all of which are in strange shapes that would be very uncomfortable to sit on, the purpose of these seats is made clear as all of Ash's pokemon come to sit in their respective places, all the seats made especially for their body shapes, types and weight (Snorlax's took the longest to make with that last aspect in mind). As he greeted them all Ash took the time to remember how he caught each of his pokemon before he ran and all the new ones he's caught after (plus the ones he can summon any time but that tale is coming trust me on this). As he was reminiscing a cute yellow rodent made what felt to him like the mountain voyage up his best friend and trainer's arm 'that was a lot easier when he was a kid' thought the Pikachu, he was Ash's first pokemon and due to his hard work and years of training alongside Ash he has made himself the strongest Pikachu in the world and arguably one of the strongest pokemon overall.

"Hey buddy how was training today?" Ash asked his brother in all but blood

"Pi pika pika pikapi" "Not bad, no problems from anyone Ash" Pikachu informed his friend

"That's good to hear" Ash replied. As they were talking a light began to glow on the wall above the grand fireplace located at the opposite end of the wall from Ash's seat

"Ah, she's here. I'm glad you made it safely Lady Arceus," Ash exclaimed to the mother of creation, feeling a shiver near her Arceus turned to look at the blue and white Gardevoir.

"My dear there is no need to fear me, I Iove all of my creations and would not look to harm any of them, unless, of course Ash requires my aid," she added glancing to the man in question.

"As I said it is an honor for you to visit us my lady, but may I ask as to what it is that you need us for," Ash asked Arceus, they had done this many times over the 7 years ash had been gone, Arceus arrives, Gardevoir gets scared (yes, every time), Ash asks her what she needs him and his pokemon to do, she tells him then leaves and then Ash is left comforting Gardevoir at night who is still frightened after her encounter with the god earlier and ends up sleeping in his bed with him that night.

"I require you to go to the tournament, enter and win" Arceus said plainly

"Um, I'm sorry my lady but I wasn't planning on entering the tournament since those traitors I used to call friends are going to be there," Ash replied bitterly, a dark scowl crossing his face.

"Are you defying a request from your God?" Arceus questioned dangerously.

"No my lady, *sigh* it will be done, however may I ask why I must win?" questioned Ash

"It is because the 6 are going, and they intend to win so they may have the means to capture me and all others in the Hall of Origins," Arceus proclaimed

"…..So, those assholes are back again ay? well my lady consider it done; I won't beat them, I'll destroy them," Ash said, a smirk crossing his face at the thought of crushing the men who made his life as a kid hell.

"See that you do, you have our support and our blessings my child, farewell," Arcues' voice echoed out as she disappeared.

"Well you heard her guys, get a good night's sleep and prepare to leave at first light tomorrow, the tournament starts in 8 days!" Ash called out to his trusted pokemon as they let out their respected calls in response.

Ash's Room, night time:

As Ash got into his bed, he was lost in his thoughts about how he was going to face the bastards that betrayed him all those years ago, those thoughts slowly left is head as he drifted into unconsciousness… at least he was close to getting there until he was interrupted by a knock at the door

"Who is it?" Ash questioned, though already guessing the answer

"Father, may I please sleep with you? my um room is very drafty and I'm cold," Gardevoir's melodious voice echoed through his mind

"Of course princess, come here," Ash replied, smiling internally 'at least she came up with an original reason this time' he thought to himself.

"Thank you father," she replied racing into his bed and cuddling up against his large frame.

As the minutes passed by both drifted off into a peaceful slumber and not a Pidgey could be heard on New Island.

So that's it for the first chapter of my first story, it's up to you guys as to whether or not you want to review. There will be a tournament in the later chapters so if you have any advice for how to write battles that'd be greatly appreciated. This will be a harem fic, whether or not i do lemons is something only time will tell as i haven't tested whether or not i'm any good at them. This will be a harem fic so i'll put in any suggestions if they a plausible enough and finally as I do have work quite often throughout the week and the fact that my story isn't planned much the updates will be all over the place; just think of this as a little story you could read while waiting for some of the other bigger fanfictions to be written. If you happen to have any questions there must be some way for you to reach me on this site (sorry i'm still new) and i'll try to answer them. Goodnight to anyone who's in New Zealand and Good whatever time of the day it is in your area to anyone else who reads this.