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Summary: In an alternate universe, Ash met Scott after the Silver Conference and conquered the Kanto Battle Frontier before heading to Sinnoh, followed by Unova and Kalos. Finally, Ash competes in the Hoenn League and is determined to take the title and earn the right to compete against the Hoenn Elite Four!

This first chapter takes place at a later point in the story. From the next chapter and onward details his journey through Hoenn until he gets to this point. Then obviously will come the Ever Grande Conference.

Prologue – Chapter 1 – Ever Grande Conference

Thousands had flocked to see this event. Currently all of the Pokémon Trainers that had survived the preliminary rounds were all gathered in the main stadium to listen to the inspiring words of the Pokémon League President, Charles Goodshow and for the Moltres flame to be lit. There wasn't a single empty seat in the who stadium that contained up to 100,000 people, and as a young man with brown hair ran up the large staircase with a Meowth in brown boots running by his side, the crowd grew eager in their anticipation.

The official opening for the tournament was usually held during the day, but this time the organizers decided to host the event at night for a more appealing event. And it certainly was. The crowd had been given such a treat today. First they got to witness all of the Pokémon Trainers that had passed the preliminaries do a lap of the stadium with the Pokémon that they had won with. Even more thrilling was the exhibition match – a simple one on one battle – between Steven, the Hoenn Champion, and the man that used to wear the title, Wallace.

Now the night was ready to climax as the trainer placed the Moltres flame onto the sacred light torch, and the crowd erupted into a loud, ferocious cheer. To further emphasis the moment, fireworks began lighting up the sky. Everyone watched in awe at the sight of all the different colours ranging from red to blue to yellow to purple light up the sky.

Among the 256 remaining challengers, stood Ash Ketchum, with his beloved companion Pikachu on his shoulder, both staring up at the fireworks with excitement. The eighteen year old decided to wear the same kind of clothes that he wore when he first started his Pokémon journey, as a remembrance to when he had first competed in an official Pokémon League.

From the start of his Hoenn journey, Ash had been determined to win the league for sure this time, and he still believed that he could. However as he glanced around to see the familiar faces among the trainers competing, Ash knew that this was going to be the hardest and most intense competition that he had ever competed in.

The rivals that he had encountered during his journey through Hoenn – Brendan, Morrison, Tyson, Wally, Hilda and even May's little brother Max – were all competing. However there were also many of Ash's rivals that he had competed against in previous regions also taking part in this tournament. Stephan, Cameron, Bianca, Conway, Nando, Calem, Sawyer, Trip, Barry and Paul were all here to claim the title.

He couldn't wait until tomorrow for the competition to start!

"Pika, pika!" The electric mouse and his oldest companion shared in his excitement. Ash knew that Pikachu was more eager to get the tournament underway than any of his Pokémon, except possibly Charizard, Sceptile and Greninja. Ash, with Pikachu's consent of course, had opted to not use Pikachu whenever he battled against one of his rivals throughout his journey through Hoenn. None of them, not even Paul, would be able to anticipate just how much Pikachu had grown over the past year.

Focusing his attention away from the fireworks, Ash looked over at the platform high up in the stands where the Hoenn Elite Four all sat. He recognised the formidable and intimidating Dragon type Pokémon Master, Drake, and Ash could easily recall the battle he and Charizard had against his Salamence. It had easily been the most intense and incredible battle that Ash had ever experienced, even greater than his battle against Articuno or against Brandon's Regice.

Ash needed to battle the Dragon Master again, but Drake would only accept an official match. That meant, not only did he need to win the Ever Grande Conference but he would also have to defeat the other three members of the Hoenn Elite Four. Speaking of the other members, Ash hadn't met any of them, but he wasn't surprised to see that Wallace wasn't among them. After he had been defeated by Steven, he had stepped down from the Elite Four, deciding to focus his attention on his real passion, and that was Pokémon Contests.

"Chu! Pika!" Pikachu squeaked happily, pointing up at another section in the stands. Ash looked in that direction to see most of his loved ones had come to see him compete. Brock, Tracey, Gary, Clemont, Bonnie, Cilan, Dawn, Misty, Iris, Serena, Tierno, Shauna, Trevor and May were all seated together, and somehow Brock and Tracey had got hold of a sign that said 'GO ASH!'

Unfortunately his mother couldn't make it, as things were always really busy at the restaurant, and Professor Oak had much research to do but he knew that they both would be watching his matches closely.

Ash was touched by how much his friends cared about him, as he knew some of them had come from other regions just to see him compete, and he vowed to not let them down.

As the Fireworks ceased firing, and dissipated in the air, Charles Goodshow got up on the stand and addressed the Pokémon Trainers one final time.

"This concludes the opening ceremony for the Ever Grande Conference!" The elderly man declared to the loud cheers of the crowd. Mr. Goodshow waited for the crowd to silence before continuing, "Now if you would all divert your attention to the big screen…" He signalled over to the large screens, one on either side of the stadium so all the fans had view of one. "We shall declare the first qualifying round matchups!"

On the screen, the face of every competitor appeared on a card before they were all flipped over and began to shuffle. The speed that it moved at made it impossible for anyone to follow the card that had been theirs. After thirty seconds, all of the cards had stopped, with 256 cards split up into 128 pairs.

"In order to get past the qualifying rounds, trainers must win up to two double battles and a triple battle!" Mr. Goodshow announced to everyone's surprise. Triple battles were quite rare after all and had never been introduced in an official conference before, until now that is. "Following that, in order to win the tournament, a trainer must win up to five full battles in a row! Now let's reveal the matchups for the first qualifying round!"

Instantly the cards on screen flipped over revealing the matchups, and Ash's eyes widened slightly as he found his own.

He was up against Cameron right off the bat!

Immediately he searched out for his friend and found him a few rows back with his trusted Lucario at his side. The moment they made eye contact, they both grinned in eagerness at the upcoming battle. It was a rematch that Ash had been hoping wanting for over two years after losing to him in the Vertress Conference. While he preferred to get payback with a full battle, he would take the chance with a double battle.

He also made sure to take notice of the time and place where the match would be scheduled. It was at 12 noon tomorrow at Stadium C.

Just after 12 in the morning, Ash had been unable to sleep and walked out onto the balcony to stare up at the stars and the bright full moon. It was a cool night, much to Ash's delight. He was only in his blue pyjama bottoms, leaving his lean muscular upper body naked. Placing his badge case on the rail in front of him, he opened it up to reveal all eight badges that he had collected throughout his recent journey.

These eight badges were the proof of his achievements in the past year but they didn't show everything that he had done. Out of the regions that he had travelled through, this one had easily been the most difficult. And he wasn't just referring to the Gym Leaders.

He had battled against many difficult trainers including many of his rivals, and taking on Team Magma and Team Aqua certainly had its challenges. Not to mention the legendary faceoff between the Primal forms of Groudon, Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza. The sheer power that those three Legendary Pokémon wielded was incredible. Even through Mega Evolution, Ash knew that there was no way any of his Pokémon would ever be able to match them in power, they were legendary for a reason – though they would never stop trying.

It wasn't just dealing with villains and out of control legendry's that made this journey difficult, but he had his own personal problems to deal with. While he learned about Mega-Evolution when he was in Kalos, he didn't get his first Mega Stone until he came here to Hoenn. After seeing Korrina back in Kalos struggle with her Mega-Evolving Lucario, Ash was prepared to go through a similar ordeal, but it had been far worse than he imagined.

He had come close to dying several times in his life, but he never thought that one of his own Pokémon would almost kill him. That had been the darkest time in his life and the same for some of his Pokémon, and he wondered if it was an event that would always haunt them.

Ash shook off those thoughts, as each day it became easier to deal with, but Ash knew that deep down that they would all have to confront the issue. And he would need to do it soon.

One other major issue also occurred.

For the first time in his life he found himself having girl troubles. Granted looking back he could see why everyone got a kick out of how dense he was when it came to girls and romance when he was younger. However over the last couple of years, he had noticed girls and there were several that he had been attracted to but he avoided following through with his feelings, more content to work on his Pokémon Training.

However that changed this year. And his feelings caused him quite a few problems because it was hard enough to deal with falling in love with one girl, but the major problem that he had was that he fell in love with two girls. If that wasn't surprising enough, then the result would be astonishing. Even now, Ash still didn't understand how things worked out so well and if went back to his younger self that had just arrived in Hoenn, there was no way that his younger self would believe him.

Suddenly Ash was broken away from his thoughts when a pair of arms wrapped around his stomach. Ash blushed when felt her large soft cotton covered breasts pressing into his back. "What're you still doing up, Ash?" A soft voice whispered in his ear.

"Just thinkin' 'bout my match tomorrow." Ash answered, while softly caressing her arms. "Cameron's an energetic, eccentric and a quite forgetful guy, but he's got some tough Pokémon. Last time we battled, his Hydreigon knocked out two of my Pokémon and his Riolu – who evolved into Lucario during the battle – took out three of my Pokémon, including Pikachu."

Ash's girlfriend remained quiet for a moment and Ash wondered what she was thinking about. He didn't move though as he was quite content in the position he was in.

"After everything I've seen since we met, there's nothing that you can't do." She whispered, tightening her grip on him slightly. "Remember your battle with my dad?"

Ash grunted lightly, clearly remembering the battle against easily the best Normal type Pokémon that he had ever come across.

"You learned from it." His girlfriend whispered confidently, "Remember how crazed my annoying little brother was when you battled him again?" She chuckled lightly, her laugh was better than any song. "Like everyone, you make mistakes, Ash, but unlike most, you learn from them. You don't shy away from them, like most others do, like I've done, you accept them! Even better, you gain the resolve to never make the same ones again!"

The trainer from Pallet Town let out a small grin. Truly, he had improved in that aspect over the past year. And it was thanks to the girl that had her arms around him. When they first met, he became her mentor and taught her all he knew about Pokémon, and how to raise and train them. By teaching someone everything he knew, it somehow made him mature and he was able to understand and accept any mistakes he made.

That simple maturity had staggering effects on the way he battled, and the way he trained.

Ash lightly released her arms on him, allowing him to turn around so he was facing her directly. Immediately his eyes found her light blue crystal eyes and his own arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her to him, and he resisted the urge to glance down at her large globes that were being crushed against his chest. Her arms that had moved to his lower back was brought up and draped over his shoulders.

"You're gonna win it all, I know it!" She assured him, and Ash couldn't help but believe her. He could easily see the belief and the love radiating in her eyes. Swiftly, Ash brought his lips down to hers in a searing kiss, and she eagerly responded, allowing his tongue entrance. As if in a trance, they walked back into their room without breaking the kiss. Eventually Ash broke the kiss, and then rested his forehead gently against hers.

"Still can't believe how lucky I am." Ash murmured softly. "How did I get so lucky?"

"Well for one, you didn't constantly stare at my boobs when we first met." His girlfriend, May, teased him.

Ash responded with a slight smirk, "Trust me, it took a lot of willpower. Plus it helped a lot seeing Brock getting slapped by girls for staring at their breasts over the years. Although, I have to admit, I snuck a glance whenever I could… But now that we're dating," Ash broke eye contact with her to look down at her large mounds pressing against his chest. "I'm allowed to look, right?"

May laughed lightly as she felt his right hand slowly sliding up the side of her stomach, "Yeah, you can look, but no touching, not yet."

Ash pouted, and returned his right hand to his girlfriend's waist.

May raised herself high enough so her mouth was right next to Ash's left ear and whispered seductively, "I know you don't need it, but here's a little incentive for you to win tomorrow. Win, and you can touch them."

Ash beamed at the offer, and suddenly he didn't know whether he would was more excited for the possibility of advancing to the next round in the tournament or the opportunity to feel up his girlfriend.

"I'm the luckiest guy alive." Ash grinned at her.

May grinned widely and glanced back towards their bed where another girl slept peacefully. "Yep! You really are." She let out a sly grin, "Not many girls would agree to share a guy, you know." She gave him a light kiss on the lips, "You're very lucky that she and I were attracted to both boy and girls, and that you're an incredible guy."

"I wouldn't say that." Ash shook his head, "You're the one that's incredible! You both are!" He said firmly.

May blushed lightly, but she gave him a pleased smile. "Remember when we had to tell our parents about are unique relationship?" The brunette giggled when she felt Ash shiver.

"Remember when we had to stare down Team Aqua controlling Kyogre and Team Magma controlling Groudon?" Ash rebutted, but he didn't give his girlfriend a chance to respond, "That was child's play compared to confronting the 'rents, especially yours. My mum took it quite well, surprisingly."

May took a step back, grabbing both his hands, "Not so tense now, are you?"

Ash blinked, and was startled to realise that she was right. He was feeling quite relaxed now.

May pulled him towards the bed, "Come to bed, Ash, you've got a big day tomorrow."

Within ten minutes, May had drifted off into the land of dreams, and Ash was slowly beginning to doze off, with both of his girlfriends curled up into his side. Ash took them both in for a moment, and it still amazed him how much had changed over the past year. He had fallen so hard in love with them over the past year and now he couldn't remember how he lived the past few years without them. Placing a kiss on each of their forehead, Ash leant back on his pillow and stared at the ceiling.

With a glance to his right, he saw Pikachu cuddled up comfortably at the corner of the bed, sleeping peacefully. Ash smiled slightly, once again he and his little buddy had one hell of an adventure getting to this moment.

Ash's final thoughts before he drifted off was on wondering on whether he should use Pikachu against Cameron tomorrow. He knew the electric mouse wanted to get payback on Lucario.

Eventually he drifted off in the arms of the two women that he loved.

End of Chapter

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Hey! I'm back after a long hiatus! Welcome to the rewrite of my Conquering Hoenn Fanfic!

Now the first thing I need to address is my update schedule because in the past, I haven't been reliable in regular updates, and sorry to say, it's unlikely to change. This story will be split up into different arcs, and I won't be updating any of the chapters within the arc until they are all finished. They will then be released weekly to give me more time on the upcoming chapters.

I've put a lot of planning into this fanfic, and I'm deadly serious on finishing it. Whether I can get it done within a year, or ten years, I'm going to finish it.

I've already decided on what Pokémon everyone will catch, what ones will evolve, and who gets Mega-Evolution. I know exactly who Ash is going to battle with in each gym, and how the battles are going to end. There may be some alterations to the story depending on what happens in the Pokémon XY & Z anime, but it shouldn't be anything significant.

Each Pokémon will be capable of learning up to eight moves.

The only thing that I am undecided upon is the identity of Ash's other girlfriend. It was quite obvious that I deliberately didn't describe anything about her except for the fact that Ash loves her. I've worked out several different scenarios on different girls, but I can't choose who to pick, so I'm going to let all of you, the readers, decide.

The possible girls are:

Dawn

Serena

Hilda

Misty

Iris

Rosa

Shauna

Leaf

The poll will close on Friday night, and the pairing will be decided.