Unknown to Mario, a young teenager was headed home to Pallet Town. And that young teenager was none other than Ash Ketchum. After winning the Kalos League, he was excited to be home and relish in his victory. His partner and his best friend, Pikachu, was riding on his shoulder. He was really excited to go home too. Ash petted Pikachu, which earned him a friendly 'Chu' from his Electric type.

"Man it feels great to be going home, huh bud?" Ash asked Pikachu.

"Pika pika!" Pikachu agreed.

Ash smiled. Right now, the two were revisiting Veilstone City, on their way home. The plane had touched down about twenty minutes ago and Ash was excited. He had heard a rumor that Misty was here. And from the commotion he was hearing, she was close by. He ran over to see what was going on. Pikachu hang on but was also excited. That's when he saw Misty in battle with her Mega Gyarados.

Ash blushed like mad when he saw her. She had long red hair tied back in a braided ponytail, cerulean eyes, wearing a yellow blouse with blue trim that came just short of her navel, yellow shorts with blue trim, a young Spheal sitting next to her, a yellow backpack, and yellow sneakers. Ash was happy to see her but was surprised that her opponent was Paul.

Paul was battling with a Servine, which had been knocked out. Paul went to Servine's side, worried.

"Servine, are you alright?" He asked the Grass type.

"Ser..." Servine hissed.

"That's good." Paul sighed out of relief.

A girl walked over to Paul as Ash walked over to Misty. The girl was about Paul's age. She had shoulder length brown hair, green eyes, wearing a silver locket around her neck, a purple short sleeved blouse that showed off her cleavage, black caprice, black sneakers, and a white backpack. Paul recalled Servine as Misty recalled Gyarados. Upon seeing Ash, Misty's eyes went wide.

"Ash?! What are you doing here?!" Misty asked him, surprised.

"I heard that you were here in Veilstone City! So Pikachu and I came to say hi!" Ash answered.

"Pika chu pi!" Pikachu gushed, hugging Misty.

Misty smiled, hugging the Electric type back. "I missed you too, Pika Pal!" She told Pikachu.

Ash couldn't help a smile. Just when he was about to address Paul, he heard a cry for help. Everyone looked up and saw Bowser Jr. flying in the Koopa Car. The girl next to Paul and raised an eyebrow.

"Is that a balloon?" She asked.

Paul honestly answered, "I don't think it is, Ranee."

Ash turned to Misty and then to Pikachu. Both of them nodded and followed Ash. Paul and Ranee did the same, curious as to what was going on.

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Meanwhile, Peach was trying to break free of the Koopa's Car hand. Bowser Hr. was looking around, trying to find his father's castle. Imagine his surprise when A) he didn't see it and B) a Thunderbolt from Pikachu shocked him badly. The tiny Koopa cried out in pain. At the same time, it freed Peach. Peach started to fall to the ground until Jack managed to catch her. The two got to the ground, seeing that Bowser Jr. flew off. Peach was blushing heavily. Even Mario didn't manage to save her that fast. Jack turned to her.

"You okay Peach?" Jack asked.

Peach nodded, giving him a quick peck on the cheek. To this, Jack blushed hotly.

"You saved me!" Peach gushed. Jack was about to correct her when Pikachu crossed their path. "W - what on earth?" She asked, baffled.

"Pikachu!" Ash cried out, catching their attention.

Jack and Peach turned, seeing them.

"Pika pi!" Pikachu gushed, running over to its trainer.

Ash looked at the two royals and asked, "Are you two alright?"

Peach nodded, "Yes thanks to your Pikachu, I assume."

Ash replied, "Yeah, and I'm Ash from Pallet Town."

Paul stated, "My name is Paul."

Ranee added, "I'm Ranee."

Misty added, "I'm Misty." She pointed to Spheal and added, "And this is my Spheal!"

"Spheal!" It squeaked.

Peach gushed, "Oh my gosh, you are so cute! Just like Jack!" To that, Jack blushed. But Peach turned beat red. She quickly changed subject, "Uh... my name is Princess Peach." She turned to Jack and added, "This is Prince Jack."

"A pleasure." Jack told them. "And thank you for your help."

"Aw it was nothing. We do that all of the time!" Ash commented.

Misty perked up as she started to ask, "They still follow you...?"

"Peach?" A familiar voice asked.

Peach turned, seeing that Mario coming over to them.

"Mario? You are here too?" Peach asked him.

"We are as well." Luigi confirmed, walking over to Mario.

"Luigi! Violet!" Peach gushed, running over to her friends. She hugged them both tightly. "I've missed you two!" She admitted. Both Luigi and Violet returned the hug. Mario felt left out, feeling a bit salty. Luigi saw this and felt a bit confused. As soon as Peach broke out of her hug with her two friends, she was beaming. She asked, "I have really missed you two! How is Elvin these days?"

Violet started to answer, "Well we are getting closer to finding a haunted hotel..."

Mario interrupted rather rudely, "Peach, I hate to interrupt, but has it dawned on you that we are in another dimension completely?"

Peach huffed, "Of course I noticed! I noticed the minute we met Pikachu!"

Luigi and Violet were both surprised that Mario and Peach were acting this way. The last time they were here, they couldn't keep their eyes off of each other.

Paul asked Luigi, "Uh... what is that all about?"

Luigi shrugged, "Search me. Violet and I have been working our tails off lately."

Violet semi-joked, "If we had tails!"

Just then, Ash sensed something was wrong. He didn't know what it was. He looked around, tipping off Misty.

Misty saw this and asked, "Ash...? What is it? What's wrong?"

Ash was about to answer when all of the sudden, a mechanical hand came out of nowhere and grabbed Pikachu.

"Pika!" Pikachu cried out in panic.

"Pikachu!" Ash cried out.

That's when he looked up and saw Team Rocket. He wasn't too surprised, he sensed them all of the time. But something he was sensing, right here and now, felt wrong. 'What is this uneasy feeling...?' He thought.

"Ash?" Misty asked, grabbing his attention again.

"Sorry Misty..." Ash quickly apologized.

While things were basically 'normal' for him right now, something was telling him that it was going to change and fast. After beating Team Rocket easily and getting Pikachu back, Ash knew that it had to do something with his new friends. While he didn't know what it was, he was ready for any challenge.

And he wanted to show off his aura to Misty too.

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Wishmaker1028: Well that ends chapter 2! That was fast. But what is Ash sensing? You guys are going to have to wait and see what happens. For now, please read and review! And always think outside of the box!