Harsh Reality.

Chapter 1: New Reality.

Ash: 18

Rosa: 17

Hugh: 17

Another rare pairing that should be written, please enjoy this story and review if you get the chance. Chapters going from 3500-4000 words.

Rosa sat in a chair with a confident smirk on her face, she looked at the front desk which was in front of the window of the massive office, she was called into a secret meeting by the manager of the TV station about the success of her reality show, 'I know my ratings have been really high,' Rosa thought confidently as the door opened behind her, "oh sir nice to see you come in," Rosa greeted her boss with a smile. The man in a black suit walked up to the window of his office while the young star sat back down.

"Rosa, you know why I called you in?" the boss asked while glancing over his shoulder.

The young woman with a white and light blue jumper, black stockings, white shoes and a cream colored mini skirt looked over to her boss, "my ratings have been awesome?" Rosa question with an unwavering look on her face, the boss turned around and pushed a file over to his star, "what's this?" Rosa asked with a clueless look on her face, she grabbed the folder and opened it, she peer at the documents and read as her confident expression changed, "sir, this can't be true, my show has had top ratings for three years straight," Rosa said in shock.

The boss sat down and glared at the reality star, "it is true, your ratings have dropped in the last four months," the man said with a frown, "if these ratings don't pick up, or you don't come up with something new, then I will have to fire you," he said with a cold look in his eye while Rosa scanned the documents, "the truth is I don't want to lose one of my biggest stars," he confessed as Rosa finished reading the documents.

Rosa stood up with a solemn look on her face, "sir, I will find something new, but I don't know where to start," Rosa complained as she started walking to door of the office.

"Why not head to Aspertia City, from what I have heard, a famous trainer will be arriving in the next few hours," the boss said with a smile. "Come back next week with ideas, which I hope you will," the boss said while Rosa walked out of the office with one thing in mind.

Rosa walked up to the elevator deep in thought, 'Ideas, what could be better than Night in the Ghost House?' Rosa thought as the elevator stopped at her level, she walked into the elevator and pressed the ground level button, "a trainer, I have to see him, maybe if he is photogenic I can make a series with him," Rosa told herself as the elevator moved to the ground level.

Rosa walked out of the elevator to find her rival walking towards the same elevator, "well if it isn't our sweet little reality star?" a male with short spiky hair with a red visor, blue jacket and white baggy shorts asked with a smirk, "I heard your ratings have hit the floor," he said while laughing at the younger woman.

Rosa looked away with a frown ignoring her rival, "come on we both know your show isn't much better, Pokemon Talent Time? At least my idea was interesting," Rosa commented before walking passed the male star.

Nate looked at his rival and started to laugh, "note when you said was," Nate pointed out with a grin, "you know what I heard? The famous pokemon trainer Ash Ketchum is coming back to the region," Nate said while laughing, "I also heard he hates reality TV," Nate said with a snicker, "no pressure Rosa, just do what you normally do when you meet up with someone famous," Nate arrogantly told the reality starlet.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Rosa retorted with an angered expression.

Nate continued to laughter at the young reality star before entering the elevator, "don't screw it up, like you always do, especially with males," he said as the elevator door closed on the conversation.

"Stupid Nate, why does he always have to push my face in the dirt?" Rosa asked herself as she clenched her fists in anger, "I will show him," Rosa said before turning to the exit of the building.

Rosa left the building with the road ahead of her, "Hey Rosa!" Nate called out from the window, "just remember, don't screw it up like you always do!" Nate yelled out while laughing at the brunette causing her to tighten her fists.

Rosa screamed out in frustration as she collapsed on to the ground, "I will prove to everyone, that I can make the best show on the planet," Rosa told herself while hitting the ground, 'I have an idea,' Rosa thought as an idea started to build up in her mind, "Well Aspertia isn't too far from here," Rosa told herself as she picked herself up.

(In Aspertia City)

A male with a blue jacket, black jeans, red shoes and cap walked around the city with a grin on his face, "you know buddy, Unova has changed a lot since we were here last," he said positively as his sole pokemon climbed on to his shoulder, "we can capture some new friends while we're here, we can meet some old friends while we're at it to," he said with a grin.

A woman with blonde hair wearing an orange jacket with a green beret and trousers walked up to the trainer, "hello Ash, it's been a while," the woman said happily before stopping in front of the trainer without knocking him into the fountain behind him.

Ash looked behind him and spotted the fountain, "wow Bianca, that's the first time you stopped before knocking me in some body of water," Ash said with a sigh of relief.

"What really, I never noticed," Bianca said with a smile as she turned around, "Professor Juniper asked me to come here to give a pokemon to a new trainer, I haven't heard much about the person," Bianca pointed out while walking up to the steps of the look out.

"While you wait, I am heading out onto the road, to see what pokemon are around," Ash said as he waved goodbye to his friend.

Ash walked onto the new road, he looked around to see the amazing pokemon that inhabited the route. "You know buddy, Unova always keeps surprising me," Ash said in amazement, he looked around at the wilderness seeing the many pokemon that he had seen before. As he continued to walk through the area he spotted a mostly black pokemon with red tips, "look Pikachu, a Zorua," Ash said while pointing to the small fox like pokemon.

Ash and Pikachu started chasing after the fox pokemon until it was cornered, "alright now is my chance to capture a Zorua," Ash said excitedly as he pulled out his pokeball, he threw his pokeball but it was deflected to the left , the item flew towards a bush where it hit something, "right almost forgot, I have to weaken it before I can attempt to capture," Ash told himself as he hit his head with his palm.

"Ouch," a female voice called out as she popped up out of the bush.

Ash looked at the woman with brown hair tied up with two waist length pigtails, "who are you?" Ash asked with curiosity.

The woman walked up to Ash with a smirk on her face, "what? You don't me?" she asked as the trainer shook his head, "my name is Rosa, I am a reality TV star," she introduced herself with a confident smile.

Ash looked over to see the dark type pokemon running away, 'oh man, I want to capture that pokemon,' Ash thought before turning his gaze to the young lady, "sorry my name is Ash Ketchum," he introduced himself to the TV star. "sorry never heard of you before, I don't watch much TV especially reality TV, I believe it makes people dumber," Ash said with confidence as the woman walked up to the trainer, "um can I help you with something?" Ash asked her before she pulled back.

'So this is Ash, I have to admit he is handsome, he will make an amazing reality TV star,' Rosa thought to herself as she had to come up with some sort of lie to get Ash to trust her, "I am not really a reality star, I just wish I was," Rosa said with a cheeky smile, "I heard that in Aspertia City, there is a person giving pokemon to new trainers," Rosa lied as she started walking in another direction.

Ash watched the reality star walking, "um, Aspertia City is that way," Ash said while pointing to the west.

Rosa looked at Ash with an embarrassed smile on her face, "ops sorry, I was just testing to see if you knew Unova," Rosa said while scratching her head in humiliation. "Ash, have you ever thought of being on TV staring in your own show?" Rosa asked the trainer as they walked to the city, Ash glared at the TV star as she took on a nervous look, "I take that as a no," Rosa said with a smile.

Ash remained silent until they reached the city, "now do you know who you're meant to look for?" Ash asked the female standing next to him, she gave Ash a clueless look causing him to sigh in disbelief, "alright it's rather simple," Ash said with a frown while walking up to the stairs, "you're looking for a woman with short blonde hair, easy to find she is waiting for someone to take a pokemon into their care," Ash told Rosa calmly, "her name is Bianca, a great friend of mine," Ash stated with a smile.

Rosa ran up the stairs until she spotted the woman leaning on the rails, "excuse me, are you the one called Bianca?" Rosa asked as the blonde turned around and ran towards the younger girl.

"So I finally get to meet the famous Rosa," Bianca said with a smile while holding a container in her arms, "so you're the person that is set to take a pokemon on a journey," Bianca said with a smile as she showed the three pokeballs to the young woman, "here are the pokemon that will follow you on your journey," Bianca stated as she called out the three pokemon, "the cute little blue and white pokemon, is an Oshawott, the one in the middle is a Tepig," Bianca pointed out while showing the first two pokemon, "and the one on the right is Snivy," Bianca declared with a warm smile as the young brunette walked up to the three pokemon.

'To make my act to Ash more believable, I will have to think like a novice,' Rosa thought with a smirk, the TV star walked to and from while keeping an eye on the three pokemon, "alright I will choose, Oshawott," Rosa stated while the other pokemon were recalled to their pokeballs, Rosa was handed Oshawott's pokeball and was given a pokedex from the blonde haired assistant, "alright, Oshawott return," Rosa recalled the pokemon with a smile, 'time to greet Ash,' Rosa thought as she started to walk down the steps, "oh and thanks for the pokemon Bianca," Rosa said thankfully as she ran down the flight of steps.

"Before you go take these, they will help you catch more pokemon," Bianca said while handing over five red and white balls to Rosa.

As Rosa was running down the steps a man with spiky dark blue hair with jeans and a red jacket, walked casually up the steps, he glared at the TV starlet, the man finished walking up the steps to see Bianca getting ready to leave, "I am here for my pokemon," he said calmly.

Bianca looked up to see him standing there, "what? I thought the other person was the one I needed to meet," Bianca said as she pulled out the storage device.

"My name is Hugh," he said as the containment device was opened for him to see the pokeballs, "wait a second I thought Professor Juniper said there was three, not two," Hugh said in frustration as the blonde thought about the mess up that had just occurred, "doesn't matter as long as these pokemon go to good people, I am happy for that person and pokemon," Hugh pointed out while Bianca breathed a sigh of relief. "I will take the Tepig," Hugh said positively, he was given the pokeball containing the fire pig pokemon.

"That's good to hear," Bianca said while handing over a pokedex to the blue haired trainer, "just enjoy your journey," Bianca instructed the new trainer with a smile before walking down the steps to meet her old friend in town.

"I think, I better find the girl, she has a pokemon that doesn't belong to her," Hugh told himself with a frown.

(Outside Aspertia City)

Ash walked around the road looking for the small dark type that ran away, "alright buddy, time to find that Zorua," Ash said as he looked in every bush and behind every tree in the area, he walked around the fields forgetting that Rosa was still talking to Bianca, "you know Pikachu, we might have to see how our new friend is going," Ash said as he started to walk back towards the city to see Rosa.

'Ash, let's see what type of trainer you are,' Rosa thought as she exited the city to find Ash, "hello again," Rosa said after finding the trainer, she approached him calmly while showing the trainer the pokeball, "I was given an Oshawott," Rosa said with a smirk but Ash was looking around not listening to the reality starlet. 'I am not all that interested in raising a pokemon, I will just use this opportunity to make sure Ash gets on my new show,' Rosa thought with a smile.

Ash waved his hand in front of the brunette who was closing her eyes, "hey Rosa, what are you doing?" Ash asked calmly.

Rosa scratched the back of her head and smiled nervously, "nothing, just thinking how great it will be, to get away from TV to train a team of pokemon," Rosa said while waving her hands in front of her face timidly, "you know I have never traveled before," Rosa lied as she walked ahead, 'as long as he doesn't find out what I have in store for him, I will be fine,' Rosa thought as she waltzed on in front of the trainer.

Ash watched the younger trainer walk ahead before turning his gaze to his partner pokemon, "you know something, she is acting strange, we better keep an eye on her," Ash said while his Pikachu jumped on his shoulder. "We also should try to find that Zorua," Ash said while looking around the fields to find the rare pokemon.

Ash continued to walk on before catching up to the brunette, as the dark type appeared from behind the bush this time glaring at Ash with the intent to battle, "alright, I have been looking for you," Ash said with a grin, Pikachu jumped off the trainers shoulder with sparks flying from his red cheeks, "okay buddy, attack with Volt Tackle," Ash commanded with confidence.

Pikachu charged towards the dark type with a thunderous aura, Zorua ran towards the yellow pokemon with its claws glowing purple, the two pokemon made slammed into each other with incredible force, but the experience of Pikachu showed as the dark type collapsed from the power of Volt Tackle.

While the battle was going on the brunette was watching from behind the bushes, 'so this is a battle?' Rosa thought as she continued to witness the battle between Pikachu and Zorua, 'this would definitely bring in the ratings, now all I need is a name,' Rosa thought with a smirk, she continued to watch as the experienced trainer threw a red and white device at the dark type pokemon, 'a catch phrase would be a great name for the series,' Rosa thought as she watched the trainer celebrate his newly captured Zorua.

'I better follow him, I need to come up with a name and an idea for the show,' Rosa thought as she crept away from the bushes, once she knew she was far away from the battle she sprung back up and walked towards the trainer, "hello Ash, so how are things going?" Rosa asked the trainer with a smile while petting Pikachu on the head.

"I caught a Zorua," Ash declared with a proud look on his face.

Rosa looked away with a smirk on her face, "well done Ash, I bet it was a tough battle," Rosa said as she continued to pat the electric type on the head, "you know I have to go to Virbank City to sort something out, can I have you come with me?" Rosa asked the trainer with a smile.

Ash looked at his partner pokemon with uncertainty but soon turned his focus back on the brunette, "sure, you do need someone to help you out as a starting trainer," Ash pointed out much to the delight of the reality star.

Rosa turned around with an evil smirk on her face, 'perfect, with him following me, I can create the perfect reality show and Nate, you will rue the day you crossed paths with me,' Rosa thought while clenching her fists, she turned around to a perplexed trainer, "what are we waiting for, let's start traveling now," Rosa said while raising her fist in the air not noticing that Ash was walking ahead of her, "Ash, wait up, what's the rush?" Rosa asked as she ran towards the trainer with a smile, 'all I need is that one catch phrase and he will, I mean I will be famous again,' Rosa thought while catching up to Ash.

Ash looked back to see the brunette running up to him, "wow Rosa, you're sure out of shape," Ash said with a cheeky smile as the young girl finally caught up with him, "by the way, who is your starter pokemon? I wasn't listening earlier," Ash enquired as the young girl pulled out her pokeball,

"Come on out Oshawott," Rosa called out her starter pokemon, the small blue and white pokemon with a yellow shell on its stomach appeared from pokeball with confidence, "oh an Oshawott, what a nice choice," Ash complimented as he knelt down towards the water pokemon.

Rosa looked down to see Ash greeting the small water type pokemon, 'he interacts with pokemon like equals,' Rosa thought with a grin, "so how many pokemon have you caught Ash?" Rosa asked the trainer while watching the trainer petting the pokemon on the head.

Ash looked up to the young star with a smile, "lost count Rosa, I know I have caught more than a hundred of them," Ash said while standing up, "I left them at home while I am revisiting the regions," Ash said as a man with dark blue hair approached them.

"So you caught lots of pokemon?" he enquired with a smile, "my name is Hugh, I was in Aspertia City when I got my first pokemon," Hugh said while extending his hand out to Ash.

"My name is Ash Ketchum," Ash said with a smile as his partner pokemon jumped on his shoulder, the two trainers shook hands and smiled at one another, "how about a quick battle?" Ash asked Hugh with confidence.

Hugh smiled at Ash and nodded, "why not? It would be great practice for my hunt," Hugh declared with a frown, "my hunt for revenge on Team Plasma," Hugh confessed with his fists clenched, "Tepig, time to unleash your rage," Hugh called out a small pig pokemon colored mostly orange and black, "choose your pokemon," Hugh told the opposing trainer without patience.

"Right you asked for it," Ash said while getting a pokeball from his pocket, "Zorua, I choose you," Ash called for his recently caught dark type pokemon.

Rosa sat there watching the two trainers glaring at each other before starting the battle, exchanging attacks with great precsion, 'I choose you, seems like a nice catchphrase,' Rosa thought as the two pokemon lunged at each other, "come on Ash win this battle," Rosa cheered while watching the battle between Ash and his new rival, they continued to exchange attacks.

"Zorua, attack with Shadow Claw," Ash commanded with confidence.

Hugh wait for his chance to attack the dark type, "Tepig, attack with Flame Charge," Hugh instructed his pokemon calmly. The two pokemon charge at each other with great intent colliding eventually before flying back towards their respective trainers, "you know Ash, you're a great trainer," Hugh complimented happily as his starter pokemon picked itself up and looked towards the dark type pokemon before the two pokemon collapsed on to the ground.

"You have amazing potential as a trainer," Ash complimented his opponent, "but revenge is a terrible thing," Ash explained as he recalled his dark type pokemon from the battle.

"Ash, I never said my reason for revenge," Hugh said with a frown. Hugh closed his eyes for a moment and turned his head, "you see Ash, my sisters pokemon was stolen on her birthday, a sweet little Purrloin, it didn't like me, but it was attached to my sister, those monsters from Team Plasma stole it from my Sister!" Hugh yelled out in anger before walking passed Ash, "I want to get that pokemon back for my little sister," Hugh pointed out with a frown, "I want your help," Hugh requested with a smile directed at Ash.

Ash watched as his new friend walked away before he could say a single word in response, "I have no idea what Team Plasma are like today, but they stole his sister's pokemon," Ash said calmly as the young woman supporting him, "I can't forgive people who steal pokemon from others," Ash said while turning his gaze to Rosa.

'I can't have him helping that Hugh guy, I need him helping me out for my show,' Rosa thought with a smug look on her face, 'I cannot have my rival out do me in ratings,' Rosa wondered as the trainer walked in front of her again, "Ash, wait for me," Rosa called out to the trainer before following the more experienced trainer.

I hope you like the start of this story, this one might go for around 5-10 chapters. Please review this new story.

Yes I know, I made the main female character a little (how should I say this eloquently?)

Next time: Chapter 2: Unknown Reality

Yes for all my readers and subscribers I like rare pairings, I think they are cool and should be writen, also I am the first on to start an AshXRosa story.