Here is chapter 5 of this story, thank you all for your reviews on the rewrite thus far. I really appreciate every single one of your reviews.

I need a little help guys, I haven't watched the show in ages and need to know a list of all the wild Pokémon Ash has assisted during his travelling days from Kanto to the end of Unova. While I remember some, I know that there are ones that I have missed so I'd appreciate your help. I have already gotten a list from pokefan2003 listing some of the Pokémon Ash has met and helped but he did admit that he wasn't sure about any Unova ones.

Sorry for the delay, I got kinda side tracked writing some Ash x Melody smut for later, it probably sucks but it was fun to write none the less.

In conversations unless otherwise stated this is how you can tell what kind of speech is being used.

'- Poké Speech

"- Human speech

"- Aura/Telepathy

Without further ado let the chapter begin!

The meeting with the Orange Crew had went well, the five of them had all been quick to reassure Ash that he had their full support and would do anything in their power to protect him just as Felina had told him. It had still been a surprise for Ash though, the Orange Crew had only gotten to know him for a very short amount of time and they had believed him when people who knew him for years had immediately sided against him. Having their support had relieved some of the worries Ash had had of staying in the Orange Islands, while he wasn't completely safe here, this was as close as he would get anywhere.

After the meeting Ash wanted to return to the lab so he could talk to his Pokémon about his plans for the future and show them the island that they would be training on. Felina was glad to oblige with that since she had some experiments to check on and make sure that the triplets were handling their assignments without any problems.

However, by the time they arrived back at the lab it was getting late and everyone had fallen asleep although it seemed as though the triplets had waited up for them as they were asleep in the living room chairs. Felina smiled softly at them and draped some blankets over them as Ash went to the spare room so he could get some rest. It had been a bit of an overwhelming day for him, so a good night's rest was definitely needed. Ash quickly got into bed not caring that he was still dressed, Pikachu snuggled up to Ash and the pair quickly fell to sleep.

A week later Ash finally decided it was time to explain his plans to everyone, originally, he was going to tell them a week ago, but he had no real plan other than we are going after Team Rocket. Now he had one though and that meant it was time to tell the others. After everyone had finished their breakfast Ash was stood in front of his Pokémon, no his family, ready to tell them everything he had planned. He was a little worried about how they would react to this, it would be dangerous, and he wasn't sure how many of them would want to get involved in this especially considering what had just happened to them.

Just as Ash was about to start explaining his plans a group of Pokémon landed right in front of him. It was all of the Pokémon that wanted to be with Ash, being reunited with ones like Primeape and Gengar brought tears to Ash's eyes as he was overwhelmed that two Pokémon he had not seen in many years still cared for him so dearly. After introducing everyone Ash took a deep breath as he thought about how to best word his plans, he took another deep breath and decided to be completely open about it.

"Alright everyone I have plans for what I want to do in the near future, I want you all to know that none of you are obliged to join me on this quest. If you wish to leave or just not be involved I will not blame you. I want to train hard for a year or so and then when I'm ready my plan is to go after Team Rocket and take them down. As I said before none of you are forced to join me and you may at any time choose to not be involved."

Ash looked around at his family and wondered how many of them would want to accompany him on this dangerous quest. After a few moments every single one of them surrounded Ash, either nodding, nuzzling or hugging him to show their support. Ash was overwhelmed that his family had all sided with him yet again, their loyalty kept giving Ash the strength to carry on despite everything that had happened.

"Thank you all." Ash said with a tear in his eye. "Now I need to show you where we'll train."

Ash returned everyone except for Pikachu and Charizard, he then got onto Charizard's back and then directed the dragon towards the island Felina had showed him. With a roar Charizard launched into the air and went exactly where Ash had told him to. After a short flight Ash spotted the island, moments later Charizard landed on the ground taking a look around at the island. Ash watched Charizard study the island, the dragon then turned his gaze back to Ash and gave him a nod to show his approval of their new training grounds. Ash smiled and then sent out the rest of their family who all started to explore the island.

Meanwhile, in the lab Felina was continuing her studies, due to the whole situation with Ash she had almost completely forgotten about them. She had been discussing regional evolution differences of Pokémon with Professor Kukui from the Alola region since they were the only region that had significant differences to Pokémon. One that had really caught her attention was the Raichu, it was significantly slimmer than the usual Raichu and it also gained the psychic typing.

Two things that could be of interested to trainers with a Pikachu such as Ash, she knew Pikachu didn't want to evolve although she wasn't entirely sure why. Of all the things she could think of the most plausible to her was that Pikachu didn't want to lose speed when he involved into a bulky Raichu.

Suddenly Felina was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of a knock on the door, she placed the research back in its proper place and then walked to the front door wondering who had come to visit her. She was glad that Ash wasn't here just in case it was someone coming here to talk to her about capturing the young man since they hadn't had the chance to implement the new travel laws. Another series of knocks on the door prompted Felina to open it and was surprised to see Melody stood there nervously.

"Well hello Melody, I wasn't expecting to see you again so soon. You've been here almost every day since we saw you." Felina commented.

"I-I just really wanted to come and see Ash again." Melody replied with a light blush on her face.

"Well, he's just gone to do a little training with his Pokémon right now, I'm sure he won't be long though. Please Melody come in, I think the two of us need to have a little talk."

The way Felina worded that made Melody worry a little however before Melody could reply Felina already started walking away towards her living room. Melody quickly followed after her, soon joining her in the living room. They both took a seat on the sofa and Felina smiled warmly at Melody, she was relieved that Ash had someone like her on his side and judging by what she saw earlier she was sure that one day Ash and Melody would be together.

It would just take a while for Ash to feel comfortable letting someone get that close to him. Before she started setting the two up thought she needed to confirm that the girl did actually have feelings for Ash beyond friendship and since subtlety was never her strong point Felina decided to just be relatively blunt about it.

"I'm glad you're supporting Ash in this tough time and I think one day you and him will make a lovely couple."

Melody cheeks quickly turned bright red at the professor's bold statement and she started to desperately come up with an answer to deny what Felina had said. Seeing the young girl looking so flustered about such a simple suggestion had done away with the small doubts she had that her intuition had been wrong.

"Don't try and deny it Melody, I know when I see the love in someone's eyes and the way you gazed at Ash on the Island was blatant to an experienced woman such as myself. Just give Ash some time, he's vulnerable right now and needs support to get through this tough time. I believe he has feelings for you but wants to get to know you better before he commits to anything."

The maiden still couldn't find a response so nodded meekly in response, she already knew that Ash needed some time before he would be ready to let someone get that close to him. The end of Felina statement made Melody realise that she barely knew Ash, she knew he was heroic, selfless, the perfect Chosen One really but she knew next to nothing about him other than he was sixteen like her, he loved Pokémon battling and that his Pikachu was his best friend. There was plenty of time for them to get to know each other now though.

Ash then walked into the room having just returned from his training for the day and a smile quickly formed on his face as he saw Melody sat on the couch, just thinking about the beautiful maiden brought a smile to his face so seeing her here was incredible. As he got a closer look at Melody, Ash was a little worried as he saw Melody's flushed face and wondered whether the maiden was alright. He sat down next to her and hugged her tightly, letting out a satisfied sigh as he felt her are wrap around him.

"Hi Melody, are you feeling okay?" Ash asked.

"Um y-yes I'm fine Ash, I just wanted to come and see you."

Ash pulled back from the hug slightly and smiled at Melody, the events of the past few days still weighed heavily on him, but Melody seemed to be his beacon of light amongst the darkness. Ash turned towards Felina and smiled at her until he saw the concerned look on her face.

"What's wrong Felina?"

"Ash what happened to your clothes?" Felina asked.

Ash looked down at his clothes and for the first time noticed the multiple burn marks on the remnants of his now shredded shirt and pants, he was honestly amazed that they hadn't completely fallen apart in their state.

"Oh, right, well I started doing some training with Infernape, you know to get me ready for when I go after Team Rocket and well I guess we had a few accidents. He was teaching me some fighting styles and well you know accidents happen."

Melody and Felina looked at Ash, horrified that he had fought hand to hand with his Pokémon and not just any Pokémon but one of his strongest who also happens to be a fire type. The look of horror on both Melody and Felina's faces made Ash chuckle which prompted both women to get up and check over Ash for any injuries. To their relief they found none and once the worry had died down Melody blushed as due to Ash's ruined clothes she could get a good look at Ash's body which had been trained by his travelling over the years.

"That's it Ash, we're taking you clothes shopping." Felina suddenly declared.

Melody was immensely grateful for Felina saying that as Ash had turned his focus away from her and was now looking at Felina with a horrified look she was sure must have looked similar to the one she was wearing mere moments ago.

"Actually, you know what, these clothes are fine, I'll manage in these." Ash quickly said remembering previous shopping trips.

"Come on Melody we need to go pick out Ash a whole new wardrobe." Felina said completely ignoring Ash's response.

"Okay Felina." Melody replied.

Ash looked between the two women incredulously, they were talking as if he wasn't here or they couldn't hear him. Hands suddenly latched onto Ash's arms and he looked pleadingly towards Melody and Felina who were wearing little smirks on their faces, they both then gave a small shake of the head telling Ash that they weren't letting him get out of this. As the women started leading him towards the door Ash looked back at Pikachu who was sat on the sofa, he was his last hope of avoiding this terrible far.

"A little help here buddy?" Ash called to Pikachu.

Pikachu merely yawned in response and laid down to get some rest after the training they had all been doing earlier, he was far too tired to get involved in this. Beside he knew there was no way Ash would be able to avoid this so it's better to get it done and out the way now.

"No ketchup for a month now Pikachu!" Ash yelled as he was dragged out of the house.

The mouse's eyes shot open and suddenly his exhaustion vanished, he darted out of the front door to help but when he got out there Gyrados was already out at sea with Felina, Melody and a reluctant Ash on his back. Pikachu slumped to the ground and his ears drooped as he watched them fade from view.

'My ketchup.' Pikachu murmured sadly.

Notes

A lot of this chapter came from me wantingto have a little bit of lightheartedness in the story.

Thank you all for reading this chapter, please leave a review below telling me what you liked and what I could improve on. I'm also willing to use any ideas you may have.