Author's Note:

Here it is, the final part of the Kanto arc. This has been a long time coming. The quick update is just because I wanted to get this arc completed. Question Time:

Guest (Sorry this one wasn't in the last chapter BTW)

Q) Would you see to it that Paul ends up traumatised and unwilling to participate in any more battles the next time he appears? A) No way, I have a lot of stuff planned for his character.

Jasmine

Q) Will Drake and Ash travel with each other in Orange Islands Arc. A) Yes, they will.

NasirThePokeFan

Q) Will the next chapter be the last chapter in the Kanto arc and will Serena compete in pokemon contest in the Orange Islands? A) Yes, this is the last chapter of Kanto, and as for Serena... You'll see what she'll be doing but she will be competing in contests by Johto.

So, remember to vote in the poll and enjoy...

Chapter 60: The After Party

"Hello everyone for coming to this celebration for the Ketchum brothers, who have made Pallet proud by making it to the top four in this year's Indigo League." Professor Oak announced as he stood on a podium overlooking his ranch where the party was being held.

The crowd consisted of: Drake; Ash; Serena; Leaf; Misty; Brock; Delia; Grace; Rose; Daisy; Green; Yellow and almost all of Pallet Town. Although that sounds like a lot, it isn't too crowded since Pallet isn't the biggest of towns in Kanto. Also in the crowd is all of Ash's; Serena's; Drake's and Leaf's Pokemon. Misty has all of hers except for Goldeen and Brock has all of his, except for Omanyte. Seeing as they keep their Pokemon at the two gyms respectively. Well, technically Ash; Drake; Pikachu and Cubone aren't in the crowd as they are stood on the stand with the Professor.

The professor turned to Ash and passed him the microphone. Ash looked at the Pokemon Professor who nodded as a signal for him to say something, in all honesty it is probably best he speaks instead of Drake as he would say a maximum of three words before handing the microphone back, he isn't one for public speaking. Now that he thought about it, there is a lot of things he wants to say, but that could take forever so maybe he should keep it short anyway.

"We just want to say, for all of you who have support us through the League. Thank you very much, it really means a lot to us." Ash announced, ending with a bow, while the Professor held the mic in front of Drake.

"Ditto." Drake added. Yeah, he isn't one for speaking in public.

"Oh, and thank you for hosting this party Professor." Ash added he and Drake prepared to step of the stage.

"Yeah Professor, thanks." Drake added. He really just wants to get off the stage as soon as possible. At least at the league he has the battle to focus on and doesn't need to look at the crowd.

"It was my pleasure boys." The professor smiled as they boys jumped of the podium and over moved over to their Pokemon and friends. In truth, he wishes Gary could be here to celebrate as well but because of the circumstances of his league loss, that could leave to some problems. Looking to the crowd the Professor decided now the real party should start. "Now I hope you will all join me and help these boys celebrate their achievements with a great party.". The professor and crowd clapped and cheered for the brothers.

The two brothers blushed and walked over to their Pokemon as the crowd started to break apart to do their own things. Each boy kneeled down as their respective groups of Pokemon surrounded around them. The only exception being Sandslash who was at his rock on guard in case anybody even thinks about approaching them.

"Thank you, guys, without you none of this would even be possible." Ash told his group of Pokemon. "I love you all so much, let's not forget Butterfree. He may not be here but this party is just as much for him.".

All of his Pokemon smiled as they entered a group hug. Grant, Aerodactyl was too pleased with the gesture but joined in anyway, as he didn't want to ruin the moment. They all knew of Ash's goal to get strong and honestly, they share that dream. But today, is a time for celebration, not training.

Ash smiled as stood up once the hug ended. He looked as he saw his Pokemon move away. He could also see some of the other Pokemon. Brock's: Rhyhorn, Onix, Golem were in a small group with his Diglett. The young ground type is still very shy and only feels comfortable around Brock's other ground types. In a nearby lake were Misty's: Starmie; Tentacruel; Kingler; and Shelder. Along with Drake's Starmie, Serena's Seadra and Seel, along with his own Dragonair, Wartortle and Gyarados. In a nearby tree is Ash's Pidgeot and Brock's Golbat roosting while keeping to one of the food stands are the two Charizard in some sort of eating competition. Speaking of food, Serena's Farfetch'd is sneaking up on guests taking their food without them knowing, despite plenty being on the tables. Drake's Snorlax is eating a lot of food from one of the stands, with Serena's Kadabra; Ash's Primeape and Haunter all trying to stop him so they can get some. A vine can been seen sneaking up and taking a bowl of food out of Snorlax's reach, the vine turned out to belong to Drake's Victreebel. Lying on the grass beside Victreebel is Drake's Jolteon. He can also see Pikachu with Serena's Eevee, Tangela and his Ivysaur sat in a group. A little bit back he can see Serena's Kangashkan scolding her Beedrill and Drake's Pinsir who were probably sparing. She really is the mother figure. Mimey is stood by Delia, who is talking with Grace and Rose, part of Ash is surprised that Drake willingly handed him over as soon as they met up with. Although he still gets angry when she calls him Mimey, but Mr Mime seems to like the nickname. Hearing a groan in pain, Ash saw Muk greeting his Uncle Green with the typical hug, it is actually quite a funny sight since his Uncle is normally the cool guy. Nearby to them, he can see his Tauros letting little kids sit on him. He can remember the limited times he got to meet Pokemon as a kid and it was always a lot of fun. Speaking off, riding Tauros looks like it would be fun, maybe he should try to learn. After all, the Rhyhorn lesson Grace gave him, before he broke his arm when thrown off its back, were a lot fun. Finally, he can see his Aerodactyl stood on top of the lab with a watchful eye over everyone. Thanks to his old age, he isn't one for socialising at a party, he would rather be training right now, but since he doesn't want to disrupt the party for others he will be happy to watch over them.

While it is good to know where everyone is, guess he should help his Uncle out since it his Muk who is causing all the trouble. Picking Togepi up, who is still by his 'daddy's' side, Ash walked over to Green. Togepi was laughing at the silly man and purple Pokemon, as it is a funny thing to see. Soon Ash was stood over them.

"Come on Muk, let Uncle Green get up. Okay." Ash told his Sludge Pokemon.

The poison type mumbled something before sliding of the Viridian Gym leader and slivering over to Gyarados. Turns out those two are good friend, maybe it has to do with them being the most affection out of the whole groups, although Gyarados saves his affection solely for the boy who helped him all that time ago.

"Sorry about that, Uncle Green." Ash apologised as he helped his Uncle stand up. "Muk can be... Friendly.".

"It's alright, spud." Green replied as he stood up and dusted himself down. "Just one question, do any of your Pokemon act like they should?".

"What do you mean?" Ash asked.

"First, your Sandslash hates everything. Then both your Muk and Gyarados are overly affection, which is weird for both a Pokemon which lives in the sewers and practically un heard of among other Gyarados." Green explained. "And don't get me started on your Haunter.".

"Well... My Tauros is..." Ash was cut off, with a sweat drop on the back of his head.

"He's letting children ride him like some sort of ride. Not so fitting of a Pokemon classified as a wild bull." Green deadpanned.

"Yeah, fair enough. They are a bit out there, aren't they?" Ash had to agree.

"Eheheh, its nothing to be ashamed of spud. A lot of them just shows what a great trainer you are." Green laughed. "Take Dragonair, a Pokemon who considers themselves as a Princess wouldn't listen to just anyone in battle.".

"Hehehe, guess you're right." Ash chuckled nervously.

"So, have you considered where you're going next?" Green asked. According to one of his contacts his young nephew has been offered a placement in a special league, because of the bond he displayed with his Pokemon. Of course, the only reason he is asking is because to know if the raven-haired boy will take part.

"Not yet Uncle Green, probably going to talk it over with the others and decided on another region to take on." Ash replied.

Maybe he hasn't received the letter yet. Of course, his Uncle will support him no matter what decision he makes but it will be good to see the little spud do something that even his old man has been able to do yet.

"Hehehe, dad did suggest that me and Drake learn from each other." Ash continued. "Who knows, maybe we will travel together for a while.".

"Good to know..." Green replied. "Ya never know, you might run into me on your travels.".

"Don't you have the Viridian Gym?" Ash asked.

"The new league season just started, it'll be a while before a challenger with the other seven badges comes knocking." Green smirked. "Besides, I'm always popping off to different regions. I'm heading off to Alola tomorrow.".

Ash rolled his eyes at his Uncle's statement, while it is true that his Uncle was always heading off despite his gym leader responsibilities, it is normal to meet some women. Even now, Ash can't understand the enjoyment of being involved with so many females in that way. Then again, Brock also seems to go gaga for any female he sees, so maybe it is Ash. Of course, he is with Serena and he wouldn't trade that for anything in the world but that doesn't mean he fully understands romance.

"Well I'll see ya around spud, my Venusaur still wants a rematch with that dinosaur of yours." Green replied.

"Bring it on, me and Aerodactyl will be ready." Ash declared filled with determination.

"Your old man told ya about Aerodactyl's hidden potential, right?" Green asked. Ash answered with a nod of the head. "Tell ya what, we will have that rematch when you master that power... Then they can battle when at their best.".

"It's a deal." Ash replied and they shook hands on it. Once the hand shake ended, Green walked off over to a group of three females who live in Pallet Town. Ash chuckled to himself, does his Uncle ever give it a break?

"There you are." A female voice sounded behind the raven-haired boy. Turning around he saw his girlfriend stood, a cheerful smile grew on his face. As soon as Togepi saw who it was, he let out several happy cheers since Serena is one four humans he is happy to be with. Those being: his daddy; Serena; Granny and Uncle Brock.

"Hey Serena." Ash smiled as he walked towards her. As soon as he was close enough, she pulled him and Togepi into a hug. Unfortunately, Ash couldn't return it as he has the young fairy type in his hands, but Togepi gave the biggest hug he could to Serena in return.

Delphox is stood by her trainer's side as she looked around for her boyfriend. Sighing when she saw him in a food eating competition with Drake's Charizard, she decided to go and stop him before he gives himself stomach ache. On Serena's should is also her Kabuto, who like Brock's Diglett is still shy and timid, wanting to stay with his trainer with so many big and scary people around.

"Theirs's a lot of people here." Serena commented as she released from the hug and just rested her head on Ash's shoulder.

"Eheheh, yeah. More people showed up then I thought." Ash commented.

"Why is that?" Serena asked.

"I just didn't realise how many people were supporting me and Drake. It's a little overwhelming." Ash replied honestly.

"It just goes to show what great trainers you are." Serena smiled.

"I guess." Ash replied sheepishly.

"So... Have you thought about where you're going next?" Serena asked, shyly.

"Where I'm going?" Ash questioned. "Don't you mean where were going?".

"Oh um, I didn't want to assume..." Serena stuttered, being cut off when she felt a peck on her cheek. Her face turned bright red from the combination, even though she has been with Ash for almost a year, he still has this effect on her.

"Don't be silly Serena, of course we will still travel together." Ash replied. "That is, if you want to.".

"Of course, I want too." Serena replied, snuggling into her boyfriend's neck even more.

"Well its settled then." Ash declared

"We will keep travelling together, don't forget about Misty and Brock too." Serena added.

"Yeah, and maybe Drake or Leaf would join us." Ash replied.

"Really?" Serena questioned. "I know you and Drake are on better terms but is it likely that he will want to travel together.".

"Well, before dad left he told us that we are too sides of the same coin and should learn from each other." Ash explained. "He even suggested travelling together but we haven't really discussed it since so I don't know.".

"I know it would be nice for you to travel together but maybe Drake had a point at the start of this journey where he said travelling together would give each of your strategies away." Serena replied.

"Not to mention the author wouldn't want to write two gym battles for the two of you." Haunter piped up, appearing from no-where.

"Gah! Haunter, don't sneak up on people." Ash gasped in surprise as his ghost types sudden appearance.

"I'm a ghost." Haunter deadpanned. "It's kinda what I do.".

Ash rolled his at his ghost statement, it is a little obvious. Of course, she is yet to say or do anything too weird so it is probably best not to test fate. "Right... So, how are you enjoying the party?".

"It fun... But I better get going so the others can come over, the author only put me to fill up the word count as he has OCD and wants to making the final number nice and even.".

"WE ARE NOT IN A FAN FICTION!" Ash shouted as his ghost disappeared.

Not noticing the outburst of the raven-haired boy or Haunter before she disappeared, Brock walked over eating a pot off noodles with his Vulpix nuzzling against his leg, from the look of her fur, it is obvious that she has been brushed recently. Honestly, Vulpix has been in Brock's party ever since he received her from Suzy. While Brock is hopeful that they make the relationship, they have in his head a reality, it is a little surprising seeing the two get so close. After all, he will have to return her at some point... Right.

"Hey guys." Brock greeted before taking in another mouthful of hot noodles. "Man, if there is one thing Pallet can do, its throw a party.".

"Whats up, Brocko." Ash greeted before both himself and Serena noticed how much he was sweating.

"Brock, are you okay?" Serena asked, concern evident in her voice.

"Of course." Brock replied. "A little spice is the ingredient for life, my mum would always say.".

"Psy aye aye." Psyduck absent mindlessly muttered as he waddled over to Brock's leg. Poking the Pokemon breeder with his bill.

"Oh, hey Psyduck. Where's Misty?" Brock greeted the pure water type. His question was answered with a shrug of the shoulders, which is honestly the straightest he has ever answered a question. The water types stomach growled in hunger following his answer.

"Are you hungry, Psyduck?" Serena asked.

"Here Psyduck, try a noodle." Brock offered as he fed the duck Pokemon a single noodle.

The water type happily slurped the food up before looking at everyone with his typical blank expression. Soon though, his face had turned bright red and a stream of flames shot out of his mouth.

"Psy aye aye aye aye aye!" He cried as ran around frantically in a circle.

"Oh, they can't be that bad." Ash replied taking a few noodles for himself, while handing Togepi to Serena. Swallowing the spicy noodles, Ash soon joined the water type in running around like a headless chicken.

"Vaporeon, cool the boys down with Water Gun." Another female voice instructed. The water type eeveelution jumped in between the two boys and fired two pierces shots of water, one at each boy. They each hit their target and cooled both Ash and Psyduck down.

"Thanks Mist." Ash thanked the newcomer. Vaporeon looked proud of the job she did and walked back to her trainer's side, gently rubbing her head against Misty's leg.

"Don't thank me, it was Vaporeon who helped you." Misty smiled before turning to her other water type with a disproving look. "See Psyduck, this is why I can't let you out of my sight. You're always getting into some sort of trouble.".

"Duck?" Psyduck questioned as he held his head whilst tilting it in a confused manor.

"Never mind." Misty deadpanned.

Suddenly, some slow music started to play, looking around people could be shown moving into a slow dance with their respective partners, even Pikachu and Eevee were running around, dancing together. Ash looked at Serena who was looking back expectantly.

"May I have this dance?" Ash asked with a small bow.

"Hehehe, I'd love too." Serena giggled. They went to enter the correct position, until they realised Serena was still holding Togepi. They weren't sure who to give Togepi to seeing as normally Pikachu looks after him in situations like this but Misty stepped up.

"Don't worry guys, I'll watch Togepi." Misty insisted picking Togepi up from Serena's hands. She tossed him up and down playfully as she has seen Ash do to make him laugh. Unfortunately, Togepi responded with a cry. A baby never forgets, especially when woken up from a nice dream.

"Actually Misty, maybe Brock should watch him." Ash replied seeing as Togepi hasn't opened up to the orange haired girl since she rudely woke him up not long after being hatched. The same is for Leaf, who Togepi also hasn't opened up to. Ash took the young fairy type who stopped crying the second he was in his daddy's hands, and passed him over to Brock. "Do you mind Brock?".

"Not at all." Brock smiled as he gladly accepted the young fairy type. Togepi had no problems with being held by his Uncle Brock and gave a few happy chirps. Which caused Misty to pout, she didn't mean to wake him up all that time ago.

Ash smiled seeing as the little mon was happy and turned back to Serena. The two entered a slow dance with Serena resting her head on his shoulder. The two were silent as they swayed in time with the music. Although a cry of terror drew their attention.

"Cubone! Hellllp!" Drake cried. He was being dragged over the grass by Leaf, who practically forced him into a slow dance position. While Ash and Serena were loosely holding each other, Leaf seemed to have Drake in some sort of death grip. With Drake looking like he was in his own personal hell. To be honest, Drake is not one for dancing, especially with another person. He may be trying to be friendlier to everyone but does that really mean he has to slow dance?

Ash and Serena turned back to each other and decided to just enjoy their own dance. After a few moments, Serena decided to break the silence. "You know Ash, I never got to congratulate you for making it to the top four.".

"You already said well done." Ash replied confused.

"I meant like this." Serena replied, before pushing her lips onto his...

It is currently late at night after the party ended and Ash is asleep in bed. The remained of the party was fun but nothing significant happened. Once they returned home, it was late so the boys all went to bed with Brock taking the guest room. Togepi is curled asleep on the bed side table next to Ash's bed while Pikachu is curled up at the foot of his bed. Ash left all his Pokemon apart from these two at the lab as there is no real need to bring them home.

In his dream, Ash is stood at the centre of a battlefield with Pikachu by his side. President Goodshow is handing him a first-place trophy. Behind him he can see all his Pokemon except something is wrong. Although Gyarados can't be seen and there are others there, ones he hasn't even seen throughout his Kanto journey. Looking up to the stands, he can see Serena and Brock but his neither of his parents are there. There are also two other people next to them, one a little boy about seven and one a girl in red, a couple years younger than himself. While he can't say that he has ever seen them before, he has a feeling that he closes to them, like he is close to Brock and Misty now.

"It's coming..." A dark voice appeared. Looking up, a giant shadowy silhouette of what is presumably a Pokemon is floating. While nearly all its details are hidden by the black colouring, the one thing that does stand out are the pure red eyes.

"What's coming?" Ash asked. His voice is deep then it has ever been. He is clearly much old then his current

"He is coming... Born on a burning battlefield. At the top of a tower for dragons." The voice replied. "He shall raise so high, then fall so much further. With his greatest victory, shall come his biggest lost... Then, he will drag this world down to hell!".

With sweat covering his forehead, Ash shot out of bed panting heavily. What was that? Was it just a dream or something more? Can he even predict the future, of course he has aura but is that really an ability of his aura? Well, he won't get any answers just thinking about it. If he really wants some answers, maybe he should ask someone who will probably know something about this... His father.

With his mind made up he grabbed his Poke gear out of his back which was left by the side of his bed and slowly left his room, careful not to make a sound as he doesn't want to wake anyone up at this time. Leaving his room, he saw Drake's room. For a moment, he wondered why he was the one cursed with the aura, why couldn't Drake have got it, if it is a fifty/fifty chance like dad said. He quickly pushed that thought aside, he wouldn't wish this up on his worst enemy let alone his own brother.

Silently, he made his way down stairs. A quick look into the living room showed Mimey asleep with a blanket over him. Of course, he still has his Pokeball but his mum refused to let her number one Pokemon sleep in that thing, especially since neither Pikachu or Cubone do. No, he can't focus on stuff like this now, he has to talk with his dad and see what was up with that dream.

Going up to the front door, he quietly unlocked and opened it before walking outside and silently closing it behind him. He walked to the back garden as it just seemed like the right place to go before turning on his Poke gear and calling his dad. It rung a couple of times before his father answered and the screen lit up with Red's face.

"Hello Ash." Red spoke as soon as he saw his son's face. "What are you doing up at this time?".

"Hey dad..." Ash replied sheepishly. In hindsight maybe calling late at night isn't the greatest of ideas. "... Sorry about the late call. How are you?".

"I'm fine... But something tells me you didn't call at three in the morning to ask me that." Red replied with a deadpan expression.

"Um no." Ash admitted.

"So, what is it?" Red asked.

"Dad... Can aura let you see into the future?" Ash asked.

"What do you mean?" Red asked. "Did you guess something that came true, or something else?".

"No, not that." Ash replied. "I... Just had a dream, and I think it was showing me the future.".

"What happened in it?" Red asked.

"Well first, I was in some sort of league stadium being passed a trophy by Mr Goodshow. Looking around I saw, Serena and Brock and my Pokemon but... Not everyone, you mum and Drake I couldn't find anywhere. Gyarados was missing too. But there were even more Pokemon, a tall one in some sort of white dress I felt a strong connection with. And next to Serena were people I've never seen but I felt close to them." Ash explained. "Then, this sort of shadowy Pokemon appeared over me. It was pure black except for its red eyes and bigger than any Pokemon I've ever seen. It spoke to me.".

"Go on." Red replied.

"It said... He is coming. That he will be born on a burning battlefield on top of some sort of tower." Ash explained. "And that he will drag the world down to hell.".

Red was silent as he took in what his son told him. How could this be happening so soon, he wasn't sent a message until he was twenty-five and even then, it was nothing like this. It was just the names he should call his kids. While he named Ash after the message, Delia was adamant that she would name Drake, and he would rather face the wrath of Arceus then his wife. It is easier to survive Arceus'.

"Dad?" Ash questioned. His worry is growing as Red has been quite for quite a while at the minute.

"Sorry Ash, but that is quite a thing." Red replied.

"So, does that mean it will happen?" Ash asked.

"First off, it wasn't your aura which showed you this. Arceus sends messaged to people, usually aura users but not solely." Red explained. "Still I don't want you to worry about this.".

"Why not?" Ash asked shocked that his father just wants to brush it under the carpet.

"I don't mean forget it completely, but just keep it at the back of your mind and don't pay too much attention to it." Red explained. "I've had dreams that I also thought were a message but nothing came of them. Likewise, I have also had ones come true which I thought were just down to some bad curry.".

"In other words, there's no way to know if this will even happen?" Ash asked.

"Right... No point in worrying about something until it happens." Red replied. "Besides, if it is a message then it will only come true once all those things come true, like the Pokemon you said were with your current ones. Only once you've caught them and won a league will it come true.".

"But... Gyarados wasn't there." Ash replied. "Does that mean...".

"No Ash, it could be for a number of reasons." Red replied. "Maybe it is just some stupid dream which means nothing... Or maybe you just didn't use him in that tournament. As you get more Pokemon, the less likely you'll be to use all of them in a tournament after all.".

"Okay dad, I'll keep it as a back thought for now." Ash replied, follow by a yawn to show how tired he is.

"Hehehe, good. Now get some sleep, it'll be no good for you or your Pokemon if your taking naps in the middle of training." Red told him.

"Will do dad, bye. Love you." Ash replied.

"Love you too, son. Tell Drake and mum I love them as well." Red replied.

"Sure..." Ash yawned before turning the Poke gear off and making his way back into the house. Although he failed to notice the shadowy figure stood behind the window on the second floor...

I know I don't normally leave extensive notes at the end of a chapter but this is a special occasion. The end of the first story in this series. Honestly, I felt like I would never reach this point. But here I am. Well, first thank you everyone who; followed; favourited or reviewed, I know I say this a lot but all the support really does help, so thank you. I know my earlier chapters aren't up to the same level as later ones but I want to keep them that way for the time being as a reminder of how far I've come. Maybe when the series is finish, I will re write the chapters but for now, they will stay how they are.

Now the foreshadowing at the end of this chapter. I won't spoil which story it is for but I can reveal that other than the planned arcs on my profile, I have three hidden stories to slot in. They will be in the same universe as the rest of them but I am not revealing there positioning in the timeline or their titles as it will spoil stuff. The foreshadowing will be for at least one of them, and I will continue to tease them throughout.

As for what's next, I will start posting the OI arc soon with no major gap between updates. I hope you all come over for the next story, it may be smaller than this one with no big bad guys but it will be fun. With a power of one arc. So, I just want to say thank you all for the support.

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