some of these are old as shit whereas others are newer, there is no particular order

~Electric Sky~

"Really? You want us to come to your class? But why me?" Clemont questioned.

"I had asked Professor Sycamore about who would be the best to ask, and he directed me to you. Presumably because you travelled Kalos and have Clembot to run the gym." Kukui answered over the video phone.

"Can we please go?" Bonnie asked Clemont.

"I don't know, Bonnie. It's quite far from Kalos..." Clemont spoke.

"Wait! Last time Ash called us didn't he say he was in Alola?" Bonnie questioned, "That'd be another pair of eyes you trust on me!"

"He might not even be on the right island." Clemont spoke.

"Yeah, but the league's over, right?" Bonnie spoke, "He probably won't mind!"

For some reason, them talking about Ash didn't click for Kukui.

"Plus, I could help supervise Bonnie and I'm sure my class wouldn't mind." Kukui spoke.

"I suppose." Clemont spoke, "We'll be there."

"Alright. Thank you. The school will pay for everything you need." Kukui replied.

"Alright." Clemont replied as Bonnie and Dedenne cheered.

"See you in Alola." Kukui spoke.

Clemont nodded before hanging up. He smiled at his sister, who was ecstatic, before returning to the main part of the gym, where Clembot and Heliolisk were fighting a trainer with a Sylveon standing next to them in a trainer box and a Bulbasaur battling. A Quilava, Lopunny, and Prionne?-Clemont couldn't quite remember the name, as it was a starter Pokemon from the Alola region's middle evolution-were in the stands.

Bonnie had followed Clemont and the two had taken a seat in the stands. Bonnie moved to pet the Pokemon out of habit and the Lopunny was quick to react, asking the two starters something. The Bririne?-Clemont nor Bonnie were sure-practically jumped into Bonnie's lap, whereas the Quilava laid next to Bonnie. The blue Pokemon created a bubble, happily saying its name, Brionne.

After watching the battle end and allowing the first trainer-the one with the Brionne, this time Clemont was sure that was the correct name-to leave with their brand new badge, Clemont and Clembot swapped places. After a few hours of on and off gym battles, Clembot took back over as Clemont and Bonnie left to call Ash.

"Alola!" Ash spoke first.

"Hi!" Bonnie replied.

"Hey." Clemont spoke.

"Why'd you call?" Ash questioned, petting Pikachu, who was laying on his lap.

His camera was a bit shaky as Lycanroc and Incineroar were sitting next to him. Melmetal and Rowlet, however, were nowhere to be seen.

"Bonnie and I are going to be coming to Alola for a few days because we were invited to teach Professor Kukui's class a bit about Kalos. We were wondering what island you were on." Clemont spoke.

There was a glint in Ash's eye, but it was only noticed by Bonnie, who opted to not say anything. Ash had never told them that he was going to school, as bigger things happened. Now, he was going to use it to his advantage.

"I'm on Meleme-" The camera started falling, but was seemingly caught, "LE. Melmetal, you alright?"

The mythical gave a gruff in reply.

"Good, and great job catching it, Rowlet." Ash spoke again, the bird giving a hoot in reply.

"Alright, would you mind helping me keep an eye on Bonnie then?" Clemont asked.

"I guess. I mean, I don't really think she'll need to be watched that much here though. Only by the beach or in the forest." He then turned his focus to Bonnie, "Most people know me anyways so if you get lost or something, just mention me and they'll help you find me. That'll be much easier then describing Clemont."

The trio continued talking for a few more minutes, when Kukui walked out of the house, presumably to tell Ash that the dinner Burnet cooked was ready. Ash was lucky he had chosen to have his back to the ocean, rather than the house.

~~~

"Hey, Ash?" Professor Kukui called to the boy.

It was a rainy Sunday afternoon, so there wasn't much to do. Ash and his Pokemon were playing inside the house, kind of bored.

"What is it?" Ash replied, throwing the ball he was holding, Melmetal catching it.

"Well, the two guests for tomorrow should be arriving at the airport in about thirty minutes, and I can tell you and your team are obviously bored, plus I'm busy grading. Do you want to go pick them up for me?" Kukui asked.

"Yeah!" Ash exclaimed.

Professor Kukui handed Ash a photo, which was of Clemont and Bonnie, "That's them. You'll know 'em when you see 'em."

Ash nodded, calling his team on, "Bye, Professor!"

"Bye." Came the response as Ash's team followed him out the door.

None of them even looked bothered by the rain, as they all started sprinting, barring Rowlet, who was asleep inside Melmetal's stomach hole. Partway there, it was decided it was a race. Pikachu almost started using Quick Attack, but remembered Ash was racing them and didn't. It wasn't fair, they had decided a long while ago. Lycanroc, on the other hand, started using Accelerock, only stopping when Pikachu called out to him. The rock type seemingly agreed, as he stopped for a good thirty seconds before going back to running.

Pikachu narrowly won, with Lycanroc taking second, Ash taking third, Incineroar taking fourth, and Melmetal coming in fifth. None of them were wore out, however. Ash complimented them all as Pikachu climbed onto his spot on Ash's shoulder. They all then walked into the terminal. A few younger kids came up and asked for photos while the group was waiting, but they didn't mind. After around half an hour, Ash finally saw Clemont and Bonnie.

"Clemont! Bonnie! Over here!" He called.

Both looked over to see him and walked, or ran in Bonnie's case, over towards them.

"Ash!" Bonnie exclaimed, latching herself to the Alolan Champion, "Congratulations!!!"

"Hi, Ash! Congrats on winning the league!" Clemont spoke.

"Thanks guys!" Ash exclaimed, "And Alola!"

"Not that I'm not happy to see you, but where's Professor Kukui? I assumed he was going to pick us up." Clemont questioned.

"Oh, he's at his house! He was a bit busy doing school things, and since I'm the champion, he asked me to come pick you guys up!" Ash explained.

Clemont nodded as Ash spoke again, "I can show you guys around!"

Bonnie, who still hasn't unlatched herself from Ash, spoke up, "That'd be lots of fun!"

"Yeah, it would be." Clemont agreed.

"Alright then, if the Professor agrees, it's settled." Ash replied, "Cuz he asked me to bring you guys to him first, so I don't know if he'll need to talk with you or somethin'."

"Right." Clemont nodded as Bonnie finally unlatched herself from Ash.

The following trip back to Professor Kukui's house was rather uneventful, which might be the first time something with Ash was uneventful. Ash pointed out some places of interest, but not much else occurred. However, it had stopped raining.

Ash didn't even bother knocking, opting to open the door and run straight in instead. Clemont and Bonnie followed the immortal 10 year old, with the remainder of the legendary magnet's Pokemon taking up the behind.

"Professor! Do you need Clemont and Bonnie for anything right now or can I show them around?" Ash practically bounced.

Noticing how high energy the kid currently was, Kukui spoke, "Go ahead and show them around."

The Professor then looked over at the Lumiose siblings, "It's nice to meet you two in person."

Clemont nodded, "You as well."

"Yeah!" Bonnie cheered, agreeing, "You too!"

Ash then spoke, "Let's go guys! Bye, Professor!"

The professor smiled fondly, watching the trio leave.

~~~

"And this is my friend Mallow's family restaurant!" Ash shared, "Their food is the best in Alola!"

•••

~Alola, Kanto and Alola to Ash's Pokemon Too~

Once watching the two Oaks reunite, Principal Oak introduced Professor Oak, after which Professor Oak shared a Pokemon poem. Rotom then shared their own Pokemon poem before everyone started walking outside.

"I've asked Brock and Misty to be your guides. I hope they'll be great!" Professor Oak spoke.

"Thanks!" Brock spoke in reply to the faith put into Misty and himself.

"We won't let you down!" Misty exclaimed.

"Where's Tracey?" Ash asked, curious.

"He should be outside, feeding your Pokemon actually." Professor Oak replied.

With that, Ash and Pikachu were gone.

~~~

Once fully getting outside, Ash's classmates marveled at the sheer size of the Lab's outdoors. However, before Brock or Misty could start speaking, an overenthusiastic Bayleef spotted Ash and ran over, tackling him. Pikachu jumped onto Brock's shoulder for safety as Bayleef made contact with the Kantonian. Brock and Misty simply smiled at the sight, whereas the Alolans seemed to be concerned. However, this concern was quickly washed away as Ash started speaking.

"Hey, girl, how have things been?" Ash questioned the grass type from his new spot on the ground.

"Bay Bayleef Bay!" Came Bayleef's response.

"That's great!" Ash smiled as Bayleef got off of him, allowing him to stand up. Pikachu didn't dare to go back to Ash's shoulder, knowing what would happen for the next while.

"BayBay!"

•••

~I Died There~

"Alright class, today we'll be talking about some places where the world, or even just a region, has supposedly been saved from." Kukui spoke.

"Oh, great." Ash thought.

"Our first location is Mirage Island." Kukui continued.

Pikachu looked at Ash as Ash whispered, "I died there." although he meant to only think it.

Lana, who sat the closest to him, overheard this comment and seemed slightly put off by it, but didn't say anything.

No one apart from Ash, Pikachu, Mew, Mewtwo, and Arceus were allowed to remember what happened that night at Mirage Island, mainly because Ash was simply too stubborn to actually let it get erased. Ash, however, had broken down and told Team Rocket at one point in Unova, bringing back their memories of that night. Instead, there was a legend created that basically says what happened there. Ash was pretty sure Brock had figured it out by now.

As Kukui went on about Mirage Island, Ash tuned him out as he started thinking about his death and how it felt to die. It was an admittedly weird experience. After a while, Ash zoned back in.

"The Kingdom of Rota, and specifically the Tree of Beginning."

"Died there too." Ash whispered, a bit louder this time, and Kiawe overheard, as he wasn't completely focused as Mallow was, otherwise she would have overheard too. Kiawe looked over at Ash in a "I will talk to you about this later because I am concerned" way.

Ash zoned back out, thinking about what went down there. He was zoned out for a much significantly lower amount of time before zoning back in.

"-Samiya."

"I died there." Ash said, in more than a whisper this time, looking Kukui straight in the eyes. He hadn't meant to say it, and he knew he'd have to open up for once, something he didn't really want to do.

"W-What?" Kukui asked, being caught extremely off guard.

"Drowned there. Wasn't fun, caused a small amount of fear of the ocean for a bit. Arceus yelled at me after that one."

"What? Didn't Arceus supposedly create the universe?" Lillie asked.

"What do you mean 'after that one?'" Mallow exclaimed.

"Yeah, Arceus created the universe, except a Mew was already there for some reason. Arceus and that Mew are tired of reviving me and that death wasn't even necessary, but I'm still supposed to be alive for some reason. I also have a lot of bullshit reasons for revival like pokemon tears." Ash spoke, "Oh and sorry, you guys are now stuck at your current age."

"Language." Kukui spoke, "And how many times have you died?"

"What's the count up to, Pikachu? You've died twice, counting the Gastly incident." Ash asked the electric mouse.

"Pi." Pikachu spoke, holding up one of his hands and pointing his tail up.

"Six times." Ash replied, before turning back to Pikachu, "You counted the Gastly incident, right?"

Pikachu nodded.

"Do we want to know...?" Mallow asked.

"A Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar pulled us out of our bodies for a bit after a chandelier fell on." Ash explained, "Was a really weird experience."

"I bet." Kiawe spoke up.

"You're probably the only person alive to know what death is like! This could be an outstanding discovery for science!" Sophocles exclaimed.

"I'm not the only person though?" Ash replied confused, "I mean, literally all of the humans who were present at the Tree of Beginning died. Plus, Jessie and James have died multiple times too."

"You mean Team Rocket? When would they have died?" Lana questioned.

"They were eaten by the Tree of Beginning and got turned to stone during the Diancie-Yveltal Incident." Ash explained, glancing at Pikachu, making sure his partner didn't suddenly return into stone on him.

"

•••

~Tell Us About It~

"Alright, Bulbasaur, Ash's Kalos Pokemon are ready to be introduced." Tracey told the grass type, who promptly walked into the field and shot off a patterned solar beam.

Yes, there was a pattern for all of Ash's pokemon.

Ash's pokemon were all quick to join Bulbasaur in the field, all waiting for the newcomers. Tracey through up five pokeballs, pokemon coming out of three of them.

Gasping could be heard from some of the group.

"Ash hasn't permanently released a pokemon since Johto!" Kingler exclaimed.

By permanently released, they all meant Ash still had their pokeball, but he left them behind somewhere for some reason and they didn't return when Ash came back to Kanto. They half expected them all to return, as Ash still had their pokeballs and they are part of the family, after all. Even if the majority didn't know a thing about them.

Staraptor had moved to introduce himself to Talonflame, Heracross and Gible doing the same to Hawlucha and Noivern, respectively.

"Which one of you were first?" Swellow questioned, "Personally, I'm guessing Talonflame. Us birds tend to come first, after all."

"Excuse me?" Came Heracross voice.

"Plus Butterfree was caught before Pidgeot." Muk added.

"Both can still fly." Torterra spoke, "Even if they aren't birds."

"Actually, it was Greninja." Talonflame spoke, "You guys watched the league right?"

"Never works out." Bulbasaur replied, "We always try to watch, but something always goes wrong. We did see Greninja and Goodra though, we all were sure to watch the finals on our own."

"Still upset he lost to another of your species?" Sceptile questioned Charizard.

"YES! He was so close to winning too." Came Charizard's reply.

"So, who was the ace? We all assumed it was Greninja, but you never know." Noctowl spoke.

"I was hoping it'd be Goodra." Krookodile said, "Then maybe we could show these starter aces who's boss."

"You're one of the weaker aces." Infernape commented.

"Sorry to break it to you, but Greninja was the ace of the team." Hawlucha spoke.

Krookodile muttered something, but otherwise didn't react.

"Did this Greninja have a tragic backstory?" Came Bayleef's question, "Or do any of you? Or Goodra?"

"One of them has to." A Tauros commented.

"And who was the egg? Or did one of the traveling buddies have the egg?" Donphan asked.

When the other pokemon noticed that the Kalosian trio seemed a bit exasperated, Quilava moved to speak up.

"They always happen. Someone, normally the fire starter, if there is one, has a tragic backstory and there's always at least one egg. I'm the only fire starter here without a tragic backstory." Quilava spoke.

"I'd say Goodra had the tragic backstory, right?" Hawlucha asked, the question directed towards Talonflame.

"Yeah." Talonflame agreed.

"Wasn't Greninja's kinda tragic too?" Noivern questioned before moving to look at the rest of the group, "I was the egg."

"Oh, true." Hawlucha replied.

"Yeah, both were bad, but Goodra definitely had it worse." Talonflame spoke.

"Share." Pignite spoke, "And your backstories too. We need to see how they size up. We'll share ours later."

"Greninja got returned to the lab or left his trainer like—what—seven times? before meeting Ash, who's Pikachu he protected before the whole Garchomp disaster and Ash jumping off of Prism Tower to save Pikachu." Talonflame spoke, "Then he chose Ash as his trainer."

"You can make it eight." Hawlucha snarkily added.

"He'll come back when he's done with his mission with Squishy or whatever." Noivern spoke.

"Doubt it. He promised he'd come back for Pidgeot after he came back from the Orange Islands. Never did go out and reunite with them." Snorlax spoke.

Noivern visibly slouched and started emitting a supersonic. Torkoal started crying as well.

"Wonderful." Swellow spoke as Bulbasaur and Hawlucha moved to comfort Torkoal and Noivern, respectively.

"That's because he and Pidgeot are always around at different times of the year. Pidgeot always stops by, but Ash is always off somewhere new. Plus, Pidgeot and the flock are birds, they might fly to different areas depending on the time of year." Donphan spoke.

Once the emotional pokemon had calmed down, Talonflame continued.

"I stole a berry from a Dedenne, which ended up becoming Clemont's pokemon, which he caught for his younger sister-" Talonflame was cut off by Sceptile, who exclaimed, "Finally, us Hoenners aren't alone! Another little kid!"

"It's a miracle!" Glalie exclaimed, the Hoenn natives all agreeing.

"Let me guess, Clemont's a gym leader who also happened to cook?" Snivy spoke.

"Yeah, he's an electric type gym leader." Noivern replied.

"How many non-electric types did he have?" Buizel asked.

"Two, but he only carried four pokemon with him. He left the others at the gym." Talonflame spoke.

"May as well make it three pokemon. Dedenne is practically Bonnie's, just like Squishy." Hawlucha added.

"Anyways, as I was saying, I stole a berry from Dedenne, before it was caught, and then Greninja, as a Froakie, kept trying to attack me because stealing the berry somehow made Bonnie cry? I kinda set them up into being attacked by a swarm of Beedrill. We all ended up in a canyon and Froakie battled me and defeated me. Then Ash caught me." Talonflame finished.

"That was surprising boring. A lot of us flyers get that though." Unfezant piped up.

"I protected a forest as the Forest Champion and Ash took interest in me. I think it was because other Pokemon were able to dodge my Flying Press since I posed before it. Ash helped me perfect it then the old Forest Champion challenged me to a battle because his lackeys convinced him I was terrorizing the forest. His lackeys then stepped in and tried double teaming me. The old champion then realized what was actually going on and defeated his lackeys. After that mess, Ash challenged me to a battle, under the agreement that if he won, I'd join his team. I actually tied with Froakie, but chose to join him anyway." Hawlucha explained.

"That is a very Ash way to catch you." A second Tauros commented.

Other pokemon nodded in agreement to this statement.

"Goodra, as a Goomy, fell off a Swanna and right onto Ash's head." Hawlucha started.

"Why am I not surprised?" Leavanny commented.

"Then, noticing it was weak from the lack of water, Ash ran it down to a river, tripping on the way because of course, and then everyone poured water on it. Dedenne showed up, but Goomy was scared because it was a fairy type. Goomy and Pikachu ended up getting captured by Team Rocket because it's Team Rocket, but were able to escape. Goomy then decided it wanted to become strong like Pikachu and joined Ash. As it turns out, it's fear of fairy types, along with bug types, stemmed from a Florges attacking the wetlands it lived in and basically starting a war, although it was one sided." Hawlucha explained.

"Bingo!" Boldore called.

"This is rigged." A third Tauros commented.

"Oh, stuff it." A fourth Tauros replied.

"What do you have?" Bulbasaur asked.

"Egg, Normal Battle, Pokemon War Victim, Abandoned Pokemon, and Lab Runaway." Boldore read off.

"We have a winner." Bulbasaur spoke, "The next cards will be like Common Pokemon tropes such as first stage water starter, regional bird, etc."

"You all play bingo over this stuff?" Talonflame asked.

"Yeah, winner doesn't get anything but it's still fun. We also hold tournaments against each other a lot." Infernape explained, "Keeps our competitiveness in check."

Talonflame nodded, it making sense. They were all Ash's pokemon, after all. Even the least competitive of them had still picked up some competitiveness from Ash.

"I was found as an egg by Hawlucha." Noivern started, "I don't really know what happened between Hawlucha giving my egg to Ash and me hatching."

"You were pretty much ready to hatch so we just warmed you up." Hawlucha spoke, "Then you hatched and imprinted on Ash."

"Then they all took care of me and tried to teach me to fly before Team Rocket took Hawlucha and me. We escaped then I chose to go with Ash."

"Sounds about right." A fifth Tauros spoke.

"How many of you are there?" Talonflame finally asked the Tauros herd.

"Thirty. All thirty of us came straight from the safari zone." A sixth Tauros spoke.

"I'm not too sure if I want to know what exactly happened..." Hawlucha trailed off.

"Now for what we talk about next, we need to move to the cave. Just follow us." Bulbasaur spoke.

"Why?" Hawlucha questioned, curious.

"Let us guess, Pikachu didn't fill you guys in?" Bayleef spoke.

"No..." Talonflame spoke, "He didn't, though he was probably relying on Greninja for it, since Greninja probably knew honestly. Greninja's release was very last minute.

•••

~Destroying The World As They Know It~

I stood up, looking around. I quickly realized I was in the Miraculous World, as I recognized the cartoon style and one of the background characters. I do not remember how I got here, or how I figured out how to get here, but I now know I'm on a mission. Mission Love Square. This mission has two goals.

1) Get one side of the love square together.

2)Get Adrien and Marinette to reveal their identities, causing the entire love square to get together.

I smiled to myself as I realized I was in the middle of the park by Marinette and Adrien's houses. For a second, I was unsure what to do. In the end, I decided to head to Marinette's house and buy some macarons, although, now that I think about it, has money ever been shown on the show? It doesn't really matter because all the money I had on me magically turned into euros. Oh, maybe I can travel Europe while I'm here- frick, off topic, off topic. After that I might walk to the school, since there's apparently no enrollment procedure. Language barriers also didn't make much of a difference because even though the show is set in Paris, everything's in English, at least in the English dub, which is what I watch. Besides, I'm learning French anyway.

Yes, dear reader, I am just addressing a bunch of plot holes, and yes, I'm aware I just broke the fourth wall. I did that completely on purpose. I needed to do that for The Author to do their job. The Author is my Markov-like robot that only appeared when I showed up in this world. Her only job is to type out my experience and publish in the form you are reading now when they are done. If you can't already tell, yes, she is connected to my thinking. Quite the harmless creature, if I say so myself.

"HEY!" The Author exclaimed.

I stuck my tongue out at her, in a taunting way, in return.

Anyways, as I walked towards the Dupain-Cheng Bakery, I could feel myself becoming nervous. It wasn't quite as nervous as normal when I meet new people, probably because I already knew most people I would meet, in a sense. As I walked in, I saw Sabine at the counter. Rather than even threatening small talk, I quickly bought a croissant and a couple of chocolate macarons before walking across the street to Collège Françoise Dupont. As stated before, since there's no enrollment procedure, I walked into Mr. Damocles's office to get assigned to a class. I hoped to receive Ms. Bustier and it seemed that luck was in my favor, as that was the classroom assignment I received.

As I walked in, with Mr. Damocles escorting me, I noticed that the only empty seat was next to Lila.

"Uh-I-My name is Vannah. Any thingie thingies- pronouns are fine. I-Uh just moved here from Midwestern America." I attempted to introduce myself, "It's uh... so nice to be away from the dump of a town I-I lived in, y'know? Well, uh, I guess it's nice to meet yalls."

God, I hated myself sometimes. I sounded absolutely stupid and looked like an idiot and I knew it. It was only made worse when Lila out of all people replied.

"Yeah, I know what it's like. I'm from Italy." She said as I started zoning out, ignoring her on purpose.

"Alright, Vannah, you can take a seat next to Lila." Ms. Bustier said.

Hearing my name snapped me out of my zone out, but I didn't quite hear what Ms. Bustier said. However, I quickly reached the supposedly correct solution from the words I did hear. After sitting, Lila turned to introduce herself to me.

"Hello, I'm Lila! I'm sure we'll be great friends." Lila spoke.

"You're either with me, or against me." I replied, using her own words against her.

"What?" She replied confused, and with that, I continued, "But it seems you've already made your choice, as you're already Public Enemy 2."

"What?!" She exclaimed, but luckily wasn't heard.

"You're number 2 because Gabriel is number 1, even if I hate you more. Gabriel's much more in the way. Nathalie's 3 and Chloe has the chance to be 4."

"How can you hate me when we've barely even met?" She asked, not even noticing that I knew names I probably shouldn't know yet.

"Like Adrien, I know you're a liar. Except this time, I have proof, even if I shouldn't have it." I replied, smirking.

"But how?!?!"

"Can't tell, it's a secret. Just don't talk to me or any of Paris's heroes and we'll be fine."

Knowing she didn't know that I knew the true identities of the heroes, even the ones she didn't know, I knew I'd get to expose her, and that would be fun. Just then, an akuma alert went off on everyone's phones, excluding my own, which was brought from my home universe. A hole was then put in the classroom by the akumatized villain, who was unsurprisingly caused by Chloe. Not even looking to see if it were an important character, I ran out of the classroom, all of the class ahead of me. The class had scattered, moving to hide in different spots. I smirked as I saw Lila talking to Rose and Juleka, knowing I get to expose Lila. I noticed Alya and Marinette running to one restroom, whereas Adrien ran to the other. Nino was running to the library, alone. Knowing he'd be part of my plan, I yelled out to him.

"Nino!" I yelled, "Wait up!"

He turned and saw me. He looked confused, probably at how I already knew his name, although he did stop.

After catching up to him, he asked "How do you already know my name, dudette? Did Lila tell you?"

"No. Follow me and I'll tell you, you're trustworthy after all."

I led him to a secluded area of the library. For some reason or another, the librarian was not there.

"Okay." I started, "so... I'm not from the same universe as you?"

"Excuse me?" Nino replied, him being stuck in a mix between confusion and shock.

"Yeah... In my universe, you're nothing more than a TV character. It's called Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir, or Miraculous Ladybug for short." I continued, "I think I got brought here to fix the love square because it stresses me out."

"Love Square?"

"Yeah, Chat and Bug don't know their identities but know each other outside of being superheroes. Bug likes Chat's civilian identity and Chat likes Bug."

"That is a mess."

"Precisely. On another note, can you help me with something?"

"Sure... what is it?"

He seemed a bit suspicious of me, but I did just tell him I was from another universe, so it was fair.

"So, as Marinette has claimed, Lila is a liar. I have clips to expose her, not only for lying, but I need to record the intro and stuff."

"May I see some of this proof?"

"Yeah, let me pull it up real quick."

I quickly pulled up a video I had edited together and showed Nino. After he finished the video, he turned to me.

"Okay, dudette, where exactly are we recording at?"

"Well, normally I would say outside, but since there's an akuma attack going on, we'll have to record in here." I replied, opening the camera app and putting it on video mode before handing it to Nino.

After recording, I further explained to Nino how he was only a TV character, with the akuma attack on his phone in the background.

"Wait, dudette, since we're all only a show for you, that means you know all of the heroes' identities?" Nino asked.

"Yeah, I do, Carapace." I replied, smirking.

"Just a random question, since I know Alya, Chloe, and I are all heroes from the same class, are there any other heroes in our class? I don't really want an in depth answer, just a yes or no."

"Yes, all of them."

I immediately slapped my mouth over.

"Even Ladybug and Chat Noir?" Nino asked.

"Yeah..." I replied, "Speaking of the Bug and Cat team, would you like to help me with Operation Love Square?"

"Operation Love Square?"

"Like I said before, the Love Square's a mess. The first mission in this is to get Bug and Chat's civilian identities together, as that would probably be the easiest relationship for them to keep. Then, we have to somehow trigger an identity reveal between them."

"Oh."

"And I have to tell you Ladybug and Chat Noir identities, which I'm not opposed to. When I tell you Ladybug's, you'll probably be able to figure out Chat Noir's based on the information I've given."

"And you're willing to just... hand me their identities on a silver platter?"

"Nino, you're trustworthy, even in their eyes. I'm sure if Chat were to tell someone his identity, you'd be the first person he'd tell."

"Really?"

"I'm sure of it. Anyway, Ladybug is Marinette." I said, waiting as the shock afterwards wore off.

"What?"

"Bug is Nette."

After Nino's shock wore off, because The Author is too lazy to write out that dialogue as well, he started to figure out who Chat Noir is.

"Wait, since you said Ladybug and Chat Noir are both in our class and Ladybug like him, which would mean Marinette likes him, wouldn't that mean Chat Noir is-" "SHUT!!!" I yelled and interrupted the boy, noticing Ladybug swinging towards the window.

Marinette finding out Chat's identity now would not be ideal. In fact, Bunnyx would probably strangle me because it would probably cause something similar to Chat Blanc. I opened the window to let her in.

"Marinette-" Fuck. I didn't mean to tell her that I knew quite yet. She stumbled at that, looking shocked, "Are you here to give Nino his miraculous?"

"How-"

"I'll explain later. For now, just know that Nino knows your identity and that you need to defeat the villian."

"I-uh Alright." She then turned to Nino and gave the whole speech thingie before he transformed and they left. I got to work editing the cuts and the evidence about Lila together. I had just finished when Ladybug, Rena Furtive, and Carapace returned to the Library, about to detransform.

"Oh, hey guys." I spoke.

"Carapace we can't-" "She knows." Carapace cut off his girlfriend, "Shell off."

"Knows what?" Rena Furtive said as Nino handed Ladybug the Turtle Miraculous, who put it in her Yoyo.

"All of your identities, how blind all of Paris is, Lila's lies, and some other stuff. Mostly everything though." I said, "Go ahead and detransform, Alya."

"Spots off. Rena, They literally called me Marinette when I came to get Nino." Ladybug, now Marinette, confirmed.

"Oh. Let's Rest." Rena Furtive said, detransforming.

"So," Marinette said, turning to me, "How do you know all of this? You shouldn't know any of this! This is a disaster!"

"Well, you're actually just a TV character. I'm not from this universe...?" I got quieter with every word.

"What?" Marinette said.

"You know what I said!"

"We couldn't hear you." Marinette confessed.

I forgot how quiet my voice naturally is, so going any quieter can cause the others not to hear.

"Well, I said that you're only a TV character and I'm not from this universe...?"

"Excuse me?" Marinette said.

"What?" Alya spoke.

"Yeah. Y'alls are blind as hell." I replied, to which Nino nodded.

"We really are." He said.

"Huh?" Marinette asked.

"You'll see later, Nette, if I can call you that?" I said, patting her on the head.

"Uh... I guess you can?" Marinette replied, confused.

"Okay!" I smiled, "Sometimes I refer to you as Nette in my home dimension, along with bug when you're, y'know, but I thought I should ask while I'm here."

"Ah, Alright." Marinette replied nodding.

"Shouldn't we be heading back to class?" Alya said as I remembered something.

"Fuck." I swore, "I just realized that I don't have anywhere to stay, since I just kinda appeared here from no where."

"You could probably stay with me. We have two guest bedrooms so you could probably stay in one." Marinette offered, "I'd just have to ask my parents."

"Alright, Let's go back to class then!" I replied, starting to leave the area.

The trio walked with me until we reached the classroom, where Miss Bustier was releasing the class for lunch.

"Vannah, are you coming with us?" Marinette asked.

"I might join you later. For now, I need to talk to Miss Bustier. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with y'know..."

Just then, Adrien joined us, seeming a bit more happy than usual.

"Hi!" I smiled.

"Hi A-a-Adrien..." Marinette stuttered, causing Alya and I to sigh.

"What's up, dude!" Nino exclaimed.

"My father is finally letting me go places for lunch!" Adrien exclaimed.

"T...That's a-amo-amazing!" Marinette exclaimed as Adrien smiled at her.

I snuck out of their conversation, heading back to the classroom, going to ask Miss Bustier if I could show a video after lunch.

~~~

After the class had returned from lunch, I had everything set up to show the video.

"Alright class, Vannah's going to show a video before we get into today's lesson." Miss Bustier said.

She had agreed without even watching the contents of the video, so she didn't even know what it was about. I started the video, which led to a screen labeled "The Problematic Behavior of Lila Rossi," which immediately got some backlash from the class.

"But what have I ever done?" Lila asked.

"She's not a problem, you're probably just jealous like Marinette!" Kim exclaimed.

"Just, hear me out and watch the video." I spoke, "Besides, the proof I've shown in this video convinced Nino."

The video then faded out to me in the library.

"Over the last couple of months, ever since Lila has moved to the school, lies have moved through the school, with almost everyone believing them. However, that's not the first point." On screen me spoke, "The first point I would like to address is that Lila has threatened Marinette."

The video went on and on, sharing proof that Lila was a bad person.

•••

~Unnamed, called "PogU" in drafts~

"Ash, a Pokemon School wants to know if they can borrow some Pokemon from my lab for a learning week. Since you have the most, it made sense to ask you. The School's principal is my cousin, so I know that they'll be in good hands. There's not enough students for every Pokemon to need to go, but quite a few of them will." Professor Oak said.

"Let me go ask them." Ash had replied.

After briefing with his Pokemon, Ash had returned inside, Pikachu still with him, with an exact list of all of the Pokemon's willingness to go. Pokemon such as Tododile and Muk were some of the most willing to go, whereas Pokemon such as Infernape and Scraggy were some of the least. Some outliers included Charizard, who probably just wanted to mess with some kid's grade to be completely honest, and Torterra, who didn't want to be lugged around a school.

He handed Oak the list, who nodded before speaking, "Alright, thank you."

~~~

"Alright class, today we are going outside to pick a pokeball from a box. Then, you will take care of the Pokemon for the week." Kukui said.

Ash and Pikachu were holding back laughter, which Gary caught on to and almost started laughing as well.

"A trainer who keeps their Pokemon at my cousin's lab allowed us to borrow some of their Pokemon and we couldn't make this possible without them allowing us to do so." Principal Oak spoke.

Serena turned to Ash, who she noticed was trying his hardest trying not to die of laughter and smiled, realizing why.

Kukui went on to explain how they would be graded on this.

"Ash, Gary, what's so funny?" Kukui asked after finishing, noticing the two trainers holding back laughter.

Knowing Ash would erupt with laughter if he spoke, Gary spoke instead, "N-Nothing!"

Kukui raised an eyebrow, but didn't push further, "Alright, let's go outside."

Samson Oak had left after saying his bit, assumingly to get the box of Pokeballs.

By the time they got outside, the boys' laugher had finally calmed. Pikachu, on the other hand, was still trying not to die of laughter. However, he had finally calmed down by the time Principal Oak got outside with the box of pokeballs.

Once Principal Oak sat the box down, the students were given a speech on how the Pokemon need to be treated with respect and stuff like that. Afterwards, the students were allowed to pick a pokeball.

Kiawe was the first to pick. After he grabbed the pokeball, he was immediately pestered by Ash, who happened to know that it was Charizard's pokeball.

"Are you sure you want that one?"

"Yes."

"Are you really really sure?"

"Ash, I'm sure."

"I don't think you should take that one."

"Well you saying you think I shouldn't take it makes me want to take it more."

"Fine. I wish you the best of luck with that one then."

At this point, everyone apart from Pikachu and Gary were confused. Serena was much less confused then her Alolan classmates, but still didn't know what Pokemon Ash was talking about.

"Why would I need luck?"

"After he evolved and before I spent an entire night thawing him out, he was an absolute brat. He probably won't listen to you, to be completely honest."

"Wait, these are your Pokemon?" Mallow asked.

"Yeah." Ash replied, "I can help you guys pick one that I think would work well with you."

"That'd be wonderful." Lillie spoke.

"Lillie, hm... Something tells me you and Hawlucha would be a good match." Ash spoke, handing Lillie the fighting type's pokeball.

"I think I see it too." Serena spoke up, "I feel like since I'm staying with Lillie you should give me Noivern since those two are extremely close."

"You read my mind, Sere." Ash replied, handing Serena the dragon type's pokeball, "Plus, you already have experience with him. You were there when he hatched, after all."

"Gary, how about Gliscor?" Ash spoke again, picking up the ground flying type's pokeball.

Gary nodded, understanding why Ash chose Gliscor for him.

"Me next!" Mallow exclaimed.

Ash picked up two pokeballs and looked at them both before holding them both out to Mallow, "Take your pick!"

Mallow ended up selecting the pokeball on the left and Ash sat the pokeball on the right back in the box. Ash then dug out another pokeball and handed it to Sophocles without giving it a second thought. He then dug out three more pokeballs, holding them all out in front of Lana.

"You want me to pick from these three, right?" Lana asked.

Ash nodded. She reached for the right one before maneuvering to the middle one.

•••

~Deep In Dark~

"Also, Ash, Professor Oak called earlier, asking if you were here and it seemed urgent, so you might want to call him." Nurse Joy spoke as she took the group's Pokeballs, Pikachu, and Dedenne to the back to heal them. Squishy stayed hidden in Bonnie's bag.

Ash nodded before running over to the video phones, the rest of the group following. He quickly called Professor Oak. After getting through an extremely quick greeting, the Kantonian Professor spoke.

"Last night, the lab was broken into. Some pokemon were stolen, which included your Glalie, Heracross, and your Pidgeot's Pokeball." Professor Oak spoke, which immediately caused Ash to break into a frenzy.

"What? How? Do you know who it was? Or why? Do we have any information about them? Do I need to come back to Kanto?" Ash started questioning.

"No, there's no reason to come back to Kanto. See, the people that broke in had a specific emblem on, and upon further research, we discovered that the emblem belongs to the Azoth Kingdom and its royal family." Professor Oak shared.

"Wait, the Azoth Kingdom? I believe we're nearby it. Right, Serena?" Clemont questioned, glancing at Serena, who was looking the kingdom up on her map.

"Yeah!" She confirmed, "It's actually only a couple of hours away!"

"Really?" Ash questioned, "That's great! We'll find them, alright Professor?"

The Professor nodded and was about to speak before he was interrupted by Tracey's voice from off screen.

"Are you on the phone with Ash?" The Orange Islands native asked.

"Yes. He's actually not far away from the Azoth Kingdom."

"See, Bulbasaur-" Tracey was cut off by Bulbasaur running into the lab, hopping on the desk, and starting to speak to Ash.

After a short conversation between Ash and Bulbasaur, Bulbasaur ended up being sent over to Ash. While the group waited for their other Pokemon to be healed, Ash introduced Bulbasaur to his Kalosian friends. Just as that was wrapping up, Pikachu ran up to Ash before noticing Bulbasaur. Dedenne, who was following Pikachu back to the group, looked at the grass-poison type, confused where it came from. Pikachu greeted the seed Pokemon and introduced him to Dedenne as the trainers went to the desk to retrieve their Pokeballs. Once they were retrieved, the group went outside and let their Pokemon out of their Pokeballs so they could explain what was going on and introduce Bulbasaur. Then, all the Pokemon apart from Dedenne, Pikachu, and Bulbasaur, who wanted to stay out as an extra set of eyes, were returned back into their Pokeballs.

"We forgot to wash our clothes while at the Pokemon Center!" Serena suddenly exclaimed after about an hour.

•••

~Unnamed, called "alola gang has a field trip to kalos" in drafts~

"We've been invited to go on a field trip to Kalos!" Kukui announced.

The class cheered in response, although Ash was far from enthusiastic, the Kalos Crisis still an open wound in a field of scabs, and going back may just cause the open wound to hurt even more again.

"Professor Sycamore has invited us to learn more about Mega Evolution and the crisis last year." Kukui explained.

Ash tensed, only noticed by Pikachu.

Ash nodded, turning back to the window, thinking about his previous adventure in Kalos. It slowly turned into Ash having a conversation with Greninja, who was almost done with his job.

•••

~Naming Wars~

Cynthia sighed as she logged onto the yearly virtual League Unity Meeting. It was a meeting where the leagues of all of the regions could communicate and talk about any new developments, particularly about everyone's favorite legendary magnet. Normally, whatever gym leader or other league member was travelling with Ash got out of it, but he was in a region that hadn't had a proper league yet. As for Ash himself, he was meant to show up to these meetings, being the Orange League Champion and Lance's Secondary Champion, but was always too busy saving the world to show up. These meetings, however, were known to dissolve into a fight over what "The Folder" should be called. Even though these meetings are yearly, unofficial ones held purely for fighting over the name of "The Folder" are held at least once a month.

"The Folder" was the password protected folder on the Official Trainer Database that contained the trainer profiles for Ash, his traveling companions, and his rivals. The poor folder couldn't go five minutes without its name being changed.

"-MED WHY BECAUSE IT'S THE QUESTION WE'RE ALL ASKING ABOUT THE KID!" Cynthia heard Wallace scream as soon as she popped into the meeting.

Misty muttered something ineligible.

"YES BUT THAT NAME'S LAME!" Roxie and Flannery both yelled.

"THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY BETTER IDEAS?" Flint questioned.

"CLEMONT WE COULD CALL IT AURA GO BRRR!" Korrina exclaimed.

"BUT GO BRRR WASN'T THE MAIN POINT OF THE NAME!!!" Clemont replied.

"WE SHOULD CALL IT LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS BECAUSE AT LEAST IT'S ACCURATE!" Iris shouted.

The meeting fell silent.

They all started murmering about how she was right.

"LANCE ISN'T HERE!!!" Diantha suddenly yelled.

"AND HE WOULD BE THE ONE TO OBJECT!!!" Steven screamed.

"HASN'T HE EVEN OBJECTED THE NAME BEFORE WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED?" Lorelei questioned.

"TRUE TRUE!!!" Agatha yelled.

•••

~Unnamed, called "primape?" in drafts~

"The P1 Grand Prix two time champion team of Anthony and Primape is coming to Alola! They're gonna be fighting the Masked Royal and his Incineroar!" Ash overheard during someone's conversation.

Running up to the people talking, Ash questioned, "When?"

"Saturday night! 6:00 pm! You haven't heard?"

•••

~Unnamed, called "champs in alola and guests at the pokemon school for who knows why" in drafts~

"Today, there are regional stations set up by each region's champion or champions." Kukui explained, but was interrupted before he could continue.

"The champions are in Alola?!?!" The class, apart from Ash, exclaimed.

"Principal Oak, through Professor Oak and an anonymous party, was able to pull some strings." Kukui spoke, "Although each region apart from Alola has a station, there are two other stations as well, the Orange Islands station and the Battle Frontier station."

"The Orange Islands?" Mallow questioned curiously, having never heard of the island chain.

"They're an island chain off the coast of Kanto! I'm pretty sure Kanto owns them or something..." Ash shared before Kukui could speak.

"Yes. They're an autonomous region of Kanto." Kukui explained.

"Ash, have you ever been?" Kiawe asked.

"Uh... Yeah! It was a lot of fun!" "Pika!"

~~~

As the group approached the Kanto station

•••

~Unnamed, called "lol class decides to look up each ither" in drafts~

"Why don't we all look each other up?" Lana suddenly suggested one day.

Everyone, apart from Ash, was immediately on board. Ash, who knew the top results for himself wouldn't be fun, originally objected, but reluctantly agreed to join in after being accused of being scared by Kiawe.

"Considering she was the one who suggested it, we should start with Lana!" Mallow suggested.

The group agreed, and upon looking up Lana's name, the class discovered a few articles about Lana's father.

~~~

"Now we have to look up Ash." Lana commented.

Pikachu hopped into Ash's lap, ready to comfort the boy as needed.

"There should be a lot of stuff about the Alola League, since he's the champion." Kiawe commented, to which the others nodded.

Sophocles read out the results, "World-Renowned Kantoian Orange League Champion, Kalos League Finalist, and Defeater of Kanto's Battle Frontier Ash Ketchum Wins Alola League -Alola Sun."

There was a pause.

"What." The class all spoke.

"You're the Champion of the Orange League?" Lana questioned.

"And one of the Kalos League Finalists?" Sophocles paled.

"And you defeated the Battle Frontier in Kanto? I heard that they're extremely strong." Lillie spoke.

"You never thought to mention this?" Kiawe asked.

"Yeah, We don't talk about Kalos, and yeah!" Ash smiled, "And no one bothered to ask."

"There's a video with a Garchomp in the thumbnail." Mallow said.

"And I recommend not watching that video." Ash suggested.

"

•••

~Still Unnamed, called "ash in hisui" in drafts~

Ash blinked, sitting up. With a quick glance around, he could tell he was not in the Pokemon Center room he had been staying in with Goh, Chloe, and Dawn, but rather out in the middle of the wilderness. He could also see something, presumably one of his phones, glowing. Ash carefully picked Pikachu up off his lap, careful not to wake the electric-type, and walked over to the glow, only to see one of his phones changing to a white phone with an Arceus ring connected to it. Once it had fully transformed, he picked it up with his free hand.

A simple message was shown on the screen.

"Seek out all Pokemon."

Under this message was an Arceus ring. Ash sighed as Pikachu awoke. Pikachu sniffed the Arc Phone before looking at the screen. Pikachu also sighed.

"Y'kn-" "Satoshi! There you are!" Ash quickly turned around to see Ingo, "I've been looking for you all over."

"Ingo?" Ash questioned, "Is that you?"

"Yes." Ingo replied.

"When have I ever told you my Kantoian name?" Ash questioned, unconcerned with where he was for the time being, "I don't think I ever told you it."

Ingo was visibly confused, "What do you mean?"

"I've only ever told you that my name is Ash," Ash explained, "Since I only went by Satoshi when I first left Pallet Town. It wasn't that long before I started going by Ash."

•••

~Wow, another unnamed one, called xy time travel ash~

Celebi looked into the Pokemon Center window, smirking when it noticed the Chosen One and his friends sleeping. Yes, this was how it'd get payback on Arceus AND have fun at the same time. They phased into the room and flew around, until they were flying directly above Ash & Pikachu. Celebi poked them and swapped them with them with themselves from a different time, it tagging along.

~~~

As Ash's eyes fluttered open, the first thing he noticed was the extra weight of four Pokeballs on him.

•••

~still no offical name; called ash is on a mission in drafts tho~

Alolan mornings were calm. Waves crashing into the shore, early risers heading out to the market.

The morning in the regional professor's home was the same, surprisingly. For once, no shocks waking up a near immune trainer or pans getting destroyed by the mythical pokemon living there. The trainer, who also happened to be the champion of the region, and his partner, a Pikachu, were already up, eating breakfast. His other pokemon were still asleep. The regional professor was standing next to the couch, talking to the trainer. His wife had already left for her job. Everything was calm. That was, until the trainer, Ash, suddenly snapped his wrist back violently, dropping the spoon he was holding in it. It was a quick movement, but all three of them noticed as the spoon collided with the countertop.

"I need to go. Now." Ash spoke as he stood up, Pikachu jumping on his shoulder, confused.

"Where are you going?" Kukui asked.

"Can't say. I'm not sure what exactly is happening yet, but I need to go, now." Ash replied, returning the other members of his team to their pokeballs, "I'll be gone for at least a couple of days."

"You'll be missing our field trip to Kalos then. We're leaving in two days." Kukui spoke, getting confirmation.

"I'll have to. I might meet you in Kalos, depends on how long it takes." Ash spoke, putting on his backpack, "Bye!"

"Stay safe! Call whenever you're returning!" Kukui called to the trainer, choosing to not question further.

"I will!" Ash replied as he ran out of the door, heading straight for the Hau'oli City Airport.

On their way, Ash explained to Pikachu that Lysandre and Hunter J were both in Kalos and they had teamed up in order to achieve their goals, as their goals both targeted Ash at this point. Greninja had found an Ex-Team Flare grunt and followed them to the base, where he was now silently watching.

Ash ran up to the ticket counter, asking when the next flight to Kalos was.

"Braviary Airlines has a flight to Kalos in about two hours, with a few open seats." The person at the counter spoke.

Ash quickly booked the flight before moving to an open area in the airport, releasing his pokemon from their pokeballs to explain what is going on. He then returned them all, apart from Lycanroc and, of course, Pikachu. He moved to the pokeball transporter phone and called Professor Oak. He swapped out his Alolan Team for a new team, built of Pikachu, Lycanroc, Charizard, Sceptile, Infernape, and Snorlax. Ash then left the airport, going outside to find a large open space where he could release this team. He explained what was going on before returning them and returning inside the airport.

After waiting for another hour, their flight was finally called for.

~~~

Once arriving in Kalos, Ash knew he had no time to waste and immediately ran to Professor Sycamore's lab, alerting Diantha via texting along the way.

"Professor!" He yelled, running into the lab as he pocketed his phone.

Sophie, who happened to be in the room, spoke up, "He's currently in the Pokemon Observatory."

"Thank you." He spoke and ran there.

"Professor!!!" Ash urgently called upon reaching the observatory.

~~~

"Kukui, one of the beds in the room your students were meant to use are now being used. I need to keep a close eye on him, otherwise he'd probably already be off to who knows where. I'm not really sure what to do." Sycamore spoke.

"It's alright. One of my students, the kid I was boarding actually, had to leave to deal with an issue." Kukui replied.

"So they'll be fine then? I can always find another arrangement for him if I need to." Sycamore spoke.

"It should be fine." Kukui responded as Pikachu pranced out from the hallway.

Kukui looked at Pikachu in confusion, "I didn't realize you had any Pikachu in the lab."

"I don't. He belongs to the trainer I was talking about." Sycamore responded as Pikachu walked up to Kukui and climbed into his lap.

"Wait a second... if you're here, that must mean..." Kukui spoke, looking up as he scratched Pikachu's chin.

Ash and Greninja were entering the room, Ash looking like absolute shit as he was supported by Greninja.

"Are you feeling any better?" Sycamore asked.

"A little." Ash spoke, his voice obviously on the verge of giving out as he glanced up to see Kukui, "Hi, Professor."

"Ash?" Kukui questioned, "You were in Kalos this whole time?"

Ash nodded, Pikachu getting out of Kukui's lap and bounding back to Ash. Greninja picked up the electric mouse, who moved to sit on the frog's shoulder closest to its trainer's.

"So you two already know each other? Marvelous!" Sycamore spoke.

"He's the student I'm boarding, actually." Kukui spoke.

Sycamore chuckled, "Well that's marvelous!"

"Professor, I'm going to go see everyone." Ash spoke.

"Alright, just don't leave the lab." Sycamore replied.

"Gotcha." Ash replied, him and Greninja walking in that direction.

"A Greninja?" Kukui questioned.

"He caught it while he was in Kalos the first time around as a Froakie." Sycamore spoke, "Remember that Froakie I told you about last year? It's the same one."

"Wait... Ash was the trainer with the Greninja in the Kalos League and Kalos Crisis?" Kukui audibly questioned.

Sycamore gave a hum in response as the doors to the lab opened, revealing Clemont and Bonnie, followed by Ash's classmates.

"We're back!" Bonnie exclaimed, "Can we go see the pokemon?"

"Under normal circumstances, I would say yes, but everyone would probably overwhelm him, especially since he just woke up." Sycamore replied.

"Is he any better?" Clemont asked.

"He said he felt a little better." Kukui spoke.

Clemont nodded, "Bonnie, how about you go show them where they'll be sleeping instead? That way they can set their bags down."

"Alright!" Bonnie replied before turning to the class, "Follow me!"

The class obliged, and once they were out of hearing range, Sycamore spoke up, "Clemont, could you go tell Ash that everyone's here?"

"Yeah, I'll go do that." Clemont replied, walking in that direction.

"What happened?" Kukui asked, visibly worried.

"Team Flare and Hunter J teamed up and captured Ash. They thought that since he rejected the Mega Evolution energy last time, they just needed more Mega Evolution energy, which his body still rejected, along with them trying to deplete his aura. Ash's Pokemon, Zygarde, Solgaleo, and Arceus, alongside Clemont, Bonnie, Alain, Cynthia, Diantha, and I, all went in and rescued him. However, that much Mega Evolution energy and aura depletion had negative effects. Arceus was able to get a Mew to help it restore his aura, but he's still recovering from the effects of the energy." Sycamore explained, "I think since Ash was exposed a decent amount of Mega Evolution energy during the Kalos Crisis, it affected him less then it would have if he hadn't been exposed in the past."

"Arceus was there?" Kukui asked, astonished, "I think you're right about the exposure thing."

"Yeah, it was a bit wild, I'll admit. Ash's pokemon acted like it was nothing out of the ordinary though, and honestly, at this point, I'm not surprised. Solgaleo and part of Zygarde are still here, with Zygarde back down to its cores. One core hasn't left." Sycamore spoke.

"Solgaleo was raised by Ash, back before it evolved. One of my other students, Lillie, nicknamed it Nebby, which just kinda stuck." Kukui spoke.

"Why am I not surprised? This specific Zygarde core happened to travel with Ash, specifically with Bonnie, while in Kalos, being nicknamed Squishy by Bonnie." Sycamore spoke.

The door to the lab opened again, this time Alain appearing on the other side of it.

"How's Ash doing?" Alain asked as he walked in.

"He said he felt a bit better, but Greninja was still having to support him." Sycamore replied.

Alain nodded, only then noticing the other presence in the room.

"Uh, hello. You are?" Alain asked.

"Alola, I'm Professor Kukui. And you?" Kukui asked in response.

"I'm Alain." Came Alain's response as Clemont returned to the room.

"Ash told me to tell you both that it's fine and that he'll be okay." Clemont reported.

Kukui nodded as Bonnie and the class returned from the sleeping quarters.

"We're back!!!" Bonnie exclaimed, moving over by Clemont, "Hi Alain!"

Alain smiled at the girl and waved back as Professor Sycamore introduced Alain.

"It's nice to meet you, Alain." Sophocles spoke.

The rest of the class said things that basically meant the same.

"Likewise." Alain replied.

"Alright, now, Kukui and I will be accompanying you while I show you guys the Artificial Environment. However, we ask you to stay quiet and calm, as Ash is healing."

"Ash?" Kiawe questioned, "What's he doing in Kalos?"

"I thought he was going to Kanto!" Mallow added.

"It's classified information." Sycamore replied, "If Ash wants to tell you guys, he can, but otherwise it's classified."

"Alright class, let's go." Kukui spoke.

The class followed the Kalos natives and Professor Kukui to the artificial environment, where Ash was sat in a tree, Pikachu in his lap. Other pokemon were either on the ground or sitting on different branches or in different trees. Charizard was the first to notice the group and stood directly in front of them as a means of protecting Ash.

"Charizard, stand down." Ash called from the tree, it coming out barely above a whisper, "They're my Alolan friends and family."

The Charizard hesitantly listened, moving out of the way.

"Ash, you have a Charizard?!" Kiawe quietly questioned.

Ash nodded.

"Look at all the water types!" Lana exclaimed, causing Ash to flinch due to her loudness.

"Lana, please be a little bit quieter." Kukui said as Oshawott ran up to Lana, Totodile and Corphish close behind.

"Sorry..." She spoke, much quieter.

Ash gave her a thumbs up in response.

•••

~The Missing One~

"This week will be about the Kalos League and Crisis since it's been a year since these events happened." Kukui said to the class, Ash tensing up due to the mentioning of the Kalos Crisis.

"Wow buddy, can you believe it's already been a year?" Ash whispered to Pikachu, who shook his head.

"That means it's almost been a year since..." Ash looked down as his voice softened.

"Pika..." Pikachu said, nodding.

Ash started zoning out, thinking about the bond phenomenon and the Kalos League. He avoided thinking about the Kalos Crisis at all costs, as it was painful to do so; It was still an open wound.

"Ash?" Mallow said, bring Ash back to reality.

"Hmm?" Ash asked, confused.

"Kukui just asked you a question!!" Mallow replied.

"Sorry." Ash said.

"It's fine, but because of this, I'm going to ask you something that we're going over this week. What is the bond phenomenon?" Kukui asked, only asking that question due to him having just explained it.

"The bond phenomenon is a rare form that can happen when the trust between the Trainer and the Pokemon is high. While a Pokemon and Trainer are using this form, the Trainer shares the Pokemon's pain in the same place the Pokemon was dealt damage. The Trainer can also share the Pokemon's point of view. If the form is not mastered, the Trainer and Pokemon can pass out from exhaustion. The only known modern example is the Greninja in the Kalos League." Ash stated. (A/N: Most words here belong to Bulbapedia. I copied, pasted, and slightly edited.)

Everyone had shocked expressions except for Pikachu, who yawned as if it was common knowledge.

"C-Correct." Kukui said, still recovering from shock, "I-I didn't even know some of that information."

"How did you know?" Mallow asked.

"I-I'd rather not talk about it." Ash replied.

"Some people say that the bond phenomenon user in the Kalos League and Crisis had saved the world before as well. He keeps suppressing his name so it's difficult to tell." Lillie said.

Ash tensed, but his tensing was only noticed by Pikachu, who knew exactly why, and Kukui.

"I'd love to meet him!" Lana said.

"It's not confirmed that it's all the same person, so you could meet one without knowing it." Ash stated.

"As if. We'd obviously be able to tell if we met one of them." Mallow said.

Ash simply didn't react, his head saying "Oh, Mallow. If only you knew how wrong you are."

After school was released, Ash was quick to leave the school grounds, leaving the others confused. Ash, on the other hand, was having enough trouble holding in his emotions even throughout the school day. After Kukui left the classroom, he saw the group of trainers, along with Rotomdex for some reason, and, thinking it was strange that Ash wasn't with them, walked over to them.

"Where's Ash?" He asked, confused.

"He went back to your house." Mallow said, "I mean, that's what I'd assume."

"Yeah, he ran off as soon as school let out." Kiawe confirmed.

Kukui nodded, "Alright, I'll see you guys tomorrow. Rotom, stay with them for now."

Kukui could feel that something was off about Ash and wanted to talk to the Kantonian trainer about it. As soon as the professor walked into his home, sobbing could be heard.

"Ash! Are you alright?!?!" Kukui asked.

"I-I'm f-fine..." Ash replied, voice cracking, although it came out as a whisper.

Ash had curled himself into a ball between the couch and the cabinets the TV was sitting on. The TV itself was off, with the remote seemingly have been thrown across the room.

"Pikapi..." Pikachu spoke from his spot on the couch armrest.

Kukui moved to kneel in front of the crying trainer, so he could speak to him at the level he was currently at.

"Ash, if there's something bothering you, you can talk to me." Kukui spoke.

Before Ash could even recognize what he was doing, he was sobbing into the professor, spilling his life story.

Kukui listened, being slightly shocked, but realized everything made sense. Of course it was all Ash, why wouldn't it be? Sometime during Ash's tales, both of them had moved to the couch, Pikachu in Ash's lap. After Ash had finished, Kukui spoke up, giving him some fatherly comfort, which the author does not know how to write, before also telling him what he can do in class, which included leaving if he needed to for the week.

Ash nodded, still taking in the fact he had told someone everything. He hadn't even told his mother most of this.

"And Ash, how many others know about all of this?" Kukui asked.

"Beyond my Pokemon, Team Rocket, considering they've been following me from the start, and I think Brock probably knows anything that has made the news in Kanto after we traveled Sinnoh because he said he assumes anything crazy deals with me."

Kukui hummed, "You haven't even told your mother about anything after Johto?"

"I-I'm worried she'll stop me from traveling."

Kukui nodded, "I'd assume these events are what your nightmares are about?"

Ash nodded, moving to get up as Pikachu climbed onto his shoulder.

"I'm home!" Professor Burnet exclaimed as she walked into the house.

"Have we really been talking that long?" Kukui asked.

"Honestly, probably. That is a lot." Ash replied.

One look out of the window would show that the sun was already setting. Ash let his other Pokemon out of their Pokeballs, realizing he forgot to do so earlier. His Pokemon, still feeling a bit of the emotion from earlier, moved to comfort their trainer as if he were still crying.

"I'm fine guys, I promise." Ash spoke before turning to the professors, "I think I'm going to head to bed early. I'm not really hungry and my voice is kinda tired."

Burnet nodded, confused but unquestioning, "Alright, goodnight."

"Alright Ash, goodnight." Kukui spoke.

"Goodnight!" Ash replied, climbing up the ladder, Pikachu still on his shoulder.

Burnet noticed how Kukui's gaze stayed on Ash, even if it was only for a second too long. She walked up to her husband and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Is everything alright?" She asked.

"Yeah, everything will be." Kukui replied.

~~~

The next morning, Ash had awoken pretty early due to a nightmare about the Kalos Crisis. His scared state had woken Pikachu up, but no one else. Normally, it probably would have woken Rotom as well, but Rotom was staying with one of his classmates, he had no clue which.

He and Pikachu got up and walked to the beach. There, Ash unloaded his nightmare to Pikachu as they sat in the sand, as per normal.

"Pikapi..." Pikachu spoke.

"Don't worry about me bud, I'll be fine." Ash replied.

"Pika..." Pikachu said, giving Ash a look of disbelief.

"I guess you just know me too well..."

"Chu!"

Trainer and Pokemon talked for a bit, possibly dosing in and out of sleep, before Kukui walked out to the beach, as the sun was rising. Kukui knew about the nightmares, but he didn't know the true frequency of them or how Ash snuck outside to

"Ash? What are you doing out here?"

"It's already this time?"

"Chupika?"

"Yeah... How long have you been out here?"

"Hours..."

"Ash, why were you out here at so early?"

"Nightmare. To be fair, normally we're not out here until later, me going to bed early just caused the nightmare to come earlier..."

"And how often does this occur...?"

"All the time... I usually just go in before you head out..."

Ash was admittedly nervous about what would come next. He wasn't sure what would come next but was expecting to be yelled at, for some reason or another. He most definitely, however, was not expecting a hug, which Kukui gave him.

"I-I'll go get ready." Ash spoke after the hug had broken off.

"Alright." Kukui replied, watching as the immortal 10-year-old walked into the house, his yellow mouse following.

After Ash got ready, he and Pikachu were off to the Pokemon School. The duo, however, was actually going to help Team Rocket with their malasada truck. They and Team Rocket have a weird relationship, and yes, Ash can see through their disguises. Yes, they're pretty much stalked Ash in order to catch Pikachu for twenty years at this point, but they have also learned to recognize when they just shouldn't. Ash and Pikachu, on the other hand, have learned that if they need to talk about something, or just escape for a bit, they could go to them, no questions asked. Well, other than them asking why he was there in the first place, which they only wanted a vague answer to, like "Just needed to escape for a bit."

Ash walked to the side of the Malasada truck and knocked. James opened the side of the truck.

"Twerp?" James asked, "What are you doing here?"

"This week is just, overwhelming, and it's Tuesday morning." Ash replied, Pikachu moving to his trainer's head and nodding.

"Come on in." James offered.

Ash smiled at him as he walked into the truck. It was a bit tight, but they could deal, they've been in worse together.

"Hi, twerp. Take a seat." Meowth spoke.

Ash simply nodded, sitting down in the seat closest to the corner. Pikachu crawled down into his lap, allowing his trainer to pet him.

Jessie, who had been putting malasadas in the clear storage display, turned around, and noticing a presence in her seat, started to say James's name, presumably yelling at him for stealing her seat, but stopped once she noticed it was "the twerp."

"Wait one second, Twerp." She spoke, turning back around, taking two malasadas out of the display.

She handed the two to the immortal 10-year-old, who immediately handed one off to his electric mouse companion, both starting to eat. Upon finishing eating, he spoke up, "Thanks, Jess."

Ash sat and talked with Team Rocket for a bit before hearing the school bell.

"I guess Pikachu and I need to get going. See you guys around!" Ash spoke, leaving the Malasada truck.

"Bye Twerp, Bye Pikachu!" Came the response from the trio.

~~~

Kukui was confused. Did Ash not get the memo that he still had to show up, because he was sure Ash had left the house before him, but Ash still wasn't at the school.

"Where's Ash?" Mallow asked.

"To be completely honest, I don't know." Kukui replied.

Ash then sped into the classroom, running right into Professor Kukui.

"And there he is." Kiawe commented.

"Sorry! I lost track of time!" Ash spoke, petting Pikachu as he moved to sit down.

"Speak of the Giratina." Kukui muttered before speaking up, "It's alright, but a bit of a warning that you weren't coming straight here would've been nice."

"Sorry, I'm still not used to telling someone where I'm going." Ash replied before muttering something under his breath.

Kukui nodded at the student, understanding, before moving to speak.

"Alright, so yesterday we managed to finish the quarterfinals, correct?" Kukui asked.

"Yeah, that's where we left off." Lillie spoke up.

"Who do you think will win?" Kiawe asked, "I think the guy with the Greninja will!"

This came as a surprise to the class, as Kiawe tended to think that trainers with fire type aces would win, even when they obviously wouldn't. The archives of the battles that the class were watching had kept the identities of the trainers secret, due to the Kalos Crisis and the known involvement of the finalists.

Ash gave a weak smile to Kiawe before nodding along, not really paying much attention to the new topic. Apparently, Lana thought "the guy with the Greninja" would win as well, Mallow thought "the guy with the Sceptile" would win, Sophocles and Rotom thought "the guy with the Charizard" would win, and Lillie thought "the guy with the Garchomp" would win. Put into simpler terms, Kiawe and Lana were rooting for Ash, Mallow was rooting for Sawyer, Sophocles and Rotom were rooting for Alain, and Lillie was rooting for Remo. However, the class, apart from Ash, didn't know the names or faces of the people, as they had been censored for privacy.

"Ash, Professor, who do you guys think is going to win?" Mallow asked.

"I already watched these battles, so I already know who won." Kukui spoke, "I was rooting for the guy with the Greninja though."

Ash smiled at the professor before speaking.

"I watched the league live." Ash spoke, "I really wasn't rooting for anyone in particular at this point, as I was rooting for the guys with the Greninja, Charizard, and Sceptile."

It wasn't a lie, per say, as he did technically watch the league live and was hoping one of his friends would win if he didn't, but he just wasn't including the entire truth.

With that, Kukui started the video, which started with the first battle, Remo vs Alain. Alain pretty much swept with Charizard.

"That's so cool!" Mallow exclaimed, "He pretty much swept and it wasn't even with a legendary!"

Ash and Pikachu flinched, remembering Tobias and the Lily of the Valley Conference.

"Heh, yeah. I remember watching reruns of the Lily of the Valley Conference with that guy with the Darkrai." Kiawe spoke, "The guy whose Pikachu tied with Latios was the only one to even beat Darkrai."

"Why are Pikachu used so much in leagues?" Sophocles questioned, "Ash, since you have a Pikachu, you would know, right?"

"I've only ever seen a Pikachu used in the Indigo Plateau Conference, the Silver Conference, the Ever Grande Conference, the Lily of the Valley Conference, the Vertress Conference, the Lumiose Conference, and now the Manalo Conference." Ash replied, "To be honest, I don't really know why though."

That was a big fat lie. He knew exactly why, they were his battles he had seen Pikachu used in, after all. Pikachu was his number one buddy, and he wasn't going to not use Pikachu in an entire league.

"Well it's interesting." Sophocles spoke, "Pikachu isn't a Pokemon I would expect to be used all that much. I mean, it's not even fully evolved and isn't really viable in battles like those."

"Does a Pokemon being fully evolved even matter?" Ash was quick to counter, scratching Pikachu's chin, who was seething in anger, "I mean, Rowlet's not fully evolved either and he took down Decidueye and helped me beat the Professor. And Pikachu... Well, he's just Pikachu."

"Yes, but outside of Alola, trainers are trying to be the strongest they possibly can, and since evolving their pokemon makes them stronger, wouldn't they want to evolve their Pikachus into Raichu?" Sophocles questioned.

"Sophocles, Ash, please drop the subject." Kukui spoke, knowing how defensive Ash could get over this specific topic and how quickly Ash could reach that level of defensiveness.

"Maybe they just don't want to evolve! Maybe they want to show the world how strong they can be without evolving!" Ash exclaimed, getting defensive, "That's how Pikachu feels, I know that for a fact!" The electric mouse nodded as his cheeks sparked in anger, "Just because a Pokemon evolves doesn't mean it's suddenly stronger! That requires training and evolving doesn't make a Pokemon stronger overnight! It might create a small power boost but Pokemon are only as strong as they train to be!"
(I feel like that's how it works in the anime tbh)

With that, Ash and Pikachu stormed out of the classroom. Sophocles recieved glares from his classmates due to him somehow making the kid who is never mad without good reason, such as a poacher or a trainer abandoning their Pokemon, unless it's food related, angry.

"Class, please stop glaring at Sophocles." Kukui spoke, "Sophocles, if you cold meet me in the hall."

Sophocles meekly nodded, moving to the hallway. The class were quick to drop their glares.

Kukui wasn't going to punish Sophocles, he was just going to have a conversation with him. He'd do the same with Ash at a later time, as now was certainly not a good time. Ash was the type to need to be mostly alone when they got angry.

Back with Ash, he had ran outside and to the back of the school, where he let himself be vulnerable and was crying. Pikachu was sat on Ash's knees, still upset about what Sophocles said.

Rotomdex had silently followed them out earlier and was now watching the duo curiously.

~~~

"Ash, are you alright?" Rotomdex finally spoke after a solid half an hour.

" 'm fine." Ash carefully replied, still unmoved from the half fetal position he originally sat down in. Pikachu, on the other hand, had moved to Ash's head.

"You don't look fine." Rotomdex spoke.

"Well, I am." Ash sharply replied, immediately regretting it, "Wait- no. I didn't mean it like that!"

"Pikapi." Came Pikachu's voice.

"You're right, Pikachu..." Ash spoke, "Sorry, Rotom..."

"

•••

~another unnamed called ash is in a textbook in drafts~

Ash was flipping through his new textbook, bored out of his mind during a class about the Light Trio, when he suddenly paused on one of the pages. He had already met the trio, why did he need to learn about them? Pikachu, who had been watching Ash, also stopped to look at the page. Both stared at the picture, it staring right back.

There, it all its glory, was a picture of Ash and Pikachu, Ash in his original outfit.

Ash racked his brain, trying to remember when the photo was taken. Pikachu seemed to be doing the same. Both seemed to remember at the same time, as they looked at each other and nodded. The photo was taken in the Orange Islands, shortly after the incident in Shamouti. Ash turned the page to see another picture of himself, this time from Johto, as evident by the Todadile standing next to him and Pikachu.

Another page turn, another picture, this time from LaRousse City in Hoenn. Another page turn, a photo from Rota. Another flip, a photo from Sinnoh. Another turn, a photo from Unova. Another page turn, the photo of him and his team being awarded medals for helping save Kalos. Ash could only assume that photo was used because Ash started openly dodging cameras and interviews in Kalos. Another page turn, a photo of Ash after he won the Alola league. He turned the page once more and a chart of all of his pokemon were displayed, with a picture of himself in Kanto also on the page. Some photos were of just Ash and Pikachu, and others were of him with some of his other pokemon. The picture from Kanto even had Brock and Misty in it.

Ash was panicking, when had he given permission for something like this, and recently too? They had literally just got the textbooks today and they were newly printed. The only thing like this Ash could remember giving permission for anytime somewhat recent was for Gary, and the company he was working with had promised that it wouldn't be accessible to the general public. Had he agreed to something else or had the company blatantly lied? Because he knew Gary himself would never pull something like this. He started reading through it, checking if it matched up with Gary's original draft, which Gary had sent to make sure he was okay with. They matched very well, which made Ash upset. He pulled out his phone, hidden from Kukui of course, and texted Gary, asking him if he was okay with a video call in an hour or two. The researcher was quick to reply, agreeing.

Ash then shut the book, sticking a piece of paper on the first page of the section about him. Zoning back into the class, Kukui had apparently been dragged off topic by Sophocles, as Sophocles was questioning if the Ultra Wormholes were connected to Giratina and the Distortion World.

"I don't know what the Distortion World is l-" "No. They're completely separate." Ash cut in, cutting off Kukui.

"Okay then..." Sophocles trailed off.

"You know what the Distortion World is like?" Kukui asked.

"Yeah...?" Ash hesitantly spoke.

"How?" Sophocles asked, "There's no information about it anywhere I've looked, and I've done a lot of digging."

"I've also done a bit of research on the Distortion World. There was nothing saying what the Distortion World is like." Lillie spoke.

"Have you met Giratina?" Mallow questioned.

"You've been to the Distortion World, haven't you?" Kiawe asked.

"He was sucked into the Distortion World because Giratina wanted to kill him and he narrowly escaped." Lana suggested.

"...Giratina's pretty chill though...Wouldn't kill..." Ash muttered in Kantonian, "...Especially not anymore..."

"Huh?" Lana asked, not knowing any Kantonian.

"I met a guy who was researching the Distortion World..." Ash lied.

"Oh..." Lana spoke, disappointed.

•••

~The Greninja Festival~

"Welcome to the Greninja Festival!" Mallow says, showing Ash the area behind them.

Many booths were set up with various Kalosian trinkets and treats. Most had at least a few things based on "The Hero Greninja," but most things were just vaguely Kalosian, as the festival was mostly used as an excuse to celebrate Kalosian culture. Many Kalosians come to the island each year to help celebrate, but due to "The Hero Greninja" showing up in the Kalos League and Kalos Crisis, more Kalosians came than ever previously recorded.

Ash gave a weak smile towards Pikachu, who nudged Ash's cheek in response.

"Pikapi?" Pikachu asked, worriedly.

"Yeah, I'll be okay." Ash said, "Let's try to enjoy it."

"Pi." Pikachu replied.

"Ash, come on!" Mallow called.

"I'm coming!" Ash replied, walking towards the festival.

After entering the festival area, Ash noticed his classmates were all waiting for him and Mallow. Rotom, who had been following Ash, took this as a chance to read off Greninja's pokedex entry.

"Greninja, the ninja pokemon. It appears and vanishes with a ninja's grace. It toys with its enemies using swift movements, while slicing them with throwing stars of sharpest water." Rotom read.

"Why does Alola celebrate Greninja?" Ash curiously asked.

"Have you ever heard of the Kalosian legend known as The Legend of Ninja Village?" Lillie asked.

"Yeah?" Ash replied, confused.

"Well, there's a second part to the legend. This part says that the Greninja that helped protect Ninja Village also helped protect Alola from the Ultra Beasts as well." Lillie spoke.

Ash's eyes widened as he nearly gasped and took a step backwards, realizing that it probably meant Greninja would return sometime soon. Pikachu, feeling the hidden excitement from his trainer, smiled and nuzzled Ash. Legends and prophecies did have their way around Ash, after all.

"Ash, is that you?" A new voice called.

Ash looked around, only stopping when saw Sanpei, his Greninja next to him.

"Sanpei, Alola!" Ash exclaimed, "You too, Greninja."

"Ash, good to see you!" Sanpei replied, smiling.

The ninja's Greninja simply nodded in agreement to this statement as Pikachu greeted him and Sanpei.

"Everyone, meet Sanpei!" Ash introduced the ninja, "And this is his Greninja."

"Hello!"

"Alola! I'm Mallow!"

"Nice to meet you, I'm Kiawe."

"Alola, I'm Lana."

"I'm Sophocles. Alola!"

"Alola, its nice to meet you. I'm Lillie."

"This is Rotomdex, who's a Rotom possessing a Pokedex."

"It's nice to meet all of you as well." The ninja spoke.

"I have so many questions!" Rotom exclaimed.

"I wasn't expecting to see you here." The ninja spoke, the comment directed towards Ash, "Especially after everything that happened."

"Yeah... To be completely honest, I was dragged here while being unaware of what I was getting into." Ash spoke.

Sanpei nodded, understanding, "That makes sense. I know Clemont and Bonnie are here, if you want to see them."

Ash smiled and nodded. He'd be sure to find them at some point.

"Is your Greninja the Greninja?" Kiawe curiously asked as Lana fangirled over meeting the ninja pokemon.

"No." Sanpei glanced at Ash, "I was able to meet the Greninja though. He actually used to look up to my Greninja."

"Really?" Lana's eyes sparkled, "What was it like?"

Ash almost said something, but caught himself before he did.

"He and his trainer were very alike. They both were almost too willing to help when the tiniest thing came up." Sanpei spoke.

Ash discreetly gave Sanpei a look, Pikachu doing the same. Sanpei stifled a laugh.

"Sanpei!!!" A ninja yelled from the nearby booth, "It's getting busy over here, so..."

The yelling was temporarily faded into the background as Sanpei spoke, "I've got to go back. I'll see you guys around."

The group all said their farewells to the ninja and his Greninja as they walked back to their booth.

"We've gotta go check out Valerie's designs for this year!!!" Mallow suddenly exclaimed.

"You're right!" Came Lillie's voice.

"Let's go!" Lana exclaimed.

"Are all of Kalos's gym leaders here?" Ash questioned before the girls could run off.

"Yeah. They all normally come every year, since it occurs right between the gyms closing for the season and the league there." Kiawe spoke, "Though apparently the electric type gym leader didn't show up last year."

"I heard he was traveling with somebody or something." Sophocles shared.

"Doesn't he have a speaking position in the presentation?" Lana questioned.

"Yeah, but so do all of the other gym leaders." Mallow pointed out.

"According to the timetable though," Lillie pointed to the gym leaders section, where the Kalosian gym leaders were listed by type, "He has the longest section out of everyone in the presentation."

"That's pretty weird." Mallow commented, "Anyways, are we going to go look at Valerie's designs now?"

The other two girls nodded in agreement, heading off towards Valerie's pop-up boutique, the boys reluctantly following, as the group didn't want to separate and get lost in the large event, which had started to get busy. Once the gang arrived, the girls immediately started looking, whereas the boys stood off to the side, conversing among themselves. Or at least they were, until Valerie walked up to them.

"Hey, Valerie!" Ash smiled at the fairy type gym leader.

"Hi, Ash, how are you?"

"Doing great!" He gave a thumbs up, "Heard about the legend earlier."

"You know Valerie?" Kiawe and Sophocles questioned while Ash mouthed "D filled you in, right?"

At Valerie's nod, Ash spoke, "Of course! I did challenge her, after all!" He turned back towards Valerie, "These are some of my friends from Alola!"

"Alola! I'm Sophocles!"

"I'm Kiawe. It's an honor to meet you."

•••

~Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Continue~

"Alola!" Kukui said to the class.

"Alola!" They replied.

"Class, tomorrow we are going on another field trip." Kukui announced.

"If it's another field trip to Akala Island!" Mallow said, tired of going to Akala.

•••

~Unnamed, called "greninja and ash are asshats" in drafts~

"Shouldn't you ask it's trainer or it if they're okay with us studying it?"

"We would, but we don't know who the Greninja's trainer is and we wouldn't be able to understand it."

•••

~Dreams Do Come True~

"Eevee won't cause any trouble! I promise!"

In a sign of agreement, Eevee nodded.

"It's not a matter of if your Eevee will behave or not. If the other students saw your Eevee being able to freely roam, they would start asking the same. You can bring Eevee to school if you keep it in its Pokeball, otherwise, leave it at home."

"But the Battle class I'm in requires six Pokemon! And I don't have any other Pokemon! Besides, I can't put Eevee in her Pokeball! She hates it and I'm not about to force her out of her comfort zone!"

Eevee, who had been in my arms, moved to my shoulder and nuzzled my cheek.

"Take a different battle class then. We have battle classes for people with all kinds of different amounts of Pokemon."

"That's not an option! I worked my butt off to get into Advanced Honors Battling!" That was a lie, not that Mr. Josephine, the Principal, needed to know that. "And here I thought you'd know that Pokemon are our best friends more than anyone!" I paused, remembering the rivalry between this school and Southwest. "If you don't accept Eevee and I, we could always go to Southwest instead. Knowing you denied us would probably make them extremely willing to accept us."

"I suppose we could work something out. You'd have to be willing to take responsibility for your Eevee's actions, however." Mr. Josephine agreed.

I nodded, agreeing, "Thank you so much!"

"VeeVee!" Eevee cheered.

Following this agreement, we quickly planned another meeting before Eevee and I left his office, heading outside. There, my mother was waiting in her car. Opening the passenger car door, I got in. After sitting, Eevee hopped into my lap.

"How'd it go?" Mom questioned, curious.

"We're going to Northeast!" I cheered, Eevee doing similarly so.

Mom smiled before I swapped topics, ranting about how Voltorb used to look different and be a grass type. It was a lot friendlier too.

~~~

Once walking into the house, Mom's partner, an Eevee named Daisy, jumped at her. Mom's Chimchar, Petunia, was also in the living room, bit was much more chill than Daisy and slowly approached Mom. It was a bit surprising that Mom's Herdier, Bo, and Poochyena, Luke, weren't also in the room. However, on my way to my room, I noticed that they were in the kitchen. Tulip, Mom's Kangaskhan, and Orchid, Mom's Nidoqueen, mostly lived outside, alongside Dad's Pokemon.

Dad, for his part, owns eight Pokemon. His partner is his Torterra. He also has a Nidoking, Rampardos, Sirfetch'd, Swellow, Raichu, Octillery, and Pangoro. All of his Pokemon tend to live outside, mostly due to most of their sizes. My Pokemon, on the other hand, were small enough to live in the house with us.

As I opened the door to my room, Popplio, my "official" starter, looked over first, and seeing that it was Eevee and I, made her way over to us, my other team members following. I made my way to the middle of my room, after shutting my door, and sat down, Eevee bouncing off my head to join the others. 

While I would usually have the rest of my team with me anytime I went somewhere, they decided to stay home while Eevee and I went to convince the Northeast Principal to allow Eevee to be out of her Pokeball during school hours. I only have six Pokemon, but unless other Pokemon decide to join me, that's all I need.

First and foremost, there's Eevee, my number 1. She's a bit of a brat, but always means well. She's extremely curious and loves learning, not too far off from me. However, unlike me, she's a bit outgoing and loves taking risks and trying new things. Eevee and I tend to get a bit anxious when separated, and this anxiety only accelerates the longer we've been apart.

Next, there's Riolu. He's a tad overprotective, but also quite soft. Even with his softer side, he's quick to anger, and has almost attacked my brother and dad on multiple occasions. He also sometimes gets jealous of Eevee. He can be extremely competitive at times, but is often quite child-like in private.

Popplio may be a bit of a show off at times, but is usually only trying to make others happy or cheer them up after a bad day. Occasionally, she can be a bit of a mother hen, especially towards Cyndaquil, but is usually more on the relaxed side. She loves giving others encouragement as well.

Cyndaquil, on the other hand, is timid, extremely so. He's even more timid than me, which is an accomplishment in itself. He's also quite untrusting of others. Based on what the school told me, it was a miracle that I was even able to get Cyndaquil to trust me. When exclusively around those he trusts, he's a bit of a prankster, doing things that would seem out of character to an outsider. Despite this, he's extremely clingy and affectionate towards me, while still remaining distant from others.

Bulbasaur tends to get anxious about things. She's also quite timid, although nowhere near as much as Cyndaquil. At times, she's

•••

~The PML is Over~

"Bye, Bettie!" "We'll miss you!" "Come check out a Contest Spectacular sometime! Bye!"

"Bye Tate, Lisa! I'll be sure to, Lisia! Goodbye!"

As final trio walked away to get on their plane to Hoenn, Bettie fell to her knees, sobbing. Bettie's Pikachu ran onto the trainer's lap, allowing its trainer

•••

~Miraculous Watches Miraculous~

"Why am I here again?"

"You're literally a part of my consciousness, how did you forget, especially already?"

"Dimension traveling makes you forget some things sometimes, did you forget that?"

"Admittedly, yes. Just go into the school, say you're a new student, then bring them all here. Then go get Kagami, Luka, and Zoe."

"Ugh, fine. The popcorn better be ready by the time I get back."

"It will be, don't worry, mate."

"Good. I'll be back soon."

With that, a feminine presenting person snapped, cutting off connection. The person had light brown hair thrown into a ponytail using a black ponytail holder, blue-green hazel eyes, and freckles dotting their face. They were white, having skin that wasn't necessarily pale, but definitely wasn't tanned at all, and wore black tennis shoe like shoes with knots tied where the shoelaces come out, medium blue jean shorts, a red shirt with a sunflower in the upper left, and a light pink North Face jacket. On the outer pocket on the left, there were three pins pinned. They were pinned in a sideways triangle. The one on the top left was of the asexual flag, the center right was of the agender flag, and the bottom left of the aromantic flag.

They checked the time on their phone before walking out of the alleyway they were in. Noticing Ladybug and Chat Noir, they chose to follow them, hoping they were leaving an akuma attack rather than going to one. Noticing that they were heading to the school, they realized they were right. They ran towards the school, making their way to Mr. Damocles's office. They knocked, remembering what had happened in Stoneheart.

"Come in." Mr. Damocles spoke from behind the door.

They opened the door as they felt their nerves rising. What if they messed up? What if they embarrassed themself and had to live with that embarrassment their entire life? Those were some if the thoughts going through their head.

"I-I'm a uh... new student... and I uh... just am in need of a class assignment!" They quickly spoke, as they tend to do when they're nervous.

Mr. Damocles nodded, looking over his files.

"I just received your file. Based on it, I think you'd make a perfect fit in Miss Bustier's class." Mr. Damocles spoke in reply.

They nodded as Mr. Damocles got up, "I'll escort you."

They nodded again, saving the thanks for later, as they started to follow the man. The man led them to a classroom and knocked on the door. Miss Bustier was quick to open the door.

"You have a new student." He spoke to Miss Bustier, who nodded and motioned for them to come in.

"T-Thank you uh... sir... I-I think I uh... can take it from uh... here!" They spoke quickly again, nerves once again rising.

Mr. Damocles nodded and walked back to his office as they walked into the room.

"Class, we have a new student!" Miss Bustier spoke before turning to them, "Would you like to introduce yourself?"

Feeling eyes of the class on them, they froze. They realized they were not the smartest at that moment, sending the part of them that was afraid of people to the miraculous world without the part with the superiority complex.

They closed their eyes before speaking very quickly, "I-I'm Van! Just a uh.. few things to remember, I'm agender and uh... use any thingie thing- pronouns, I can and will make fun of you, and I'll mostly uh.. shut up unless needed!"

"Van? That was the best name you could come up with?" The other part of "Van's" consciousness spoke.

"Oh shut up, like you could do better. Besides, I was nervous." Van replied.

"I happened to have kept the creative part of us."

"Ugh, why'd you keep all the good parts?"

"Because you're just meant to be Sav with extra steps."

"You know how I feel about Sav."

"Me too, me too. But Sav's really only there to please people. She's such a doormat."

"True, true."

"Are you alright?" Came Marinette's voice from the classroom.

To the class, it looked like Van had just froze or zoned out, leaving them worried.

Van smiled, "Y-Yeah... I-I'm uh... fine."

Van then snapped, transporting the class back to where Van came from.

~~~

After arriving, Marinette was the first to awaken. She noticed a person who looked exactly like Van turning off a popcorn machine.

"Van?" Marinette asked, confused.

"Just wait. And no, I'm not Van." They replied, coming off colder than Van previously had.

They glanced around the room, sighing when they saw Lila, who wasn't supposed to be here.

"Why the fuck did you bring Lila here?"

"Why not?" Van had replied through their link.

"Fair enough."

Just then, Adrien woke up as Luka appeared in the room, also out.

"Marinette?" Adrien asked, seeing her, "Do you have any clue where we are?"

"No, I don't." Came Marinette's response, both Alya and Luka waking up.

Zoe was the next to appear in the room, although Kagami was quick to follow, Van in tow. Van and the unknown Van clone snapped, waking up the remainder of the Miraculous Crew.

"Hey, Van, welcome back." The mysterious person deadpanned before snapping again, Van disappearing.

"What just happened?" Marinette audibly questioned.

"We just recombined. Anyway, welcome to our brain. I'm Vannah, Van was just a part of my consciousness I split off to collect you guys. Here, you'll learn lots of things. I can't exactly tell you what yet, but some-" Vannah glanced at Alya before staring at Luka, "know more than others."

"Can I move closer? I can't see that well and I forgot my contacts, although I need a new prescription." Lila spoke, moving to get up.

"No, you may not." Vannah hissed at girl, "I know what you've done."

Seeing the popcorn machine, Kim spoke, "Can I have some popcorn?"

"No." Vannah hissed again moving to lean her back on the machine, "Food is mine."

'Stop being hostile before they hate you, just like most people. You actually like these people.'

'It's hard though.'

'Tough luck, I guess.'

Some members of the class already seemed overwhelmed with Vannah's hostility.

"Anyways, as I was saying, some people know more than others, and most of you, if not all of you, will remember what you will learn when you go back to your world. There are a few people who will need to be evaluated-" Vannah took a quick glance at Chloe before glaring at Lila, "to see if they can keep this knowledge."

Vannah pulled a remote out of their pocket and turned on a projector, revealing a screen saying "Miraculous Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir."

"You guys will be watching this, from the beginning up to now. Someone come get me after Marinette stands up to Chloe, please." Vannah spoke again, unpausing the screen and walking into a separate room, to which they promptly shut the door.

Scene: Hawk Moth's lair

Nooroo: Many centuries ago, magic jewels bestowing extraordinary powers were created. These were... the Miraculous. Throughout history, heroes have used these jewels for the good of the human race. Two of these Miraculous are more powerful than the others; the earrings of the Ladybug, which provide the power of creation; and the ring of the Black Cat, which grants the power of destruction. According to legend, whoever controls both these jewels at the same time, will achieve absolute power.

"That's some interesting history." Alya commented.

"Now I get why Hawkmoth wants the miraculouses so bad. He wants the absolute power, which is totally not cool!" Alix exclaimed.

•••

~The Adventures of the (Sa)Vannahs~

[Date],

Trainer, you are invited to a special event. All information for the event is on the back.

Thank you.

~~~

Armory took a deep breath, pushing the doors to the mysterious building open. The Froakie on their shoulder patted the back of their head. The lights were off and the doors snapped in place.

"Did I show up too early?" Armory questioned, "Was I supposed to get here at 8? Not 6?"

Their Froakie unzipped and dove into their backpack, popping back out once she had found the invitation. She shoved it into her trainer's face.

"It says 6. Then... where is everyone? Why are the lights off?" Armory spoke, taking the invitation from Froakie.

"Who knows." Froakie voiced, "But shouldn't you go in?"

"I suppose you're right." Armory replied to the frog, "Let's go."

With that, they walked in, searching for a light switch. Once they found the switch, they turned on the lights, which also turned on a robot in the middle of the room.

"Please place your invitation in here." The robot spoke, pointing to the slot on it.

"Froakie, you wanna put it in?" Amory questioned their partner, holding the invitation for her to take if she wanted to.

"Yeah!" She replied, snagging the invitation from her trainer's hand and moving to put it into the robot.

"Please place your hand on the tablet on the table by the brown double doors you have not yet walked through. Have your partner do the same." The robot instructed once the invitation was in the slot.

Froakie moved back to her partner's shoulder. Armory walked to the table by the brown double doors, squatting down so their partner could reach the tablet next to the one they were at. They both placed their hand onto the respective tablet, which unlocked the doors.

"Vannah Armory has arrived." An automated voice spoke.

The doors opened, revealing a former ball room, which had been converted to a battle field. The lights turned on, revealing the bleachers on either side of the battle field. Armory moved to set their things on the bleachers. As soon as they stepped in, however, the doors slammed shut.

They screamed.

Froakie, on the other hand, seemed unbothered, rather moving to calm her now panicked friend.

"Thanks, girl." Armory spoke once they had calmed.

Froakie smiled.

Amory sat their stuff down on one of the bleachers before sitting on the bleachers themself. Froakie hopped into their lap. Armory sighed, pulling out their phone as they anxiously waited for someone else to show up.

~~~

"Lalette! Girl, hurry! We don't wanna be late!" Bril called to the Togekiss following them.

"You can slow down, we're almost there." The Togekiss, Lalette, smiled fondly in reply.

Bril turned around and stuck their tongue out at the Togekiss before running off.

"Wait for me!!!" Lalette called, chasing her trainer.

This chase came to a halt as Bril paused in front of a mysterious white building. Lalette drifted behind them.

"Think this is the place?" Bril asked.

"I don't know, check the invitation." Lalette replied.

"Okay, sheesh. Love you too." Bril spoke as they dug the invitation out from their pocket.

Lalette curiously poked around as Bril read the invitation.

"Girl, c'mon. This is the place."

Lalette continued drifting behind Bril as they opened the wood doors and walked into the building, only letting the doors shut once Lalette was inside.

"Please place your invitation in here." The robot spoke, sensing them as it pointed to the slot on itself.

"Lette?" Bril questioned, causing the fairy-flying type to nod.

Lalette's eyes glowed blue as she created a blue outline around the invitation and levitated it through the room. She put it inside the slot before releasing it, causing her eyes to go back to normal.

"Thanks, girl." Bril smiled, causing the jubilee Pokemon to trill.

"Please place your hand on the tablet on the table by the brown double doors you have not yet walked through. Have your partner do the same." The robot instructed.

"What counts as my hand?" Lalette questioned while the duo moved to the tablets.

"Maybe your wing..?" Bril suggested.

"I'll try it." Lalette replied as the duo put their hand and wing on the respective tablets.

"Vannah Bril has arrived." An automated voice spoke as the doors unlocked and opened.

Armory fumbled with their phone until they successfully grasped it and put it away as Bril and Lalette raced into the room. The doors slammed shut again.

Both humans caught sight of each other at the same time and started speaking in sync, with Armory sounding quieter and more unsure, "Were you the one that invited us here?"

Bril smiled, "Guess not. By the way, what Pokemon is that? I've never seen it before!"

"A Froakie...? It's the water-type starter in the Kalos region...?" Armory explained as Froakie waved from their lap, "Although this Froakie is from the Hoenn region."

"No wonder I've never seen it before! See, I'm from Sinnoh! My name's Vannah Bril, but just call me Bril!" Bril shared as their team chose to pop out of their Pokeballs, "And this is my team!"

Armory watched as the team swarmed their trainer, with a Toxicroak standing slightly further away than the rest of the team. Bril, noticing this, ran over to the posion and fighting-type frog and hugged it.

Still hugging the frog Pokemon, Bril spoke up again, smiling, "The Togekiss is Lalette! She's my number one! Then there's Starcher, the Staraptor! He's super reliable and was the first Pokemon I ever caught! Next's Atlantic, my Empoleon! He's my starter and he's probably the most mature one between all of us! Yvain's the Gallade and he's a bit protective! This here's Eserine and even though she may not look it, she's a total sweetheart! Finally there's Sinnohmon, my Lopunny! He's definitely the mom friend!"

As their names were mentioned, Lalette twirled, Starcher let out a small gust of wind, Atlantic shot out a small squirt of water, Yvain sliced his arm towards Armory and Froakie, Eserine croaked, and Sinnohmon let out a punch. Bril finally decided to let go of Eserine after the introduction.

As their Froakie approached Eserine and they joined Bril in the middle of the battle field, Armory curiously questioned Bril, "Do these nicknames have meanings? Or did you just randomly come up with them?"

"They have meaning! When I was younger I remember reading about this alternate world that I fell in love with so I named Atlantic after one of their oceans! Then Starcher's name was inspired by the other current champion of Sinnoh's Staraptor, Starch. Starcher's better though, so he gets the -er added! Sinnohmon is a mix of Sinnoh and Cinnamon, although now that I think about it, their Lopunny is named the same thing but with the Cinnamon part being spelled incorrectly. Yvain's named after one of the Knights of The Round Table!"

"You mean from the Galarian Legends?"

"Yeah! Anyways, then there's Lalette, who's name means joy or happiness, and since she's the jubilee Pokemon... I thought it fit quite nicely! Finally, there's Eserine, who's pretty much named after a toxic drug!"

"I'm sorry... what?"

"She's a posion type, so it fits!"

"You named your Pokemon after a drug?"

"Look, the drug's name sounds like a real name and I was struggling! I just realized I never asked for your name!"

"My name is Vannah Armory, but just call me Armory."

"Ooh, Armory's a pretty name. Anyways, what other Pokemon do you have?"

"Let's see... There's all the starters, Wigglytuff, Clefable, and Manectric."

"Isn't that more than six?"

"See, I'm not actually a trainer. I just help pokemon that have been abandoned, abused, or injured get back up in health and find new trainers. I also take in Pokemon trainers can't keep for other reasons to help them find new homes. I mostly work with a trainer from Galar, who takes in a lot of Pokemon I receive. They've told me they'd take more if Galar wasn't so strict about what species can move in and out of it. They've been quite busy recently as well." Armory explained, "I also receive Pokemon from another trainer, but I don't know exactly where they're from."

"Oh, okay! Can I meet them? Sinnoh's closed off to any region besides the eastern regions, so I don't know the starters."

"Sure!" Armory smiled, reaching for the pokeballs, great balls, and sole ultra ball that littered their waist, "Everyone, come on out!"

"Tsutarja, Pokabu, and Oshawott, could you three come here for a second?" They spoke once the Pokemon had gotten comfortable and most went off to make some new friends. The duo of humans had also sat on the battlefield.

The three Pokemon in question came running back and stood proudly in front of Armory.

"So this is the Unovan Starter trio..." Bril commented.

Pointing to the corresponding member of the trio, Armory spoke, "Mhm. This here's Snivy. She's Unova's grass starter. Then, there's Tepig, the fire starter. Finally, Oshawott, who's the water starter."

"They're all so cute!" Bril commented as the Oshawott ran up to them, "What do their evolutions look like?"

Pulling out her phone, Armory found a photo of the starters with their evolutions.

Showing Bril, they continued, "Snivy evolves into Servine, which evolves into Serperior. Then there's Tepig, who evolves into Pignite, who then evolves into Emboar. Finally, Oshawott evolves into Dewott and then into-" "Vannah Ivory has arrived."

Both humans and all of the Pokemon turned to look at the doors as they were pushed open by a Samurott and the yell of "Blueberry!!!" from behind. Yvain was immediately directly in front of the Samurott as it continued rampaging in.

"Yvain, we might have to attack it. Stay ready!" Bril called out, "It's the same pokemon as from the picture. It's already been established to be water type, so thunderbolt would probably be our best bet."

"Blueberry, return!" The voice that had yelled before called as a red light enveloped the fully evolved water type starter before it disappeared.

"Sorry! He's not normally like this, this only happens when something's stressing him out!" The person who was now visible spoke.

"Yvain! Stand down!" Bril called out, recognizing the threat was gone, before replying to the person, "It's fine! Don't worry about it!"

The Gallade understood and went back to where it was before, with all of the other Pokemon.

Looking down at the Pokeball in their hand, Ivory nodded, "I'm gonna take a moment just to talk with him over there." They pointed to the corner farthest away from the group before walking over to the corner, awkwardly doing finger guns, and rereleasing their Samurott from his pokeball and talking to him.

The other two humans blinked before speaking at the same time, "That was weird."

Bril then spoke again, "Then what's that Pokemon's name? It was the one you said Dewott evolves into but I never got a name for it!"

Armory smiled, "It's a Samurott."

"That's so cool! Then, what about the Kalos starters? You already showed me Froakie, but what about the other two and all three of their evolutions?" Bril asked, curious.

"Tsutarja, Pokabu, Oshawott, you three can go now. Would you mind getting Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie for me though?" Armory spoke to the Unovan trio.

The trio seemed to comply, as they went back to the larger group of Pokemon and got the attention of the Kalosian starters. As the Kalosian trio moved over to where the two humans stood, Ivory's Pokemon decided to appear out of their Pokeballs, barring Blueberry, who was already out. The Pokemon were a Stoutland, Boldore, Zebstrika, Lampent, and Leavanny. They, along with Blueberry, went to join the group of Pokemon. Ivory walked over to the duo of humans and apologized again before introducing themself.

"Once again, sorry! I'm Vannah Ivory, but just call me Ivory!" They exclaimed.

Froakie opted to return to her place on Armory's shoulder.

•••

~Walking In At The Wrong Time~

It was never meant to happen.

She wasn't meant to walk in.

She wasn't supposed to see.

She wasn't supposed to know.

He wasn't meant to be there.

He wasn't supposed to let it happen.

He wasn't supposed to be so careless.

It was never meant to happen.

Yet, she did.

Yet, he did.

Yet, it did.

~~~

"Pound it!" Ladybug and Chat Noir called as they fist bumped.

It was a dark, rainy, and gloomy day in Paris, and their two main heroes had just defeated another akumatized villain.

Ladybug's miraculous beeped, signaling she had two minutes before transforming back. Chat Noir's miraculous beeped right after, signaling he had four minutes before transforming back.

"Gotta go. Bug out!" Ladybug exclaimed before yo-yoing off.

Chat Noir stayed behind to talk to Mireille, who had just been akumatized. However, he noticed that he needed to leave a little too late.

One minute left.

"I've gotta go!" Chat Noir exclaimed before batoning off.

'I'm not going to make it home...' Chat Noir thought as he eyed the school before landing in front of it and running into it, heading to the locker room.

~~~

After leaving, Ladybug had landed on her balcony before detransforming. Marinette got off her balcony and walked over to her desk, about to continue a design she's been working on, when she suddenly realized she had left her sketchpad at school, in her locker.

"Tikki! Hide! I forgot my sketchpad at school!!!" Marinette exclaimed.

Tikki quickly flew into Marinette's purse as Marinette ran down the stairs and out the door of the bakery. Marinette quickly crossed the street, as no cars were coming. She then ran into the school, heading straight for the locker room.

What she had been expecting was to quickly walk in without anyone seeing her, grab her sketchpad, and walk out. What she hadn't expected, however, was to see her partner in fighting crime detransforming into the love of her life after she had walked into the locker room.

Marinette froze. Adrien panicked. An awkward silence hung in the air. After about a minute, Marinette finally spoke up.

"Y-You're-" Marinette started, only to be cut off by Adrien.

"You can't tell anyone. It could be dangerous for the both of us. It's already dangerous that you know." Adrien said.

"A-Alright." Marinette replied, still in shock.

"This is Plagg, my kwami." Adrien said as Plagg turned to face Marinette.

He made a face that basically said "Bitch, you're screwed."

"Nice to meet you Plagg, I'm Marinette." Marinette 'introduced herself'.