"Ah man," Dawn said as her face expressed disappointment towards Paul losing to Aaron. "I can't believe that Paul lost! Is there anyone, at all, that can beat Aaron?"

"Well, Dawn," Trevor began. "Since we now know what Aaron is truly capable of, in battle, it's hard to say if anyone, including me, stands a chance against that incredible amount of power that he displayed here, today."

Brock decided to join in the conversation. "Aaron's Pokémon are really powerful, especially that Lucario and Charizard of his. He's going to be a tough opponent to beat."

"Yeah," Trevor stated as he listened to the announcer saying that the next match-up of the quarterfinals will start in 15 minutes. Trevor knew that it was time for him to battle now. "Oh! That's my cue, guys. Wish me luck!"

Trevor got up and started to head towards the door of the box, before remembering something that he wanted to ask the group. He turned around and looked at the group.

"Oh hey, guys." Trevor began as the group turned to look at him, listening to what he's about to say to them. "Would it be alright if I asked Aaron to come and sit up here with you guys?"

The group thought, for a moment, before Lance gave an answer. "Yeah. Of course. He could sit up here."

Trevor nodded as he exits out of the box, and started to head down the atrium.
---
He was walking to where the stairs, leading to the corridors below, are. As he walked down the stairs, he comes across Ash and his two Pokémon, who were coming up from the corridors. Pikachu was still on Ash's shoulder, while Lucario was now walking by his side. Seeing them, Trevor stopped right in front of them.

"Hey there, Aaron," Trevor said, hoping to get a response from Ash.

"Hey, Trevor." Ash began. "I see you're ready to battle against Ritchie. He's tough, so watch out for him and Sparky."

"Don't worry, I will," Trevor responded, before remembering what he wanted to ask Ash. "By the way, the group, in the elite suite, said it would be alright for you to come and sit with them."

Ash hesitated to accept the invitation, but he knew there was some reason that Trevor wanted him to be there, especially during his match. Suddenly, something clicked in Ash's mind. He then grinned and chuckled about it, while Trevor gazed at him with a confused expression on his face.

"What's so funny, Aaron?" asked Trevor puzzled at Ash's chuckling.

"I see," Ash started as he stopped chuckling. "You want me to be there because that's where our friends will finally meet Angela and Ashley, and you want me to meet them too. Am I right?"

Trevor grinned at Ash's assumption about his reason for wanting him to be in the elite box while watching his match.

"That's right," Trevor replied. "I want you to meet them, especially Ashley. Trust me, you'll see a bit of yourself in her. Plus, it wouldn't hurt if you sit with your friends while watching a battle. Also, you get to sit next to Serena."

With that last statement, Ash smiled and blushed, underneath his mask, at Trevor's request for him to sit with the group in the elite box, and watch his battle.

"Alright," Ash answered. "I guess I'll accept their invitation and watch your battle with our friends."

Trevor smiled at Ash's response and nodded. "Sounds good. Well then?"

Something caught Trevor's attention. Ash and his Pokemon were confused. What could have caused Trevor to not finish his sentence? It didn't take long for them to find out the answer. All of a sudden, a soft voice was echoing throughout the atrium.

"Pi chu!"

Ash looked confused turned and looked at the electric mouse Pokémon, who was sitting on his shoulder.

"Did you say something, buddy?" Ash questioned Pikachu as it responded by shaking its head sideways, which meant no.

The trio looked around the atrium to find out where the source of that voice came from. Trevor didn't appear confused at all. In fact, there was a bright smile on his face. Ash turned to look at Trevor's expression.

"What's with that smile, Trev?" A confused Ash asked his friend. Trevor chuckles in response to Ash's question.

"Well, Aaron," Trevor said. "I believe you are about to meet them right now."

"Huh?" Ash responded as he's getting more confused. Then suddenly, they started to hear more voices.

"Cha char, charm, cha!" One voice was saying.

"Eh-Veh! Eh-Voi!" Another was saying.

"Pi, pi, chu, pic hu!" It was the same voice from before.

The next voice they heard didn't sound like a Pokemon at all. It sounded like a child.

"I'm going to beat you, guys!" The child yelled.

The voice they heard next belonged to the child's parent.

"Slow down! There's no need to rush! We'll make it there on time!" The parent shouted to her child.

Lucario then uses the power of aura, to sense where the voices might be coming from. As he does uses aura to locate the sources of the voices, his eyes are closed, his ears rise upward while vibrating, and Lucario extends his right paw outward so that he could figure out where the voices were coming from.

After a few seconds, Lucario suddenly opened his eyes and turned around to point where the voices were coming from.

As Lucario pointed towards the hallway of the atrium behind them. Ash, Pikachu, and Trevor noticed three small Pokémon running towards them.

One of the small Pokémon was a Pichu, the pre-evolved form of Pikachu. The tiny mouse Pokémon appeared as a small, ground-dwelling rodent creature, with pale yellow fur. Its ear tips, collar, and tail were black and angular.

The other small Pokémon was a Charmander, one of the Kanto Starters, whose final evolved form is Charizard. The lizard Pokémon appeared as a bipedal, reptilian creature with a primarily orange body. Its underside, from the chest down and soles, are cream-colored. It has two small fangs, visible in both its upper and lower jaws and blue eyes. Its arms and legs are short with four fingers and three clawed toes. A fire burns at the tip of the Pokémon's slender tail.

The third Pokemon was an Eevee, a Pokemon that has eight different evolution forms. It is a mammalian, quadruped creature with primarily brown fur. The tip of its bushy tail and its large furry collar are cream-colored. It has short, slender legs with three small toes and a pink paw pad on each foot. The Eevee Pokemon has brown eyes, long pointed ears, and a small black nose.

Behind the small Pokémon, came a running three-year-old girl, who appears to be playing with them. Judging from the happiness and joy two Pokémon were clearly having fun, as shown through them smiling.

The three-year girl was 37 inches tall. She was wearing a cute pink t-shirt with Pikachu's face at the center of the t-shirt. Her shorts were blue. On her feet, she wore red and orange sneakers, with Eevee's face on the heel tip of the sneakers, along with Charmander-themed socks. The orange socks has Charmander's face on them. Her short hair had a light brown color to it. On top of her head, she wore a baseball cap, turned backward, that had a Pokéball symbol at the center. As the little girl runs, her face shows a wide smile as she's laughing, while chasing after the three small Pokémon in front of her.

Finally, a young adult female appeared, far behind the little girl. She was the excited child's mother. The woman appears to be in her 20's, as shown through her young looks. She stood 5' 4'' tall. The mother's black hair is shoulder length. She's wearing a tie-dye Bandanna to keep her hair back. The color of her eyes are gold. Around her neck, she's wearing an emerald necklace that's decorated with a gold Celtic Cross. Her outfit consists of jeans, olive green jacket, with many pockets, brown vans (shoes). She's trying to keep up with her energetic child; but clearly, the little girl was much quicker.

As they got closer to them, the masked trainer turned to the still smiling Trevor, only to notice the smile got bigger. Based on that smile, Ash realizes who those people are.

"Trevor, Are they-" but before Ash could even finish asking his question, Trevor immediately answered it.

"Yes, Aaron." Trevor began. "It's them."

"Really? You don't say." Ash said, as he gazes at Trevor's incoming small family.

Trevor then walks away from the entrance to the stairs and stands in front of the incoming small Pokemon.

"Hey!" Trevor started to shout, which clearly got the little girl's attention. "I'm over here, guys!"

The little girl looked up and saw Trevor in the distance. The expression on her face changed from normal excitement to extreme excitement and joy. However, this caused her to run even faster, charging towards the standing Trevor.

"Daddy!" The little girl yelled as she got closer to Trevor, with her arms wide open.

"Ashley!" Trevor responded back by opening his arms up wide, as he bent down to catch the running girl and gave her a bear hug. During this hug, his face was expressing pure happiness.

"I've missed you so much, my little girl." Trevor said to Ashley, who's still hugging him.

"I've missed you too, daddy!" Ashley said, as he releases her from the bear hug. "We saw you winning those battles on the T.V. You are really good, daddy. You, Charmander and Eevee's daddies, and Gregor too!

This made Trevor chuckle, before asking his daughter an important question. "Say, where is your-"

"I'm over here!"

Trevor was interrupted by the young woman's voice, as she finally caught up with them. She was breathing heavily out of exhaustion from all the running she had to do, in order to keep up with the speedy little girl. Just as she reaches the girl and her father, she falls on her bottom, completely

"Ah! There you are!" Trevor said upon her arrival. "You alright, Angela?"

"Yeah, I'm feeling fine." She said, out of breath. "Just out of breath from chasing our daughter around the stadium. Boy, can she run!"

Trevor laughs at her statement, as he extends his arm to Angela and helps her up. After helping her up, she gave Trevor a little hug and peck on the lips.

"I've missed you, Trevor." Angela said, still hugging her husband.

"I've missed you as well, Angela." Trevor said, forgetting that Ash and his Pokemon were still in the area, watching this little family reunion unfold.

While Trevor was talking with Angela, asking about how the travel from Pallet Town to Saffron City went for her and their daughter, Ash noticed Ashley, along with her three small Pokemon, all staring at him with great interest. Their eyes were wide open, especially the little girl's. She's really curious about the masked trainer.

"Ah, hello there." Ash said to the little girl, who continues staring at him and his Pikachu.

"We saw you on the T.V. You're the guy with a strong Pikachu, right?" Ashley questioned him.

"Pika pika!" The electric mouse Pokemon said, agreeing with Ashley's words about him.

"Yes, I am." Ash answered. "I'm Aaron."

"I'm Ashley!" The three-year old girl introduced herself to Ash. "You better watch out for my daddy! He's really strong!"

"Oh, I will watch out for him, alright." Ash responded, knowing that he does need to watch out for Trevor if he faces him in the Semi-Final. "So is this your first time seeing your dad battle?"

"Actually," Ashley begins her answer. "This is my first time seeing him battle in person. I'm really excited! I can't wait to become like him when I grow up!"

"Pichu! Pi chu Pichu!" The tiny mouse Pokémon shouting with delight.

"Charmander! Char!" The lizard Pokémon roaring with joy.

"Eh-Vay!" The evolution Pokemon barks with excitement.

Ash chuckles at the little girl's energy, which is equal to the amount of energy that her Pokémon are expressing. Something about the little girl reminds Ash of him when he was little. He couldn't wait to become a Pokémon Trainer, so that he could battle in a huge stadium, like this one.

The little girl gave Ash a puzzled look, as he's chuckling. "What's so funny?"

"Oh sorry," Ash replied as he comes back into reality. "It's just that your excitement reminded me back when I loved watching them on the T.V., as well. I couldn't wait to become a Pokémon Trainer, and now, here I am. Battling in such a big stadium, for a chance to finally achieve my goal."

"And what's that?" asked the little girl, who's curious about the masked trainer's goal.

"To become a Pokémon Master!" Ash responded as Pikachu and Lucario nodded to their trainer's statement.

The young girl smiled at Ash's statement. Their conversation was put to an end when Trevor and Angela walked over to them.

"Ashley," Trevor said to his daughter. "I see you're getting to know my friend, Aaron, here."

"Yes! I am!" Ashley said proudly. "Did you know that he used to like watching them on the T.V. when he was my age?"

"Really?" Angela responded. "Well, that's cool. I bet he didn't break his alarm clock the night before becoming a trainer."

Ash blushed with embarrassment, under his mask, because he did break his alarm clock the night before he became an official Pokemon Trainer. He shown up late at Professor Oak's lab and there was almost no Pokemon left for him to give to Ash. However, the only Pokemon that Oak had was a stubborn Pikachu. Thankfully, Ash and that Pikachu became the best of friends. If he hadn't shown up late, then he wouldn't had met his life-long Pokemon partner. Ash gave a soft smile at his electric mouse Pokemon who smiled back at him.

"Aaron? Are you feeling alright?" Trevor asked his masked friend.

"Huh?" Ash was snapped back to reality. He looked at his confused friend and his puzzled family. "Oh, sorry. Angela's joke about you reminded me of a great memory from my past."

"Um, Aaron," Trevor said, while giving Ash a weird look. "I didn't break my alarm clock the night before I got my Charmander."

"Oh..." Ash said, knowing his lie did not work.

"Don't worry, Aaron," Angela said to the embarrassed masked trainer. "Trevor had a more embarrassing story about the day when he became a trainer."

"Really, now?" Ash said with curiosity ringing from his voice. "What was it?"

"Now, hold on." Trevor interrupted. "Do we really need to share that with him?"

"Oh come on, Trevor," Angela pleaded with her husband. "He asked a question and you know how much I like helping people answering their questions."

"Unfortunately," Trevor started to say to his wife. "I do."

When Trevor admitting defeat, Angela begin to share what happened to him on the day when he became a Pokemon Trainer.

"When his mother got home to tell him that Professor Oak was ready to give him his first Pokemon, Trevor, out of pure excitement, rushed out of his room with so much energy that he forgot that there were stairs. Basically, he fell down the stairs and landed flat on his face!" Angela said to the curious masked trainer.

After hearing her story, Ash, Ashley, and their Pokemon all started laughing and giggling. Trevor walks over to his wife, with a red face of embarrassment painted on him.

I'm sorry." Angela said to her embarrassed husband, while giggling. "But I couldn't help it."

"It's fine." Trevor responded. "At least, you've given Aaron a great laugh. I haven't seen him laugh like that throughout the tournament."

"You don't say?" Angela said, before looking at her watch. "Oh! Trevor! Doesn't your match start in like 5 minutes?"

"Oh! You're right!" Trevor responded, forgetting that he has a match to get to soon. "Thanks for reminding me, Angela."

"Anytime, hon!" Angela stated proudly. "But before you go, could you tell us where the elite suite is?"

"It's down the hall from where you guys walked from. You'll see a purple door that says "Elite only". Open it, walk up the stair, and then, you'll find the elite suite. Aaron can take you two there. He's actually heading over there right now."

"Sure," Ash said to his friend. "I will get them there safe and sound."

"Ok then," Trevor said, before bending down to Ashley's height level. "Be good to Aaron, okay? He will get you and your mother to where you can get a good view of the battle."

"Alright, daddy!" Ashley stated and gave her father one more hug. "Have fun battling!"

"Thanks, Ashley." Trevor said as he's getting up. "I will."

Ashley's smile made him chuckle with joy. Angela then walks over to Trevor and gives him a little hug and a soft peck on the cheek.

"Good luck." She said to her husband.

"Thanks. I will need it." Trevor stated, showing gratitude towards his wife and daughter.

As Aaron begins leading them to the elite suite, Trevor watches them walk further away from him until he can no longer see them. He walks down the stairs to the locker rooms, while still having a big smile on his face.
---

During the walk to the elite suite, Ashley's Pichu jumped and sat on the little girl's shoulder, similar to how Pikachu sits on Ash's shoulder. The little girl then picks up her Charmander, and then, holds it in her arms. Its tail was hanging underneath, just so that it doesn't accidentally burn her with the flame burning on its tail. As her Eevee, it was walking along side the little girl, with an adorable smile on the evolution Pokemon's face.

They continued to walk down the atrium until they reached the door of the elite suite.

"Well," Aaron started to say to Angela and Ashley. "Here we are."

"Great. Thank you, Aaron." Angela said to the masked trainer, thanking him for leading them to where they need to be.

"Yeah! Thanks, Mr. Aaron!" A joyous Ashley said.

Ash chuckles at Ashley's response, before regaining composure. "Shall we enter?"

"Yes! Please!" Ashley shouted. She couldn't wait to watch her father battle.

Ash opened the door and entered into the elite suite. Upon entering, he noticed his friends were in the middle of a heated conversation about him and Trevor.

---

"Guys, clearly Trevor might be the one who finally beats Aaron!" Max explained to the group. "I mean, come on, he has got one thing that Aaron doesn't have."

"A relationship?" May responded with a chuckle.

"A girlfriend?" Dawn asked with a chuckle as well.

"No, not those things!" Max started as he was starting to get annoyed with the two coordinators making fun of Trevor's love life. "Unlike Aaron, Trevor has a legendary Pokémon on his team that no one has been able to defeat yet!"

"You're talking about his Mewtwo," Ash spoke up as he managed to get his old traveling companions' attention.

They gazed upon the trainer, along with his two Pokémon, who had entered into the box. All of them, except for Serena and Gary, gave a nervous chuckle.

"Oh, hey there, Aaron." Serena spoke up with a smile across her face, "Nice win, back there!"

Ash, underneath his mask, was smiling as he gave Serena a thumb's up to her response. "Yeah, it was all thanks to you and your pep talk."

Serena blushed at his remark, even though that it was all true. If Serena hadn't cheered him up, Ash would have lost to Paul.

"It's was nothing, but I'm glad that my pep talk helped you out, Aaron," Serena responded with a smile.

All of a sudden, Dawn and May squealed in delight, as they rushed over to where Ash was standing. They looked as if they were about to punch him with lots of questions about his interaction with Serena, during the intermission of his battle with Paul.

"So, Aaron, tell us!" Dawn began as Ash give a nervous smile, underneath his mask. "Did you kiss Serena? How it felt?"

"Well, I-"Ash started to speak before he was interrupted by May, who continued asking a barrage of questions.

"Do you really have feelings for Serena? What kind of pep talk did she give you? Was Serena the lady that you described, at the restaurant, a few nights ago?"

Luckily for Ash, he was spared from answering these questions by Gary, who stood up and walked over to where the two girls were standing in front of the tortured masked trainer.

"Look here, girls," Gary began as Ash gave a sigh of relief. "Didn't you listened to what Trevor told you before? People, who are in a relationship, sometimes like to keep the interactions, between them, a secret. They tend to do this because they don't want to grab unwanted attention or embarrassment from their friends and families. So let's just leave Aaron and Serena alone about this. Okay?"

The two coordinators gave an annoyed grunt and a frustrated look towards Gary, as he had interfered in their attempt to get details about Serena's interaction with Aaron, during the intermission period of the last battle, since Serena wouldn't tell them about it.

"Argh! What does Trevor even know about love anyway?!" May shouted out of frustration.

"Yea," Dawn began as she also felt a bit frustrated about Trevor's advice on respecting the privacy of their friend's relationship. "Trevor shouldn't be giving advice on relationships, especially since he hasn't had one before."

"You're wrong!" a voice cried out.

The group, including Gary and Serena, were puzzled about the origin of the voice that argued against Dawn. Suddenly, Ashley, along with her Pichu, Eevee, and Charmander, came into the box with a big smile across her face.

"I'm sorry," May responded to the little girl that had just entered the suite. "Was that you who responded to Dawn just now?"

Ashley nodded, before stating, "Yep." She then looked at Serena, before giving her a wide smile across her face. "Hi Serena!"

Serena chuckles at the child's greeting as she got up and walked towards the child. When she got there, Serena picked up the three and a half-year-old child, as she gave Ashley a big bear hug.

"Oh, Ashley, I have missed you! You've gotten so big, since the last time that I saw you." Serena said to the little girl, who she is holding and hugging in her arms.

"Yep," Ashley responded to the performer as Serena puts her down on the ground. "I've been eating my veggies, just like you and mommy always tell me to do."

"Speaking of mommy," Serena began as she looked around the box, for Ashley's mother. "Where is-"

"Right here!" Angela called out as she entered into the elite suite with a smile across her face.

"There she is!' Ashley responded as she pointed to her mother's location for Serena to know where she is.

The expression, across Serena's face, went from joy to utter excitement at the arrival of Angela.

"Angela!" The performer called out to Ashley's mother, as she rushes over to her.

"Serena!" Angela shouted out, as she extended her arms outward, to catch the running Serena and give her a big hug.

"It's been so long! How have you been?" asked the performer as if she knew the little girl's mother.

"I'm doing great!" Angela responded, before asking Serena the same question. "How about you?"

Serena shrugged her shoulder, before she gave her answer, "As of now, amazing!"

Angela closed her eyes and gave Serena a big smile towards her feeling, at this moment. Serena then took a step back from Angela and begins studying the woman's outfit, up and down.

"Those clothes look great on you! Did you buy them at that clothing store in the city?" Serena commented on Angela's outfit, while asking if she had gotten them in that clothes store in Saffron City.

"Thanks for the compliment, and yeah, I did," Angela responded, while showing the performer her olive green jacket. "What can I say, I'm proud to express my Irish Heritage!"

"You sure do and with some style too!" Serena stated, before continuing their talk on fashion.

"Oh boy," Ashley responded to Serena's studying her mother's outfit. "Once they start talking about fashion, it's impossible for them to stop."

Ash gave a chuckle to the little girl's reaction to Serena starting a fashion talk with Angela

"Really, you don't say?" Ash responded to Ashley's statement about Serena and Angela's fashion talks, while gazing at the two ladies.

During all of this, the rest of the group, except for Gary, who just has a confused smile across his face, have their mouths wide open in shock. They were puzzled at the sudden appearance of a mother and daughter, who knows Serena quite well. They gazed at them, in silence and confusion, until finally, someone spoke up.

"Hey!" Bonnie shouted out to grab Serena and Angela's attention. This caused them to stop talking, and then, turned and looked at the puzzled group of Serena's friends. "Can somebody tells us what the heck is going on here?!"

"Yeah. For starters," Brock started as he looked at Angela and Ashley, who were standing in the back with Serena and Aaron. "Serena, who are these people and how do you know them?"

"And what did your daughter mean when she said that I was wrong about our friend, Trevor?" Dawn asked with a curious look on her face.

Serena, Angela, and Ashley all chuckled at the gang's confused expression on their faces, before Serena gave a response to their questions.

"First of all, this is Angela and her daughter, Ashley," Serena said, pointing to the mother and daughter standing behind her.

"Nice to meet you all. I've heard so much about each of you from Serena." Angela greeted herself to the group. She then turns and looks at Max and Bonnie with a caring smile across her face. "Oh, so you're Max and Bonnie. Right?"

The younger trainers nodded to confirm that Angela was correct about them.

"Serena told me that you two would make an adorable couple." Angela stated to them

"We're not a couple!" Max and Bonnie both yelled out their response at the same time. All of a sudden, a bright red appeared across their cheeks, leading the group to burst out in laughter at the two young trainers.

Angela then continued, after the laughter died down, as she introduces her daughter to the group. "And of course, you've already met my daughter, Ashley, here. She's 3 ½ years old. She'll be turning 4 on February 27th."

"And these are my buddies: Pichu, Eevee, and Charmander!" Ashley said, while introducing her Pokémon to the group.

"Pichu!" the tiny mouse Pokémon shouted out as it sat on the little girl's shoulder.

"Charmander!" the lizard Pokémon responded as Ashley holds it in her arms.

"Eh-Veh!" The evolution Pokemon barks at the group, saying hello to them.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Brock." Brock responded to their introductions before starting to introduce the rest of the group to them. As Brock introduces the group to them, he pointed to each individual, so that they know who is who.

First, he pointed to the water type trainer, who was next to him. "This is Misty."

"Oh yeah! I know all about you." Angela responded as she acknowledged Misty. "You're the Gym Leader of the Cerulean City!"

"Yeah," Misty stated. "How did you know that?"

Angela gave a smile to the water type trainer, before answering, "I know because Cerulean City is where I'm from!"

"That's amazing!" Misty responded with joy in her voice. "Glad to meet a fellow Cerulean citizen here."

"Likewise," Angela said as Brock continues with the introductions of the group.

"That's Max and Bonnie over there," Brock said as he pointed to the two young trainers, sitting next to Clemont, in the front row of the suite.

"Nice to meet you," Max said.

"Ashley, you and your Pokémon are so cute!" Bonnie shouted out with happiness in her voice as the little girl reacted, to the complaint, with a shy giggle, while the three small Pokémon reacted by scratching the back of their necks.

"The person sitting next to them is Clemont. He's an inventor, Gym Leader of the Lumiose Gym in Kalos, and Bonnie's older brother," Brock said while pointing to the inventor, who was sitting in the front row.

"It's a pleasure to meet you both," Clemont said as he activates his Aipom Arm, from his backpack, and used it to shake hands with Ashley.

"Wow. Science is so amazing!" Ashley responded as she giggles while shaking hands with the invention, which also caused Clemont to chuckle at her remark. He remembered from his travels with Ash in the Kalos Region that whenever he revealed a new invention, Ash would always say that remark to him. Her statement was made Serena and Ash chuckled a bit.

"Over there is May and Dawn. They're both Pokémon Coordinators." Brock said, while pointing to the two coordinators, standing in the back with Aaron and Serena.

"Glad to have you join us here," May responded.

"Although we tend to get into a heated conversation, we'll try not using foul language in front of your bundle of joy, so you don't need to worry about that."

"Thanks," Angela stated as she appreciated their promise of not using foul language in front of her daughter.

"And finally," Brock began as he pointed to the young and old professors, sitting in two rows back from where Brock and Misty were sitting. "That's the great Professor Oak."

"Greetings, Angela and Ashley. It's nice to finally meet the both of you." Professor Oak responded with joy in his voice, while leaving most of the group puzzled by his statement.

"And this is..." Brock was about to introduce the young professor, who sat next to Professor Oak, before he was interrupted by Angela, who seem to already know who the young professor is.

"Gary Oak! Professor Oak's grandson." Angela stated as she waves to Gary. He turns and looks at the young woman behind him.

"Hey there, Angela. It's good to see you again." Gary responded to Angela, as she stopped waving.

"Likewise," Angela replied

The group was feeling more confused than ever now. How does she know Gary?

"Yeah," Brock responded with a stunned look on his face. He turns and gazes at Gary. "Gary, how do you know her too?"

Before Gary could even respond, Angela beat him to the punch. "Simple, he was my husband's best man at my wedding."

"Really?" May responded. "So you're married, huh?"

"Yes, happily married, of course." Angela stated with a smile across her face.

"So, who is your husband and where is he right now?' A curious Dawn asked the young Irish woman.

"Well, I suppose he's getting ready for his upcoming battle, right now." Angela answered. "As for his identity; however, well you guys already know him."

"We do?" questioned Bonnie.

"Dawn," Angela said as she turns to make eye contact with Dawn. "Remember when my daughter told you that you were wrong about your friend, Trevor?"

"Yeah, what about that?" asked Dawn. She, along with May, were deeply puzzled by Angela's riddle. even if it wasn't really a riddle.

A few seconds later, both coordinators gasped in shock. They just figure out the connection between Ashley's argument of Dawn being wrong about Trevor and Angela's husband.

"Hold the phone. Angela, are you saying that...?" May responded with her mouth wide open in shock. It caused her to not finish her statement.

"Angela,...is your husband...?" Dawn questioned, with her face was also expressing shock and awe that made her speechless.

"Yep." Angela began as she smiled and giggled at the two speechless coordinators. "My husband is indeed your friend, Trevor!"

"WHAT?!" The whole group, except for Ash, Gary, and Serena, who already knew about Trevor's secret, shouted at the same time, after receiving the updated information about their soon-to-be-battling friend. Their jaws all dropped, out of shock. The news was so shocking that even the champions were surprised at the fact that Trevor has a wife and child.

"Trevor is married?!" May responded in shock. "And has a kid too?!"

"That son of a-"Dawn was about to swear, before stopping herself. She knew that she couldn't use foul language in front of Ashley, who was looking at Dawn with a puzzled look. She gave a nervous chuckle, before changing her words. "I mean, that sly fox."

Ashley smiled at Dawn, for not using the foul language in her statement about her father.

"How come he never told us?" Brock asked Angela, while also turning to Serena, who was giggling at her friends' reactions towards the news. "Serena, you knew about this?"

Serena nodded, and then, stated. "Of course. I mean, after all, I was her maid of honor at the wedding."

"You were?!" Dawn and May both shouted at the same time towards Serena, who just laughed at the two coordinators freaking out over the fact that Serena was a part of Trevor's wedding and they didn't know about it.

To calm the group down, Lance whistled loudly, with two of his fingers in his mouth. Once he has gotten everyone's attention, he started to talk.

"Look," Lance began. "I can understand that you people have questions about this sudden update on Trevor's life. Believe me, I, myself, am shocked about this; but right now, his battle is about to start. I'm pretty sure that Angela and Ashley would like to sit down now, so that they could watch Trevor battle. Am I right?

Trevor's wife and daughter nodded. At that exact moment, the announcer informed the crowd that the next battle was about to begin. Everyone took their seats, including Ash, who sat next to Serena, Angela, and Ashley, in the back row, with Max, Bonnie, Clemont, and May, in front of them. Everyone, in the suite, waited patiently for the battle to start.

Ash gazed down at the battlefield below. His thoughts began racing just as Trevor's platform began to rise. I have won my battle, Trevor. Now, it's time for you to win yours!

Ash noticed Trevor's platform, with him on it, finished rising, revealing the Kanto native to the whole stadium. Trevor's eyes were burning with confidence as Ash gazes upon them with his eyes burning with determination.