Aftermath.....

Ash and Elena were currently in the locker room, gathering their belongings, which was a few.

"So after we deposit Pikachu and the rest of our Pokémons in the Pokémon Center, what do you say about lunch, my treat?" Ash asked as the prepared to leave the locker room.

"Sure why not," Elena accepted with a smile before a frown cross her face. "Let's get the hell out of here before that woman appears out of nowhere." Elena commented as Ash nodded. He has nothing against Via, she was a friend after all, but the fact that she almost break them off still piss both of them off to this day.

"Young master, young mistress, are you there?" Ricardo asked as he knocked on the door.

Both Ash and Elena shared a sigh of relief when they heard Ricardo's voice; he was probably the only one that two of them were comfortable talking with in the moment. Ash knew that if he talks with his friends, they would annoy him with questions involving his and Pikachu's techniques and Elena knew that Sarah would instantly jumped on him at the sight of him.

'Why does my Ash have to be so damn sexy?' Elena wondered as Ricardo entered their locker room.

"Stellar performance, both of you." Ricardo complimented with a small smile causing the two to chuckle simultaneously.

"Let's thank nature's love for me for that," Ash said with a humorous tone as he glanced at Pikachu. "That and the teamwork that me and Elena have and not to mention Pikachu's sudden evolution and Koyuki's wondrous execution of those Aura techniques." Ash added as he listed even more reason why they won.

"In short, they didn't know any of our skills, which we used to our advantage." Elena concluded as she covered Ash's mouth. "Ricardo, would you please be a dear and distract Via for us, me and Ash are going to have lunch after we deposit Pikachu to the Pokémon Center?" Elena ordered something rare for her.

Ricardo chuckled lightly before bowing. "As you command, young mistress," Ricardo said as they heard another knock on the door.

"Ash, are you their?" A voiced that was all too familiar for Ash asked.

"Great, visitors," Ash mumbled with a sighed. "Cynthia, Lance, I'm here, come in." Ash said as the two opened to reveal the two champions that they had previous defeated.

"Hey Ash, Elena," Cynthia greeted as her eyes landed on Ricardo. "What are you doing here, Mr. Ricardo?" Cynthia asked at the sight of Ricardo.

Ricardo instantly wore a passive expression as he gave the two a curt nod. "I am only here to congratulate the friends of my masters; after all, beating the two of you is quite an achievement." Ricardo stated in a mocking tone, causing the Ash and Elena face palm.

'He still hasn't change, his social skill still suck.' The two thought simultaneously as Lance and Cynthia glared at him.

"Okay you two please don't kill Ricardo." Ash requested as he went between the two champions and Ricardo. "His social skills may suck but he is very hard to replace." Ash said causing Elena to nod.

"He lacks social skills but he is the perfect lawyer and he has an IQ of 360." Elena added as Ricardo nodded in agreement.

"What are you guys doing here anyway?" Ash asked as he gave Lance a sharp glance. "And no, you lost Lance so I won't tell you who owns APWA." Ash exclaimed as Lance nodded.

"We understand Ash but we are not here for that." Lance stated, although he cursed himself at his latest defeat, not only did he lose but he gave Sarah another topic to mock him with. "We're just a bit curious about that Pokémon that Pikachu evolved into." Lance said causing Ash to narrow his eyes on Lance.

"I will not give nor present my partner as a lab rat and if you even suggest it, I will break you in half." Ash threatened with a voice that promised pain and suffering, a voice that Ricardo was familiar off. There was a time when someone disrespected Elena in Ash presence where Ricardo was present, Ash warned him to apologize and the guy ended up spitting on her face. The beating that Ash gave that guy was the single, most brutal beating that Ash gave on anyone and both Ricardo and Elena felt pity on the guy.

Lance instantly back down as he raised his hand in defense. "I didn't come here for that Ash; I'm just here to talk about our battle." Lance stated causing Ash to smile.

"Let's talk tomorrow; I do owe Elena lunch for tagging with me in this battle." Ash said as he lead Elena to the door, only to be stopped by Cynthia when she reached for his hand.

"You won't mind if I tagged along, right Ash?" Cynthia asked in a passive tone.

Elena narrowed her eyes on her as Cynthia gave Ash a sly smile. "I could give you a couple of tips so that you could perfect the Reverse Polarity move of yours." Cynthia offered causing Elena to swat her hand off Ash.

"Sorry Ms. Cynthia, Ash is taken for the afternoon." Elena stated as she dragged Ash away from one of his admirers, unfortunately though when she opened the door, Sarah suddenly burst from the door and tackled Ash down to the ground, hugging him.

"Hey Ash, you were amazing." Sarah said, greeting Ash in a very affectionate way. Ricardo almost chuckled at his boss' predicament, he does have away to charm seemingly every girl he comes to contact with.

"Hey Sarah," Ash greeted before struggling to removed her hold on him. "Could you get off me," Ash asked politely causing Sarah to chuckle.

"No," Sarah answered as Elena Cynthia easily removed her from him.

"Could you greet him normally?" Elena asked in a rather frustrated tone.

"What would be the fun of that?" Sarah asked in a playful tone as Cynthia grunted.

"Try acting your age for once, would you?" Cynthia exclaimed as Sarah laughed softly.

"I'm only eighteen you know," Sarah stated as he grabbed hold of Ash's arm. "Hey Ash, want to go out with me?" Sarah asked out of the blue causing Elena to forcefully removed Ash from Sarah's gripped.

"Like I told this blond idiot," Cynthia suddenly had a thick mark on her forehead at that remark. "Ash is taken for the afternoon." Elena stated as she stared eye-to-eye with her sister.

"You had him for three years; let me borrow him for a couple of hours." Sarah said as she pulled Ash to her.

"I don't care how long I had him, the answer is no," Elena hissed as she pulled Ash to her direction. In no time at all, the two siblings began a tugged of war, with Ash as the prize.

Ricardo chuckled, imagining what would Via's reaction to this sight. 'I never would have never imagine young mistress.' sister would be interest with her boyfriend.' Ricardo chuckled even more loudly at the thought. 'Via would blow at this sight.' Ricardo thought when the door suddenly burst open.

"YOUNG MASTER," A voice shouted, causing the three people there to freeze.

'OH SHIT,' Ash and Ricardo thought as Ash was suddenly tackled to the ground by a very excited Via.

"Young master, you were amazing back there." Via complimented as the three girls glared at the new arrival. Elena was seething with rage as Ash's aura was slowly surrounding her, luckily that amount that she was emitting was so minuscule that it was not seen by normal humans.

"Thanks, Via," Ash reluctantly reply as Via began cuddling on his chest. After that little stun Via pulled, there was one rule, more like a law, that his gambling friends made when Via and Elena are around, the rule states that if you value your life or if you want to see the sun shines once again, then you should prevent the two from ever being in the same room together.

"Could you get off me, Via?" Ash asked in a polite tone, he could already felt the Aura the Elena was emitting. 'Never thought my Aura could be that demented.' Ash added as Via chuckled.

"But I haven't given you your reward yet." Via exclaimed as she leaned towards Ash lips, intending to give him a kiss, which was promptly stopped when Elena grabbed her by the collar and threw her roughly on the wall.

"You seriously know how to ruin my day." Elena hissed at the sight of Via. "And would you please date people your own age." Elena all but begged as the two glared at each other with contempt.

"I'm twenty-one, Ash is fifteen, a six year gap isn't much." Via commented airily as Cynthia and Sarah was taken back at that statement while Ricardo and Lance merely watched the show from a far, Ricardo was eating popcorn while Lance was feeling rather nervous because of the situation.

"Does this happen a lot?" Lance asked in a whisper.

"When Elena and Via are in the same room, yes this happens often." Ricardo stated with a shrugged, like he had seen these numerous times before.

"You should have stayed in the headquarters, doing your work." Elena sneered in contempt.

"I am doing my work, unlike you who hasn't done anything for the company." Sarah retorted, trying to control the volume of her voice.

"That's because, unlike you, I have other commitments." Elena shot back as the atmosphere tensed between them.

"You mean like robbing Ash off his money." Via sneered causing Elena to almost slapped the taste off Via's mouth.

"Don't you dare group me with the likes of you." Elena spat with hatred lacing her tone. "I haven't spend a single dime of Ash's money, unlike you who if my memory serves me right." Elena added with a mocking smile.