Since May, Dawn, Iris, Trip, and Serena are going to the Sevestar Region, thus the other traitors are taking the same cruise ship as they head to the Sevestar Region, wanting to see the Sevestar Region with their own eyes.

Alice sighs as she is dressed up by her sister Flora, who is a famous fashion designer and also the Grass Type Leader in Sevestar. Flora says, "People from our family really don't need much makeup, what matters the most is our natural beauty. Not to mention that you're also a model, I'm sure that everyone will like you."

Alice says, "What they don't know is the fact that I'm taken. And I think this blue dress really suits me well."

After Alice is done with her outfit, she meets Eve, Mark, Drandon, and Ash at the gate of the castle. Ash looks at her outfit and smiles, "Flora outdid herself this time."

"Thanks. You're not bad-looking as well." Alice says with a small smile.

Ash is now wearing a medieval prince outfit with a blue shirt and pale pants, with a golden belt on it. He is also wearing a small red cape and a sword is by his side. Mark, Drandon, and Eve have similar costumes, Mark doesn't have a sword but some gloves and Drandon has a Shield instead. Both of them don't have a cape, and their outfits are red and purple respectively. As for Eve, her dress is similar to Alice's, only that her dress is black, with the professor's lab coat on.

"All of you look really great." Drandon says.

"You too, Drandon. You look really nice as well." Ash says.

Eve looks at Alice and she smiles, "Flora chose one of the best outfits for both of us. Though the only problem is that we didn't look like we are siblings."

"That's because we want to show all of our unique characters." Alice says, still with a neutral tone.

After riding in their own limos, Eve is going first, then Drandon, Mark, and Alice, Ash has Pikachu hide in his limo as they all ride to meet Mr. Goodshow and the others.

As the cruise ship docks at the shore, every one of the people gets out of the ship hoping to meet the Sevestar Elite Four and the Champion. When 5 limos arrive, Goodshow says, "There they are, the members of the Sevestar Elites."

As all 5 members come out of the limo, the people from the Sevestar Region are cheering for them, especially Ash, as they cheer Champion Red all over. Ash nods and waves at them, which gains favor from the audience. Ash also makes a note to have their support to his advantage against the traitors.

"Now we will be having our representative, Eve Urup, speak a few words to us." Goodshow says while giving the microphone to Eve.

"Thank you, Mr. Goodshow." Eve says. "Welcome, everyone, to the Sevestar Region. Even though the Gym Leaders or Trial Captains of the other regions are still coming a little late, we welcome all of you to the paradise region. I hope your stay in this region would be a great experience for each and every one of you, and hopefully maybe even get to know some friends."

Everyone cheers for Eve as she continues, "For your accommodation, we have arranged our best hotels in Otem Town for your three months stay. However, before we begin, our Champion Red will like to have a battle against one of the Champions as a welcome gift."

As some guards give Eve a box, Eve puts her hand in to pick a lucky person who will be battling Ash right now. And the opponent turns out to be Champion Steven Stone.

"I guess I'm the lucky one who gets to battle the Champion." Steven says after his name is announced to the crowd. Ash just stares at him with a slight nod.

After getting to the battlefield in the town's square, Eve volunteers to be the referee.

"Now the welcome battle would have a 10-minute time limit. The battle begins!" Eve says.

Steven Stone sends out his Metagross, while Ash goes for his Gengar. Ash says, "Gengar, let's start our attack with Shadow Ball."

"Use Protect to block the attack, and then use Psychic." Steven says. Metagross goes for the attack and hits Gengar, but Gengar manages to hide in the shadows to dodge the attack.

"Use Shadow Flare!" Ash says.

"Shadow what?" Steven is confused, but Gengar manages to throw a Will-o-Wisp surrounded by a Shadow Ball, which not only deals a lot of damage to Metagross but also causes it to be burnt.

"Metagross, are you alright?" Steven asks with concern, but Metagross just nods back.

"What was that move? Is that even possible?" Cynthia asks.

"I have heard that the Sevestar Region members can create their own moves by combining two types of attacks together." Geeta comments.

"And time is up." Eve says. "The match ends in a draw."

Steven says, "That was an amazing battle. I was quite surprised at your combination move. Is Gengar one of your strongest Pokemon?"

Ash sighs and says, "For Ghost Types, maybe. But for all Pokemon, no." After that, Ash walks away from them, much to their surprise.

After changing their clothes back to their causal clothes after the greetings, Ash finds Alice sitting in the living room of the castle waiting for him. Ash asks, "Alice, aren't you going to rest in your room?"

"I have some questions I need to hear from you. What are you going to do when you're up against any one of them?" Alice asks.

There was a silence before Ash answers with a cold tone, "I have informed the gym leaders that do not show any mercy towards every one of them, especially those people. They won't be getting out of the region alive, and I'm sure that my sisters and my brothers are feeling the same way."

"They won't be the only ones feeling the same way." Alice says while standing up, "So what are you going to do after lunch?"

"I think I'll work on Victini's Searing Shot." Ash says as Alice nods.

After training Victini with his own move Searing Shot, Ash and Alice are now in Otem Town when they hear a voice, "Hey Red!"

Ash turns to see Gary, Paul, Nemona, and Arven rushing toward them. Nemona says, "Hello, Red, it sure has been a while. How is Pikachu?"

"Ask him." Ash turns to the mouse on his shoulder, who gives a thumbs up.

"This sure is a nice region, even though it is made from scratch by you and your leaders." Gary says.

"And we won't let anyone take it away from us." Alice says. "But where's Bonnie? Isn't she with you guys?"

"Bonnie doesn't want to risk his brother finding out who she's meeting with. But she also wants us to give a message to you." Gary says.

"I'm glad to take it." Ash says. "So how's Pallet Town?"

"It has become like a ghost town ever since you manage to bring everyone here." Paul says. "But you did that because you want to protect them from the traitors' threats."

"Indeed, they are vital to clear Ash's name, and they will be safe if they stay here." Alice says.

"Though it has been 5 years..." Ash frowns. "My life has been messed-up during that time."

"You're not the only one." Alice says. "My life was also messed up because of my past life. But I'm glad to have a family with all of you."

After bidding farewell to Gary and the others, they accidentally bump into the traitors, especially Misty. Ash notices that Serena is not with them, maybe she's with the other Champions.

"Hey! What do you bump into me for, apologize!" Misty is the one that demands but regrets after seeing that it is Ash and Alice, or Red and Aurora in their eyes.

"Excuse me? You're the one who bumped into me." Alice says.

The girls are now drooling over Ash while the boys are drooling over Alice. Brock is the first one to take the initiative as he tries to flirt with Alice, but Alice just straight-up refuses him.

"Now if you're done here, we have some other business to do." Ash says.

"Wait, Red. We want to know if the castle in front of us belonged to you. Do you think we can get inside and look around?" Dawn asks.

"Sorry, but our castle isn't for visitors." Ash replies. "And don't even try to sneak into the castle, we have high security and those who tried to sneak into our castle might not be able to come out alive."

The words cause the traitors to shiver, and Ash and Alice just leave them alone before Trip asks, "Why not have a battle? You might be able to tie with Steven Stone, but maybe I'll be able to beat you."

"Aren't you overconfident?" Alice asks. "Do you know who this guy is? He is Red, who won all 9 leagues in a row during these years."

"That's enough, Aurora. If they want a battle, I can give them one, and they'll know that we're not ones to mess with." Ash says while taking out his Poke Ball.

After a while, Serena and Cynthia are walking on the road until they notice Ash using Dragalge to use Flamethrower to Vanilluxe, knocking it out. Trip sends out his final Pokemon, a Serperior, and he tries to go for Leaf Storm, but Ash has Dragalge dodge the attack.

"This is a waste of time. Dragalge, use Water Waste attack!" Ash says.

Dragalge uses Poison Tail and Aqua Tail at the same time, and the attack causes Serperior to knock out. Cynthia notices the battle and comments, "Champion Red really is a strong trainer."

"Maybe we'll be able to ask him for some tips for training Pokemon." Serena says, blushing at how Ash looks at how strong he is.

After the battle, Ash realizes that they are being watched by the paparazzi, they are not from their own region, but from the other regions and they want to have news about Ash and Alice. Both Ash and Alice know that their castle is the only safe place for them so they quickly flee, and they manage to get there just in time.

"That sure was close..." Ash says.

"Indeed. Where do those reporters come from?" Alice asks.

"They must have come from their helicopters so that they can have news about our region and also us. This is most likely the biggest event of the year, that's why they were chasing after us." Ash says.

"So you guys are the same?" Walking towards them is Golly, Ash's sister who's also the Ghost Type Gym Leader.

"Golly? I see that all the Gym Leaders have arrived in the castle?" Ash asks.

"Yeah, but not everyone comes here without facing troubles, especially since the other region stuff." Golly sighs. "Where have you two been?"

"Trying to have a relaxed walk only to be interrupted by the real murderers of our mother, and beating one's Pokemon and being chased by the paparazzi..." Ash says.

"So they're here as well...they're going to regret messing with our family." Golly says with slight anger, and Ash and Alice can only nod.

And here is a new chapter, Ash and the others finally get to meet the other people from outside of the regions, and they also battle some traitors. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be the start of the gym leaders' introduction and how Ash plots his revenge.