"You really shouldn't help me with this." Alice says with a blush since Ash and Alice are taking a shower with each other.

"I know, but I want to, and I'm sure that you want to do it as well." Ash says while squeezing at a sensitive area, causing Alice to moan a little. "Aren't you enjoying what I'm doing with you?"

Alice isn't saying anything since her mind is now blank with the pleasure Ash is giving her. Ash looks at her body and says, "The scars on your body aren't that clear, and your body really is a nice one."

"Glad you think so." Alice says with lust, and she decides to take action, "However, you're not the only one who gets your fun, it will be fair if I do it as well."

"Do whatever you like." Ash says as they continue their bath together.

Once they are done, Ash and Alice are now in their pajamas, before they can get some sleep, they hear a door knock. Ash asks, "Who's it?"

"It's me." Drandon says as he enters the room. Ash asks, "Drandon, what's the matter?"

"Sorry if I interrupt your alone time, we just want to inform you that another Turtonator was on a rampage near the volcano, Lucine and I already took care of it."

"I see." Alice says. "Though we are sorry we didn't help you out as the Dragon Prince and Dragon Princess."

"Don't worry, we know that the Violet Depression is making you weak." Drandon says as he leaves, leaving Ash and Alice alone in the room sleeping.

The next day, Ash and Alice found Gary, Eve, Lillie, Mark, Paul, and Golly at the table. They join them and Golly asks, "Are you okay right now to go out like this?"

"Don't worry, we're fine." Ash says.

"We heard about the Infinity Gems and the murderers of Alice's bullies. I must say that you sure have been busy these days." Gary says.

"Yeah, but that isn't going to stop us from bringing the Champions and their chosen trainers to the next gym, and we just finished the Dark Gym in RPA Academy." Ash says.

"A Dark Type Gym is something that is really uncommon in the world." Paul says. "Although it would've been better if I was the one who battled, not that Trip..."

"But we're still going there because I'm still the Vice Principal of the School." Alice says. "We still have some school work and Eve is going to meet us there."

Lillie says, "About that, I might have helped you with some things thanks to Ash."

Then after the chat for a while, Ash and Alice still head to the RPA Academy for some stuff. While Ash is staying in the office, Alice decides to walk alone in the schoolyard. But she is not happy to see Serena there, since she was supposed to be back at Otem Town with the other Champions.

"You did something to Champion Red." Serena accuses.

"And what did I do to him?" Alice says, "Us dating is not a day or two thing, we have been dating for 4 years. Besides, has it ever occurred to you that Champion Reed found out your real motives for wanting to go out with him? That he found out your true colors?"

"What do you mean by that?" Serena demands.

"I mean, we all know that you still love Ash. however, look how you threw him under the bus, and apparently, you're on the rebound since you're now pursuing Red and even acting a little strange around him. If I were Red, I wouldn't want someone who would choose their public image over me or someone who would just move on to someone else shortly after a breakup for the matter." Alice says.

Besides, if anyone should be acting strange around Ash, it should be her. After all, she's the one who saw him with his pants off, not Serena.

"I have to uphold justice. That has nothing to do with my image." Serena clenches her fists. "And how dare you insult me?"

"Yeah? Did you think I was implying that you're a slut? Because that's not an insult, Serena, that's true." Alice folds her arms and smirks at her. Serena is trying her best not to punch the woman in front of her. "Anyway, what makes you think that I did something?"

"You tried to hog Champion Red to yourself by gaining in front of the crowd so that Champion Red will be paying attention to you more than anyone else, not only just him, you also attacked the girls, right?"

"As if I could attack them while I was lying on the bed sleeping." Alice shrugs. "They must have touched the electrical fences around our castle."

"Stop joking. The doctors say that they didn't suffer any shocks, they couldn't figure out why they fainted. It must have been your aura, right?"

"I'm already weak, why would I use my aura to hurt them? Are you implying that I just want to commit suicide? Because that's rude of you." Alice says.

"Aurora, there you are. We should go right now." Ash walks in and drags Alice away, and they all leave Serena alone as Ash asks, "What were you two talking about?"

"Hm...she wanted to know how to save the girls." Alice says, "When they wake up, you'll be sure they'd be looking for you again to make sure you take them as your bride so they can become Rota's Crown Princess in exchange for your freedom."

"Should we be worried?" Ash raises an eyebrow.

"Hardly..." Alice says with a smirk. "Once they wake up, they are going to know that jail or hell is the only place they're going."

"Well, I think we should try to ask Minami if she manages to find more clues about the murderers and then Calyrex about the locations of the Infinity Gems." Ash says, and Alice nods.

After getting to Pixetty City's Art Museum, which is secretly Minami's detective agency, when they enter the room, they find Minami and some documents on the wall. Ash asks, "Minami, we're here have you got any news?"

"About that. I've been asking some witnesses and finding pieces of evidence from the crime scenes, and eventually, I find some things about it." Minami says with a sigh. "First, when I was walking around the garden where Trenton is killed, there is a withered flower on the ground."

"Trenton is killed close to the tree considering that he was hanged by the vines." Alice says, "Quite fitting since he uses the same vines to whip me."

"I'm not going to ask about that." Ash says. "So a withered flower? Can you tell what kind of flower is it?"

"It is a pink flower, but it looks like a chrysanthemum." Minami says. "So I have to guess, it should've been a Dahlia Flower."

"Dahlia flower..." This causes Ash to be a little nervous. "Any other information?"

"When I ask about a ranger who is patrolling the area near the Dragonspiral Tower, where Livid is bitten to death by a Druddigon, he managed to give me footage of a figure causing the Druddigon to outrage." Minami says.

On the screen, they see a cloaked figure standing in front of the dragon, and what seems to be a Dark Pulse hits Druddigon and causes it to outrage. Alice says, "I guess this is close to what we've found about the culprit."

"I still think that the dates are the direct pieces of evidence that lead to the real culprit. But there are some things I need to figure out: First of all, in the first year, the culprit only does it in an odd number of months. Second of all, there aren't any dates that are over 27 to 31. Meaning that they can transform into letters of the alphabet." Minami says.

"Have you tried it out?" Alice asks.

"Sadly, if I just transform the numbers into the letters, that will be 2 e, l, m, f, 2 p, 2 s, z, 2 d, o, y, 2 k, a, and b. However, I might be able to combine some words, like Kalos, but the rest of the 11 can't be made into words..."

"All the bullies are from Kalos, and so is Alice." Ash says. "Do you think it will be a Kalos native who does the work?"

"I don't think so." Minami says. "And not only that, the Pokemon who made Druddigon outrage is capable of using Dark Pulse. That narrows some Pokemon down. However, Dark Pulse is a TM move, and some Pokemon can learn it..."

"Which doesn't seem to help as well." Ash sighs. "But we can prioritize the Dark Types first."

"Yeah. And I guess that's all I've got for now. I have already contacted more officers and detectives so that I can ask for more information." Minami says.

"Thank you for it. Now we just need to find Calyrex and ask for the locations of the Infinity Gems." Ash says as both he and Alice bid Minami farewell and head back to the castle, they manage to find Calyrex in the training grounds.

"So you want to ask about the locations of the Infinity Gems?" Calyrex asks. "It's not that I don't tell you, but it won't be that easy to get."

"How come? We need to get the gems so that we can cure our Violet Depression." Alice says.

"I know. However, all 18 gems are scattered in the 18 regions, each gem has its own puzzle to solve." Calyrex says. "If I remember there are 2 in Kanto, 2 in Johto, 2 in Hoenn, 2 in Sinnoh, 2 in Unova, 2 in Kalos, 1 in Alola, 1 in the Ultra Metropolis, 2 in Galar, and 2 in Paldea."

"Really? You even put a gem into the Ultra Metropolis?" Alice asks. "How are we going to get there?"

"I am not worried about that." Ash says. "So other than the locations are scattered and the hard puzzles, is there anything else that might be the obstacle for us to get the gems?"

"There is one more thing." Calyrex says, "You're not the only ones who are trying to find the gems, a group of people who called themselves the Demons are also trying to find the Infinity Gems as well. You have to get them before they do, or else everything will be for naught."

"The Demons?" Alice asks. "I have never heard of this group before."

"Me neither..." Ash says. "From what we've heard, they might be horrible, so we need to be worried as well."

"I know you will." Calyrex says before leaving. Alice asks, "What are we going to do now?"

"How about we go to the Rota Kingdom and find Queen Ilene? I mean, I have some things that I need to inform you about the upcoming ball." Ash says.

"You're right about that. But how are we going to tell the other Champions?" Alice asks.

"We'll use an excuse. How about trying to investigate the murderer of my mother?" Ash asks.

"That might work. But shouldn't we bring your siblings there as well? Considering that they should be crowned prince as well." Alice asks.

"I asked them, but they decide not to attend, considering that it might be less suspicious in anyone's eyes, after all, we're attending the ball as Ash and Alice, not Red and Aurora."

"Fair enough." Alice says as they head back into the castle and prepare their luggage to leave.

And here is a new chapter, I have given you more hints about the murderer. I decide to add another group known as the Demons who try to get the Infinity Gems as well. I hope you like this chapter and the next chapter will be going to the Rota Kingdom. Ash and Alice are going to attend the ball and I hope you like this chapter.