Chapter thirteen (HK PKMN)

The pre-party for the Lumiose Conference was somewhat interesting. Harry managed to gather info on his possible future opponents and had confirmed that Ash did much better this time around... that Greninja of his was truly exceptional. Apart from Ash, Alain was here and was likely the biggest threat to Harry's victory. Ash was good, but was unlikely to truly bring his best against him... and if he did then Harry would get a good battle out of it. And if Harry actually did lose, then he would be proud of his brother.
"Are you really going to stop travelling after this conference?" Ash asked sadly.
"Yeah. I'm getting bored Ash and I want a family and to actually be around for them, which means that I have to settle down for at least eleven years. I'm gonna defeat Arius and become the Kanto Champion and finally ascend to the Master rank. I might even win the Johto championship off Lance sometime, and then there are my plans... which I think you will enjoy once revealed.
"Ladies and gentleman! We will now announce the match-ups for the first round! Up on the monitor, there you have them!" Opening announcement.
"To all our trainers.... Your efforts and experiences are treasures that will always be with you--incomplete speech by Diantha--scrap.