Semi Canonical April Fools Chapter

**"Semi-Canonical April Fools Chapter"** is the twenty-third chapter of *Pokémon Reset Bloodlines.* While the chapter was mostly as an April Fools' gag while the story itself advances, it contains some canonical scenes with side characters, along with a preview of future plot points on both the main story and expanded universe side stories. It deals mostly with main writer Crossoverpairinglover trying to drive away Execu Tivem Edlin, who's trying to sway him into taking the story in courses he really doesn't want to take.

## Plot

*Otoshi and his Marowak are sitting in front of a waterfall, meditating as they stare at the Key Stone they received in the tournament, which they've been doing for about two days straight at the suggestion of a monk. The two then head for the waterfall to drink a bit and quench their thirst, still wondering how to unlock the stone's powers...*

In the "real world", the story's author puts away his writing tool (a chainsaw), wondering if what he's doing with Otoshi actually works or would warrant its own story, while also mentioning that the Solidad scene was forced as is. He prepares to shred the scene to pieces with the chainsaw, but then a faceless figure wearing a suit and a large silver watch stops him. The author recognizes him as Execu Tivem Edlin, who's come to say that he wants to improve the story's production, and shows the author a folder. It's about *Ashes of the Past*, Pokémon's most popular and known fanfiction story, which seems to update more regularly and has more reviews than *Reset Bloodlines.* The author counters that it's been around much longer than *Reset* and also went on a hiatus for a year once, while also asking for a few more chapters to get more reviews, as he writes at his own pace. The executive insists that he should be more efficient and accurate, so the author defends himself by saying that he can't work on the story all the time and trying to force down ideas would end up doing more harm than good, citing some of his works as examples.

The executive insists that his guidance could be a great help, as it fixed many series and helped them in the long run, citing some fandoms as proof. The author replies that *Pokémon* has many instances where executive interference happened or is suspected to have happened that hurt the anime, including early aspects during the Takeshi Shudo run, the GS Ball subplot in Johto, Movie 3's ending change, and Ash's losses in the Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos League conferences. The executive is surprised to hear the author disagree with some of Shudo's views, wondering if he plans to spread it out to other fandoms. The author continues by saying that some characters can be written well outside the original authorship and no writer is perfect, adding that, while Shudo had good ideas, sometimes he finds his vision unsettling. In response, the executive produces the two *Pocket Monsters: The Animation* light novels written by Shudo, and after skimming through them tells the author the story would benefit from them. The author replies that he does take some bits from them, like Gym Leaders being on risk of shutdown with a losing streak (albeit more reasonably long than three) and Delia Ketchum owning a restaurant. However, he doesn't want to bring about the grittiest parts of the novels, not wanting the story to go into a grimdark territory.

After getting an idea, the executive suggests that the story should have hooks that *Ashes* does not have. The author replies they do have some, but the executive insists that they bring in "lemon". Despite his chagrin, the author uses his chainsaw to whack away Otoshi's scene and begins writing a new one:

*In the Hoenn's sunny shores, while Max is asleep and May has gone off with her friends for the night, Norman Maple and his wife Caroline spend some quality time together. The scene of them is immediately censored by the word "LEMON" repeated over and over, ending with a weather report.*

The executive is shocked, but the author replies that he got what he asked for and he's not going any further. He continues to explain that based on the feedback he's gotten, it'd be mean of his to post a joke chapter to troll the readers, so that last scene is canonical to the story, happening at the same time as the following chapter, and most of the story's characters are too young or not in position for a relationship or having sex with each other. When the executive brings up that the story has a clear endgame about who's going to end with who in terms of relationship, the author replies that he doesn't want to skip the process (or as the executive calls it, the "formalities"). The author brings another folder, then points out to the Clemont, Falkner, Georgia, Dakim and Lorelei side stories, each one written by a different co-author other than him, and thus he should ask them to write LEMON for him. The main author refuses to do so on the grounds that none of them has asked him about it, but he won't stop them if they choose to do so, plus they usually write in expanding details or characters that he himself can't deal with, so long as it doesn't interfere with his future plans and makes sense. He also adds that he enjoys the other co-author's work in expanding ideas, for example:

*As A.J. sits under the waterfall without his shirt and along with his Sandslash, Jeanette asks him if this really works. A.J. answers that it does, not only it builds up the physical resistance, but also works wonders to make Pokémon overcome their fear and anxiety to their natural weaknesses. Jeanette sees a nearby cliff and wonders if paragliding could help in dealing with Flying-type attacks, as she procures herself and her Bellsprout some parachutes. A.J. however suggests that perhaps it wouldn't be such a good idea, and instead she could try to fight against ice with the waterfall's cold water. Jeanette then asks for a moment to get behind a tree to get changed, causing herself and A.J. to blush, much to their Pokémon's confusion.*

The executive accuses the author of writing by the seat of his pants, but the author counters that he does have a good idea of where he wants to take the story and where it'll end, having only rejected one single submitted one-shot because it conflicted with future developments, plus the story itself is flexible enough to do minor changes here and there, and the authors help in expanding elements and characters. The executive points out that one of the one-shots he accepted changed a major plot point, but the author replies that it was easily fixable and probably worked out for the best, before threatening the executive with the chainsaw. At this, the executive decides to leave, as he had a scheduled golf game with Darkern Edgier. Wondering how he plans to make golf dark and edgy, the author decides to end the chapter with some previews of upcoming events:

*A scene shows Giovanni in the ruins of Dr. Fuji's destroyed lab, impressed at the result of the scientist's work.*

*The next scene shows Ash and Red, about to battle Lilo in a stadium, while she prepares to perform a Z-Move with her Mudsdale.*

*The third one has Ash's Squirtle battling against Janine's Nidoqueen in the Fuchsia Gym.*

*Fourth comes Wes, dressed in his blue attire while he walks across a ruined building, before picking up a faded blue bell from the ground.*

*Fifth has Paul, watching the data of several trainers in a computer.*

*The sixth has a pink-haired young man and a dark-haired girl in a temple by a beach in Alola, praying to Tapu Fini to heal a Pokémon in a Pokéball.*

*Lastly, a group of Cipher Peons prepares to engage Team Skull Grunts along with Alolan denizens wielding Z-Rings, led by Hala, Guzma and Lusamine. Both sides glare at each other before charging.*

*COMING SOON TO RESET BLOODLINES*

*THE FUCHSIA TAG TOURNAMENT ARC!*

*WES'S ORIGINS!*

*POKEMON THE FIRST MOVIE, RESETVERSION!*

*INDIGO CONFERENCE RESETVERSION!*

*AND COMING TO THE RESETVERSE ONESHOTS: TEAM CIPHER VS ALOLA! THE CLIMACTIC BATTLE THAT WILL REVEAL A MAJOR SECRET OF THE RESETVERSE!*

The author finishes his work and seems satisfied, but adds one more thing, a line of side stories to read for the Alola vs Cipher subplot: *Dakim Gaiden, Clay Interlude, Cipher Interlude, Guzma Interlude, Sanpei Interlude, Kiawe Interlude,* and future interludes the author won't wear to at the moment.

## Continuity

* The scenes happen within the timeframe of the following chapters, taking place during the Fuchsia Tag Tournament
* A.J and Jeanette Fisher's meeting of each other is detailed in the Jeanette Interlude.

## Characters

### Humans

* Otoshi
* Crossoverpairinglover
* Execu Tivem Edlin
* Norman Maple
* Caroline Maple
* Jeanette Fisher
* A.J.
* Giovanni
* Ash Ketchum
* Red Tajiri
* Lilo
* Janine
* Eusine
* Paul
* Ilima
* Iolani Pueo
* Cipher Members
* Cipher Admin
* Aether Foundation Members
* Team Skull Members
* Random Trainers
* Guzma
* Hala
* Lusamine

### Pokémon

* Marowak (Otoshi's)
* Sandslash (A.J's)
* Bellsprout (Jeanette's)
* Persian (Giovanni's)
* Mudsdale (Lilo's)
* Squirtle (Ash's)
* Nidoqueen (Janine's)

## Trivia

* This chapter was written by Crossoverpairinglover as a way to alleviate the wait for the Fuchsia Tag Tournament, whose chapters ended up rather long. The chapter references the first one-shots written by secondary authors: *Clemont Gaiden* by Viroro-kun, *Falkner Gaiden* by Ander Arias, *Dakim Gaiden* by Shadow Ninja Koopa, *Georgia Gaiden* by partner555, and *Lorelei Gaiden* by Fox McCloude.

## Links

1. ↑ https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7262793/1/Ashes-of-the-Past