Day 4

"Ah!" Ash stretched, "That was a nice sleep! How are you doing Pikachu?"

"Darn, I was just about to shock you," Pikachu fake-pouted.

"One of the reasons I got up," said Ash.

"Oh well," said Pikachu, "I guess it can wait until tomorrow,"

"Man," said Ash thoughtfully, "I wish I could just get up whenever I want and not have to worry about missing breakfast."

"Did you say wish?"

Ash looked up. While they had been talking, Jirachi had come into the room. "Oh, hi Jirachi!"

"Hi, Ash!" said Jirachi, "Sorry for interrupting, I just heard you say wish and had to come over here,"

"It's ok," said Ash, "I was just joking,"

"I know," said Jirachi, "but it gives me an excuse to come here. After all, I am the wish Pokemon."

"Wait a minute," said Ash, "shouldn't you still be sleeping? Has it been 1000 years already?"

Jirachi laughed. "It hasn't been quite that long yet, but Arceus lets me wake up to come here every year,"

"That's nice," said Ash, "I thought you just slept for that whole time,"

"Speaking of that," said Jirachi, "could you say hi to Max for me? I'm sure he misses me, and I probably won't get the chance to send him another message,"

"Sure!" said Ash, "I know he'll be super happy to hear from you,"

"Thanks! And maybe you can convince Arceus to let me visit sometime?" asked Jirachi a little nervously.

Ash laughed. "I'll try, but couldn't you just wish for it?"

"No," said Jirachi sadly, "I can't grant wishes for myself, I can only do it for others,"

"Then couldn't I just wish for it?" asked Ash.

"Oh," said Jirachi, not having thought of that idea, "yeah, I think you can! Could you do it for me please?"

"Sure!" said Ash, "Jirachi, I wish that you would be able to visit Max!"

One of Jirachi's wish tags glowed, signifying that the wish had been successful. "Thanks so much Ash!" said Jirachi, "Would you like a wish? I would be happy to give you one!"

Ash considered it for a moment, "I can't really think of anything I want right now… Maybe later?"

"That's fine," said Jirachi, "I know it takes a while to pick a wish. Thanks again, Ash! See you later!"

"Bye Jirachi!"

"You sure are popular with Legendaries aren't you Ash?" asked Pikachu.

Ash shrugged, "I guess so,"

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"How are you doing Ash?" asked Rayquaza.

"I'm doing great, how about you?" asked Ash.

"It's been a little more relaxing since Kyogure and Groudon calmed down." said Rayquaza, "It would be nice if they stopped bickering every once in a while, but I can't complain much, I know Arceus has to deal with Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina all the time,"

"They still fight?" asked Ash worriedly.

"Don't worry," replied Rayquaza, "they aren't fighting in the sense of hitting and shooting attacks at each other. They just get into a lot of arguments and rarely agree on anything."

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"Whew," said Ash, "does that mean there won't be any more universe-threatening battles?"

"There shouldn't be," said Rayquaza, "Ever since that event at Alamos Town, Arceus has been keeping a closer watch over them so we won't have to deal with that again,"

"Speaking of battles, how are Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno doing?" asked Ash.

"Last time I talked to Lugia, they were much more peaceful," replied Rayquaza, "apparently those orbs you placed on Shamouti Island helped to calm them a little. Thanks again for helping take out Team Aqua and Team Magma, they were getting to be really troublesome,"

"It wasn't much," said Ash, "I just did what I could and it happened to work,"

Rayquaza chuckled. "Well Ash, whatever you do 'happens' to work every time,"

"Good point," said Ash.

Rayquaza smiled. "Just keep doing what you do and I'm sure you'll become even better,"

Ash nodded. "Thanks, Rayquaza,"

"Anytime," said the sky-high Pokemon, "I wish you well,"

"K, bye!"

"Farewell, Chosen One,"

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"You know buddy, I think I might be eating too much," said Ash.

"No kidding," replied Pikachu, "you've eaten more than a Snorlax at every breakfast, lunch, and dinner,"

"But it's an all-you-can-eat buffet," protested Ash, "I can't let it go to waste,"

Pikachu sighed. Ash's logic, to put it lightly, lacked something essential.

"Anyway," said Ash, "how about we do some training Pikachu? I heard the training places here are amazing,"

"I thought this was going to be a vacation," said Pikachu.

"Yeah, but who says you can't train on a vacation?"

Pikachu smirked, "Alright… race you there!"

"Hey!" yelled Ash as Pikachu shot off.

A few minutes of running later, Ash and Pikachu arrived panting in front of the training room.

"Wow, this is awesome!" said Ash. The training room was gigantic, with numerous things to train with including a very durable punching bag, rocks of all sizes, weights, a small area for each type, and a variety of other useful things.

"Alright!" said Ash, "Pikachu, Iron Tail those rocks to pieces!"

"Yeah, take that!" yelled Pikachu as he slammed his tail into a rock. On contact, it splintered into hundreds of pieces. However, instead of the pieces flying everywhere, once Pikachu had backed away, the rock promptly repaired itself.

"Enjoying the training system?"

Ash glanced to his left. "Hi Suicune! Yeah, this stuff is pretty cool,"

"Have you seen the battlefield yet?" inquired Suicune.

"There's a battlefield?" asked Ash.

"Yeah, it's over to your right," said Suicune, "would you like to have a little spar?"

"You mean it?" asked Ash. Suicune nodded. "Yeah! Let's do it!"

"Alright," said Suicune, "come with me,"

As Ash and Suicune entered the battlefield, a robot flickered to life in the middle.

"Hello and welcome to the Hall of Origin's battlefield." said the robot in a monotone voice, "Today I will be your referee. What type of match would you like?"

"Uh, one-on-one please," said Ash.

"Processing… confirmed. This battle will be a one-on-one match between Ash Ketchum and Suicune. Please move to your side of the battlefield."

Ash and Suicune walked to their sides of the battlefield. "Positions have been confirmed." the robot continued, "Battle will begin in 3… 2… 1…"

"Alright! Pikachu, start with Quick Attack!" Ash could tell Suicune was not expecting Pikachu's speed, but she darted out of the way with an Extreme Speed.

"Use Thunder!"

This time, Pikachu's attack was barely dodged by Suicune, who was taken aback by how fast the little mouse could charge attacks. 'I guess I shouldn't expect any less from Ash,' she thought as she fired off a Bubble Beam.

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Ten minutes later both Suicune and Pikachu were panting, each waiting for the other to faint.

"Come on Pikachu, one more Thunderbolt!" called Ash

Pikachu gathered the last of his energy and used it to fling a large thunderbolt at Suicune, who was so exhausted she didn't have the strength to dodge it in time.

"Suicune is unable to battle, the winner is Pikachu! That means the victory goes to Ash Ketchum!" said the robot.

"Great job, you did it!" said Ash as Pikachu's injuries slowly healed via the automatic system on the battlefield.

"Well Chosen One," said Suicune, "I'm impressed, your Pikachu is certainly strong. Thank you for the great battle,"

"No problem," said Ash, "thank you too, I really enjoyed it!"

"Well," said Suicune, "I must go now, but don't stop pushing for your goal Ash. You and Pikachu are truly remarkable,"

"Thanks!" said Ash, "We've been through a lot to get this strong huh buddy?"

Pikachu jumped on his shoulder. "Yeah, tell me about it,"

Suicune chuckled. "See you later Ash,"

"Bye Suicune!"

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"Hey, Ash!"

"Hi Mew, what's the visit for?" asked Ash.

"I have a message from Arcy, he says he wants to talk to you," replied Mew, "he's in the council room,"

"Um," said Ash, "where is that exactly?"

Mew giggled, "Arcy said you might need help, ready?"

"Ready for what? Wait…"

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After a ride in a pink car that went 100,000 miles per hour, Ash, Pikachu, and Mew made it to the council room.

"Greetings Ash,"

"Hi Arceus," said Ash, "did you need something?"

"Yes," replied Arceus, "do you remember granting Jirachi a wish today?"

"Yeah," said Ash, "Jirachi said he wanted to visit Max, so I wished that he would be able to,"

Arceus nodded. "Make sure to tell Max that Jirachi will visit him once a year, and as a little precaution Max should catch Jirachi,"

"Ok," said Ash, "I'll give him a call as I get home!"

Arceus nodded. "Thank you, I have to go now, but enjoy the rest of your stay here,"

"Will do!" responded Ash cheerfully.

"You guys done?" asked Mew, Ash nodded hesitantly. "Okay then, ready for a ride back Ash?"

"Um, I think I'll just walk," said Ash.

"Okey dokie, walking it is!"

"Wait, I didn't mean-"