A Tragedy of a love story......

"Now that you mention it, where is Ash?" Barry asked curiously as he now notices the total lack of Pikachu.

At the mention of the, the three girls frowned in disgust. "Please, don't tell me that he is with that girl again." Misty muttered in annoyance.

Professor Oak chuckled uneasily at that. "Well, he is not completely alone with her. Last I check, Brock and Gary were with them, together with Natasha, Adan and Elena's sisters." Professor Oak told the three girls but that did not lower their irritation one bit.

"Goddamn it, what does Ash see in that girl that's special enough for him to give her his undivided attention?" Dawn complained loudly as she almost pulled her hair out.

"For starters, she's very pretty, beautiful eyes, shiny hair, and her body has that wow-factor." Barry commented with a small blush.

"She is a very good dancer too, and I would bet that she has very delicate hands." Nando stated, remembering her numerous dances with Ash.

"And she acts like a lady." Max added with a smirked directed to his sister.

Those comments did not go well for the three girls as they whacked the boys who had spoken over the head, causing them to crash to the ground.

"NOBODY ASKED YOU!" The three girls shouted in unison.

Reggie shook his head at them before glancing at Professor Oak. "By the way Professor, what is up with that girl's crew, they seem to be well acquainted with you and Ash's mother." Reggie inquired curiously and that was enough to cause the old professor to sigh dejectedly, something that Reggie noticed. "Is it something I said?"

"No, it's just complicated and a very long story." Professor Oak muttered in disappointment.

Barry, not noticing the Professor's tone, smiled excitedly. "Well the night is young, what about you tell us a story." That earned him another whacked over the head from one of the girls.

"Idiot, don't force the Professor to talk about something so personal." Misty muttered, although her tone betrayed her words. She too was curious.

Professor Oak glanced at the teens in the room and thought that it will not give much harm if they knew an old story. "Make yourselves comfortable, this may take a while." Professor Oak said as Max turn off the story and the group made their selves comfortable.

"For starters, Alexander Ketchum and Relena Konoe grew up together in Pallet Town." Professor Oak smiled as he remembered the two kids that truly brightened his younger years.

"Alexander Ketchum is Ash's father right, then who is this Relena Konoe?" asked May curiously.

"Elena's mother," Professor Oak answered.

"Forget I asked," May muttered in disdain.

"Now you see Ash's father and Elena's mother, during their childhood, were best friends. They did everything together, they were like siblings, and for the rest of their lives they treated each other like siblings." Professor Oak took a moment to remember the two angels that was born in his home town before continuing. "Alexander and Relena had so much in common, but their dreams were different. As you may know, Alexander was like Ash, he wanted to be a Pokémon trainer, more specifically, a Pokémon Coordinator because of his love of theatrics. Relena on the other hand, was very intrigued by ancient history, so much so that she wanted to be an archeologist. At age ten, they separated and that was when this entire mess started." Professor Oak muttered as he leaned on his chair.

"What mess?" Drew asked suddenly.

"The two of them remained friends and remained in contact for most of Relena's schooling, and Relena, to my knowledge, had watched all of Alexander's performances. Alexander, being the overprotective bastard that he is, constantly visited her at her school, and that is when he met Delia Deverde and her brother Adan Deverde, Henry Koshi, and Natasha Flight."

"Elena's father and crew as well as Ash's mother and uncle," Max mused loudly.

Professor Oak nodded. "As far as I know, the first meeting of Relena's new friends and Alexander did not go well, if my memory serves me right, Alexander sent Henry to the hospital and he got into a fight with Adan, both of them beat each other up so bad that they both received a concussion, and several broken ribs." Professor Oak chuckled at that.

"Why did Ash's father attack them?" Reggie asked curiously.

"Easy, Alexander treats Relena like a sister and he was very protective of her, with good reasons." Professor Oak chuckled a bit at that. "Relena was, and forever will be the most beautiful girl that has ever been born in Pallet town, she looks like her youngest daughter, Elena, in the looks department, only three times better." Suddenly, Professor Oak's phone rang.

"Hold on, I need to answer this." Professor Oak said as he answered the phone. "Hello!"

"DON'T CALL MY ELENA SECOND BEST, YOU FOOL!" Ash's roar echoed in the room, much to the groups surprised. Professor Oak instantly threw his phone to the wall.

"Was that Ash?" Max asked in surprise and bewilderment.

"It's a Ketchum trait, don't ask." Professor Oak muttered amusedly. "Now where was I, yes, Alexander attack both Henry and Adan, because one of them were trying to flirt with her, and Relena, in all of her beauty, is quite shy when it comes to the opposite sex so she was uncomfortable with boys flirting with her. Alexander being Alexander went nuts on them, and Adan being Adan, fought back. They were pretty much even but that did not stop them from trying to kill each other. To make a long story short, there fight ended up in a tie, they were sent into a hospital, Relena wacked them both across the head, and presto, and they've became close friends."

"How could they become close friends after fighting tooth and nail like that?" May asked in bewilderment, not understanding the reasoning behind the friendship between Ash's father and Ash's uncle.

"Those two are the typical male idiots, they don't make friends by talking or bonding with each other, they make friends by breaking each other's bones, saying that the only way they can befriend and know each other is by hitting each other, which works by the way." Professor Oak pointed out; remembering all those friendly spars those two did during their days. There medical bills were very expensive. "Now, after Alexander acquainted himself with Relena's school friends, his visits became more frequent as he got to know them. He and Adan became best friends, he despised Henry because he seemed to always flirt with Relena and Delia, and Natasha admired him for some reason." Professor Oak took a moment to take a deep breath.

"Those six were the best group of friends I had ever seen, when those five graduated, they travelled with Alexander for a while. That is when the real tragedy began." Professor Oak shook his head as a tear fell from his eyes. "Sorry kids I cannot go on and tell you more about Ash's father, the rest of the story is too dark for any of you to comprehend." The group groaned at that but Reggie look impassive.

"That bad huh…" Reggie muttered in an understanding tone.

"Let me put it this way, the life of Alexander Ketchum and Relena Konoe is a tragedy filled with heartbreak, that it can be called as the Tragedy of a Love Story." That caused the group to look confused and solemn as Professor Oak was now openly crying. "A pity really, I would have thought that Alexander and Relena would have ended up together, they were perfect for each other but sadly, their love for each other did not surpass sibling love, they'd lost a chance at a romance beyond any other." Professor Oak then laughed as he took out a locket and showed them a picture of an extremely cute, white haired girl and an extremely dashing, raven haired boy, both of them being five years old. Beside them were a woman and a man that looks like the grown up version of them, respectively.

"Who is that beautiful woman?" Drew asked while May has a different question.

"Who is that handsome man?"

"This is Relena and Alexander in their adulthood." Professor Oak smiled sadly. "Ash and Elena were wrong; their meeting years ago, was not their first meeting. They'd already met when they were five years old, when Relena visited Alex." Professor Oak said with a fond smile. "I wonder if they still remember that meeting."