I cant wait for pikachu to evolve, douse getting some fighting basics i pove to see it

Did you think of teaching Pikachu Extreme Speed ? It's a great move and I think you should make Ash teach him. If he evolves into Alolan Raichu with the ability of Surge Surfer and he learns to use Electric terrain properly and throw in Agility and bam he'd be unstoppable and untouchable.
As for Douse please teach him Belly Drum. It'd be a huge power up for him. You might also teach him a combination of Close combat and Superpower (Rampage) like how Elf did. He'd give even the strongest of Machamp a run for their money. Also Douse can learn psychic too not many would expect psychic from a fighting type opponent. So you might want to get on that.
On a side note Jasmine can learn Zap canon too and she'd be damn powerful when she evolves.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Also I'd love to join your discord so shoot me a link if you can.

nice chapter look forward the part

I did a quick search and Scizor can't learn Rain Dance. That would probably imbalance the battle mechanics, like giving a pre-Gen 6 Spirtomb the ability Wonder Guard.

hey enjoying your story so far and I hope Pikachu evolves into Alolan Raichu... Pikachu can still learn more fighting techniques because that will help him against dark types when he evolves... Bruno can take interest in the little mon and turn him into a powerhouse of his own

I curious if Pikachu will evolve next chapter? I like both form.

I would love for Ash to have Gardevoir in his team, being one of the best fairy and my favorit, i would love Ash catch it.
It not a big deal if he catch Pokemon with the same type (Espeon being also Psychic too for Alola Raichu or gardevoir), what matter is that their fighting style are different enough, Gardevoir using teleport in fighting would be interesting and useful outside.

Also if you ever gave Ash a Riolu, i woul love it to be femal as Cynthia already have a male one. He need more femal Pokemon.

One thing i hope is that you let Ash catch some Legend like Diancy or Magearna or other when he meet them like in movie in the futur.

Ash sure know what to say to make a point!

Wes and Rui are here, nice. First major change if I'm getting this right.

Paul appeared and the rivalry's fire was stoked.

I do wonder on the physiological interactions of poisoning something not standard in biology like a Ghost.

Personally, I hope he gets a teddiursa myself. I mean sure, Leaf has one. But Gary also had an eevee so having the same Pokémon doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea.

So next is Celadon and after Agatha? I curious if you will have Ash ask his mother to get him a Pokmon at one point. She is a breeder right? She could get him a rare Pokémon or one not from kanto. Would love him to get a Blissey or Kangaskhan for normal type.

Cynthia getting ambushed, I wonder if she doesn't have Lucario yet. Though I suppose sensing that many restless ghost types might not feel well. Well, at least she got a spiritomb out of it XD.

Kanto and Kalos being one landmass, that I don't see a problem with. But a structure surviving long enough to last way past continental drift? Pretty absurd tbh. Then again, even if Challenger is much more grounded, ruins show that ancient civilizations here were riduclously advanced in terms of mysical stuff.

Dr. Fuji and Ash casually speaking about spirits being real and what they are is a nice touch to show that the world is still very fantastic for all the realism and minuetae of training is showed.

Duskull's here, sweet. Second favorite ghost line. Duskclops was creepily awesome when I first saw it as a kid, and Dusknoir too, made a big impression on me

Sandile is cool, but Flygon suits Ash way more as a Ground-type, since he partnered with one in the Jirachi movie.

Espeon is an absolutely perfect choice for him. I was really expecting him to obtain one in the anime, since Gary had an Umbreon. Trainer Red has an Espeon too, so it would have made perfect sense for Ash to end up with one.

I hope Ash gets a femal Roselia in Celadon. Will not native from kanto, He did found a duskull, i am sur he could find the specie in Celadon. It would have Grasse and Poison type he need.

Love the chapter.
I would love for Ash to get a Mawile (femal), maybe not for his current Kanto team as he already have a steel type, but for when he travel in another region.

Will their be romance in challenger? Even though Ash need to grow first, i hope he end with May.

For Pikachu's evolution it makes more sense for him to evolve into a regular Raichu as an Alolan one dosen't seem to mesh well with the rest of the team, especially since Ash already has a dedicated psychic type in Espeon. Plus this is my own personal bias but a normal Raichu's design is much better in comparison and the Alolan food shouldn't really make a difference, hell I wasn't even expecting Pikachu to evolve since to me Ash's Pikachu should never evolve but this story is different enough from canon that you could pull it off if written well enough. Since this story has it's roots in the anime canon what form Pikachu evolves into should make sense for that continuity and avoid too many overlapping types with other party members. If you really want something extra for Pikachu have him get a Light Ball or learn Surf.