HISHE: Ash vs Marnie

Or: If the anime writers had a little more self-awareness of how predictable their show has become since Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Dynamax/Gigantamaxing your Pokémon. Slight Marnie/Ash if you squint hard enough. (First chapter isn't part of my Journeys AU series, can't be certain if the second one will. What do I even genre tag this?)