Editing Ash Ketchum/Relationships (section)

===[[Kessie]]:===
Since her debut in "Find Her, Keep Her", Ash, along with Pikachu, Misty, and Brock, never fully met Kessie as a small chick due to Rabbit keeping her a secret from them. The reason being was because Rabbit believed that Ash and his friends would make things more difficult in taking care of her than Pooh and his friends ever would. With that, he remained distant from them for nearly a year as she grows into her adolescent years. However, Kessie's instinct of learning to fly begins to become a major conflict in keeping her a secret from Ash and his friends. And because of that, he fears that she'll leave him forever and will never see her again. Once she ultimately learned to fly after she saved him from falling after he was accidently launched off the cliff, Rabbit began to suffer an emotional breakdown. With that, he came to the realization that he cannot keep hiding Kessie from Ash and his friends forever now that she learned to fly and that he really does need their help. The very next day, Rabbit musters up the courage to introduce Kessie to Ash, Misty and Brock despite her shyness to them. As she plays with Pikachu, Rabbit told Ash, Misty, and Brock the truth about why he kept her hidden while even explaining the struggles he's been having since becoming her father figure. After hearing his sad story, Ash and his friends felt sorry for their friend and gave them some proper advice: if he really loves her, he must let her go so that she can be free to explore the world and be happy with other birds. They even said that as a loving parent, he should always put Kessie's happiness before his own and that she needs his support whether he likes it or not. After their long discussion, Rabbit began to break down in tears until he was comforted by his friends. But little did he knew, Kessie watched how Ash, Misty and Brock gave Rabbit emotional support to help with his problems in parenthood and realized how nice they really are. Later, that same day, Ash and his friends asked Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Owl to tell them more about Kessie so they can get a chance to know her before her departure. Later on, Pooh and the others helped Kessie prepare to leave for the winter. But Rabbit arrived too late to say goodbye to her. Luckily, Kessie joyfully came back, and Rabbit emotionally apologized for everything he said to her about not wanting to let her fly. But Pooh, Ash, and the others assured him that she will return and that he'll never be alone. Because no matter where she goes, she will always be in his heart, which makes Rabbit feel much better. Soon after Kessie left, Ash and his friends look after Rabbit and smile proudly at him.

Later, in "A Bird in Hand", Kessie returns from the south as a fully grown bird. But she doesn't reunite with Ash until he comes to everyone's rescue when he disguised himself as "The Great Heffalump" just to scare Stan and Heff. But unlike those who were easily fooled by the disguise, Kessie was the only one who wasn't fooled and secretly figured out it is indeed Ash the whole time.