A plane had just landed in the Kanto airport.
"Thank you for taking this flight to beautiful Kanto." The flight attendant said.
"Ash, can you give me a hand with this bag?" A honey haired girl asked.
"Yeah, hold on." Ash said as he began to tug on the bag.
He yanked it out and helped her up.
"Here you go." He smiled.
"Thank you, sweety." She kissed his cheek, making him blush.
"Pika." Pikachu laughed.
"Oh shush." Ash laughed.
The three got off of the plane and walked through the terminal.
"This was my favorite journey, ever." Ash smiled.
"And what makes you say that?" The girl asked.
"Because I met my long lost love, Serena Saki." Ash pulled her in for a kiss, which she gladly returned.
"I couldn't agree more." The two laughed.
"Come on, we should head to my place. I called my mom and told her we were on our way before we departed." Ash said.
"Okay." Serena smiled.
The three grabbed their luggage and walked out of the airport. As they did, they ran into Dawn who was exiting the airport as well.
"Dawn?" Ash called out.
"Ash? Oh hey, how are you?" Dawn waved.
The two then embraced in a hug.
"Pika." Pikachu popped out.
"Hey Pikachu." Dawn smiled as she scratched Pikachu's chin, earning a sort of purr from the electric mouse. All this triggered a sort of jealousy in Serena.
"Ahem." She cleared her throat.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. Serena, this is Dawn. She was my traveling companion alongside Brock while we were in the Sinnoh region. Dawn, this is Serena, my girlfriend who traveled with me alongside two siblings while we were in Kalos."
"Oh you have a girlfriend. I'm so happy for you!" Dawn hugged him.
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you, Dawn." Serena smiled.
"And it's great to meet you for the first time." Dawn smiled back.
"What are you doing here?" Ash asked.
"Well, Brock called me to come visit. So here I am." Dawn said.
"Is that the ONLY reason?" Ash raised his eyebrows.
"S-Shut up." Dawn blushed.
During their trips in Sinnoh, Dawn told Ash about her secret crush for a certain young Oak after their first encounter.
"Well, where did he say to meet?"
"Actually, your house." Dawn said.
"They must be throwing a surprise party." Ash said.
"Did you tell your mom about…" Dawn pointed at the two.
"No, we were going to tell her together." Ash said, Serena nodding.
"That makes sense."
"Seeing how that were heading to the same place, why not just all go together?" Serena asked.
"I like that idea." Ash said.
"Pika." Pikachu nodded.
"Let's go!" Dawn jumped into the air.
As they walked, Ash explained to Serena how that Dawn is more like a little sister and never thought of her more than a friend, then Serena and Dawn talked about random topics, how they met Ash, what pokemon they have, etc.. They soon reached a sign that said, 'Welcome to Pallet Town.'
Ash smiled as he and Pikachu sprinted up the hill.
"Ash wait!" Serena laughed as she followed.
She got to the top and saw the city. The trees, the buildings, the breeze. All like she remembered.
"Hey, Pikachu. I bet I can beat you this time."
"Pi Pikachu." Pikachu shook his head.
"Oh yeah, let's go!" Ash said as the two sprinted down the hill.
"Ash!" Serena shouted.
"Oh he does that every time. Thinks he'll beat Pikachu, he never does though. Come on." Dawn chuckled as she began to walk downhill.
Elsewhere
Ash ran and ran until he passed Pikachu and made it to his door.
"I won… finally." Ash wheezed.
"Pi… Pikachu." Pikachu gave a thumbs up.
Ash opened the door and saw Drew, May, Max, Brock, Iris, Cilan, Misty, Professor Oak, and Delia. They were in a circle talking when he entered.
"Hey, sweety."
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Ash, would you please come sit?"
"Um sure, but I would like you to me-"
"Ash, please." Delia said.
"O-Okay." Ash said, getting nervous.
"Ash, you have been training for what, 8 years now? And you have been doing horribly." Brock said.
This felt like Ash was just shot.
"What?" Ash asked.
"You're starter gets beaten up by other starter pokemon that the trainer just gets. That's a bit scary." May said.
"Look, we just want you to stop traveling, it's just not your thing. Take care of them is, but not traveling with them." Professor Oak said.
"Ash? What's going on?" Serena asked as she and Dawn entered.
Ash got up and stood next to them.
"They want me to stop traveling."
"WHAT?!" The two shouted.
"Dawn, I thought I told you."
"No, you told me to just come over. Nothing else." Dawn glared.
"Well anyways, we just want him to not travel, he can still see his pokemon at the ranch. He just can't go anywhere." Professor Oak said.
"Then what would the point of owning Pokemon if you can't go anywhere with them?" Serena asked.
"Yes, gramps. What is the point?" Gary asked as he walked in.
"Gary? I told you to stay and watch the pokemon."
"Well I just want to hear the point and I'll go." Gary said.
"Gary what do you mean?"
"He wants to trick you Ash. He was going to secretly transport your Pokemon to everyone else and say that they disappeared."
"What?!" The three shouted.
"GARY!" Professor Oak yelled.
"Professor? Is that true?" Ash asked.
"Well I… well it's just… *sigh* yes, I was going to give your Pokemon to everyone here so that they can still exercise and battle."
"Mom? How can you agree with them?!" Ash shouted.
"We just think that this isn't the best hobby for you, sweety." Delia said.
"…" Ash was quiet.
"Oh sweety, I know this must be difficult for you to understand." Delia stretched her arm out.
*slap*
Ash slapped her hand away and glared daggers at them.
"I understand perfectly. And you won't have my pokemon!" Ash yelled.
*SLAP!*
A red hand mark was now on Ash's cheek.
"ASHTON SATOSHI KETCHUM, GO TO YOUR ROOM, AFTER HANDING PROFESSOR OAK YOUR CURRENT POKEMON!"
"NO!" Ash yelled and ran out the door, pikachu close behind.
"Get him!" Brock shouted.
"Fenniken, smoke screen!" Serena shouted, releasing fenniken.
The smoke clouded everyone's vision inside, then Serena returned Fenniken and ran out the door after Ash, Dawn and Gary behind her.
They saw Ash and Pikachu running into the lab.
'Perfect.' Gary thought as they ran up the hill.
They ran in to see Ash was staring at an empty ranch, except for Charizard.
"Wha- where are they?" Ash asked.
"Don't worry, I transferred them to professor Sycamore's lab." Gary said.
"But the computer will say where they went." Serena said.
"Not without this," Gary smirked as he pulled a Hargrove out of his pocket, "this holds everything related to you, Ash. Hometown, I.D., pokemon, age, everything. Without this in the computer, you're a ghost."
Ash took it from Gary and shed a tear.
"COME ON, I THINK THEY'RE IN HERE!" Max shouted from outside the front of the lab.
"Ash, you and Serena have to go. I can hold them for a while." Gary said, releasing Blastoise and Umbreon.
"Not alone." Dawn released Buneary and Piplup.
"But-"
"GO!" Gary shouted.
Ash held his hand out. Gary and Dawn hugged him quickly.
"We'll see each other again soon, I promise." Ash said.
"You better, now go!" Gary pushed him.
Ash, Serena, and Pikachu got onto Charizard and began to ascend.
"There he is!" Ash turned and saw everyone was racing towards them.
"Blaziken, take him down!" May released Blaziken and shot a flamethrower at Charizard.
The flame was extinguished by a water gun. The traitors looked at the source and saw Blastoise took the flame out.
Charizard flew as fast as he could put of there.
Everyone saw the couple until they were a speck in the sky. They then glared daggers at Gary and Dawn. They all reached for their Pokeballs and released pokemon.
"Well, this will be fun." Gary smirked.
In the sky
Serena was staring back at Pallet Town. It was NOTHING like she remembered.
*sniffle*
She turned and saw Ash was beginning to cry.
"Ash, I'm so sorry about that." Serena hugged him tightly.
"How could she just do that? My own mother." Ash said,shedding a tear.
"I don't know."
"I have no family now." Ash said.
"That's not true, you have Pikachu, Charizard, and all of your other pokemon. …And you have me, Clemmont, Bonnie, Calem, Trevor, Shauna, Tierno, and professor Sycamore." Serena said.
Ash looked at her and saw that she was smiling. He smiled weakly and lowered his head onto her shoulder.
"It's okay, I'm here." Serena said as she stroked his hair.
The three flew through the air, the sun was lowering, the swellows and Pidgeots were flying through the air. The breeze was perfect.
She lifted his head and kissed his forehead.
"I am here for you. I will never abandon or betray you." Serena smiled.
Ash looked at her, her crystal blue eyes staring at him. Ash nodded.
"Good, now get some rest, we have a day until we get there." Serena smiled.
Ash nodded and fell asleep with his head falling on her lap.
'He's been through so much in just a day, betrayed by his friends and family, leaving two friends behind. Well not me, I will never do that. I will stay with you forever Ash.' Serena thought as she stroked his hair.
'I will stay with you forever…'
