Bashful Brilliance

(Brendan x OC, Dawn x Ash)

Characters

Dawn, Ash, Brock, Hiruka, Brendan

The trio stopped at the Pokemon center in Sandgem town, a town just neighboring that of Twinleaf, where Dawn's home resided. They were a diverse group. There was Ash, the young Pokemon trainer from Pallet Town whom already had participated in three separate leagues; Brock, a Pokemon breeder from Pewter City who once ran the gym in that town while helping his family; Finally, there was Dawn, a young girl from Twinleaf town that had started her journey as a Pokemon Coordinator and whom was raised mostly be her mother after moving from Azalea Town in Johto from her father, brother and sister. She was excited, however, by something involving that. Her sister had promised to visit for the Twinleaf Festival, saying she wanted to bring her friend. They'd be staying at their mother's home together. "I can't wait," Dawn noted.

Little did Dawn know, however, that her friend Ash had already met Hiruka. They were childhood friends, in fact, from a trip she'd taken with their father once during a conference amongst many gym leaders. He'd taught her to climb a tree, and strangely enough that had started their friendship easily. Ash hadn't an idea that the two were related. He didn't even know Hiruka was coming yet!

As the trio exited the Pokemon center for a moment, Ash stopped short, seeing a girl covered with Starly and Bidoof. He could barely see the girl, however recognized her sea-green hair and immediately ran to help her, helping her get one starly off her head and covering her free hair with his hat. The Pokemon, seemingly calmed down, dispersed. He let out a sigh of relief. "That was a close one..."

"It's been a while, hasn't it, Ash?" She laughed slightly, simply smiling up at him due ot her height being slightly below his. "It's funny... It seems we're meeting now the way we did when we were small." The words managed to make him laugh. She smiled happily from hearing it.

"Ash!" A deeper voice yelled. Brock ran toward them, followed by Dawn. When the other girl was in sight, Dawn was in shock.

"H-Hiruka?"

"Sis!" Hiruka waved, happily looking to her sister. "Long time no see!"

"Uh... Hiruka, why did you just call her your sister?" Ash seemed baffled. Hiruka laughed at it.

"Because she is my sister. Well, adoptively speaking. She's the only one of us biologically related to dad."

"Wait... You mean... You already know Ash, Hiri?"

"We met when we were small. Actually, the same way as just five seconds ago. His saving me from being mobbed by a group of Pokemon that could smell me a mile away." She laughed. "I can't believe I managed to get my hat stolen while I was sleeping..."

"That's why you may want to try avoiding sleeping in trees as much as you do," Dawn noted. Hiruka laughed nervously now, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment.

"You're here for the Twinleaf Festival then, right, Hiruka?" Ash smiled happily to his friend, only to watch her nod. "That's awesome!"

"Well, I'm not only here for the festival. I'll be traveling in Sinnoh afterwards." She giggled a bit. "Brendan's not here yet, but he promised to be here in time for the festival so we could have a little fun before we start traveling again."

"Right- you told Mom you wanted to have a friend come with you. But why are you traveling? Do you have an errand in Sinnoh?"

"Oh, it's nothing like that, Dawn." She smiled. "I've been traveling for a while now. I met Brendan last year during an errand for Professor Elm. After we finished, I ended up following him around for a while and before you could know it, I was hooked on traveling with him. It's just really fun to watch him trying so hard!"

"Wait... So you're just traveling for fun?" Dawn was shocked. This was nothing like her sister! Not from what she recalled anyway. "What is he doing in Sinnoh then?"

"Brendan wants to take on the Sinnoh league. He asked me about it while we were taking a vacation over on the Sevii Islands on our last day there. I mentioned the Twinleaf Festival then and asked if we could go there before we started, so we're gonna spend some time at home first before we start. Mom already knows that he's coming so she already is trying to find a way for him to stay at the house. I told her we can share a room but she's a bit worried about it."

"Well yeah, you're talking about rooming with a guy."

"We've slept in the same tent before, as well as in the Pokemon center many times. It's not that big a deal, y'know."

"Still. She worries about you. You are a girl, he is a guy. You know how it is."

"Yes... But even dad doesn't worry about it, and dad worries more then almost anyone I know."

"Wait, dad doens't mind at all?" Dawn was even more surprised at this. "Dad is so protective of you though, especially since we adopted you... I'm sorta shocked."

"Dad trusts Brendan, and so do I~! Brendan is a very good person. He even knows about my condition, and works hard to help me with it whenever it acts up. In Johto, there was a problem with Team Rocket and it particularly came up by the Lake of Rage. I could barely stand after a while from a Pokemon's anger, so he tried to help me calm it down while helping me stand!" She giggled. "Sometimes he worries more then Dad does, though he'll never admit it. But he also has this strangely refreshing attitude... And hey, he managed to get Silver's brain working again. I think that's pretty awesome."

"He sounds amazing. I can't wait to meet him!"

"You won't have to. Look up there." Hiruka pointed at a Noctowl flying up in the sky and a human hand waving down to them. "Hey, Brendan!"

"Hiri! Sorry to keep ya waiting!" He got closer to the ground, jumping off of Noctowl's back before landing sternly on the grass beneath them, letting Noctowl into its Pokeball.