SURPRISE OF CONFUSIONS

BY- SOURAGAR

So friends, this is my new story. As we all know, in every new season of Pokémon, the main female companion from last season makes a cameo appearance. The XY/XYZ is coming to an end and it's kind of confirmed that Iris would not reappear here. So it is my take on what could have been the situation on Iris's arrival and its possible reasons. But it would not be a story of Ash and Iris, It would be an Amourshipping story. Even Iris could be considered as a side character here. So enjoy my first pure Amourshipping story.

Happy Reading!

DISCLAIMER- I don't own Pokémon.

Chapter 1- Arrival at Coumarine city! Meeting old friends!

We now come to a group of friends walking towards Coumarine city. The Kalos region has just survived from a dangerous attack of team flare, but everything recovered back to normal fast, thanks to Zygarde, whose healing powers restored the order or Kalos and saved the people and constructions here from the huge burden of repairs. After everything was normal again, our heroes decided to go for some kind of vacation, and what better place than Coumarine city itself. We can identify them as our heroes, Ash, Clemont, Bonnie and Serena. It was nearly known to all their contribution in fight against Kalos Crisis, thanks to Team Rocket's broadcast of entire event, still they were thankful that the people held their composure and didn't stormed them with praises, for which they were thankful to Diantha, who had her own ways of controlling the paparazzi.

"Wow! It looks as beautiful as ever." Serena exclaimed after they reached the town. This town was truly special for them, again, especially to her. She had her first showcase here, her complete makeover to symbolize her new found determination, Ash's fourth gym badge was obtained by him here, but especially, she had the day of festival in her mind. How she was able to spend a whole day with Ash alone, which in fact, was nothing short of a gift to her. In her mind, it was and always would be their first date, whatever others could make out of it, didn't mattered to her. How can she forget about when they gave their Pokémons gift under the giant tree? But for her, the most memorable moment here was when Ash gave the blue ribbon as a present to her. It was a good luck charm for her, much more than just a piece of fabric, for her it was a symbol of their relationship, whatever it was, surely something deeper than friendship though.

"Let's head to Pokémon center first, after getting our rooms, we would go for shopping, and then continue according to the travelling plan which I had prepared for situations precisely like this." Clemont said in an I-know-all kind of tone while his glasses started shining as all others sweat-dropped.

"Do you think we could follow this?" Bonnie asked others as they saw a schedule in which everything was planned minute to minute. They all sweat-dropped again going into the details of the list. "Umm… I think we would follow this until we can." Serena replied smiling on her friend's tactics.

"Okay, let's head to Pokémon Centre!" Ash exclaimed as he started moving forward. His friends followed him as they moved forward through the city, crossing different kind of people and Pokémons. The sight of the tree brought back the pleasant memories for them as they made their way towards the Pokémon Centre. After sometime, they reached their destination, and requested for their rooms. Nurse Joy recognized them immediately as the persons that saved Kalos and welcomed them. She provided them with the Keys while thanking them for their brave efforts and saying that there would be no staying charges for them as a way of saying thanks.

After they reached their room, they unloaded their luggage and started refreshments. Serena was the first to end her preparations as she was ready now to start her new vacation. She was sure that it is going to be great fun for her and her friends. She also wished to get to know Ash better in this trip. Whatever the situation may be, she was well aware that her time with the group was becoming short day to day and as the Kalos League was over now, it was only a matter of time when Ash would decide where he wanted to go next. She knew her time for the confession was getting reduced and she needed to act quickly, unless she would be left with huge guilt.

She shooked her face to get over her imaginations towards the real world. She decided to check her mail quickly before her departure. As she opened her mail, she was shocked to get one from the Performers Union. It shocked her. Well, the masterclass has ended recently and there was still sometime left before the start of next season. Getting a mail at this time was… surprising to say at least. Nevertheless she opened the mail to see a video message for her.

By the time the video started playing, her friends came up to stand beside her as they were also interested in what was happening. The message showed Monsieur Pierre who announced that the Performers Unit has decided to hold a charity performance in Coumarine City in a week and all the performers were requested to participate in it to make it a grand event. It would not give any princess keys, but was just for charity. Pierre also said that it could a big opportunity for preparations for next season. Serena thought about it for some time and decided that it would not hurt to participate, especially since they were already present in Coumarine city. She liked performing and it was some time since she had done it last time. Still she asked Ash and her other friends whether she could participate as she never wanted her desires to hinder the plans of her friends. They all happily nodded and encouraged her that she should definitely participate. She happily agreed and messaged her confirmation to Pierre about her participation.

Then our heroes left the Pokémon Centre and went towards shopping. As it was early evening, they started their trip by some snacks. It was no wonder that Ash was the most enthusiastic one in these kind of things. He nearly completed every stand of food present there, and too with the super amazing speed of him. Clemont and Bonnie sweat-dropped while Serena giggled at his antics.

Then Ash was reluctantly forced to leave the stalls as Clemont was constantly barbering over the six minute delay that Ash has caused and if they don't hurry up, then his brilliant plan may fail. Then they moved forward for shopping. Bonnie and Serena lead them this time as they made their way throughout various stores and Clemont and Ash followed with pile of bags on both hands which continued to increase.

As they were moving forward, Serena and Bonnie decided to try some new clothes. Clemont and Ash actually saw it as an opportunity to rest for some time. As they were resting leaning against the wall, Ash saw something that was able to catch up his interest. It was advertising some kind of "Dragon Pokémon Battler's Tournament" where they were inviting special judges. The prizes were going to be announced on television at a special event. Ash was confused about what kind of event this was, but had no time to think about as Serena and Bonnie came out of dressing room and decided to move towards next mall.

The next mall was a big one, filled with aristocratic decoration and dresses of classic design. Serena and Bonnie were having hearts in their eyes whereas Clemont and Ash sweat-dropped thinking about their future. They roamed through the mall searching for something interesting but nothing of that sort could be found, not at least in their budget. As they were roaming, Serena stopped on a particular dress, watching it with admiration and amazement in her eyes. She saw the price tag and then frowned in disappointment. Ash came forward to ask what had happened and why she was looking down.

Serena said that the dress in front of them looked pretty and it would have been great if she would have been able to buy it for her upcoming performance, but the price tag was too high and she could not afford it. Ash saw the dress and would have to agree with Serena as the dress truly looked pretty. It surely would have looked amazing on Serena. Then his eyes moved towards the price tag where he saw Poke$7549. His eyes opened wide in shock. Even he didn't possessed that much amount of money.

Serena sighed and requested to continue their trip. She wanted that dress, but knew it was beyond her reach, and was mature enough not to start any childish demands. The fact that Ash was concerned for her definitely provided a more than enough consolation for her.

After they exited the mall, they were greeted by a voice…

"Hey!" Someone called from behind. When they turned to see who it was, a tanned girl was running towards them. She was wearing cream colored clothes. Ash was having a shocked expression, but happiness was leaking from his face. The girl came near them and enveloped Ash in a hug. Serena panicked thinking she was some kind of fangirl but was shocked to find Ash returning the hug.

"Oh my god Ash! What are you doing here? I never thought I could meet you here." Iris exclaimed hugging Ash as he responded "Yeah! It has been a long time since we last meet."

As they ended their hug, Ash returned to his group who were having Dumbfound expression on their faces. He rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment as he remembered that he had forgotten to introduce Iris to all his friends. "How could you forget such basic things? You are such a kid!" Iris mocked Ash teasing him in her usual manner. "How many times I would have to remind you that we are of the same age?" Ash exclaimed, clearly annoyed of her teasing habit."

"Anyway, this is Iris, we traveled through unova region…" As soon as Ash ended this Serena went on his thinking land…

"Ash travelled with this Iris, through Unova, alone..." Serena kept thinking as Ash continued, "With Cilan." But Serena didn't heard it as she was busy in her own thinking. She was latter snapped away by Ash who was continuously chanting her name to take her out of her trance.

AUTHOR'S NOTE- So, it's over, the first chapter. It would not be a long story, like "The War of Wants" but still would be nice. Now it was Amourshipping from Serena's side, next chapter would consist of Amourshipping from Ash's side. About the last joke, it was just for fun. What do you think is the reason for arrival of Iris? And what about the tournament poster Ash saw? About Serena's performance? All this and much more in future chapters.

About the poll of "The War of Wants", I would choose the chapters soon and then post it. The pools are still open and you can visit a poll on my profile vote. You can also vote through PMs or reviews on "The War of Wants."

Thank You!