Welcome to the second chapter of this rewrite. Nothing much to say other than I tried to expand from the original chapter and include more information.
Unfortunately there is no lemon in this chapter but there is some suggestive ideas mentioned in this chapter.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any other characters to do with the show or the company at all.
Chapter 2 - Help from an Unlikely Source
It was the following morning and the sounds of wild Fletchlings and Fletchinders awoke the group from their sleep. After greeting each other with a 'Good morning' they quickly got into their daily morning routine with Clemont using the bathroom first so that when the others use it he can prepare breakfast, or in this case since they were in a Pokemon Centre, he could work on his inventions or plan the next route. Serena was next to use the bathroom and was the one who spent the longest in there out of the whole group partly because Ash and Bonnie usually fall asleep again after saying morning to everyone, plus Serena always wanted to look her best, especially for Ash. Once she is finished she would often wake Bonnie up and get her to use the bathroom before worrying about waking Ash up.
Once all were refreshed, finished with their morning routines and packed their bags the gang set off towards the cafeteria. Whilst wolfing down his fourth helping of cereal Ash declared, "I was thinking of spending today exploring the massive forest north of the Pokemon Centre here. We never got to explore it and who knows what other Pokemons are in there. Maybe I can even catch some.".
Bonnie's eyes started to sparkle at this and pleaded Ash to take her with him so she could see all the cute Pokemons as well to which Ash gave her a thumbs up. He then turned to Serena and Clemont and asked, "What about you guys, wanna join us?".
Serena was deep in thought as she wanted to spend more time with Ash (as always) but she still had a fear of forest and didn't want to look weak and scared in front of Ash. Plus this would give her some alone time to try and formulate a plan about the tradition as she desperately wanted do it with Ash first, having promised herself to save her virginity for him. She looked Ash in the eyes and with an apologetic tone said, "Sorry Ash, even though as much as I want to come with you, we all know how I feel about being in forests. Sorry.".
This resulted in Ash giving a defeated look before slowly turning to Clemont who also seemed to be thinking. After a few seconds he smiled and faced the group and said, "Seeing as it is a lovely sunny day how about we have a picnic just next to the forest, so you two can explore it while Serena and I can prepare and organise lunch? What do you say guys? It is quite a big forest but is along the same route we are travelling today so we could take a break there.".
The other three looked at one another and smiled at the young inventor for his brilliant suggestion. The group then finished their breakfast and planned the picnic writing things down that they would need to buy for the picnic. Ash with his love for food was given the role of buying the desserts for the group, while Clemont and Bonnie were responsible for buying the ingredients for the main course of their lunch and would go with Ash to the market in the nearby village. Nurse Joy volunteered to call the market and check their stock before relaying the information to Clemont who told the group that all the ingredients they would need seemed to be in stock. However there appears to be one issue.
"Serena I checked with Nurse Joy who called the market in the village and apparently they have run out of picnic baskets. There is a PokeMart up ahead near the forest could you look and see if they have any?" asked Clemont turning towards his close friend.
Serena's eyes widened at the mentioning of that particular PokeMart and the memory of the cashier crept its way into her mind. She grew red and stuttered, "W...wai...wait you wan… wanttt me to g...g..o to the PokeMart for the b-b-basket and blanket?".
The whole group were confused at her response and Bonnie innocently asked, "Is something wrong Serena?".
Serena shook her head to clear her mind and managed to smile at the young girl replying, "No nothing is wrong. I was er… just surprised because I thought Clemont still had the picnic blanket from the last picnic, that's all".
Her friends seemed to have bought that excuse and Clemont rubbed the back of his head sheepishly admitting, "Yeah about that, it sort of got burned when my last invention exploded".
Ash and Serena laughed at this especially Serena wanting to take the attention away from the conversation about the PokeMart. Bonnie on the other hand was not amused as she shook her head in embarrassment and muttered, "Way to go big bro".
After putting on their bags and checking they had all their Pokemons and Pokeballs, the quartet thanked Nurse Joy for her hospitality and help before setting off. After an hours walk, the group arrived at their crossing point and with a final wave to each other they all separated to go and buy the things they needed. Serena nervously made her way to the PokeMart not knowing what would happen this time. Following a 15 minute walk, the honey blonde was able to see the PokeMart and headed towards it. Her hands shook in nervousness as she reached for the door of the PokeMart and once she had her hands on the handle, the girl took a deep breath in and walked inside.
Her entranced caught the attention of the cashier who was reading a magazine (as the Markt was empty) and he smiled as he recognised the girl calling out to her, "Glad to see you again miss, you here for the demonstration?".
Serena waved her hands frantically and with a blush replied, "N-n-n-oo it's no-o-othing like that, I just need a picnic basket and blanket for my friends and I".
The man chuckled at seeing the girl so embarrassed and offered to show her the items. As he left the till and approached Serena, he also made no efforts to hide his obvious erection from the girl, whose eyes widened when she saw it having never seen something like this before. She quickly redirected her eyes onto other things and looked at some of the new potions on the shelves until the cashier returned with three different designed picnic blankets. Serena carefully looked at the three and chose the one on the right which was yellow with pokeball patterns. Satisfied with her pick, he went off again before returning with a straw woven picnic basket with a floral cotton lining inside which Serena found cute and wanted to buy immediately.
Going towards the till and reaching into her bag to her wallet and money, the man stopped her and said, "You don't need to pay, it's on me. Getting to see your attractive body again is enough young lady.".
Serena blushed at the comment but tried to ignore his advances as she politely asked him, "Are you sure?".
He folded the blanket and placed it inside the basket before he handed it to her with a wink. He licked his lips and then spoke again, "By the way, you may want to think about buying some contraceptive pills as well".
Serena was thinking and remembered her mother mention pills once but as usual, the honey blonde decided to ignore her, probably still mad after a failed Rhyhorn riding lesson. Serena gave the cashier a confused look to which he continued by informing her about the contraceptive pills, "Pills are often taken by girls who have sex to try and stop getting pregnant. Seeing as you bought 20 condoms last time, you and your boyfriend or whoever must be careful unless you want to get pregnant. Plus girls use them so they can have sex without having to use condoms - convenient when you don't have any with you or to be doubly sure of not getting pregnant. Don't tell me you don't know about them?".
Serena's face turned redder than a tomato berry with steam coming out of her ears from listening what the man just casually told her. Calming down quickly, she still had a flustered expression on her face but soon thought about his advice and realized that she might need it now since she will be having sex soon. The performer looked at the cashier with embarrassment and said, "W-well I…..I am s-s-still a v-v-virgin, so n… never had to worry about getting p-p-p-pregnant. But you are right me and my travel companions need to be careful. S-s-so c….. ca….. can I buy some?".
The girl mentally shrieked after finishing her sentence scolding herself bewilderedly, "GAAAHHH! Why did I just say all of that to him?! He is a complete stranger and just revealed some secrets no girl should ever share with people especially someone you don't even know!".
The cashier looked at her noticing her clear embarrassment choosing to ignore it for now and responded, "Sure you can, I didn't know you were still a virgin, you know. Usually they never buy 20 condoms at once if it will be their first time".
Serena smiled meekly and looked towards the floor out of shame not wanting to make eye contact with the man. Despite her not looking at him, she could feel his eyes on her as if expecting an answer before giving her the contraceptive pills. Gulping, Serena pushed a strand of hair behind her ear which moved after she looked at the floor. "Does he really expect me to answer him? Isn't that a very private question? Gosh this shopping experience is worse than the last time I was here", thought Serena as her eyes slowly travelled up from the floor, above the glass counter and into the eyes of the cashier, who as she suspected was waiting for a response.
Serena knew there was no other option and that if she did not respond then he would not serve her and take up time which could make her friends suspicious or worried. Swallowing her pride, the girl took a deep breath in and said, "Well you see…. erm, this so embarrassing. You see, the thing is…. erm - (pausing to give herself an internal pep talk "get it together Serena. You are never seeing him again so just tell him so you can leave") - I bought them because I have two male travel companions so I thought I would need many just in case. I have never been with a boy before or been intimate so I didn't know" ending her sentence with a visible blush as she thought about Ash briefly.
The cashier spotted the blush and her tone of voice and was momentarily stunned before he softly chuckled and with a smirk plastered on his face asked, "Well you will make two guys very happy. But it seems there is more to this than them being your companions. Tell me do you have a crush on one of them? Hmm?".
Serena's eyes widened as her mouth opened in shock at his question as her fingers found their way to her blue ribbon playing with it subconsciously. She did not know what to say as her mind went blank momentarily. "Is it that obvious? Am I that open?" frantically asked Serena herself.
"I am waiting, beautiful. But I take your shocked expression and silence means that is a yes", commented the cashier with his smirk still present.
"H-h-how? How did you figure it out?", asked Serena desperately.
The man simply shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well it was not too hard seeing your heavy blushing and the way you spoke. I am guessing you are making the preparations for the ancient Trainer's Kalos Tradition. Does the boy know about your feelings for him?".
Serena had a frown on her face giving off a depressed expression as she averted her eyes to the glass display cabinets which served as the counter in the PokeMart and disclosed her biggest secret, "No. No he doesn't. I really love him. I have done so since we were children when he rescued me. I was so happy that we had the chance to meet again and I love travelling with him and our other friends. But every time I feel ready to confess I get really scared and think about what would happen if he rejected me and how it would affect our friendship. I was hoping to confess after my Master Class and his Lumiose Conference. But…. but now I am so freaked out about the tradition that I can't bring myself to focus on confessing".
The cashier's smirk dropped hearing the poor girl's dilemma and sympathetically spoke, "Oh I am so sorry to hear that. It must have been and still is tough on you. Maybe I can help?".
Serena's head snapped upwards towards the man and had a curious expression on her face. Seeing her reaction he began to think when a realization hit him and he asked, "Tell me do the other friends of yours know about your feelings for the boy? Especially the other trainer you will have to carry out the tradition with?".
The performer could only sigh as she this brought up the second dilemma she was facing currently and so confessed, "Well I think one of them does, Bonnie. She is so young but knows a lot about romance. I don't think her brother Clemont, who is the other person I have to carry out the tradition with, knows however. So now I have to find a way to confess and make sure I carry the tradition out with Ash first before Clemont. AND I also have to find a way to get the idea of the tradition into Ash's head because he is not from this region so he has no clue about it yet. This is all so complicated and I am alone to solve this and struggling to figure it out which is making me depressed and stressed!".
A light bulb moment went off in the cashier's head as he snapped his finger having carefully listened to Serena's problems. He turned to the girl, who was taking deep breaths which he assumed was because she was feeling slightly better having gotten her deepest worries out of her chest for once. His finger snap caught Serena's attention as she looked up at him expectantly to which he smiled and spoke, "Well this might be an unusual method but I think I found a way for you to deal with both issues. So listen, what I was thinking was maybe you could find a quiet moment with this Clemont boy and let him in on your crush for Ash. This way he will understand that you want to carry out the tradition with Ash first and could help you get the concept of the tradition into Ash's head, and maybe even help you figure out how to confess. How does that sound?"
If her head was a volcano, Serena was sure she would have erupted now. Hearing the man's idea she was grateful he tried to help but she simply could not go through with it and so voiced her concerns, "Thank you for trying to help me but I don't think I can do that. I get so flustered when even thinking about confessing to Ash so how could I tell Clemont about my crush? And what if it messes up with our group friendship? No…. no I think my confession should be something I do on my own. But then how do I get Ash to understand about the tradition and do it with him first?".
The cashier understood her point about wanting to confess her feelings to her crush on her own terms without her other friend knowing. Instead he began to think again about how to modify his suggestion to help with her other two problems she mentioned. It took a couple of minutes of thinking and whilst he did, his eyes wandered along the girl's attractive and developing body. This gave him inspiration and suddenly he came up with a new plan and suggested, "OK how about this then. Maybe you can discuss with Clemont about Ash not knowing about the tradition and so work together to get him to understand it. At the same time you could persuade Clemont to let you do it with Ash first. How about that?".
Serena had to agree that this seemed to be the best solution to her problems she had ever heard or thought about, but there was still one issue. She looked at the man and hoped he could provide a solution or suggestion to this too and asked, "That sounds like a really good idea. I could do it like you said but there is one problem - Clemont can get very shy and nervous about certain topics and this would be one of them. When his sister tries to find him a bride he gets flustered and nervous. I am not sure if he would and how I could persuade him to help me with explaining the tradition to Ash. And would he not get suspicious if I told him I want Ash to do the tradition with me first?".
"So innocent you are my dear beautiful", he commented with a smile on his face. Seeing the confusion on Serena's face he expanded, "You see there is still a way you can follow my plan even if this Clemont kid gets nervous and embarrassed about this topic. You can even get him to agree about your preferred order without raising suspicions of your feelings for Ash.".
"WHAT?! There is a way I can do that? Do you know it? Can you tell me please?", asked Serena desperately wanting a solution to her problems which has been on her mind since the end of the Master Class and Lumiose Conference.
The older man smirked as he leaned down and over the counter towards the girl and whispered, "It's simple really. You. You are the solution to this. You hold the power to solve this problem".
Serena's hopeful expression turned into one of confusion again listening to his cryptic answer and mumbled, "What? What do you mean?".
The cashier chuckled once more before speaking, "Well you see my dear, there is one way to make any AND I MEAN ANY man do what a woman wants. The truth is all men love sex and women and nothing can captivate and manipulate them more than a beautiful woman. So what I am telling you is if you want your friend's help you will have to seduce him.".
An audible gasp could be heard in the empty PokeMart which had only two people inside, the cashier and the girl who was responsible for the gasp. Serena tried to process what she just heard as her eyes widened and her mind went into overdrive, "What did he say? M-me… seduce Clemont? I can't do that. There has to be another way!".
Before she could say anything, the cashier spoke again saying "Think about it. You can get your friend to help you by just seducing him. He will listen to you and you can get him to agree to let you carry it out with you crush without him asking you for a reason. Believe me no man could resist the charms of a beautiful woman especially one like you.", ending his explanation with a wink.
Serena couldn't help but blush at his final comment but she was still thinking about his plan trying to process the suggestion of her seducing Clemont. Seeing her conflict, he tried to reason with her saying, "Sweetheart think about it. One way or another you will have sex with Clemont too, so why are you so worried and unsure about seducing him before and getting him to help you? You said it yourself you want to find a solution to your problems".
"I know… but Ash…? What if he finds out about me seducing our friend just to help me? What if that ruins my chance with him? And what would Clemont think and say about me if I used him like that?", Serena nervously voiced her worries.
The man shook his head saying, "No, no you got it all wrong. You won't be using your friend because, I mean, he will get something out of it too right. Not many men would complain about being seduced by a beautiful girl like yourself. Besides like you know, you will have to sleep with him too so think of this as a way to break the ice between you two, for when that moment arrives. Importantly for you, remember that if you don't find a way to tell Clemont about your wish to sleep with Ash first then you will have a problem.".
The last point really struck Serena as she knew he was right about it. The honey blonde was desperate to save her virginity for her crush at all cost and knew she would go through any lengths for this. Thinking over the suggestion of the man she thought about his explanations and knowing that time was running short before Ash had to leave, the performer saw no other option but to follow through with it. Facing the cashier with a determined face, she offered her kindest smile to show her appreciation even if it was for a very private and sensitive matter and said, "I… I think y-you are right. I will follow your plan. Thank you.".
The cashier smiled before he remembered something else and commented, "Ooh before we forget, here you go, the pills you also wanted. By the way, may I ask for your name and how old are you?".
Serena paid for the pills and put the contraceptive pills next to the condoms in her bag which were well hidden. Once done she smiled at the cashier and said, "I'm Serena and 17 mister.".
The cashier was amazed that at such a young age this girl was so attractive and had the body of a young mature woman. He then extended his hand and decided to introduce himself too, "Wow what a lovely name for a lovely girl. I am Luke and I am 36.".
Serena shook his hand before bidding farewell, "Nice talking to you and thanks for all your help. It has really helped me and is now making more relaxed. Oh and thank you for the tip about the pills too.".
As she was about to leave the PokeMart, Luke called out to tease her again, "Like with my last offer with the condoms, I'd be happy to help test if the pills work if you know what I mean.".
Serena blushed furiously trying her best to ignore the comment, before waving goodbye and stepped out of the PokeMart to head towards the picnic spot to catch up with her friends. Once she left Luke was glad that he was able to help her but sighed at being left sexually frustrated by the girl again just like the last time she was here a few weeks ago. He noticed the store was empty and wanted to play with his cock but tried hard not to in case a customer comes in.
I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and the interaction between Serena and Luke.
To answer a popular question I have been PMed about - lemons will be included from the next chapter onwards but may or may not be in every chapter after chapter 3 but hope you will all still enjoy this story.
That is it for now until next time and don't forget to review!
