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Chapter 2 : First Date? A new Experience!

The Next Day

Pokémon Center

Warm sunlight streamed through the window from outside, lighting up the room. Ash was sleeping on his bed with blanket covering his entire body except for his head. He mumbles in his sleep, mumbling about a Pokèmon battle. He looked peaceful in his sleep with his mouth wide open. But his peaceful sleep is about to be interrupted.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up!"

Ash suddenly woke up from sleep after he heard all the yelling next to his ear. He rubbed and opened his eye to get a clearer vision of what was happening. As soon as his vision was clear, he saw Bonnie and Dedenne was giving a mean look as if she was a Gengar.

"What's wrong Bonnie, can't you see I'm sleeping?" he got a pillow next to him and stuffed his face in it in sitting position.

"Humph, it's already eleven o' clock and you still don't want to wake up. How are you going to have a wife if your still sleeping and she's cooking in the kitchen alone!" Bonnie said loud enough on purpose for that particular person to hear.

"EEEEEEEKKKKKKK," a sound came from the kitchen where Serena is at, overheard what Bonnie said. "She's right Ash, it's already late and I have made you a special breakfast," she said, her head was sticking out of the doorway connecting the bedroom and the kitchen.

"Just… a moment please…," he said as he laid back down on the bed.

"Humph. Dedenne, execute plan B!" Bonnie commanded pointing towards the sleeping boy.

Dedenne nodded and crawled its way to Ash's body. The small electric mouse rubbed its cheek charging the electricity off and nuzzled it with Ash's body which let out an electric shock. The shock made Ash jumped from the bed to the ceiling and hit his head hard. He then falls back onto the bed fully awake.

"Why'd you do that Dedenne? You could've ask nicer," He rubbed his head off groaning in pain. His hair was even messier now, pointing outwards, letting out sparks.

"Next time i'll have your Pikachu use thunderbolt on you," Bonnie acknowledged Ash, pointing towards Pikachu on the floor who was peeking upwards to look at Ash.

"He wouldn't dare do that to me. He's my best friend for so long that he would never wake me up like that! Isn't that right pal?" Ash said.

Before Pikachu could agree with Ash, he froze as he saw Bonnie gave him a glare that he knows he should keep his mouth shut.

"H-hey Pikachu, you wont zap me just to wake me up do you?" Ash sounding desperate as the Pikachu didn't respond to his question.

At this moment, the Pikachu walked away with both his arm rubbing the back of his head trying to ignore Ash as he was scared what Bonnie might have done to him if he didn't act up. "Pika."

"Pikachu!" Ash yelled.

After waking up Ash, both Ash and Bonnie went to the kitchen to have breakfast that Serena had prepare. They let out all their Pokémon including Clemont's who was in Bonnie's care to join them having breakfast. Serena served pancakes with oozing butter for three of them and some extras while their Pokémon gets their own Pokémon food according to their types. They all dig in at the same time.

"This taste really good Serena," Ash said with his mouth full. He was having a hard time swallowing so he gulped in a glass of milk to let the food flow. Satisfied, he took another bite.

"Aw, thanks Ash," Serena said, her eyes lit up happy with his compliment on her cooking.

"Serena, you should atleast teach me how to cook once in a while. Tired with all my big brother's cook even though his are also delicious," Bonnie said.

"The thing is, this is your big brother's recipe he gave to me not long ago," Serena said follows by a giggle.

""Well your's taste better! Probably the love you put into it," Bonnie starting her teasing game again.

"Stop that will you!" Serena said as her face gone bright red. Ash didn't pay any attention to their conversation since he was eating. Hope he notice it.

On the floor, Pikachu and the rest of the Pokémon were casually eating their food from their respective bowl. Chespin, with his huge appetite, had already finished his bowl. He looked around to the other's bowl and focused on one and only bowl, Pancham's bowl of food.

Pancham was eating his own food while struggling to keep the plant that he hold with his mouth. He closed his eye in frustration positioning the plant in his mouth while visualising it in his mind. Once he's satisfied with it, he opened his eyes just to find out his bowl was now empty.

"Cham cham, Pancham!" Pancham said in anger tone, breaking out the silence on the kitchen's floor.

The other Pokémon stopped eating and looked at Pancham, clueless of what happen.

"Pika?" Pikachu asked.

"Cham Pancham Cham," he pointed towards his empty bowl.

"Pika Pikachu," the electric mouse said, rubbing his head having no idea how'd it happen.

"Brai Braixen Brai," Braixen offered some food from her bowl. She has always been a sister figure for Pancham.

Pancham looked at Braixen and at the bowl of food of hers and his own empty bowl, he refuses. "Cham Pancham," he didn't want her food since he want to catch the one who stole his food. He crossed his arm and closed his eyes, trying to figure out possible suspect amongst other Pokémon. Then it hit him.

"CHES CHESPIN!" the room atmosphere was filled with Chespin yelling.

"Huh, what's going on?" Ash said hearing the sudden outburst after taking a big gulp of glass of milk.

Pancham and Chespin was fighting over the bowl of food. Hawlucha and Greninja was in between both of them trying to break the fight. Pancham suspected Chespin had switched his bowl of food with Chespin's empty bowl. Chespin was holding both Pancham's hand as a defence.

"Ches Chespin!"

"Cham Pancham!"

"Will you both cut it out and be quite!" Serena said with a loud voice, annoyed by the two Pokémon. "If you keep bickering around I will stuff you both in a Poké ball and I won't let you both out until you apologize one another!" She groaned while taking out an unused Poké ball she owned.

Pancham and Chespin froze looking at Serena while others including Hawlucha and Greninja, resumed their breakfast, not wanting to get involved. Both of them crossed their arm and faced the opposite direction away from each other. Suddenly, Pancham's stomach growled in hunger. Chespin heard it, he slide his bowl behind to Pancham to make a truce.

"Ches Chespin," he admitted he was the one who stole Pancham's food.

"Pan?" Pancham surprised by Chespin's confession. "Pancham Pan," Pancham acknowledged him it was alright between them if he confessed. He understood that Chespin had a big appetite and he can't help himself to take food from others. They both shared the bowl of food and resumed eating. All the other Pokémon smiled looking at them as the truce were made, but only to be broken again later on like the rest of their journey before.

"Looks like everything went well," Serena sighed.

She didn't like to threaten Pokémon like that and felt bad about it. It's just that the two Pokémon's behaviour is getting on her nerves ever since they've met in the beginning of their journey.

A knock came from the door in the hallway. Everyone looked at the direction of the sound hearing that knock again. Bonnie quickly got off the chair and went straight for the door.

"Who is it?" she unlocks the door and opened it. Her face was lights up, "Big brother! Korrina!"

"Hi Bonnie," Clemont and Korrina said in unison. They both step inside the room and Clemont closed the door behind him.

"Come one in! Serena made breakfast enough for all of us!" Bonnie greeting them.

All three of them went to the kitchen where Ash, Serena and all the Pokémon is at. "Hi Everyone"

"Hi Clemont, Korrina. I guessed you two had fun yesterday," Serena said with a smile on her face, happy to see them together.

"We sure do, it was romantic for Clemont to bring me places that he chose," Korrina said jokingly punching Clemont on his hand.

"Oh it was nothing, I used to hang out places like that to generate idea's for invention," Clemont replied.

"I'm proud of you big brother! Sound's romantic!" Bonnie hugged Clemont and she received a pat on the head by him.

Once they were all seated again in the kitchen except Bonnie who was in the bedroom, Serena and Korrina was having a conversation sitting next to each other. Ash and Clemont sat opposite side of the table. Bonnie decided to play with the gang's Pokemon after they had done eating their Pokemon food.

"Romantic huh? Was it a Pokémon battle against you and Korrina?" Ash starting a conversation with Clemont, as usual clueless about romance and relationship.

Clemont giggled, "Having a Pokémon battle is not a romantic experience, you should know that Ash. Romantic experience is when you and your date does stuff together that both could not forget and that your relationship gets stronger than ever. I just took Korrina to some places I know and it was just that. Easy."

"Wow, you should teach me a thing or two about that. It would be a great use for me in the future later on," Ash said.

Hearing what Ash said, Serena looked at Ash with a straight face which Korrina's conversation with her.. Serena was certain she heard that Ash wants to know more about romance and was happy about it. He's into romance? Oh wow! Did I heard that correctly?

"Serena?" Korrina bringing her back to reality.

"What? What's the matter?" Ash asked.

Serena's face was turning red, "No-Nothing. Back to your story Korrina."

Korrina was confused of what just happened but she got the slightest idea what was happening between Ash and Serena. She gave out a smile and continued her romantic story of her and Clemont that just happend last night.

Ash turned his head to Clemont. "What was that all about?" he asked Clemont for some clue. Clemont just giggled and continued eating his breakfast.

"I'll teach you a thing or two, but if you want full detail you should ask my little sister," Clemont said pointing the fork in his hand towards the bedroom where Bonnie is at.

"Bonnie knows all this stuff? She's 8 years old," Ash amazed what Bonnie is capable of.

"That's my little sister for ya," Clemont said before biting into another peice of pancake.

Once they were all finished with their breakfast, Clemont and Korrina volunteered to wash the dishes and cooking utensils used. Serena went to groom her Pokèmon while Bonnie helped too with other's Pokèmon. Ash was laying on his bed, surfing the net on Serena's smartphone, trying to find updates on the league but has no luck.

He tapped the home button on the screen in frustration. How am I going to win the Kalos League if they keep on silencing themselves, he thought. His mind wandered off looking at the home screen, a picture of him and Pikachu was displayed as the background.

It was a picture of him looking away at something, leaning forward on a railing. He was wearing a black and white t-shirt that he always use under his blue jacket. He wasn't wearing any hat at the moment and Pikachu was on his shoulder. Behind him is just the colour of the sky with a little bit of cloud hanging in the air. Why is there a picture of me and Pikachu on Serena's smartphone? He wondered.

"Ash? Are you okay?" a voice interrupted his thought, it was Serena standing beside his bed. "Any news about the league yet?" her voice was soft and seemed concerned.

"No news yet," he looked at Serena and to the tablet. "Hey can I ask you something?"

"Huh?"

"Why is there a picture of me and Pikachu set as background of your home screen," he faced the tablet towards Serena with a finger pointing towards it.

Serena froze, she didn't thought Ash would've notice the picture although she initially intended doing it so he would've notice. She remembered the time she took the photo using her smartphone. It was the time where they're helping Diancie, a Pokèmon who is searching for Xearnes to find her true power, they were on a ferry at the time.

"I… I kept it as an album for my... uh... so that I can treasure our journey we had throughout Kalos," she stuttered, her face turning red.

Ash looked at her with a blank face. "Oh, well this is a really nice photo of me and Pikachu. Really glad that you keep it," he passed the smartphone to her.

"I keep records of my journey at all times," Serena took her smartphone.

Clemont entered the room along with Korrina and Bonnie and other Pokèmon. After returning their Pokèmons into their Pokè ball, the group of five planned to do something for the day in Lumiose City. Clemont had an idea what they should do today.

"It's called the Lumiose Carnaval. I've been told by the mayor of Lumiose City that this event takes place at the north of the city right next to where the league is held," he explained knowing all corners of the city. "Lucky for us, this year's theme is Amour", Clemont said looking at Korrina.

"Amour? This is going to be exciting Dedenne!" Bonnie said raising Dedenne up in the air.

"De Denne"

"That sounds wonderful Clemont," Serena said. She turned her gaze towards Ash, imagining him asking her out on a date. Oh I wish he could just bring me out on a date, just do two of us together, she thought while touching the blue ribbon on her chest.

"Uh guys? What is Amour?" Ash said looking around at the group. All of the other group member sweatdropped but realised that Ash is from Kanto and doesnt speak Kalos language.

"Well you see, Amour means love if you translate it from Kalos to English," Clemont explained to the Kanto blooded boy. "It's going be fun, there will be concerts and performers from Kalos region and other region as well." He added.

"Performer? Could it be Aria?" Serena asked. Aria was her inspiration throughout her performer journey. Ever since she met Aria face-to-face, or Ariana as she introduced herself, she never forgets her advice which was keep on smiling.

"Looks like it, there will be performers from all region as well," Clemont replied.

"That's so cool. Can I go big brother, can I go?" Bonnie jumping on the bed with excitement.

"Of course, if you behave well enough," Clemont said which made Bonnie sit on the bed, gesturing her hand zipping her own mouth and a salute.

The group laughed with Bonnie's playful attitude and joined by her as well. They spent the rest of the day in the Pokèmon Centre relaxing while waiting for the sun to set which mark the start of the event. They get ready themselves before leaving to the event. Clemont and Korrina was wearing matching white outfits. Serena was wearing a dark blue dress which matches Ash's dark blue jacket. Bonnie was wearing her usual attire since she wasn't bother with it. Once they were set, they start to move to their destination.


North Lumiose City

"Here we are, the Lumiose Carnaval that most Kalosean and even people from other region looking forward to attend to," Clemont said who leads the group to the carnival. They were following the movement of the crowd who's going to the carnival as well.

"There sure is a lot of people," Bonnie said grabbing his brother's hand, afraid of getting lost in the crowd.

"There sure is, but the more the merrier it gets," Serena said.

"Yeah Serena's right, it will be fun!" Korrina said with joy.

The event took place in a plaza up north of Lumiose City next to where the League will be held. The place plaza was wide enough it could fit 5 wailords in total length. A circular stage was installed in the middle of the plaza and booths were set up in the rest of the area of the plaza. The place was packed full with people, most noticeable are that most people wear the same colour outfits.

"Hey, why are there a lot of people wearing matching colour outfits?" Ash asked.

Clemont who was beside Korrina starts to explain, "Well you see, Amour Carnavale has this tradition where couples wear the same colour outfits meaning that they are both in a relationship together. Just like me and Korrina wearing now."

"And even you and Serena," Bonnie said with a teasing tone which made Serena embarassed.

"I-I just happen to have this dress on ok!" Serena said.

"Yeah right whatever. Gotta good look infront of your future spouse," Bonnie replied.

Both Clemont and Korrina giggled at playful Bonnie and embarassed Serena.

"Oh, so that means they are a couple huh," Ash looked up as if there was a cloud of his thought in the air. "Well that means, if me and Serena are wearing the same dark blue colour, we should hang out together throughout the event," Ash said with a smile rubbing his nose of, getting the idea of the event. "So are you with me Serena?"

The rest of the group smile while Serena was looking at him, her face turned bright red as soon as she heard what Ash said.

Th-that means, h-he's asking me out, on a date! Her stomach was filled with butterfree. "Sure thing Ash," She said happily.

"Well come on then, let's go!" Ash grabbed Serena's hand and they both went off into the event.

"Wait for me!" Bonnie trying to catch up but was stopped by Korrina.

"Let them both be by themselves. It might help Serena to achieve her you-know-what," Korrina said with a pleasent smile on her face.

Bonnie looked at his big brother and nodded to Korrina. She understood what she meant. This was Serena's chance to make Ash fall for her. "Well i guess you're right. Now i can be with you both instead!"

The trio laughed and joined the crowd who was going to the event.

Good luck Serena. Now it's my turn to make the move, Bonnie thought to herself with a grin on her face.


"Well come on then, let's go!"

"Take it easy Ash, there's a lot of people that you might crash into," Serena said while following Ash who grabbed her hand dragging her into the event. Although she wanted him to let go of her hand, but she didn't want to. She wanted to hold hands with Ash for the rest of the night.

"Oh come on Serena, there's a lot of booth that we could try before the concert starts just like what Clemont said," he stopped and looked back to the honey blonde girl, still holding her hands. "Why not we try the booths on that side first," he pointed towards a photo booth.

"Sure thing," Serena said in a calm tone.

They both head towards the photo booth squeezing through the moving crowd. They were still holding hands, Ash didn't mind about it but Serena was super excited by his act. One they've arrived to the photo booth, Ash peek inside through the curtains to check if it was occupied.

"This thing is ready to go!" Ash entered the booth followed by Serena.

The booth was small and lit up bright, there were a bench fit for two but it was tiny. Ash set on the far side of the seat and soon joined by Serena. The bench was small that hey had to squeeze in closer together.

Their shoulder and and hand got in contact with each other. Serena felt the warmth of Ash's temperature which made her heart beating fast. She could smell his scent even though she had put her perfume on herself but she was able to detect his.

"2 Pokè credits per 5 photos," Ash read the instructions in front of him and took out his wallet.

"How about we split those. I pay 1 Pokè credits and you pay the other, agree?" Serena suggested.

"Hey, there's no need for that. This is our date so it's going be me who treats you," Ash denied and took out his wallet.

Serena froze with what he just said, D-date? Did he actually mentioned this was our date? She was deep in thought processing what he meant. What if he really mean it? Her heart was beating even faster and his cheek was burning, turning into bright red.

"Serena? Are you ok?" Ash waved his hand in front of Serena's face. "The booth is ready to go, you sure want to do this?"

"O-oh right," Serena snapped from her thoughts. She was confused at first but put it out since she wanted to enjoy the night.

They got ready to get their picture taken by the photo booth. Ash tipped his cap upwards allowing his face to be seen while Serena was straitening her dress and fix the blue ribbon. Once their 5 photos were taken, then got out and looked at the 2 sets of photo reel that came out from a slot just outside the booth.

Ash laughed as he saw the product of his silly face. Serena giggled as well when she saw her own face doing the exact same thing. Three photos was them making silly faces. One was a simple photo where the both put up their usual smile and the last was a picture of them leaning towards the camera, eyeballing to one another with a faint smile.

"Here, one for you and one for me," Ash passed one of the photo reel to Serena.

"Thanks! Let's go try out the other booths before we meet up with the others as planned," Serena suggested.

"Game on!" Ash said in joy.

The duo went to booth after booth, trying out mini-games and foods. They were sightseeing walking pass through the crowd. Ash grabbed her hand so that they won't get separated, which startled Serena for a while until she got used to it. It was unusual for her to see him to act this way, but she likes it. It's kinda cute how he does his things, she thought.

Serena checked the time on her smartphone and saw some few notification that caught her attention. It was a text message from Clemont.

Clemont: Serena. Bonnie, Korrina and I had to go back to the Pokè center earlier. Bonnie suddenly felt i'll after getting off a ride. You and Ash should just go have fun without us. Bonnie will be alright.

Serena reread the text message again. This must be what Bonnie had told me about her plan, she thought.


*Flashback*

Yesterday

Serena slammed the bathroom door behind her. She turned around towards Bonnie who was smiling wide taunting Serena. "W-why did you do that!" Serena burst out.

"That's what you get for making fun of me and embarrassing me. Lucky you this is just the tip of the iceberg," Bonnie said, sticks her tongue out.

"Oh you!" Serena said in anger, clenching both her fist.

"So what, if you apologize I might help you two hook up," Bonnie whispered with a devilish grin on her face.

"W-what do you mean?" Serena's anger fades off, interested in what Bonnie had said.

"I have plans for you and Ash, but I wont tell you until you figured out it yourself," Bonnie replied crossing her arm.

Serena was shocked to see the other side of Bonnie. Throughout the journey she has always been the sweetest kid she ever known. But the other side of Bonnie knows much more about romance than Serena have thought. No wonder Clemont have been dragging her away from those pretty girls that she asked to marry Clemont.

"Pl-plans? W-what are you planning?" Serena's voice.

"It's a secret," Bonnie replied with a tune, and exited the bathroom followed by Serena.


Present

"You know, I'm a little bit worried about you."

Serena turned her gaze towards the voice. It was Ash. She must've been zoned-out after reading the text message Clemont has sent and Bonnie's word the day before which lingered in her mind.

"Are you ok Serena?" Ash asked.

"I-i'm fine. It's Bonnie, she's gotten sick and they went back to the Pokè Center to treat her," Serena said in a worried tone.

"Whoah, is she alright? Maybe we should get back as well to see if she's ok," Ash suggested, worried about his friend.

"Clemont said she should be fine under his care. He told me to just have fun in the carnival while we can," Serena explained.

"Well that's a relief. Hey, didn't Clemont mention about a concert? Maybe it's time we get there. Don't wanna rush in with all the other crowds," Ash said with a smile.

And so they went to where the concert took place. The concert takes place in the middle of the carnival. The stage was couple of meter below the ground surface, it was actually an open-air opera stage which was quite huge. There were stone slab seats laid out circling around the stage. Luckily for Ash and Serena, the front seat wasn't filled up yet so they took a seat in front of the stage.

The couple found spot and settled there while waiting for the concert to start. They've been talking about their childhood memories back in Professor Oak summer camp in Kanto.

"I'd didn't really think Gary would be a rival to you. Both of you were best friends!" Serena said.

"Well since he was the grandchild of Professor Oak, he may have been stuck by face which made him like that. But in the end we called it a truce between us," Ash explained.

"Such an interesting story," Serena said with a blank face.

"Hey, I wonder what kind of performance we are about to see," Ash changing the subject.

"I was wondering about that myself," Serena replied.

After she had finished her sentence, instrumental music started to play off and the lights became dim. A spotlight focused on one spot where a figure was rising from the floor.

"Welcome everyone, to the annual Lumiose Carnaval," the voice said, which was familiar to Serena

"It's Monsieur Pierre," Serena said with soft voice.

"The same person who hosted the Showcase competition?" Ash looked at Serena for confirmation. She nodded.

"To end the Carnaval for tonight, there will be performance done by people from all over the Kalos region, inside and out," Pierre striking his decorated cane towards him. "First we have a performance from the Kalos Queen herself!"

As the first performance was announced, a figure with pink hair in a pink dress came out rising from the stage next to Pierre with her Sylveon and Delphox. The crowd had gone wild, cheering and excited to see the Kalos Queen.

"Good evening everyone! It's me Aria!" the Kalos Queen said talking into the microphone, with a smile on her face. Once again, the crowd had gone wild.

"It's Aria!" Serena was happy to see her again since the Showcase Master Class.

"Serena, you're right. It is her!" Ash said. He remembered back when he danced with Aria few months back. He learned how to dance perfectly from her.

"For my tonight's performace, I'll be doing something different than what I normally do in Showcases and Pokè Vision!" Aria's voice filled the air followed by the crowd's cheer.

"With that, let's begin our cheerful night! Aria, take it away!" Monsieur Pierre said as he backed out of the stage leaving it all to Aria. Aria's team readied themselves in a position. She was standing in between Delphox and Sylveon. Before saying anything she looked at her Pokèmons to have a final check.

"Delphox use blaze! Sylveon use Moonblast!"

The fire-type fox created a blazing fire upwards which elevated intro a sphere. Next, the fairy-type pokemon jumped high enough and formed a pink ball which was blasted towards the blaziken Fire sphere. Once it come in contact with each other, it blasted into a millions sparkling stardust in the air.

"Start!" Aria said. The music starts and she start to sing.

Mirai no watashi ni wa donna iro ga niau? (What does it take to be a girl? Do you know?)
KARAFURU ni kimete issho ni tabeyo (Let's try a palette of colors together)
WANTSUUSURII (One, two, three)

Yozora no nagareboshi negai wo sagasu kedo (I think of my wishes upon the shooting star in the night sky)
Mayotteru uchi ni dokoka he kieteku no (Where had it gone to when I was lost in my thoughts?)

Demo ne yatto mitsuketa'n da (But now, I have finally thought of one)
Hontou no watashi ga mune ni tsumujikaze wo okosu (My true self is swirling up in my chest)

DORI DORI DORIIMU PAWAA! DreamDream PAWAA! (Dream Dream Dream Power! DreamDream Power!)
Watashi-tachi= kiseki no chikara (We are the power of a miracle)
DORIIMU PAWAA! DreamDream PAWAA! (Dream Power! DreamDream Power!)
Yumemita toki kara hajimaru no (It had began from my dreams)
Egao datte namida datte ashita ni DEKOREESHON! (The smiles and tears are decorations for tomorrow)
SANKYU! Kimi to futari (Thank you! Just the two of us together)
Susume! Atarashii "daisuki" wo oikakete (Let's head on! In pursuit of a new interest!)

Serena was amazed by Aria's performace. The choreography of her's and her pokemon suits every moment of the performance. She too was amazed by the meaning of the lyrics. It reflects her truly, of what she had dreamed of, what she seek for. Serena turned her gaze towards Ash who was looking towards the stage enjoying the performance. His face was lit up with lights coming from the stage. She knows this was her moment, her chance to make things right.

Onnanoko wa nani de dekiteru no? Shitteru? (What does it take to be a girl? Do you know?)
Muteki no hohoemi, mugen no tokimeki kana (What happens when an unbeatable smile is added to an unlimited heartbeat?)

"Shiritai" no naka toka "kudaranai" no tonari ni (The "desire to know" and such is beside "uselessness")
Ai to houseki wa kakureteru mitai (Hidden like love and jewels)

Kyou mo DOKI DOKI ga ippai (Today is also full of heart-pounding sensations)
Mata tsugi no tanoshii koto kimi to sagashi ni yukou (So, let's look for the next fun thing)

DORI DORI DORIIMU PAWAA! DreamDream PAWAA! (Dream Power! DreamDream Power!)
Watashi-tachi akiramenai yo (We won't give up)
DORIIMU PAWAA! DreamDream PAWAA! (Dream Power! DreamDream Power!)
Muchuu ni natte mucha shiyou (Let's go overboard)
Dakara fuan nante kasoku G de fukitobashite shimae (So blow away doubts with a G-force)
OO IESU! Kimi ga ireba (Oh yes! As long as you're there)
Isoge! shinjiau kimochi mikata ni tsukete (Let's hurry! Establishing this feeling of mutual trust with you)

"Wow, Aria sing really well isn't that right Serena?" Ash said as the song went into guitar solo. "You know what? It will be you who'll be performing on that sta-" Ash stopped as he felt a smooth silk hand clasping his. It was Serena's.

"A-Ash," Serena took his hand closer to her. Her face was red.

"Serena? Are you ok?" Ash asked.

"I-I uh, I've got to tell you about something," she said as she looked the ground. She could not look at his face who was worried about her the whole time.

"What is it Serena?"

"When I joined you on your adventure with Clemont and Bonnie, I believed that I have a purpose. A goal that I wanted to accomplish," Serena said with all her heart, still clasping his hand. "And my goal never changed ever since I saw you again. Your words, 'Never give up until it's over' drove me to this day at this very moment," She took the clasping hand over her chest.

"Serena?"

You're my goal, Ash Ketchum. You have always been my goal.

- End of Chapter -


Song name: Dori Dori - Pokemon XY