Hey, guys! I'm back with another chapter! I've had a reviewer request that I try to make slightly longer chapters with more dialogue, so, from now on, I will attempt to make these chapters between one-thousand and two-hundred words and one-thousand and five-hundred words. Anyway, without further or do, let's get to the chapter!


"There it is, Ash!" Serena exclaimed, carelessly pulling one hand away from Ash's waist to point at the little town so far below them.

"Do you see it, Charizard?" Ash asked his Pokémon, who shook his head, compelling Pikachu to hop off Ash's shoulder and onto Charizard's head, turning it in the direction of the village and pointing at it, effectively instructing Charizard on where to go.

Charizard, now aware of the destination, waited until Pikachu was safe on Ash's shoulder again before darting towards the cluster of buildings, propelling them all through the air at around sixty miles-per-hour.

"That clearing just outside the village should be enough space to land," Ash told his Pokémon, who nodded, heading for the grass patch before softly touching the ground, running a little to safely disperse the momentum.

Ash hopped off Charizard's back, followed by Serena which surprised Ash, seeing as she needed help to get onto the Pokémon, but, getting off is usually easier than getting on.

"Well done, Buddy," Ash said, rubbing Charizard's head, taking his bag off his back and reaching into it, pulling out an Oran Berry, feeding it to Charizard as a reward before returning him to his Pokéball.

"That was so fast!" Serena said, shocked as she looked at the time, seeing that it only took them half an hour to reach Vaniville.

"Well, flying is always the faster option," Ash said, laughing, to which Serena agreed.

"Let's head in, then," Serena said, grabbing Ash's hand before leading both him and Pikachu into the village, pointing out her house from a distance. "That's where I live," She told them, nodding in the direction of the house before running over, dragging Ash with her, Pikachu clinging onto Ash's shoulder for dear life.

As they passed through the front gate, Ash was surprised to see the Rhyhorn in the hut. "That's Mum's Pokémon," Serena explained. "He's the very same Rhyhorn that got her famous a while ago."

"Wow," Ash said, examining the Pokémon. "It looks healthy despite its age."

"It's twenty," Serena said, petting the Rhyhorn, who let out a satisfied cry of its name.

"Two years older than us," Ash muttered, still observing the Rhyhorn a little before noticing that Serena had headed over to the door, waiting for Ash, who followed her a few moments later.

"Get ready to see Mum after ten years," Serena said, pushing the door opening before calling out that she was back, keeping it a secret for a moment that she was with Ash.

"Hello, Sweetheart," Serena's mother, Grace replied, coming down the stairs to greet Serena before getting a little shock when she saw Ash also there, waiting for her. "My, my, Serena. How come you didn't tell me Ash was with you?"

Serena giggled a little before replying. "I wanted to see your face when you saw him, and it was priceless like I expected," she said, sticking her tongue out at her mother, who sighed.

"Well, Ash," she started, "It's nice to see you again! I'm sorry for Serena being immature."

Ash laughed at that. "It's all right," he told her. "I personally find it a little cute."

"Oh! Of course!" Grace exclaimed. "I forgot you two are dating!"

"Yeah, I told her," Serena told Ash, looking at him for a moment. "How could I keep it a secret?"

"I don't know, Serena. You are terrible at keeping secrets." Ash said, to which Serena pouted.

"Hey! That's a secret!"

"See?" Ash said. "You say it's a secret, but I and everyone else in the world know that you are terrible. You just proved my point."

Serena pouted a little when Grace and Pikachu laughed at Ash's statement, pushing the three of them into the lounge to sit down before going upstairs to the bathroom.

"She's still a mystery to me, honestly," Grace said, taking a seat, watching as Ash took one too opposite her.

"Even to me, and I've talked to her every day for the past ten years," Ash said, holding up his phone in case Grace didn't realise how.

"So, I take it both of you will be staying here tonight and leaving in the morning?" Grace asked Ash, who nodded.

"Yeah, if that's all right with you," he said, to which Grace shook her head, smiling.

"Of course it's fine. Honestly, I don't know why you're asking if it's all right. Anyone's welcome here at any time, but I guess Serena didn't tell you that?"

Ash shook his head as a response, wondering why Grace was so inviting. "You can sleep with Serena," Grace said, confusing Ash a little.

"You don't have a problem with that?"

"Of course not!" She replied. "Serena's told me how you two slept together almost every night at that camp, so you're used to it already."

Ash nodded as a response before Grace leaned forward. "Make sure you take good care of Serena, Ash. I don't want her getting hurt. And if anything like that Prism Tower incident happens again, and she's involved, I'm not going to be happy."

Ash nodded, slowly, a little intimidated by her, quickly turning to see Serena coming down the stairs, greeting her in a shaken voice.

"What's wrong?" She asked him, to which Ash glanced at Grace, who smiled back at him, watching as Ash told Serena that it was nothing, confusing her a little.

"I think lunch is ready!" Grace suddenly exclaimed, standing up before hurrying into the kitchen, setting the food out onto plates before taking them to the table as both Ash and Serena came in, taking a seat next to each other.

Three plates of lasagna were set down on the table and then greedily wolfed down.

"So," Serena started, looking between Ash and her mother. "What were you talking about before?"

Ash glanced at Grace, wondering who should talk before she piped up. "Nothing important, really."

"Oh," Serena said, even more interested. "That usually means that it's something incredibly important."

Ash shook his head at that. "No," he said. "It really wasn't anything important."

Serena sighed. "Okay, fine. What time is it?"

Ash thought for a second, pulling out his phone. "It's time for you to get a wat- No, no, I'm not making this joke."

Both Serena and Grace giggled a little before Grace asked him what the time actually was. "It's half-past-two."

"Wait," Serena said, gaining the attention of both Ash and her mother. "Ash, you said yesterday that the flight to Kalos isn't a short flight, but Kalos and Kanto are really close together, and the flight was an hour long. So, why did you say it was going to be long?"

Ash chuckled a little. "Because the time I spend without you feels like forever," he said, making Grace 'aww' at him and making Serena blush.

"How about we play a board game?" Grace suggested, breaking the silence that formed after the little flirting.

"Okay, sure."


Six hours later, the three of them had played a board game, eaten dinner, and, of course, socialised.

"I think we should go to bed now, Serena," Ash told her, pointing at the clock. "If we're going to get you a starter tomorrow, we're going to have to leave early, then we can get ou supplies."

Serena nodded at Ash's idea, both of them wishing Grace a good night before going upstairs to brush their teeth and go to bed.

"I'm tired," Serena told Ash as she pulled off her shirt when they arrived in her room.

"Yeah, me too," Ash said, also pulling off his shirt and his gloves.

"I've missed snuggling with you, Ashy," Serena said, jumping on top of Ash and pushing him onto the bed before either of them could even get their trousers off.

"I've missed it, too, Serena. But we need to finish getting undressed first," Ash told her, to which Serena pouted but nodded, getting off him so they could both finish stripping to their underwear.

"Okay, are you ready now?" Serena asked Ash, who nodded before Serena did the same thing as before, not bothering to get them under the covers. She just wanted to cuddle.

"You're so cute, you know?" Ash told her, making Serena blush profusely.

"I'm still not used to your flirting, Ashy," she told him, making him laugh a little. "Even though you've been doing it so much over the past month."

Ash smiled, kissing Serena on the forehead. "Come on, Honey. Let's go to sleep."

"But the light's still on," Serena said, starting to moan about having to get up before Ash pushed her off him and turned the light off, stopping her from moaning about it.

"Get under the covers," Ash instructed, to which Serena obliged with Ash following her.

"I love you, Ash," Serena muttered, resting her head on Ash's chest.

"I love you, too, Serena," Ash said, closing his eyes.


There we go! The third chapter has been completed! I'm obviously going to attempt to make every chapter around the same length as this one from now on, so I hope you all like the new length. Anyway, leave a review with anything you want in it, as I will approve. Yes, even 'hate.' It's merely constructive criticism, so I'll be happy to hear about what I need to improve. BYE!