A New Style Chapter 3

***Relatively Important Authors Note at Bottom***

"So Ash," Serena said almost confused. "What restaurant are we going to exactly?" Serena looked around vividly as she took in her environment. It'd be obvious she was a bit nervous, be that she is in a new city. Thankfully to her, she had the support of the black haired teenager she had fallen for.

"Don't worry Serena," Ash said confidentially. "I trust Brock with anything, especially if it involves food!"

Ash's nearly un-human obsession with anything that tastes good make Serena smile, that and his re-assurance and trust in Brock, who'd actually just stopped in front of the door of a regular looking restaurant.

"Don't worry guys," Brock said almost carefree. "We're here now anyway. I present to you, the P2 Grill-house. One of the finest, and not very expensive places to eat in not only Pewter, but the entire Kanto region!"

Brock opened the door and signaled both Ash and Serena in, with Ash leading the charge straightforward to the seating area. Brock tear-dropped after seeing Ash was in no wait for anyone else.

"Well," Brock sighed while coming to Serena's side. "Ash sure hasn't changed all that much in the years we've been apart."

Serena smiled because she expected he'd been like this for a while now.

"Yeah," She said happily. "Up until a little while ago, we couldn't really afford to go to many restaurants, and when we could, we had a tight schedule."

This earned a laugh from Brock.

"Yeah, things don't seem to change much over time. Thank god I could cook decently." With that, he motioned Serena and himself to join Ash, who'd annoyed a waiter to seat them as fast as possible.

The three were taken to a booth near the back, where is was quite and peaceful. Brock took one side of the booth, and Serena expected Ash to follow next to him, but that isn't what happened. Ash stood next to the empty booth side and motioned Serena nicely into the seat, which she took without thinking, and then he slid right next to her. Close to her, but no close enough to think she was bothering him.

"You don't mind if I sit next to you," Ash questioned. "Do you Serena?"

Serena blushed furiously. "No, not at all." She managed to squeak out before a waiter came to them.

"Hello there," The waiter said politely. "My name is Adam, and I'll be serving you today. Can I get some drinks to start you off?"

Adam took everyone's drink orders, which all happened to be water. After that, they all just sat there and talked. Brock and Serena got to know each other much better, with them both learning they're actually quite similar to each other. They both like to cook, they love Pokemon, and they both loved there travels with Ash.

Brock eventually asked Ash about his journey, and Ash didn't hold back about his glorious adventure. He told Brock about all of the gyms he faced, the new rivals he made, and all the amazing friends he made. He also mentioned Mega evolution to Brock, who actually knew more than both Serena and Ash would have thought.

"Yeah," Brock said knowingly. "Mega evolution has been a big topic to talk about in Kanto recently, and there are even a few people who have Pokemon and stones capable of doing so."

Saying that, Brock smirked happily and reached into his pocket and pulled out a pendant with a shining blue-ish stone in it.

"And luckily I was able to be one of those trainers." Brock said with an extremely large smile on his face. This is when Ash spoke up.

"Then why didn't you use it when we battled earlier." Ash said with a purposely saddened frown, which caught a small laugh from Serena.

"I didn't think it'd be fair to you," Brock said while scratching the back of his head nervously. This made Ash smirk.

"Well Brock," Ash said confidentially. "You're not the only one that keeps things hidden." This really had Brock on the edge of his seat from pure excitement.

"What?" Brock Questioned. "What did you not show me?"

Ash smirked at his eagerness, but he had intent to make him pay for making him wait.

"How about this," Ash said. "Next time I get in a battle with someone who has a mega evolution, you'll be able to see it in full effect. Deal?"

Brock frowned because he didn't want to wait, but that frown turned into a smile of excitement, because he knew Ash Ketchum was always eager to battle, so It wouldn't be a ling wait."

The rest of the day, the three ate what was probably the best meal they'd all had in ages. In the end, it wasn't very expensive either, only $35 for all 3 of them.

After Brock paid for there meal, they all headed back to the Gym to pick up there Pokemon and head on there way. Brock and Ash exchanged PokeGear numbers, as did Brock and Serena. After saying there final goodbyes, Ash and Serena made there way towards Pallet Town. Since Pewter City was so close to Pallet Town, they just made the walk themselves.

Along the way, they let there Pokemon out to be with them, mainly because they'd not seen them all that much that day. Greninja and Hawlucha just walked calmly next to Ash and Serena, enjoying the time outside. Goodra had come out and walked for a bit, but was still a bit tired from its battle earlier, and went back in it's ball to rest. Talonflame was soaring above them, entertaining the small passenger it'd been carrying, who happened to be Serena's baby Pichu. Braixen was walking on the other side of Serena, while Eevee had insisted on being held because she didn't want to get to dirty.

After about an hour of walking Ash and Serena returned there Pokemon to there Pokeballs as they arrived to Pallet Town. It was about 8:30 at night at the time, so it'd just gotten gotten dark at the time. Ash decided he'd go visit everyone with Serena first thing in the morning, and that'd he get home to let his mom know he was okay, and besides, he wanted to introduce Serena right away!

Ash and Serena eventually made it to Ash's home, where Ash didn't even knock before entering the household. They were greeted by a Pokemon holding a broom, looking like it'd just finished cleaning.

"Hey," Ash said happily. "It's Mimey." Ash walked over and patted the cleaning Pokemon on the head.

"Mimey?" Serena questioned. "Why did you call that Mr. Mime Mimey?"

Ash smiled. "It's just something my mom called it when they met. I guess it just stuck."

At the mention of mother, Delia Ketchum walked into the living room to see what the commotion was. She instantly smiled when she saw her nearly grown up son in the living room.

"Ash," She said ecstatically. "how long have you been here sweetie!?"

Ash rubbed the back of his head embarrassingly as his mom lunged towards him and gave him a massive, breath taking hug.

"I haven't been here that long mom, jeez" Ash said softly. "Anyway, I have a guest with me. Mom, meet Serena Yvonne."

Serena waves gleefully, hoping to make a good impression.

"Hello Ms. Ketchum," Serena said happily. "My name is Serena, and I'm so happy to meet you!"

Delia smiled, then a thought popped into her head.

"Mind me asking," Delia questioned cautiously. "But have you ever been here before, because I recognize your name and beautiful hair."

Serena immediately knew what Delia was referencing too. "Yes actually. I attended a Pokemon camp that Professor Oak hosted when I was a young child."

"It's actually were I met Ash." Serena said while attempting to hide a slight blush on her face, even though she doubts it went unnoticed.

"Well sweetie," Delia said with a warm smile. "I'm glad to see you back. I hope you enjoy your stay!."

Serena smiled nervously, deciding to tell her about how she's staying permanently at a different time.

Delia looked at the two and smiled. "Did you two eat yet?" She asked the pair. They both shook there heads happily, signaling they had. Ash spoke up, saying what was on both of there minds.

"Sorry to be in a rush mom," Ash said embarrassingly. "But me and Serena are really tired. We've been traveling all day and wanna rest a bit. I also told Serena she could stay here for as long as she wants, that's fine right?"

Delia smiled comfortingly. "Why yes sweetheart," She said warmly. "You can stay as long as you'd like while you're here!"

Ash motioned Serena into another room and they eventually ventured upstairs, where they reached a room that had a small wood board on the door that read "Ash's Room".

"You can use my room if you'd like," Ash said almost humbly. "I'll happily take the couch."

Serena smiled happily at this sweet gesture, but she didn't know she could do it.

"I don't know Ash," She started nervously. "This is your room and all, and I feel bad taking it." Ash smiled at here attempting to be a regular guest, but unfortunately, this was the Ketchum household, so that wouldn't fly.

"I'm sorry Serena," He said jokingly. "I can't take no for an answer tonight. If you have any questions, my moms room is down the hall, or I'm downstairs on the couch."

Serena smiled happily as Ash said his goodbyes and made his way downstairs. She went in the room and found it very well kept and quaint. Not to big, but not to small. She liked it, and hopefully, just hopefully, it'd give here the courage to talk to Ash about her feelings.

"I think I could enjoy this for a while." Serena said quietly as she got comfortable, and then she let sleep consume her, not wanting to be away from her dreams a minutes longer.

Authors Note – God I haven't updated this in a while as well. I'll do a chapter summary first, and then important announcements below.

First off, the trio had there dinner together at last, with Ash learning Brock could Mega evolve Steelix, but chose not too. Brock on the other hand learned that Ash's Greninja can do a special transformation of it's own. Now its weird, when I began writing this story, Ash hadn't gotten very far into Kalos, but at the time I'm posting, he is in the Kalos League, and If I remember the Japanese episode titles for the next few episodes, he actually wins. Him getting this far makes me think whether I want to go back to the earlier chapters and edit the League information to match the anime more, but I'll decide that later honestly. I'll more than likely just find a place for Alain and Mega Charizard X and Sawyer and Mega Sceptile somewhere later in the story, possibly as a rival somewhere. After that, nothing much happened in the chapter!

Now about this story in general. I actually don't know what I want to do with it honestly. I don't know what story route I wanna take, or even how to initially make the couple official. I'm assuming it'll just come to me sooner or later, but I don't know. I also don't know how much of a drive I have to write the story honestly, and no I don't mean I'm close to abandoning it, I just mean I have little inspiration at the moment, especially with my first college classes coming up. It's all up in the air right now of how much I actually want to write for this story.

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