Oliverqueen01- How's it going everyone? Hopefully your week is going good. It's been 2 weeks since the kiss and wow I'm still in shock. Anyway you're not here for that you're here for the chapter. So here it is. Anyway disclaimer time.

Artemis :Oliverqueen01 does not own Pokemon or anything else made reference to in this story, They belong to Nintendo, Game Freak, TPCI and DC comics and other companies respectively please support the official release.

Oliverqueen01: Thank you Artemis, you wanna grab a bite to eat?

Artemis:Sure. I'd like that. *blushes*

Oliverqueen01: Yay. *Goes with Artemis while everyone is reading*


Chapter 4: Dinner

It had been an hour since Serena had gotten the phone call from Ash saying that she would be going to dinner with him. She then texted him the address of where she was staying and then quickly got into the shower and rushed to finish before Ash would arrive.

"What to wear, what to wear?" Serena said to herself as she rummaged through her clothes looking at the clock noting that it was 4:30.

She finally decided to settle on a white blouse and black pants combo with no makeup (since she was naturally beautiful) and simple accessories. She then grabbed her white handbag and headed downstairs to wait for Ash to arrive. Tonight was going to be a very interesting night.

"Remember no mischief."

Serena's pokemon assured her that nothing would happen while she was gone. A car horn then sounded signalling that Ash had arrived. Serena grabbed her handbag and said goodbye to her pokemon as she locked the door and head towards the car.

"Hey." Ash said to Serena as she entered the car.

"Hey. So where do you plan on taking me tonight?"

Ash grinned before he spoke.

"Let's just say we're going to have dinner with some old friends."

Meanwhile...

"Gary! Take the food out the out of the oven." Leaf yelled from upstairs as she was blow drying her hair.

"Tell me again why did you cook up a feast?" Gary asked

"Ash said he was bringing someone over for dinner tonight. I wanted to make sure we didn't miss anything."

Gary chuckled. He really did love Leaf more than anything in the world but sometimes he wanted to question where some of her sanity went. Leaf then came downstairs wearing a long white skirt and light blue blouse with a simple necklace. Gary then took a look at her.

"Have I told you how much I love you?" Gary asked Leaf lovingly.

"Mhm-hm just everyday."

The both of them laughed as Ash's car pulled up into their driveway and Ash honked the horn knowing how much it annoyed Gary. Ash then pressed the doorbell to which Gary opened the door.

"Okay, so who's this mysterious person who you've brought over tonight Ash?"

Ash chuckled as he moved out of the way to reveal Serena who was standing behind him. Once Gary saw who it was he was in shock.

"Well I'll be damned. Serena Yoshida, it's certainly been a while hasn't it?" Gary asked in amazement.

"It has been. How have you been Gary?" Serena asked while she gave Gary a friendly hug.

"Same thing, different day except that will change soon. Oh where are my manners come in please." Gary said as he let Ash and Serena into the house.

Serena got a good look at her surroundings she noticed the hardwood floors and the peach walls, the large kitchen and dining room like her own back home and the small living room with the brown sofa set, glass table and large flat screen tv. She also noticed the various pictures all through out the walls ranging from Gary being a small child to one with his grandfather and him both wearing lab coats.

"So where's the girlfriend?" Ash teased Gary

As soon as Ash finished that sentence Leaf appeared from the kitchen straightening out her clothes. She then looked at Serena with a look of surprise, shock and glee on her face all mixed up into one. She then ran over to Serena and hugged her tightly.

"Okay Leaf, I know it's been so long but please let me go I can hardly breathe with you squeezing me like this." Serena begged.

"Heh sorry, It's just wow you look so much more beautiful than the last time we met." Leaf said sheepishly as she let go of Serena finally allowing to breathe normally.

"It's okay, you don't look so bad yourself. So you and Gary?" Serena teased

"Ya, he's a challenge some days but worth it." Leaf answered as she poked Gary.

"Okay now that we've got all the pleasantries out of the way can we eat? I'm starving and the food smells amazing." Ash asked while rubbing his stomach which there after grumbled loudly.

Everyone laughed at Ash's comment as they all headed towards the dining table to have dinner and a night of fun and merriment. In front of them was a bowl of salad, a roasted chicken and in a metal plate: a cherry pie.

"Itadakimas!" everyone yelled in unison before they all began eating. After an hour they all sat in their chairs quite content and full. They then decided to make small talk.


"So Serena, what brings you back to Kanto after all these years?" Gary asked

"Pokemon showcases." Serena said with a smile.

"Pokemon showcases?" Gary and Leaf asked in unison.

Serena giggled as she educated Gary and Leaf over what a Pokemon showcase was and how it was different from a contest. When she was done Gary and Leaf stared at her in amazement while Ash was grinning at them.

"So Leaf, aside from being this one's girlfriend, what do you do for a living?" Serena asked curiously.

"Well, believe it or not I'm actually a photographer." Leaf answered.

"A photographer? That's amazing, I'm sure you've taken a lot of photos over the years of these two and pokemon alike?"

"Ya, I'll show you everything I've taken a photo of after we clean up. Now I do believe these dishes don't have feet, So help me with them please?"

Serena nodded as she she helped Leaf clear the table while Ash and Gary went over to the TV and started to channel flick to find anything good on.

"So you and Serena huh?" Gary teased Ash.

"Gary please, She's just a friend I'm not interested in her like that. Sometimes I wonder where you even get these ideas."

"Ash, the only girl that we know that was interested in you was Misty and we all know how that turned out." Gary shot back.

Both of them laughed at the memory of when Ash was younger and was travelling around with Brock and Misty the leaders of the Pewter and Curlean city gym leaders respectively. Misty had somewhat of a crush on Ash back then but by the end of their journey she came to accept that Ash was more of a brother to her rather than a mate.

The girls looked on laughing at them.


"I wonder what they're laughing about." Serena wondered while she dry the dish that Leaf handed to her.

"Probably something about when they we were younger and all travelling around the region. I swear those two are so like that when they talk about those days it makes me feel like a old woman." Leaf joked

The girls laughed before Leaf spoke again.

"So, you like Ash huh?" Leaf teased

Serena got flustered when Leaf asked the question. She then calmly collected her breath and answered the brown haired girl.

"Ya, that obvious huh?" Serena asked quietly.

"Well considering I've known you since summer camp and when Ash came back from Kalos he wouldn't stop talking about everything that happened while he was there, it was easy to arrive at that conclusion."

Serena lightly blushed as she looked at Ash and Gary who were focused into the program they were watching.

"Well, he is something special isn't he? I mean he's so kind, caring, friendly and he's always so positive. There's also the fact that he's handsome and in very good shape, but who's looking?"

The girls laughed before Leaf put her hand on Serena's shoulder.

"Don't worry one day Ash will notice how you feel about him. I'm sure of it." Leaf assured her.

Serena flashed a grin.

"Thanks Leaf, I knew there was a reason why I liked you back then."

Both of the girls smiled as they finished up the dishes and headed over to the boys. Leaf then pulled out a photo album from out underneath the TV stand. She then brought the album over so Serena could take a look of what happened since she was last in Kanto. The 1st picture she saw was Herself, Ash, Leaf and Gary standing with Professor Oak with wide grins on their faces. The picture below it was Gary and Leaf both holding a Squirtle and Charmander respectively. The last picture on the page was Ash and Gray head to head before they left on the beginning of their Kanto journey.

Serena chuckled as she flipped through the remaining pages of the album ranging from Gary and Ash's match at the Johto league up until last week indicated by the date in the bottom left corner where it was Ash, Gary and Leaf with professor Oak with a birthday hat on his head.

"These are all really nice, Leaf you really do have a natural talent for photography."

"Thanks." Leaf said with a slight blush on her face from Serena's compliment.

The rest of the night went smoothly as they made some more small talk such as Serena learning about Leaf's pregnancy, making plans with her to go out shopping sometime, finding out that Gary is a pokemon researcher, etc.. After a very fun night, Ash and Serena left Gary and Leaf's house after Serena exchanged numbers with both Leaf and Gary.

In the car...

"So, did you have a fun night?" Ash asked

"I did, thank you for that. It was nice to see them again." Serena answered

"I thought you would like it, after all it's been so long you saw them so I thought you might want to see them again after so long."

"Ya, I'm still in shock about Leaf being pregnant, it makes me wonder if I'll ever be a good mother like her if I ever have children." Serena told him

Ash collected his thoughts before he spoke.

"I know you will be a good one, after all I saw the way you were with Bonnie while we travelled through out Kalos and if that's any proof to ease your doubts then I'm 100% sure that you will be a good one." Ash assured her.

Serena blushed slightly so Ash wouldn't notice.

"Thank you."

Ash grinned before the next subject came up.

"So, how's your mom and everyone doing?"

"Mom's okay, she's still the same except for as she put it crazy neighbour Tom trying to ask her out on a date ever since he moved in next door." Serena began

"Ah, But what makes him crazy?" Ash asked confused.

"He's a street performer who practices day and night without stop and his guitar is always cranked up to 11."

"You sure he isn't related to Jimmy?" Ash joked

Ash and Serena laughed at the memory of Jimmy and his Pikachu nicknamed Spike. Serena remembered when Jimmy showed up to challenge Ash who was unable to battle at the time because he was sick. So Serena had the bright idea of posing as Ash to battle Jimmy. It was going smoothly until Team Rocket showed up and tried to take both Ash and Jimmy's Pikachus. By then Ash had recovered and everything ended happily.

"And everyone else?"

"Clemont's busy as gym leader, big brother and the inventor you remember him as before you left. Bonnie just turned 20 before I came here actually she misses you a lot. Trevor, Shauna and Tierno are still travelling together somewhere in Johto. Professor Sycamore is still studying mega evolution and is coming close to figuring it out once and for all. As for Alain well..."

"What happened is he injured or something?"

"No, Well after he found a new keystone and megastone for his Charizard he met Aria and then they started to hang out. I think you can figure out what happened next."

"They started dating?"

"Mh-hm, or at least that's what Mairin says."

"Heh, well I'm happy for him. He needs a good person around him so he doesn't keep beating himself up after what happened. It wasn't his fault that Lysandre played him, at least in the end he saw through his lies."

"Ya."

"And where's Aria now?" Ash asked nonchantly.

"Some place called Unova."

Ash shuddered at the thought of Unova.

"Something wrong?" Serena asked concerned.

"Unova was a very... unique place for me. Let's just say that there was one person there that made my journey there uh what's the word oh right very annoying from start to finish."

"I see, I wonder if it was that person that Aria mention when she had her meeting with Alder then?"

"Who?"

"She said that this person crashed right into her and made her land into a bush."

"OH HER, I know who that is. Don't worry Aria will be friends with her quickly despite her rushing into things habit."

Both of them laughed before Ash spoke again.

"And you?"

"What about me?"

"When I left.. did you date anyone?"

Serena was a bit taken back by Ash's question. She didn't expect him to her that. It also made her wonder why was Ash asking, could have be that he was interested in her despite him being somewhat dense. She then came back to reality and answered.

"No, I mean... it's not like I didn't try to but either they were completely uninteresting or just so superficial like they were only interested in my beauty or the fact that I was Kalos queen. I still think that my prince is still out there somewhere waiting for me."

"I think so too."

Both of them smiled at each other as Ash pulled into the driveway. Serena unbuckled her seatbelt and then spoke.

"Thanks Ash, I had a really nice time tonight."

"Your welcome, see you around sometime?"

"For sure."

The two of them hugged as Serena opened the door and got out. She waved goodbye to him as he drove off. Once he was gone Serena entered and found her pokemon all waiting for her to come back. She took a bath along with her pokemon and groomed them. Once everything was done she fell asleep there after.


Ash arrived back home half an hour after dropping Serena off. He entered to find Pikachu waiting for him.

"Pika-pi, pika pika pikachu?"

"Dinner was fine, nothing to special."

"Pika?"

"No, nothing."

"Pika, Pika-Pi, Pika."

"Alright fine. You remember yesterday when I had to go see Lance?"

"Pi."

"Well, that day it turns out the reason he called me there is that Pokemon showcases are bring consider to come here aside from contests and the person they sent to represent them was none other than Serena."

"Pika-Pi, pika pikachu?"

Ash was flustered at Pikachu's question. He collected himself and then spoke.

"What in the world would give you that idea? I swear maybe I should call Dawn and have her come with Buneary."

Pikachu shivered at the mention of Dawn's Buneary. He knew that Buneary had a massive crush on him but he didn't feel the same way about her. Once he eased up on Ash the both of them headed to bed. Ash however laid in bed still awake with one thought.

"I wonder what Serena's doing tomorrow."


Oliverqueen01- Bet you weren't expecting that did you? :p Anyway sorry if this chapter was all over the place this week. I was bit sick the past week so ya. Anyway I hope you enjoyed the moment at the end with them. I also hope you liked the chapter in general. So the Cilian special was today. I have yet to watch so no spoilers for anyone I ask. Anyway sun/moon starts next week, we'll see how I'll feel about it after the 1st and 2nd episode since it's a 1 hr special. Anyway enough of me babbling. Time for review responding!

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Espeon44- Do I like Becky Lynch? Yes I do. I'm glad she is Smackdown Women's champion and she's great at puns. But yes I do like her. Thanks for the review.

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Pinkrangerfan- Yes I'm glad that she kissed him too. Don't worry in the story they will get together just got to pave the way there first. Thank you for the review.

Monkeyboy0118- Yes! Rejoice it's canon! I know I saw it twitter and tumblr explode. It was as Professor Sycamore would say... MARVELOUS! :p but ya like I said above I was a bit sick so hopefully I don't miss anything this week. Thanks for the review.

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Darkaura808- Ya I think they're not done with her yet. I mean after that ending there's no way not by a long shot that they're done with her. The 6 year school thing will be explained down the line, Yes Gary is going to be a father and let's just say the road to it is going to be something :p Yes Bianca as the random citizen because I liked her better than Iris to be honest. As for Serena being the aunt? Well you'll have to wait and see. Thanks for the review.

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