Hi guys, it's me Jeff.

Here we are with another episode of this fanfic.

Just a note, the two chapters that I will be publishing (including this one) were supposed to be in one chapter, but as I wrote my ideas in great lengths, I had to split it, which is all right (I think)...

Anyways, let's get to reading...

(Professor Oak's Laboratory, Pallet Town)

"How are you, my boy? Have you caught lots of Pokémon during your journey?" Professor Oak asked the young man who had just walked through the front door, without knocking (obviously). He was looking forward to the Pokémon Ash had brought back home from the Kalos League, as most of his Pokémon currently in his possession were only found in the Kalos Region, which made the Professor jump with excitement, looking forward to studying these new and fascinating species.

"I am doing great, Professor Oak. As a matter of fact, I have got these Pokémon to show you." Ash said with politeness. He tossed up his Pokéballs high in the air and ordered his Pokémon to make an appearance. The hatch of the Pokéball opened and Talonflame, Noivern, Goodra, Greninja, and Hawlucha made an appearance in front of everybody to see.

"Wow. I have never seen these Pokémon before. Well, I'm off to do some research about them, if you don't mind Ash." Professor Oak now filled with a grin that stretched from cheek to cheek, which Ash found somewhat amusing as this is the first time the Professor was this excited to see Pokémon from the other region since he came back from the Unova region.

As Professor Oak walked off towards the back door and into the large garden around the back with Ash's partners – as well as Pikachu – during his journey in Kalos, he admired how nothing has changed since he had set off with his Kalos Region journey, but then again he remembered that Pallet Town was very remote and on the edge of the map of the Kanto region.

He walked towards the study room, which consisted of some sofas and bookshelves as well as this massive screen with a projector hanging off the ceiling connected to some leads. He trotted to where the sofas were located, as he just wants to sit down for a minute and think about what's next for his dream to come true – to be a Pokémon master.

As he sat in one couch and started to lie back, resting his head on the headrest, he saw something unbelievable that he didn't expect to see the first time he visited the Professor's laboratory. He saw Misty and Tracey lying together on the opposite couch, Misty's hand was on Tracey's chest lying flat on the couch, whilst Tracey was lying on the couch as well but using the couch's armrest as his pillow. What amazed Ash was that they were both sound asleep, but he decided he had seen enough and woke them both up.

"What, Ash? What are you doing here?" Tracey stood up trying to pretend that he wasn't guilty of anything. He quickly picked up his drawing book from the center table and sat back down, but his face was bright red.

"I didn't know you were going to be here so soon." Misty sat up on the couch and immediately turned around; trying to hide her blush, but Ash didn't actually care about it.

"Um, what have I just seen?" Ash questioned the two love birds that had bright red faces and were filled with embarrassment that were now sitting up straight on the couch, pretending that nothing happened; but something did happen.

"Well, you see…" Tracey started off, trying to explain the reason behind what Ash just witnessed in his very own eyes that was just staring straight at both Tracey and Misty.

"We are in a love relationship, Ash. That's why we were acting like this." Misty ended the sentence that her lover Tracey started. How she just said it straight without subtlety received a frown look from Tracey, but he understood why she did that.

"Okay… care to elaborate?" Ash asked the couple in front of him. He still didn't understand what was happening right in front of him – being dense as ever.

"We are in love with each other, Ash. Can't you understand?" Misty said with a disappointed and irritated voice, she was very annoyed with Ash's density; but then again, it is Ash that we are talking about.

"I see…" Ash still trying to understand what is happening.

"Look, let me show you." Tracey said as he was leaning towards Misty. Their lips touched softly, which made Misty blush but she didn't care, it was a special moment that was occurring right now – they had just kissed for the first time in their new relationship.

Ash just responded by nodding, he now understands. As the couple in front of him kissed, he saw a flashback of a memory in his head; it was a picture of Serena. He couldn't help but think of her right at that point in time. He then shook his head, trying to erase that memory of Serena from his mind, even though he knew he just couldn't.

"Since when did this relationship started, if you don't mid me asking?" Ash said, now understood what was happening.

"About a week ago." Tracey responded in an instant to Ash's question.

"How have you two both been? It's been a long time, hasn't it?" Ash moved on the conversation that became awkward as time passed.

"It's all been good. Nothing has happened much." Misty said as she turned to look at Tracey, who started to blush but held it on.

"I'll be off, see you then Misty and Tracey." Ash ended the conversation and left the room, letting the young couple at peace.

He decided to go round the back into the garden, where Professor Oak was conducting his research with his partners, to check how he was getting on. As he was walking towards the garden, he was still full of thought about Serena, she had clouded his mind about her, and how his chance was wasted when he was at the airport with her alone.

Arriving at the garden, he saw the herd of Tauros running towards him and was trampled, as he couldn't dodge in time; however Ash was used to this as he was always ran over by his Tauros, as they think that it is their welcome back gift or something like that – it was their way of showing affection. He stood up and brushed off the dirt on his clothes and continued to where Professor Oak was.

"Ah, Ash. I have finished conducting my research. You can have your Pokémon back again." Professor Oak said with a sense of happiness, as he was satisfied with the information he had just collected.

"Anytime, Professor." Ash replied back with loyalty and politeness as Pikachu had jumped on his shoulder.

Professor had walked off and left Ash on his own with only Pikachu by his side. He sat on the nice, smooth grass and laid back in it as Pikachu does the same. He looked up at the sky and imagined Serena again, as his mind was playing tricks with him again. His thoughts of his crush has clouded his mind once more.

"Why Pikachu? Why do I always see Serena in my mind and in my dreams?" Ash asked his precious yellow partner, who was rolling back and forth on the grass, which made Ash giggle a bit.

"Pika-pika." "It's because you like her." Pikachu replied to its trainer, teasing him at the same time, which Ash responded with a disappointed, but contented, face.

"That's true." Ash accepted about what Pikachu was saying. It was true that he liked her; he misses her so much he just wants her to be part of his life again. He accepted Pikachu's knowledge of the situation in hand and how he teased him about it, which reminded him of Bonnie who also knew about their crush towards each other and teased them.

"No, Pikachu. I have passed the crush stage. I love her now." Ash said to his partner, who was just letting out squeals of joy, because he was proud of what his trainer has achieved - Ash had gotten over his density.

At that point, Greninja came out of its Pokéball without Ash an=asking it to, which surprised Ash and made him jump a bit.

"Greninja-gren." "I want to see Braixen again as well." Greninja pointed out.

"What?! Greninja, is there by any chance you like Braixen?" Ash teased his Pokémon of this new found information.

"Greninja." "Yes, I do." Greninja answered back, ignoring how Ash was teasing it. It was being serious about this, about his love for Braixen. "Greninja. Greninja-gren. Greninja." "I love Braixen. After the incident in the bamboo forest with Pancham and Pangoro, I started to like her."

Ash and Pikachu cannot believe what was presented in their ears. They couldn't believe it, how Greninja liked Braixen, just like how Ash liked Serena. They didn't know about this until now, it was a total shock to both of them as they didn't expect Greninja to have this kind of feelings to another Pokémon - considering Greninja's personality - it was unexpected.

"But will I see her again, that's the question." Ash suggested to the his two partners. He had questionned himself about this topic so many times now that he couldn't count, he doesn't know what is going to happen next for him. "Hopefully it is soon enough..." whilst Pikachu just responded with a confused look on his face and Greninja sat there with awe and a massive blush covering its face.

"Hey Ash, could I talk for you just a second?" Delia asked. She appeared out of nowhere and surprised Ash, making him jump. She had been watching him having a conversation with Pikachu about Serena and she heard what she needed to hear.

"Yeah, sure." Ash responded with glee. He was a bit curious about what she wants to talk about with him, is it about Serena?

"Grace, Serena's mum, called me the other day and invited us to join Serena, Clemont and Bonnie to this reunion party in a week's time. Are you happy to go?" Delia mentioned what she needed to mention about their elaborate and subtle plan.

"Yes, I'll be thrilled." Ash replied to Delia's question, which didn't surprised Delia after Ash's confession.

Ash was ecstatic that he will be seeing Serena soon, very soon indeed, as he started dancing and jumping around the garden. Delia mentioning this just made his day, he was overjoyed on what was going to happen that was so soon; but the wait will feel like a long time for Ash. He couldn't wait to see her again, as well as Clemont and Bonnie, but mostly Serena.

Delia stood there whilst Ash was dancing and jumping with awe and glee on the news she had delivered to him. She was also happy how he doesn't suspect about how this occasion was setup now, as it hasn't been a long time since the friends had separated; but then again it's Ash whose dense.

There's another chapter for you guys. This has been an interesting chapter as a lot of my ideas were being cramped into one. Hopefully it all turns out well! *fingers crossing*

It was another stressful day as I had another GCSE ISA and writing this helped relieve the stress. :)

Anyways, I also put a cheeky ship there - see if you all know it and put it in the reviews - so hoped you liked it. I was inspired to do this by watching previous some of Pokémon's older series on the Internet (I don't just watch XY series). So, please guess which ship this is - it's kinda obvious though.

Anyways, please continue the support.

See you all in the next chapter.

See ya! Have a great day!