Hello again. Just thought I'd let you guys know, whenever there are italic words in the middle of a chapter, that is characters speaking with aura/psychic abilities.
SERENA'S POV
The next morning I woke up to find that Ash was no longer in the bed. I was ready to have a panic attack until I heard his voice coming from the kitchen of the room.
He was just finishing up preparing breakfast when I sat up as he was coming over with two plates of pancakes. The smell that was throughout the room was sweet and delicious.
He said, "How'd you sleep?" as worry crept into his voice.
"It wasn't the best sleep but it was good." I replied.
"Well, I made breakfast and as soon as we're done here, I'd like to go challenge the gym."
"Sounds good to me. I've heard the gym leader uses bug types. Only Noibat has an advantage. How do you plan on winning?"
"Well, first thing is that typing isn't everything. And second, I just go with what hits me."
I placed my now empty plate on the table next to the bed. I said, "Like this.", before I pressed my lips to his. I pulled back and tried to stifle a giggle from the look on his face. He clearly wasn't expecting that.
ASH'S POV
I thought to myself, 'she's in a playful mood.'
I put on a face that showed surprise even though I wasn't. She was giggling like a little school girl.
I said, "You wanna play. Then let's play" as I started to kiss her neck.
"Ash. You have a gym battle. If you win, you'll get your reward. But not right now. Okay."
"Aww. You're no fun. You started it anyway." I teased.
We got our stuff ready and left the pokemon center on our way to the gym. We found it about 20 minutes later and went in.
It looked more like a gallery than a gym to me as there were numerous pictures and paintings that were hung on the wall.
"Hello. I'm here to challenge the gym."
"I was wondering when you'd get here Ash. And Serena, it's good to see you too."
"Hey Alexa. Do you know where your sister is?" I asked.
I felt a stare pierce the side of my head and looked to see it was Serena.
"Her sister is the gym leader. You got nothing to worry about." I said through aura.
Serena then calmed down and nodded.
"Well Ash, she should be getting back any moment now."
Just as she finished, the doors opened revealing a young woman who resembled Alexa and had a camera strapped around her neck.
"So you are Viola I assume. Did you take all these pictures?"
"Sure did. Anyway, Alexa said something about you wanting to compete in the Kalos league. I assume you're here for a gym battle then right?"
"Yeah. And I'm going to win." I answered with determination.
"Then let's head to the battle field. Follow me."
NOBODY'S POV
2 minutes later the group was in a large room. It had a large battlefield and around it was a stadium like seating arrangement. Viola went to the other side of the battlefield and got out a pokeball. Ash had gotten on his side and also had a pokeball out. Serena knew which Pokémon Ash was going to use first and it had her slightly worried.
Serena and Alexa were on the side as a referee stated, "This will be an official Pokémon League Gym Battle between Santalune City gym leader Viola and the challenger Ash Ketchum from Pallet town. The battle will be a 2 on 2 Pokémon battle. Only the challenger is allowed to substitute Pokémon. Will the gym leader please send out her first Pokémon?"
"Let us show the power and beauty of bug types. Surskit, come on out!" Viola shouted
"Riolu, I choose you." Ash called in response.
"Interesting choice Ash. You should know that fighting types aren't very good against bug types like Surskit."
"I know that." Ash replied.
"Battle begin."
ASH'S POV (again)
"Riolu, use agility then force palm on the ground."
"Surskit, use agility as well and ice beam."
"Don't let it fire that ice beam. Use stone edge."
As Surskit was readying the ice beam Riolu had already fired off multiple sets of stone edge before using force palm on the ground again.
Even with its increased speed, Surskit couldn't dodge any of the stones and got hit, enduring massive damage from the super effective attack. It resumed its ice beam and the field got coated in a thin layer of ice.
"Surskit, use bug buzz."
"Use your aura as a shield."
Riolu put up a shield which stopped the bug buzz before he started skating towards Surskit. Once close enough Riolu slammed an aura covered force palm into Surskit, launching it backwards and into a wall.
It struggled to get up but did so before viola called out, "Use sticky web and water pulse."
"Blow apart the webs with a pulse of aura. Then use stone edge in front of you."
The webs were blown apart and suddenly, a large stone wall came up from the ground just before the water pulse smashed into it. The water pulse was weakened but not canceled out.
"Grab the water pulse and spin. Pour energy into it. Then focus and launch it."
Just as Ash had said, Riolu had caught the water pulse, spun while feeding aura energy into it and launched it right back.
"Dodge it Surskit."
Surskit skated over to one side but everywhere it went, the amplified water pulse went.
Soon Surskit began to slow down. This was noticed by both Ash and Viola.
"Let's finish this. Stone edge."
As soon as the stone edge reached Surskit, so did the sphere of water and aura. The combined force of the attacks was too much for Surskit. Surskit was knocked out and sent back to Viola's feet.
"Surskit is unable to battle. May the gym leader please choose her final Pokémon?" the ref said.
"Return Surskit. You battled well so rest up." Viola said to her Surskit before turning back to Ash and saying, "Well done. No one has beat my Surskit without getting a scratch. You've trained your Riolu well. It's time to see how well it stands up to a Pokémon that is 4x resistant. Go Vivillon!"
A butterfly like pokemon appeared. It had pink wings with flecks of other colors around the edges. Ash took out his pokedex and scanned the pokemon, as he had never seen one before.
"Vivillon. The scales pokemon and the evolved form of Spewpa. Vivillon with many different patterns are found all over the world. These patterns are affected by the climate of their habitat."
"Riolu. You up for more?"
It growled and nodded in response.
ASH'S POV
"Great. Then let's start with stone edge." I then added through aura, 'We're just seeing how fast it is okay'
As Ash had said, Riolu started to launch stones in seemingly random directions. Vivillon was dodging them all but Viola knew something was up.
"Vivillon, use psybeam."
"Riolu, aura shield. Then get close with force palm." 'Stone edge once you're close.'
Riolu had put up an aura shield so fast that if you blinked you missed it. He then was rushing towards Vivillon.
"String shot."
"Blow it to pieces and continue."
Riolu had sent a burst of aura out but some of the string wasn't blocked. The string that wasn't caused Riolu to trip. This gave Viola the perfect opening.
"Vivillon, use psybeam."
"Aura shield. Now" I screamed.
It was in vain because by the time Riolu heard me, he had already been hit with the super effective attack. I could sense how tired he was. He got up and stood there for a few seconds before falling back to the ground.
"Riolu is unable to battle. Will the challenger please send out his final pokemon?" the ref called.
I ran out to the battlefield and picked Riolu up before placing him next to me. I then thought of whom I should use. Pikachu would definitely get the win but it would not be fair to Noibat. With that in mind, I made my decision.
"Noibat. Let's go." I called out.
My Noibat gave a small cry of determination and looked straight at Vivillon. Not many people would notice but Vivillon had shivered very slightly at the sight of Noibat despite that it was almost two times larger than its opponent.
"Vivillon versus Noibat. Battle begin."
"Use dragon dance. Then gust."
"String shot. Then sunny day."
"Don't let that sunny day get going. Use dragon rage. Straight up."
Vivillon sent string at Noibat who dodged effortlessly, before starting sunny day. It started to get warmer and then Noibat's dragon rage had blocked out the sun.
"Vivillon, Solar beam." Viola issued her command.
"Cover yourself in dragon rage then use tackle."
"Why is solar beam taking so long?"
"I had Noibat blot out the sun temporarily. This causes solar beam to take longer than normal."
Just as Ash finished talking, Vivillon was hit by the tackle. It then fell straight down with swirly eyes.
"Vivillon is unable to battle. All of the gym leader's pokemon are unable to continue. Therefore the winner is the challenger, Ash Ketchum.", the ref announced.
Viola returned her Vivillon before walking over to me. She said, "Thanks Ash. That was one of the best battles I've had in a long time."
"I didn't do much at all. My pokemon put in the effort during training. This is their accomplishment. Only thing I did was help them." I replied, slightly taken back by the sudden praise.
"Well, as proof of your victory here at the Santalune City Gym, here is the official Kalos League Bug Badge."
"Thanks. And if we meet again, how about we have another battle."
"That would be great. And before you go, could I get a picture of you and your pokemon?"
"Soon but Riolu has to get treatment." I said, "I will stop in before leaving town though."
With that, Serena and I left the Santalune gym and a few moments after leaving, Serena grabbed my hand and leaned up to give me a kiss.
"That was for winning." She said.
"That's nice and all but the real winner is the one who stole my heart."
"And who would that be?" she asked as she playfully punched my arm.
"Well, she has honey-blonde hair and the brightest blue eyes, and her fingers are entwined with mine." I replied smiling before kissing her.
After that nothing had to be said as we continued on towards the pokecenter, her smiling and giggling like a little girl and me just chuckling at how lucky I am.
We arrived and I dropped off my Pokémon with nurse joy before renting a room going back to it. When we got inside, I took my bag off my back and set it next to the door, with Serena doing the same. We then turned the TV on. Currently there was a pokemon showcase being shown. It was apparently the performance round as the pokemon were dancing around the stage while using their moves. With them, their trainers were also dancing.
Serena had her eyes glued to the TV for the entirety of the showcase that remained.
SERENA'S POV
This is amazing. I have finally made up my mind. My goal is to win Pokemon Showcases.
"This is it. I know what I'm doing." I almost yelled in excitement.
"That's great, but do you have any idea of the styles you want to express or the effects that are made based on the moves you use?" I heard from the restroom.
"Nope. But I don't need to right now. That's what training is for right."
"True, but I never train without having an idea of the results I would like to have. And it may take a little while for your pokemon to get used to not using their moves for battling."
I sighed, as I knew Ash was right. "I know. You can help because you have traveled with coordinators. Shouldn't they be similar to Performers?"
"I would assume so. But I will help with the training. I'm pretty sure my Sceptile would still remember the contest we were in."
At that moment, the buzzer in the room went off, signaling that our pokemon are fully healed. We went out to the lobby and thanked Nurse Joy.
"Hey Serena, I'll be right back. I have a call to make." Ash said before walking over to the phone booths.
ASH'S POV
I dialed the number for professor oaks lab and waited. The screen finally popped up and I saw that Muk was on top of the professor and waving at the screen.
"Nice to see you too, Muk. Could you get off of the professor please?"
Muk called his name in reply and got off.
"So Ash, what brings you to call me today?"
"I wanted to see if you could send over Sceptile, Charizard, and Gengar. I met someone who is going to be doing pokemon showcases and I wanted to show her a few things from contests."
"I see. You are always one to help anyone who needs help. It is quite an admirable quality to have. And may I ask who this young lady is that is right next to you?"
"What are you tal OH MY ARCEUS! Serena, don't sneak up on me like that."
She giggled and I thought 'oh so she thinks this is funny. Huh. I'll get her back for this.'
"Well you already know her."
"Do I now? Hmm. Let me think a little. Oh weren't you that shy little girl with the straw hat. Always followed Ash around."
"Yep. That's me."
"Well, I am glad to see that you have grown to be a beautiful woman since I saw you last." The professor complimented as Serena's face turned light pink.
"Thank you professor. If I heard correctly, Ash wants to show me a few things but he needs a few of his Pokémon transferred." Serena said calmly.
"Yeah. And I'm sure they would like to see me too." I added.
"I'll be right back with their pokeballs then." The professor said before he vanished from the screen.
A few minutes later, he came back to the screen and said that he initiated the transfer. In moments, three pokeballs appeared out of the transfer machine.
"I got them professor. Thank you. See you later. Bye." I said as I cut the call.
I walked away from the video phone and towards the practice field.
So Ash has six Pokémon on him.
Ash's team
Pikachu, Charizard, Sceptile, Gengar, Riolu, and Noibat
What will Ash have Charizard Sceptile and Gengar do in order to give Serena some insight on performing?
Find out next chapter when Amourshipping: In Each Other's' Arms continues with chapter eight.