Hey guys, Jeff here!

So, today I give you the next chapter of this story with some... romance and so on...

Just to say, this chapter is actually anticipate for Valentine's Day - as I am lazy and can't be bothered to do a one-shot. Also, watch out for another chapter for Unexpected Unity as that will also be a part for what I'm doing for Valentine's Day ;)

Anyways, let's get to reading...


"Flight for Kanto is now ready for boarding. Could passengers proceed to Gate 9."

Ash, Serena and Delia turned around, looking into where the sound came from, trying to spot the precise location of the loudspeaker. According to the announcement, their plane was ready to take passengers in, ready for boarding. Most of the passengers waiting also for this flight were impatient, impatient on getting into the plane and taking their seats, as the flight was just a bit delayed; but they didn't mind at all waiting for everyone else to get on first before them, as they weren't in a rush that much. They knew that people are waiting for them back in Kanto, but they didn't really mind at all for them to wait for just a bit longer for their arrival.

Another reason can be deduced from them going last. It was because Ash is very reluctant to travel by air, and only Delia knew about this, but it was very obvious to Serena and she spotted Ash's fear almost instantly. Even though he travels a lot throughout regions around the Pokémon World, he hasn't still gotten over the fear of flying, which is a bit odd. I mean, Delia understood about this – as the main reason was being when Ash was younger, his family was travelling to the Kalos Region as well and as there was such bad turbulence, then Ash was scared for life – but Serena didn't.

Fortunately for Ash, his girlfriend was close to him, specifically standing next to him. Serena wanted to comfort Ash, give him some reassurance, and make him have a bit of self-confidence with himself. She took ahold of Ash's hand, entwining their fingers together and inter-locking them between each other. Serena wanted to support her boyfriend, but what can she do? She cannot do anything much, she cannot do anything about Ash's fear of flying; but what she can do was just support him all the way.

Serena sighed. "Hey, Ashy? Are you sure you're going to be okay?"

Ash shrugged, but then released a sigh of relief. "Well… a-as long as y-you're by my side during this plane journey, then I think I'll be fine."

"Don't worry, my Ashy." Serena replied. "I will stay by your side… forever…"

Ash smiled, giving Serena a quick peck on the cheek, making Serena blush a bit, but was gone after a few moments. "Thanks, Serena."

When this moment happened, Ash and Serena noticed that some people in the queue looked away, some people looked at them straight up, some made comments such as 'What a cute couple!' (which is what they thought Bonnie would say if she was still there) or 'They really like each other, don't they?', and some even snigged in the background, including Delia herself, which embarrassed Ash and Serena even more.

As they all entered the plane, after being greeted by the cabin crew as well as the captain for that matter, giving everyone who got on the plane a warm welcome, which Ash appreciated as he felt even more secure and safe as to travelling at this moment in time. I suppose you can say that Ash felt even more confident about travelling, especially travelling in a plane. I mean, he's got all he needs for this flight to comfort him – the whole cabin crew if needed so, his mother, and most importantly, his Serena.

The plane was small in terms of sizes. It wasn't such a large plane, but it does the job nonetheless of taking passengers to and fro the Kanto Region; however it does mean everyone is cramped. There was not much space to move around, there was not much space on the separate compartments to put your luggage on located on top of your head, but most importantly, there was hardly any room in your own seat itself, which some people complained about, but most of them just accepted to the fact about it.

Ash, Serena, and Delia sat down on the three vacant seats that they spotted as they came aboard the plane. Sitting down, they made themselves comfortable, preparing themselves for the seven hours journey ahead of them. They know it was going to be a long journey, and Serena and Delia knows that Ash will struggle throughout this whole journey – as his fear might come back on him once again.

Serena was worried about Ash, of course being his girlfriend. She was just worried for Ash, how he was kind of stressing or worrying too much of what's happening or what's going to happen. All in all, she can say that she too is worrying too much, too concerned about her boyfriend's fear of flying; but for now, she just doesn't want to bother him anymore, she just wants to leave him alone for a while.

As the chime for the seatbelt sign rang, indicating the plane was ready to leave; everybody settled and quietened down for the take-off. Taxiing through the whole airport, going around and passing planes, heading up to the runway where the plane will take its stance and head for take-off. The plane crept at a slow pace as it heads towards the start of the runway, slowly with the speed limit that is in place. As the plane approached the start of the runway, its gigantic thrusters increased its power, increasing its speed; the plane took off at a great pace, faster than it was going whilst it was in the ground. They were in the air.

The plane flew up high in the air, in full course towards the Kanto Region. Down below, you can see parts of Lumiose City, especially the city lights and nightlife it holds, you can see parts of the Kalos Sea as well containing many different Pokémon in parts of the land and parts of the sea, but most of them were sleeping as it was night time, but some were looking up towards the plane as well as the sky.

Looking back, Serena saw the whole region as the plane was high up in the air. She saw the beauty of Kalos and reflected on the past memories she had with her friends as well as the memories with her Ash. She cannot believe how lucky she was, how lucky she had met any of her friends as well as any of her Pokémon. They were basically part of her life now, and mostly Ash. She was going ahead on this plane, going ahead towards her future.

The cabin crew dimmed the lights, at least lowering the brightness of the lights, making the inside of the plane much darker and quite harder to see than before, as it was a night flight. Everyone, well, mostly everyone, fell into a deep sleep including Delia; however some still stayed awake just because they couldn't sleep, or that they wanted to watch a film in the television fitted on the seats, or just because they were worried and concerned as well as scared…

"Hey, Ash?" Serena asked, checking if Ash is still awake and then tapping his shoulder to get his attention. "Are you awake still?"

Ash turned to face Serena, looking directly at Serena's beautiful blue eyes that he admired of her so much about. "Yes, I am. Is there something wrong?"

Serena sighed. "No, not really. I'm just worried about you, you know. I didn't know that you actually didn't like travelling in the air. I'm just really worried about you."

Ash smiled. "You don't have to worry about me, Serena. I'm actually doing all right."

"That's good to know." Serena responded, giving out a sigh of relief. "Are you gonna sleep during the flight?"

Ash raised his eyebrow quizzically. "Nah, I don't usually sleep during flights. That's just my thing."

Serena smiled. "So, what are you gonna do for the next six and a half hours?"

"I don't know." Ash replied. "I guess I'll do what you want to do."

Serena giggled. "All right, then. Why don't we watch a film?"

Ash sniggered. "I suppose we could do tha~"

"But, first…" Serena said cheekily, interrupting Ash from finishing speaking. "I'll just go and change."

Serena then took off, off to the bathroom to change. What Ash didn't know was that she actually took the plastic bag containing what she bought at the shop, which she was very happy on as she didn't really want him to see what she had on her hand. She felt very… playful for some strange reason. She felt excited, but she doesn't know why.

On Ash's point of view, he wondered about what Serena will change into. He thought she will just change into her pyjamas, but she sounded too excited for that. He then thought about what she bought from the shop she went to with Miette. He wondered the possibilities of what she could have bought. He didn't really know per say, but he had some sort of idea.

As he was waiting for Serena to go and change, he went and turned on the tv what was fitted into the seat. He looked at the many choices of the types of films that were available to watch. He glanced through the choice, but in the end, he found a series that they could both watch for the rest of the flight which was called Brycen-Man. Interestingly, this series was only released a couple of weeks ago and was made in the PokéStars Studios in the Unova Region.

He then turned to look at his partner, who was sleeping just beside his feet. He noticed Pikachu sleeping soundly, so he didn't want to disturb him, as normally when Ash watches something, they would have watched it together, but he decided to let his buddy rest for today.

After a few minutes passed, there was a voice that came from Ash's left saying 'Here I am.' – it was Serena. Ash looked at her, staring basically right at her. He noticed her wearing a Pikachu onesie, one what he did not really expect her to wear, but he then realised that it was quite appropriate. He saw very detail that the onesie had; he was so surprised that I contained an accurate representation of what a Pikachu looked like – the ears, the tail, and the cheeks. Ash wanted to wake up his yellow mouse Pokémon, but Serena insisted to just leave him sleeping.

Ash sat in his seat, confused of what's happening. "Hey, Serena? Why are you wearing that?"

Serena giggled. "Well, why not? Don't you like it?"

"No, I don't like it." Ash replied. "I love it!"

Serena smiled, blushing slightly. "Oh, thank you Ash."

At that moment, Serena sat down and wrapped her arms around Ash's arm, squeezing it quite tightly, which Ash didn't mind at all. Ash then started to play the film on the tv, which was Brycen-Man, and got a positive comment from Serena as it was apparently her favourite tv series.

"Hey, Ash?" Serena asked cheekily. "Call out an attack that you think I have."

"All right, then. Let me think." Ash replied, confused still. "Um… use Charm?"

Serena chuckled, moving closer to Ash. "One day Ashy, I'll become your wife."

Ash smiled nervously. "I guess… you can say that…"

"Call out another attack." Serena insisted.

Ash sighed. "All right Serena, use… um… Draining Kiss."

Serena leaned closer to Ash, closer the gap between them. Then, their lips interlocked; touched together, as they both gave each other a passionate kiss, which lasted for only a few seconds.

"Wow, that truly was a Draining Kiss." Ash commented. "Tell me, Serena. Why are you doing this?"

Serena giggled. "It's because… I'm your little Pikachu."

Ash took his shoulder around Serena and moved her closer to him, so that she could see the tv and watch what they were watching in the first place. They continued to watch it for the rest of the flight to occupy them for the rest of the flight.

'Wow. Serena is My Little Pikachu afterall.' Ash thought, looking at Serena.


Well, that certainly was interesting! If you liked that, then you should definitely stick around as there is plenty more where that came from as romance is in the air ;)

There you have it, guys! That's Chapter 8 is done and this story is now updated.

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