Well guys, finals are finally done! And after what's been the hardest month of my life, I can proudly say that I passed all my tests successfully :D This means I will not be kicked off my study and it also means I have vacation right now. I'm so happy guys, I can't express in words how grateful I am. Of course, your words of kindness have helped me tremendously as well and for that, I thank you all. Updates will be consistent again (probably one every week) so look forward for that. For now, enjoy this first fluffy chapter, I hope I've done it justice :3

Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon! If I did, the show would have an actual plot!

''Togekiss'' Speech

'Togekiss' Thoughts

'Togekiss' Telepathy

''Togekiss'' Whiteboard marker

Dawn's flying and fairy type began its descent towards the mostly empty stadium, where the young pokemon trainer and the artists had stopped their conversation. As soon as they got note of the Togekiss, their faces became deadly serious. For all they knew, Togekiss could be the bringer of bad news, and Ash prepared for the worst.

Bianca too, was worried. She knew how Malice played, and frankly, she was pretty afraid he might've tried something cheap. After all, if it would benefit the man, there would be no reason he wouldn't try.

Finally, the pokemon landed, and greeted them with a happy smile, making random gestures with its wings to try and explain what happened. The humans looked at each other before they both sweat dropped.

''Do you know what it is saying?'' Ash said awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.

Honestly, while he was pretty good in guessing what his Pikachu said most of the time, that didn't mean he understood poke speech fluently.

Bianca wasn't much of a help either. She looked at the raven haired boy with a nervous laugh. ''Well, it looks happy. That's a good sign, right?'' she added hopefully, Ash chuckling weakly at her response.

''Dawn's Togekiss is always happy,'' Ash revealed, pinching his nose in contemplation.

''Togekiss, is Pikachu okay?'' He addressed the pokemon after a moment, his heartbeat rising and his nervousness growing. He was almost afraid of the answer, but let out a huge sigh when Dawn's pokemon nodded an affirmative.

''They did it...'' he muttered, relief washing over him. ''They actually did it, thank Arceus! Where is Pikachu now?'' he asked, when he remembered he couldn't understand Togekiss in the slightest.

Nonetheless, the pokemon responded happily, and Ash waved his hands in a friendly gesture for it to stop.

''This isn't going to work Togekiss. Wait a sec, I got a plan,'' he told the flying and fairy type.

Bianca, in the meantime, placed a reassuring hand on Ash's shoulder.

''You must be so relieved, Ash.'' She smiled, and the pokemon trainer gave a relieved sigh in return, nodding his head up and down.

''You wouldn't know,'' he responded, letting a smile slide on his face as well. Grabbing his custom loveball from his belt, he threw it in the air.

The ball burst open not a moment later, and Tia gave a happy coo as she took in her environment. 'We're still at the stadium?' she questioned the artist and the trainer, as she now took in the sight of Dawn's pokemon.

Ash's smile turned even wider at the sight of the dragoness, and quickly explained what was going on. ''Tia, this is Dawn's pokemon. They got Pikachu back!'' he revealed joyfully.

The moment he spoke those words, the dragoness was nuzzling him contently.

'I'm so happy for you Ash,' she told him sincerely, Ash enjoying her closeness.

He nuzzled her back, her smooth fur ticklish on his skin.

'So, where's Pikachu now?' she asked after a moment, stopping her nuzzling and looking at the group.

''That's where you come in,'' the raven haired boy explained, feeling warm inside for some reason. ''You can understand poke speech. Togekiss knows where Pikachu is at the moment!''

The psychic and dragon type nodded, and after a while of listening to the bird pokemon, she turned back to Bianca and Ash again. 'Pikachu is stable, but still very weak. He's being transported to the pokemon center right now by Conway and Barry. Apparently, these two, along with the champion, helped Dawn and Brock in defeating Malice,' she told her best friend and her love interest, the two listening in awe.

''The champion was there too?'' the young trainer asked, not believing it.

'She was, and she's still there with Dawn and Brock. The forest caught fire in the battle; they're putting it out right now. That's why they sent Conway and Barry ahead with Pikachu.'

The happy trainer smiled once more, rubbing Latias' cheek gently.

''Thanks Tia,'' he said to her, as she gave another happy coo at his touch.

''Latias? What about granddad?'' Bianca asked worriedly.

This time, the dragoness' face turned grim. 'Malice confirmed he has Lorenzo... And he still does. Unfortunately, they don't know where Lorenzo or Malice are at the moment, as he managed to escape. They're going to inform the police as quickly as possible about him though and hope to catch him soon.'

Latias paused a moment as she shook her head somberly. 'I'm so sorry Bianca,' the psychic said, comforting her best friend with a hug.

Ash too, hugged the artist. She had a bitter smile on her face, and hiccupped lightly, trying to remain calm. ''I-it's ok, we got Pikachu back, we're getting granddad back too,'' she reassured herself, not giving up hope.

''You betcha Bianca! And when I see this Malice myself, I personally kick his butt!'' Ash spoke out confidently.

Bianca gave a slight giggle at the young trainer's response. ''Thanks Ash, Tia, and you too Togekiss for the news,'' the artist stated, the trainer giving a thumbs up and both the pokemon a happy smile.

Ash now turned his attention to the whole group before addressing them. ''Well? What are we still doing here? To the pokemon center! Barry and Conway should be there any moment now with Pikachu!'' Ash exclaimed excitedly. He couldn't wait to hold his starter pokemon close again, and happy thoughts arose in his mind.

Latias gave another smile at Ash's positive emotions, before nudging him gently.

'Ash? There's a slight problem.' She pointed to the exit, which had itself packed with interviewers and camera crew. The aforementioned people were held back by two officer Jenny's, trying to get at least a glimpse of Latias on their camera for their big scoop.

''You know, sooner or later you have to give them an interview, that's just part of the job,'' the artist stated, looking at the pokemon trainer.

He shook his head and sighed loudly. ''Rather later than sooner then. I want to see my Pikachu first, is that too much to ask?'' he questioned the group.

Latias pondered a moment for a solution, before her heart began to pump faster at the plan she formulated in her mind, and she gave Ash a shy look.

'You know, we can always fly to Pikachu, if you want,' the dragoness suggested, heat rising to her cheeks.

The trainer looked at Latias for a moment, before his eyes widened at her implication.

''Tia, are you saying?'' He didn't need to end his sentence as she nodded her head gently.

'It's a perfect day to fly, and that way, you'll be avoiding all of the media as well,' she added, waiting nervously for Ash's response.

The trainer in question didn't contemplate for long, if at all. ''Sure! I'd love to fly with you!'' he stated happily to his legendary.

She beamed with joy and gave him another nuzzle, before lowering her back to him for easy access.

He climbed on top of her back, looking for a spot to place his hands, when he felt an invisible force gently guide his hands around her slender neck. He swallowed the lump in his throat, and blushed a bright red at the intimacy of the act, before raising a brow at Latias' move.

'F-for safety purposes!' she stuttered out cutely, her cheeks just as red as Ash's.

He chuckled at her cute stutter, and Bianca squealed internally at the adorable scene. ''Hey lovebirds, I'd hate to interrupt, but what about me?'' She jokingly flapped her arms a couple of times like wings, getting the message across.

They both turned their heads away in embarrassment, before Ash tried to respond. ''You...I-We're not...'' He lowered his head as he couldn't find his words, Latias even more embarrassed than the raven haired boy.

Bianca giggled at the couple's reaction, putting a hand in front of her mouth in joy.

'Bianca, please. Stop saying things like that,' her best friend pleaded desperately to her.

'Awww, but you guys are so adorable. You should kiss him already and get this over with, he obviously likes you,' she thought back, raising her brows suggestively.

Latias squeaked at Bianca's response and shot her a murderous glare. Only the thought about kissing the raven haired boy sent butterflies through her stomach, and made her feel the luckiest dragoness on the planet.

Right now she wasn't feeling bad either. Ash was currently hugging her body tight, his arms around her neck, and she could feel his heart beat, which was just pumping as fast as hers. This made her relax just a tiny bit, Ash was just as nervous as she was, which she found absolutely adorable as she looked at his blushing cheeks.

Soon, Ash looked back at Latias, and gave a shy smile of his own, before releasing his Charizard in the air. The fire and flying type appeared with a loud roar, claws ready, and shooting an intimidating glare at Dawn's Togekiss, who gave an oblivious smile in return.

''Charizard, relax! That's Dawn's Togekiss. You only need to give Bianca a ride,'' Ash said, smirking at the artist who now backed up slightly in fear.

Charizard turned his head at the Altomare resident, his glare not withering in the slightest, and puffed out a cloud of black smoke in annoyance.

''There's your ride Bianca! Aren't you going to climb on Charizard's back?'' the trainer said smugly.

Latias couldn't control a giggle herself at Ash's retaliation on the artist.

'You're evil,' she accused the trainer in a lovely way, as the two looked at Charizard who was about to refuse his trainer's request. Ash sighed internally; he should've known he would react like this.

Latias sensed this, obviously, and decided to help him out.

''So you're Charizard huh? I'm disappointed; I thought you were up for a race against a legendary with some weight on your back. Guess I was wrong.'' She turned her head up nonchalantly, and Charizard growled at her dangerously.

''You want a race girl? A race is what you get!'' he retorted, lowering his back for the artist, who looked on with surprise. She climbed on reluctantly, Charizard still giving the legendary a death glare.

'There, problem solved,' she spoke happily to her telepathic connections.

''How did you- never mind, let's just go.'' The trainer shook his head and chuckled. He didn't even try to understand.

''The race will be around the island and then back to the pokemon center again! Are you ready?'' Latias questioned the fire and flying type. He nodded, concentrating all his muscles for takeoff.

''Then set...'' Bianca looked at Latias, then to Charizard, and then back to Latias again.

''Tia?'' she asked fearfully, sensing Charizard preparing for takeoff. ''What are you-'' She couldn't end her sentence as Latias screamed ''go!'' cheerfully, and just like that, Ash's pokemon was gone.

''Lati-AAAAAAAAAHHHH'' rhe artist screamed, the legendary pokemon laughing at her best friend's misfortune.

''You're evil,'' Ash now said in return, laughing just as hard.

She smiled cutely, before giving him a grin.

''Latias! Don't you dare!'' he warned her, already knowing what she was thinking.

'Sorry Ash,' she apologized, before tugging her arms in her body, and flying off at the sky in tremendous speech.

''Holy Arceusssssss!'' Ash screamed at the top of his lungs, the wind whizzing past his face, grabbing a hold of Latias even tighter.

Tears started to form in his eyes, and the sound of his laughter was heard even over the wind.

''Wooohooo!'' Ash screamed, laughing joyfully, Tia cooing happily alongside with him. She knew he would like it, and soon, she'd reached to first clouds. Doing a front flip, she turned around, letting the boy touch the clouds briefly, before shooting back down to the earth, accumulating even more speed.

''Whooaaaaaaaaa!'' he screamed with a tremendous smile on his face, feeling his stomach sink in his gut.

Latias was enjoying every second, the hollering of the boy spurring her on even more as they were heading straight for the sea.

'Hold on tight!' she warned cheerfully, putting a protect around her and Ash, not stopping her dive in the slightest.

''Oh Arceus!'' he yelled over the wind, the sea coming closer and closer, before they dove straight into the water like a rocket. Ash hold on for dear life, actually finding he could breathe thanks to Latias' protect and looked around in awe.

The dragoness didn't dive too deep, as she knew her protect would falter any second, and humans couldn't exactly hold their breath for long. Moreover, even she had trouble looking in front of her as she dove in too deep, let alone a human.

The sight underwater amazed Ash; hundreds of different water pokemon swam by the pokemon trainer and psychic dragoness without a care in the world. Shellos, Buizel, Magikarp, Carvanha, Wooper, Marill and even a Gyarados were just some of the pokemon Ash saw on his little underwater trip.

'Take a deep breath, Ash,' Latias said to her love interest, her protect wearing off. He did as he was instructed, and soon, the coolness of the sea engulfed his very being.

The suddenness of it took Ash by surprise nonetheless, as he tried his best to remain calm. The pressure that was put on him panicked the trainer a little, but the dragoness sent him reassuring thoughts in his mind: him holding Pikachu in his arms again, him winning the Lily of the valley tourney... And him holding Latias gently as they snuggled close.

Ash felt warmth spread inside his body yet again at that last thought, even though he was in the cool sea at the moment, and snuggled Latias just a little closer.

She gave a happy shudder at his touch, and decided to enjoy this moment for a little while longer.

Honestly, she wasn't sure why she sent that last thought, but he'd enjoyed their cuddling so much earlier, she hoped that it would calm him down, and it did just that.

She felt at ease, here in the sea with the one she loved by her side, but soon, he gave her a tap, indicating he was running out of air. She dove back to the surface again, and purred happily as Ash hugged her tight.

''That was amazing Latias!'' he cheered, as the two lazily drifted over the surface of the water, enjoying the warm rays of the sun.

'I'm glad you enjoyed it, Ash,' she responded back, nuzzling her trainer's head in affection. Ash sighed contently, and closed his eyes for a moment, being at peace.

He didn't want this moment to end, but he knew a certain pokemon was waiting for him, and reluctantly adressed his legendary pokemon. ''Let's go to the pokemon center Tia, Conway and Barry should be there with Pikachu right now,'' Ash suggested to Latias, rubbing a hand gently over her right cheek.

She cooed in response, and soon, shot off with a moderate speed towards the island again.

Paul grumbled, walking towards the pokemon center with his head turned low. This couple few days couldn't have gone worse. Firstly, he got slapped by a random girl he didn't even know, then, he got accused of poisoning his opponent's pokemon, almost getting him disqualified, and to top it all off, said random girl was a legendary pokemon all along, who smacked his ace with almost no trouble.

While he should feel jealous that his rival managed to catch a legendary, and beat him in the process, he actually felt... Proud. He didn't know why, but Ketchum defeated him at his best, even after all the crap he gave him, and that was the kind of rival he could respect.

''Paul!'' an obnoxious voice yelled from behind him and he sighed internally. Turning around, he saw Barry sprinting towards him like crazy.

Coming to a sudden stop, he talked to him a mile a minute, not even catching his breath while making wild hand gestures.

''Paul! Tell me you won from Ash. You did, right?'' he asked the purple haired trainer as he snorted once.

''No. I got utterly destroyed.''

Not waiting for a response, he started to walk again.

''W-wait up,'' the blonde boy said, stopping Paul dead in his tracks. ''Where's Ash now?'' he questioned the trainer as Paul shrugged his shoulders.

''How should I know? Why do you even want to know?'' he spoke with indifference to Barry.

''Well...'' the trainer whispered, before pointing to Conway.

Paul almost gasped as he saw the yellow rodent, who was resting in the nerd's arms gently.

''Is that?'' Paul questioned as Barry nodded. He gave Barry and Conway a look of disbelief. ''How?'' he asked them.

''We'll explain later, right now, we need to go to the pokemon center as soon as possible,'' Conway told him, and Paul nodded at that.

After a moment, they reached the pokemon center, and were quite surprised to see a certain Charizard waiting patiently with a human girl who looked as pale as a ghost. Besides them was a Togekiss, resting peacefully.

The girl now took note of the three boys.

Paul tensed up for a moment at the sight of the girl, before he relaxed. This wasn't the Latias, this was the artist who looked exactly like her. It was however, Ash's Charizard, which meant the trainer must be close by.

The artist muttered some dark words under her breath about a certain dragoness, when she stopped her internal monologue as she saw the three men approach with the little mouse pokemon resting weakly in Conway's arms.

Finally, they stopped before the artist, who petted the sleeping mouse gently, happy to see Pikachu again.

Charizard gave a reassuring grin at the bundle of yellow fur.

''Ash wouldn't be around, would he?'' Paul finally spoke up for the group, looking at the artist urgently.

She didn't need to answer the question, just then, Latias approached with Ash on her back. His face was stoic as he stepped from his legendary silently, all the while looking at the sleeping form of his Pikachu.

He couldn't move, his legs felt heavy, and his throat felt like a lump was stuck in it. Latias nudged him gently and after that, he felt his legs move automatically, as Conway held his Pikachu out for him. Wordlessly, he took him in his arms like an infant, and Pikachu stirred slightly, slowly opening his eyes.

Ash had difficulty holding it together now, slowly rubbing his starter pokemon behind his ear.

''Hey buddy, welcome back,'' he whispered. The Pikachu gave his trainer a weak smile before muttering out a ''Chu'' in contentment. Ash hugged him close, hiccupping slightly before taking in a deep breath.

''I'm so glad I got you back. I wouldn't know what I would do without you,'' he told his electric mouse pokemon sadly.

The group looked on with smiles, even Paul had his lips faced upwards, as the raven haired boy kept on hugging his Pikachu teary eyed.

After a while, Dawn, Brock and the champion joined too. Together, they went into the pokemon center, and the trio told the rest of the group what had happened.

Pikachu was taken care of by the Nurse, stating he needed to rest at least another week to get restored to full health. ''You're very lucky young man. Whoever has treated your pokemon's poison has done a good job,'' Nurse Joy had told the boy.

He grumbled at the remark, Malice was under their nose the whole time, and nobody noticed it. Frankly, he didn't believe that Malice was telling them the truth about the poison. This was just his sick way of humor, he reasoned, and he didn't like it one bit.

The champion stayed for a little while longer, and even offered the group dinner. They went to a restaurant close by, and talked about all the events that had occurred. The purple haired trainer even apologized to Bianca for his rude behavior the other day, and she accepted his apology without so much of a hassle.

After dinner, Cynthia had to say goodbye, as well as the other three boys, each going their separate way.

The original group, after a long day, was finally together again. ''I don't know about you guys, but I'm exhausted. I'm going to bed,'' Ash exclaimed to Brock, Dawn, Bianca and finally Latias, who was invisible at the moment.

''You should Ash,'' Brock responded. ''You deserve a good night's rest.''

The others nodded, and Ash wished them a good night.

Walking back to the pokemon center slowly, he gave a shy smile at his invisible pokemon, who he knew was following him at the moment, before blushing slightly. 'Your offer still stands, right?' he thought to her with growing nervousness in his voice.

The dragoness' response was a loving nuzzle, her claws massaging his shoulders skillfully. 'Of course Ash,' she answered him excitedly. Honestly, that was the sole reason she was following him right now. It was just a couple minutes after eight, and Latias felt only a little bit tired, but this didn't mean she was letting this opportunity slip by, not in a hundred years!

They soon reached the pokemon center, checking up on Pikachu for a final time -who was doing fine and resting himself- Ash and Latias went to their room afterwards.

Ash closed the door carefully, Tia having dropped her invisibility in the meantime. The dragoness was getting pretty nervous right now. Here she was, alone with Ash in a bedroom, it didn't exactly help her mind with the mental images it came up with.

The trainer on the other hand, while looking a bit flustered, actually radiated calmness. He didn't know why, but having Latias around him put him at ease, especially if he could hold her close. That was exactly what he was going to do, as he put her cheeks in his hand gently.

The psychic and dragon type blushed a bright red at Ash's touch and sudden straight forwardness. He gave her a smile that melted her heart, and her nervousness only grew tenfold.

''I'm so happy you're here Tia,'' he admitted, swallowing thickly and trying to find his words. ''I don't know what it is, but I feel so happy around you. I can't explain it,'' he whispered to her, now beginning to blush too.

The dragoness cooed in ecstasy, she could feel it; he was beginning to fall for her. It wasn't very hard to notice, but a lot of confusion was amongst the emotions as well. Latias wouldn't have liked it more than to capture his lips with her own, but that could confuse the boy only more. No, she had to wait just a little bit longer.

The pokemon trainer chuckled at his own words, before continuing. ''What I'm trying to say is, thank you, Tia,'' He stated and for a moment, he felt the huge urge to kiss her.

Her face just radiated love, her cheeks an adorable red, and this feeling inside him almost made him feel sick. Yet, his rational side said she was his pokemon, making him stop dead in his tracks.

Nonetheless, after a while, his face started to move automatically, and he softly kissed her right cheek. The cute squeak Latias made when he let his lips linger there just a tad longer than he intended, made him smile like an idiot.

Tia at the moment, felt like she could die happily. Ash, after so many years, had returned her kiss, and his lips felt like heaven on her cheek.

Ash hugged her close, enjoying her warmness before whispering into her ear. ''Somehow, I've always known it was you back at the dock.''

The young legendary shuddered at his breath, his touch making her feel so loved. She guided the young pokemon trainer to his bed, before tossing his blanket away with her psychic.

Ash looked at her questionably, before she gave him an adorable smile. 'Oops... Guess you can only use me as a blanket right now.'

She blushed cutely as Ash lowered himself on the bed with a goofy smile, Latias on top of him and enveloping his body like a blanket. After she had settled down, the dragoness let her head rest against his, and Ash never had felt so nervous and calm at the same time.

''Goodnight Tia,'' he said softly to his pokemon.

Latias gave him a warm smile in return. 'Goodnight Ash, sweet dreams.'

The next morning the couple had woken up around eleven AM, the others having already left the bedroom. Giving the dragoness a nuzzle, she cracked one eye open before giving a cute yawn.

''Wakey wakey. The others are having breakfast, would you like some too?'' Ash offered his 'blanket', petting her head lovingly.

'Nooooooooo,' she complained. 'I want to stay in bed with youuuu,' She moaned out, still half asleep.

Ash blushed at her response, gently trying to push the dragoness away. While he had no problem cuddling with her, his stomach was complaining that it needed to be filled. ''C'mon Tia, I'm hungry,'' Ash brought in, trying to persuade the young legendary, without much result.

'Don't go!' she said sleepily, grabbing his body with her claws, and began hugging it like a huge teddy bear.

'Now you're mine.' She sighed, not letting the trainer get up.

Ash gave up after that, and decided just to roll with it. After five minutes of cuddling though, his stomach protested with a loud rumble, and Latias reluctantly let go of him.

He gave her a loving smile, she looked absolutely adorable sprawled across his bed like that, and quickly got himself dressed properly. He nudged her softly, giving her a peck on her forehead.

''Let's go, otherwise there will be nothing left,'' Ash stated.

The dragoness grumbled, but got out of bed nonetheless. A quick flick with her psychic and most of her feathers were all back in place where they should have been.

Getting invisible, the duo went downstairs, and found their friends eating idly. That changed the moment they spotted Ash, and all began to smile mischievously.

''Good morning Ash. Have you slept well?'' Bianca greeted the trainer with a grin.

Ash immediately caught what she implied, and began to look away shyly. ''Y-yes, thank you for asking,'' he stuttered out. He took a seat next to Brock, who was doing his best not to burst out in laughter.

''Gee,'' He said. ''That new blanket that they decided to test out on Ash's bed last night looked awfully comfortable.'' At these words, Ash blushed a bright red, and the group giggled at his reaction.

Latias wasn't doing well either. Luckily, she was invisible, otherwise she felt like she could die of shame.

''You two looked so adorable together; I just had to take some pictures,'' Dawn added while she clasped her hands together. The trainer, who had been drinking his milk, spit it out in surprise, and Latias gave an audible squeak this time.

''You what?'' Ash sputtered out, the group now bursting out in laughter.

''That look on your face. Priceless,'' the artist stated between her laughter; Dawn and Brock laughing just as joyfully.

Fortunately for Ash and Latias, the laughter soon died down, and Ash grimly took some toast with egg.

''Awww, don't be upset Ash. I know for a fact that Tia is having it worse. I mean, she's blushing so much I can see her through her invisibility cloak,'' the artist jabbed at her best friend.

Another round of laughter was the answer, before Ash cleared his throat loudly.

''So,'' He said, effectively getting the attention of the group. ''Tia, I was wondering. I've noticed you like swimming a lot, and the island has a big tropical pool located not too far from here.''

He smiled.

''What I'm saying is, would you like to go to this pool with me?'' he asked to the dragoness, shutting the whole table up.

His grin couldn't have been smugger. Dawn had her mouth wide open in an O form, Bianca was moving her mouth up and down like a Magikarp in stupor and Brock looked like he was about to cry out of jealousy.

Tia on the other hand, had trouble staying silent at the request.

Ash had asked her out!

She squealed with happiness from the inside before responding joyfully.

'I wouldn't love anything more.'

Did you guys like it, love it, hate it? Review please! Next is going to be pool time, so stay tuned for that! Syrup-Waffle