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Chapter 11: A date with Destiny

Ash stood in front of his mirror adjusting stray strands of his hair and his clothing. He was wearing a black shirt and blue pants. Tonight was the night that he and Serena were going on a date. Truth be told he was nervous as all hell. He didn't know what would unfold tonight but he knew that this step was necessary for both of them.

"I don't know how this night will go or where it will lead but... I know in my heart that is a step towards the right direction. Well.. I'm ready to go and leave this in the hands of fate and destiny."

Ash headed out from his room, grabbed his keys and headed towards where he was meeting Serena.

Serena was sitting outside the forest on a large brown rock waiting for Ash wearing a long pink skirt, a black crop top with a white jacket on top and a pair of beige sandals on her feet. She held her trademark pink fedora hat in her hands.

"I wonder what he has planned. This was all so sudden, Not that I'm complaining but even for him this is something completely out of character for him. I just hope that whatever happens will help us become closer."

Serena's mind continued to wander on the thought of what Ash had planned for her. She was interrupted when she heard his car pull up and saw him emerge from the car with a checkered sheet on his right arm and a basket in his left. She smiled at him.

"What's all this for?" she asked shyly

Ash scratched the back of his head before answering.

"Well... I gave it a long thought about what to do to make this a special occasion. After a while I started to get frustrated and started to pull my hair. After I cooled down and stared at the ceiling for a good while it hit me."

Serena looked at him confused at first but then smiled at him when he pulled out a pair of red and blue binoculars.

"That we should do some stargazing."

The two of them held hands and entered the forest with both of them slightly blushing at holding hands without the other noticing.

As they walked through the forest they noticed the various pokemon around them ranging from Butterfree all the way to Volbeat. They also noticed that the moonlight was starting to shine through the forest. It made it feel like it was something straight out of a fairy tale. After a while of walking they made through to the other end of the forest to which there was a hill that overlooked the entire of Pallet town and nothing but a clear sky above them.

"Wow this is so breathtaking and beautiful. How often do you come here?" Serena asked

"Not often. I come here when I come back from a region just to soak in everything that happened before I went back home to mom and Mr. Mime."

Serena gazed at the scenery as Ash spread the sheet on ground neatly. When he was done he called her to sit and gaze the nighttime sky with him. He then pulled out a thermos of hot chocolate from the basket and handed a cup to her.

"Thanks."

She then sipped the hot drink quickly which warmed up her body a little bit. She then laid back on the blanket staring at the sky. Unbeknownst to her Ash was looking at her. His heartbeat had started to quicken the more he looked.

"Is this... what true love feels like?" Ash asked himself

He was about to say something when Serena suddenly pointed at the sky.

"Look at that constellation Ash it looks just like Pikachu." Serena cried in excitement upon see the star cluster.

Ash looked up at the star cluster that Serena was pointing to. He saw that the cluster did indeed look like Pikachu. He then noticed the one next to it looked like a Charmander to which Serena was amazed. The hours of the night quickly flew by as they watched the stars. Over the course of the night Serena moved closer to Ash which caused his heartbeat to quicken. He then recalled the words that Barry had told him the day before about facing the past to move forward. Ash knew that it was time.

"Serena."

"Hmm?"

"There's something I need to tell you."

Serena shifted her body weight to sit up properly so that she could listen to what Ash was about to say to her.

"Serena... I don't know how to put this but I'm going to try."

"Ash, what is it?" Serena asked concerned wondering what was wrong with Ash.

Ash took a deep breathe and then began his confession.

"We've known each other since we've been kids... that's been quite a long time. Then 12 years ago we reunited in Kalos and we travelled around the entire region along with Clemont and Bonnie and that was something. Then we parted after everything that happened. I still remember when you cried on my shirt begging me to stay longer."

"Sorry, I let my emotions get the better of me that day."

Ash chuckled.

"It's okay, that day was hard for me too."

Serena became confused upon hearing that statement from Ash.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Serena... I've done a lot of thinking about us lately... and the truth is... I am starting to care for you in a different way, like in the way that people our age should be caring for each other. Your smile, your eyes, your hair, your body- I can't get you off my mind. You have me feeling everything under the sun and I wouldn't trade those feelings for anything else. I think what I'm trying to say is... Serena... I love you. I get it if you don't feel the same way but I wanted you to know how I feel about yo-"

Serena immediately grabbed Ash and began to kiss him very passionately. He could taste the flavour of peach lip gloss from Serena's lips and he wasn't repulsed at all by it.

"You have no idea how long I've waited for to hear you say that."

"I'm just glad that I finally did. Serena I really do mean the things that I've said. I want you to know that... and I also want you to know that I'm not going to pressure you into anything. I just want to take this slowly and see where it goes."

"I know, I trust you Ash... more than anyone else. I always have and always will."

Ash pulled Serena closer to himself so they could feel more intimate together. After a while of staring at the stars Serena fell asleep. He chuckled as he packed up all of their belongings and then gently picked up Serena and placed her in the back of his car.

After half an hour he reached his home. He left the items from the date in the car and picked up Serena from the backseat. He walked up the steps to his apartment and stopped infront of the door to fumble in his pocket for his keys. Once he unlocked the door he took off his shoes along with Serena's. He noticed Pikachu sleeping on the couch and smiled to himself as he opened the door to his bedroom and then placed Serena on his bed. He then came to a halt when he noticed her clothes.

"Oh my Mew... I can't leave her sleeping in her clothes like that... Which means I have to change her clothes without waking her up. Wait... why am I freaking out about this she's my girlfriend now... I think I need to ask her that when she gets up tomorrow morning. But back to the matter at hand how in the world am I going to do this?"

Ash gulped as he gently sat Serena up to take her jacket off and placed it on the bed.

"One thing down... a lot to go."

Next he closed his eyes and pulled off her top. When that was done he unhooked the buttons on her skirt and gently pulled the skirt off. He then opened his eyes to the sight Serena wearing nothing but a black bra and pantie set. He almost had a nosebleed but pulled himself together long enough to walk over to his closet to find a large red sports jersey with the number 7 on the back. He then slid the jersey over her and put her back down allowing her to sleep.

He silently took off his pants and put on a pair of black shorts and put on a white t-shirt. He then went to sleep on the couch with Pikachu until the next morning.

The next morning...

Serena was deep in a dream. In the dream herself and Ash were walking along a unknown path holding hands. Everything was all sunny and happy then the clouds changed to a very dark gray with the sounds of thunder looming. In a strike of lightning Hunter stood in front of them. He moved towards Ash and then with a sick grin and twisted eyes on his face Hunter pulled out a syringe and put it into Ash's skin, who then fell over dead.

The shock from the dream woke Serena up. She looked around and noticed her surroundings.

"I'm in Ash's room. How did I get here? The last thing I remember was Ash telling me that he was finally in love with me and we cuddled after that. Everything past that is a blur."

She then noticed her clothes on the side of the bed neatly folded and Ash's large blue jersey on her body.

"He must have had a hard time last night trying to change my clothes for me, poor guy. Well no use dawdling time to face him."

Serena got up from the bed and made up the bed nicely and placed her clothes on top. She then made her way to the living room only to find a note from Ash.

"Morning Serena, if you're reading this it means You've just woken up from our date last night. I just stepped out for an hour I'll be back soon.

-Ash

P.S. There's coffee and teabags in the cupboard, feel free to make yourself a cup."

Serena giggled as she crumpled up the note into the trash can and made her way into the kitchen to locate the cupboard housing the coffee and tea bags. She then poured water into the kettle on the counter and put the kettle to hot. After 5 minutes the kettle sounded and Serena picked a small black and white checkered cup and pour the water into the cup with a green tea bag that she picked out.

She then sat at the small table Ash had in the kitchen and began to drink her tea. She started to put her thoughts together about how to confront Ash when he came back from wherever he went. She was deep in thought with a certain yellow mouse jumped up on to her lap.

"Oh hi Pikachu, I thought you were with Ash."

"Pika, Pika Pikachu!"

Serena giggled as Pikachu spoke to her. When he was finished he moved closer to his food bowl pointing to it.

"Oh you're hungry aren't you?"

He nodded.

"Okay, let's see where does Ash keep your food hmm.." Serena wondered as she opened every cupboard looking for Pikachu's food. When she found the food after a while she poured the food into Pikachu's bowl. While he was eating Serena gently patted his head, she wondered if Ash had told him anything about what happened last night. Then all of a sudden she heard the lock clicked and the door open to reveal Ash who was holding a coffee cup in his hand and his clothes were covered in paint.

"Hey, had a good sleep?" Ash asked

"Mh-hm, slept like a baby. I hope you didn't have a hard time changing me out of my clothes." Serena teased him.

Ash turned red at Serena's comment to which Serena was confused.

"Anyway I think we need to talk about last night." He said in a very serious tone.

"Yeah."

Pikachu scuttled out of the room allowing Ash and Serena to talk alone.

"So should you or I go first?" Ash asked out of courtesy.

"It doesn't matter to me. After all we're going to end up talking about anyway." Serena answered.

Serena nodded as Ash began to speak his mind.

"Where do I begin? Let's see. Last night was the most amazing night of my life from the stargazing that we did all the way to admitting that I love you, and before you ask no while you were asleep I didn't do anything but change your clothes and laid you down to sleep."

"I know Ash, I know you are not that kind of guy." Serena assured him as she put her hands on top of his paint coloured hands.

Ash smiled. He was glad that Serena trusted him and took him at his word about how his jersey ended up on her body. He then recollected his thoughts and spoke again.

"So everything aside... Where does this leave us?" Ash asked her.

"Hmm... I think I know where this whole situation leaves us... In fact, I think you might rather like where this leaves us now." Serena teased.

Serena got up out of the chair and walked towards Ash. She then sat on his lap, took her arms and wrapped it behind his head. She gazed into his eyes and began to kiss him. Ash returned the kiss with the same passion that Serena was giving him. After a while they broke apart and Serena asked Ash a question that was bugging her since the moment he came back from wherever he was this morning.

"Say Ash, why are you covered in paint?" Serena asked

"Oh right, I was helping Gary paint the new room in his house for his baby. Let's just say right now he's wearing a lot of green on his clothing for the next little while instead of his usual back and blue." Ash sheepishly explained.

"Ash Ketchum, Answer me honestly did you or did you not spill paint on Gary?" Serena asked in a very motherly tone.

"No. He forgot he had the paint behind him and the tarp under him started to slip and he fell into the paint. Leaf walked in after hearing all the commotion, stared at him and walked back to the living room laughing on the way back there." Ash answered through laughs.

Ash and Serena laughed at the thought of Gary now being covered in green paint. When they calmed down Ash spoke again.

"So are we-" Ash began to ask as he was cut off by Serena placing her delicate painted finger on his lips.

"Boyfriend and Girlfriend? To quote a very famous person I heard once...

"Oh it's true.. IT'S DAMN TRUE!"

Oliverqueen01- First off sorry for the long wait. Long story short a bunch of stuff happened IRL that prevented me from writing for a while. But I'm back now and we'll be getting back on track with this story (abeit the uploads will be random for a while). So anyway Ash and Serena are finally together. I hope you liked how their date went and how they got together, I'll admit I got the idea from a trip I went on once and one night during that trip we went stargazing and I enjoyed it. And yes I used a Kurt Angle reference at the end. Anyway enough of me babbling time for review responding!

Reviews/Questions

Klay(guest)- Maybe in another story, not in this one. Thanks for the review!

Goddragonking- Thank you for the kind words. Thanks for the review!

Espeon44- Maybe in the future we'll see. Thanks for the review!

Armorshippingfan- Yes he finally did it was about time. Yeah Gary and Barry both want Ash to be happy and they know that Serena is the only one who can do that for him. Truth be told I was watching that episode where Shawn and Cory were deciding Cory's love life through jellybeans. Yes even the girls know that Serena will be truly happy only with Ash. Thanks for the review!

Random Guest- Well... she wasn't the focus of last chapter. Don't worry her time is coming. Why Yoshida? I feel it fits well. Thanks for the review!

Gurkaran23- Well here's more XD. Thanks for the review!

Wes27- No, the characters based off the "Arrowverse" will just be these ones mentioned. And they're not actually like they're "Arrowverse" counterparts, they will be completely different from them. Thanks for the review!

AmourGuest- Yes yes, keep up the amourshipping stuff and all that good jazz. I will don't worry about that :p Thank you for the review.

TheShapeH31- Well this is a lengthy review so here we go :P I'm glad you like this story and don't think it's one-sided. Yeah I feel if Lillie and Serena ever meet in the anime that would get along and not fight since Lillie is similar to Serena I feel but that's just my opinion. Yeah Lillie knows about Serena's feelings for Ash but Serena doesn't know about Lillie's feelings for Ash. Yes the scene with Ash, Barry and Gary trying to decide who Ash should pursue was intended to be funny. Let's face it for some guys it's not easy to admit their feelings for a girl sometimes (I am one of those people). Yeah Gary knows Ash since childhood so he knows that Ash went with Lillie he wouldn't be as Happy as he would be with Serena. The same with Barry despite only knowing Ash for a couple days now at this point. Yes the story isn't over yet don't worry we still got a while to go :p and yes Hunter... if you ever have watched the flash tv show the character hes based off is actually similar to him in fact his name is Hunter too. Thanks for the review!

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