Happy new year, everyone! I hope you enjoyed the holidays! I sure did and I got Pokemon Sword! Haven't played it yet but I will in the future. Since it's 2020, my plan for the new year is to be more consistent with brand new chapters. I hope you're ready for a new year full of exciting chapters to come! Anyways, the story. Last time, Serena practices for an upcoming performance and all goes wrong when Braixen's stick breaks. In the end, Serena and her Pokemon renew their promise while Braixen has a new stick to hold onto. This time, the group runs into Trevor and they learn of his relationship with Shauna. What adventures do they go on? Read and find out! One thing to note if anybody's gonna wonder, Serena is going to be wearing her long hair with her black shirt and red skirt throughout this story. There's no cutting hair. This is the main design she's going to have. Anyways, this is based on the 86th episode of the XY series, "A Legendary Photo Op!" Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon or its characters!
Chapter 32: Capturing Moments!
April 7, 2014 (Mt. Molteau) (1:00 PM) (Days until Ash's Birthday: 17)
Ash and friends are still continuing their walk as they start to pass by what looks to be a large volcano. "Wow, that place is huge." Ash said.
"We're actually at a volcano. At times, volcanoes tend to be very dangerous with lava spewing out." Clemont said.
"Woah, better keep safe." Ash said.
Soon after Ash talks, a sound was heard. The group wonder their heads around to see what the sound was. They look from the right direction at some bushes seeing a Charmeleon popping out.
"Charmeleon!" Ash shouted.
"Ash, you remember this Pokemon?" Clemont asked.
"Yes. The middle evolution of Charmander right before I owned a Charizard back in Kanto." Ash said.
Serena takes out her Pokedex to scan the Pokemon. "Charmeleon, the Flame Pokemon and the evolved form of Charmander. It lashes about with its tail to knock down its foe. It then tears up the fallen opponent with sharp claws." The Pokedex said.
Both Pikachu and Dedenne are cheering in happiness seeing the fire type appear as Pikachu jumps off of Ash's shoulder and Dedenne gets off of Bonnie's handbag. Both electric types run towards Charmeleon. "Pika Pika!" (Hi, Charmeleon!) Pikachu said.
"Denenne De?" (How have you been doing?) Dedenne asked.
Charmeleon responds by doing an attack in which uses Flamethrower shooting out a large string of flame on both Pikachu and Dedenne.
"Pika...chu?" (What the...heck?) Pikachu asked.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted running over to his best Pokemon friend.
Charmeleon was not alone however. A person with orange hair walks out of the bushes which reveals to be Trevor.
"Hey, it's Trevor!" Ash said.
But upon Trevor's appearance, he's covered in soot. Probably from the same Flamethrower attack that Charmeleon did. "Hey guys."
"Trevor, what happened? Why is your Charmeleon acting that way?" Serena asked.
"I'm not sure." Trevor replied.
"You know, maybe it just wants to battle." Ash said.
"Charmeleon!" (That's right!) Charmeleon said.
"What do you know?" Clemont said.
Now it's Serena's cue to do her job of referring. "Alright, I'll referee this match."
Shortly after, both Ash and Trevor are in positon for battle. "Okay, the battle between my dear Ashy Ketchum and Trevor Trova will begin. Trainers...now!" Serena stated.
Ash vs. Trevor! Battle begins!
"Alright, Fletchinder, let's win this battle!" Ash said.
"Fletch!" (Let's Go!) Fletchinder said.
"Charmeleon, use Fire Spin!" Trevor shouted.
"Fletchinder, dodge it!" Ash yelled.
Charmeleon releases a fire vortex in which Fletchinder dodges in command of Ash.
"Crap! Use Flamethrower!" Trevor yelled.
"Not happening! Fletchinder, use Steel Wing to deflect!" Ash shouted.
Fletchinder deflects the Flamethrower as Charmeleon spews an amount of fire out. "Now, use Flame Charge!" Ash shouted. Fletchinder charges forward to the fire type as it took an amount of damage. By now, Charmeleon must have half of the health left. But of course, Trevor continues to battle. "Charmeleon, Dragon Claw, go!"
Charmeleon has green colored claws in which it lounges forward to Fletchinder striking it with the Dragon Claws. "Now, use Flamethrower!"
Charmeleon tries to do Flamethrower again having to spew out another amount of fire straight to Fletchinder but Ash does a battle ending move. "Dodge, then use Steel Wing to finish it!"
Fletchinder shines its wing as it dodges the attack and heads to Charmeleon impacting it with the Steel Wing and out goes Charmeleon showing its eyes of being fainted.
Ash vs. Trevor! Battle ends! Winner: Ash Ketchum!
Serena raises her hand down signaling the end of the battle as she announces, "Fletchinder is unable to battle! This match goes to Ashy Ketchum!"
"Alright!" Ash said in victory.
Trevor walks to Charmeleon asking for its condition. "Charmeleon, you okay?"
Charmeleon responds with an act of calm nature now as its not acting in the same way as it was before.
"Seems that Charmeleon is back to its normal behavior." Clemont said.
"Well, that's good." Ash said.
"Hey, why don't we all have a bite to eat?" Clemont suggested.
"Sounds good. I'm hungry!" Ash said rubbing his stomach.
(1:30 PM)
Ash and the group set up a picnic for themselves to eat. They start to have a conversation of Trevor's presence.
"So Trevor, how have you been?" Ash asked.
"Great! I've been taking some photos around and not only that, thanks to the advice you and Serena gave me, Shauna's now my girlfriend!" Trevor said.
"What? Really?" Serena asked.
"Mm-hmm. See, I did as you said bringing her a confession present. What I brought her is a red purse filled with a few roses and she was amazed by it. After that, I told her of us being friends and we took ourselves to the next level of becoming boyfriend and girlfriend." Trevor explained.
"Wow, that's awesome! You know what that means?" Ash said.
"What?" Trevor asked.
"We're both dating performers!" Ash said.
"My gosh, you're right! Shauna's trying to practice becoming a shining Kalos Queen and I bet Serena's doing the same thing." Trevor said.
"Yes, she has and she won 2 princess keys so far!" Ash said.
"Cool! But my girlfriend is ready to face against yours sometime. She's better." Trevor said.
"No, mine is and she will always will be despite how much I love her!" Ash shouted.
"Well, we'll see who is better. But for now, let's not argue of how much our girlfriends are good at performing. We just know they're the best." Trevor said.
"Right. I'm sorry. Ever since me and Serena became a couple, I never stopped loving her because I never had a girlfriend before." Ash said.
"Hey, it's okay. Shauna's my first girlfriend too and I love her as well. But we'll both learn of being in a relationship." Trevor said.
"I already learned a few things ever since me and Serena became a couple and of course, one thing was to stop acting as dense because it'll make me look like an idiot. Serena's been having a crush on me a few times but I never noticed her until we were on our journey together. Since then, I started to learn the feelings of true love and that's where I'm at with Serena. A smart and romantic boyfriend." Ash explained before Serena walks to him and wraps her arms around his neck. "I love you, sweetie."
"I love you too, my Ashy." Serena said as the two closes their lips together into a kiss with their cheeks turning red. Serena keeps wrapping her arms around her lover as she starts to ask Trevor a question. "So, have you two gone a date yet?"
"We're trying. She and I sometimes split paths and we don't have a lot of time being together in person. We just been texting to each other." Trevor said.
"Well, I hope you two spend time on a date sometime. Me and Serena had a couple so far." Ash said.
"Really? How was it?" Trevor asked.
"The best time of our lives. We went around Lumiose City for our first date then me and Ashy had a second date being our one month anniversary where we had presents and now we're wearing the one thing that symbolizes our relationship." Serena said as she and Ash hold up their wrists in front of Trevor to show their relationship bracelets. Trevor takes a closer inspection at the bracelets seeing the engraved letters on them.
"KFFs?" Trevor questioned.
"Stands for Kalos Friends Forever." Serena said.
"It's our relationship title. Me and Serena vowed not to take these bracelets off as long our relationship stands." Ash said.
"That sounds romantic. Maybe I should get a bracelet for Shauna." Trevor said.
"I'm sure she'll love what kind of bracelet you'll get her." Serena said.
"Well, anyways, now I'm starting to remember our time at the winter camp, that was fun, wasn't it?" Trevor asked starting to gain memories of the camp.
"Yeah, it sure was. Also crazy too." Ash said.
"What do you mean?" Trevor asked.
"Well, when I was saving Bonnie, I almost fell down an abyss and the last thing I was going to scream out was my love for Serena. I still had feelings for her during camp. Especially that one time when we both fell down a cliff and I hurt my foot." Ash said.
"Ashy, you have to tell me more about these reckless adventures you went on." Serena said.
"I thought I told you about my journey in both Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn so far." Ash said.
"What about Sinnoh or Unova? You only have talked about your companions." Serena said.
"Well, I'll be able to talk about them on our next date." Ash said. He then gets closer to Serena's face as he continues to talk. "So that you'll hear me ramble for hours and think how cute I am."
Serena was feeling flustered. Her's and Ash's face were a few inches apart and she wasn't able to talk in which the only response she gives to her boyfriend is a high pitched giggle and a 10 second long kiss to which Ash returns.
"I always love whenever we kiss, honey. Your lips taste like the sweetest strawberry ever." Ash said.
"Well, I come prepared for situations whenever we kiss with an assortment of lipstick in my purse. There's many different flavors...how about you taste my lips in...cherry?" Serena asked as she pulls out a cherry flavored lipstick from her purse.
"Sure. Just not now though. I think we had a few kisses enough today." Ash said.
"I could never get enough kisses from you, Ashy..." Serena said.
Ash softly laughs at Serena but still as much he loves her, he doesn't want to limit himself much to kissing Serena most of the time. "Okay, how about before we go to bed, a good night kiss?"
"That seems fine with me." Serena said as she hugs her arms around Ash.
"Are you two done? I like to still talk about the camp?" Trevor asked with his eyes closed and a smile appearing on his face.
"Yeah, sorry. Continue." Ash said.
"Well, I want to think it's crazy that Ash went through a lot of trouble saving Bonnie when he almost confessed to you. I already know that he loves you 100%, right?" Trevor asked.
"Yep. Basically I can see that he's the kind of boyfriend that would risk his life for me. Crazy, but I love him whatsoever." Serena said.
"Sounds wonderful. After camp, I started to have feelings for Shauna after some time we spent together. We actually spent a moment one night during that week..." Trevor said before the scene turns into a flashback...
Flashback begins...
December 26, 2013 (Professor Sycamore's Winter Camp) (9:00 PM)
It was almost time for everyone to go to bed for the next day of camp. Except for two people who were outside the cabins. Trevor was actually alone sitting near the frozen lake looking up at the stars. Ut wasn't minute until Shauna was out and notices him. "Trevor?"
Trevor turns his head around seeing the tanned brunette. Sporting her purple colored jacket and also wearing some pants as well of some soft boots, she walks over to him sitting down. "Hey, Shauna. What are you doing here?"
"Well, I was wondering where you were. You're not in our cabin." Shauna said.
"I was looking up at the stars. Quite peaceful, isn't it?" Trevor asked.
"Yeah it is." Shauna said before she turns her head to Trevor in which he looks at her right back.
"So, are you ready for the rest of camp? I want our team to win in all of the activities." Trevor said.
"You bet! Me, you, and Tierno are ready to compete even against Ash and his friends." Shauna said.
"I can't wait! You did say this has been awhile since you saw Serena?" Trevor asked.
"Yeah. She and I were best friends since we were 10. I had a lot of fun with her and then recently I haven't seen her since she went on a journey herself before finding Ash. It makes me think if she has a thing for him." Shauna said with a bit of laughter in her voice.
"Wait, Serena having a crush on Ash? You don't think that's why she ran out of her house, right?" Trevor asked.
"I hope not. There's much to the world other than Ash. Just like how I went on with my journey, then I met you two. Tierno is silly with his dancing moves, but you...you're cute. You're such an admirable guy. Taking photos of Pokemon and such. I think it's wonderful." Shauna said.
Trevor then gets a shade of red on his face hearing of what Shauna said to him. He then starts to speak up in a shy way. "Really? You think I'm cute?"
"Sure! I mean, you have a dream of capturing a lot of photos of Pokemon. Recently, I have been on the move making Pokevision videos. And I don't want to stop making them. They're fun!" Shauna said.
"We all have a dream of our own." Trevor said. He starts to think in his mind after the comments the brunette said to him. 'She thinks I'm cute?'
Shauna starts to stand up before talking again, "Well, I think we should go back into the cabins. It's getting late and usually in the middle of the night, it gets colder. So let's head back to bed."
"Okay." Trevor said getting up with Shauna walking back into her cabin. Trevor has never thought of a girl like Shauna saying stuff like that to him. His heart starts to melt off the ice and begins to heat up as he follows her.
Flashback ends...
Back to present day...
"And after that, I started to think about more of my feelings for Shauna especially after the advice you gave me and once I was able to meet her again, I got myself prepared to ask her out." Trevor said.
"And what happened?" Ash asked while he was chewing his food.
"Well..." Trevor said before the scene goes into a flashback again.
Flashback begins...
March 18, 2014 (7:00 PM)
It was a special night for Trevor. He is feeling confident to ask Shauna to be his girlfriend. Of course, the two only met up with each other a few times but Trevor was starting to grow feelings of her. So he spent the day going to some stores in which he purchases a red purse that he found in the aisles and also from a bouquet shop, a bunch of red roses.
Now he texted Shauna to meet up with him in the middle of the route as he does some waiting for the brunette to arrive. It was 20 minutes but she arrives in her usual outfit with Trevor hiding the gifts behind some bushes and not only that but before she arrived, he also had a present box to put the purse in. He was hoping some Pokemon wouldn't steal and destroy the gifts.
"Trevor!" Shauna shouted.
'Okay, it's time. You can do this, Trevor. Do it like how Ash confesses.' Trevor thought.
"Got your text, what's going on?" Shauna asked.
"Shauna, let's talk about something." Trevor said.
"Okay. What about?" Shauna asked.
Both her and Trevor sits down on front of the bush where Trevor hid the gifts before he starts to talk.
"Shauna, we known each other for about a year and we three have been on a journey with each other. But then, we all saw each other at camp with Ash and friends. One day, it was you and I talking to each other near the lake and soon after, it got me thinking...I started to like you more. You're were not just my friend, you were my bestest friend other than Tierno. So...I got you something." Trevor explained.
"You did?" Shauna said in awe. Her eyes start to feel a bit teary from Trevor's words before he gets up and walks behind. "Now, close your eyes. This is a surprise."
Shauna in response closes her eyes as Trevor picks up his gifts in which they were safely unharmed by any nearby Pokemon. Trevor's heart start to beat as he walks back with the presents in hand. "Okay, open them! Be amazed..."
Shauna opens her eyes in which she sees and her reaction is quite of a shock and surprise. Her mouth and eyes were a bit wide of what she's seeing. In front, Trevor holds both the purse and the roses.
"Trevs! You really shouldn't have!" Shauna said in amazement.
"I have to. I want say that...I love you. Shauna, you're the prettiest girl that I met. After camp, my heart shows feeling for you. I've fallen in love with you. Now, read the card." Trevor said.
Shauna looks down at the roses in which she finds a card inside she folds open. "Will you be my girlfriend?" Then also on the card is a red heart below the message.
Trevor shows a strong smile and his heart is at a pace of beating. The best moment of his life may or may not happen...
Shauna looks up from the roses and shows her eyes being teary. "Trevor..."
"Yes?" He asked.
"YES! I'll be your girlfriend!" Shauna shouted in the air. Some people around them may hear her, but she doesn't care. She landed herself a boyfriend!
"Are you serious?" Trevor asked in shock.
"Yes! I love you too! You're such a sweet boy! I can't believe you!" Shauna said as she jumps into Trevor's arms hugging him in which he hugs back to her.
"I'm glad...I've always wanted you...nobody else..." Trevor said.
The two let go of each other but then has their hands on their shoulders and look at each other for a minute until they lean in touching their lips together sealing in their first kiss. Trevor pulls out his camera and snapshots his first kiss.
The kiss was quite blissful as they let go for some oxygen. Shauna was the first to respond after the moment she and her new boyfriend shared. "Did you really have to take a pic of that kiss?"
"Hey, it's our first moment as a couple. Maybe I should make an album dedicated to us." Trevor said.
Shauna laughs at the comment Trevor said. "So...what do you want to do now?"
"Do you have anything in mind?" Trevor asked.
"Well...I was going to practice for the next performance but...how about we walk?" Shauna suggested.
"Sounds good." Trevor replied.
Both Trevor and Shauna hold hands together with a moment they never forget. Trevor was waiting for his moment with Shauna to happen and it did. He couldn't ask for a better day like this one.
Flashback ends...
Back to present day once again...
"Wow, that sounds romantic. I'm so proud of you, Trevor." Ash said.
"Hey, if we meet up with Shauna again, maybe sometime we'll both set up for a double date." Serena said.
"That would be awesome! I think she would love that." Trevor said.
"Anyways, when did you two part ways?" Ash asked.
"Well, yes. Unfortunately, she continues her journey before getting ready for the next performance. But we'll be ready to meet again only to have a date of our own." Trevor said.
"I'm sure you and her will have a wonderful time." Serena said.
Trevor smiles with the thought of meeting his girlfriend again sometime along with their first future date.
"Well I noticed that since then, your Charmeleon just seems to be the same since we last met." Bonnie said pointing out.
"Yeah, but it's been growing stronger and it was an excellent partner during battles as well. Check out this badge I got." Trevor said pulling out one of his badges from his case.
"Hey, that's the bug badge!" Ash said.
"Yep, was able to beat Viola pretty easily. I like that she has the similar interest in photography like I do. I even heard that she and Grant were dating too." Trevor said.
"Oh yeah! At the chateau, both Viola and Grant mentioned they were a couple and they went on a few dates." Clemont said.
"I wonder how they were doing in their relationship now..." Serena said.
"Anyways, I'm excited for when Charmeleon evolves into a Charizard. I'll be able to ride it across the sky and maybe even with Shauna." Trevor said.
"Man, the times to when I had a Charizard. He's one of my favorite partners from Kanto and I still remember him today. At least he didn't turn my face into ashes. It just felt like it when he was roasting me." Ash said.
"So, are you guys here in search of the legendary fire bird Moltres?" Trevor asked.
"Wait, Moltres?!" Ash said in surprise.
"Yeah, actually I've been on the search of tracking down the legendary trio and I took capture of both Zapados and Articuno. Check them out!" Trevor said as he shows the pictures he took of Articuno and Zapados. The group were amazed to see the legendary birds in photo.
"I can't believe you found them." Clemont said.
"Legendary Pokemon in Kalos...I never seen them before..." Serena said. (Technically, the group did happen to see one before but they didn't know what it is...)
"It's amazing..." Ash said.
"Yeah, and even so, I also found some rare Pokemon. Can you believe of their appearance? I never caught any of them but I didn't think they would be found here in the environment of Kalos! It's so amazing that there's so many Pokemon that I want to snap photos of!" Trevor said as he continues talking over and over of his hobby taking photos of Pokemon. Ash and friends' reaction is that their eyes were sparkling. They couldn't believe that they're seeing pictures of rare Pokemon that Trevor took.
"Yeah, so will you help me in order to find Moltres?" Trevor asked.
"Hey, sure, why not? I always still want to see lots of Legendary Pokemon. Granted, I never caught one..." Ash said.
"Awesome! Let us finish eating, then we can go!" Trevor said.
The group nods in agreement as they continue eating their sandwiches and the Pokemon eating their food. Sometime after, they went off in search of the legendary fire bird. However, what they didn't know was they were being eavesdropped by a certain criminal trio...Team Rocket.
Behind the bush, Team Rocket overheard everything that the heroes were talking about. Yes, even when Trevor was talking about Shauna too. Recently, Team Rocket (both Jessie and James) became a couple after James confessed to Jessie. Since then, the two were not just trying to steal Ash's Pikachu and his friends' Pokemon but they also wanted to quick moment to themselves as well. They already have their first kiss in which was happening in front Ash and friends but they never have a moment to themselves that much. Sometimes, Meowth just comes in between the two or Wobbufett just happens to pop out of its Pokeball.
"Hmmm...so they're on the hunt to find Moltres? That seems interesting..." Jessie said.
"The boss would be amazed if we catch that legendary bird ourselves! We heard of the legendary Pokemon before but we have another chance in order to catch it!" James said.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's follow the twerps!" Jessie said.
"Wait, no one's here, right?" James asked looking around his surroundings.
"Why? Wait, A quick kiss before we head to the twerps?" Jessie asked.
"Yeah!" James replied.
"Okay, let me find my lipstick..." Jessie said and within a second later, she pulls out her cherry lipstick rubbing it around her lips. "Alright, kiss me."
James nods as he leans in but not before that a few inches from Jessie's lips, he hears a sound. "AHEM!"
The two open their eyes and turn their heads around to see Meowth entering the scene as he crosses his arms and starts to ask, "Am I interrupting something?"
Both James and Jessie have a strand of red across their faces as they nervously talk to Meowth. "No...nothing's happening..." Jessie said.
"We weren't about to pucker up..." James said.
Meowth lowers his eyebrow as then he walks past the two as they still wait for a passionate moment for them to happen as they follow the talking Pokemon. Only a sigh escape their mouths as a response for their moment to be interrupted.
(2:00 PM)
Ash, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, and Trevor walk up the mountain in start of their search to find Moltres. Ash was feeling excited to see a legendary Pokemon in Kalos.
"Okay, guys. We're heading up the mountain. This is probably where Moltres can be found. See, recently, I took an unclear photo of what looks to be Moltres sitting on a rock." Trevor explained as he shows a photo of the hidden Moltres on a rock.
"So you're saying that we must find that same rock in order to see Moltres?" Ash asked.
"Precisely. That's where I have last seen it, so it must be here today." Trevor said.
"Well, how are we supposed to know which rock it is?" Bonnie said.
Now it is Clemont's turn to shine as his glasses literally start to turn bright as he gives a snicker. "Well, you know what time it is. It's time for me to speak about another invention. Clemontic Gear on! I thought we might encounter a situation like this one. May I present...the Rock Searcher Mark 1!"
"More great names...good job, brother." Bonnie said in a sarcastic some clapping and an unamused face.
"What this machine does is that I must give it a rock to identify..." Clemont starts to explain as he takes Trevor's photo of the hidden Moltres into the machine. "I show the machine this photo...and now it'll identify whether it's the right rock or not."
The machine starts to work with making sure it can memorize the rock and where it's at. Ash goes into his usual amazed face and says the same thing about Clemont's inventions. "Wow, science is so amazing!" His eyes continue to sparkle with his girlfriend laughing with the fact he's always amazed by Clemont's inventions.
"Ashy, you're cute whenever you're dazzled by Clemont's inventions. Even if you don't get the science behind of how it works." Serena keeps laughing until she starts to lay down on the ground having to calm herself down. "Okay, I'm done. Sorry if I laugh loud hard enough for anyone to hear."
"It's okay, honey. I know that every time you laugh, you fall down to the ground to keep laughing to find how hilarious it is and I adore that. It's one of the reasons why I love you so much." Ash said as he pulls the honey blonde girlfriend off the rock hard ground.
Serena blushes to Ash's comments and gesture where they pull in for another quick kiss lasting 5 seconds with all the people around them. "Wow, you're right. Your lips taste great in cherry. What other flavors do you have?" Ash asked chuckling.
"Oh...plenty. I'm always ready whenever we kiss." Serena said as she slides her finger across the raven-haired's lips.
Ash blushes furiously whenever his girlfriend teases in their relationship. Like before, he doesn't want to have a relationship where he always kisses Serena but she insists whenever. Nonetheless, Ash loves Serena every single time on their journey and he never gives up on his relationship.
Moving on with their moment, Clemont's invention moves around the area in search of Moltres' rock. It approaches to one rock in which the group hopes it's the one.
"Negative." The machine said. Not the correct one as then the group moves around with the device in order to find the right one. After a few rocks, it was confirming that Clemont's invention was working, but it still needs to find the rock that the group was looking for. They're weren't gonna stop though.
(2:45 PM)
The group has been searching with the rock as Clemont's invention still finds all the different incorrect rocks around the area. Both Serena and Clemont's foot start to hurt, however, Serena did happen to ask her boyfriend to carry her and so Ash did that. To be honest on Ash's side of things, he thinks carrying Serena was going to be heavy for him, but she feels a bit lighter than usual in his arms and Serena adores that. After 20 minutes of carrying her, Ash puts her down back on the ground to walk again. They said to each other that they should carry each other more often. Anyways, the 5 friends are still in search for the rock until some Pokemon were found in the area.
"Woah! More Pokemon to snap! Shauna's gonna love this!" Trevor said as he approaches two Pokemon that he sees. In which case, there was a Crustle and a Butterfree in front.
"Heh...Does Shauna love the Pokemon pictures you take?" Ash asked.
"Actually, she mostly loves the new ones that she never seen before. She never has seen these Pokemon before so I'm sure she'll be very excited to see what I show her the next time we both meet." Trevor said.
The group continue to make talk with the orange haired photographer as then right behind their backs, Team Rocket sneaks right through without Ash and friends noticing. They then see Clemont's machine up ahead as they walk towards it.
"So, this must be the yellow twerp's invention..." Jessie said.
"What does it do?" James asked.
The machine moves forward to one particular rock in which it scans through and apparently shows to be the right one. As a result, not only does the machine indicates the rock saying in its voice "Correct" but also makes a loud ringing noise in which Jessie is infuriated by it.
"AUGH! WHAT THE HELL?!" Jessie yelled covering her ears. To be honest, it wasn't that loud of a sound by of course, Jessie gets annoyed by it easily so what does she do? James started to get skeptical of the magenta haired criminal but before he starts to make talk, Jessie starts to take action of her own.
"Take this!" Jessie said as she gives a machine a kick and a slam with her leg and fist to which it starts to malfunction.
"Uhh...babe?" James said in a scared tone.
"Oh...uhh..." Jessie said as she calms down before she continues. "What should we do?"
"We run! Run away!" Meowth shouted as he goes off in a fast pacing run while the couple go after him.
Ash and friends are still walking together up the mountain with him and Serena holding hands together but they hear something nearby and the noise gets closer and grows larger as then they see Team Rocket approaching. "What the? Team Rocket?"
"Out of the way! Out of the way!" Jessie shouted.
Both Ash and Serena separated their hands together as Jessie, James, and Meowth run away from the group. "Why were they running?" Ash asked.
"Oh no! Look out!" Clemont shouted pointing to his invention which happens to run after the group. The machine takes charge going after the heores as they run for their life.
"I can't believe it! Another whoop-de-doo!" Clemont said in failure.
"Not surprising, brother. Back to square one, again." Bonnie said.
Clemont was feeling annoyed by his sister's taunts of his failed inventions but it's true whenever they were a failure.
The group keeps running away from the invention until they stop at a point of the volcano where there was lava. The group gives in caution to themselves being aware of the nearby lava as they move away from it and not only that, they were stopped being chased by the machine as it rolls down to the lava causing to its end.
From all the running, the group was a bit sweaty. Luckily, Serena happen to have some bottles of water in her backpack to give to herself and her friends.
"Thanks, honey. Whew...glad that's over." Ash said as he chugs down his bottle of water carefully. As then the group was going to take a quick break drinking their water, something shows up as a mechanical arm grabs Pikachu.
"Pika!" (Ash!) Pikachu called out.
Ash and friends turn to the attention of what is capturing the electric mouse and reveals that the kidnappers nearby are Team Rocket. They snicker in happiness with Pikachu in their poseession.
"Grrr..." Ash growls in a quickly manner seeing the devious trio.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make it double!"
"To protect the world from devastation!"
"To unite all people within our nation!"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"
"To extend our reach to the stars above!"
"It's Jessie!"
"And James!"
"Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!"
"Meowth! That's right!"
"Wait...I remember you three! You stole not only my Pokemon, but also Shauna and Tierno's!" Trevor said.
"You got that right, orange twerp! And now we're going to steal the rest of your Pokemon!" Jessie said.
"Not on my watch! Fletchinder, out!" Ash yelled as he takes out his flying type Pokemon.
"Gourgeist, come on out!" Jessie said taking out her Pokemon. "You too, Inkay!" James also does the same as well letting his Pokemon to battle.
Ash knew this would probably be another easy battle against the evil trio so of course he does his best to take out the team so that he can get through the rest of the day without more interruptions.
"Gourgeist, start with Shadow Ball!" Jessie commanded.
"Inkay, use Psybeam!" James shouted. Gourgeist starts to charge up the dark energy with the Shadow Ball forming and Inkay is about to release a wave of psychic energy out but Ash starts doing his share of attacks with Fletchinder. "Fletchinder, dodge the attacks!"
Fletchinder swoops through as Gourgeist throws the Shadow Ball and Inkay shoots out the Psybeam right at the flying type. It narrowly dodges the attacks as it returns in front of Ash.
While spectating at the battle, Trevor was feeling intrigued by Jessie's Gourgeist. "Woah, that Gourgeist looks interesting, especially of how it looks. Let me snap!"
Serena takes and grabs Trevor's camera as it wasn't the time to do that. "Not a good time, Trevor!" Trevor was feeling a bit disappointed by the honey blonde taking his camera. But then Serena takes a bit of a gander through the camera as not only did Trevor took of different Pokemon in his travels but also that he spent some time with Shauna. "Trevor, are these photos of you and Shauna?"
Trevor was feeling a bit wide eyed by Serena's question as he tries to reach for his camera but Serena backs away from him to continue looking through. One photo that Serena stop at was the first kiss being shared between Trevor and Shauna. Her reaction was that she was adored by the photo. She now wishes that she and Ash had a photo with them kissing.
"Aw...Trevor...you and Shauna together..." Serena said.
Trevor then gives up of having to retrieve his camera back and starts to explain to Serena. "Yeah...truth is, I wanted to make an album not only for Pokemon but for me and Shauna as a couple. She doesn't mind whenever I take a photo of us but I wanted to make a book of different photos showing our own adventure."
"Aww...Trevor, that's sweet. Shauna's gonna love this." Serena said.
"Yeah. I'm gonna call it the 'Photographic Adventures of Trevor and Shauna: A Love Story in Pictures.'" Trevor said
Just as Trevor ends his explanation of his newly developed album for his tanned brunette girlfriend, Charmeleon steps forward and starts to attack the criminal trio as it bursts out a large Flamethrower right to their Pokemon however, Team Rocket notices this and starts to attack back. Trevor, on the other hand, still isn't noticing until Serena gives his attention to the fire lizard.
"Inkay, use Psybeam!" James hollered. Inkay deflects the Flamethrower preventing the Flamethrower to attack them as it shoots out another wave of psychic energy to Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon!" Trevor exclaimed.
Turning their heads back to Ash, Team Rocket continues to attack Fletchinder with Ash striking back. "Gourgeist, Shadow Ball again!"
"Inkay, use another wave of Psybeam!" James commanded.
"Fletchinder, dodge both of those attacks! You're not getting past me and you're not getting my Pikachu!" Ash said.
"We'll see about that..." Jessie said.
Fletchinder once again dodges both attacks without getting a single hit impacted on it. After that, Team Rocket and Ash does the same thing as before but this time, both the Psybeam and the Shadow Ball managed to hit a nearby boulder. As a result, the boulder rapidly falls down into the boiling lava at the bottom of the volcano falling in.
Everybody sees this and just a moment later, things are shaking. "What's going on?" James asked.
"Guys, look!" Trevor said pointing out.
A loud noise has emerged from the volcano and escaping from the lava was a Pokemon that is quite large and engulfed in flames. A fire bird, if you will. Ash and friends along with Team Rocket are speculating the appearance of the legendary fire bird itself, Moltres.
"Holy crap. Moltres. It's you." Trevor said as he was going to be speechless but he couldn't believe it. He's actually seeing the final part of the legendary trio.
Moltes moves its eyes locking onto Team Rocket as they try to attack it themselves. "Now's our chance!" Jessie said.
Of course, they use the same attacks they did as they try to attack Ash's Fletchinder using the Shadow Ball and the Psybeam. However, let's just say they weren't strong enough to face against a legendary like Moltres themselves because after those attacks Moltres responds by letting out a much larger Flamethrower. One that's more bigger than the one that Charmeleon burst out before.
Striking the flames right at Team Rocket, they start to launch their way out of the scene with a painful blow dealt to them. "Well, at least we were able to witness Moltres ourselves." Jessie said.
"Getting kicked by a legendary. That's not our typical defeat." James said. Flying to another place, Team Rocket blasts off again!
While they were flying off, Pikachu was still trapped in the capsule not under the control of Team Rocket anymore. With that, Ash releases his buddy. "Fletchinder, use Steel Wing to release Pikachu!" Fletchinder dashes forward straight to Pikachu's capsule as it breaks and destroys the container earning its freedom. The mouse runs to his partner as they hug. "It's okay, buddy. You're safe now."
The next problem they now encounter is Moltres as now it starts to plan its attacks to the heroes. The group takes a step back as Ash takes out another Pokemon of his to his use. "Frogadier, out!" The Water Frog jumps out of its Pokeball awaiting for any commands being told by Ash.
"Frogadier, use Water Pulse!" Ash shouted.
Frogadier builds up some blue energy with its hands as it creates some spheres of water to shoot at. Once they were made, Frogadier shoots them out towards Moltres. However, due to heat that Moltres radiates despite being a fire-type, the Water balls dried up before having to hit the fire bird as the move itself didn't work.
"Crap!" Ash said.
"Hold on, Ash. Let's team up." Trevor insisted.
Ash nods with approval as they try to calm Moltres down. "Charmeleon, use Flamethrower!" Trevor commanded.
Some damage was impacted on Moltres as it attacks back with the another Flamethrower. Again, with much bigger size than Charmeleon's.
"Dodge it!" Ash hollered. Fletchinder was able to dodge another attack of Moltres however the next attack that Fletchinder wasn't able to make time for as Moltres bursts out yet another Flamethrower actually impacting the flying type. Fletchinder falls to the ground as some scuffs appear on its body.
"Fletchinder!" Ash exclaimed.
Moltres was about to start attacking again to the heroes but just as it was going to turn the heroes into ashes, Fletchinder gets itself back up and sees Ash and friends about to get covered in soot. It dashes forward in front of the group as then it takes the hit that Moltres delivers. Blocking the attack in defense for the 5 heroes.
"Fletchinder!" Ash shouted.
Clemont starts to notice something about the flying type as then it starts to glow. "Ash, look!"
Ash keeps looking at the blue glowing that's happening and he's sure to know that's an evolution that he's witnessing. "Fletchinder's evolving..."
It was only for a moment as the evolution process stops with Fletchinder growing into the final evolution of its stage, Talonflame.
"What Pokemon is this?" Ash questioned as he takes out his Pokedex and scans his newly evolved Pokemon.
"Talonflame, the Scorching Pokemon and the final evolution of Fletchling. In the fever of an exciting battle, it showers embers from the gaps between its feathers and takes to the air." The Pokedex said.
"Wow...it looks strong." Ash said before noticing that Talonflame also has a new move learned as described in the Pokedex. He then turns his focus back to the fire bird itself. "Okay, Talonflame, use Brave Bird!"
Talonflame energizes itself up being caught in some blue aura and starts to strike to Moltres hitting it with some damage. As a result, Talonflame took some damage itself from the move as well due to force it took. Moltres responds back by doing another large Flamethrower bursting out of its beaks as Ash then does the next move.
"Talonflame, Brave Bird again!" Ash commanded.
Talonflame dashes forward again slamming itself to the Moltres with another hard impact dealt with. This time, Moltres does a different attack than the usual Flamethrowers that been bursting out multiple times as then it uses another fire-type move. Emerging from its beaks, Moltres breathes out a symbol-shaped fire as it impacts Talonflame in which it used Fire Blast. Of course, the Fire Blast that Moltres used is the same one that Serena's Braixen learns to use.
Using the Fire Blast, Moltres puts Talonflame in a bad position being dealt with the impacted fire as then it starts to fall down to the bottom of the volcano. Ash seeing this puts himself in another risky move that could cost his life.
"Talonflame!" Ash exclaimed as then he runs forward and jumps down to the bottom of the volcano.
The group follow his footsteps as Serena couldn't deal with another time of her boyfriend putting himself in a situation that could take away his life. "Ashy, no!" Serena cried.
Ash makes his descent as he was able to catch Talonflame in his possession but not before that his body was to reach the boiling lava. Ash closes his eyes as he was about to meet death and so did Serena until...
Wait, Ash was stopped? He was a few feet away from touching the lava as then he opens his eyes again and turns his head to what stopped him. Looking up, his Frogadier made some frubbles turning it into a rope in order for him to climb up again. What a good partner Frogadier was!
Ash was feeling pretty happy that he wasn't going to die. He was very close though. Always putting himself in these risky situations. Frogadier pulls Ash and his Talonflame back up with his frubbles as then he has some scuffs around his body but still safe back on the ground.
Serena runs to him and gives him a strong hug. "You idiot!" She then slaps him before hugging him again. "I thought you were going to be dead. Stop putting yourself to where you will die!"
Ash then nervously asks his girlfriend with him covering his cheek with the question, "Do you still love me?"
"Of course I do, you big dummy! Lucky that your mom never hears about these incidents! I'm just glad you're back in my arms." Serena said before giving him a kiss in which he returns.
Letting go, Ash calms himself down after feeling the heat of battle. "I'm sorry, honey. I just care about Pokemon so much that I didn't want to see Talonflame die even after it just evolved."
"It's okay, Ashy. At least you're safe with me again. You just had to be so stupid again falling into the volcano again. Just don't tell Delia about this, okay?" Serena said.
"Okay. My mom would have a heart attack putting myself into danger. I even almost got myself killed again." Ash said smiling.
"You dense boy. Just shut up and hug me so we won't mention of this again." Serena said.
Ash and Serena gives themselves a hug as then Trevor angles his camera to a point where he gets a shot of not only Ash and Serena hugging, but them hugging in front of Moltres.
The fire bird witness a ever-so growing relationship between the two and now has its mindset clearly seeing that the entire group are not its enemies. The love of both Ash and Serena was heartwarming as ever seeing as Moltres nods its head to everyone as it signals a goodbye having to fly off and soar across the Kalos skies. Everybody waves forward saying their farewells to the legendary bird.
(6:00 PM)
After a long walk down to the bottom of the mountain, Ash and friends are safe and sound as Trevor looks through his camera again. "Man, that was quite crazy. I see what you mean about Ash risking his life, Serena. You got a boyfriend who isn't afraid of danger."
"I know. But he's my Ashy and he's always going to put himself in precarious situations." Serena said.
"Serena, my heart still beats for you even when I'm on the brink of death, but I'll still be thinking of you, always. I love you so much and I don't want to let go of you." Ash said.
Serena smiles at her boyfriend as they share another kiss. Ash was feeling yet another flavor that was put upon the honey blonde's lips. "Mmmmm...Watermelon has never tasted this good..."
"There's more where it came from, Ashy." Serena said.
Trevor shows the group of the photo he took of both Ash and Serena hugging in front of Moltres. "Ash, Serena, your heartwarming hug in front of the Moltres was able to calm it down. And not only that...I finally have the pictures of the legendary trio!"
"Awesome, Trevor. Good job!" Ash said.
Just as then, Trevor has one final idea before he parts ways with the four as then he hears a ringtone coming from his phone. He reaches into his pocket grabbing the phone and notices it's Shauna.
"Hey, Shauna! How have you been doing?" Trevor asked.
"Doing good, babe! I'm ready to take on another performance! Hey, are you alone?" Shauna asked.
"No, I'm with Ash and friends. Want me to put you on speaker so you can talk to them?" Trevor asked.
"Actually, give me Serena. I want to talk to her." Shauna said.
"Okay." Trevor then gives the phone to Serena as then she holds the phone to her ear to conversate with her best friend.
"Hello, Shauna?" Serena called out.
"Serena! How's it going?" Shauna asked.
"Fine. You wouldn't believe what has happened since we last met." Serena said.
"What happened?" Shauna asked.
"Actually...You know what? I'll talk about this later. I want us to talk to each other a lot and give each other more details the next time we meet." Serena said.
"Oh yeah. One thing to say, next performance is not going to be easy. You may have won 2 princess keys but I'm just getting started." Shauna said.
"I'll remember that. I'm gaining closer to become Kalos Queen." Serena said.
"We'll see who's the better performer..." Shauna said. Serena can't see her despite talking on the phone but on Shauna's end, she's giving a devious look at her phone and before she lets go, she's also letting out a small devious laugh as well.
Serena was feeling nervous hearing that laugh of Shauna's as then Trevor brings back his phone to his ear. "So, sweetie. I'm going to talk to you in a bit but right now let me do something real quick." Trevor puts his phone one the ground while he's still being connected to his girlfriend as then he holds his camera out.
"Okay, everybody. On the count of three, we all say Pokemon. Ready? One, two, three..." Trevor said as then he takes a group selfie with his camera.
"POKEMON!" Everybody said as the camera flashes showing a picture of everybody smiling as a memento of the adventure they had today.
"Wonderful. Thanks everybody. Well, I got to go. More Pokemon to snap to my collection." Trevor said.
Everybody say farewells to the orange haired photographer as then he gets back on the road while speaking with his girlfriend on the phone. Ash and friends continue their journey to Anistar City with more fun to have!
(8:00 PM)
Somewhere along the grassy grounds near the volcano, Team Rocket wakes up after being knocked out and flown away from Moltres themselves. Both Jessie and James wake up rubbing their heads as then they make a groaning noise.
"Uhh...that hurts." Jessie said.
"What happened?" James asked.
"Another plan failed as per usual thanks to the twerps." Jessie said.
Both of them looked around to see where they were at but now they noticed they were alone especially since Meowth was also near them but he's feeling unconscious as well. Both of them giggle for a moment as then they finally have a moment to themselves.
"Looks like we can finally have a kissing moment, shall we?" Jessie asked.
"Oh yes, my dear Jessica!" James said in excitement.
Under the shining moonlight, both James and Jessie starts to close their eyes and lean in to their lips. Joining in, their lips touch with a kiss that was very blissful and their hearts react with such love as then they shared their second kiss as a couple.
Letting go, the criminal couple decide to hug in each others arms throughout the night. No interruptions happened for the two of them. Even in defeat, both Jessie and James still love each other with all of their hearts and souls.
Another chapter complete! I hope you enjoyed this one! I tried to include not only Amourshipping that is, to say there were a bunch throughout this chapter but also 3 other shippings mentioned or appearing in this. Of course, Trevor and Shauna's relationship together! I included some backstory that involves the two of them.
Honestly, it makes me think that I should do a future story between the two having a Pokemon adventure of their own. But what do you think about that? I would love to hear your responses.
Next, more Rocketshipping. It seems you guys like it and so I tried to include a bit more especially with the romantic ending to see what happened after they got defeated by Moltres.
Last shipping, the mention of both Viola and Grant. I'll let the mentioning of the two show considering the moments the two had in an earlier episode in the anime.
Also, if you're gonna wonder, no. Shauna's not going to be an evil person despite the look and laugh that she did when she was talking to Serena. I just did that to give Shauna a bit of a furious nature of becoming more superstitious than Serena competing in these performances.
Anyways, like said at the beginning, with a new year comes with brand new chapters! For this year, I'll try to be more consistent getting more chapters to you guys for both this story and Pallet Town High. So be sure to be updated with the latest with more to come!
Next time, Serena encounters with a Eevee while the group are relaxing at a nearby river. How does she befriend it?
Pallet Town High will be updated in a couple of days. Keep an eye out for the next chapter.
Make sure to favorite, follow, and review this story and I'll see you guys next time...Peace!