Chapter 17: Trenor Ketchum
After the crowd disperse, Ash, Alice and Trenor are now at the middle of the stadium and Trenor says, "You must be Brother's friends, right? I am Trenor Ketchum and it is nice to meet you."
"Likewise." Brock says. "So how did you and Ash meet?"
"In fact, I was an orphan, so I didn't know about my parents. And it is when I saw the Pokemon race, I left the orphanage in order to meet Ash and Alice. But after the race, I was lost, not knowing how to get back to the orphanage, I panicked. Thanks to them, they find me and bring me back to the orphanage, they also adopt me from the orphanage and given me the test to become an Aura User." Trenor says.
"That is nice of you, Ash." Clemont says.
"It is nothing. I also sense some potential inside Trenor, it is why I adopted him as my second brother." Ash says.
Trenor then notices Lillie, who is talking to the others, he feels his heart pounding and Nora notices it. She says, "Trenor? Are you okay?"
"I am fine." Trenor says. "We are in a desert, so it is kinda hot somehow."
Ash knows that he is blushing, so he decides to look at the direction and notices that Trenor is eyeing at Lillie, another one that he loved but moved on. Ash says, "As you can see, you are at the Gym of this town."
"This is the gym? It sure is big enough to perform the Gigantamax." May says.
"It sure is big enough." Trenor says.
Ash turns to Trenor and asks, "So how is Krookodile doing, Trenor?"
"He is doing a fine job, thanks to Earnest, he finds a way to make him not using the Black Glasses." Trenor says.
Earnest says, "It is nothing. Krookodile likes to learn and it is a good thing."
As the group watches how Alice and Trenor having a battle, with the Abomasnow versus a Pokemon known as Runerigus, Serena asks, "Is that the evolution of Yamask? But I don't think it is a Galarian Cofagrigus?"
"It is called Runerigus, like Sirfetch'd, some Pokemon in Galar forms have new evolutions." Terra says as they nod.
After the battle ends with Alice winning, Trenor says, "I am sure that you have noticed the buildings near here, right? They are actually made of broken trains."
"We did notice that. But it is amazing to see how you make the trains into houses for people to stay." Lillie says.
"Yeah. I have booked each of you guys a stay at the hotel in this town, so that we can take the train tomorrow for the Rotaeel City." Alice says as the group are excited. They thank the group as Earnest shows them the rooms they are going to stay.
In the night time, Lillie can't fall asleep as she has been thinking a lot. Ash has been a lot of help in the school, he helped her get her first Pokemon, Snowy, and then he helps her and Brother to cure her phobia and also saved their mother from the Nihilego. And yet, just because Brother beat him and won the Champion in the Alola, she agreed with the others to betray Ash and tells him to give up.
Lillie gets out of the bed and opens the door, she looks at the stars in the sky and says, "Why did I do that...Now he loves Alice more than me or Serena...Even Serena found her true love, what about me...will I ever feel the same way ever again?"
As Lillie walks towards the desert, she somehow find a ladder and then she walks up, in the end, she finds herself in an oasis with flowers blooming all over the place. She rubs her eyes to check if it is a dream, but it turns out to be not.
"Where am I?" Lillie is confused and then she hears a sound, "What are you doing here?"
The one behind her is no other than Trenor Ketchum. "Trenor?" Lillie asks.
"This is the Secret Garden in the Isolate Town. People have been trying to find this place, but in vain." Trenor says. "Because it only appears at night when the moon is shining."
"I never know about it." Lillie says in awe at the place.
Trenor and she sits down at a flower patch and Trenor asks, "From the looks of it, you couldn't sleep, right?"
Lillie nods and says, "I have a lot of things in my mind and I can't forget about it."
Trenor sighs and asks, "Is it about my Brother?"
Lillie is shocked at first, but she nods and Trenor says, "Brother has been speaking highly of you, you have been the daughter of the president of the Aether Foundation. During the school in the Alola Region, you two have been the newest students and you manage to inspire a lot of students then. That is what Professor Konomi told me."
He turns around and says, "You had feelings for him, right"
Lillie frowns and says, "Yeah, I had feelings for him, but I didn't know why, but I threw that away after he lost to my Brother. I know that my Brother is strong, since he has Silvally, but I can't believe that I do that to Ash...and now I don't think I can compare to Alice when it comes to this."
She continues, "Even if it never happened, there is also Serena, who has been with Ash much longer than me...I don't think I can compare to either of them."
Trenor says, "I see...what are you going to do about it? Plotting a revenge on those two in order to get what you want?"
Lillie jumps and says, "Of course not. I am not that low...But what should I do? I don't think that I will feel that feeling again..."
Trenor frowns and he says, "Please don't say that too soon. I am sure that you can feel the same way again. And I will be likely to help you."
"What?" Lillie looks at him and he blushes, "No, I mean that...if you have any problem, I can help you with it."
Lillie blushes a little and she asks, "Why? Why are you doing this? Why will you help a person like me?"
Trenor says, "It doesn't matter, as you can tell, I lived in an orphanage before, so I know what it feels to help others. Besides, you are a cute girl and it will be a shame to hear you think like that."
Lillie starts to blush after hearing the words, she asks, "You mean it?"
Trenor knows what he said and he blushes, "Um...yeah...I have fallen for you..."
Lillie suddenly does the unthinkable, she kisses Trenor at the lips and Trenor didn't resist, the two of them did this together and Lillie smiles, "Thank you for cheering me up."
"No problem." Trenor says as he is blushing hard for the actions they did. Then they decide to go back to the hotel and rest, also thinking about what they have done back then.
Here is a new chapter, and here is the person who Lillie is going to pair with. Trenor is Ash's brother in a lot of my stories and I hope you like this chapter. The next one is going to be the Steel Type and Chairman Rose is going to appear in the future Chapter.