A/N: I'm actually really excited about this because the only time Serena and Ash battled was right before the final episode and Serena sucked at battling, so not only is this a battle between my OTP but it's also a way to show Serena's character development, so yeah, enjoy.
"Alright, I want to see your best, no holding back," Ash yelled, "Dragonite, I chose you!"
"Absol, let's do this."
Dragonite roared to assert his dominance, Absol stood proudly without flinching, causing Dragonite to up his guard. Absol howled and reared his head causing Ash and Dragonite and flinch.
"I know what you're thinking, but no, Absol's bite is much, much, worse than his bark," Serena said with her hands on her hips.
Shoot, if that's true, this is gonna be way harder than I thought.
"Absol, Future Sight then Double Team."
Absol howled and sent an attack into the future and created clones of itself.
"Pikachu!" Ash shouted.
Pikachu began using its tail as a metronome, Serena, across the field was tapping her foot in sync with Pikachu's tail.
"So that's how she does it, it's an Ash strategy," Max said.
"Dragon Claw!"
Dragonite roared and slashed at the Absols, each one disappearing on impact.
"Use Psycho Cut!"
The Absol clones' horns began to glow, each one taking their swing at Dragonite who managed to narrow the clones down to five attackers.
"Dragonite, use Hurricane."
Dragonite's wings began to flap, sending green blades of energy towards the five Absols, who all disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"What!"
The group on the sidelines scanned the field for Serena's Absol, but it was seemingly non-existent.
Ash looked at the girl, she's good, really good, I mean she probably watched my battles and training more than anyone so I shouldn't be surprised.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu called.
"Thanks, buddy. Dragonite get up into the air, it'll be easier to dodge the Future Sight."
Dragonite rose to the air and dodged chunks of psychic energy.
"Absol, use Psycho Cut."
"What!"
Absol appeared out of one of the wormholes with a glowing horn and swiped at the Dragon Pokemon with such force that Dragonite crashed to the ground.
Ash stood there, his mouth gaping wide as Dragonite stood up after being forced to the ground by Absol, who landed gracefully across the battlefield.
"How did you do that," Ash said, you were right, I do like the person you've grown into, but I still won't let you win this, he thought, not trying to mask his admiration for the performer's drastic improvement in battling skills.
"Simple, I called a Future Sight knowing your way to predict them," she looked at Pikachu, "had a hunch of how you were going to have Dragonite avoid the attack, and had Absol use Double Team, meaning you focus on Absol's clones meaning the real Absol could sneak into one of the wormholes."
"Yeah, that's an Ash strategy," Dawn said.
"Dragon Claw," Ash yelled.
Absol dodged one claw but the second connected and sent Absol flying. He fell on his side and slowly raised itself, legs trembling. He finally stood up but wasn't showing it's pride, Dragonite had shaken the Disaster Pokemon's ego.
Good, he got back in touch with reality and dropped the ego.
Serena smirked, "You asked us not to hold back, and now that Absol finally lost his ego. It's time to show you what we can really do."
Absol howled in agreement and locked eyes with its trainer.
"Let our hearts become one, Absol it's time to go beyond evolution and Mega Evolve," Serena yelled.
Absol began glowing and howled. When the glowing stopped, Absol stood straighter, not as proud as normal but straighter than before he Mega Evolved. His wings were in full display which caused Dragonite to take a step back in confusion.
"Awesome," Ash yelled.
"Psycho Cut!"
"Dodge it!"
Dragonite flew into the air as Absol lunged at him.
"Dragon Claw."
Dragonite came plunging down towards Absol who blocked the attack with his horn.
"Hyper Beam!"
A beam of light shot towards Absol, who managed to dodge, except for one foot, which caused Absol to lose his balance when he landed, giving Ash the perfect opening.
"Let's finish this with Dragon Claw," Ash yelled, grinning.
"Absol!" Serena screamed.
Absol looked at Dragonite charging towards him, all he could do was try to block the attack with his horn.
When the dust cleared Absol began to glow and revert to his original form, staying on his side, unconscious.
"Great job, Dragonite," Ash said, congratulating the Dragon Pokemon.
He looked over at Serena, who seemed to be in shock. Her knees seemed weak.
What the-, she thought before losing consciousness.
Serena's knees buckled and she fell.
"SERENA!" Ash yelled, sprinting towards the performer.
He managed to catch her before she hit the ground, realizing she was unconscious he slowly lowered her to the ground. Serena rested her head on his shoulder. The others ran towards the two trainers. Ash gently shook Serena's shoulder.
"Serena, Serena please wake up," Ash said.
"Ash," Serena mumbled, opening her eyes.
She blushed when she gained her senses, Ash had wrapped his arm around her while she was resting her head on his shoulder.
"What happened," May yelled, running towards the pair and ruining the moment.
"I've never battled with Mega Absol to the point of him fainting, so since that was the first time he's fainted with a bond as strong as ours, his fainting must've caused me to lose consciousness," Serena said, holding a hand to her forehead to make sure she wasn't sick.
"Yeah, that makes sense, I mean, it was the same with Greninja and me."
Serena nodded and retrieved Absol's Pokeball from her belt and returned her partner.
Ash returned Dragonite to it's Pokeball and helped Serena up. She seemed to be fine after that but Ash stayed close just in case she fell again.
I had a feeling this was one-sided, but now I'm not so sure. Brock thought.
A/N: Fun Fact: I was torn between who should win because Absol could Mega Evolve and had been with Serena longer than Dragonite had been with Ash, I was so torn I asked my friend who is barely in the fandom who should win giving no context for the battle and she immediately said Dragonite so I went with that and managed to get a cute amourshipping moment out of it. Thank you for continuing to read and support this story and I hoped you enjoyed this chapter.
