A/N: So I tried to upload the day after a holiday and the site was overloaded so many of you never saw this last week which is why I'm doing a double upload today, I'll acknowledge everyone's reviews for both chapters next week and here's so y'all aren't dealing with a cliffhanger
Alright, we all got in," May shouted, pumping her fist.
"That's great."
"Hey, glad you're back, Ash is terrified that he said something wrong."
Serena shook her head, "No, he didn't, it was just me, I needed to clear my head."
"Hmm, you've gotta battle some girl named Crystal," May said.
"Wasn't she at the Grand Festival?"
"Yeah, she's a top coordinator from Johto, I think she has a Meganium," Dawn said.
"So Sylveon could probably beat her with speed, you think you could do it, girl?"
"Syl," Sylveon purred.
"Good."
"Yeah, and May and Drew have to battle, so only one of you can move on," Dawn said.
May turned to Drew and smiled, "May the best coordinator win."
"Sylveon."
"Meganium."
"Didn't you say something about having one of those?" Go asked.
"I have Bayleef, who is the pre-evolution of Meganium," Ash responded.
"And this is probably random, shouldn't she be using Talonflame or Delphox?"
Chloe sighed, "Type advantages don't matter in a contest battle, it's dependent on points lost in five minutes or a knockout."
"Really? No type advantages."
"Nope."
"Leech Seed."
"Sylveon, Use Swift."
The golden stars sliced through the vines and soared towards Meganium.
"Use Vine Whip and knock those stars away."
"Moonblast."
As Meganium began whacking away the stars, Sylveon jumped into the air and formed a pink orb between her feelers.
Meganium looked at the attack in fear. It made contact and Meganium stumbled a little.
"Time and the victory goes to Serena!"
"Alright," Ash yelled.
"Dawn is up next, then it's May versus Drew, which will be interesting," Brock said.
"Now for our next coordinators, Dawn versus Leaf."
"Quilava, let's go," Dawn yelled,
"Clefable, let's do this."
"Use Flamethrower."
"Dodge, then Moonblast."
Clefable hopped out of the way of the flames and sent a pink orb towards Quilava.
"Destroy the Moonblast with Swift," Dawn called.
Quilava sent golden stars to slice through the Moonblast and kept flying towards Clefable.
"Dodge it," Leaf squealed in vain.
Clefable stumbled back.
"Uh, use pound," Leaf said, panic evident in her tone.
"I'm assuming not being sure of your calls is really bad in a contest battle," Go said, directing the question towards Chloe.
"Yeah, especially since you're being judged on the battle."
"Wait, they're judging the battle?"
Chloe rolled her eyes, "What did you think the points were for."
"Uh, I didn't know, I was kinda hoping that someone would say something about it," Go shrugged.
"Well, now someone did."
"Contests are weird," Go whispered under his breath.
"And time! The winner of this round is Dawn Berlitz."
"Alright, Dawn!" The group yelled.
"I still can't believe that our luck is so bad that we're battling each other," May said.
"Why couldn't we have gone up against Leaf and Crystal."
"Alright love birds, you'll have to go in a few minutes."
"Ha, you're calling us love birds, did you hear what Ash was calling Serena?"
"I know, Sere, it's a cute nickname," Dawn sang.
Serena hung her head, "I miss Bonnie because she's like a sister, but I don't miss the teasing, you guys more than take care of that."
Dawn and May smiled, "We're gonna have to meet her, we need to add her talents to our matchmaking group, especially if Ash doesn't ask you out after this."
"He's given you a nickname, so your eventual marriage can't be far away," May said.
Serena went red, "You are all impossible."
"May and Drew, your battle is next."
The couple looked at each other and looked at their intertwined fingers and let go.
"May the best coordinator win," they both whispered.
"This should be fun, May versus Drew, especially since they became a couple."
Max smiled, "Yes, this will be fun."
"I think I found a replacement for Bonnie," Ash mumbled.
"Roserade, let's go."
"Glaceon, let's do this."
"Shadow Ball."
"Magical Leaf."
"Wow, they really snapped out of it for this battle."
"Well, they're both top coordinators, if either of them were to lose this early in a competition, it could completely derail their reputations," Chloe piped in.
"Are coordinator reps that fragile," Go said, borderline laughing.
Chloe smacked his arm, "Ow," he yipped.
"Yes, they are, for example, if Serena were to go back to Kalos and flop in her first Showcase back, her rep would be destroyed," Chloe said.
"Yeah, and Showcases and Contests are totally different, Contests have judges, Showcases have, nothing really, it's up to the public, which adds a whole new level of stress," Ash said, shutting his mouth almost immediately.
"I had no idea you knew so much about that stuff."
"Well, I mean, I traveled with both May and Dawn, back to back, so I learned a ton about contests, and I watched Serena's Showcases, so I picked up info on that, and I would see how stressed Sere was when-"
Everyone smirked at him, "Yeah, real mature guys."
"They're like this to Serena too," Max piped in.
"I'm assuming there's a but in there," Ash said.
"But May and Dawn aren't here, so, compared to when they are here, you've got it easy."
"Ice Shard."
"Magical Leaf."
The leaves outnumbered the shards and flew towards Glaceon, cutting her legs a bit.
"Gla," Glaceon cried.
"Glaceon," May yelled.
"Time! And our winner is Drew."
The two returned their Pokemon to their Pokeballs and wrapped their arms around each other.
"Awwww, you guys are a great couple," Dawn said.
Serena smirked, "Multiply that by two and up the intensity and now you know how I feel."
"But we have a reason to torture you, we'll stop when you and Ash finally go on a date," May teased.
Serena sighed.
Drew, Serena, Dawn, and Kenny all made it to the semi-finals. May had retreated to where the group was sitting.
"Okay, so Serena versus Drew and Dawn v Kenny," May said, rubbing her hands together.
"I'm scared," Max mumbled.
"You should be," Ash whispered, "I don't know when she started being a matchmaker but this Matchmaker May is terrifying."
"Breloom, let's go."
"Quilava, let's do this."
"Energy Ball."
"Flamethrower."
The green orb and orange flames went back and forth for a bit before exploding.
"Swift."
"Stun Spore."
Dawn panicked a bit until Breloom cried out because of the impact of the Swift.
"Okay Flamethrower."
"Dodge then Mach Punch."
"Fire up your flames!"
Quilava's flames began burning brighter and moved it's head under Breloom's Mach Punch, causing Breloom to cry in pain.
Breloom stumbled back.
"Flamethrower, again!" Dawn shouted.
"Breloom!"
"And that's the end, Dawn is the winner."
"Uhh."
"Kenny's Breloom took too many hits from Dawn's Quilava and his points dropped all the way, meaning he lost."
"Contests are weird."
Chloe giggled, "You said that already."
"Now, let's see if Serena or Drew wins."
"Sylveon, let's go girl."
"Roserade."
"Moonblast!"
"Magical Leaf."
"Dodge it, then use Swift."
The golden stars flew towards Roserade, who danced out of the way.
"Use Petal Dance."
"Protect," Serena yelled, snapping her fingers.
"Magical Leaf."
Sylveon danced to dodge and sent a Moonblast toward Roserade.
Roserade and Drew stood in shock as the Moonblast hit and Drew's points took a big hit too.
"How, Serena didn't command it," Go asked.
"It's because of their bond. For example, if you watch any of Diantha's battles before she Mega Evolves her Gardivoir, she uses eye contact to deliver non-verbal commands."
"Huh, I've never noticed that, but if that's the case, why do you still use verbal commands with Pikachu?"
Ash and Pikachu made eye contact and shrugged.
"I dunno, I still had to use commands with a Pokemon I was fully in sync with."
"Ash-Greninja!" Max blurted.
May raised her eyebrow, "Ash-Greninja?"
Ash raised his hands, "It's officially called Battle Bond, one of my friends called it Ash-Greninja."
"Time! And Serena moves on to face Dawn in the finals."
"Alright!" Ash yelled.
"Awww, you're cheering for your girlfriend," May sang, causing Ash to go bright red.
"We're not dating," he mumbled.
"You will be," she sang.
"Oh boy."
"Quilava, let's go."
"Sylveon, let's do this."
"Use Flamethrower."
"Dodge then Swift."
"Quilava, use Swift."
"Protect."
Sylveon created a pale blue barrier that would change color when the stars impacted it.
"Keep using Swift, Quilava!" Dawn yelled.
"Moonblast, Sylveon," Serena shouted.
Sylveon lowered the barrier and stood on one of her front paws, jumping into the air and sending a Moonblast at Quilava.
"Dodge-" Dawn tried to say, getting cut off by Quilava's cry of pain.
"Use Swift," Serena shouted.
"Quil," Quilava cried.
"Flamethrower."
"Dodge then Moonblast."
"Time, and the Winner of this Year's Wallace Cup is: Serena Yvonne!"
Dawn and Serena smiled at each other.
Wallace walked towards Serena and handed her the Contest Ribbon.
She changed back into her normal clothes and walked towards her friends.
Without realizing it, she started running towards Ash and wrapped her arms around him. He returned the embrace and spun her a bit, with May and Dawn quietly fangirling over the couple.
"So Serena, are you gonna keep going with Contests or head back to Kalos?"
"I'm not sure, I'd love to head home but I'm not ready to fully leave contests behind."
The group walked out of the venue, Ash and Serena holding hands.
The Pokeball on Serena's belt shook a little to remind her of her promise.
"Oh, Ash."
"Yeah?"
"There's something I-" she was cut off by screams.
"Oh no."
A massive red and brown vine had sprouted from the ground.
Ash and Serena ran towards it, Serena sending out Absol as she ran.
"Iron Tail!"
"Psycho Cut!"
Both attacks sliced through the vines. The rest of the group caught up to them and they heard a buzzing sound from the air.
Helicopters, and a lot of them.
Ash and Serena looked at each other and then looked back at the sky.
"They're back!"
A/N: May and Dawn are both Matchmakers and Fangirls. So, I made a Spotify Playlist called AmourShippingFeels and my friend said I should mention it here.
WhiteLotus21 - Uncle Iroh is awesome, everyone needs an Uncle Iroh in life.
UnKnownGuy2006 - Muhahahahahahahaha.
- Also, I think we've established that Ash is denser than a black hole and that is why he could hold Cosmeom even though it's 2204.2 POUNDS and yes he does.
- Oh my god, one of my best friends ships me and my crush super hard.
- I can neither confirm nor deny that the Pokemon is Greninja.
- Thank you so much, I'm literally just a teenager using Grammarly and somewhat decent creativity. And I've been secretly hoping that someone posts this on the AmourShipping Subreddit.
Amourshipper35 - Well, she kinda told him in this chapter.
