Dawn rushed through the tunnel into Melemele Meadow, and found Lillie, but she seemed worried.
"Hey Lillie, what are you doing here?" Dawn asked.
Lillie pointed across the meadow "Look! Nebby!"
On the other end of the meadow, Nebby happy floated around saying, "Pew!"
"He's so far away! He could get attacked or captured, and there's nothing I could do about it!"
Dawn saw all the pokemon running around the flowers. If Lillie bumped into them trying to get to Nebby, she could be in trouble. Also, there were a couple of people out looking at the flowers, so this was a bad place for Nebby to go free. Dawn faced Lillie with a confident smile. "Don't worry Lillie! I'll get Nebby for you!"
"Y-you will? Oh thank you Dawn."
"Don't mention it!" Then she looked toward Piplup. "Let's do this!"
"Pip lup!" Pipup responded.
Then Dawn rushed into the flowers and ran towards where Nebby was at on the rocky place on the other side.
"Pew!" Nebby shouted when it noticed her.
"Hi again! What are you doing Nebby?" Dawn asked.
It happily floated around Dawn and said, "Pew!"
Dawn laughed. "Well, I think you should go back to Lillie. She's really worrying about you."
Nebby looked over at Lille and let out a low, "pew…"
"Come on! Let's go back together!"
Nebby agreed, and they rushed back into the flowers. But then stopped when she spotted an oricorio.
Ash ran into the Melemele Meadow huffing and puffing with scratches all over.
Lillie gasped when she saw him. "A-Ash! What happened?"
"Well you see, I went to look for you in this rocky area, but a lot of bird pokemon came out of nowhere and attacked me!" Ash said.
"Oh! I'm sorry… I should've warned you. That place there, the bird pokemon are very territorial and will attack anyone who comes up there!"
"Hey, it's fine! Right, Pikachu?"
"Pika chu!" Pikachu responded with a nod.
"Anyways, have you seen Dawn around?" Ash asked.
Lillie jumped and nervously looked out at the flowers where she was at. "U-uh, no. I haven't. Let's lea-"
"Oh! There she is! Hey Dawn!" Ash then jumped down into the flowers.
"Wait!" Lillie shouted. But Ash was already long gone. "Oh no… Nebby."
"Wow! Who's that pokemon?" Dawn asked.
Her rotom dex came out. "Oricorio, Pom-Pom Style! A Flying and Electric type. It has sipped the yellow nectar. It's bright, cheerful dance melts the hearts of its enemies!"
"So cool! I got to have it! Let's go Piplup!"
Piplup jumped out of Dawn's arms and let out a, "pip!"
It came after Piplup with a Peck, but Piplup dodged and used Drill Peck. It used Growl, but Piplup stood strong and used Bubblebeam and it fainted. Dawn used a pokeball, and she caught it.
Dawn ran towards it and picked it up, and excitingly put the pokeball in the air. "Yes! I caught it!" Then she faced Piplup. "Thank you so much, Piplup!"
Piplup closed its eyes and pounded his chest with his wing. "Pip lup!" Then it jumped back into Dawn's arms.
"Dawn!" Ash shouted.
Dawn turned to him. "Ash? What happened to you?"
"Well you see…" Ash explained what happened when he took the other path.
"Oh that's awful! But at least you were able to make it out!"
Ash put his fist in front of his face with a confident smile. "Yeah! It was easy for Pikachu to handle!"
Dawn laughed. "Right! There's no stopping you and Pikachu!"
The sun was setting, and flower peddles were floating all around. "It sure is beautiful here…" Dawn said.
Ash looked at Dawn in awe with the orange lights shinning on her and the yellow peddles floating around. He couldn't stop staring at her. "Yeah…"
Her eyes met his, and a blush appeared on her face seeing Ash standing there. Both of them stood there looking each other.
Suddenly Nebby's "pew!" made them both jump.
"Woah! Who's that pokemon!" Ash shouted.
Dawn looked at Nebby and Ash with a hand over her mouth. "Oh no! He saw Nebby! What now?" she wondered.
Ash's rotom dex came out. "Cosmog! Its body is gaseous and frail! It slowly grows as it collects gases from the atmosphere!"
"Well, you heard Rotom! It's a weak pokemon!" Dawn said.
"Pew!" Nebby angrily shouted at her.
"So let's leave it!"
"No way! It looks so interesting! Plus, it came to us cuz it want to be with us! Isn't that right, Cosmog?"
Nebby looked at Ash with a confused look.
"Come on Ash! Let's not waste time! We got to get Lillie back to Kukui!"
"She's fine Dawn! Just let me do this!"
"Agh, you are so stubborn!"
"Well what does that make you?"
Dawn let out an agitated sigh. "Looks like I need to think of something fast," Dawn thought. She whispered to Piplup, and Piplup nodded. Piplup then dropped to the ground as Dawn walked up as close as she could to Ash Then she got on her toes.
"What are you-!" Ash started.
Piplup and Nebby ran back to Lillie. While Dawn placed her hands on Ash's shoulders and place her lips against his. Both were deep red, but didn't pull apart. In fact, Ash instinctively put one hand behind Dawn's head and one on her lower back, and deepened the kiss. Dawn let out a small moan, and continued to kiss him.
Piplup and Nebby made it back to where Lillie was.
"Piplup!" Piplup shouted.
"Pew!" shouted Nebby.
Lillie didn't budge, as she was too shocked seeing what had just happened.
Piplup and Nebby turned to see what she was looking at, and both gave surprised looks.
Pikachu looked up at them, confused on how it all happened.
They finally pulled away from the kiss for some air.
Dawn then looked away, her face still beat red. "S-sorry! It was an accident!" she angrily shouted. Dawn then moved away from his embrace. "I-I tripped!" She lied.
Ash was completely frozen to what all just happened. All these feelings where now flowing through him. "…but she didn't mean for it to happen?" Ash thought. Right then, he could feel his heart aching.
"Ash? Are you… okay?" Dawn asked.
There was no response.
"Pika! Pika Pikachu!" Pikachu shouted.
There still was no response.
"Look Ash! I'm sorry! I… I didn't mean to upset you!" Dawn started shaking him. "Just please, talk to me!"
Ash still just stood there, with his same facial expression.
Dawn stopped and backed up with a frown.
Then Pikachu used Thunderbolt on Ash, and he screamed.
"Thanks Pikachu. I… needed that," Ash responded.
"Ash! Don't do that!" Dawn yelled.
Ash laughed. "S-Sorry… I didn't mean to worry you."
Dawn sighed. "Lets… just get back to Lillie."
"Yeah…"
Dawn then walked back to the entrance.
Ash just stared at her with a frown, as Pikachu hoped back onto his shoulder.
Pikachu looked at him with a worried look. "Pika?"
"I'm… fine. Let's go." He then started to head back.
Lillie saw Ash and Dawn returning. "Okay! Back in the bag Nebby! And please stay in there!"
"Pew…" It responded. Then it returned in the bag and she zipped it up.
Dawn came up first. "He did see him, but he still doesn't know anything about Nebby."
"Oh, that's good," Lillie responded.
Dawn looked at the ground with narrowed eyes. Her heart was still beating after what she just did, and went faster remembering that Ash deepened the kiss. "Does he really like me, or…" she wondered.
"Pip?" Piplup questioned.
Dawn turned to him with a small smile. "Good job, Piplup…"
Piplup gave her a questioned look. "Lup?"
"Thanks again, Dawn. For getting Nebby, and all that you have done!" Lillie said.
Dawn turned to her with a smile. "No problem! I care about the little cutie too. I hope that we can get it somewhere safe someday!"
Lillie smiled.
Ash then came up. "Alright… So, let's get back to Kukui!"
"Right!" the girls shouted.
As they started walking, Ash turned to Lillie with a questioned look. "So… Why did you wonder over there in the first place, Lillie?"
Lillie gave a nervous look. "Well, I just…" Lillie tried to think of something real quick. "Wanted to see the pretty flowers around there!"
"Yeah, they're real pretty. But, you couldn't ask Kukui to go and see them?"
Lillie jumped. "Oh… T-that didn't cross my mind." She let out a nervous laugh.
"Well, as long as you're okay, I'm sure Kukui well understand!"
"Yeah."
"So Lillie, did you see that blueish, purplish pokemon out there?"
Lillie jumped. "N-No! I didn't!" she lied.
Ash sighed. "Darn. I guess it got away." Ash mumbled. But then put a fist up in the air with a confident smile. "But, that's okay! Maybe I'll bump into it again one day!"
Lillie gave a horrified look. "Oh Arceus no," she thought.
"And there's going to be tons of other pokemon out there for me to catch!"
"That's right! There's no need to worry!" Dawn said.
Ash laughed. But when he saw Dawn, he looked away. And when Dawn saw that, she looked down with a frown.
