Hey, guys! I'm back again with another chapter! It's not long after I posted the last one. In fact, I'm writing this directly after posting the last chapter. Yes, that is the exact same thing that started off the last chapter. Anyway, let's get straight to the chapter!
Ash woke up, feeling the tight grip from Serena, who had already woken up and remembered the day before.
"Serena," Ash muttered, getting her attention, to which Serena raised her head from Ash's chest.
"Morning, Daredevil," Serena whispered, adjusting her position, kneeling on the bed with her knees on either side of Ash, her face a few inches from Ash's.
"S-Serena," Ash muttered, chuckling lightly.
"I like being this close to you," Serena murmured before kissing Ash on the cheek, causing him to freak out a little, pushing Serena off him playfully.
"Hey!" Serena exclaimed, grabbing the quilt and throwing it over Ash's head.
"I knew you two were dating!"
Ash pulled the covers off his head as Serena turned around, both of them looking at a smiling Bonnie.
"That was really cute!" She exclaimed, giggling a little.
"W-We're not dating!" Ash exclaimed, looking at Serena who was blushing madly.
"Then why did Serena kiss you?" Bonnie asked, looking confused.
"I just wanted to show him how much I care," Serena blurted out, trying to think of an excuse.
"Okay," Bonnie said slowly, contemplating whether or not she should believe Serena, which she decided to do for the time being.
The first rays of sunlight broke through the windows curtains, showing Ash, Serena and Bonnie that it was time to get ready for the last day of activities.
"Okay!" Sycamore shouted when they all got outside. "Today's activity is the last big one of the camp, and it is Pokémon battling!"
The campers cheered, even the people with no Pokémon to battle with, as watching battles is as entertaining as participating in the battles.
"So, what I'm going to do is ask all of you with a Pokémon to go to the left," Sycamore said, pointing to his right, but left for everyone facing him. "And I'm going to ask for everyone who doesn't have a Pokémon with you to go the right," Sycamore instructed, again, pointing the wrong way for him, but the right way for the campers.
Everyone dispersed, about three-quarters of all the campers went to their right, letting Sycamore know that the vast majority of people didn't have a Pokémon with them, leaving ten other campers with Pokémon to do the activity. Enough to make a small tournament out of it.
"Okay," Sycamore said, looking over at everyone who had a Pokémon. "Now, who's here?" He mumbled, letting out the little rhetorical question before looking down at a list he had in his hands. "Okay, Ash, Clemont, David, Anthony, Harry, Georgia, Jasmine, Elisha, Jimmy and Greg. You're all battling?"
They all nodded.
"Okay, then. Follow me to the battlefield," Sycamore told them all before leading all forty-or-so campers through the forest and down some somewhat camouflaged stairs, going underground and into a massive gymnasium-style room after a minute of going down.
The campers gawped at the room, marvelling at how such a big space was there with no-one mentioning it.
Sycamore led everyone without a Pokémon into the bleachers and turned to address the battlers.
"Okay, so, the way we're going to work this is like a tournament. I'm going to write your names on some paper, put them into a hat and randomly draw the names. I'll draw two at a time, and the names of the people I draw will be battling against each other, okay?"
The ten of them nodded, to which Sycamore nodded in return before heading over to the bleachers to let everyone else know the plan, to which they all nodded too.
Sycamore left the gymnasium, coming back five minutes-or-so later with a hat; ten pieces of paper donning the names of the battlers on them.
"Okay!" Sycamore exclaimed, shaking the hat a little to jumble them up more. "I'm going to draw two names, and they will battle. I'll do that five times, and then there will be five left. Four of those five will battle in twos and the winner of one of those battles will battle the third person left. The winner of that will battle the last person left, and the winner of that is the winner of our makeshift tournament."
The spectators cheered a little for some reason as Sycamore drew the first two names.
"David and Jasmine."
The battles went by quickly. Both Ash and Clemont won all their battles, and, by now, they were both about to battle each other.
"Go on, Pikachu!"
"I choose you, Luxray!"
"Begin!" Sycamore shouted.
"Pikachu, start this off with Quick Attack!" Ash exclaimed, pointing at Luxray.
Pikachu darted forwards, bounding across the floor, slamming into Luxray with incredible speed, almost knocking the black and blue lion to the floor.
"Quick! Get it with Bite!" Clemont shouted, watching as Luxray jumped forwards and bit down, just catching Pikachu's tail as he was attempting to run away.
"Iron Tail!" Ash shouted, to which Pikachu obliged, turning his tail to solid iron, causing Luxray's teeth to hurt drastically as it was biting down with as much force as it could muster. "Now jump in the air and use Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu pulled away from Luxray before launching himself up to the ceiling, spinning as he fired a powerful bolt of electricity towards the other electric type.
As it hit, Luxray screamed in pain. Despite it also being an electric type, it took a substantial amount of damage from the attack, as Pikachu was a decently strong Pokémon.
"Use Ice Fang!" Clemont commanded, just hoping he could deal enough damage before Luxray would faint.
The attack connected with Pikachu, causing the yellow mouse to take some damage and get cold.
"Use Quick Attack to dart around the room. It'll warm you up!" Ash shouted, to which Pikachu did just that, sprinting around until it warmed up. "Now hit Luxray with it!"
Pikachu collided with Luxray, actually causing the Pokémon to fall over this time due to the amount of extra speed.
"Luxray is unable to battle! Ash is the winner!" Sycamore exclaimed, pointing at Ash.
Everyone applauded Ash's victory and sympathised about Clemont's loss. Ash and Clemont walked over to each other and shook hands before everyone left the battle arena, healing their Pokémon and going to get dinner.
Later that night, everyone was ready for the next day. They had been told by Sycamore that it would merely consist of two very small activities, as the camp would end sometime in the afternoon.
Everyone was sound asleep by now. Everyone except for Bonnie.
Bonnie, being unable to sleep, knew the reason why. She had a question for Serena that she needed the answer to.
Getting out of bed, she walked over to where Serena was sleeping and shook her awake. "Wake up," she whispered. "I need to talk to you."
Serena stirred, finally waking up after a few moments. "What is it?" She asked groggily.
"I need to ask you something," Bonnie replied.
"Go on, then."
"You said you're not in a relationship with Ash," Bonnie started, to which Serena nodded. "But do you have a crush on him?"
Serena blushed, looking over at Ash for a second, before turning back to Bonnie to answer her question. "Yes."
There we go! Another chapter is done! I've posted a chapter every day for three days now. Don't expect it to be like this normally. I've just had the urge to write a lot. Anyway, leave a review with anything you want in it, as I will approve. Yes, even 'hate.' It's merely constructive criticism, so I'll be happy to hear about what I need to improve. BYE!
