I'm sorry for not posting chapters like I should be doing, but college comes first! Don't like that? FIGHT ME!
Alright, I'll get on with the chapter! Enjoy Chapter 6!
"Lucario, aura sphere!" Yells a very frustrated Liam as he frowns at Dusknoir who wasn't backing out of the fight just yet. The jackal gets right back up and jumps onto a branch before attacking the ghost type. The attack hit and sent it flying backwards again. Dusknoir wasn't getting up. It was out cold. "Nice one, Lucario." He compliments his partner as he gives him a thumb up. He then recalls him to his pokeball.
Brock was the first to speak up, "Liam, your alive?" His question sent Clemont and Bonnie looking at each other before listening to the conversation.
The boy swallows, not looking at them for a moment before sighing. "Yes I am. My leader revived me, but only to try to kill me again. Don't worry, she can't try again." He explains his leader and how she summoned Lucario to aid him. Brock was still confused as the young boy ends his story.
"What was her name?" Bonnie pipes up making Clemont shoot a glare at her.
"Bonnie, that's personal." He whispers at her before having her ignore him by putting her hand to his face. If it wasn't so serious right now, Brock would've laughed at their antics.
"Its Ines." Liam says softy making his way over to Brock. "Please, kill me before she takes my life again." He asks making the doctor go into shock.
"Look Liam, I am not going to kill you. I won't let her kill you either. Ben and I discussed this earlier, you and the prince are our responsibilities. Even if it means having to protect an assassin that tried to assassinate the prince." Brock says kneeling to the boy's level before putting a hand on his shoulder. "The butler cares a lot about you. He knows little kids, he raised the prince when his parents died."
"Oh, so that's why the prince calls him uncle." Bonnie thought out loud as Clemont looks scared out of his life. The siblings were watching them, while shivering a bit.
"Hey, why don't you guys stay at the castle tonight? We can give you fresh cloths and food." Brock asks turning around and gently dragging Liam with him. "Liam, you will be coming with me. You will stay in Ben's room until he comes back."
The group follows Brock towards a brilliant constructed castle that looks like new. Bonnie and Clemont noticed the red drapes around the windows and how the carpet was the same color as they enter through the big gates. Liam looked like he didn't care about the design, but he looks with wide eyes at the interior. It was filled with paintings of a man and woman, King Ralph and Queen Delia, sitting next to each other. Delia had a baby bump that made Bonnie ask her brother the very embarrassing question, where do baby's come from? Clemont just ignored her as he sees another painting of a boy with raven hair and chestnut colored eyes in a blue suite and tie. He held a Pichu up with a smile on his face.
Was that Pikachu when it was a Pichu? That looks a lot like Prince Ash. Clemont thinks as he eyes another painting, this time his suspicions grew as the boy was standing between two graves, his hands on each grave. Those are probably his parents?
"I know what your thinking; give Prince Ash pity for the death of his parents. Well, I don't like when people think of the past like that." A voice mumbles beside him, making the engineer jump in surprise. "My apologies if I startled you."
Clemont shakes his head before bowing while saying his name. Beside him was none other than the prince, a little taller than expected, but the prince he saw in the painting. He wears a red shirt, with black pants. He isn't wearing any shoes. "You didn't startle me your highness'- "
"Call me Ash. You're a friend of the prince now, Clemont."
"O-oh kay, sorry Ash." The engineer apologieses once more earning a small pat on the back from the prince.
"No need to apologies Clemont. I am the one that just apologized for startling you." He says before looking up at the painting. "I never thought I would see them here." He whispers before shaking his head and putting on a smile. He nodded towards the dining hall for the engineer to follow. "Let's go eat." He says rushing over to the hall.
Clemont looks at the painting for the final time, before following the delicious smell that was coming from the dinning hall. Pork, lamb, and beef were all placed on the table as he sees the princess and his sister sit down beside the prince. He frowns thinking that Serena wanted to sit with him, but decided to push the thought out for the time being. It wasn't that he was getting jealous or anything. He just thought that his closest friend would like to chat with him. Serena, instead, was listening to Ash as he talks about something which made her laugh.
Something in him broke right then and there. He didn't like this feeling at all. He brushed it aside as he enters the hall and sliding into a seat next to Bonnie. His sister gave him a concern look, because he never sat by her for anything. Clemont smiles at her before taking a bite of his piece of lamb which sat in front of him on a plate. He was amazed. The food was amazing. Nothing compared to the food he has had in Kalos.
"Clemont, are you okay?" Bonnie whispers quietly so that Serena, Brock, and Ash won't hear. The latter nodded taking a bite of bread. His sister's cheeks puffed out but decided to annoy him later.
Clemont stares at his friends before excusing himself from the table. He leaves without a word to Bonnie or the others. That worried the younger sibling as she stares at his descending form in the hall. Serena was staring at her food before getting up and following the engineer. Ash looks at Bonnie for information, but the little girl just shrugs, unknown about her brother's feelings.
"I'm worried for my brother too, Ash. I just can't help but wonder why he's acting strange." The blond-haired girl mutters as she takes a sip of water.
Across from the table Brock gives them a "are you kidding me?" look, carefully finding the words in his head. "I think he has feelings for Serena." He says as Bonnie spits out her water on Ash as the prince looks at him in confusion.
"Your saying that my brother has a crush on Serena? Not a chance! I can defiantly tell you that she has a crush on- " A startled Serena suddenly runs from the hall with a desperate look on her face. "Serena, what happened? Where's my brother?"
"Some people in cloaks took him!" She yells as Ash walks to her trying to calm her down. Serena takes a step back, away from him as she shakes her head. "This is my fault. If I hadn't angered him- no it would be the same."
"Serena, tell us from the beginning what happened?" Asks Brock, making his way towards the group. He folds his arms and looks at her. "What did you do to anger him?"
"Well," She starts her story.
A few minutes ago:
Clemont couldn't help but let the tears drop as he feels his aching heart break even further. Why can't he see that Serena was Ash's best friend now? Why can't the pain go away? Those thoughts came back as he started playing with a pebble. The pebble is his friend, because unlike Serena, it does have feelings for him. Feelings that make the pebble large enough to hold onto without dropping it. The engineer blinks. Why did he just compare a pebble to his best friend? Is he that desperate?
He hears footsteps approaching him from behind. Familiar footsteps he has come to know. "What do you want, Serena?"
"How did you know that I was coming?" the honey blond asks twirling her hair with her finger nervously. To her surprise the boy chuckles.
"I know you better than anyone." He responds while throwing the pebble away. "Now answer my question."
"I just came to see if your all right. Is that fine?"
"Serena, you should just go hang out with Ash rather than me. I see the way you look at him." He grits his teeth as he hears the girls sigh. Clemont closes his eyes as tears pour out. "I lost my mother, who was my only friend besides my dad and Bonnie, to an unforgiving person. Now I just might lose my best friend too."
"Clemont, don't say things like that. Nothing good comes out from it anyways. You have more friends than ever here in Kanto. You just don't know it yet." Serena says walking closer to the boy and giving out a hand for him to take. "You have me, Bonnie, Brock, and Ash- "
"Ooh Ash is in this conversation too?" Clemont growls angrily before a bright light blinds both him and Serena. He covers his eyes with his arm and shoots her a glare. "Are you his go to friend now? Do you even like me as a friend?" he whispers before people in cloaks entered in from behind me. He frowns at her and turns to them before walking away, making the cloaked people tie him up. His eyes widen as reality sets into place. He was trapped.
"Of course, I do! You're my best friend! You will never be replaced by Ash! We- we are a family, Clemont!" Serena yells releasing her partner, Braixen. "Flamethrower!"
"Take care of Bonnie." Clemont whispers to her before the cloaked people sent sleep powder his way. He falls to the ground as Serena screams.
Present time:
Bonnie didn't know what to think of this. Was she mad or glad that Serena told them? She felt sick at the thought of her brother giving himself up like that and not even knowing about it. Worst of all, Serena and he had an argument prior of getting kidnapped. What if he doesn't-? No, bonnie thought shaking her head, I can't think like that.
Ash was the first to speak up as he was seated at a round table next to Brock and herself. "Clemont, as much as I hate to say this in front of his sister, is in fault for putting himself into this. Getting himself captured like that isn't what most people do. Like Serena says, this doesn't sound like Clemont at all." He speaks glancing at Bonnie in worry. He then adds, "I think the same thing happened to Liam, but involved his death. Liam and Clemont are or were being controlled by whoever the cloaked people are under. That's just my theory." He ends while trying to look away from Serena who stares at him with an expressionless stare.
A brief silence follows before a yawn escapes Bonnie's mouth. Serena brakes out of her stare down and giggles at the girl making Ash sigh a little. Brock looks at them with tired some eyes and gets up to leave.
"We will look for more clues at dawn." Ash whispers concluding their meeting while walking Serena and Bonnie to their room. They both nodded and went inside for the night. The prince himself stood there in silence for a moment before leaving for his room.
Maybe I can talk to Liam about this? Ash thinks as he drifts off to sleep.
Don't ask me questions about a out of character Clemont! I needed something to happen and this is what I thought of. FIGHT ME!
Oh, and for the record, this book is amourshipping, not SerenaXClemont (whatever you call that ship)
Braixen finally makes her appearance! Don't worry, Ash will get his Pokémon. Just be patient!
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