Cleaving bonds 1

It was morning and Ash and Serena were in their room sitting side by side at the edge of Ash's bed. Just outside, The rain made its last drop in the sky. Serena took a glance at Ash and sighed as she looked upon his sad face unable to cheer him up. It was not long since Noivern got injured. Noivern could still move, but couldn't fly.

The two were alone in their room and both were on Ash's bed sitting side by side with Serena's hand wavering because of her timidness. She was unable to muster up the courage to even hold his hand. They went further than holding hands, but it was because it was the heat of the moment like when she met up with Ash at Lucario's cave where she body slammed into him because of being departed or Ash made the move first.

She constantly asked him if he was doing alright, but Ash always responded with a yes, but his tone of voice did not match his word. Whenever he said that Serena could tell that he was sad.

Serena tried to bake him some sweets on the desk, but it was left untouched. Ash would tell Serena that he just wasn't hungry.

The room was left in awkward silence, but only Serena felt it. The silence was uncomfortable to her, but Ash didn't mind it. He was in too deep in a trance.

A door knock got Ash out of the trance and Serena relieved. Serena opened the door and revealed to be Leaf and Bonnie. Bonnie was slumping against the door because she was still a little bit sleepy so when it opened she fell down back first to the floor.

"Ow," Bonnie said on the floor. This woke her right up from sleepy trance.

"Sorry about that," Serena said to the eight year old girl. Serena helped her up.

"It's fine," Bonnie replied.

"What's up?" Serena asked the two.

"Just checking if He still glum," Leaf answered.

"Afraid so." Serena sighed and held her head down. "Food usually gets to him, but the cake I bake is still lying on the desk. he hasn't touched it.

Leaf put his hand next to Serena and gave her an optimistic smile. "Don't worry he can't stay like this forever. We could try to have a pokemon battle with him."

Serena lit up a little. "Great idea."

As soon as they got that idea, Leaf dragged Ash across the floors of the pokemon center and the dirt of the ground outside. Serena advised Leaf to be more careful, but in Leaf defense she said that Ash couldn't get more sad and even if the tried to carry him they would probably drop him due to his weight. Ash was heavier than how he looks.

In the trainer boxes of the pokemon battlefield just outside the pokemon center there stood Leaf and a slouching Ash only standing by the assistance of Serena. Bonnie was on the side of the Arena playing with Dedene on her pouch.

Leaf got out her Venasuar. "Ash let's fight." She activated her megastone. "You promised once I get a megastone we would fight. Unless your chicken." Leaf keep taunting Ash and preety soon she megaevolved her Venasuar. It glowed it with a white majestic light surrounding it and out came a new pokemon.

Ash looked at awe and slowly and not noticing he was reverting back to his old self. His eyes started to lit a fire with blazing passion for the battle about to commence. Pretty soon Serena didn't even need to assist him in standing. Ash got out his Charizard, not quite himself, but more peppier.

Serena was happy about that. She smiled in the background as she took her place to the side of the arena with Bonnie.

The battle commence, Charizard versus Mega Venasuar.

"Charizard use flamethrower," Ash shouted. The flame pokemon obeyed. A gigantic flame blasted outfrom its mouth and it went towards a Mega Venasuar.

"Venasuar quickly try to move to the side and use hyper beam," Leaf responded.

The Hyper Beam hit the flame pokemon and the pokemon became unbalance. It fell to the ground. As it fell Ash was reminded of another fall, the one with Noivern.

Ash reverted back to his depressed state and returned Charizard to its pokeball returning, knowing he couldn't continue with this. "Charizard return," Ash said doing so.

There was multiple reactions to this. For Charizard he looked back with a confused look at his trainer before he was returned because he wasn't defeated he just fell. Both Serena and bonnie had the same reason for their reaction, but different reaction to the situation. Bonnie was confused and Serena was worried because they both never saw Ash quick in the middle of a battle and Leaf, she was outraged. He stopped the battle and clearly Leaf wasn't going to take it well.

Leaf shouted to Ash, "What the heck we were in the middle of a match. What the heck!."

Ash replied back in a depressed tone, "Sorry, about that that." He titled his hat to hide his the expression of his face to everybody else.

"Well forget this." Leaf deactivated her mega stone and a returned her Venasuar to its pokeball. "Bonnie let's go to the others."

With that the eight year old girl and Leaf went out of the field but not before Bonnie wished Serena good luck.

Now the two were alone, not moving. after a few minutes Serena walked over to Ash. She grabbed his hand and held it tight. She wanted him to feel secure with her touch. "Ash let's go get lunch," Serena said. They went back to the pokemon center with Serena not once letting go of Ash's hand.

They got a booth in the cafeteria. Ash and Serena sat face to face and their pokemon ate on the ground. Some chatter erupted with the pokemon, but other than that it was quiet until Ash finished his plate.

"I'm going out and get some fresh air," Ash announce as he stood up.

That's a start, Serena thought and then ate at a faster pace. "I'll come with you," Serena suggested smiling, as she stood up,

"No thanks." Ash rejected the proposal.

"But-."

"I just need to be alone for a while I'll come back later." He exited out of the building.

"I just wanted to help," she muttered as she sat back and slouched back. She needed advice to help Ash and the person who knew him the most was his mother.

She got up the table and went to the phone in the pokemon center. She called Delia. the Phone rang for a couple seconds and a pokemon called Mr. Mime picked it up.

"Mr. Mime, can you please get Ms. Ketchum over here?" Serena asked.

In response the pokemon nodded and then went off screen. Delia appeared in the face of the screen soon after a couple of moments.

"Hey Ms. Ketchum." Serena greeted her casually.

"Come on Serena you make me feel so old of you say 'Ms. Ketchum' to greet me," Delia replied.

"What would you like me to call you then?" Serena questioned.

"Well I guess you can call me by my first name, Delia, or you could call mom."

"Wa- wa - what!?" Serena blushed at the thought of being family in the future an what it meant. She started blushing. "Uh.. It might be confusing since i call my own mom that name."

"You could call me something like mother or something like that." Mrs. Ketchum Grinned.

"Um..." Serena replied timidly. This resulted in Delia not hearing her which made her ramble on for twenty minutes about this. In a sudden move she accidentally raised her voice.

Mrs. Ketchum stooped talking and Serena winced.

"Sorry about that," Serena apologized.

"What for?" Delia asked in confusion.

"I raised my voice. It was very disrespectful."

"It wasn't that big deal, but if its any consolation I forgive you.

"Thanks."

"So what's the problem?"

"Well Ash has been depressed and I could do to cheer him up."

"How much did he eat?"

"Only about two plates."

"What size?"

"Normal size."

"Only that size." Delia gasped.

"Yeah only that size."

"Normally I would say that you would wait for him to get over it, but you don't have the time. So... maybe just give him a gift."

"Like what?"

"Well my son is quite infatuated with you so maybe just take him on a date or something."

A date huh, Serena thought, Technically we've never been on one so this will be are first.

"Ok I'll do something like that, thanks." With that Serena hanged up thinking of things to go to. Serena went to her and Ash's pokemon sat back in the booth. Most of Ash's pokemon were asleep in place since they almost stayed up all night worrying about Noivern. There was one missing though and it was the injured pokemon.

Serena panicked remembering the words Ash said to her before he left. She woke up the sleeping pokemon and told them of her predicament. They woke up a little bitter of being woken from their nap, but this was for their friend so they didn't stay that way.

A search party was of both Serena and all the pokemon under her care. They agreed they would meet up in about two hours and they wouldn't stay far from the city. Most of them splitted up on their own to cover more ground and some in pairs. They all wouldn't stop until they would find their friend.

Ash was in the middle of the forest just sitting on a log thinking about the stuff that happened recently. It was serene. Some light seeped through the leaves and made its way into the spot. It had been an half a hour of doing this. The peacefulness stopped when a rustle was heard in the bushes.

A head popped out. It was a Noivern , but was it his. It wasn't really rare to see that pokemon in the wild if there was a cave, but then more of the body came out bandages and all. An apple was in its hand.

"Noivern?" Ash asked questionably. "What are you doing here. Isn't Serena watching you."

Noivern stood there still for a moment and walked.

"I... um... I-I'm sorry Noivern," Ash said as he controlled the tears about to burst. "I should have been there for you."

Noivern ignored all the words just said, approached him with an apple at hand and gave it to him.