Oliverqueen01- No episode this week makes me sad. I have to wait a week for Ash vs Shota (Sawyer in the dub) but who watches the dub? :p Anyway you know what is here this week though? This chapter. So enjoy this week's chapter which is sure to be eventful as always and as usual reviews/questions will be handled at the end.

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OliverQueen01: Thank you Goofy, at least your useful unlike a certain duck.

Goofy: Ahyuck. You don't know the half of it, but can we go take a nap? It's been a long day of fighting them heartless fellers.

Oliverqueen01- Sure goofy leggo! Now on to the story * Goes with Goofy to nap while everyone reads the chapter *


Chapter 17: The past and confessions collide.

Serena was sitting at park eating an chocolate ice cream waiting for Ash to show up. Today was the day he picked to finally explain everything about his past to her. There was also the matter of their kiss. Half an hour later Ash showed up and apologized for being late.

"You've been waiting long?" Ash asked as he sat down.

"No, but why are you so late?" Serena asked

"Well, long story short I had to wait for my laundry to be done and the machine was being a pain in the Dunsparce and only half working." He explained.

Serena laughed at Ash. She would have thought he was late due to either his mother or pokemon but she didn't expect it to be because of a simple appliance. Once she stopped laughing she spoke.

"So..." Serena began

"So..." Ash began

There was an awkward silence between Ash and Serena. Neither one of them didn't know where to begin. Ash gulped and decided to speak up to break the silence and start to get the pokeball rolling so to speak.

"So, which do you want to know about first? Our moment or my first date ever?" Ash asked in a questioning voice.

Serena thought about her decision very carefully. On the one hand they could talk about the kiss and get it over with but then there was the matter of his first date which he had mentioned to her when they first met. No matter which one she chose the other would have to get talked about and discussed. Serena then came to her decision and spoke.

"Your first date ever. Our kiss can wait." She answered.

Ash sighed and then scratched his cheek nervously as he began his tale of what happened before Serena came into his life.


1 year ago...

Ash was standing in front of his dresser sighing as he was spraying deodorant as he received another text message from Gary.

Gary: HA! Told you your mother was up to something, Now what's the score 23-1?

Ash chuckled as he wrote his reply

Ash: Very Funny, You know maybe I should tell Leaf about what you were really doing last week when you were "Sick." ;)

Minutes passed as No response from Gary came back. Ash chuckled knowing that he had scared Gary with his threat. As he continued spraying Deodorant on himself Pikachu hopped on the dresser and looked at Ash curiously.

"Pika-Pi?"

Ash rubbed Pikachu on his head to which he sighed contently. He smiled at Pikachu and spoke.

"Your going to be good tonight right?"

"Pika."

"I know, but don't give mom a hard time just because she was the one who's making me go on this date."

Pikachu smirked at Ash, He knew that Ash didn't want to go on this date but he couldn't help but laugh at his owners predicament. Ash looked over at his oldest friend and teased him with his pokeball. When Ash was done he and Pikachu went downstairs. Ash sat on the couch while waiting for his mother to come back with his date.

The door opened and in walked both his mother and his supposed date for that evening. She had Lilac eyes and hair, she was wearing a white sun dress, purple tights, a pair of heels with a slight uplift. Ash had to admit to himself that she was quite beautiful.

"Ash, this is Anabel, Anabel this is my son Ash." Delia said as she introduced the two teens to each other.

"Hi." Ash said with a shy tone

"Hi." Anabel replied with the same tone.

"Look at you two acting shy around each other, anyway you two have a good time and don't come back until curfew." Delia teased

Delia handed Ash the money he was to use on his date and then she went upstairs. Ash looked at Anabel nervously before he spoke.

"Ready to go?" Ash asked as he regained his composure

Anabel giggled slightly as she said yes. The two of them exited the house and began walking. Ash thought he might as well make small talk with her.

"So Anabel was it? , how did my mom talk you into going on a date with me?"

Anabel laughed before she spoke.

"Well, it was more like our a collaborative effort between our mothers. You know how they had that book club for a while?" She asked him.

Ash nodded as Anabel continued.

"Well, one night after their club's gathering they were talking about the two of us for some reason and well they came up with the idea that we should go out on a date to see if we would feel anything for each other." She explained to him.

The two of them laughed. They knew their mothers were meaning well for them but sometimes they wished they would butt out of their lives sometimes. After a while they reached Ramon's and went inside.

The waiter lead them to a table and took their orders. The waiter went back to the kitchen to have the chef make the food. While the two of them were waiting for their food, they decided to get to know each other more.

"So how come I don't see you around school Anabel? You know someone with your unique appearance would be noticed there."

"I know but I'm actually home-schooled by my mother. It's quite nice you know, at least there I don't have to deal with cliques, drama and other things." Anabel told him.

"It's not all that bad there are people there who don't cause drama at all but that's a completely different topic, So how come your home-schooled if you don't mind me asking?"

"Not at all, let's see it's been at least 5 generations of my family who've been home-schooled since my Great Great Great Great Grandfather so I guess you can say it runs in the family."

"I see, what about siblings?" Ash asked changing the subject.

"I'm an only child my parents divorced at least it was a peaceful breakup unlike how most of them usually go when I was younger, yourself?"

"Same here, Sometimes I wished I had an older sibling to look up to for advice and stuff, it would be helpful since my dad isn't around." Ash said in a low voice.

"What happened to your father, if it's not too hard to talk about?"

Anabel suddenly felt the atmosphere around them change from light and happy to dark and scary, when she looked at Ash he was looking like he was fighting an internal battle with himself he then spoke.

"Um, when I was 3 he went on his own pokemon journey. He was travelling around the region and that was the last time we ever heard from him. A couple of months later they found his body at MT. Moon covered in rocks, the detective in charge said it was a cave-in, that they were no signs of a struggle nor fight. His pokemon probably fled the area and went back to the wild to live out the rest of their lives. So since that day I've been fatherless." Ash said in a solemn voice.

Anabel cried at Ash's tale. She wasn't expecting to hear that happened to his father. She then took her hand and placed it on top of his which caused him to jump a little. She then spoke after wiping her tears.

"I'm sorry for your loss. Ash be honest with me, you are like me and you are only on this date to keep your mom happy right?" She asked with a sincere tone.

Ash gave a small light laugh before he answered.

"Ya you got me, I love my mom to death. I hate it when she's all sad and depressed. She thinks I don't notice it sometimes when I catch her looking at his pictures or talking about him, but I notice. After all I am the only man in the house now." he said with a low voice.

Anabel smiled at him and then spoke.

"Well I know she'll be proud of you regardless, but I think we can take the date label of this outing and remain friends right?" she asked smiling.

"Right." He repiled.

The two of them smiled at each other and the atmosphere returned to normal as the food finally came and they began to chow down. Once they completed their meal they payed the bill, tipped the waiter and left. Ash walked Anabel home and up to her doorstep.

"Well Ash, despite the turn things took tonight, I actually had a nice time with you." She admitted to him with a slight blush.

"Same here, sorry about bringing the mood down." he said with a hand scratching the back of his head shyly.

"It's not your fault, Anyway what are we going to tell our mothers about this since they'll be pestering us about it?" She asked curiously.

"We'll just say we decided to remain friends and nothing more." He assured her.

"Deal."

The two of them hugged as Ash began to walk away Anabel called out to him.

"Hey Ash." She called out to him

"Ya?"

"I'm sure that there's someone out there for you somewhere, and when you do find her you'll know." She told him smiling.

Ash smiled at her with a cheesy grin.

"Thanks Anabel, the same applies to you."

The two of them then went their separate ways to their houses. When both of them got questioned by their mothers, well let's just say it was a very long night that ended with embarrassment.

*End of Flashback *


Back to present day...

"So where is she now?" Serena asked curiously

"Hoenn, she um got an offered to lead a place called the Battle Tower as a part of something called the Battle Frontier a week after our date. That was the last time I saw her, we keep in touch sometimes but I can tell she's really happy there." Ash answered.

"Do you miss her?" Serena asked

"Sometimes, but I know we'll see each other again someday." He answered confidently.

Serena studied the expression on Ash's face. He finally admitted to her what happened on his first date ever, but there was still this look of dread on it. She knew now that this was out of the way, they could get to the real issue between them: the fateful kiss they had when they went out on their date.

"So now that's out of the way, I guess there's only one thing left we need to address." Ash said to her shyly.

"Ya, do you want to go first or should I?" She asked

"I think I-" both of them said at the same time.

Both of them laughed and blushed at each other. After regaining their composure Ash decided to speak up and get it over with before anything else happened.

"Serena, ever since the day we first met I've thought of you as nothing more than my friend, hell my best friend even who's a girl. But I think after recent events that have happened between us, I don't think that is possible anymore." Ash stated to her.

Serena was in shock at what Ash was saying to her, true things between them had changed lately but to discontinue their friendship over one little kiss was infuriating. She turned red with anger and decided to yell at him.

"SO, JUST BECAUSE WE KISSED DURING A SKIT, A SKIT WHICH YOU CHOSE NEED I REMIND YOU YOUR DECIDING TO END OUR FRIENDSHIP? THEN FINE. THANK YOU ASH KETCHUM FOR PLAYING WITH MY HEART, MAKING ME FALL FOR YOU AND MOST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR BEING A JERK!"

Serena was about to run off with tears in her eyes when Ash grabbed her hand.

"Let go of my hand Ash, as you said we're no longer friends." Serena said in between tears and sniffles.

Ash laughed at Serena trying to threaten him which puzzled her. Ash had just ended their friendship over their kiss, So why was he laughing now at her? Once he stopped laughing he caught his breath and wiped away Serena's tears.

"Serena, you beautiful gullible girl did I say I was calling off our friendship?" he asked

"No, but-" Serena said as she was interrupted.

Ash put a finger on her lips.

"Will you let me finish then, before jumping to conclusions?" He asked with pleading eyes.

Serena nodded as Ash removed his finger from her lips and began to talk.

"Serena, do you know what you mean to me? I'll tell you. Before I met you I was convinced that I would never find someone to call my own that I would never experience true love like everyone else in the world even after my date with Anabel, then like a breath of fresh air you appeared. You're talented, independent, loving, kind and constantly find a way to inspire me to be a better person." He said to her causing her to blush.

"A-Ash what are you saying?" She asked in shock

Ash got down on both of his knees and held his arms out wide. Serena was crying again but this time in happiness. He then spoke.

"I really like you Serena. I know I'm not perfect like prince charming from so many fairy tales but I can't picture my life without you in so would you-" He said before he was interrupted.

Serena tackled Ash to the ground which caused him to lay on his back. She was hugging him and looked into his brown eyes. Ash was in shock, he expected her to be happy but not this happy, that's when a look of enlightenment came across his face.

"Wait you-" He began to say before he was interrupted again.

She put her finger on his lips silencing him.

"Since that day at the ranch when you rescued me from team rocket." She admitted to him.

Ash stared at her in amazement. Here he thought that Serena had no feelings for him romantically whatsoever but here it turns out he was wrong. He wondered how he could have been so dense and oblivious before around her but it didn't matter now he was finally happy that he told her how he felt.

"You know what would make this moment more romantic?" She said quietly to him

"What would?" he asked with curiosity

"If it started snowing right now, it'd just be perfect." She answered.

As soon as Serena finished her words, a small white spec fell on her nose. Both Ash and her looked up at the sky as they saw snow starting to fall. They looked at each other and blushed, before Ash spoke up.

"You know, you must be a psychic it's snowing now, but there's still one thing missing." he teased

Serena looked at him confused and spoke.

"It's snowing and there's still one thing missing? What is it?" she asked

Ash chuckled and then he spoke.

"This."

Ash grabbed Serena into his arms, moved some of her hair out of her face and stared into her eyes before he made contact with her lips. He felt the taste of peach lip gloss from her lips, which he liked. Serena on the other hand was overjoyed that Ash had finally told her what happened on his first ever date and the fact they he actually liked her. She was happy that after months of confusion between them that he felt the same way about her.

The two of them were enjoying what was happening right now. Their lips intertwined giving them both a sense of pleasure and happiness with each passing moment it grew more intense. After a while they stopped and looked at each other and smiled.

"It's getting late, let's go home." Ash said to her as he grabbed her to help her get up.

Once she was up and cleaned herself up Serena grabbed Ash's hand intertwining her finger with his fingers. As they walked out of the park an old elderly couple looked at them sighed at them saying "Ah young love."


On the walk back to Serena's house, Ash kept looking at the ribbon he had given her since her birthday. Serena noticed this and spoke to him.

"I hope your not looking at my chest that intensely. I may love you but there are somethings that you cant get just yet." Serena teased him with a blush on her face.

"Very funny. I was actually looking at the ribbon I gave you on your birthday." he repiled.

"Oh, what about it?" Serena asked curiously.

"I was just wondering, why did you decide to use it like that? I mean you could have you used it any other way like a ribbon in your hair or on your backpack or other things but why on your dress like that aside from the pure aesthetic part?" Ash asked curiously.

Serena giggled and put her hand over the ribbon before she answered.

"Well it was a gift you gave to me and you are my world. True I could have used it anyway like you mentioned but this seemed the right way to use it and I hoped that if you ever did see it that it would make you think the world of me." Serena repiled.

Ash was amazed. He knew that Serena being a girl was naturally a romantic since it was programmed into her species since birth and some of them would go overboard like in the movies, tv shows and people in general that he knew, but he liked that Serena was normal and simple with her idea of romance.

The two of them finally reached her house with Rhyhorn looked at them. It was about to grunt at them when he remembered the words Serena had told him about Ash the last time he had grunted at them.

"Ash really means a lot to me. He won't hurt me, so please for my sake will you try to get along with him? Please?"

Rhyhorn then snapped back to reality and just gave Ash a look of if you hurt her I will give you a horn attack so hard that no doctor alive would be able to fix what would happen to you. Ash gulped as Rhyhorn then went back to it's hut and went back to sleep.

"Rhyhorn still doesn't trust me does he?" Ash asked

"Give him time, after all this is all new to him and us." Serena assured him.

"I know, the two of us now being a couple now is going to take a while of getting used to. Speaking of being a couple, we're going to have to tell the others you know that way they can get off our backs." Ash said to her

"I know, when?" she asked wondering the same thought.

"Let's see, winter break starts on Thursday so how about then?" Ash asked her.

"Sounds perfect, now shouldn't you be getting home? I know Pikachu and Froakie is going to want to hear all about this."

"Indeed they will, as well as our mothers, but before I go there's something I want from you." Ash teased her again.

"What?" She asked teasing back.

Ash kissed Serena on the lips again for the second time that day. The same feeling from their kiss earlier was still there. Once they finished they broke apart there was a clear visible blush on their faces. Ash then made his way home leaving Serena on her doorstep looking up at the sky with one thought:

"Thank you Arceus."


Oliverqueen01- Well there you have it. They have finally gotten together. Originally this was going to be in two parts, but the more I was writing the flashback I thought if I don't get them together now then when? Anyway the mystery person who went on that date with Ash before Serena showed up in the story was none other than Anabel. Why Anabel? Well I was going through every possible female from the anime and the one I remember clearly aside from the main shippings for him was Anabel's. And truth be told I had a crush on her when she first debuted. Also the mystery of what happened to his father has also been answered. And the confession scene was based off from a tv show back in the day known as Smallville, in which Clark Kent finally admitted his identity to Lois Lane who in turn admitted that she loved him and knew who he was all along. I think I've gone through everything for this chapter, Anywho we'll be back next week with another chapter after part 1 of Ash v Shota (Sawyer for you dub people :P) at the usual time. But enough babbling time to the responding of reviews and questions.

Reviews/questions

Monkeyboy0118- I'll do you one better. WOO WOO WOO YOU KNOW IT :p. Yes character development is essential in any story or else the characters seem bland and uninteresting like an old math teacher speaking very slowly. Yes we're almost at the climax which I have something very special in mind. And I believe this chapter answered you question about the first date question.

Mixt Number XV- Yes Donald duck. If you've played KH1, 2 and recoded then you know how bad he is at doing things:p In fact for my entire run of KH2 the worlds where you could have another character aid you in battle I switch Donald out and let him sit on the sidelines. But yes Next chapter hype!

Espeon44- Yes May will kiss a girl, it's coming soon and will our main pairing dance with each other? They will that will be one of the final chapters.

49ers(guest)- Selina is one of Espeon44's many Ocs because truth be told I couldn't figure out who I wanted to pair up with May and I just asked to use one and that was the one I chose. I hope that answers your question.

Ooobserver- Ya, essentially to me Wells is like the Mr. Fenny of this story and only wants the best for his students. So What a move Ash made. Now he made a bigger move which he didn't think he would ever do from his first date. Now the mystery of his first date has been solved and I bet you didn't see that coming. :p Yes that battle is coming and it's going to be good and the Team Flare stuff that is on the horizon.

Pokemonmeat- Thank you good sir as always, Hopefully this chapter has filled your amourshipping quota for this week. :p

Amour guest- Yes yes, keep up the amourshipping stuff and all that good jazz. I will don't worry about that :p

Random guest- Thank you for the review. I'm glad you like the story, do I ship Shauna x Clemont? Somewhat but I know about Laserbladeshipping. I'm saving that for a possible oneshot in the future.

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