Oliverqueen01- I'm coming off the episode that was hype so many good moments from todays episode but anyway here's this weeks 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- Yay! Now on to the story * Tries on the ATOM suit while everyone reads the chapter *


Chapter 19: Unexpected.

After winter break time has passed, the others who returned from vacation were back and gave Ash, Gary, Leaf and Serena gifts from their travels which ranged from T-shirts from Johto to the beach sands of Unova. School was back in session and time passed it was now March.

Serena sat her desk twiddling her pencil in her fingers while doing her homework. Although she loved school she hated the homework part of it. She looked over to her pokemon who were playing with a ball. She also thought back to school today. Ash had suspiciously left school early only telling her that he would see her later. She also looked at the item Ash had given her at christmas. It was a picture frame with brown border and symbols associated with Fall, inside of it was a picture of the two of them sitting on Ash's couch with wide grins.

"He leaves early without reason and all he tells me is that he'll see me later, leaving me to walk home alone. It's like he's hiding something from me, but he doesn't want to tell me what it is. Hmph. Well fine if that's how he wants to play this then I'm not speaking to him."

Serena unconsciously snapped her pencil scaring her pokemon. When she caught them looking at her she looked at her hand and saw the remains of her pencil. She sheepishly grinned at them and apologized for scaring them like that. Serena then looked out the window staring at the night sky until Grace called her down for dinner.


"So you got it guys?" Ash asked Pikachu and Froakie.

Pikachu and Froakie assured Ash that they were on board with his plan. Ash grinned at them with a look of determination on his face.

"I can't wait to see the look on Serena's face when she sees why I left early. She's probably mad at me but If I'm going to do this then I needed to leave early."

Earlier that day...

Ash and crew were at their usual spot eating lunch. Everyone was present except a certain spike haired boy.

"Where's Gary?" asked Dawn

"I don't know, he said something about coming later he was being really vague about it." Ash answered.

Leaf clutched her drink with a look on worry on her face. She knew if Gary was acting this way then something was bothering him. Everyone was looking at Leaf in concern until something started falling from the sky.

"Hey, when did the weather become so bad that it started raining rose petals?" Drew asked jokingly.

Leaf looked up and saw Gary standing on a branch grinning at her. He was about to jump down when he suddenly lost balance and fell to the ground. Somehow miraculously all he managed was a broken shoulder.

"Idiot, you had me worry. Why are you doing all this?" She asked as she pounded Gary in his chest.

Gary pulled a rose from out under his shirt. He was lucky he asked the florist to remove the torns from it or else he would have felt really uncomfortable right about now. Leaf started to cry to at the sight of the rose.

"Clearly what I had planned just went off course with the whole falling out the tree thing, but here it is since it's mandatory and you'll kill me if I don't: Leaf Kitani you beautiful, lovely and smart girl who is my girlfriend... will you be my date to prom?" He asked with a sheepish grin.

Leaf said yes and hugged Gary a everyone else looked on.

End of Flashback

Ash headed out of the house and bent down to his pokemon.

"Okay Pikachu, your up first buddy good luck."

"Pika Pika Pika-Pi"

Ash rubbed the yellow mouse on his head as he and Froakie went off somewhere. Pikachu then began his journey to Serena's house. He just hoped that Serena would listen to him and not immediately slam the door on his face because of Ash.


Jesse and Tommy were in the park staring at the sky on a blanket with a picnic basket. They were enjoying seeing the stars in the clear night sky. After seeing all the stars they wanted to see, they both saw a shooting star and made a wish on it. They then began walking to Jesse's car.

"So, what Gary did today was somewhat amusing and unexpected." Jesse said to Tommy

"Ya, I thought he had broken more bones on the way down we're lucky he brake anything else or else his grandfather would have probably put us into detention or worse if Gary did break anything other than his shoulder."

The two of them laughed.

"You know seeing Gary do that today reminded me of something." Tommy began

"Oh, and what's that?" Jesse asked teasingly.

Tommy got down on one knee and pulled out a white flower, he knew that Jesse liked the colour white and knew that this would do the trick.

"I think they call this a Paeonia Moonstone."

"It's beautiful, I love it. So my chef in training why did you get me this?"

"We've been together for 5 months now. In those 5 months we've laughed, learned new each things about each other and even had a fight over which movie was better: The pokebook or the one with the two Butterfrees, but that will never change the way I ever feel about you." He said to her

Jesse teared up as she knew what Tommy was going to ask next.

"So all that being said... Will you-" he began before being cut off.

Jesse tackled Tommy flat on his back and kissed him.

"You don't know what I was going to say, I could have asked you to run off and marry me." Tommy said in shock.

Jesse punched him playfully on his chest.

"Stupid, I'd do anything you asked except something illegal" Jesse told him with a tear in her eye chuckling.

The two of them then entered the car and proceeded home.


Serena came down the stairs and sat on the couch. Grace was in the kitchen chopping vegetables for dinner. She noticed Serena was on the couch and sat next to her.

"Finally done? What happened did every teacher assign you homework today?" Grace asked while straightening herself out.

"Well finals are coming up, and schools are looking at us more carefully right now since our final grades count." Serena explained,

"Oh right, did you hear back from any school yet?" Grace asked with wonder.

Serena shook her head.

"Not yet, Mr. Wells said that the ending of this month and all of next month is the time that they would start replying to our offers."

"Well, I'm sure no matter what happens any school will be lucky to have you. My daughter soon to be a world famous actress." Grace said with a grin.

Serena giggled and hugged her mother. Sure at the moment she was mad at Ash for ditching her after school today but for right now she just wanted to enjoy the moment she was in with her mother.

A faint knock on the door interrupted them. Grace got up and opened the door. She looked around to see who it was when she didn't see anyone something pulled on the leg of her pants and there she saw someone.

"Hold on a second aren't you Ash's Pikachu?" Grace asked

"Pikachu." He nodded affirmatively

"Let me guess, you want Serena?"

"Pi"

"Hold on a minute, Serena it's for you!"

Serena got up from the couch and went to the door. She wondered if it was Ash finally coming over to tell her why he was acting so weird. When she saw Pikachu standing in front of her she was confused. Pikachu was glad, so far Serena didn't close the door on him yet.

"Pikachu, What's wrong and where's your bone headed owner?" Serena asked in anger.

Pikachu sweatdropped, He and Ash knew that Serena would be mad but he wasn't excepting it to be this bad.

"Pika-Pi, Pikachu Pika Pika Pikachu." He said with his hands moving.

"Where is he?" Serena asked again.

Pikachu ran to the gate to wait for Serena. Serena told her mother what was going on and grabbed her hat. She then left with Pikachu to wherever they were heading.

"I swear... If your in trouble again." She thought to herself.


Ash and Froakie had arrived at their destination: It was the river where Ash had taken Froakie when they had first met. Froakie was looking at Ash curiously before Ash spoke up.

"I really hope Pikachu was able to get Serena to come, else all this is going to be for nothing." Ash told the blue frog.

"Fro. Froakie. Fro."

Ash smiled and then patted Froakie on the head.

"Thanks, I needed that I'm just nervous about all this. After seeing how Gary asked Leaf to prom I know I had to do something to one up him. By the way... What's the deal with you and Serena's Fenniken?"

Froakie blushed and turned away as if he didn't know what Ash was talking about. Ash laughed at Froakie and looked at his phone.

"Almost showtime, let's see rose? Check. Romantic speech? Check. Moonlight?"

Ash looked up at the sky.

"Check."

Everything was in place and all that was left for Serena to come. Ash told Froakie to go to the beginning of the forest and wait for Serena and Pikachu to appear. Everything left to do depended if Serena showed up or not.

Brock was out for a walk. After staring at books for most of the day he needed a break to clear his head and mind of equations, medical terms and the like. While he was walking he bumped into someone. When he looked he saw Lucy.

"You know, we really need to stop meeting like this." Brock joked

"Or maybe it's Arecus trying to tell us something." Lucy joked back.

"Maybe, So what are you doing out here?" he asked

"I'm looking for a new apartment to live in."

"Oh, what happened to your roommate?"

"Well after her last accident with the stairs, her parents decided that letting her move out and on her own was a mistake. So when she got released her parents made her pack up her things and move back in with them." She explained.

"Ah, I see."

"Ya, but that's enough about me. How's your last year going?"

"Same thing, different day. Some days I just want to take the book and burn it because of all the equations and medical terms I have to get memorized, but other than that pretty good." he explained to her.

"Well hang in there, your almost done and then begins the exciting journey into medical school."

"Ya, then it's another 4 years of asking myself what the hell does this or that mean."

The two of them laughed.

"So, your prom is coming up right? Find any lucky girl to take?" Lucy asked with a hint of hopefulness in her voice.

"Sadly no, all of them either hate me, have boyfriends or just don't want to go."

"Well, when is it?"

"June 21st the day before my graduation."

"Well, how about I go with you? I mean if you'd like me too." she asked very coyly.

Brock considered his options for a moment. True he could go stag like the other people in the school who had no dates or he could stay home and ask himself why didn't he go. Heck what did he have to lose?

"Sure, I'd like that." He answered with a smile.

Lucy jumped up and down in excitement and pecked Brock on the cheek as she ran off, leaving Brock with an amused look on his face.

"Strange girl." He thought as he started making his way back to the gym.


Froakie was making his way through to the front of the forest where he was to wait for Serena and Pikachu. Along the way he was remembering his past. From the time he was hatched from an egg he had always been training to get stronger instead of hanging with the other Froakies. The other Froakies got annoyed and beat the ever loving hell out of him. Eventually a Nurse Joy found him and healed him. For the next couple years he was in the care of Professor Sycamore as a starter. Froakie left it's trainers because it deemed them as weak and untrusted. When he met Ash at first he didn't like him but after the events of the forest the first time, he trusted Ash and knew that they would get stronger together.

Froakie was near the entrance, when the Mankey from before stood in front of him. The two exchanged looks for a couple of minutes until Mankey stepped aside and allowed Froakie to go. Froakie made it to the front and saw no sign of Pikachu or Serena yet, he hopped onto a branch and sat on the tree hoping that they would come soon.


Leonard was out for a walk trying to clear his head. He had just gotten into another shouting match between himself, Lisa and Mick over his attitude. He decided before he would do something bad to them that he would leave.

"They just don't get it. I can't be happy, I'm the man of the house since that bastard of a father is in jail. They don't know how tough it is to make sure our family is still together at the end of the day."

Leonard kicked a rock into nearby pond and watched it hit the surface. When he turned around he saw a certain someone behind him in the distance with a certain bunny pokemon. As he walked towards her, he bumped her hard in the shoulder which caused her to get upset.

"What the hell Leonard?! Just because your pissed off with the world, doesn't mean you have to bump into me hard." Dawn yelled at him.

"Shutup, Hikari. I told you before I'm not a good person, you don't know what I've been through how hard it's been growing up in a single parent family. YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT YOU LIKE ME!" He yelled back.

Dawn chucked a rock into Leonard's shoulder which caused him to flinch. When he looked at her he saw her with fists shaking looking at the ground angrily and then she started to yell at him.

"I don't know what its like to grow up fatherless? I don't know how my mother stayed up at night grieving that my father was dead because he died in a car crash caused by a drunk driver? I don't know anything about you except for the fact that I like you? Then let me tell you something Leonard. YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME EITHER! YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED FOR YOU EVER SINCE THAT NIGHT WITH YOUR FATHER, BUT ALL YOU DO IS PUSH THEM AWAY AND ACT COLD TOWARDS THEM! ANOTHER THING DO YOU KNOW WHY I LIKE YOU? IT'S BECAUSE I THINK YOUR SMART AND CUTE, BUT IN MEW'S NAME ALL YOU DO IS ACT LIKE AN ASS. You know what? Forget it I'm wasting my breath on you good bye Leonard." she told him in a huff.

Dawn turned on her heels and walked away from Leonard with Buneary following. Leonard stood there bewildered taking in what she had just said to him. For the first time in his life since that night Leonard's heart ached.

"Hik-Dawn..."

Leonard took out his phone and called Mick to apologize and finally for once in his life actually listen to his oldest friends advice.


Serena and Pikachu were walking for what seemed like a while. Pikachu kept looking back making sure Serena hadn't ditched him at all yet. He was also on the lookout for Froakie to make sure he was there and that phase 2 of Ash's plan would proceed. Serena on the other hand was still thinking about the whole situation.

"First he leaves school early, now he has one of his pokemon leading me somewhere that I don't know, what's next? A Diglett popping out of the ground? I swear Ash Ketchum so help me when I find you."


Drew and Amanda were at a bakery after school enjoying the pastries and having a chat about everything that was going on lately.

"So, your almost done high school, and then your off to art school where?" Amanda asked while eating a slice of cake.

"Hopefully in Hoenn, it's so beautiful there." Drew expressed with glee.

"Sounds like an artist's dream landscape to paint."

"It is, what about you? Where are you planning to go next year?" he asked.

"I don't know, I applied to the local college and some places in Johto."

Drew took his right hand and held Amanda's hand.

"I know you'll get in somewhere, by the way you know what's coming up for me right?"

Amanda nodded

"So what are you waiting for? Aren't you going to ask me?" Amanda teased.

Drew smiled.

"Look at your plate, there was a reason I brought you here." He said with a grin.

Amanda looked at her plate on in it in red filling read the words: Will you go to prom with me? Amanda stared to cry and hugged Drew. The remainder of their time in the bakery was spent just making out and some more crying by both of them.

Froakie started to wonder if Pikachu and Serena were ever going to come. He had been in the tree for an hour and was about to head back and tell Ash that the plan has gone south until he saw a yellow blur in the distance. He hopped down the tree and stood waiting. When Pikachu and Serena came up to him, Pikachu nodded as Froakie leaded Serena into the forest beginning phase 2.

"Now he has his Froakie leading me into the forest, the same forest where he got attacked by that Mankey and I ended up carrying him back to his house? Just what is he up to?"


May and Selina were at May's house having dinner. May thought it was finally time for Selina to meet her parents. The night went well as both her parents liked Selina and Max didn't even try to pull any pranks. The two of them were walking back to Selina's house and were talking.

"3 more months and then we're finally free!" May exclaimed loudly.

Selina giggled at May's remark before she spoke.

"Indeed, I'm going to miss it but I might come back to visit sometimes." Selina admitted to her.

"Me too, by the way I never did ask what do you want to be in the future?"

"A Librarian, what about you?"

"A Singer, ever since I was young I've always wanted to sing music on stage and entertain people around the world." May answered.

"So a future Singer and Librarian and the only difference between them is their personality styles."

The two of them giggled before May spoke.

"So Selina I was wondering something." May began

"What is it?"

May looked around for a item, she pulled a leaf from a nearby tree.

"Will you go to prom with me?"

Selina grabbed May and planted one on May's lips which was her way of saying yes. The duo then continued making their way to Selina's house and once they reached there they spent 10 more minutes kissing each other before they part ways.


Froakie, Pikachu and Serena finally made it through the forest and came out to the same field that Serena once had in her dream. Pikachu and Froakie then went up to a tree and sat there. Their job was now done everything now was in the hands of Ash.

"Wait a minute. I've seen this field before, it was in my dream from the first time I met Ash and friends. I thought that this place was just a dream but it's here clear as day in front of me. Now if I remember this dream right next Ash will appear and smile at me."

As Serena looked up in the sky she saw a flock of Butterfree dancing along the moonlight. She thought it was Beautiful, and on cue as in her dream Ash tapped her on the shoulder which caused her to turn around and like her dream he had a smile on his face.

"I'm sorry that I left you alone at school to walk home alone, I know your mad at me because I didn't tell you why I left but If I didn't then I couldn't pull this off, I know I shouldn't have sent Pikachu to get you but I needed time to putting the finishing touches on my plan." Ash began

"What plan? You better start explaining." she asked still with a hint of anger.

"Well, it's March, and in 3 months is prom and graduation. After seeing what Gary did today I knew if I was going to ask you then I needed time to plan and setup my surprise. So after I left I went to the ranch and grabbed a few of my pokemon for this." He explained as he stepped aside.

At that moment Totodile, Oshawott, Buizel, Squirtle, Kingler, Corphish and Palpitoad arose from the river behind them and used water gun at the same time. The shape they made was in the form of a heart. The wild Butterfree then danced around the heart to add a special flare to it. Serena stood there amazed at what she was seeing and finally realized what was going on, she was in tears as Ash then took out his phone and let it begin playing a song she recognized as Kairi's theme from Kingdom Hearts. Ash picked a blue flower from the ground and held it in his hand as he began to spoke while getting down on one knee.

"Serena... I love you. I love you more than my pokemon and my own mother, a couple years ago if you had asked me about romance and having a girlfriend I would laugh and say ya right but ever since you've come into my life you've changed me for the better. So I think this is only appropriate way to ask you since your my princess like Kairi is to Sora in Kingdom Hearts. So here it is: Serena...Will you go to prom with me?"

At that moment Pikachu and Froakie jumped down from the tree bringing down a rope which dumped an assortment of flowers down out of a bucket. Serena jumped into Ash's arms crying and taking the flower from him.

"So is that a yes? Because if it isn't then all this was for nothing and I'll feel like a fool."

Serena kissed Ash on the lips and spoke.

"Does that answer your question?" She teased him

"Yes, why yes it does." He said with a smile.

After a while Serena and Ash sat down and took in the moonlight and the wild Butterfree still dancing around the river. They sat there for a while until they decided to go home. All the while both of them had one same thought:

"Best night ever."


Oliverqueen01- Ohai so umm I don't think I need to say anything this week :p but ya I decided to time jump a bit because I honestly wanted to get to the eventual asking out to prom thing. As you saw I intertwined what everyone was doing at the moment while Serena was making her way to the forest to meet Ash and let him explain his actions for that day. Oh and Leonard finally got his ass handed to him and finally has realized what Mick was trying to say to him. Anyway tell me what you thought of each confession scene in the reviews. Before we get into those time for the weekly episode update from japan: as of this moment... ASH IS IN THE FINALS! WOOOO! The battle was amazing and my god just wow, when the dub comes out you'll enjoy it. Anyway time for the responding of the reviews!

Reviews/questions

Pokemonmeat- Thank you I'm glad you thought it was a great chapter. No worries as long as you review I'll be happy.

49ers (guest): Will they get into trouble? No. Not this story as it's nearing the end and I want to wrap up the plot points for this before my Hiatus (break).

Espeon44- Well the only people left to meet are Amanda's mom and Selina's parents. Everyone else has met the others parents. So before the story ends May will meet Selina's parents.

Monkeyboy0118- You've never been on a date? Well I hope that changes for you eventually. Don't worry my friends don't know either so we've got something in common there :p. And yes next chapter hype!

Amour guest- Yes future story this one is near the end and writing them in now just doesn't feel right to me and Yes yes, keep up the amourshipping stuff and all that good jazz. I will don't worry about that :p

Ooobserver- yup they fit in right well. Everyone already knew about them liking each other so the next step seemed natural to me. Yes the Kalos trip will be a thing before this story ends and the ending will be something referenced earlier into this story.

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