Oliverqueen01- How's it going everyone? Well here it is, the final main chapter before the epilogue next week and the this morning's episode was very feel heavy more on that when we get to my blurb at the end of the chapter. So anyway enjoy this week's chapter which is sure to be eventful as always and as usual reviews/questions will be handled at the end along with the update to the japanese airing of the episode.
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OliverQueen01: Thank you Kairi, By the way Sora said he was looking for you. Something about a date or something.
*Watches Kairi run fast at the mention of Sora's name.*
Oliverqueen01- Well then, Now on to the story * Eats a sea salt ice cream as everyone reads the chapter *
Chapter 25: The Kalos Trip
One week after graduation. Ash and Serena were on the plane heading to Kalos to visit. Ash couldn't wait to see what Kalos was like, while Serena on the other hand couldn't wait to see all her old friends again. The flight was 6 hours. Ash and Serena slept for most of it but when the plane landed they were excited to get off.
"So who's coming to get us?" Ash asked Serena
"My friend Clemont's dad Meyer. When you see him you'll know."
Ash nodded as he grabbed his bag from the rotating luggage pickup conveyer belt as well as Serena's and headed to the exit with one hand on his suitcase and the other with Serena's free hand. When they got to the exit they saw a tall man with brown hair and eyes wearing a blue overall and a green cap on his head. Serena walked up to the man and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hi Meyer!" Serena said with a grin.
"Well lookie here, why if it isn't Serena how are you?" Meyer asked as he hugged Serena.
"I'm good thank you, how's Clemont and Bonnie?"
"Excited that your here. I think they all stayed up until 1 this morning to prepare for your arrival. Oh where are my manners, who is this young man with you?"
"Ash Ketchum." Ash said as he introduced himself.
"Meyer, nice to meet you."
The older man stuck his hand out for a handshake and Ash returned the handshake.
"So where are going to stay?" Ash asked.
Meyer grinned and pointed to Lumiose Tower.
"See that tower there? That's where we live. So you'll be staying there with my son and young daughter."
After moments more of small chit-chat, the trio began their walk to Lumiose tower. Ash took in all the sights he was seeing as well as the pokemon around him. He couldn't wait to meet all of Serena's old friends. As for Serena she was remembering her past life in Kalos with her friends, going through the various shops, eating at Le Wow and of course just hanging out at Lumiose tower. Once they reached Lumiose tower Meyer excused himself to go back to his electronics shop leaving the couple alone.
"How are you feeling?" Serena asked
"Nervous, are you sure they'll like me?"
"They will and if they don't then I'll pout at them till they do."
Ash laughed at Serena. For 7 months they had been together. In those 7 months they hadn't spent any moment apart aside from going to their own separate houses and sleeping. This trip was going to prove to be an interesting one for them.
As they entered, Ash noticed a large grey robot standing in front of them. It spoke to Serena.
"Why hello, Ms. Serena and Ms. Serena's visitor." The robot said in a somewhat enthusiastic voice.
"Hello Clembot, this is my boyfriend Ash Ketchum."
"Nice to meet you." Ash said to Clembot.
"Likewise, Allow me to introduce myself, I am Clembot. I was created by Master Clemont to help out with the daily day to day operations of the Lumiose city tower and gym."
"Speaking of your master... Where is he and Bonnie?" Serena curiously asked.
"Ah yes, Master Clemont is currently engaged in a battle by a challenger who showed up about half an hour ago and young Ms. Bonnie is in there with him. He instructed me to tell you if you came and he wasn't done that you were to head upstairs to wait for them if you will kindly follow me." Clembot explained.
Both of them nodded as Clembot lead them up the stairs to a small room with a couch and tv. They placed their bags beside the couch and sat down.
"Please relax as I attend to Master Clemont and alert him of your arrival. Would you like anything to drink?"
"No thank you Clembot, we'll be fine." Serena politely told the robot.
Clembot nodded as he headed towards the battlefield, wondering how Clemont was faring against his opponent.
Meanwhile...
A large Blue and Black dog like pokemon was standing tall over a purple monkey like pokemon with swirls in its eyes.
"Aipom is unable to battle, the winner of the battle is Luxray and therefore of the match goes to my big brother Clemont!" A young girl shouted in glee.
Luxray went over to Clemont and tackled him to the ground in happiness and licked his face which caused Clemont to laugh. Once the laughter died down Clemont got up straighten himself out and walked over to the challenger.
"That was a remarkable battle and you've raised your Aipom and your other pokemon fine, but remember speed and power alone does not win battles. You have anticipate your opponents move and be one step ahead." Clemont said offering advice to the boy.
"Thank you for the advice. I'll be sure to come back when I'm ready and challenge you again."
"I'll be looking forward to that." Clemont grinned.
Clemont shook the red hair boy's hand and watched as he exited the gym. Clembot entered at the moment the boy was exiting while Bonnie was playing with Luxray and the rest of Clemont's pokemon which included Helioisk, Magneton and Magnemite.
"What is it Clembot?"
"Master, Ms. Serena and her guest from the Kanto region have arrived, they are upstairs in the living room on the couch awaiting your arrival." Clembot responded.
"Thank you Clembot for informing me. Come on Bonnie, Serena and her friend are here, we have to go say hello."
"Coming!" Bonnie yelled as she heard Clemont.
Bonnie patted Luxray on his head and left with Clemont to go upstairs as Luxray went to play with Clemont's other pokemon. When the siblings got upstairs they were amazed at the sight that they were seeing: Serena's head was on Ash's lap asleep while Ash had one arm on Serena and the other on the back of the couch.
"Should we wake them?" Bonnie asked quietly
"No, they're tired from the flight, let them catch a little shuteye for a while. In the meantime we should go warm the food we made from last night." Clemont responded quietly in return.
Bonnie followed Clemont into the kitchen as he took out the food he and the others had cooked the night prior to Serena and Ash's arrival. It had taken them until 1 in the morning to cook everything because they waited until last minute to do everything. Once the whiff of food reached the noses of Ash and Serena, they instantly woke up.
"Serena... do you smell that?" Ash asked as he woke up stretching
Serena sniffed the air along with Ash and then spoke.
"I thought that was just me." Serena replied as she stretched as well
They both turned their heads around to see the lemon-blonde siblings with huge grins on their faces.
"Looks like somethings never change." Clemont joked.
Serena laughed at them as she hugged them and introduced them to Ash and Vice-Versa. After they got to know each other, they all sat down at the table and digged into the feast that layed before them which ranged from burgers all the way to sushi. After they all finished eating they cleaned up and sat around the table talking.
"So Clemont, Serena tells me your a gym leader." Ash said as he wiped his face from crumbs.
"I am, my gym specializes in electric type pokemon."
"Why electric?"
Clemont took a sip of his drink before he answered.
"Well, I wanted to be an electric type trainer like the world had never seen, so I became the Lumiose city gym leader by running an electric type gym challengers would plan their strategies accordingly. I figured that if I could still win in spite of the stiff competition perhaps that it would make me grower stronger as an electric type trainer." Clemont answered.
Ash couldn't help but admire Clemont. In someways Clemont reminded Ash of Brock minus the always hitting on girls part. It was evident that Clemont cared for his sister like how Brock cared for his siblings and if one last parallel could be drawn it was that like Brock, Clemont was also a good cook.
"So Bonnie, how old are you?" Ash asked as he turned to Bonnie.
"I'm 8 years old. I can't wait until I turn 10, I really want to go on my own journey and catch more pokemon. My brother only caught one for me."
"Really Clemont? Which one did you catch for her?" Serena asked in amazement.
"Here I'll show you."
Clemont threw a pokeball and out came a small orange mouse with whiskers and a tail.
"Nenenene"
"Ash, Serena is this Dedenne I caught him the other day when I took Bonnie and Shauna for a walk in Santalune forest. Dedenne this is my friend Serena and her friend Ash from the Kanto region."
The little mouse crawled up both Ash and Serena's bodies as it's way of saying hi. It then leaped into Bonnie's arms.
"Did someone say my name?" A voice asked.
The four people in the room turned around to see 2 girls and 3 boys with them. The smallest girl dressed in a pink shirt with a bow tie design and blue short skirt ran to hug Serena, but as usual she ended up tackling her to the ground. The tall girl wore a complete blue outfit with matching accessories, the boy beside her was a smaller boy with a camera around his neck had orange hair and wore a school like uniform, the largest boy had a bag hanging from his left shoulder, a black shirt with a cone pokemon on it and had sorta of a mohawk for hair. The last boy wore a red cap on his head much like Ash's, was dressed in a blue shirt, black pants and shoes. Ash wondered who they were to Serena.
"Shauna please! I know you missed me, but this is too much now." Serena said while gasping for air.
"Well you may be taken, but your still my BFF that's never going to change, So aren't you going to introduce him to us?" Shauna asked
Serena laughed before she got up and straighten herself out.
"Shauna, Trevor, Calem, Tierno and Evelyn this is Ash Ketchum a pokemon trainer like yourselves and more importantly my boyfriend." Serena said as she introduced Ash to the others.
"Welcome to Kalos Ash." Tierno said as he extended his hand for a handshake.
Ash returned the handshake and then the other two boys shook his hand. Once everyone was introduced to Ash, the girls minus Bonnie who went back to play with Clemont's pokemon decided to go for a walk in the city while the boys stayed back in the tower to bond.
With the girls...
"So Serena... how are things between you and Ash?" Shauna asked as Serena, Evelyn and her walked down the street.
"They're good. He was really excited to come here, he really wanted to meet all of you and get to see where I came from." Serena answered.
"Well we're happy to meet him and to see you again, it's been too long."
"Ya it has been. But enough about me and Ash, what about you two? How are Calem and Clemont been treating you two?" Serena asked.
Shauna sighed while Evelyn blushed. Shauna decided to speak up first.
"Well, when Clemont isn't battling a challenger, taking care of Bonnie or making inventions he's actually been really sweet but when he's doing those things, well not so much taking care of Bonnie because I help out with that sometimes by taking her out for a walk but the other two things take most of his time." Shauna explained.
"You know you could just tell him if he doesn't take you on an actual date soon that you'll do something so horrible to his inventions that even his father won't be able to fix." Serena teased
The three girls laughed before Serena turned to Evelyn.
"So what about you Evelyn? How has Calem been treating you?" Serena asked,
"Well, every month on our anniversary he plans the most romantic dinners for us and ends the night with star gazing. I swear I wonder where he even gets these ideas from sometimes, it's like he binge watched every romantic movie in existence." Evelyn answered while blushing.
The three girls laughed at the thought of their boyfriends binge watching every romantic movie in known existence. They then came to their destination a clothing shop on Vernal Avenue named Boutique Couture.
"You know... I wonder what the boys are doing right now." Serena asked out loud.
With the boys...
"So, what do you guys do for fun around here?" Ash asked the remaining boys.
"Aside from pokemon battles? Just the usual guys stuff." Calem answered.
Ash grinned as Clemont pulled out a game controller from under his TV stand. Tierno went over to Clemont's cupboard and pulled out a bowl and a bag of chips. Once he was done he went back to the other boys and sat down with the chip bowl as they awaited the game to load up. Once it loaded the boys began to play.
"So Ash... ready to go down?" Clemont asked jokingly.
Ash smirked before he spoke.
"You have no idea how good I am." Ash shot back as they began.
Back with the girls...
"That will be 48.50 poke." The female cashier said to Serena.
Serena payed the cashier with cash and got her item and exited the store where Evelyn and Shauna were waiting for her with bags in hand.
"So, think the boys will be shocked when they see all the bags we're coming back with in our hands?" Evelyn teased
"Tierno and Trevor? Nope. They'll just shrug it off and go back to whatever they were doing before we entered. Our boyfriends however? They'll probably drop to the ground in shock when they ask what we went shopping for without them." Shauna laughed.
The girls laughed as they entered through the back of Lumiose Tower and made their way back to the living room to see the sight before them: All 5 of the boys were covered in soot. They sighed as they knew what probably happened, Clemont probably brought over an invention he was working on and as usual it went poof up in smoke. Shauna and Evelyn dragged Tierno, Trevor and Calem out of the tower and to their houses as they promised to meet up later for dinner. Serena ordered both Ash and Clemont to take turns to take a shower as she went for a nap to recover from her shopping trip.
Later that night...
All the older kids were gathered around the dining table after a delicious meal. Bonnie was fast asleep in her bed dreaming of becoming friends with all the pokemon in the world. The older kids decided to play a round of truth or dare with Calem starting first who chose dare right off the bat.
"Okay. I dare you to... be a chespin for the rest of the night." Shauna dared
"You're on." Calem answered.
"All right who's next?"
"I'll go." Tierno answered
"Okay Tierno. Truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Oh wow, thought you were going to go dare but okay. Umm, if you could be any one pokemon in the universe which would it be and why?"
Tierno thought about his answer for a long hard minute before answering.
"A Dragonite because they're friendly and loving."
"Aww, that's so sweet because that does describe you."
Everyone nodded in agreement before Serena spoke.
"Okay little ms romantic... truth or dare?" Serena asked
"Dare, thank you very much." Shauna said with a grin.
"I dare you to go wear that new outfit you got today for clemont."
"Ches?" Calem interjected
"What new outfit is she talking about Shauna?" Clemont asked with concern.
"Wait here." Shauna teased
Shauna rushed off to put on the outfit Serena had dare her to wear. When she came back Clemont fell back on the floor with swirls in his eyes. Shauna was wearing a Monsoon pattern Vivillon cosplay outfit. Once he recovered from fainting the game continued. It was Evelyn's turn next.
"Truth or dare?" asked Tierno
"Truth."
"What were your exact words when you asked Calem out on a date?"
Evelyn blushed before she answered while Calem kept speaking like a Chespin.
"After I congratulated him for winning the battle, I went up to him and said... Listen, I-I-I, um think your really cute for being such a good trainer and boy so would do me the honour of going out on a date with me?"
"Chespin. Ches." Calem said in agreement.
"Well that's sweet, even for you Calem."
"Chespin."
A slight chuckle was had by all until it reached Clemont.
"Truth or dare?" Trevor asked
"Dare."
"Okay I dare you to kiss Shauna for 2 minutes."
Both Clemont and Shauna blushed furiously as Clemont started to kiss Shauna on the lips as everyone else looked on. When the 2 minutes were up both of them gasped for air and were still blushing red.
"So who's left?" Evelyn asked
"Ash, myself and Trevor." Serena answered.
"So which one of you will go?" Shauna asked.
Trevor raised his hand as indication of going next.
"Truth or dare?" Serena asked.
"Dare."
"Okay, I dare you to go tomorrow without using your camera at all."
Trevor gulped as he heard the dare. His camera went the world to him, but somehow he would have to suck it up and find a way through the day without using it."
"Now that leaves our two guests. So Serena what will it be?" Shauna asked
"Truth please."
"When you first met Ash... what was going through your mind?"
"Actually I want to know that too." Ash interjected
Serena blushed before she answered.
"Well, At first I thought you were Gary since that was the only male that Mr. Oak mentioned at the time. But then when we got introduced to each other, I knew that we were destined to be together somehow if Arecus wanted it."
"And luckily for us Arecus did want it to happen." Ash said very lovingly.
Ash gave Serena a quick cheek kiss while everyone looked on. Then it was finally Ash's turn.
"Okay Ash, your last one to go, so truth or dare?" Clemont asked
"Let's end this with a dare!" Ash grinned
"Okay. I dare you to... speak to Serena in nothing but Pikachu talk for the next minute."
Ash nodded as he turned to Serena gulping before Evelyn started the timer.
"And go!" yelled Shauna.
"Pika, Pika, Pikachu Pika-Pi, Pikachu Pikachu Pika Pika."
Serena giggled as ash continued for the next 30 seconds. Once the timer was up Ash fell back to the chair and let out a long exasperated sigh.
After the game was over everyone helped clean up the dishes and sat around for a little more before they went home. Before Calem went home he pulled Ash aside for a minute.
"What's up?" Ash asked
"Nothing. I Just wanted to tell you something." Calem said in a non-joking voice.
"What?"
"I know that you love Serena, and she does too. I'm sure she mentioned to you about what her mom did to her while she was on her journey with me and the others?" Calem asked
"She did." Ash answered.
"Figured as much. Look Serena is my friend, hell she's more like my kid sister which is why I never went after her like you did because that's all she means to me. So I'm saying this as her older brother. If ever comes the day that you hurt her and she's not crying from joy and the only exception of sorrow being a funeral, then I'm going to hunt you down, I will find you and will hurt you."
Ash grinned at Calem who in turned grinned back.
"Don't worry, I won't ever hurt her at all, you have my word." Ash told the other boy confidently.
The two boys then shook hands as Calem departed and Ash headed back to sit next to Serena.
"So what did Calem want to say to you?" Serena asked as she moved her hand on top of Ash's.
"Nothing, just guy stuff."
"Oh."
"Ya, so you going to bed?" Ash asked
"In a bit, after this show is done. By the way when Clemont asked you to speak in Pikachu speak what did you say to me?"
"Oh. I don't know, I just made it up as I went along."
Both of them laughed at Ash's comment.
"So, I need to go somewhere tomorrow morning... will you come with me?" Serena asked very quietly.
"Of course."
Serena put her head on Ash's shoulder as the ending credits to the show they were watching came to an end. They then headed to their separate rooms for the night. Ash entered his room with a snoring Clemont. Ash quickly changed into his night clothes and got into his made up bed and put his hands behind his head.
"I wonder where we're going tomorrow."
He then shut his eyes and went to sleep.
The next morning...
Ash and Serena awoke early before Clemont and Bonnie. They quietly showered and got dressed and left a note for the Lemon siblings as they made their way out of Lumiose tower. Their first destination was a local flower shop, once Serena got a large bouquet of flowers they exited the shop. After a long silent walk they found themselves at the Lumiose memorial cemetery. They both stopped in front of a grey arched tombstone.
Harrison Yoshida
Beloved Father, Husband and Son
1963-1992
Serena delicately put the bouquet on the grave and then spoke.
"Um, I don't know where to begin. It's been years since you died and I was only an infant when it did happen. I remember the nights when growing up that mom would cry her eyes out for you. Growing up without you was hard on me too, knowing that all the birthdays, good times and bad times you've missed."
Ash out of instinct held her hand tightly as she wiped the tears beginning to form as she continued.
"But I know it wasn't your fault. I'm sure it was you somehow who let mom and I move to Kanto to move on with our lives. I'm sure us moving there was somehow your doing and if you hadn't did something like that then I wouldn't have met the best people I know like this one right here."
Ash chuckled before he spoke.
"Hello Mr. Yoshida. I'm Ash Ketchum, I know this the only time we've met but I can tell from the way that both Serena and her mother have talked about you that you really loved them. I'm sure you would have liked me too, I love Serena very much and I promise you I won't ever make her sad at anytime."
It was now Serena's turn to hold Ash's hand tightly. After a while of just standing there and staring at the gravestone they began the walk out of the cemetery. Ash looked over at Serena who was still sniffling a bit.
"You okay?" Ash asked concerned
"Yeah, it's just... it was a lot harder than I thought it would be going there and talking to him like that." Serena admitted to him.
"I know, but you know you can always talk to me about anything. Well except female stuff cause I don't want to know about your time of the month and all that stuff."
"Fair enough." Serena answered while giggling.
The two of them entered the back entrance of Lumiose tower and made their way upstairs to find the siblings awake with breakfast on the table. After they all ate and chat they decided to head to the plaza to help set up for the fireworks display that they learned that would take place later in the evening. Once they assisted with the set up, Day turned to night and the fireworks began. Ash pulled Serena's hand guiding her away from everyone to a secluded spot on a near by tree. They both climbed up to the highest point in the tree and sat on the branch.
"Not that I'm complaining but why did you want to sneak away from everyone?" Serena teased
"I just wanted to get you to myself, I like your friends but they don't need to be here for this."
"You sap." Serena said as she punched him playfully.
"Hey! I'm your sap."
Serena giggled as she put her head on Ash's shoulder and grabbed his hand. As the sun set the fireworks began to go off with everyone oohing and awwing in amazement. As the fireworks went off Serena spoke.
"Hey Ash."
"Hmm?"
"We'll always be together right?"
Ash put his arm around Serena as she blushed and he spoke.
"I wouldn't want it any other way, you know you shouldn't have asked that knowing what the answer would have been."
Serena playfully punched Ash and giggled as he looked at her confusedly.
"Idiot. I needed to hear it for myself."
As they looked on at the fireworks, they recalled everything that lead to this moment. From their first meeting, to their first actual date, to becoming a couple, to prom, to now. As the final fireworks went off they shared a kiss under the moonlight knowing whatever the future held for them that they would face it together.
Oliverqueen01- And with that this chapter marks the end of the main storyline. Now this is also the last chapter I will be replying to your reviews/questions, since next week is the epilogue and I want to give a big thank you to everyone next week. Next week is also the 1hr special in the anime and that will be the last update I will give but this week's all I will say is RIP Clembot or Citroid. (Which ever you prefer) oh and one last thing. Since next thursday is the 1hr speical the epilogue will be up at 7am or 7:30 am est. If you live in different timezones you can work it out:p Anyway for the final time lets get to the reviews.
Reviews/questions
49ers (guest) indeed poor Ash but hey he graduated, got the girl and went on a trip with her. So he still has something to look forward too.
Espeon44- Yup everyone has graduated and is moving on to bigger and better things. Who knows what the future holds for them? You'll find out in the epilogue.
Mabs1235- Thank you for the review and thank you for bringing that to my attention. I will fix that and give it the actual age it was supposed to be I thought it was age 24 but I'll go and fix it when this is up.
Monkeyboy0118- Thanks. Ya after next week I'll explain in detail the plan for my break but for now one final part to this story awaits next week and I'll say this much make sure no one is chopping garlic or onions near you. :p
Amour guest- Yes yes, keep up the amourshipping stuff and all that good jazz. I will don't worry about that :p
Pokemonmeat- Thank you good sir. Next week will be the final time you'll get to say it before my break but like I said in Monkeyboy0118's review. The whole plan for my break will be explained in detail next week :p
Nexxus176- No she didn't say that. It was Leon. Your welcome for that reference :p just something about that quote seemed to fit with the moment so I decided to run with it and go with it.
Oobserver- Ya like I mentioned in that chapter, it was really fun writing the prom chapter. yup it will be and this chapter provided the feels as well which everyone bonding and the moments. but next week is the finale so get hyped! :p
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