Welcome back everyone, to another chapter of I Wish.
I'm not sure if this chapter will be as good as the previous chapters, but I'll try my best.
Now for those review responses.
Miami: Well you have good taste in authors, I'm glad you've enjoyed the story so far. I hope I continue to please.
Espeon44: I hope it'll be able to continue this 'good work'.
Marlins: Patience is a virtue, it might come and it might not, you'll just have to keep reading.
LightRayPearlshipper: Well actually the chapter was longer than the first chapter if you're looking at word count, but if you're looking at content and events, it would make sense that you'd think the first chapter was longer than the second. Another thing, can you read any piece of my work without making some sort of comment on my grammar and improvement on my story? Don't get me wrong I appreciate, but sometimes don't you think you can just sit back and enjoy a good (?) story.
DawnForever101: Well he's based off my character in my XY game character; I like to give my game characters a bit of personality and my XY character had a personality similar to mine so I can see how you made that connection.
Ally Berlitz: Really, you think so? Hm, I never would've thought my stories could help people in that way. Well, learn something new every day.
Death Angel Reaper: Whoops, well hopefully I spelled your name right this time. You'll just have to keep reading and see.
Halo Ash: No need to worry, at least not yet. We're not sure what Taylor's relationship with Dawn is, but if he's together with her you guys can't get mad at me saying 'Taylor stole Ash's girl!' or something similar, because Dawn was never Ash's girl. She was available so he wouldn't have been stealing her from anyone, but don't be quick to assume.
Guest: Well congratulations you can figure things out now shut up, because you either just said my writing is extremely predictable or everyone that reads this story is an idiot for not figuring that out until it was revealed. Both are very offensive so I suggest you keep your trap shut unless you're leaving a real review.
Sdarkynecro: Which of the regions is my favorite? Hard to say, it's a tie between Sinnoh and Kalos. I don't know why or how those two are tied, they just are.
Stars90: Yeah it's the little things that have the biggest impact, at least that's what I think anyway. Well I'm sure you'll enjoy the reunion when it comes.
Guest 2: Well I'm glad you do.
Alright, now that that is taken care of let's get to that chapter. I don't own Pokémon, but that was obvious enough considering I'm writing on this website.
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Dawn caught up with Taylor a little out of breath, "I win," Taylor said with a bit of pride.
"You had a head start it doesn't count." Dawn said and Taylor rolled his eyes.
"Well perhaps you need to pay more attention to when I'm about to start the next race," Taylor said, "but now's not the time for that, because it's ice cream time." He said running up to the booth, Dawn giggled at how childish he sounded.
Taylor came back a few minutes later handing Dawn an ice cream cone. Dawn looked at Taylor, "I thought the bet was that the loser pays?" she asked.
"Oh yeah," Taylor looked like he remembered something. Whether or not he was acting Dawn didn't know, he didn't have the best memory and he was a great actor so it was hard to tell. "Well now you owe me for the ice cream." He said and Dawn giggled, she knew he didn't mean it. Every time they got ice cream Taylor always paid in the end and he didn't really mind it. He was actually happy to use the money he got from battling on something other than supplies every once in a while.
After they finished their frozen treats Taylor checked the time, "Okay we have an hour to kill before our ship arrives, what do you want to do?" he asked while scratching Aira behind the ears.
Dawn looked at Aira, "Does this island have a place where trainers gather to battle?" she asked. Taylor smiles grew wider and much more devious. Taylor was an idiot at times sure, but on the battlefield he's a force you don't want to mess with.
Meanwhile
Ash and Serena were on already on a boat and on their way to Sinnoh; the boat was big, but still pretty fast. If everything turned out fine they would arrive in Sinnoh the day before the date Ash was going for.
"So Ash, why did you really decide to go to Sinnoh so suddenly?" Serena asked. "I mean we all need breaks, but you didn't really seem like you wanted one before today." Ash clearly underestimated Serena when it came to how well she knew him.
"Okay," he said, "We're going to visit one of my old traveling companions while I was traveling through the Sinnoh Region. Her birthday is coming up next week so I thought it would be a good time to visit." He said.
Serena had a weird and uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her stomach, "Her?" she asked.
"Oh yeah, I've never told you about her haven't I." Ash said, Serena shook her head, but she didn't really want to hear about her, "Well she's a coordinator, a lot like a Pokémon Performer in several ways; the main difference is that they can battle other people and turn their Pokémon's moves into awesome displays that do a lot of damage. I actually got a few of my battle strategies from watching a few Pokémon Contests."
Serena raised an eyebrow, "So they're a mix between a Pokémon Trainer and Pokémon Performer?" she asked.
Ash thought for a moment, "Actually that describes it almost perfectly, I never thought of it that way." He said and a few seconds later his stomach growled, "Well we can talk more later, let's find a place to eat." He said running off, Serena followed after him, but her mood wasn't quite the same as before.
Back with Dawn
Dawn remembered another thing about Taylor; he liked to make battle a little more interesting. Currently he and Aira were up against a man fighting with an Aurorus; obviously this guy was well traveled. "Earthquake, let's ground this kid." He said.
"Rorus," the Tundra Pokémon cried as it reared it's legs up and slammed them into the ground causing the battlefield to shake.
Aira wobbled around and collapsed, "The challenger's Pokémon is unable to battle, the winner and still the undefeated champion is Brutus." The announcer said pointing to the trainer Taylor was facing. Brutus cheered.
"Wait," Taylor said causing everyone to look at him, "How about a wager?" he asked.
"I'm listening," Brutus said eying Taylor.
"You defeated one of my Pokémon," Taylor said, "How about we put some money on the line that I can beat your Aurorus with another of my Pokémon. If I do then you send another Pokémon to try and defeat my Pokémon. If I still win then I get all the money."
Brutus considered it, "Very well, but on one condition. If I win," he said pointing a finger at Dawn, who was standing behind him, "I not only get the money. I also get to take your pretty little friend there for some grub." He said.
Taylor looked over his shoulder at Dawn, "Deal," Dawn shot him a look telling him that he better win this. If Dawn didn't know Taylor was most likely going to win she would probably be extremely mad at him, but she was going to have a long talk with him about making her a prize.
Taylor took Aira off the battlefield, "Alright send out the next victim to be destroyed." Brutus said in a cocky tone.
Taylor smirked, "Well you asked for it," he said grabbing a Heavy Ball from his belt and enlarging it, "Titanium it's wrecking time." He said throwing the pokeball and releasing a large and extremely intimidating Aggron.
"AGGRON!" the Iron Armor Pokémon bellowed making a good deal of the spectators' ears ring.
Taylor smirked and took the shades off his hat and put them on, "Here's where things get real." He said. Brutus was a little shocked but he shook it off. "Let's begin with a little power up," Taylor said before activating the keystone on his Mega Ring. There was a bright glow from both stones as pink lightning came off of Titanium as his form began to change.
"GRRRRRRON!" The light dispersed when a mighty roar exploded from Titanium's snout. Brutus looked in shock, he couldn't see Taylor's eyes behind his shades, but he could tell from the way he was smirking that he had been hustled.
Brutus narrowed his eyes, "No matter, let's destroy this punk." He said, "Rock Polish Aurorus." He commanded and his Pokémon's colorful frill and the gems decorating his sides started to shine and his entire body was covered in sparkles and it looked faster now. "Now use Giga Impact." Aurorus pawed at the ground like an angry Tauros before being surrounded by an orange and purple aura before charging towards Titanium.
Whether or not Taylor was fazed by this was unknown, "If you want to play it that way… use Heavy Slam Titanium." He told his Pokémon, Titanium started to make a rumbling noise as his body was surrounded by a powerful yellow aura and he charged his opponent. Aurorus was moving faster so he was able to cover more distance, but Titanium had a lot more mass in his charge. There was an explosion from the crash and smoke covered the field. Taylor looking into the smoke as if he could actually see what was going on, "Good job, now let's heat things up with Fire Punch."
Something inside the smoke glowed orange illuminating two silhouettes, one of them had a flowing orange fist that he slammed into his opponent. Aurorus suddenly flew out of the smoke badly scorched with a black mark on the side of his neck. "C'mon get up," Brutus said now looking a little desperate.
"I don't think so," Taylor said as Titanium walked out of the smoke and next to Aurorus, "One more Heavy Slam, send that fossil back to where it came from." He said.
Dawn watched Taylor with worry. That was another thing about when he went into battle, sometimes he went too far. Dawn almost ran forward and put a hand on his shoulder, "Taylor, that's enough." Dawn said.
Taylor looked back at Dawn and almost seemed to calm down, he turned back to the battlefield, "Forget that command Titanium, instead use another Fire Punch." Titanium nodded his head and like before his fist was covered in orange flames and he raised his fist before bringing it down and punching Aurorus. There was a bust of flame and Aurorus' eyes became swirls.
"Aurorus is unable to battle, which means the round goes to Taylor and Titanium." The announcer said.
Taylor thought for a minute, and then he took off his sunglasses and looked at the announcer, "I'm ending this battle." He said.
"What?!" Brutus said, "You just hustled me and destroyed my Pokémon and expect to get away with it." Brutus said.
"Yes," he said simply before turning towards Dawn, "Let's go, our boat will be leaving soon anyway." He said.
Brutus walked towards Taylor, "if you forfeit that means I win," he said stopping right behind him, "Which means I get to take your little friend out, for pulling that off I'm going to need more from her than just a date." Taylor wasn't entirely sure what he meant by that, but one of the possible interpretations didn't agree with him.
Without warning Taylor turned around and slammed his fist into Brutus' face, "If I ever catch you talking about her like that again I'll make Titanium use Heavy Slam on you." he growled his blue looking as intense as an ocean storm. He turned around and grabbed Dawn's hand before leading her out of the building and towards the dock.
"You know that wasn't necessary," Dawn told Taylor, "you could've just walked away." She said.
Taylor shook his head, "I couldn't just walk away thinking he could think like that about you and get away with it." he said.
Dawn smiled and leaned over and kissed Taylor on the cheek, "You really are a sweet guy," she commented, "in a crazy overprotective way." She added with a slight giggle.
Taylor smiled and let go of her hand, "Race you to the boat." He said racing down the pier. Dawn giggled and ran after him, thinking that Taylor was going to get lost the second he was on the boat.
Back with Serena
Serena couldn't believe she lost Ash again, every time they were alone one way or another she lost track of him. the boat they were on just knocked at an Island Serena didn't really know anything about and now they were pulling away from the dock. It was the last stop before they would dock in Sinnoh.
Sinnoh… where the special mystery girl was. What made her so special? Ash didn't actually… love her, did he? "Serena, don't think like that. So what if he has other friends that are girls? You still have a good chance of being with him and-" Serena was cut off by someone literally running into her. Serena started to fall back, but a hand wrapped around her waist and caught her before she did.
"I am so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." A male voice said as he helped Serena to her feet.
"It's no big deal," She said as she looked to see who she had bumped into. It was a pretty cute guy around her age, if not a year older.
"No it's not, I need to make this up to you somehow." The boy said.
"No really it's fine," Serena said with a slight giggle finding his behavior a little funny.
"Okay good, I was worried there for a second," the boy said, "I don't think I ever got your name." he said.
Serena didn't want to point out that he never asked, "I'm Serena," she said holding out a hand.
The boy smiled and shook it, "I'm Taylor."
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Okay this chapter took a lot longer that I wanted it to, but hopefully the chapter made it worth the wait.
Bet you guys didn't see that coming did you? Well if you did congratulations.
Also, somebody sent a review asking me why I was a pearlshipper; well I thought this would be as good of a place as any to tell you the answer.
The main reason is just the bond these two have; it's a bond that is unmatched. All of Ash's traveling companion each share some sort of bond with Ash. Misty has her lure, May has her Terracotta Ribbon half, Iris... well I'm not entirely sure about that one, and Serena has the small blue ribbon that is pretty much the center piece for her new look. Dawn however, her bond doesn't really come from something Ash gave her or something she gave Ash, it's the things that they've done for one another. They're a team, the support one another and were there to help the other up when the other stumbled and fell. Ash never missed a single one of Dawn's contests and Dawn put on a cheerleading outfit out for some of Ash's Gym Battles Then there's the high fives they share, Ash has never had that with any other person he's traveled with, that alone shows that Dawn isn't just someone he traveled with. Then during the Darkari movie Ash saved Dawn's life and Dawn tried to save Ash's, but that only resulted in both of them falling Then there's the fact they have traded Pokémon with one another, which is a demonstration of trust especially with Ash's past experience when it comes to trading his Pokémon. They are just comfortable with one another, and I think that if Buneary wasn't offered that model deal she would've gone with Ash to Kanto and possibly continued to travel with him. Another proof of how close they are was their reunion in the Best Wishes Series. While most reunions just have a formal greeting and all that, Dawn actually played a prank on Ash, even though he was slightly annoyed at first he completely forgot about the prank when he saw Dawn and they shared a high five. Then there's the song High Touch, I won't explain anything more about it because then I'd have to go on for another paragraph.
Remember to send a review, and I will respond to them in the next chapter, which I will try to get to you ASAP. So until then…
This is W. R. Winters signing off