Chapter 4: Revealing Dinner
As Ash and Terra were heading for the restaurant Ash was asking questions about the little scene in the elevator.
"So do you mind telling me what happened with you in the elevator?" Ash prodded "You were red as a tomato."
Terra kept walking in silent hoping that it would get Ash to leave him alone about it sadly it didn't work as Ash went to the next source of information. "Sonic do you know you what's up with Terra?" Sonic gave one of his famous toothy grins.
"I sure do Ash Terra's got the hots for Cynthia-" He couldn't finish the sentence by the hand Terra quickly slapped over his mouth.
"Alright I'll tell you, you really resorted to asking Sonic if I had kept quiet." Ash nodded which earned an exasperated sigh from Terra who noticed they reached the restaurant. "We're here, oh and Sonic behave yourself, I don't want a repeat of last time."
"You still remember that how many times do I have to apologize?" sonic asked annoyed "Besides that waiter was asking for it."
"So you throw him half across the restaurant." Terra fired back "Your lucky mom knew the owner or we would've been kicked out and honestly I would've expected that from Shadow."
"Not gonna to argue with that one." Sonic agreed
Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder and went to Sonic's 'We're going to have an interesting dinner Sonic.' the yellow mouse implied, Sonic looked quizzically 'why?'
'Because the restaurant we're entering right now I saw those two girls enter as well.' Pikachu answered, Sonic gave a sly grin 'This will be a good night.'
Inside the restaurant Cynthia and Solana were looking at the menu wondering what to order.
"So sis how's feel to be champion?" Solana asked
Cynthia sighed "It's okay but to tell you the truth I'm getting kind of tired of it."
"Really; why?" she asked
"Because after a while you get bored I rarely battle, when I do it's for tournaments or title matches. People are constantly chasing me."
"I've noticed" Solana growled slightly
"Not to mention they keep calling me by my nickname the Sinnoh Champion even when saying my name they have to add it. I wish even for a little while I could be treated normally." Cynthia finished
"You're lucky I wish I could be you; you know how tiring it is to having the paparazzi constantly chasing me just to know anything about you, I mean don't get me wrong I'm happy for you but I just can't take it anymore." She stated
Cynthia was shocked at what she just said; she never knew that her sister felt that way "I'm sorry Solana I didn't know now I have another reason to hate being champion."
"It fine I'm just a little jealous that's all." She admitted
"Yeah but… How long have you been feeling like this?" Cynthia asked
"A week after you were champion going on from there." Solana answered low voice
"Wow I just wow."
At that moment Terra and Ash were following a waiter to a booth right behind the twin's booth. Solana noticed them coming towards them and started to smirk. "Hey Cynthia, look who's coming over here?" Cynthia peeked out to see Terra and Ash she went back in and muttered under her breath.
"You've got to be kidding me."
"Sis what's with you; ever since this afternoon when we watched that boy's battle you've been acting like a little girl with a huge crush." Solana said
"It's because of what you said earlier ever since then I can't think straight." Cynthia explained
"Yeah but I was only kidding." Solana stated "I mean it's not like you really like him . . . do you?"
"I'm not jumping to conclusions yet. But there's no part of me saying I don't want to get to know him a little better."
"And how are you going to handle that?" Solana questioned
"No need to worry about that."
With Ash and friends they sat down behind where the girls were sitting starting with what was supposed to be a private conversation but unbeknownst to them the girl were hearing everything they were saying.
"So once again Terra would you care to explain why you were red as tomato in the elevator?" Ash asked looking at his menu
All right to start off remember those twins in the elevator?" Terra started Ash nodded "The one in black who I like is Cynthia Shirona the Sinnoh Champion."
"That was the champion herself?" Ash asked in shock "Wow I'm surprised"
"Why?"
"Because in the other region the other champions are men to know this region's champion is lady is amazing." Ash stated
"Yeah not counting my region it's pretty awesome." Terra added "But to me I don't care about that."
"What do you mean?"
"I like Cynthia for her skills, determination, and love of pokemon not for her titles that's just a word to me."
"I know what you mean titles don't mean anything to me unless you back that up your skill and knowledge in battle." Ash added "So when did you first see her battle?"
"When I was younger and learning about pokemon I saw one of her battles on T.V. I guess you could say that after seeing her one time I had these feelings automatically."
"Love at first sight?" Ash assumed
"I guess but it could never work out." Terra admitted
"Why's that?"
"Many reasons should I start at the age difference or that she might not like me more than what I'm feeling?"
"Hey don't let it get you down." Ash started "A lot of crazy things happen when love is involved at least that's what my mom told."
Terra noticed Ash face growing solemnly at the word mom and wanted to ask but decided to leave it alone. At least for right now
"Maybe your right but I'm not going to throw my heart at her." Terra started "Because she should be allowed to choose anyone she wants not a little kid just because he confessed his feeling… but if I could be close friends with her that'll be okay with me."
Cynthia and Solana who heard everything sat in quiet. Solana was smirking at the little kid confession while Cynthia was surprised.
'Wow I never knew Terra felt this way.' she thought
After ordering their food and waiting for their meal to arrive they started eating. Sonic and Pikachu had a eating to see who could eat their food faster. Ash won the bet they made when Sonic choked on one of his chili dogs.
"Thanks for the 10 bucks" Ash said pretending to comb his hair with it Terra growled playfully
"Sonic explain to me how did you lose?" he asked teasingly
"I choked?" he answered with a sweatdrop
"How I remember you downing 4 chili dogs in one go."
"Pikachu pulled a cheap move by shocking me when we weren't paying attention." Sonic defended
Pikachu started yelling at Sonic in pokemon language in what seemed to be swears after hearing that.
"Don't give me that crap you overgrown rat." Sonic shot back at the said pokemon
At that moment Pikachu pounced on Sonic shocking and biting him fiercely. Sonic fell out of the booth trying to pull the said pokemon off his face while screaming in his native tongue. Ash and Terra looked at each other before rushing to help pull their pokemon off of each other. This scene spark the interest of everyone in the restaurant. Some even whipped out the camera to record this scene.
"Pikachu let go." Ash pleaded struggling with the iron grip pokemon
"Sonic are you pulling him off or holding him closer?" Terra questioned doing the same thing
At that moment Sonic and Pikachu had enough and decided to shock each other forgetting that their trainers were holding them. After getting about 50,000 watts of electricity shot through them they slowly let go of their pokemons and fell to the floor with a huge thud. The pokemon stopped what they were doing to check on their trainers. Cynthia checked on Terra while Solana checked on Ash.
"Hey are you alright?" The girls asked
Ash and Terra's response were the same "Mama can I have a cookie?" they answered with swirly eyes
-With Solana and Ash-
Solana giggled at his response before slapping his face lightly. Once he opened his eyes his met her silver-hazel eyes as they blushed slightly.
"You alright" Solana asked helping Ash up.
"Yeah I think so thanks." He replied
"You're welcome"
When they got up they noticed jaw dropped people looking in another direction. They followed the peoples gaze to see a sight truly to behold.
"Holy-" Was all Solana could say
"Sweet Arceus" Ash said speechless
-With Cynthia and Terra-
Cynthia was smiling as she shaking Terra lightly attempting to wake him up. When he woke up to say he was shock to see Cynthia this close to his face was an understatement but he tried to keep his cool.
"Are you okay?" Cynthia asked warmly
"Yeah thanks." Terra replied smiling
Unknown to them Sonic was still having outs with Pikachu. Pikachu giving smart-mouth comments to him which Sonic 'kindly' replied back to. Sonic decided to end it pulled one of his bottom eyelids while sticking his tongue at Pikachu as if to say 'bite me'. Pikachu grew a tick mark as he took a salt shaker and batted it with its tail towards Sonic who dodged it thanks to his quill. Cynthia on the other hand caught it to the back of her head as she stumbled forward and 'accidently' crashed her lips onto Terra's. Everyone especially Ash and Solana was just surprised.
"Holy-" was all Solana could say
"Sweet Arceus" Ash said speechless
Sonic and Pikachu were wide eyed before giving each other a secret fist-bump
'Nice work Pikachu' Sonic whispered
'Back at ya Sonic' Pikachu whispered back
Cynthia and Terra was wide eyed at what was happening they were kissing in a public restaurant. Terra wasn't sure whether to push her off or grow enough hormones to pull her head to deepen the kiss while he could. Cynthia on the other hand was having a field day in her mind.
C: What am I doing?
DC (Diabla Cynthia) : Uh making out with Terra from what I'm seeing
C: But he's a little kid!
AC (Angela Cynthia) : Who you like already
C: *Blushing* I don't like him
DC: Uh-huh then why are you still locking lips with?
C: God how can this get any worse T-T
AC: The fact that people are taking pictures?
Cynthia snapped back to reality to the sound of clicking and flashing. She back away slowly with a heated up face still slightly dazed at what happened as well as Terra who was a little reluctant to separate from Cynthia. They got up and went to their tables head slammed on the table crimson red. Ash and Solana looked at each other then went back to their designated seat.
"Terra?" Ash mused
"Cynthia?" Solana mused
"Are you two feeling okay?" the both asked
They both looked at them "I'm ready to go now Ash/Solana."
They gave a sympathetic look as they smiled and nod in agreement. After an awkward bill paying and leaving the restaurant the 4 well 6 counting the pokemon were walking back to the hotel. Cynthia who was covering her eyes with her hair while still crimson red from what had happened while Terra was just quiet during the walk back. Ash felt a little sorry for him he had not expected this to happen to him on his first day here in Sinnoh.
"Terra-" Terra cut him off before he could say anything
"Ash can I please have a moment I still need to process what just happened." Terra stated as he head into his room in silent. Ash looked at the pokemon before heading into the bathroom. Everyone looked at Pikachu and Sonic face basically screaming 'WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?'
Sonic explained to everyone what happened at the restaurant starting from their secret plan they came up with at the last minute to where Terra and Cynthia 'accidently' locked lips. In the end everyone jaw dropped at the story until Shadow broke the silence.
'So basically your special plan backfired incredibly.'
'You could say that.' Sonic started before blasting an energy blast at the wall turning invisible to show Terra practically doing back flips in his room giving muted cheers fist-pumping the air like he won a marathon 'Or you could say that it work out maliciously to our plan.'
'So why was he so quiet when he walked?' Silver asked
'Probably from shock I mean how would you react if you made out with someone you had a crush on so suddenly in front of everybody.' Pikachu stated
Silver was quiet while secretly looking at Blaze 'Good Point'
'So what do you think is going to happen?' Chimchar asked
'I guess we'll wait not much more we can do.' Sonic answered the pokemon agreed on that and headed off to sleep.
-X-
During that time Cynthia and Solana were talking about what happened back at the restaurant.
"Well that was embarrassing" said a face flushed Cynthia
"You tonguing an 11 year old child or doing that in front of the public?" Solana asked slight teasingly
"Both"
"So how are you going to fix it?"
"Well the first thing I'm going to do is going to his hotel room and talk to him his next door to us right?" Solana nodded "Yeah so I do that and I'm not sure what to do after that but I figured apologizing is the best way to start."
"Yeah that seems like a good idea it'll definitely work."
Cynthia smiled as she climbed into bed facing the wall just before Solana turned off the lights she looked at Cynthia one more time "Hey can I ask you one more question?"
"What is it?"
"What did he taste like?" Solana smirked; Cynthia shot up and threw one of her extra pillows at her sister
"GO TO BED SOLANA!" Screamed a crimson faced Cynthia; Solana smirked as she turned off the light and went to sleep. Cynthia lay back in her bed facing the wall secretly smiling.
"To answer your question though Solana." She muttered under her breath while licking her lips "He tastes really good."
-X-
The next morning Terra was the first to wake up as he made his way to the balcony as he stepped out he noticed Cynthia was leaning out on her balcony he could tell it was Cynthia because while she favored black her sister favored white and silver/grey. She looked at Terra who looked back what last only a few minutes seemed like an eternity to them before Cynthia spoke up.
"Hi"
"Hi, some scene at the restaurant last night huh?"
"Yeah" she answered sheepishly "Listen I want to apologize about that that was… unexpected of me."
"No no its fine I didn't mind." Terra reassured 'Not one bit'
"Still it was wrong of me… you know the weird thing is I don't even know what happened all I felt was a small object hit me in the back of my head next thing I know our lips our connected."
Terra was confused from what she said until he realized something "Hey Cynthia would you give a sec?"
The champion nodded as Terra went back into his room. While she was enjoyed the peace and quiet it was interrupted by the sounds of objects getting broken or sent flying. She gave a confused look at what was going on. She rushed to the room next door to see the place look like a tornado blew by she looked to see Sonic and Pikachu with swirly eyes and Terra breathing heavily.
"What happened?" Cynthia asked
"Oh nothing just had a little talk with my 'friends' that all."
"Right" Cynthia said non-believing "So like I was saying if there's anything I can do to make up for last night let me know."
"Well we could spend the day with each other." Terra suggested
"As in a date?" Cynthia smirked
Terra face lit up like Christmas decorations when Cynthia said 'Date' "No not like that, I mean walk around get to know each other that sort of things."
Cynthia liked how Terra tripped and stutters she found it cute and funny "All right let me get dress and I'll meet you downstairs."
As soon as she left the room Terra started jumping around fist-pumping like he just won the championship. He kept acting like this until he caught Ash staring at him smirking. He coughed bashfully before regaining himself.
"How long have you been standing there?" he asked
"Oh about when you finished beating the crap out of our pokemon." He stated simply "So you're going to spend the day with Cynthia huh? That's fine I'll be sure to tell you about the battle later on."
Terra wide eyed "The gym battle I forgot sorry Ash." He apologized
"Nah don't worry about it just have a good time with the Sinnoh Champ." He assured "Better hurry you don't want to keep her waiting."
Terra didn't need to be told twice as he cleaned himself and changed to his usual attire. He grabbed his pokeballs and rushed to the door just as he left he gave one last goodbye to Ash.
"See you later . . . Nii-San."
(Nii-San= Big Brother)
Ash was caught off guard by that remark as Terra left but then started grinning going back into the room to change "Nii-san huh?"
Downstairs Terra looked around for Cynthia confused at where she was. Then out of nowhere his eyes was covered by soft smooth hands. He jumped slightly and turned around to see Cynthia one eye closed sticking her tongue out cutely.
"Ready to go?" she asked
Terra nodded "Yeah"
-X-
Back upstairs with Ash he finished getting himself ready for the day he left the hotel room and headed towards the elevator and noticed that it was still there and it was closing "Hold the elevator"
The elevator stopped as it opened back up. As Ash get in he noticed that the person inside was Solana.
"Hey you're the girl that helped me last." He stated "I never really got to say thanks."
"Oh it was no problem… um sorry I didn't ask for your name." She said
"My name is Ash Satoshi nice to meet ya." He greeted
"Solana Shirona" she greeted back "Some dinner last night huh?"
"Yeah crazy" Ash breathed a little uncomfortable "So uh going anywhere in specific today Solana?"
"Not really just going to walk around randomly?" she replied "What about you?"
"I have a gym battle today with Roark." Ash answered
Solana lit up "Gym battle?"
"Yeah you wanna come?"
"Sure"
-X-
Back with Terra and Cynthia they were laying on the grass breathing a little heavily from running. Earlier they were walking around taking in the sights around Sinnoh until the paparazzi jumped out of nowhere bombarding them with questions from last night. They manage to get away thanks to Sonic's blue vortex attack. They ran into to the woods until the tension died down.
"Man what a time in Sinnoh this is turning out to be." Terra stated "Thanks Sonic why don't you rest a bit?"
"Thanks bud" he said as he went back into the pokeball
"You with this every day?" Terra asked
"Yes unfortunately" she sighed as she turned to face Terra "So tell me about yourself Terra?"
"Uh well where to start um I was Born and raised in the Divine Region." He started "I'm the son of Tokiko Graves the champion as you may know. I'm going into my second year of pokemon training. I'm basically working to become Pokemon master just like my mom."
"Wow she must be a big role model to you." She assumed
"Yeah she is" he mused "What about you I'd like to know about you."
"Well there's that much to say. Obviously from what you can see I'm the champion for this region. I started out as a trainer at the age of twelve." She started "When I became champion at first I liked it but after a while I'm starting to get sick of it."
Terra looked bewildered "What do you mean?"
"Ever since I became champion it's like people treat me like I'm a god or something. I can't go anywhere without someone wanting an autograph or challenging." Cynthia pointed out "Not to mention the paparazzi as you can see there like vultures stalking their prey. Basically all-in-all it's insane I can't get a moments peace."
Terra stayed quiet while thinking he never really thought about it. Was this the reason that his mom was never really here? He put his hand on Cynthia's and looked at her face-to-face.
"Well despite all of that I think you should be proud of your title." He reassured "It shows that you worked hard to get you are now and even if you have to deal with all this remember that you have friends and family supporting all the way."
Cynthia grew pink tints on her cheeks no one has ever said anything like that before "T-thanks"
Terra gave a usual goofy grin "Anytime Cynthia-chan"
Cynthia sat up with an amused look "Chan?"
Terra gave a deep crimson color and stuttered like crazy "U-uh w-well I mean if you don't mind me calling you that I just-"
"Terra it's okay I don't mind at all." She assured "Besides"
She laid back down this time on his chest "If you can call me Cynthia-chan that means I can call you Terra-kun; you don't mind me calling you that?"
She looked at him sweetly "Don't you Terra-kun?"
Terra was surprised at her teasing attitude but then gave an even bigger smile "Not one bit."
-X-
Back with Ash and Solana they were walking towards the gym in silence. Ash feeling a little uncomfortable of the uneasy silence decided to strike a conversation.
"So…" he started "You're sister's a champion huh?"
'Oh god here it comes.' He though slightly irritated "Yes she is"
"How do you feel about it?"
Solana looked quizzical at him "What do you mean?"
"Occasionally when a friend or family becomes a big shot or something there will always be one person who feels like they should support them but deep down they feel something else. I speak from experience." He explained
"Well I feel fine I don't have any feelings against that." Solana replied slightly defending
Ash stopped walking and looked at her azure met hazel for a few seconds "You telling me you don't have conflicted feelings but your eyes are telling me another story."
Solana was caught she couldn't believe that Ash noticed that quickly. She sighed as she might as well tell him.
"You're right I do have second thought about." She mused "It's not I want to be this way it just sort of came to me."
"How?" he asked
"Well it's nothing just well I'm tired of Cynthia's publicity. I mean I don't as long as they don't have to come to me about it." She stated "Because it just reminds me of how sis made something of herself while I don't do anything with mine."
Ash gave a solemn look then smiled "Well why not change that."
Solana looked bewildered "How?"
"Why don't do set a goal that can make yourself known and follow it to the end."
Solana gave a deep thought about it "W-well I have been getting into Coordinating."
"There ya go follow that dream and you'll get results."
Solana smiled she never had someone be so encouraging to her before. They finished talking as the gym was in front them.
"Well it's time." Ash breathed
He opened the doors to see Roark standing on the other side waiting in anticipation for him.
"So are you ready to start?" he asked
"You bet" Ash replied with determination
Solana walked to the bleacher stands excited to see how this will turn out. The referee walked up to the middle and raised both flags.
"This match between the challenger Ash from Pallet Town and Roark the Gym leader will now commence.
"Alright Starly I choose you!"
"Geodude come on out!"
"Let the match BEGIN!"
End of Chapter
Wow I'm late sorry my faithful readers I've been busy with a lot of things mostly between school and my other stories preferably my favorite one 'MegaGirl Starforce'. Anyways we see Ash getting ready to start his battle with Roark. Also we see how the Shirona twins truly feel with Cynthia being champion. Lastly we see lot of dare I say romantic like moments between out four main characters preferably during dinner between Terra and Cynthia. Let see how the next chapter pans out to this one. As usual to my readers I hope you enjoyed this chapter
Until next time.