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Chapter 12

Sparks

The kitchen was filled with duffels. Ash and Dawn were packed and ready to board the flight to Goldenrod City where they were going to be interviewed on Interregional Television about the next Court. Ash and Pikachu were laying on the duffel that Ash was bringing along, waiting for Dawn and Piplup to finish packing.

"Come on, Piplup!" Dawn's faint voice came from upstairs.

THUMP, CRASH.

It sounded like luggage was falling down the stairs!

"Piplup!" Ash jumped up and walked over to the staircase.

"You guys okay?" Suddenly, a hard backed suitcase shot down the stairs and hit Ash right in the chest. He flew across the room, landing on a pile of duffel bags that Dawn had packed for herself and despite his protests, him.

"Pika!" The mouse pokémon bounded onto the suitcase. Dawn emerged from the stairway.

"Hey, Pikachu. Where's Ash?"

"Pi-pikachu." He pointed to the pile of duffel bags. A slight groan came from the pile.

"Ash!" Dawn pulled the hard backed suitcase off of the pile. He was knocked out in the piles of bags, slightly stirring.

"Hey Pikachu, help me out here."

"Kachu!" Pikachu walked up to Ash and zapped him.

"Argh!" Ash was jump started. He jumped up and ran towards the wall. Laughing, Dawn grabbed him just before he put his head through the wall.

"Hey! You haven't broken anything this visit, let's not start tonight!" She spun him around, laughing. He couldn't help but to join in. They spun together until it turned into a sort of slow dance, the two imaging a romantic song playing in the background. They flopped down onto the soft duffel bags, their fall cushioned by the clothes they had packed. They lay there, enjoying some of the first peace and quiet they'd had together since they were traveling Sinnoh together. Dawn rolled over next to Ash so that they were looking at each other.

"Hey, you." He looked into her eyes, deciphering her expression. He saw a sadness in them.

"Hey." He smiled.

"What's up?"

She looked taken aback. "What do you mean?"

He grinned. "Stop it, Dawn you know what I'm talking about."

She blushed, and looked down. "I'm nervous about the whole 'uniting the regions' thing."

Ash looked surprised. "Why?" "

"I don't know. I think that we are rushing into the idea of having a massive event somewhere we've never been before." Ash nodded thoughtfully. He had thought that exact problem himself.

"That's why we are sending Gary and then we will be joining him after the Wallace Cup. We will have a year to prepare, both the court and the entire world of pokemon." Dawn nodded, that made sense. Ash sensed her anxiety.

"Besides, if anything goes wrong, you have me. That's got to be worth something." She looked up into the eyes of the boy, no, the man she loved.

She blushed and grinned. "I can take care of myself, Mr. I'm-League-Champion-of-three-regions. I've won a League Championship myself."

He grinned right back.

"Oh yeah?"

He leaned in and kissed her. The moment their lips touched, sparks flew and time stopped. Dawn repositioned herself on top him and kept kissing him, her lips pushing down onto his. They were lost in their love, and enjoying every minute of it. They kissed passionately, the minutes ticking past, each one slower than the last. Then there was a beeping noise from Ash's pocket. They broke apart, Ash digging through his pocket. He pulled out a cellphone.

"We have to go! The plane is waiting!" He pecked her once more on the lips.

"Let's finish in Goldenrod, okay?" She nodded, a sad smile on her face. They untangled themselves and started lugging their luggage out the door, feeling wholly disappointed.