Hello everyone!
Happy 2016!
I know it comes 3 days too late but hey it's better than nothing
How was your 2015? Mine wasn't that bad and not that good. I made some good and some bad experiences. But everything we do is important for our future.
I know I took my time but honestly, I was just too lazy to write but I don't want to disappoint my readers. This fanfiction reached more than 2000 views! That's a lot compared to my wattpad stats. So thanks to you guys! Thanks for your support! I really appreciate it!

This is chapter 5. Hope you enjoy it!


Last time, our adorable group of little heroes left the cave and continued their walk to Snowbelle City. Ash asked Serena a question which Serena hoped to never hear. But Bonnie unintentionally saved her. So right now, they're making their way to the end of the group for a little girls talk.
On their way to the end, Serena saw Clemont walking to the front with an uneasy and nervous expression on his face. Bonnie just didn't look since she knew what her brother was going to do.

However, Serena didn't know that and wanted to know why

"Hey Bonnie what's with Clemont? He's walking to Ash but he doesn't look really happy. It looks like he's stressed, or do I see things wrong?" Serena asked her little 'sister'

"What are you talking about he looks perfectly fine. You saw totally wrong. He's just a bit exhausted due to the walking . You know Clemont. That's totally normal for him. I'm totally right, right?" Bonnie replied almost as nervous as Clemont. She didn't want that Serena hears about Clemont's 'mission.

"Umm Bonnie what's wrong? You're using the word totally a bit too much. Normally, you don't use that word. So tell me what's wrong." Serena pointed the obvious out and demanded for an answer

"Umm... umm..." Bonnie tried to get more time to find a lie

"Bonnie! What are you two doing!?"

"Umm... "
'What should I say? What should I say ?! Man Clemont why did you have to look so suspicious?! What can I tell her?! Why can't she be as dense as Ash?! OK I know why. If she had been as dense as Ash, the chances of them becoming a couple would have been equal zero. Arceus what am I supposed to say!? ' Bonnie thought until the idea suddenly came to her as if Arceus would have heard her.
'I know what! Thanks Arceus! '

Far far away in a different dimension

"No Bonnie, I have to thank you for teaching Ash some things about Love! It's a mission I'm not even capable of accomplishing it! I have great hopes in you guys!" A mysterious pokémon said (nooo it's not Arceus *cough* *cough* sarcasm)

Back to Kalos

"OK OK, I'll tell you. But don't freak out,OK ?"

"Yeah, I won't freak out if that doesn't concern me nor my crush on a certain someone." Serena assured her blushing at the last part of her sentence

"It doesn't concern your crush on Ash but it does concern you or more specifically all of us. Clemont wants to know what Ash will do after he finished the league. Ash is going to fight for his last gym badge and after that he'll compete in the Kalos league. And I asked Clemont what he's planning on doing after that. He didn't know so he decided to ask him directly."

"And why is he so nervous?" Serena asked still doubting her

"You didn't realize it?"

"Realize what? And don't ask me 'Are you sure?' , OK?"

"The reason why he's so nervous is that our ways may part ways after he competed in the league. And we can't travel with him if he decides to explore another region since Clemont has his duties as a gym leader. I mean Clembot can't lead the gym the whole time. Clemont has to return sometime And I have to follow him because I'm not old enough to start a journey alone nor without my brother. I just wonder why you didn't realize it yet. You're totally on love with him and you didn't thought about your future together." Bonnie explained the facts but not the real reason behind Clemont's behavior

"Wait what?! He won't leave us! I mean he ... umm.. he ..." Serena panicked and or freaked out

"Stop he won't do that! We will still continue traveling together!" Serena stated completely sure regaining her calmness

"And why should he do that?" Bonnie inquired

"Do you remember the Reflection Cave incident?"

"Yeah why wouldn't I?"

Flashback

Our little heroes made their way out of the Reflection Cave and everybody way relieved that they all made it out without any harm. But they didn't think about it that long so they set off for the next gym badge for Ash. Bonnie and Clemont started walking and Ash was about to follow them but Serena stopped him and asked him a serious question.
"We'll always be together from now on, right?" Serena asked him because she feared that they'll be separated again
"What are you talking about? Isn't that obvious?" Ash answered turning her serious question into a rhetorical question
The siblings at the front also heard that responded too
"That's right" by Clemont
"We'll be together forever!" by Bonnie

End of the flashback

"Good. After we left the cave, I asked Ash whether we will always travel together and he said yes. So I don't have to worry about my future with Ash!" Serena told Bonnie

"So maybe you'll travel with him together if he moves to another region. We'll probably stay here. But don't worry everything will be fine. I mean we see each other twice in life. Don't worry fate already decided about your and Ash's future. And if not I'll care for that so just do your part and confess to him AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!" Bonnie assured her

"Yeah! Wait what do you mean with you'll care for that?! Bonnie?! Don't mess with my love life! I'll confess when the time is right!"

"But you two have to become a couple! I have to care for that! It's my duty as your little sister! And when is the time right?"

"Aww Bonnie. But still, don't mess with it! It's my problem! The time is right when the time is right! It's something only fate decides."

"Fine, but do not complain when Ash ends up dating Miette instead of you!" Bonnie told her

"What!? Why the hell should Ash, I mean our ASH!, date someone like MIETTE!?" Serena almost yelled

"Jelly?" Bonnie smirked deviously

"What what are you talking about?" Serena huffed looking away blushing

"Ash and Serena sitting on a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G" Bonnie sang old-school

"Psst! Bonnie Ash could hear you!" Serena pressed her hand against Bonnie's. 'Cause of that Bonnie couldn't breathe properly

"MMMMmm Mseremana!"

"What did you say?"

Bonnie pushed Serena's hand away
"I said I CAN NOT BREATHE ! "

"Oh sorry Bonnie! I panicked a little bit. I didn't mean to do that."

"I know. It's love! It drives you crazy." Bonnie snickered silently in her mind remembering Serena going insane 'cause of Ash
"I just hope that bro will experience love someday. But of course he will! You know why?
'cause he has the best love matchmaker called Bonnie! With me on his side, he will find his love one day!"

"Wow that is optimistic Somebody is really confident." Serena stated a bit shocked 'cause of Bonnie's faith in herself

"I have to! If I hadn't confident, Clemont would never find a wife. I mean which woman wants a husband with a sister without confidence?"

"Umm I think that doesn't matter." Serena sweatdropped

"Ohh yes it really matters if the brother is Clemont. He hasn't as much confidence as Ash, right?"

"Yeah but Ash is just Ash. I think nobody is as brave, courageous and kind as him." Serena went back to dreamland for a bit, thinking about Ash's personality

"Yeah yeah, he such a hero and whatsoever in your eyes. And I want that Clemont would be like Ash in the eyes of a beautiful woman. And if I want that dream to become true then I have to be confident so that she thinks that he's confident too."

"Oh OK that seems legit, but it's your thing not mine so I just leave Clemont alone with that problem. OK back to the main topic. Umm.. what were we talking about? I kinda forgot it." Serena thought back to the beginning of their conversation

"Ash and Miette." Bonnie told her holding her hand in front of her mouth to cover her laughing in front of Serena

"Cut it out Bonnie! That will never happen! Ash will never marry someone like Miette! I am the only fiancée Ash will have!" Serena freaked out and the last part just slipped from her tongue

"Wai-whattttt?! Fiancée?! Did I hear right? You'll be his only fiancée ? OH MY ARCEUS! Serena, I thought that you just loved him not a crush and not that much love but now I see how much you love him." Bonnie completely lost control over her body and fangirled and laughed on front of Serena. But then a dark mind came to her mind

'I hope that Clemont's good scenarios will become true because otherwise Serena will be destroyed. I mean she hasn't a crush on him at least not anymore and she's not secretly in love with him. she's beyond that stage. She loves him with all of her heart and she would do everything for him. OK I think that anybody would be like that if they were Serena. I mean Ash helped her so often. Beginning when they were little kids at the summer camp back in Kanto. I think that's the moment Serena developed a crush on him. The crush remained for a while and stayed small but the moment she saw him TV changed everything. Her crush grew and grew more due to the fact she could see him again. Then she met him again. She saw him lose but she didn't lose the faith in him so she gave him inspiration and he still has it. Since then her crush grew from a huge crush into love. She really cares for him. She's always worried about him. And I watch it from the sidelines. Nobody except Serena knows how much she worries about him. I'm completely sure that she will be devastated if Ash rejects her. So please Arceus don't let that happen. Our family would be ruined.'
Bonnie thought about Serena's feelings for Ash. Now, she knows why Serena waits for the right time because she and Serena fear the moment Ash rejects her. All these thoughts were created within some seconds

"Bonnie please be quiet! He could hear you! It just slipped out of my mouth. So please stop!" Serena begged her
'Me and my big mouth' Serena mumbled again

"Yeah sorry for that. Won't happen again." Bonnie said emotionless

"Is something wrong, Bonnie?"

"No no everything is fine. I just wonder what what would happen if Miette was bro's fiancée." Bonnie found an excuse quickly

"I think that that wouldn't as bad as you think it is. I don't know why your mood dropped that bad but I assure you that Miette is only interested in Ash

"Speaking of Ash and Clemont, I wonder what they're talking about." Bonnie asked acting clueless

"I don't know it's a talk between boys. Only boys know the answer for this question. Just like girls with their girls talk.
Let's have a girls talk, Bonnie!" Serena suggested

"OK about what?"

"Oh I know what! What are you going to do if Clemont finds his love? Will you start your own love quest?"

"Umm..."

In the meantime at the front with Ash and Clemont

"Hey Ash!" Clemont greeted Ash trying to act cool but he was sweating a lot

"Hi Clemont! What's up?" Ash of course being Ash doesn't notice it

"Yeah Ash, actually I wanted to talk about something with you." Clemont started with no going back

"OK, what do you want to talk about, Clemont?" Ash inquired curiously

'OK Clemont The moment of truth. Does Ash Ketchum know about love?' Clemont thought

"Ash do you know something about .. umm love ?" Clemont asked embarrassed

"Of course I do, Clemont, I'm not stupid." Ash stated while punched his shoulder playfully

"Wait what?! You really do know about love?" Clemont rephrased his question just to make sure

"Yeah, everybody knows about love since everybody loves their parents, right?" Ash told Clemont

'Oh boy, my best case scenario isn't going to happen. Note to myself : Face palm before going to bed' Clemont's thoughts

"OK Ash. Yes that is love but asked you if you know about a different type of love."

"A different type of love?" Ash mumbled scratching his chin and looking into space while thinking of a different type of love

"Yes Ash there are more than just one type of love."

"More than one? I can just think one. How many are there?" Ash began entering a for him new and undiscovered territory

"I don't know Ash but only one is important, right now." Clemont began his explanation

"Only one? Which one?"

"Have you ever heard something of romance, Ash?"

"Umm.. Give me a sec. ... Nope."

"That's what I thought. OK how am I supposed to start?" Clemont told himself
"OK, Ash do you know something like 'kissing' or 'hugging'?"

"Of course, I kiss and hug my mum every time I come home after I finished my journeys in a region."

"No Ash not like that. I mean in a romantic way."

"Ah OK, I don't know, Clemont"

"OK another question. Have you ever loved a girl?"

"Y-"

"Besides your mum and in a romantic way." Clemont interrupted him

"No"

"I could have saved me from that question. OK how about Serena."

"what about her?" Ash asked completely clueless

"What do you think of her? How do you think of her?" Clemont began analyzing Ash's feelings for Serena

"She's kind, I mean always kind. She's also strong, she doesn't give up when she has hard times. So I'm thinking only good of her."

"Good, how about her look?"

"Her look?"

"Yeah her look. Do you think that she looks good, cute and or beautiful?"

"Umm.. she looks good. I mean she always wears fresh clothes, her hair is always nice and she actually smells good."

"OK we are coming a bit further but you still didn't answer my question. Does she look cute beautiful normally etc.?"

"If I think about that, she actually does look cute and her hair is beautiful."

"OK that was the answer I was hoping for." Clemont mumbled

"Of course was it this answer. What else could I have say? Serena is cute and beautiful."

"OK Ash this may come too early but beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. That means everybody has different opinions on beauty."

"OK i think I understood it. You wanted to tell me that other persons may think that Serena isn't cute and beautiful."

"Yeah that's right. You're learning fast. But it only matters what you think of Serena, right now."

"OK that's easy. So go on or are we finished ?"

"No of course not. Next thing:
Ash there is something called romantic love. I mentioned it earlier but I didn't explained so I'll explain it now. A human can like another human in a romantic way. That means that way love each other in a romantic way and not how they love their parents. This means that if they truly love each other they'll stay forever together and marry one day. You want to spend your whole life with the person you truly love. When you hate it to be separated from that person. That is love in a romantic way. OK that's just the easy definition but it is enough to inform you about love. Understood?"

"Yep."

"Then explain it."

"OK the love in a romantic way is for people who love each other and I think they're called couple, right?" Ash told him

"Wow Ash, that's right. You're making progress. OK Ash, do you like Serena in a romantic way?"
'He has to answer with yes but I think that he'll need a bit more time to realize it'

"I knew that you were going to ask me this. OK to clear your mind. I think I like Serena in a romantic way. Do you know when I figured it out?" Ash surprised Clemont

"Wait you already figured it out?" Clemont asked again dumbfounded

"I realized it when you explained me what love in a romantic way is. I listened closely and I analyzed every single word. Actually, I realized it when you said: 'When you hate it and fear to be separated from that person'. I don't want to be separated from Serena. Not even when I finished the Kalos league. Actually, I planned to stay for a while here in Kalos after the league. I just had a bad feeling when I thought about leaving Serena." Ash explained his realization to Clemont#

'Wow, this wasn't really like one of my scenarios' Clemont thought
"OK then Ash, do you know what you are supposed to do when you love somebody?" Clemont asked hoping that he would know it already

"Umm no. This is new to me so you need to tell me everything about it."

'OK back to my scenarios'

"So Ash, what you need to do is when you love Serena is finding out if she loves you too." Clemont instructed him although he already knows the answer

"Finding out whether she likes me... hmmm.. Sounds easy." Ash stated

"Yeah Ash it sounds easy but it is actually harder than it sounds."

"Really? I'll just ask her whether she loves me. What's so hard about it?" Ash told Clemont his thoughts

"OK Ash. Firstly, you can't just ask her if she loves you. Secondly, doing it that way isn't romantic and it may decrease your chances."
'OK it won't decrease his chances with Serena but it is a tip for his life if he needs it again.'

"The simplest way is confessing. By confessing you have to tell Serena how you feel about her. Usually people do that if they're pretty sure that the other one reciprocates the feelings. But confessing isn't actually easy if you don't know whether they feel the same or not because nobody wants to be rejected. So people usually look for hints signs or whatever to confirm that they feel the same. Understood so far?" Clemont explained

"Yeah, sounds easy. But what hints or signs or whatever?"Ash inquired interested

"There are a lot of signs and hints. For example before people start a relationship, they do all of these things I mentioned. Usually the girl drops some hints for the boy in order that he the boy pick them up. There are sometimes exceptions etc. but you just need to focus on the things I'm gonna tell you now, OK?"

"OK!"

"Hint number one: A girl blushes when her crush or her love compliments her, touches her for example her shoulder arm or hand if you're brave enough. She likes to be around you often. She'll smile at you every time you're having a nice chat. Sometimes, she stares at you even with a dreamily smile and if you look back at her option one: she'll immediately look away or option two: she'll smile brightly. Happiness is also one sign. If she's always happy when you're with her then you should know what to do. Of course there are a lot more but you just have to keep this in mind: Blush, mood and smile. I she does it a lot around then she probably loves you too. Wanna try it out now? I'll tell you more when you have some results." Clemont explained before he suggested Ash that he should try it out

"OK, so shall I just go to her touch her arm, shoulder or hand and just simply talk with her?"

"Yeah, sounds good. And Ash, girls may look away if they are blushing." Clemont gave his student one last tip

As Ash made his way to Serena, one thought came to his mind

'Rejection? Nobody wants to be rejected? Wait can Serena reject me? What should I do if she doesn't feel the same? What if she doesn't want to be around me?
Stop! I don't know anything about Serena's feeling for me. So just do what Clemont told me and find out whether she likes.'
Ash had a small panic phase but he overcame it on his own

As he had his own little conversation in his head, he felt somehow nervous and became a bit sweaty. Ash passed by Pikachu and Eevee in the middle of the wander group

"Hey Pikachu why does Ash look how can I express it... nervous?" Eevee asked Pikachu

"Wait Ash is nervous? He's never nervous! OK maybe when he's facing a hard gym leader but there's no gym leader here, right?" Pikachu explained shocked and dumbfounded

"Maybe, he's just impatient since we're still crossing this mountain and he's probably asking Serena how it will take." Eevee found a theory for his odd behavior

"Yeah maybe. But still something is odd. Let's observe him."

"OK, but we both shouldn't watch simultaneously since firstly, somebody should watch the path because we don't want to fall down while looking back and secondly it would be too obvious if we both would watch him simultaneously." Eevee suggested

"Sounds good. So do you wanna watch first. Then we change every few moments?" Pikachu added

"All right, then lead my way."

With Pikachu and Eevee watching him, Ash finally made his way to Serena and began his own observation.

"Hey Serena!" Ash asked while he touches her shoulder (look at the pic above)

"Hi-i Ashh, how aare you-u?" Serena already stuttered by him laying his hand on her shoulder and at the same time she blushed a mild shade of red

'Hmmm.. she's already blushing a bit but she doesn't look away. What does it mean?' Ash analyzed his first result

"I'm fine! Thanks Serena, you're always so kind and nice!" Ash began complimenting her

"T-t-h-ank-ss Aaashh!" Serena's face was as red as beetroot
'Wait Ash is complimenting me? His hand is also still on my shoulder!' Serena thought

'OHHHh myyyy ARCEUS! What the magikarp is happening here?!' Bonnie thought

At this moment Clemont looked back to them and smiled proudly. That was the moment Bonnie realized what happened.

'Oh bro, you did a fantastic job. Why do your inventions do not the same.' It would be fun to tease Serena now a bit but that could ruin the moment so I think I'll get back to bro' Bonnie thought while giving her brother a thumbs up and walking up to him leaving the two of them alone

"Umm Pikachu you have to see this!" Eevee told Pikachu

"What do I have to see." Pikachu asked before he saw the happenings. The moment he saw it, his jaw dropped.
"What the magikarp is happening there ?!" Pikachu exclaimed dumbfounded

'Now she's completely blushing but she still doesn't look away. Does it mean that she wants me to see her blush? What am I supposed to do now? Clemont said touching her shoulder , arm or her hand if I'm brave enough. OK think I'm going to touch her arm.'

"And Serena how do you feel?" Ash asked her back. His hand slid down from her shoulder to her upper arm

'What happened with him? Is he flirting? With me?! Is that even real?! ' "I feel so happy right now." Serena thought but the last escaped her mind and found its way into Ash's ears but she didn't even realize that she said that. She was so lost right now that she stopped walking and just stared at him

"Good to hear."'She feels happy and I'm around her it's a good sign. She's also staring at me and I think she smiles a bit dreamily. Also a good sign. But she stopped walking. What does that mean?' Ash's inner discussion

Ash was so engrossed in thoughts so that he didn't realize that his hand was slowly sliding down Serena's arm. His hand with finger less gloves slowly slides Serena's arm down. His fingers could feel her soft and warm skin. It made its way from the upper arm to her lower arm and it slowly reached her hand.

Both of them were lost in their own little world. Ash didn't think about the analysis anymore but about Serena and her soft skin.

"Your skin is so soft and warm." Ash said subconsciously. He didn't know what was happening but he didn't care. He just followed his instincts

On the other hand, Serena Completely forgot her surroundings. She just focused on Ash. She was at a loss for words but she didn't care too. She just enjoyed this moment.

Ash's hand finally made its way to Serena's hand. He felt her soft hand and he intertwined his rough fingers with her tender fingers.

They just looked into each other's eyes. Ash into her sapphire blue beautiful ones. Serena into his amber eyes.
Serena's back was facing the cliff and Ash's the mountain. Their surroundings were quite beautiful. It was getting afternoon the sun shone bright, the sky was clear, there were only a few white clouds, there was a mild breeze and the forest below them was green, it was summer in Kalos, a small lake in the forest sparkled and there was a pleasant silence. Only the breeze rustling the leaves of the trees below

Ash's other hand, the right, made his way to Serena's left hand. Serena's left hand did the same and moved to his right hand. And again, they felt the others hand. This time Serena pulled Ash's glove off in order that she can feel his whole hand. She played a bit with his fingers and she giggled quietly. Ash not being the old Ash noticed it and found it cute. The two of them looked at their fiddling hands for a while until they stopped playing with the others hand and gazed into the other's eyes again. Their hearts are beating at a decent speed together and the time has stopped for them. They were in their own little world with just the two of them, no one else only the one they are loving.
The other group members stopped and watched the two of them, smiling and enjoying the view of them together.

In the meantime above the mountain

Three mysterious figures are discussing something in a weird shaped balloon

"Look at those twerps!" Person A said to Person B and C

"Look at what?" Person B said

"Don't you see it? The twerp and the twerpette are holding hands." Person A said

"Wait they're holding hands?! How cute is that!? I love romance!" Person C stated

"Do you know what that means?" Person A asked

"It means that they love each other! How adorable!" Person C answered

"No not that! This means we have the perfect moment to steal Pikachu while everybody is distracted." Person A explained

"It sounds like it could really work this time." Person B says

"Awww so cute! Young love!" Person C stated again with hearts in eyes

"Then it's settled! Start operation: Steal Pikachu while the twerps are distracted!" Person A exclaimed

"Let's go!" Person B yelled

"Cute! What they gonna do next?" Person C ignores everything except the two who are holding hands


So everyone, this was chapter 5 and my first chapter in 2016!
Hope you all had a great 2015! And hope that we'll have a good year!
So how was the 2016 chapter? Don't be too shy to tell me. I won't judge 'ya
Sadly, this book or fanfic or whatever you wanna name it will reach its climax and end soon. But don't worry it will take more than one chapter at least to finish this story.
And again please point out any mistakes I made since I want to improve my english a bit.
Tell me if you know who perso is!

Have a great new year!

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