Hi again, everyone. Chapter 11, just about 2 or 3 chapters below my longest story. This'll almost certainly pass that, because I'm enjoying it so much. I finally get to be a tease about my second main pairing, Ash/Cynthia. Oh well, Luchia and Misty is more important at the moment, though their relationship will slim a little when Sabrina is brought into her role, in a couple of chapters.

Ash instantly ran over and hugged Cynthia, almost crushing her Togetic in the process. The Togetic gasped. ''Tic!'' This yell cause his trainer and Ash to remove themselves from their hug. Cynthia gasped, instantly apologizing to her Togetic, even though it wasn't her fault.

''I'm sorry, Togetic.'' said Ash, bowing softly. She giggled a little, before explaining her intentions to the Happiness Pokemon. ''I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just hugging your trainer.''

''Togetic.'' It replied, flying out of it's trainer's arms, much to her surprise. It seemed to be saying that they could hug all they wanted. Ash managed to connect with the Togetic in a telepathic link. ''I'm not bothered, hug all you want. You two lovebirds. All mommy's said for the last week is that she wanted to see you again.'' This made Ash blush a little, causing Cynthia to tilt her head as she didn't know what was going on.

Cynthia hummed for a second, before smiling. ''Hey, Ash. It's nice to see you again.'' She then noticed Luchia, Misty and Brock in the distance. ''Hey, you 3 as well. I haven't forgotten you either.'' She smiled. ''Lucario's doing much better and has even accepted me as her trainer. As you can see, my Togepi evolve into Togetic and during our parting, I caught a Budew, but she quickly evolve into Roselia.''

Ash grinned, as she called out her team. Cynthia instantly gasped in delight, as she hugged the baby shiny Dratini, who squealed with delight. ''Awhh, who's this little sweetie. It's so cute.'' She gently petted the Dratini's head, as she smiled at the rest of Ash's team. Everyone, except Squirtle, crowded around her and she even found that Pikachu had crept onto her shoulder without her realizing. Squirtle simply looked away, not wanting to join in.

''I was given her as a egg a little while back.'' said Ash, with a grin. ''She hatched a little before we met you, but she was too weak to battle at the time despite her good attacks.''

''She's also a shiny Pokemon...that's something.'' said Cynthia, unsure on what she should say about the rare Pokemon. She simply smiled, going back to petting the little cutie. ''But she's so cute. Oh yeah, that reminds me.'' She turned around and began to rummage around in her bag. She pulled out an incubator, containing a bluish-grey egg, that had a red line in the center. She walked to Luchia. ''Since your sister already has a dragon-type Pokemon, I think it's fair for me to give you this. When we were separated, I briefly went back to my hometown in Sinnoh, Celeste Town. I did this because Gible was in-season and I didn't want her to miss out on the chance to breed, but I don't require a second Gible.''

Luchia was shocked, as she took the incubator. ''T-thank you, Cynthia. This means a lot to me.'' She smiled. ''Mind if Riolu sees his mom, I think they'll want to see each other and catch up.'' She pulled the poke ball out and released Riolu, who let out his little battle cry, only to be disappointed by them being in a Pokemon center. Luchia giggled a little, petting the Riolu between his ears. ''You ready to see your mommy, little one.''

''My mother's here?'' He asked with shock, instantly nodding his head cutely. Cynthia giggled at the two of them, calling out her now fully healed Lucario. The Riolu looked up at his mother and hugged her instantly. ''I miss you, mother I want to ask you something, though. Will you and Cynthia come with Mommy, Auntie Ash, mama and Brock?''

''I'm sorry, baby. But unless your friends ask her, I cannot do anything. Cynthia isn't very capable of telepathy like your trainer and her sister. She has aura, I can feel it, but it's not very strong in comparison to your friends.'' said the Lucario, knowing that she was gonna upset her baby.

''Ohh...'' mumbled the Riolu, sadly. He then seemed to cheer up for no reason. ''I'm sure Uncle Ash will ask her, because they love one another. Am I correct about that?''

Lucario giggled, as she hugged her baby. ''I think they do too, baby. But you'll have to wait before they confess to one another.'' She then paused for a second, to muse over something. ''You call me 'Mother', correct. Luchia is mommy, so who's your mama?''

''Mama is Misty, as she and mommy love one another. They confessed to each other a little before we reunited that time. Apparently they couldn't hold off their feelings any longer or some such fiddle-faddle. They're cute together though, always going kissy-kissy and hugging one another.'' The Riolu began to jump around, energetically at what he was explaining. He definitely found it all very amusing.

Lucario giggled at her son's explanation, understanding as she looked at the two girls. They did seem very close, as Luchia was now chatting with her sister and Cynthia whilst Misty was hugging her from behind. Apparently, they were explaining the relationship between them to Cynthia, who was blushing a little at the idea. But giving side-glances to Ash, almost hopefully. Lucario blinked a bit, smirking. 'My new trainer's a little hopeless...she's cute, but she could probably tell Ash that she loves her.' She thought to herself, with a small smile.

Cynthia looked up at Ash. ''Are you here for the battle at Vermilion City as well, Ash?'' She said with a hopeful smile, as she thought that she could ask Ash if she could join the group after their battles. She held her hands together mentally, hoping that her girl in front of her was gonna say yes to her question. She blushed a bit at her thoughts, but tried to hid it with little success.

''Yeah. I've been wanting to do my next battle for a while.'' She said happily, as she giggled at the Gible trainer in front of her. ''I hear the has a Raichu and I kinda wanna show him a thing or two about training Pikachus and Raichus. You don't give a Pikachu a thunder stone until you think it's ready to evolve. Am I right there, buddy?''

''Pikachu! Pika!'' nodded Pikachu, from his location on Cynthia's shoulder. He knew that he couldn't really use telepathy yet, so he didn't give away his trainer as being an aura guardian until she was ready to tell the blonde that. He jumped off Cynthia's shoulder and back to his location on his trainer's shoulder, with a swift leaf. It was almost like he learnt 'Swift' even thought Pikachus can't learn the attack anymore.

''That seems like an idea. I only really have my Roselia to battle with. Due to the type advantage she has over electric types, I think she'll do quite well against Raichu. Well, I'm hoping anyway...''

''I can check her moves, if you want.'' said Ash, without thinking as she got out her pokedex. Cynthia slowly nodded, letting her Roselia out. Ash smiled as she scanned the Pokemon before her.

Roselia. The Thorn Pokemon. It uses the different poisons in each hand to attack separately when it attacks. The stronger its aroma, the healthier it is. This Roselia is female and knows the moves Poison Sting, Stun Spore, Leech Seed, Magical Leaf, Grass Whistle, Giga Drain, Toxic Spikes, Energy Ball, Solar Beam and Grass Knot. It also knows the egg moves, Extrasensory.

''Wow...Roselia, you have lots of attacks. You'll do amazing in the gym, I'm sure of it now.'' said Cynthia as she hugged her Roselia, with a bright smile on her face. Ash blushed at the sight, thinking the blonde haired girl was absolutely beautiful. Cynthia didn't see, as she was too interested in praising her Roselia for her moves. ''Lets do that battle, I'm ready now!''

Ash nodded, with a smile. ''We'll go tomorrow. Me and the group wanna rest, as we've been in that forest for days now. Plus the Pokemon need healing.'' Cynthia nodded in understanding, as Ash managed to get Pikachu back into his ball so he could have them healed. He handed them over, getting told to come back tommorow morning to collect them. She smiled gently. ''Well, lets get to our allocated rooms. Like always, Luchia and Misty are together, Cynthia is with me and Brock, sorry man but your on your own this...'' She didn't finish, as Brock wasn't paying attention and was looking lovey-dovey at Nurse Joy. ''Seriously...'' She muttered, not getting the attraction much.

The girls nodded in agreement, gigging gently. Misty walked over to Brock and pulled his ear. ''Come on, Romeo. Ash was trying to say something.'' She paid little attention to Brock's cries of pain. Luchia giggled, liking her girlfriend's style. Misty finally let go of the Rock trainer's ear and said. ''If you would kindly repeat, so that Romeo here understands.'' She almost gagged at the polite voice she put on.

Ash giggled and repeated what she was saying. Everybody nodded, understanding the room allocations and headed to their rooms to turn in for the night. Cynthia and Ash walked into their room first, as it was the closest. They were both a little embarrassed to share a room, but it was how the allocations went. Ash decided to start a conversation, as she got changed. ''So, Cynthia. You said you came from Sinnoh to compete in the Indigo League, have you beaten your own league?''

''No, I wanted an element of surprise in my gym battles. I already knew the type match-ups for all the gyms back home and it's kinda gonna on the boring side. Besides, I'm glad I came here because I was able to meet wonderful people like you and Luchia.'' Ash blushed a bit at the sentiment, smiling to herself. ''Besides, I cannot deny that when I thought you were a boy, that I found you cute...''

Ash gasped a bit. ''Cynthia...did you just indirectly tell me that you had a crush?'' She was shocked, unable to believe the her crush may also like her back. She may be a bit dense, but it was quite an obvious sentence.

Cynthia blushed in realization of what she said, and tried everything she could think of to deny it. ''No, it's not that...I just thought you were cute in your actions...'' It didn't work, however, and Cynthia realized that. She sighed, looking away from the raven haired girl, who was looking patiently. ''Fine...I'll admit it. Yes, I do have a crush on you, Ash...you are like my Knight in Shining Armor, because you saved me back then...'' She gulped a little, before whimpering. ''Please don't hate me, for this...''

''Why would I hate you, Cynthia, for having a crush on me, when I love you back.'' Cynthia's eyes lit up as she looked at Ash, her eyes shimmering a little with happy tears. ''It's true, don't you worry your pretty hair off.'' Ash walked over, hugging Cynthia and bringing their lips together just like that. Much like with his sister and Misty, it may have been early in their relationship, but it just seemed to work so well. After all, Cynthia had confessed first and he couldn't just leave her hanging like that. It wouldn't have been nice.

Cynthia, on the other hand, wasn't worrying about anything. She was in heaven, loving every second of the kiss. She even tried to deepen it a little, by tightening her grip around Ash's back. She moaned into the kiss, before breaking apart for air. She smiled, tearily at Ash. ''I love you, Ash...I think that kiss just confirmed our feelings for one another...I never expected I would turn out to like a girl, but maybe it's because you have a boyish charm to you that it's so lovable.''

Ash just grinned in response, knowing that she could easily agree. She gently kissed Cynthia again, before saying. ''I guess that makes us girlfriends. Much like Misty and Luchia.'' Cynthia nodded with a small blush, smiling happily.

''I'll be your girlfriend...and Ash, I want to travel with you and the others...''

''You got it.'' said Ash, agreeing with her new girlfriend. She wanted to travel with her as well, so it was both-sided. It was quite a easy decision to make, and Cynthia was glad, as it made one thing to worry about the next day vanish into thin air, just like that. The two teenagers decided it was time to go to bed, said their good-nights to one another and went into the world of sleep, just like that.

Awhh, I think that's sweet personally. What do you think? But, oh well. I hope you enjoyed this. I decided I'm probably forgetting that Brock's there and decided to give him a funny scene. Next chapter, a electrifying gym battle and possible surprise at the end.

Pokemon

Ash

Pikachu (Male)

Pidgeotto (Female)

Butterfree (Male)

Dratini (Shiny)(Female)

Bulbasaur (Male)

Squirtle (Male)

Luchia

Sylveon (Female)

Riolu (Male)

Gyarados (Female)

Charmander (Female)

Gible Egg (No gender yet)

Misty

Starmie (Genderless)

Staryu (Genderless)

Goldeen (Female)

Wigglytuff (Shiny) (Female)

Corsola (Female)

Brock

Geodude (Male)

Onix (Male)

Kabuto (Female)

Golbat (Male)

Cynthia

Gible (Female)

Togetic (Male)

Lucario (Female)

Roselia (Female)