"So, what is it this time?" Zekrom asked.

Reshiram scratched his head and told him, "I found a pretty decent one that could use some criticism."

"As long as it's better than the first one, then great."

"It starts off with an AN with some roleplay, but we can skip over that. Now, anyways…

Amourshipping: Always Traveling Together

By ShadowKnight49 Productions

The group finally made it to Kalos Airlines, and were about to say their goodbyes to Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu.

"This happens after the XY series, or at the end of it?" Zekrom asked. "Well, that's not new at all!"

"Stop being sarcastic!" Reshiram scolded him.

Ash had finally won one of the leagues, and was to be forever recognized in Kalos until he was older than Professor Oak. Now, Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena faced him, ready to say their goodbyes… or at least two of them.

"Like we don't know who isn't ready for him to leave."

Clemont went first. He approached Ash and told him, "Well, I hope to see you again someday."

Ash nodded in agreement and replied, "Me too, Clemont."

They shook hands, hugged bro style, and patted each other on the back twice.

"That doesn't sound much like Clemont," Zekrom grumbled.

"Better than OOC Ash," Reshiram pointed out.

"Can't argue with that."

Clemont moved out of the way, and Bonnie went next. She looked pretty close to tears, and she said, "Oh, I wish you didn't have to go. Wait! Maybe you can live with us from now on! I think we have a spare bed!"

"You mean the couch?" Zekrom laughed. "Futile."

Ash glanced at Pikachu and Dedenne, who were exchanging sparks, and told Bonnie, "Sorry, but I have my own family back at Kanto. But I can assure you I will be seeing you sometime."

Hah! Right!"

She patted Bonnie on the shoulder twice and she went to her brother.

Clemont glanced at Serena and told her, "We'll be going, too. I have to get back to Lumiose. See you someday, Serena."

He patted her on the shoulder, but Serena made no reply. Bonnie hugged Serena, which was responded by a mute and distant hug.

"'Mute' means silent, right?" Zekrom asked. "So how does that…?"

"I actually agree with you with that one," Reshiram told him.

Ash thought, and when he thought about it, Serena had did nothing the whole time. She hadn't been listening or paying any attention. She had been looking at her shoes with a shadow from her hat over her eyes.

"I never understood how that works," Reshiram commented.

Bonnie looked up at Serena and told her, "I hope we see each other again, Serena…"

Serena simply said, "Me, too."

The little blonde girl called back Dedenne and he went back into his pouch. She caught up with her older brother and they left.

"How?" Zekrom questioned. "Plane? Car? Scooter? For all I care, it can be a unicycle!"

Pikachu looked at both Ash and Serena and scampered off, pretending to be interested with an ad (really, it bored him to death).

"Okay, that's kinda funny," Zekrom snickered.

Ash took a breath and announced to her, "I'm going now, Serena…"

Serena still said nothing. She was like that ghost that looks at you coldly… just that this one wasn't looking at him.

"You mean like old fashioned Slender?"

"Why won't you say anthing?"

Serena's lovely face contorted to one that meant multiple, negative things. Then tears started streaming down her face.

"That wasn't very descriptive."

Ash, alarmed, said, "D… don't cry, Serena!"

Serena finally looked up. Her eyes were moist from all of her upcoming tears.

Finally she screamed, "I don't want you to leave!"

She kneeled on the ground, crying her heart out. Her sobs echoed all around, and many passerbys tried not to stare.

"Great. We're back to the last episode where she had long hair."

Ash considered this for a second. He didn't want her to cry. She was his friend, and he had to do whatever it took to make his friends happy. He knew he couldn't stay. He couldn't simply leave her there either, because that would be cold and she probably would think of him as a bad friend.

"Wow. That was a beautiful Ash description. That, or the guy has watched Digimon sometimes…" Zekrom admired.

"That reminds me. I still have to meet AncientVolcanomon at six," Reshiram interjected.

Finally, he thought of something.

"Oooh, I wonder what," Zekrom grunted.

"Hey, Serena," he told her calmly.

Serena sniffled and looked at him. She asked, "Y… y… yeah?"

"Remember the Mirror Cave? The conversation we had after we got out?"

"Y… yes. You s… said w… we would always be travelling t… together."

"That's exactly what I plan on doing."

"W… what do you m… mean?"

"You have your mom's permission, right? Come along with me to Kanto. I told you we'll always be traveling together, and we will."

"Don't think she'll appreciate her daughter out of Kalos, though," Zekrom pointed out.

"Well, hey, she did give her permission," Reshiram pointed out.

Serena stopped bawling and blinked her tears out.

"One more thing. Remember what Aria had told you?"

"A performer always smiles," Serena replied, smiling.

"Okay, that was weak," Zekrom said.

"That's the spirit!"

Ash held out his hand, and Serena took it. He boosted her up, and they wrapped their arms around each other.

It was just like the first time they met, except this time they would not be separated.

Pikachu decided he could take no more on advertisements on shampoo, and at that time he heard his partner call, "Pikachu!"

Pikachu, relieved, turned around. He saw Ash and Serena holding hands.

"Why is he happy? The Amourshipping or the break from watching 'Head and Shoulders' shampoo commercials?" Zekrom asked.

Ash saw Pikachu's confused expression and told the electric mouse, "Pikachu, Serena's going to be traveling with us from now on. Understand?"

Pikachu smiled and gave out a happy, "Pika pika!"

Serena looked over at Ash, her childhood crush, and put a hand over her heart and fingered the ribbon.

They would always be traveling together.

Zekrom clapped his hands and said, "That was pretty good. I liked the second one better, but this was actually decent."

Notes:

Zekrom's Notes: Excellent grammar and spelling. Was missing some things and left out details. Plus, that Serena falling down part was kind of stupid. Characters were in their normal, canon personality and were in sync.

Reshiram's Notes: Touching story. There was a bit of weirdness in the Amourshipping, but still. I like the way that the shipping reacts to Ash's leaving. So it was a great story!

Final Verdict:

A decent but tiny bit cliché Amourshipping fic. Not like it's easy to avoid cliches these days.

"I hope we can work on a different shipping later on," Zekrom grumbled.

"I'll see if I can find something on Advanceshipping," Reshiram told him.

Credits:

Keldeo the Critic- Season One

Special Thanks:

Matthias Undiostres

Imperator Justinian

Mr. Grool

DragonNiro

Well, guys, that's my last on Amourshipping for now.

Now, if you looked carefully, you might ask why I criticized my own fic. Well, I decided to do it by asking my brother to do so and put most of his comments through via Zekrom. The old fashioned shipping favoritism goes to Resh.

Oh, and I've been trying hard to find a spot for references. I'm working on it, but I'm not so good at it as the others.