Season Of Magic: Dawn has a separate ringtone for all her contacts so she can know who is calling her. Those ringtones will all be based off Pokemon songs and in this chapter Kenny is the one calling her. His ringtone is a snippet version of an English fan dub version of Diamond and Pearl's Japanese ending theme song Kaze No Message or Message Of The Wind I found in YouTube.

Well I guess that's all for now. New chapter starts now, go! (Ps: I honestly don't know why I say "New chapter starts now, go!" I just think it sounds awesome lol. Maybe I should make that my motto for when the chapters start and my little notes end)

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You're The Reason

by: Season Of Magic

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Ash, Dawn and Pikachu had only been walking around Pallet town for half an hour and Ash noted how either he or Dawn had been stopped by fans that asked for their autograph or a quick picture.

Ash understood why they were impressed with Dawn, she was from Sinnoh and was widely known for her various contest participation and wins. But these were the same people he had grown up with and now they were treating him as if he was someone famous. Why? Is what he wondered.

It did not matter that he had been in various leagues, got the chance to be a battle brain and recently came back from a far away region, he was just an ordinary person that came from the small town of Pallet like all of these people.

As they walked around a bit more and they saw that it was futile, that they could get nothing done they decided it was time to go home and accept defeat.

So here they were just sitting around and waiting for Delia to come home and cook some dinner.

Of course that did not stop Ash because once he was bored and hungry enough, he went straight to the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat for a snack.

While he was on the kitchen, the video phone beeped signaling there was a call. Dawn walked over and picked it up.

"Ketchum residence can I help you?"

A girl with purple hair appeared in the background with a Pokémon Dawn had no idea what it could be but she knew who the girl was. She had seen her face in a few magazines. Iris, the dragon gym leader of the Unova region.

And Ash's traveling partner back in Unova She told herself as she waited for the girl to speak.

Hi! Is this Ash's house in Pallet town?

Dawn nodded "Yes it is."

Ah, good so the kid did not give me a wrong number after all. Is he there? Or did he leave on a trip already?

"No he's here I'll go get him give me a minute. Can I get a name so I can tell him who is calling?"

Oh sure just tell him it's Iris

Dawn felt like her body had gone cold. She had been right, this was Ash's new traveling partner in Unova. The famous gym leader known for being a Dragon Master. "I'll go get him, wait right there please." she said giving the best fake smile she could muster. She placed the call on hold and went to the kitchen, her heart beating on overdrive and her head swirling with a lot of different thoughts.

"Oh hey Dawn do you want some?" Ash said as Dawn came into the kitchen to find Ash sitting in the table with a couple of fruits in front of him.

"No, I did not come to get a snack. I came to get you, there's a call for you."

"That can't be," he said as he took a bite off an apple. "No one knows I'm back yet."

"It's a girl named Iris."

"Iris huh?" he said surprised. "Does she have long hair tied into two ponytails, and an Axew as well?"

"Not sure what an Axew is but yeah that sounds like her." Dawn nodded. "The gym leader, right?"

Ash smiled and nodded as he took another bite off the apple and ran out of the room. "Thanks Dawn I better go before she hangs up for waiting too long."

She watched him leave and sighed in pure confusion and discontent at how happy he looked for getting that phone call.

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She had run up straight up to her room so she could not disturb Ash during his call.

The truth is she was a little upset. Okay, so a lot upset. More like, a ton upset.

But nothing changed the fact that he had run so fast towards the phone, had he and Iris been so close that they missed each other already?

Well what about her? She missed him just as much as that Iris girl, probably even more. She loved him. But of course, he was too dense to see it. Not that she had ever said or done anything about it anyways.

He had been gone from here without a trace for five years without any news from him, except things they heard here and there and in Unova it has not even been a day and that girl was already calling to check up on him? Talk about being desperate.

All Dawn felt like doing was crying and getting into bed. Maybe a nice nap would help her relax.

One of her poke balls started glowing from inside her sweater, her penguin Pokémon came out and quickly hugged its trainer. Piplup knew how much his trainer loved Ash. Anyone who did not see it was blind. Seeing its trainer so heartbroken made Piplup sad.

What had gone wrong? What could Ash have done to make her like this?

"Sorry Piplup." Dawn said after releasing her Pokémon from the tight grip.

Tears started falling out her eyes and she decided it was best to return her companion to its poke ball "I don't want you to see me like this over something silly." she whispered.

Stronger, stronger is what I will become so the promise I had made to you is always dazzling inside of my heart

Her phone was ringing at full blast in the night table and Dawn sighed.

Why had he called just now when she was like this? Maybe she should just ignore it.

Hey how are you doing? And how about your friends? The smell of the wind, color of the sky aren't they are the same?

Okay fine maybe it was a bit hard to ignore when it was still ringing on and on.

Hey kiddo! Glad to see you finally picked up

"What do you want Kenny?" Dawn said as she tried her best to smile.

Can't a friend/rival just call sometimes to see what's up?

"I suppose so…." she said trying to wipe the tears out of her eyes.

What's the matter Dee Dee? You're crying

"Nothing's wrong. I'm fine."

Yeah right why are you crying then?

"No need to worry I just got something in my eye that's all."

Sure Dee Dee and I'm stupid. Tell me what's wrong right now or else I'm going over there

"You're not in Kanto Kenny."

You never know. I might stop for a visit. I know how lonely you must feel without Ash. Have you heard any news from him yet?

At this Dawn started crying again Okay I'm guessing the tears are over Ash then

"I told you I'm fine Kenny stop the drama."

If this is what you call fine I can't help but wonder what you consider being worse. Dee Dee you have to get over him it's not good for you to keep being like this

"I told you I'm fine Kenny."

The tears say something else

Now angry she hung up the phone and put it to silent. "What does he know." she mumbled and she closed her eyes and went to sleep for a bit.

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Ash walked into Dawn's room a couple hours later to check up on her, his mother had told him to get her for dinner but when he walked inside the room he found that she was fast asleep.

He placed a finger on his mouth signaling Pikachu to be quiet so they would not wake her up. He then went and put a blanket on Dawn so she would not get cold. "I missed you Dawn, you do not know how much." he whispered as he gave her a kiss on the cheek then walked out of the room in case she did wake up.

Pikachu smirked at his trainer in a sly way then poked him as if to say he had seen everything and Ash only shrugged trying to hide his blush.

There were a couple of reasons why he had come back from Unova but the main reason was Dawn. Her sixteenth birthday is coming up and that is the time boys can start courting a girl to win their love. Of course all of that can happen during her party as well so he had come a couple weeks early so that he could have time to find Dawn and tell her how he really felt in advance.

He had not expected to see her in Kanto, which in his opinion was great and even better.

To him it was a sign that everything would be fine and that she felt the same way. Then again it could just be pure luck and coincidence that she was here at the same time he had come back.

The other reason why he had come back was because Team Rocket was still giving chase to him and Pikachu but this time a new foe was with them, Team Plasma.

Ash thought that if he came back to the other regions it would make Team Rocket and Team Plasma give up. Team rocket would be harder to get rid but since team plasma is a Unova region based organization with this method he and Pikachu should be safe.

The call he had with Iris a while ago confirmed his suspicion, Team Plasma had given up and focused their attention on another thing but now that he and Pikachu were out of their way who knows what they could do to Unova? That is why he had placed Cilan, Iris and Trip as watchers and if anything horrible occurred then he and Pikachu would take the next boat back to Unova (taking Dawn with him as well of course.)

He sighed and shook the thoughts out of his head as he walked down the stairs. Maybe it was for the best he did not tell anyone his plans yet. As far as he was concerned his top priority was telling Dawn his feelings for her and making sure she was safe. Anything else would have to come later.

If Team Plasma would think to come anywhere near Dawn then they are wrong because if they do and they harm her then they will face his wrath even more than if they were causing harm to anything else, no one messes with Dawn and gets away with it.

He is Ash Ketchum after all and they better beware if they try anything.

Okay maybe he was getting a bit ahead of things I mean they probably don't even know Dawn but what if they come to Kanto? Then they'll see her with him.

He had to protect Dawn, he just had to.

For now it is best no one here knows who…what I mean to Unova. When the time comes, I'll tell them but until then it is best I keep quiet.