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You're The Reason

by: Season Of Magic

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A couple days had passed and Ash was in his room thinking of what to do.

Dawn's birthday was just a few weeks away and he still had no idea what to get her. Maybe he should have thought things more thoroughly instead of coming back in a whim like he had done so.

Pikachu watched his trainer amusedly. It was true he sometimes did not think things through but this was ridiculous. He walked up to his trainer and started doing mimics. With heart shaped eyes he grabbed Ash's hand "Pikachu, pika-chu." he grinned and took Ash's hand in his then with another threw him a kiss. He hopped off the bed and curtsied "Pika?"

"So what you're saying is I should just tell her how I'm feeling, that it should be enough?"

Pikachu nodded at the first one but then face palmed itself and shook his head at its trainer "Pika-Pikachu!"

"I shouldn't do that!" Pikachu nodded. "Why?"

Pikachu just stared at his trainer. How was he supposed to explain that girls loved getting gifts on their birthday? That if Ash only told her how he felt without a present it would surely ruin things.

Then again, Dawn was different. Sure, she acted like a girl but she often did not care about material things. Pikachu remembered the many dresses she owned and all the times she made her Pokémon put on dresses and kimonos themselves and he shrugged. This would be tough indeed.

Ash sighed and decided that it was best to not think about it too much and just go down for some breakfast. Surely it must be ready by now.

"Oh hey Ash, good morning." Dawn said looking up from the kitchen table.

"Good morning Dawn. Where's mom?" Ash said as he took a plate and grabbed a few fruits from the refrigerator.

"Oh she's doing some grocery shopping. She said something about going to get some new things to see if you would actually eat them. She's quite worried about you and frankly so am I."

"Worried about me but why?"

She pointed at his plate. "While you've been here all you've eaten is nothing but fruits."

Ash laughed. That was actually true.

"Traveling with Cilan and Iris made me health conscious I guess. When there wasn't any food to make gourmet meals from or when Cilan was just too lazy to cook we would eat fruits Iris and Axew picked up from the trees. I haven't given that habit up I suppose."

Dawn shook her head and smiled. "But only eating fruits like that must be getting boring," she took the plate away from him. "Go watch television or something I'll make you breakfast."

Ash stared at Dawn confusedly. "But I don't want another breakfast. I like fruit like this," Pikachu thunderbolt it's trainer and grinned. "Okay I'm going fine." he uttered as he coughed a little.

Ash went to the living room and turned on the television. He rarely watched it nowadays because he was so busy with training and other stuff. He sighed and glanced towards the kitchen where Dawn was working hard then glanced back to the television, they were going to talk about coordinators now.

They talked about Zoey, May, and Kenny, who had all been competing in various different contests and had placed in the very top rankings almost every time they competed. He was proud of them, really he was but none of it honestly caught his attention the most, but then...

And the next person we'll talk about is Dawn from the Sinnoh region. She has not been competing as much now but when she does she always impresses us. Dawn has won many titles in both Sinnoh and Hoenn, not only that but she has won the badges in all of Kanto, Jhoto, Sinnoh and Hoenn as well. Her sixteenth birthday is coming up in a few weeks and we are proud of this young coordinator/trainer. Dawn if you're hearing this, we hope you have a great birthday.

He smiled as he heard them talking about her. She was truly amazing being able to do both coordinating and a trainer.

Alright guys do we have news for you next. Do you remember this guy? Yup I'm talking about Ash Ketchum from Pallet town.

Ash looked at the television screen confusedly. Why was he in a coordinator's show? Oh right; He had done a few contests back when he was traveling with Dawn.

You all remember Ash from his various competitions right? Well guess what? Sources have confirmed that the trainer is now back from his travels in the distant Unova region. What does this mean for us? Oh I'm glad you ask for you see, we suspect that he came back to celebrate the birthday of his close friend Dawn or maybe it was to participate in the Wallace cup happening later on this year. I know you are as excited as we are to see just what Ash will surprise us with next but we'll just have to wait and see!

The Wallace cup? They must be joking right? Just because he participated in a few contests it does not mean he'll enter all of them.

Okay he had to admit they were quite fun to do but still him entering the Wallace cup again? That is plain and completely ridiculous.

When Dawn called him back to the kitchen half an hour later he rushed in even though he had no clue what to expect. He had never seen her cook before and he was a bit afraid. Hey she had offered to cook him breakfast so no matter how bad the cooking turned out to be he'll eat it all. He sat down and looked at the table amazed.

Wow there sure is a lot of food and it looks yummy!

Dawn smiled and began to point at each type of food. "Since you like fruits so much I made it a fruit themed breakfast. You've got pureed fruit, caramelized apples, a fruit yogurt and for dessert a slice of apple pie."

"This looks great Dawn! Doesn't it Pikachu?"

Pikachu nodded and put its two paws together in a pleading way to Dawn and she laughed.

"Of course I got food for you too Pikachu," she said and she pointed to the bowl sitting right next to Ash. "I was living with Brock for a while and he showed me how to mix Pokémon food depending on the type of Pokémon I was feeding. It's turned out great so far but all my Pokémon could just be lying to me let me know what you think okay?"

"You make great poffins Dawn and this yogurt tastes amazing I'm sure Pikachu's food is great as well" Ash said trying to ignore the feeling he had in his chest.

"Thanks Ash. Pikachu, I'm glad you like it." she said smiling at both the Pokémon and trainer.

But Ash had not been paying attention. She had been living with Brock? Ash shook his head and tried to take his mind off his thoughts. This was his friend, he was not supposed to be jealous of him but he was.

Brock always flirts with pretty girls what if Dawn was no different? Then again he never did anything towards her, May or Misty when they had been traveling together. Perhaps he had not tried anything when they were living together...

Okay Ash pull it together this is Brock your best friend and this is Dawn your crush! I'm sure neither of them did anything wrong and all Dawn wanted was to learn cooking recipes from him.

"This sure is yummy!" he said smiling and trying his best not to show what he was truly feeling. But honestly, the food really was great Dawn's cooking was awesome maybe she should cook for him more often.

"I'm glad you're enjoying it I worked really hard on it," she said and then she walked away. "While you finish your breakfast I'll go train my Pokémon for a bit."

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Both Ash and Dawn had spent the entire afternoon training and now they were in their respective rooms relaxing.

Ash was gotten thirsty so he had gone down to get a glass of water and on his way back to his room he heard Dawn talking to someone. He knew he shouldn't have done it but he pressed himself close to the door so he could hear what she was talking about.

Oh come on Dawn I worked really hard on this part of the song you have to at least hear it before you say you do not want me to sing it at your party. I am one of the maids of honor and I have to dedicate something to you

"Isn't that Zoey?" Ash muttered to himself

"Fine I'll hear it. I have a clue who it is about anyways but I'll let you have your fun."

Alright here goes

He's an electric type of guy, she saw him walking by and at that moment he became her world

He has the kind of smile that makes it all worthwhile and can make anybody swoon

She knows he is out there, in a far region somewhere and hopes he comes back real soon

Because she wants him by her side telling her "everything will be alright"

Just like he used to do

Now he's gone far away apparently there to stay

No one has heard of him since then

I hope he comes back soon but she wouldn't know what to do

They are both kind of dense

She wonders what he does, every place she goes all she does is think of him...

"Wow Zoey I love how you sing."

Not the song? I'm sorry it's so short it's not done yet

"It's good but a little too obvious if you ask me."

That's the point!

"I'll talk to you later I'm going to go get a glass of water and go to sleep. Night Zoey and thanks for the song."

You will think about it right?

"Yeah I will. It's hard not to when it's so catchy. I'm hanging up now bye."

He heard Dawn placing the phone down and her footsteps were getting closer to the door. Ash tried his best to walk back to his room as quietly as he could but when he figured out that wasn't going to work he resorted to his second idea.

"Oh hey Dawn I was just going to my room and I thought you were sleeping by now so I tried to pass by as quietly as I could to not wake you up." he said.

"I wasn't sleeping, I was on the phone."

"Oh I see well I'll be leaving you to whatever you were doing then."

'Um yeah I guess I'll talk you to tomorrow then?"

"Yeah, good night." and with that he rushed to his room and closed the door quickly then sighed as he walked to the bed and landed with a thud.

He placed one of his hands in the pillow, the other above his head and he groaned. This was going to be a long sleepless night because it looked like he had competition and he was not going to be able to sleep just thinking about who it could be and what he had heard.