Alola Champions Residence Mili Mili Island; Alola Region:
"Alright Kelli come to mommy!" Serena calls out to her and Ash's daughter in a soft voice as she sits down on her knees and holding her arms out while about three feet across from her was Ash who is holding onto Kelli's hands and after a few seconds lets go of Kelli's hands and whispers into his daughter's ear "go to mommy Kelli you can do it!" After Ash finished his sentence the room goes quiet as Braixen and Pikachu watch Kelli take baby steps away from Ash and over to Serena who after yawning just calls out to Kelli again; "That's it Kelli almost there come to mommy! watching the Brown haired child walking towards her from Ash clearly touched Serena as she feels tears start to form in her eyes as Kelli continues towards her; however a couple steps later a loud thud could be heard followed by crying as Kelli tripped and landed face first on the living room floor! This soon caused Ash, Pikachu and Braixen to run to her as Serena quickly jumps up from the floor as Ash picks Kelli up off the floor and takes her into his arms but all that resulted was Kelli's cries growing louder. A few seconds later Serena walks over to Ash and takes Kelli into her arms and brushes Kelli's honey colored hair out from in front of her eyes and kisses her daughters forehead. Then whispers to her Shhh... shhh... shh.. It's okay Kelli don't cry! In hopes to get Kelli to stop crying but it isn't working so Serena takes her pink Fedora off her head and places it on Kelli's head but because of the size difference in size the fedora slides over Kelli's eyes causing her crying to stop, then after a couple seconds Ash reaches his hand out and tilts the Fedora up showing Kelli's auburn eyes; as Kelli starts laughing. Ash then looks over to Serena then says "Looks like Kelli inherited your sense of fashion Serena!" Ash's remark makes Serena laugh as her laugh quickly turns into another yawn. This time Ash couldn't help but notice which made him feel bad because he knows Serena had a performance tomorrow and she was clearly exhausted because instead of resting Serena was running around after Kelli all day with him; so after a few moments of thought Ash decided that he couldn't let Serena risk losing his career so without giving it another thought Ash walks over to Serena who's still holding their little girl who's now asleep in her arms and whispers into her ear "I'll take Kelli for a while Serena you go get some rest!" Ash's statement caused Serena to lean back in confusion causing her honey blonde hair to brush against the back of Kelli's head and, after a couple of seconds Serena replies back to Ash in an (annoyed whisper) "No ash I'm fine really!" Ash didn't argue with Serena after she tried to explain she was fine; instead he just reaches out and pulls Kelli out of Serena's arms. Ash's action had two results first he woke Kelli up causing her to cry out and waving her hands for Serena while she just glares angrily at Ash as her fedora falls off Kelli's head and onto the ground as Ash walks out of the room with Kelli. While Pikachu who's still sitting on the living room couch just looks up at Serena with a look of horror on his face; as Serena mutters out "I love Ash but sometimes he's a real idiot would it kill him to listen to me!" While Pikachu just sits there stunned Braixen had walked over to the other side of the room to retrieve the fedora which Braixen picks up and takes back over to Serena only to have it angrily snatched out of her paws as Serena storms off to bed muttering to Braixen in an annoyed tone of voice "Thank you Braixen!"
The following morning at the performance center:
Good Luck Serena; Ash exclaims to Serena as she prepares to head back stage for her show but, Serena who is still angry with Ash over last night just looks to Kelli who's staring at her with her auburn eyes in Ash's arms. Serena smiles at the little girl and brushes a strand of her hair out of her eyes and says to their daughter "I hope you enjoy the show Kelli, Mommy will be thinking of you!" Serena then just glares at Ash but doesn't say a word to him as she walks through the back stage door as Ash continues to just stand there with a confused look on his face as Kelli begins to squirm in his arms causing ash to immediately glance down at the brown haired child and sets her down and grasps her hand so they can walk together into the stadium and down to the front row to take their seats; just as the lights begin to dim and Serena's opening music begins to play followed by the voice of the announcer "Ladies and Gentlemen we welcome you to Mili Mili island with a performance by our islands best performer and a local favorite Serena Ketchum. The music and spotlight immediately catch Kelli's attention as her auburn eyes begin to mist over as she watches Sylveon and Braixen dancing across the stage followed shortly by Serena. Serena's performance causes Ash to look on in awe as he always does while an ear to ear grin forms on Kelli's face and although Ash and Kelli didn't realize it Serena noticed them both and was watching them throughout her entire performance; As Serena, Sylveon and, Braixen finish their routine the entire stadium breaks out into applause but, once again Serena's focus was just on one person and that was her daughter who she smiles at once more as her, Sylveon and Braixen walk off the stage.
A few minutes later at Serena's dressing room:
That was fantastic you two Serena exclaims with a smile as she finishes "touching up" Braixen's fur only to be interrupted by a knock on their door. Serena already knew who it was so without even turning away from Braixen & Sylveon announces; "Come in." Serena's hunch was right as she watches Ash come in through the mirror; causing Serena to turn around and walk over to Kelli and pick up the brown haired girl and hold her similar to the way she did before Ash "snatched" their daughter out of her arms and smiles at her as she exclaims to her; "I'm glad you enjoyed the show sweetie!" Serena did all this without saying one word to Ash causing him to realize that Serena must not be happy about something. "S.. Serena..." Ash said in a mutter causing Serena to spin around to face him Kelli still in her arms; Ash then looks down to the ground then up to Serena as his auburn eyes make contact with Serena's blue eyes. "You're mad at me aren't you Serena?" Ash's question caused Serena's facial expression to lighten up as she walks over to the couch to set Kelli down next to Braixen & Sylveon, after Setting her down Serena walks back over to Ash and says to him. "I'm not mad Ash I just wish that you'd listen to me! Yesterday when you took Kelli out of my arms even after I told you that I was fine! After hearing Serena's concern Ash just puts his arms on her shoulders and tells her; "Serena I was just trying to look out for you and help you out after all you looked exhausted and like you needed a break Serena." Ash's statement caused Serena to loosen up; "I know you were just looking out for me and I appreciate it but I still want you to listen to me!" After hearing what Serena said Ash realized that even though he did what he thought was best it wasn't what Serena wanted; Ash then moves his hands down to Serena's waist and pulls her into a tight hug causing Serena to rest her head on his shoulder as she hears Ash whisper to her; "You're right Serena I should have listened to you I'm sorry!" Ash just stands there with Serena in his arms waiting for an answer from Serena but after a couple of minutes Serena still hasn't answered him. Thinking That Serena wasn't going to forgive him Ash lets go of her and starts to lower his head only to be interrupted by Serena raising his head up to face her and her lips coming into contact with his. Serena then smiles at Ash and says to him with a smile; "It's okay Ashy I forgive you!" Ash could feel a tear running down his face as he hugs Serena again as the two of them turn to look at Kelli who's now busy playing with Sylveon. Causing the parents to smile as Serena looks to Ash as her fingers interlock with his and exclaims; "come on lets go home!" This causes Ash to turn and face her and nod in agreement.