Hello everyone!

Another week another chapter, but first.

1. - The trainer that got his Electivire killed wasn't Paul, I already said that he won't be appearing at all.

2. – Ash's rival is going to be Calem, I think it was pretty obvious… and Serena will have her own rival as well.

3. – Miette will appear in this story.

4. – Let me know if you would like it I make this story M-rated…

Special thanks to 123pearlshipping for making part of this chapter possible.

I love it when Cortana says "Hello master"… makes me feel giddy inside.

Lover's quarrels – Our first time?

It was the morning of a new day and our heroes where enjoying the beauty of Santalune city, Pidgey and Fletchling chirping happily, and the tranquil that came with the rising sun…

"You stupid, insensitive, big jerk!"

… Maybe not.

Serena walked out of the PokéCenter fuming, being followed by Ash who was trying to talk to her.

"I'm not saying that you should break your promise, I'm just suggesting that Fletchling and Charmander might like to battle rather than just train, it will make them stronger"

Serena turned around and gave Ash an angry look "And I told you I won't be leaving my Fennekin feel left out!"

Dawn walked out of the PokéCenter too with Ampere on her shoulder, after learning that Pikachu didn't like staying in his Pokéball she had taken a liking to staying outside too "Come on Serena, just listen to him, I think Fennekin would understand it!"

"I said no!" Serena turned around and walked away, Ash just stared at her and then to Dawn "Just let her be"

The coordinator turned to her brother "Would you drop the topic?"

"Not a chance, I promised Charizard that I would help her raise Charmander, I know Charmander understands Serena's feelings, but once he evolve it might become a problem"

Dawn didn't understand why Charmander would give her friend problems, but he had experience with those kind of Pokémon so he would know better… still, she slipped past Ash and went looking for her.

Serena walked to the park fuming, two of her Pokéballs moved abruptly and let the Pokémon inside free.

The Sky-rider-to be looked at her friends, they had arrived Santalune two days ago and Ash was training for his first gym battle when the topic came afloat.

To let Charmander and Fletchling have Gym battles… the idea was appealing but she didn't want to let Fennekin out of the team, if they won then her precious little friend would be the only one with no kind of achievement, no… she knew that even if they didn't battle, once Charmander evolved fully Fennekin would only be her companion.

The little fox looked down feeling guilty, she had made her trainer promise that she wouldn't oblige her to do Gym battles, and now was having a fight with her mate.

Serena stroked her ears softly and looked at Charmander and Fletchling "Listen guys, I know is not fair for you two, and believe me when I say that I totally understand your feelings, I know you would love to fight against strong opponents and grow stronger but… I…"

Charmander was slightly disappointed, he thought that he would be battling soon, but he knew that Ash was strong enough for him to train so it really didn't matter.

Fletchling had a slight idea of why Serena didn't want to have Gym battles, he remembered his trainer's mom talking about Serena not having a lot of friends, and maybe it was like being left out of the flock all alone so she wouldn't let Fennekin feel out of the team like that.

Both of them nodded at each other and then looked at Serena, trying to let her know that they understood she cared for every member of the team and that they were ok with not having Gym battles.

The honey-blond haired girl smiled at them and hugged them, knowing that they were disheartened for not being able to battle but willing to let it go for their friend "I'll find out another way to make you guys strong"

At that moment a familiar voice broke their moment "Hey Serena!"

Looking around she found Dawn with Ampere on her shoulder walking to her "Dawn… sorry for leaving like that"

"Nah don't worry, Ash can be a stubborn jerk sometimes, but he was just trying to look out for you… he is worried about his promise to Charizard and wants to help you" explained Dawn.

Serena nodded slightly "I know, but… I have my reasons Dawn"

"I know you do… anyway why don't we just forget this and get ourselves a 'girl's day'?

Serena smiled at her friend gratefully just for it to turn into a devilish smile "Guess who took your brother's credit card?"

Dawn looked at her with a shocked expression… which turned into one of joy "Yay! You rule Serena!"

While the girls enjoyed themselves Ash and Brock were having a talk with Red over the Holo caster.

"My son has told me that you are quite the Doctor, I'm looking forward to meeting you"

"Likewise Mr Ketchum, is an honor to be working for you"

"Just call me Red, you are making me feel old"

Brock gave him a slight nod and turned to Ash "Well then, I'll be leaving in 15 minutes, I should be back tomorrow in the evening, enough time for you to win your Gym battle"

"The bus leaves near here so I'll walk you there, it should take you about three hours to reach Vaniville Town" said Ash walking out of the PokéCenter and to the bus stop with Pikachu on his shoulder and Brock following behind.

"Hey Ash… why don't you drop the topic with Serena about the Gym battles?"

"Because I don't want Charmander losing respect for her, I know she doesn't want to let Fennekin down, but I think is not fair for Charmander to just sit around while Fletchling is training"

Brock remembered when Charizard used to ignore Ash and attack him, so he knew that his concerns were not misplaced.

"I'll let you figure this one out then, just don't push her too much… she is my other boss after all" said the Doctor with a smile, seeing the bus arriving.

Ash smiled slightly and shook his head slowly "Take care, I'll see you tomorrow"

After seeing his friend off he started walking back to the PokéCenter to wait for the girls to get back, taking his wallet to buy a water bottle he noticed something was amiss "Where is my credit card?"

Looking around for a few moments realization came to him "Serena!"

His money would suffer the consequences of their little fight, he was just about to get inside the PokéCenter when a Pokémon caught his attention… it was a blue frog looking intently at him, he remembered seeing a similar Pokémon before… a Froakie.

Pikachu then walked to him ("Hey there! Something wrong?")

Froakie got near the rodent Pokémon ("Hello, I would like to request a battle with your trainer, I've seen the power that his Pokémon achieve and I would like to test him and see if he is worthy of being my trainer")

Pikachu tilted his head and then turned to his trainer with sparks coming of his cheeks, Ash seemed to get the idea "So he wants to battle? Ok then!"

They went to the battle field behind the PokéCenter, Ash took out his Pokedex and let the P.B.S activate.

Froakie readied himself and Pikachu waited for orders "Alright buddy start with Volt Tackle!"

Pikachu started running to the blue frog with sparks covering his body, Froakie evaded the attack and countered with Slash.

"Pikachu evade and use Iron Tail!"

Getting out of the way, Pikachu slammed his tail against Froakie, the P.B.S showed that a good amount of health was dealt to Froakie.

The frog Pokémon got up and used Water Pulse, only for Pikachu to use Quick Attack and get out of the way.

"Pikachu Thunder Wave!"

Froakie tried to evade the new attack but he was too slow for the yellow rodent, feeling himself get slower he prepared to use another attack but Pikachu was faster "Thunderbolt!"

The attack struck and the P.B.S showed that Froakie was weakened and couldn't fight anymore. Ash congratulated his friend and walked to the Froakie, the frog Pokémon looked at him and then took out a Pokéball from his Frubbles making it roll to him.

"You want me to have it? Does that mean that you want to come with me?" Asked the trainer to Froakie whom nodded at him with a smile "Alright then, let's have you checked at"

Meanwhile with Dawn and Serena.

The coordinator looked at her friend and asked "Well? Where should we go first?"

"There is a boutique near, we could look around and then go for an ice cream"

At hearing Serena's plan the blue haired girl smiled "Sounds good"

The two of them walked to the Boutique and looked around, trying on various outfits and buying some more. Looking at other stores they found accessories for their Pokémon, Serena knew that Charmander and Fletchling wouldn't be interested on cute accessories, but Fennekin would definitely love them.

As time went by they noticed that it was getting late, after enjoying most of the day shopping and hanging out they were now going back to the PokéCenter with a lot of bags.

"I think we it would've been better to let Ash carry all this as his punishment" said Dawn exhausted.

Serena giggled and gave her friend a slight nod "Yeah, maybe next time I can make him come with us"

Once they went inside the Center they noticed Ash walking to the backyard where the battlefield was.

Dawn offered Serena to leave their stuff in her room, the honey-blond girl accepted and gave her friend the ID card and her stuff "I´ll go talk with Ash"

Catching up with her boyfriend she was deciding how to approach him.

"Welcome back Serena, is everything ok?" Asked Ash turning around and facing her.

"How did you know?"

"Well… I don't know how to explain it… I think I just felt you were behind me"

Serena looked to the ground "I'm sorry for what I said this morning… I just"

"I know, you don't want to let Fennekin feel left out, I talked with Brock after you left"

Fennekin joined Ash's Pokémon, noticing the new addition to Ash's team.

("Hello, I'm Fennekin")

("I'm Froakie, is nice to meet such a lovely lady") the frog gave a small bow making the fox giggle.

Serena heard Fennekin and turned to her, seeing the Froakie talking to her friend "Is a Froakie"

Ash turned to his Pokémon "Yeah, I caught him this morning after Brock left for Vaniville, he should be back tomorrow evening"

"I see…" Serena noticed that Froakie was pretty calm, unlike Squirtle and Aron who just run around and play.

Pikachu turned around trying to find Ampere, if Serena was back then that meant that his friend was back too, but he couldn't find her so he supposed that she was with her trainer in her room.

"Serena… I'm sorry for pushing the whole Gym battling thing on you, I just… I'm afraid that Charmander might turn his back on you once he evolves" Ash explained his girlfriend.

Serena's eyes widened "Why would he do that?"

"When Charizard evolved, he turned his back on me and used to attack me anytime I tried to battle with him, I actually lost in the Indigo Plateau because he wouldn't listen to me" The experienced trainer looked at Serena "Charmanders in general experience a change in their behavior, they become more aggressive as time pass and if they don't see their trainer as worthy then they won't listen"

"But that doesn't mean…" Serena tried to argue but Ash interrupted her by caressing her cheeks.

"It happened to me… and to my father, but he didn't have problems with his Charizard because he thought Red was strong enough to command him, and I know of other trainers that had Charmander and got problems when they evolved, is in their nature" Ash hugged Serena and caressed her hair "I don't want to push you to do this, but I don't want anything bad happen to you… so… if you believe that Burst won't ignore you then I'll support your decision of not battling Gyms"

Serena felt a small tug on her skirt and turned around to find Burst out of his Pokéball, he had heard everything they said and tried to tell them that he wouldn't do that to his trainer, the Sky-rider kneeled beside him "Are you trying to tell us that you won't change?"

Charmander gave her an affirmative cry and smiled at her, Fennekin felt guilty that her friends had to let an opportunity like this pass because she didn't want to ruin her fur… but she had always took care of her looks, preferring to be clean rather than battle and get dirty.

Froakie saw the conflicted look on Fennekin and approached her ("Is something the matter?")

The little fox looked at him and then to the ground deciding if she should tell him about it ("Well… the thing is… I don't really like battling because it ruins my fur, so my trainer promised me that I wouldn't battle… but she doesn't want to let my friends battle either so I won't feel left out")

Froakie tilted his head in confusion ("I think looks shouldn't really matter, friends stick together not because how one looks but because their bonds are strong enough, your friends already decided to not battle because they know you don't want to, and they care about you enough to not let you feel left out… I don't like getting dirty either, but I enjoy battles and getting stronger, I can always fix and clean myself")

Fennekin knew he was right, that she could always trust in her trainer to fix her fur and clean her like she did everyday… turning around she found Burst looking at her along with Fletchling whom had come out of his Pokéball.

After a moment Froakie continued ("No one can tell you what to do, you decide what you want from life… but sometimes to discover ourselves we need to step out of our comfort zone, personally? I think you are a great Pokémon with a hidden potential that only your trainer can bring out, you just have to discover your style of battling… after all you can't get dirty if you don't get hit")

She wasn't being fair to them, they were willing to forget the battles and just give it up for her, Froakie was right after all… tears threatened to spill from her eyes and feeling overwhelmed she ran away into the forest.

Serena saw this and followed her "Fennekin wait!"

Ash was about to follow when his Holo Caster started vibrating "Arrow, follow her"

He gave his trainer an affirmative nod and flew behind them.

"Hey Ash, how is everything going?" it was Grace.

"Hey mom, everything is… well… I had a little fight with Serena but now we are ok" He explained everything to her, and Grace understood Ash's point.

"Well I hope you two can solve this, anyway I saw on TV that tonight would be a stormy night, I wanted to ask you to take care of Serena"

This confused Ash slightly, while it was obvious that he would he didn't understand why this time was different "Is something wrong?"

Grace nodded at him.

Serena had returned Burst and Fletchling to their Pokéballs and was running behind her Fennekin trying to make her stop "Fennekin wait!"

The little fox was running straight not really seeing where she was going, in a moment she stopped feeling the ground and started rolling down a slope, Serena caught it and tried to cover her Pokémon from impact.

Froakie, who was following Serena along Arrow used his Frubbles to halt their impact.

Serena looked down her Pokémon with a small smile "Are you alright?"

Fennekin gave her a nod and then turned down with a saddened expression, Froakie just smiled slightly while Arrow congratulated him for saving them ("Hey Arrow go back to Ash and tell him where we are before he gets worried, I'll stay and protect them if necessary")

("Ok then I'll be back!") Arrow flew back to his trainer while Froakie went down the slope to check on the girls.

Serena noticed the little frog-like Pokémon "Thank you so much Froakie, you really saved us"

Fennekin smiled at him ("Yeah… thank you so much for saving Serena and me… I owe you one Froakie")

Froakie blushed slightly and scratched the back of his head ("It was my pleasure, please don't think that you owe me")

Serena stretched her hand patting Froakie in the head, which made him blush more, she was about to get up when a jolt of pain prevented her of doing so "My ankle… it hurts! What's the problem with forests and my ankle anyway?"

She was about to ask Froakie to get help when suddenly a lightning bolt pierced through the sky.

Ash was running through the forest trying to find Serena as soon as possible, now feeling guilty of the whole thing he remembered his conversation with Grace.

"Serena has astraphobia Ash… she freezes on stormy days if there are thunders, the louder the sound the worse she reacts"

"I didn't know about it… but why didn't she freeze when she saw Pikachu use his electric attacks?"

"Is different, subconsciously she knows that Pikachu won't hurt her, but you can't control nature"

He spotted Arrow flying on the sky "Hey Arrow!" The flying Pokémon acknowledged his trainer and guided him to Serena.

He was getting near a slope when a lightning bolt illuminated the sky and a strong thunder echoed through the forest… followed by a piercing scream "Serena!"

Ash saw Arrow fly down the slope were Serena was trembling and hugging herself, he quickly ran down not caring if he hurt himself, sliding to his girlfriend's side he quickly enveloped in his arms "Serena is ok… I'm here and nothing will happen to you"

Serena acknowledged Ash's voice and turned to him with tears streaming down her cheeks "Ash… help…"

The dark-haired trainer felt his heart hurt seeing her so defenseless "Can you stand?"

The girl shook her head, unable to form anymore words due to the fear she was feeling. Ash picked her up bridal-style and looked around trying to find some kind of shelter, Froakie looked around too and found the entrance of a cave near them.

Ash saw Froakie pointing at something and found the cave, making his way to the entrance he asked Froakie and Arrow to check the place for any dangerous Pokémon that might be sheltering there too.

Froakie signaled Ash that it was safe and his trainer quickly went inside, soon the storm started to gain strength and the wind entered the cave, Ash felt Serena shiver and quickly took off his jacket to cover her, taking some bandages too from his backpack to tend Serena's ankle.

After inspecting the entrance Froakie thought of something, he quickly used his Frubbles creating a wall in the entrance, Arrow and Fennekin saw this and started throwing dirt to the wall, once it was covered Froakie applied another cap of Frubbles preventing it from collapsing and successfully covering their trainers from the thunderstorm outside.

"Thank you guys that was very thoughtful and helpful of you" said Ash to the three Pokémon, he wondered if Pikachu had gone to Dawn and gave her the note he wrote before dashing out to follow Serena.

Meanwhile in the PokéCenter:

Pikachu had delivered the message to Dawn and was about to dash outside and follow his trail when he was stopped by Lopunny ("Where do you think you are going? There is a storm outside!")

("I've traded attacks with legendary Pokémon before, a simple storm is not going to stop me! I have to find Ash and make sure nothing happens to him while the trail is still fresh") Answered Pikachu.

Ampere shook her head and turned to her trainer, trying to tell her that Pikachu wanted to leave, Dawn understood and hugged Pikachu "I won't let you go out there alone! Ash would kill me if something happens to you… Ampere, Lopunny please help me"

Lopunny tried to talk Pikachu, but he refused to listen to her, telling her that he would follow his trainer, the rabbit Pokémon was getting angry with her crush for not listening when Ampere walked to them.

The female Pikachu looked at the male one ("Do you really think that Ash is so weak that he won't last without you? Are your friends that bad that you can't trust them with his safety?")

Pikachu looked at her as if she was crazy ("Of course I trust my friends! And I know that they are strong enough to protect him")

("Then believe in them, they will come back soon, and if they don't then surely Ash will be smart enough to find a place to shelter from the storm, so stop being a brat and calm down!") Said Ampere not willing to get a no.

Pikachu just sighed and turned to Dawn making body signs that he wouldn't leave anymore, he knew that Ampere was right and he needed to trust his friends this time.

Lopunny felt a small ache in her chest when she noticed how quickly Ampere had convinced Pikachu to stay… like she knew what to say to calm him down… something she couldn't achieve.

With Ash and Serena.

Ash was trying to calm his girlfriend while his Pokémon gathered what little they could from the cave, Fennekin could feel her fur getting dirty but right now was not the time to think about herself, she had gotten her trainer in problems once more and it was her fault.

Finding some twigs she was tempted to chew them but simply shrugged the urge and gathered whatever she found that could burn, Burst and Fletchling came out of their balls, feeling their trainer's distress and suddenly the whole place felt warm, Fennekin just chewed on a twig and looked at him ("That renders my job useless… oh well, I got some snacks now").

Charmader's tail was illuminating the whole place, Froakie thanked him for coming out and Burst just nodded at him, turning to his trainer he saw the fear on her face ("I wish I could be strong enough to help her somehow… maybe with a Sunny Day attack…")

Froakie shook his head slowly ("The best we can do is give her company and help Ash making sure she is warm, comfortable and calm") Burst understood and moved near the two trainers.

Ash thanked him and turned to Serena, her eyes seemed to be lost into the nothingness and only fear appeared whenever a thunder was heard "Don't worry my princess, you will be fine… everything will be alright"

Serena felt herself relax in the arms of her boyfriend, coming back to the real world to enjoy the warm and caresses that Ash was giving her, feeling her fears go away as he smothered her with kisses and sweet words.

She looked up into his eyes "I hate feeling like this… weak and pathetic… I really hate it" her soft words reached her boyfriend's ears as her eyes filled with tears.

"Is ok Serena, everyone has something they fear… I don't think it makes you weak or pathetic" He kissed her lips softly for a moment and looked into her eyes again "You will be fine, I'll stay with you so you have nothing to fear"

The Pokémon just observed their trainers, Serena's team was glad to see that she was feeling better now, while Ash's team was relieved to see that everything was getting better.

Just then a weird sound caught everyone attention, turning to some stones in a corner they saw that a Pidgey had took shelter in the cave, Froakie felt ashamed that he hadn't noticed him and approached slowly to not startle her.

("Hello there, we are sorry to have crashed in your shelter, we just wanted to escape the storm")

Pidgey nodded at him and looked at the humans ("Are they your trainers?")

Fennekin approached the bird Pokémon ("Yes, the girl is Serena and the boy is Ash, we are trying to keep them warm")

("Ok then… actually I'm glad you guys don't want to fight, I hurt my wing trying to escape the storm and I can't move around too much")Showing them her wing, she got closer to Burst trying to get warm ("Do you mind?")

Burst shook his head and let the female Pidgey near his tail.

Serena saw Pidgey's hurt wing and tried to move closer, telling Ash that she would be ok "Can I have a look to your wing? I might be able to fix it for you"

Pidgey turned to the human and was hesitant to do so, but she saw the sincerity in her eyes and the small nods of agreement from the others and moved closer.

Serena saw that it wasn't that bad, just a sprained wing that needed some rest, she took a potion bottle from her bag and applied it to the wing, making Pidgey cringe at the cold feeling.

Once she was done applying the medicine, Pidgey moved a bit her wing and noticed that it didn't hurt that much anymore ("Hey, thank you!")

"You are welcome!" Serena smiled at the little bird Pokémon, she couldn't understand what Pidgey had said but her guess wasn't that off.

Another thunder echoed through the forest and Serena yelped, going back to her boyfriend who hugged her tightly and caressed her hair softly "Everything is ok honey, nothing to worry about"

Serena looked at him and smiled relaxing once again, Ash took his backpack with one hand and asked Froakie to distribute the food equally while he let Aron and Squirtle out to get some food too.

Fennekin watched the frog Pokémon give food to everyone, even the wild Pidgey, and thought to herself ("He is so kind… not letting even wild Pokémon starve, he took a portion of his food to make sure there was enough for everyone")

She stood up and pushed her food near him, sitting at his side, Froakie saw this and tilted his head ("Something wrong? I didn't get the wrong can did I?")

("Oh no you didn't, I just wanted to thank you for everything… you were right, I need to stop being so selfish and think about the whole team… It doesn't matter if I don't battle, my friends deserve their chance")

Froakie blushed slightly which made Fennekin giggle a bit, the frog Pokémon then turned to their friends and said ("I don't think you were being selfish, I don't really know you that well… but I think that your friends are willing to do anything for you just like they believe you would for them, and that is because they trust you and care for you… that tells a lot about you")

Fennekin watched her friends interact with each other, neither Fletchling nor Burst looked at her with malice, instead they looked curious about her talk with Froakie ("I know what to do now… the problem will be making my trainer know") She turned to her new friend and licked his cheek, his skin feeling funny but strangely nice ("Thank you Froakie, you are a nice friend")

The frog Pokémon turned a red scarlet that Fennekin noticed and enjoyed, it was the first time that she met a Pokémon that behaved like that around her, it gave her a strange feeling that she had never felt before.

Looking at her trainer Fennekin noticed that she was sleeping already, with a peaceful smile and enjoying her mate's warm, Ash was sleeping too, maybe they were tired of running around all day… looking at Burst she muttered ("Hey Burst, thanks for keeping us warm")

Burst gave her a thumbs up ("No problem pal, let's get some sleep too")

Everyone agreed and prepared to sleep, Pidgey got close to Fennekin ("Is your trainer always that caring?")

("Yes she is like that to any Pokémon, it doesn't matter if is a trained or a wild one she cares the same for them")Answered Fennekin while laying down next to Froakie, who had laid down already.

Pidgey looked at the girl once more and whispered to herself ("It might be nice having someone like that…")

Meanwhile in the PokéCenter

Pikachu was looking out of the window he knew that it was late already and that his friend had probably took shelter somewhere in the forest, that didn't disperse his worries though.

Lopunny woke up to see her crush staring outside, she wanted to talk to him, comfort him and tell him that Ash would be ok just like Ampere had done, but she didn't know what to say exactly… what if she said too much?

She was about to get up when Pikachu turned around and got down the window, Lopunny hadn't noticed that Ampere was awake too.

Ampere walked to Pikachu and pushed him to her fluffy pillow, just for tonight she would share it ("Come on Pikachu you need to sleep, I'll let you sleep in my wonderful pillow just tonight")

Pikachu shook his head and looked at his friend ("You really know how to push my buttons")

("I'm an expert at pushing buttons! But you really need to sleep") She tackled him to the pillow making him lay on his stomach, he was about to get up when Ampere jumped up on his back, not letting him get up.

Pikachu tried to shake her off but it was useless, he didn't want to hurt her or make noise, so he just let her be and decided to close his eyes. Ampere looked at him and after a few moments noticed that he was already sleeping ("Poor guy… he must have been so worried about Ash")

She let herself fall to the pillow and was about to go sleep with Dawn on her bed when suddenly Pikachu's tail prevented her from getting up, she turned around and saw that he was still asleep ("Jerk… how dare you try and sleep with a lady… I'll give you hell tomorrow") said Ampere while laying down and letting sleep take her.

On Dawn's bed Lopunny had seen everything, she went to her trainer's side and cuddled with her, feeling tears spilling from her eyes ("What's going on…") She muttered to herself before falling asleep.

Morning came and the sun filtered through Dawn's window, Lopunny woke up and moved her trainer to wake her up too, Dawn's eyes opened and the coordinator noticed that it was morning already, she remembered that Ash and Serena had sleep outside and got up quickly.

Just as she was about to wake Piplup she noticed Lopunny looking at something, following her gaze she was surprised to find Ampere not just sharing her pillow with Pikachu, but she was cuddling him too, their tails were actually intertwined.

Looking at her Lopunny she could see the sadness on her eyes, they once again looked at the two Pikachu and asked themselves the same question… When had Ampere and Pikachu gotten so close?

With Ash and Serena:

Ash was the first to wake up, noticing that Serena was still asleep, he checked her temperature to make sure that she didn't catch a cold, but thanks to Burst they had been able to sleep warmly.

"Wake up sleeping beauty, we need to go back"

Serena heard her boyfriend's voice and stirred a bit, only to get cuddle even more and hide her face on his chest "Five more minutes' sweetie"

Ash chuckled a bit and kissed her forehead "If you don't wake up then I'll just carry you to the PokéCenter"

"Don't you dare Ash!?" She opened her eyes and glared playfully at her boyfriend.

Their Pokémon heard the noise and started waking up along with the wild Pidgey, turning to the entrance Froakie used Water Pulse and started removing the makeshift wall, showing the bright sun.

Serena stood up, noticing that her ankle didn't hurt anymore she turned around and smiled to Ash "Thank you for being here for me… it meant the world to me"

Ash smiled at her and hugged her "You mean the world to me, I'm glad I could help you" Serena returned the hug and gave him a peck on the lips.

Serena then looked at him with a big smile "You know? That was our first fight"

The black haired trainer chuckled a bit "I hope this is the last one too… I don't like fighting with you"

"Me neither"

They started walking back to the PokéCenter with their Pokémon in tow, when Pidgey flew to Serena's shoulder.

"Hello little one, something wrong?"

Pidgey nuzzled her cheek and flew a few meters away from her, facing her with determination.

"I think she wants to go with you Serena, Pidgey is challenging you to a battle"

Serena gave her boyfriend a small nod and took her Pokedex out, she was about to call Burst when Fennekin stepped up "Fennekin… you want to fight?"

The small fox Pokémon gave her trainer an affirmative bark and looked at Pidgey, Froakie had told her that she just needed to find her own battle style, one where she didn't have to get hit and dirty… that would be her new goal, be strong and graceful.

"Alright then, let's fight!"

And that marks the end of this chapter!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I certainly had fun writing it.

Next time our heroes will have their first Gym battle and start moving again. Some new and old enemies will show up too, keep tuned because this story will be continued!

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