Pierre was alone on stage addressing the masterclass, "And we have our final five performers! Which one will challenge Aria?"
The crowd roared.
"Ze Masterclass freestyle is about to begin!" Pierre added.
A/N: Alright guys! We hit it! 10k views thank you so much!
Hey guys, this is the finale of the Masterclass Showcase. Despite Ash's outburst last time, he knows he should not have snapped at Serena when she was just trying to help.
Also, just keep in mind that the performances are kind off short xD. I am better at writing battles so it is a new thing for me to write performances, but since I like torturing my favorite characters in this story, I hope I meet the expectations of a good emotional perspective.
How will Ash fix things? How will things end? Stay tuned!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon
Chapter 14- Masterclass Victory! Serena's Greatest Decisive Performance!
Ash POV at the top of the stands with Pikachu:
I look at the rodent in my shoulder and he looks at me with a smile. "Pikachu, why did I snap at her?" I ask my friend.
"Pika pi pikachu," Pikachu told me while looking over at the stage.
I looked over to the stage and noticed the five performers that were involved in the finals of the masterclass. One of them was the one I was rooting for the most… Obviously Serena, but her competition was stiff. I look at the names and pictures of the performers.
One was Shauna, she was a big rival of Serena, but also her best friend. I have a feeling that Serena can win with confidence if she puts everything into it.
The second performer was a brunette girl, in the picture she was depicted as having a green bandana on her head. Still, she had a white dress during the masterclass. She was a top coordinator from Hoenn called May. She intimidated me a little bit as she was able to easily win her battle in the second round and had won the grand festival in Hoenn.
Same thing with the fourth performer. She knew May very well, but had blue hair. She was Dawn, another top coordinator that was from Sinnoh this time. She was also a large threat since she had won the grand festival in Sinnoh.
Likewise, the last girl had a weird earring which I detected as being a keystone. She had blond hair and was very tall. Her name was Astrid and she had gone through the second round through mega evolution. I do think Serena can beat her, but we will have to see. Now that I think about it, I think I battles against Astrid once, but Sceptile, back then a Grovyle, actually lost against her mega Absol… Now I want a rematch...
Stands:
"This will be a close one," Tierno said calmly. "I have a feeling either Serena or Shauna will make us proud."
Calem looked at Tierno with enthusiasm, but simply added, "I know right? But Shauna will totally win!"
"Haha, if Ash was here to hear that," Trevor laughed. "He would flip out on you at that point!"
Grace attentively listened as she tried to comprehend why Ash would be nervous if Calem claimed that Shauna would win. The only conclusion Grace had was that Ash was supporting Serena, but the fact that Ash would only support Serena that way and by what he said before, Grace saw Ash differently that most boys.
The crowd roared throughout the stands as the performers stepped out into the stage. Everyone was getting prepared for the next moment.
Stage:
Pierre was standing up tall with his staff and Klefki. Pierre then looked at the crowd and claimed: "Look very well at zis last batch of performers! One will challenge Aria for her title of Kalos Queen. In zee end, you will choose ze outcome. So… for ze freestyle round we will individually see all the performances and choose the best one to challenge Aria!"
Serena, Shauna, May, Dawn and Astrid all stood tall as everyone was cheering for them.
Shauna POV:
I made it this far, I will do my best and get farther than anyone has before. I know I can win.
May POV:
This is very difficult, I have a feeling my rivals will be very strong, but I will manage to pull out on top, I know I can!
Dawn POV:
Everyone is very fired up, I hope I can dazzle the audience. I need to try my best and not worry. I made it this far, so I am happy.
Astrid POV:
I may be a battler, but I made it this far so I am sure I can do great. As long as I can keep my cool and use what is up my sleeve I can win!
Serena POV:
Ash, I am sorry for yelling at you, but please, at least watch me perform, I need you here for me!
"There is something you definitely lack, if you don't know what it is, then you won't be able to defeat Aria…" These words echoed through my mind as a grab my sore arm and hide it behind my back.
ARGH I have to stay strong! I don't care about my wellbeing I can do this!
A little later on stage:
"Welcome ze first performer, Astrid!" Pierre exclaimed.
Astrid stood tall in her purple dress. Next to her was an Absol and a Meowstic. She started off by making acrobatic backflips across stage while Meowstic controlled her with psychic.
"Use psycho cut!" Astrid called out as she danced around Absol who shot a psycho cut straight up. "Now use thunder wave!" Meowstic shot upwards a wave of electricity that caused the crowd to roar in excitement.
Astrid then looked at the crowd with confidence as she made more backflips among her pokemon that were all elevated through psychic (I know Absol is a dark type lmao just let it slide).
"Time to take this to the next level! ABSOL Mega Evolve!" Astrid shouted. Absol started to glow making the audience stare in awe as Absol gained wings and started to run around with more speed. "Now use ice beam!"
Absol show out an ice beam and made pillars of ice. Then Astrid commanded her Meowstic to use psychic to destroy them in an array of magic.
"Finished!" Astrid shouted as she looked at the public while making the crowd roar in approval.
Next performance:
"Welcome to ze stage, Dawn!" Pierre exclaimed with enthusiasm as the blue haired girl popped up on stage along with Piplup and Quilava.
"Piplup use whirlpool!" Dawn commanded as Piplup started to use whirlpool engulfing her and Quilava. "Now Quilava use flame wheel!"
"Quil...LAVA!" Quilava began to circle around the giant vortex by using flame wheel and caused the entire audience to look with awe and cheer at the spectacle.
"Now use bubble beam! Quilava counter it with fire blast!" Dawn exclaimed. The two pokemon shot their attacks and collided causing an explosion that revealed stars and bubbles flowing all over the audience.
"Let's finish this," Dawn declared as she danced across the stage. "Quilava use eruption! Piplup go for a strong hydro pump!"
"QUILAVA!" Quilava shouted as he made molten rocks start to fall from the sky. Piplup then destroyed the rocks with hydro pump causing a large amount of steam to appear among the stage and stands.
When the steam cleared you could see Dawn with her pokemon. "That's it!" Dawn shouted as the crowd clapped and cheered.
Next performance:
"Welcome May to ze stage!" Pierre shouted as the crowd started watching as the brunette girl came up to the stage with a Blaziken and a Beautifly.
"Go Beautifly, use sweet scent!" May commanded as Beautifly made the stage completely hazy with a red and pink color. "Now Blaziken use flamethrower!"
Blaziken fired off a flamethrower up at the roof and caused a nice explosion that had fire sparkles.
May then appeared dancing with Blaziken amusing the audience. Beautifly was using psybeam attempting to hit the dodging pair which looked very intense for the audience, but added more special effect.
"Blaziken, let's finish this! Beautifly go for a gust!" May exclaimed. "Blaziken use flamethrower on the ground!"
May and her Pokemon then began to float and then they touched down with a pose after spinning a couple of times. "Finished!" May exclaimed.
The crowd was amused as well showing their appreciation through the cheering and clapping.
Shauna's Performance:
"Welcome to ze stage, ze and only Shauna!" Pierre exclaimed as he walked off the stage. Shauna appeared before the crowd before everyone and the cheers were loud, but one that made Shauna feel happy was:
"GO SHAUNA YOU CAN DO IT!" Calem exclaimed through the crowd making Shauna blush. Right beside her was Venusaur and Tropius.
Shauna then got on Tropius and began to ride it around the stage and towards the stands. Shauna was commanding Tropius to use gust causing the crowd to enjoy the gust of wind.
"Now Venusaur use Frenzy Plant!" Shauna exclaimed.
"Venusaur!" Venusaur shouted as it shot the large plant in front of him just in time to stop in front of the crowd making the entire stage be covered in plants.
Shauna was dancing up and down the plants as she decided to pull of a hard move next, "Venusaur use leaf storm on me!" Venusaur followed the command and made Shauna rise into the sky with leafs around her making the crowd cheer.
Then leaf storm ended and Shauna landed while winking one eye and said, "Finished!"
Serena POV:
I look over to my side and see Floette and Popplio beside me. I decided to make Popplio come along with me as she was a strong and energetic performer. Suddenly, I hear the words:
"Last but not least, Performer Serena!" I hear Pierre shout as the floor behind me began to move upwards. Suddenly I am met by the scene of many people watching me and clapping as I finally am able to begin performing.
I look up and smile while inhaling and exhaling.
Play Dori Dori's "Dream Power" here!
"Floette use misty terrain!" I shout. I see the entire ground around me become misty and pink, just the color I needed. "Now Popplio, encase us in a bubble!"
I hug Popplio in my arms as Popplio created a bubble that encased me. I could see the thin lining of the bubble as I started to float making the audience roar in approval.
"Floette use fairy wind!" I shout. Floette goes around with fairy wind thus pushing me near the stands. I got an eyeful of Calem, Trevor, Tierno, and Mom smiling at me:
… But where was Ash?
I frowned, but I remembered to not give up. "Floette use moonblast!"
Floette used moonblast at the bubble that was now on top of the stage and I decided to unleash Popplio.
"Popplio use water gun counter shield!" I shout as Popplio starts spinning and bursting the bubble while I lightly touch the ground with my feet. The explosion above me is beautiful as I see the water and mist combine.
My two pokemon then land beside me and we start dancing as they hop in and out of me. Then, I grab Popplio and toss him into the sky as Floette used fairy wind to get us all airborne.
"Floette use moonblast! Popplio water gun!" I exclaim with a smile.
The moves collide and the other pokemon fall to the ground harmlessly as I touch the ground on my legs and just barely touched the ground with my hurting arm which hurt a lot. Other than that, I ignored the pain and put my arm out into the sky while saying: "TADA!"
The crowd instantly drowned out my thoughts as I could hardly hear myself think. Just then the other performers came to the stage as well.
Pierre came up to the microphone and I grew nervous…
This is it, the final round, who will go to challenge Aria?
Pierre then started to talk, "Now it is time for ze votes to begin! Adjust your colors to ze person that you think performed best! Ready?"
I looked around and saw the colors of the rainbow staring back at me from the stands. I grew nervous during the count to three in Kalosian.
"Un!"
"Deux!"
"Trois!"
Ash POV:
I look over at the colored orbs that start flowing. The pink ones for Serena, green for Shauna, blue for Dawn, yellow for May and Purple for Astrid.
I look at my side and notice I have no glowlight to cast my vote. "OH SH*T!"
"Pikapika!" Pikachu told me as we ran as fast as we could to get to the lobby. When we reached the lobby, I looked around the rows of couches. One of the couches had a blank glowlight lying on top of it. Perfect. I got the random glowlight in the middle of the room and then I then run into the auditorium bursting through the doors and notice that the orbs are done flowing. I click on "pink" and threw the glowlight towards the stage with all my might praying that it went through.
Serena POV:
The colors started flowing from everywhere in the stage followed by the colors from people voting from outside of the Tripokalon coming from the floor in front of the stage.
After a while, all the colors stopped. Then suddenly: "CLANK" a random glowlight lands in the stage in front of me and then a pink orb came out. The orb slowly flew in front of my face and then went down to my dress where it got absorbed into the key in my dress and everyone turned in my direction confused.
I looked over at the stands and I saw him. Ash, standing there with Pikachu with a smile and panting hard like if he had just ran a marathon. He was standing there in the middle of the passage in the stands looking at me and gave me a "thumbs up". Did he actually not hate me at all?
I felt my cheeks burn a little, but i also felt relieved that he still saw my performance.
My thoughts were drowned out by Pierre's Voice: "And ze performer that challenges Aria will be…"
I close my eyes and feel nervous. My heart pounding and my legs feeling like if they were about to give out.
Suddenly, I felt a large warm sensation through my eyelids. The crowd roared and I could barely hear anything, but I still did in the end.
I open them to not believe what I was hearing, "Performer Serena won by one vote!"
I teared up and looked at my pokemon. "Thank you guys," I muttered as I hugged them.
At the stands:
"Aww… Shauna lost," Tierno said.
"It's ok, her journey is just beginning," Calem replied as he smiled proud of Shauna.
Grace couldn't hold it anymore and stood up, "You see Serena, she's my girl! That's my baby!"
Ash then came up and said, "And your baby will push through to learn more."
"Ash!" Everyone shouted.
"I told you Calem," Ash smirked. "Don't underestimate Serena!"
"Hehe, he got you there," Trevor replied.
"Ash, by any chance…" Grace started.
"Yea?" Ash encouraged.
"Where you the one that threw the glowlight?" Grace asked.
"H-how did you know?" Ash stuttered as Grace gave Ash a knowing look.
"Something in Serena's face told me," Grace replied simply while remembering Serena's slight blush at looking from where the glowlight came.
At the lounge still Serena POV:
All the girls looked at me and congratulated me. They all started wishing me good luck and gave me ideas for my performance against Aria. I felt thankful, but I had already had my routine planned out.
"Serena…" Shauna started as she looked at me. She like some of the other girls had tears in her eyes. Shauna then surprised me by hugging me. "Serena win this for us I know you can do it!"
"Shauna…" I reply unsure. I then became confident and pulled her away so we can make eye contact. "I will do my best Shauna!"
A little later:
It was time for me against Aria, I wanted to talk with Ash before the performance, but I wasn't able to find him or the others so I had stuck with Shauna.
Shauna though, went to the stands with the others so I was alone. I was nervous as hell, but I needed to pull through. I went to a safe spot where u was alone and took out four pokeballs.
"Braixen!"
"Sylveon!"
"Pop popplio!"
"Floette!"
"Hey guys," I tell my Pokemon. "I just want to say thank you, we made it this far and I believe we can be happy about how well we did. So, for now let's focus in doing our best!"
Everyone lets out a battle cry and put out a paw, finn, flower, and branch. I knew I could do it and nothing, not even my sore arm would stand in the way of me trying my full effort.
In the stands:
Ash was sitting with Pikachu next to Grace. Grace was curious as to what happened after Ash and Serena had left the stage before. "Ash, are you ok?"
Ash put his hand in his pocket and felt a piece of cloth which he recognized as the handkerchief. "No, actually I… I may have snapped at Serena after I answered and put her through and now I feel terrible."
Grace looked at Ash sympathetically and put a hand on his shoulder. "Serena is very forgiving and she values you a lot, I know so. Go talk to her when you have the chance and maybe you can fix things."
Ash smiled and nodded as he knew he would have to do the right thing.
Suddenly, the stage lit up and Serena was seen walking with her four pokemon to center stage. She looked determined and ready to win as the crowd roared at her approval.
Ash smiled, but he noticed her acting weird with her right arm, but Ash shook it off.
"It's starting!" Tierno exclaimed.
"Good luck Serena!" Trevor shouted.
"Do your hardest Serena!" Calem yelled.
Grace stood up with a powerful tone and exclaimed, "Make momma proud Serena!"
"PIKA PIKA PIKAPI!"
Ash stood up next to Grace and looked at Serena, "Serena… Don't give up until the end!"
With Serena on Stage
"Serena… Don't give up until the end!" a voice pierced through the cheering crowd making Serena get a pink glint in her cheeks. Serena smiled, she knew what she had to do to win and how to perform.
Serena looked over to her pokemon and nodded as Pierre introduced her. "Allow me to present, ze person zat will challenge Aria to be Kalos Queen, Serena!"
The crowd cheered Serena on as Pierre and his Klefki walked off stage leaving Serena alone.
Serena had her favorite song come on as she felt the rhythm. The song being: Dream Power Dori Dori (THIS IS THE QUEUE PLAY IT!)
Serena tapped her foot to the sound of the beat at the beginning and when the electric guitar played the beginning of the music, Serena and her pokemon began to dance side to side.
Once the singer began to sing, Serena grabbed Braixen's wand and started using flamethrower and drew a large heart among the stage while fire streaked around her smiling face with grace showing off her internal fire.
Serena then ordered Sylveon to use fairy wind and make her fly into the sky. Popplio used her bubble to float up into the sky while using a water gun counter shield under Serena making Serena look like she was on top of a vortex.
"Floette now use moonblast while Braixen use fire blast!" Serena exclaimed as Braixen and Floette launched their attacks and making the prongs turn into pedals of a flower with a pink centerpiece. This made the crowd roar.
"Now Sylveon use your feelers to make me soar!" Serena ordered while smiling.
"VEONNN!" Sylveon sang as she grabbed Serena with her feelers and used fairy wind to the point that Serena was floating around the stands making the crowd happy.
"Now Braixen fire blast and psychic at the same time!" Serena demanded as Braixen jumped into the sky and engulfed Serena in flames while using psychic to protect Serena. The crowd stood wide mouthed at this as Serena and her pokemon began to fly into the sky.
"Let's finish this!" Serena exclaimed while making wave patterns with her arms. "Z Move! HYDRO VORTEX!"
"POPPPP...LIOOO!" Popplio exclaimed as he unleashed a large water vortex under him.
"Now use fire blast and fairy wind!" Serena exclaimed as Sylveon and Floette used Fairy wind into the vortex amazing everyone as Braixen added in an extra fire blast. Then the vortex exploded into pink, orange and blue particles sprinkling all over the audience.
Serena was then being lowered towards the ground face first slowly and she put her hand out to stop her. All of her pokemon did the same and did well, but when Serena landed she landed in her hurt arm.
Serena winced in the searing pain, but started falling forward.
Sylveon decided to come in and rescue Serena as she swung her feelers to front flip Serena into a hero posicion.
"TADA!" Serena screamed while smiling. 'I did everything I possibly could!' Serena thought to herself as the crowd stood up and cheered on for Serena drowning any sound Serena has ever heard before.
In the stands:
"YEA THAT WAS AWESOME!" Tierno shouted.
"Truly amazing!" Shauna shouted. She was sitting with Calem and had came in time to see Serena perform in the finals.
"You were great!" Calem and Trevor shouted in unison.
"Serena I am so proud!" Grace exclaimed into the cheers and clapping.
"PIKAPI!" Pikachu shouted with enthusiasm.
"Serena that was amazing!" Ash exclaimed. Ash was happy, but he was also worried about something… He noticed Serena's hurt arm.
Back on Stage:
"Now welcome your reigning Kalos Queen, Aria!" Pierre shouted as he introduced a magenta haired girl that stepped in through the doors in the back of the stage. She had a Delphox, Spritzee and Vivillon beside her.
Serena noticed how much attention got through her elegant movement to the music. She watched in awe as Aria was picked up by her Vivillon to later use charge beam and solar beam to combine with a fire blast to make an amazing star design.
Serena then noticed Aria's smile, something that Serena knew she had to work on. 'Now I know what I lack… Something to give!' Serena thought as she smiled at Aria's performance.
Elegantly, Aria concluded her performance and made the crowd roar very loudly for Aria.
...Unbeknownst to Serena… Serena was the one that made others smile more in the end.
A little later:
"Are you ready to vote? Remember to choose ze performer that you think performed best," Pierre instructed as she presented the two performers in front of her. All of them with their pokemon beside them and they all had great amount of determination.
"Will Aria defend her title, or will Serena be crowned ze new Kalos Queen? We will find out in…" Pierre started.
"UN!" the crowd started.
"DEUX!" The crowd chanted again.
"TROIS!" Everyone exclaimed as the lights started making orbs that flowed into the performer's keys. It was green for Aria and pink for Serena.
Suddenly, all of the orbs from outside the tripokalon got added into the mix.
"Zis has been a world record of votes, we have had at least three million votes zis time! Give yourselves a round of applause!" Pierre shouted as everyone clapped. "Now ze winner is…"
The light showed on one performer and the crowd began to roar in approval at the Kalos Queen. "Aira!" Pierre shouted.
Serena smiled even though she lost and looked at her pokemon. She hugged them showing great appreciation for their work and dedication to making things possible.
Aria was crowned a tiara that Klefki held on his key chain. Aria was also given a bouquet of flowers to symbolize her winning.
Aria walked up to Serena as the crowd cheered and said while extending her arm, "That was fun we should do it again sometime!"
Serena grabbed her hand with both of hers and shook it, "Yes and when we do, I will totally win!"
With that, the showcase closed with Serena and her pokemon along with Aria and her pokemon waving at the roaring audience. There were no winners and losers in the end… There was just two amazing performers celebrating the conclusion of being able to perform for people to smile.
At a meeting later at undisclosed location:
"What happened?" An irritated Aria asked Diantha who had asked her to sit in front of her.
"Tell me, that challenger you performed against in the end…What did you think of her performance?" Diantha asked coldly as she picked up a cup of coffee and sipped it.
Aria looked at the ground and thought for a second, "Her performance was amazing! It was beautiful and graceful, honestly I think it could have gotten more votes than it had."
Diantha looked at Aria seriously and told her this, "Well it did, in fact, I made it so that one third of the of the votes for her were counted for you instead."
Aria looked shocked… She would have lost if things would have been done differently. Aria stood up and hit her fist into the table, "WHY?! Why did you RIG IT!"
Diantha stood up and put a hand on Aria's shoulder and told her to relax. Diantha then came up and explained her reasoning, "I talked with Olympia the other day, and she said that the girl… Serena was her name… She has a special connection with someone I have been watching closely. Olympia stated that danger is coming and that if Serena is Kalos Queen, she won't do her role to protect Kalos." Diantha then looked at Aria. "Do not give up the title, it will be beneficial for the safety of our region that Serena remains close to my subject."
Diantha then got up and started walking to the door catching Aria's attention, "Where are you going?"
"I have to battle this person… I have to see the power of his spirit…" Diantha said coldly as she left the room leaving Aria alone.
"So… Serena is the real Kalos Queen…" Aria muttered in disbelief.
Later at the lobby:
"Serena, you came so close, I am proud of you," Grace told her daughter.
"Thank you mom," Serena blushed a bit.
"Serena, I'm going to go to sleep," Shauna said. "Let's make this a new beginning for us!"
"Yes!" Serena shouted as she shook Shauna's hand.
"Same here Serena… and Ash, when we can we have a battle, right?" Calem asked with a smirk.
"You got that right bro!" Ash replied smirking as well.
"We're leaving too, bye!" Tierno and Trevor said as they left the lobby after congratulating Serena.
Shauna and Calem left through the door and Grace was also leaving when Grace turned around and said, "Also, Serena take care of yourself, love you!"
"Love you too mom," Serena replied as her mother left the tripokalon.
It was Ash and Serena alone all over again. Pikachu decided it would be best to leave the two to talk alone so he walked to a corner and eavesdrop (Clever Pikachu).
Serena sat down in a bench and looked down. She had many thoughts going through her head about what was next for her.
Serena then felt a hand in her shoulder and looked up to find Ash that sat next to her.
"Serena, how's your arm?" Ash asked in concern as he recalled what happened when Serena was performing.
"H-how do you know?" Serena asked surprised at Ash's discovery.
"I saw how you acted with it, here let me help," Ash said as he took out the handkerchief from his pocket to help Serena. Unbeknownst to him, something else fell out.
"Ash…" Serena said while blushing at Ash wrapping the handkerchief on Serena's hurt hand. "Thank you…"
"No problem," Ash replied with a warm smile. "How are you feeling about today?"
"I am frustrated, but I think I can learn and become a better performer and thanks to my friends I can receive support to later give it in performances. I noticed how much my friends mean to me when it comes to helping me make something for others to be motivated to do something as well…" Serena then noticed something and picked it up… The picture of Ash's mom. "Ash… who is she?"
"My… mom…" Ash choked in his words.
Serena stared in awe and looked at Ash with a sympathetic smile, "Ash... she is beautiful. She has your eyes and the look of compassion."
Ash stared in awe at how Serena understood him and was able to learn what his mother was like in seconds.
"You hit that description dead on," Ash replied. "Look Serena, about earlier today… I am sorry I snapped at you."
"No Ash, don't apologize, I should have not tried to enter your bottled up emotions like that, i'm sorry," Serena replied looking down. "I know you miss your mother and that your father caused this pain to you, I should not have tried to force you out of it."
"It's ok Serena," Ash said while wrapping his hand around Serena. "Come on, you look exhausted, let's go to the pokemon center to rest."
Serena nodded and Pikachu got on Ash's shoulder as Ash walked Serena back to the pokemon center… The same way he did at camp years ago.
A/N: Wait… SERENA ACTUALLY F****** WON? YES! And this will be addressed in the future! Long, but symbolic chapter though, so I hope you enjoyed it!
Tell me what you thought! (By the way, did you like how I added in some other Pokegirls? I actually had no clue who to make Serena's other rivals, so I added them in! Maybe you guys may expect to see them in the future too as I may plan roles for them!)
Also, the amourshipping hint in the end… Wow their relationship is growing and hitting bumps, but something tells me there will be another bump later on that will have to be repaired through more than just an apology… IDK, I mean, I could be lying or… not? Hehe, only I know, but hinting doesn't help doesn't it?
Remember to R & R and I will see you guys next time!
Responding to some reviews:
NinjaFang1331: Thanks! Glad you are enjoying things up until now!
Guest 1: Mhm, I wanted Serena to have a rival battle with her. She may come in later in the story, but for now, she will back off a bit.
SilverMoon1912: Haha, good analogy! I am glad you liked it!
Rst64tlc: That will be answered in a future chapter. Maybe Ash will kick her ass in the future, but for now, we will make it so that Serena does all of the work.
Wes27: Like I said before, I am not trying to follow the story of the anime… So she lost AND WON at the same time… Thanks Diantha! Anyways, this will be addressed in the future, so make sure that you stay tuned for the reveal. I guess you were not expecting that to happen!
Guest 2: Alright bro! I will keep it all up, but you better stay supporting the ship ;)!