A few days has passed, and most students are preparing to go home. Why, you ask? Because tomorrow is the first day of summer school's break.

"Liko, are you sure not going back home on this long school break?"

"I'm fine." Liko replied, "My father and mother would be busy, anyway.."

"I see.. please look for our room while we gone, okay?"

Liko nodded, "Sure."

"I'm going back to my home at Pallet town, so i could just use charizard to go there." Ash throw out his Pokeball, "Come out, Charizard!"

Charizard materialized, then Ash climbed on his back.

"Liko, Anne, let's meet again after school break's over, okay?" Ash asked while looking back at the two girls.

"Of course!" Anne give Ash a thumbs up.

"Be careful on your way, Ash..."

"I will!" Ash give a thumbs up at Liko.

"Pika-pika!"

"Let's go, full speed ahead Charizard!"

Charizard in a high speed fly away towards Pallet town.

"See ya!" Both girls wave their hand at Ash leaving away until they cannot be seen anymore.

"Well Liko, i'll be going too!" Liko and Anne shake hands.

"Have a nice trip!"

"Okay, see ya!" Liko watched Anne entered the bus and watched as the bus leaves the area.

After that, Liko looked at Sprigatito and ask, "Should we head back?"

"Nyaohaa.."

With that, Liko slowly walked back to the building. Ash she slowly walked, she's having a little flashback.

She's having a little flashback from where she for the first time meet ash back in the bus stop, followed with pikachu were in fond with her in the bus, the time Ash catch her and spigatito when she fall off of the building, and lastly the moment Ash helps her train sprigatito at night.

Every moment that she experienced for a short time at the academy with Ash, she treasured it so much.

For some reason, she starts to felt more happy whenever she is with Ash and she also felt warm with him around her.

And then she remembered the time ash is holding her hand at that night, she still remember the feelings of it that made her cannot go sleep for an hour.

As Liko stopped, she looked at the sky where Ash has fly away.

'Ash.. i'm happy that i'm able to meet you. The short experience i have with you in this school made my life is more enjoyable. I don't know if my feelings will be the same in the future, but for sure... But right now..' A wind pass by, let Liko's hair and clothing fluttered by the wind, the sunset shines dramatically around her, 'Right now... I...I...I like you..'

For sure, right now, Liko wish to be able to meet Ash again sooner or later.

Liko decide to stand for a bit and watch the sunset in the distance in front of her.

After 10 Minutes, the sun almost disappeared in the horizon. Liko looked at sprigatito with apologetic face, "Sorry..sprigatito.. i had something in my mind.. let's head back for good now."

Liko proceed to walk back to the school building again.

As she entered the building one of the workers tell liko, "Ah Liko-san, someone here wants to meet you."

"Pleased to meet you, Liko-san, correct?"

Liko looked at the man that is looking for her, he wears a black and white businessman clothes, his eyes are purple and his hair are white on the left side, while the other side is black.

"Y-Yes.. who might you be?" Sprigatito instict tells that the man in front of them is fishy.

"I am here on behalf of your grandmother. I have this letter from her." The said person gives liko the letter.

"A letter..?" Liko looked at the letter a little surprised, 'Huh? Why would grandma sent me a letter...? No, aside for that, this man...'

"Umm, what is thi-"

"All will be explained in time." The man cut off Liko, "In essence, she urges you to bring her your cherished pendant without fail."

Sprigatito growled while Liko, while outside looks normal, inside she felt something's wrong.

"Sprigatito, don't be rude." Sprigatito become quiet, though he felt displeased with it but in truth, Liko's only faking it, "i'll go and get ready, just wait here."

Liko walked back to her room afterwards. When she closed the door of her room, she started to panic, walked back and forth on her room because Liko felt suspicious about that man and Liko knew that her pendant was given by her grandmother to take care of it.

"I can't trust that man at all." Liko open her rotom phone and looked at the call list and find Ash'a contact, "Should... Should i called Ash help...?" Liko shook her head, "No...no... Of course i need Ash's help! I'm not strong at all to battle him, or maybe more people with him at all!"

Liko start to called Ash, and the phone is dialing with Liko picking up her pendant, "Ash... Please pick up the phone!"

Meanwhile in Ash's home:

"And that's what happen in the academy, mom!"

"Looks like you're having fun Ash, i'm happy for it!"

Ash just finished telling his experience back in academy.

"Heeee, i'm glad that you were happy in the academy Ash."

Just in time, Ash's rotom phone is ringing.

"Hm?" Ash picked up the phone, "Hello?"

"Ash! Thank arceus you picked up!"

"Liko? You okay? It sounds like you are in panic."

"Someone suspicious telling me to give my grandmother's pendant and faking it by saying my grandmother's write a letter for me."

"You sure that it's not your grandmother request them?"

"No! My grandmother give me the pendant back in paldea before i go to Kanto! Please... Help me... Ash.."

By Liko's tone, she really is scared for what's gonna happen soon and for some reason Ash start to worry Liko's safety.

He stand up from his chair and tell her, "Alright Liko! Hang in there! I'll be there as fast as i could!"

"Okay!"

"See ya!"

Ash hung up from the phone and rushed upstair, "Mom, i'll be going again soon! Let's go pikachu, greninja!"

"Pika-Pika!"

"Ninja!"

"Okay! Be careful out there Ash!"

Ash in hurry change his clothes without thinking which clothes to wear, and the clothes he instantly picked is the one where he go to Kalos.

"Greninja, for now return!"

"Gren!"

Greninja went back to his pokeball and both Ash and pikachu rushed out of the bedroom and went downstairs.

"I'll be going, mom!"

"Okay!"

After Ash closed the door, Ash then sent out charizard and climbed in his back.

"Charizard! Fly back to Indigo academy! Liko's in danger right now!"

"Char!" Charizard give a thumbs up and fly towards the indigo academy at a high speed.

"Liko, i'm coming!"

Back with Liko, the girl went out of her room from the window and Sprigatito guide Liko to enak through the roof.

Liko's slowly crawl on the roof, and just in time to peek and find a woman that Liko suspect is working with the man Liko saw before.

"Have you found her?"

"No, i suspect she is hiding somewhere."

"What a nuisance"

Unluckily, the woman looked towards the roof and found Liko and Sprigatito head, looking towards her.

Sprigatito and Liko stop pop out their head after they realized they got noticed.

"There she is!"

Liko and sprigatito rushed away, "Yikes!"

Sprigatito and Liko went down from the roof, although Liko landed a bit rough on her butt while Sprigatito land safely.

"There you are!"

Liko and sprigatito find out that now there is three person that was try to take Liko's pendant.

"Come out, Rhydon!"

Rhydon materialized and ready to battle.

"Rhydon?!" Liko looked at sprigatito, who is really ready to fight.

'Huh?! Sprigatito also ready to fight?!' Liko look back towards the enemy, 'Guess we have no choice...'

"Sprigatito, Leafage!"

Sprigatito shoot leaves towards Rhydon, but Rhydon just shook it off like it's nothing.

"Hah! You think you really can beat us with that pitifuk leafage?"

'He's right! I cannot beat his Rhydon at all." And then she remembered Ash's fights with Rucco, 'That's right! I could use some trick on Rydhon! I don't need to beat him at all!'

"Sprigatito, Leafage one more time to his eyes!"

Sprigatito shoot out leafage but this time the leafage land to its eyes, continue with Sprigatito landed on its horn which let out some sweet scent that made Rydhon fall asleep.

"W-We did it, Sprigatito!"

"Nyao!"

"Ah that's right! No time to celebrate!"

Liko proceed to climb to the roof where Sprigatito is after it jump off of Rydhon.

After Liko climbed the wall, she continue to follow sprigatito on the roof with question pop ups on her mind, 'What-What have i gotten myself into? But anyway, we able to pull off that move, although does that even count? Just what is even going oooooon?!'

Liko keep running until she stopped when it's about to reach the dead end.

"Stop right there!"

Liko went on guard as she turn around, "Be good and hand over the pendant, or i'll have to use force!"

Liko clutch on her pendant and take a step back, 'As if that's going to change my mind! I need a plan to escape, but what-"

"FOOOUND YOU!"

A charizard suddenly show up in front of them. The man on top of the charizard show a smirk after he put off his safety googles.

'S-Someone else just showed up?!'

"Who are you?"

"I could ask you the same question there." The man get off of charizard, "I have business with that girl as well, in a good way."

"Same as me and my team." The black and white haired man pulled out a pokeball. " Well then, let's decide this with a pokemon battle. Ceruledge!"

The man release his pokemon in front of him. The pokemon has bluish purple blades as both hands, his appearance looks like an armored knight with blue fire coming out of the top of the head.

"Just what i was hoping for!"

The half color haired man stopped his other team that trying to help him and let him take care of the charizard.

"BITTER BLADE!"

Ceruledge blade covered in purple aura's and charged at charizard.

"Flamethrower!"

Charizard spew burst of flame and hit ceruledge.

"Night Slash!"

Ceruledge bladed hands shine bright and slash at charizard, but it was blocked by CHarizard's Dragon claw.

This continue with charizard and Ceruledge attacking and dodging with intensity.

While this happen, Liko cannot process what is currently happening, she didn't know what's going on.

As a psycho cut hit a part of the building, liko looked at the damage.

'If this keeps up, the school will be heavily damaged! We can't let them do any more damage...'

"NYAO HA!"

Liko keep going by climb the ladder, as Sprigatito stomped on one of the strange man's head and continue climb the clock tower.

When she stand on the roof, she looked back for a bit towards the still continued battle before looked back to the front. The gap between the roof she's standing at and the roof in front of her is lower but still a bit far.

'Wait... I'd have to jump this gap...'

"Nyao-Nyao!"

"I-I know sprigatito! If i don't step forward... I won't find anything!"

The white haired man looked back and noticed Liko on the other side of the roof, "Huh? What is she doin-"

"Psycho Cut!"

"Ready... And...Go!" Liko and Sprigatito leaped from their spot towards the other roof.

Ceruledge shoot out psycho cut towards charizard, but charizard dodge it while psycho cut keep continue its journey made the googles man dodge the psycho cut, and unfortunately it's coming towards Liko.

As it's about to hit Liko, her pendant suddenly shine brightly and summoned a dome of ball around both sprigatito and Liko. inside the dome, Liko cover her face with both hands because she's scared when she's about to get hit by Ceruledge psycho cut.

When she opened her eyes, Liko and sprigatito looked around and saw the bluish green crystal dome that is around them. But what Liko see in front of them is some kind of turtle pokemon but it's covered in lights, but the turtle change shape into her pendant.

Liko's instinct is to catch the pendant, and it follows with both Liko and sprigatito fall in fear and grabbed sprigatito in an instant.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Liko closed her eyes, she's about to get hurt from the fall and she knew it she would not be safe from the fall...

If nobody's gonna catch her from the fall, that is.

"LIKO!"

Liko recognize that sound. Just in time, someone just swoop in and catch her before she reached the ground and fly away.

When Liko looked up, the one who save her is no other than her new friend, Ash Ketchum. Liko didn't noticed at all but she was princess carried by Ash right now.

"Ash!" Liko got happy to see Ash again.

"You okay Liko? Sprigatito?"

Both pokemon and trainer nodded, "Thank arceus, i was too focused watching the battle behind there and didn't notice you were about to jump from the roof."

Liko let go of sprigatito since it's safe for the pokemon without keep holding it and straight to hugged Ash.

"Thank you... that was scary..."

Ash patted the girl's back gently, "It's okay... now that i'm here, just let go all those fear you felt okay?"

"Yeah." Liko give a nod while still hugging Ash.

Pikachu climb on Liko's right shoulder and nuzzled her right cheek.

"Thank you as well, pikachu!"

"Pikachu!"

"Hey, you guys okay?"

Liko stopped hugging Ash and look to Ash's left and saw the man that confront the business man back on the school flying besides Ash with charizard.

"Looks like she's okay, whew."

"Thanks for helping Liko out, Mr umm..."

"Friede! You can call me friede."

"Thanks Friede!" Ash thanked the man.

"Anyway, i was assigned as this girls bodyguard by her mother."

Liko got surprised, "Eh?! Mom did?!"

"You got it! Let's discuss more in my place, shall we?"

Ash and Liko looked at each other, Liko whisper to Ash, "Ash... should we trust him..?"

Ash replied confidently, "i don't see any ill intent from him, so i trust him!"

When it comes to Ash, his confident always made Liko at ease, giving the vibes that nothing's gonna go wrong at all.

So with that, Liko give her a nod.

Ash then replied, "Okay then, lead the way, Friede!"

"Pika-Pika!"

"Let's go then, Charizard!"

With that, Ash and Liko followed Friede and his charizard to the sky. Ash and Liko could see the full moon in front of them.

"The moon.. so pretty.." Liko scretch her right hand towards the moon, try to grabbed the moon itself.

"The moon's pretty right, Liko?"

Liko nodded, "Yeah..."

While both Ash and Liko enjoy the view of the moon, Sprigatito lean closer to charizard's head and ask, "Hey, do you think this could made Liko and Ash closer?"

Charizard himself give sprigatito a truly confident grin, "This has to work! The way Ash tried to calm her down is the proof of it."

Pikachu then join the talk, "Maybe not too close that they started dating, but at least close enough that both Liko and Ash are comfortable with each other right now."

"True." Both fired flying lizard and the weed cat agreed.

The flights continue in silence with Friede's leading the way.

Author note: here it is the new chapter.

I might not gonna made new chapter after the next chapter soon because next month is about the time i made the final report for enrichment on college.

Anyway, thanks for reading and sorry no omake this time.