Here It Is Guys, Another Chapter. But This Chapter Is Purely Dedicated To Amour Shippers.
So, Sit Tight And Enjoy ......
Braixen could say, for the first time in last two years, Serena was looking happy, she was humming a song.
Wait; was she happy because Aaron won today?
It seemed like that.
It was an exhausting day, after the first match our friends had finally returned to their respective rooms.
All of a sudden Serena asked, "Braixen, would you like to go outside and have some showcase practice?"
"Brai...?" Her faithful Pokémon was surprised naturally.
"I know it's been a while since we last performed, but I think it's high time we should start performing again, don't you think?"
"Braixen, Braixen."
"Good, let's go outside and have some practice on the hotel battleground. Pancham, Sylveon, you guys come out too,"
"Pan-Cham, pan-Cham"
"Sy—lvion"
"Let's goo... !"
Serena said that in a bright tone. Yes, after a long time, she was feeling positive and maybe the reason was none other than that stranger, Aaron.
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In his room, Ash stared for the outside.
It was a pure moonlit night, the only thing that Arceus's world never had. Gary was well asleep and so was Pikachu. But as usual, he could not sleep.
Ash came to the balcony. He will always say, the Kalos region was the best region of all other regions he had gone through, but the Alola region wasn't so bad either.
The night sky was so clean.
And the moon seemed more closer.
Ash has to admit, they were given one of the best room in the hotel. You could see the whole Alola region from here as they were on top of the mountain. He was looking around, here and there, the weather was bland, but something was missing... Something.
Suddenly she caught his eye, on the Pokémon battleground of the hotel.
It was her.
And she was performing.
After a long time.
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Ash always thought the people of the Kalos region were stupid, stupid enough to choose Aria as Kalos queen, instead of Serena.
He could still remember that day, the day of the Master class final, where Serena competed with Aria in the final, but unfortunately, she lost in voting.
How come people chose Aria instead of her?
She was way better than Aria.
Like a true Kalos queen.
Pikachu was sleeping, but that didn't stop him to go downstairs. It's been a while since he last saw her performing.
There she was, performing on the battlefield as Ash sat on a bench.
"No, no, not like that, Braixen! Pancham, you need to spin around on your back legs when the fire comes down, not on all fours. Sylveon It looks like you're chasing your tail if you do that." Serena told to all of her partner Pokémons.
"Braixen, Braixen ..."
"Cham, Cham ... Pancham"
"Sylveon"
He kept watching her,
Looking back at Serena, she seemed to be trembling with nervousness. Of course, she was performing after a long time, that's why she was Nervous. A little bit.
When Ash first reunited with Serena, he didn't recognize her for his dumbness. He couldn't even remember her, that was beyond him, in retrospect. But when he heard her repeat his "don't give up" phrase, there was little doubt in his mind that he had to have at least known her previously. But back then he hadn't felt what he was feeling now.
She was now dancing with her Pokémons, as expected; she never took much time to get her momentums, so he kept watching. And by watching her, he always felt something more... something; he couldn't begin to figure out what.
Maybe it was his infatuation. But it felt different. Like a sense of... care.
Did he only care about her?
Of course, he cared about her.
But there was always, something more.
Gentle? Delicate? What is the best word to describe Serena? He blushed.
There was one word, that, she was..... Beautiful.
It took them a while, but the performance was finally starting to come together. A few simple tweaks, such as making Braixen use Flamethrower in a spin to the left, then pancham spinning while the flames came down to the right, adding a few bits, and Sylveon taking other bits away, the performance was finally coming into its own.
"Do you really want to talk with her?" Someone whispered beside him.
"What? No ... I mean, Yes" Ash somehow replied.
"Then talk with her."
"I ... Can't,"
"What, are you scared of her?"
"Ummm, yeah"
"But you never seem to bother talking with me."
"Cause, you are just my imagination, Serena. And she is the real one." Ash said, staring at the other Serena, the imaginary Serena.
And the other Serena just smiled, knowing the fact that he was always right.
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"Aaron, is that you?" All of a sudden Serena spoke from the field.
"Umm, yeah," Ash said, almost making a goofy face.
"What are you doing here?"
"Couldn't sleep, went out then saw you performing here. You can perform really well I see"
"Ummm, thank you, can I sit beside you?"
"Sure."
Serena went to sit down next to Ash on the bench. The two felt like they were the only people around for miles. Under the Alolan sky, lit by a full moon.
"Um, Hey Aaron..."
"Hi, Serena..."
They faced each other.
It almost felt like they had to say something... Something.
They were sitting closely together on the bench, watched by the night's sky and its thousands of stars. Words were simply failing them both, as a difficult silence had descended. Ash was unsure how he could possibly talk to Serena like this, he had caused her pain, he knew she was crushed inside after his departure; and so, he couldn't even bring himself to look at her. He had never been in such an emotional situation quite like this. So he decided to only sit there with her, and watch the night's course... until she wanted to talk.
"Do you want to say something, Aaron?" She said.
"Umm, no"
"Come on, we are friends right? You can tell me anything, Aaron."
With that Ash just stared at her... Stared at her celestially delicate face,
"You seem happier than usual, Miss Serena."
"Really?"
"Yeap."
"I don't know. Maybe the reason is you won today, I cheered for you..."
"Really? Thank you"
"You are welcome."
There was another silence again; he was failing to produce words, even though it was all in the air, it felt harder than anything... Somehow he managed,
"Are you hungry?"
"Umm, nope"
"Come on, I am starving, and after this training, you must be hungry too, let's go,". With this, Ash got up and offered his hand for Serena.
"Umm, Okay" Serena replied grabbing his hand. She was still smiling.
Maybe it was Aaron whose presence keeps her happy.
Arceus kept looking at Pikachu for some moments, looking surprised and wordless, then he directly shook his head negatively and strongly.
"No, No, Pikachu. I can't do this."
"Please Arceus, for the sake of Ash; please do this... for his happiness." Pikachu pleaded.
"NO, Pikachu, I can't interfere in earthly activities, especially in human life."
"Look outside Lord Arceus, you will see Ash and Serena sitting together, but do you know what I see? I see both of them smiling for the first time in the last two years. We must do something to make them a couple."
"Ash will be very angry, you know that Pikachu."
"Like I care, I am doing this for him. And I am not asking you to use any kind of magical stuff; I am just asking you to do a part of our plan."
Arceus was still hesitating, seeing that, Pikachu again pleaded.
"Please, Lord..."
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