Ash's Paldea Story

Chapter 34 Kalos Fair Part 2

(Thursday)

When we're at the Kalos Fair inside the school, Lillie and I are looking around the clothes stands until we hear a familiar voice.

"Ash! Is that you?" And much to our surprise, a girl rushes towards me and gives me a hug. The girl is no other than Serena, my travel companion in the Kalos Region.

"Serena? Long time no see!" I say with a smile and Pikachu also greets the girl. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm asked by the director to come here and give a performance about the Showcases." She says.

I notice the jealousy from Lillie and I say, "Serena, I want to introduce you to Lillie, she's my friend and also my classmate. Lillie, this is Serena."

Lillie calms down a little and says, "It is nice to meet you, Serena."

Serena notices Lillie and then me, she asks, "Sorry to be rude, but are you two perhaps dating?"

I pale a little as I don't want to actually break Serena's heart, and Lillie notices my fear and says, "What if we are? Are you sad about it?"

Damn it... Lillie! Why are you going to be so bold? Now Serena is going to hate me for this... or so I thought, I notice that Serena smiles at Lillie and says, "Congratulations, Lillie. You finally get to open the heart of the dense head like Ash."

Wait, what? She was not mad at me for having a girlfriend like Lillie? What's going on here? But I thought she has feelings for me... Lillie asks, "You're not angry at me for stealing Ash? I thought you have a crush on Ash or something."

Serena sighs, "I gave up a long time ago, and I'm sure that Ash isn't going to return his feelings for me. I just want to continue being friends, that's all. But you should tell me how did you manage to let Ash confess to you."

"Sure..." Lillie is also a little confused, and I say, "I'm sorry, Serena. For ignoring your feelings like that, but you're still one of my best friends."

"I'm glad." Serena says. "Anyway, how's the school doing? I was surprised when I heard that you're attending the school."

"How did you know about this?" I ask, and I hear a familiar voice, "Of course, I told her."

When we turn around, we find Diantha walking towards me. "Good to see you again, Ash."

"So you're also here, sis." I say while sharing the hug with her. "Coming back to the old school, I see."

"I couldn't refuse the director's offer. Mom was supposed to come as well, but she's still helping our big sis at the Rota Kingdom." Diantha says.

"I see..." I say with a slight frown.

"Anyway, I heard from Mom about your grades on the Mid-Term Exam last week, I must say that I'm proud of you two." Diantha smiles. "You must have worked really hard for this to happen."

"Well, not really. Having 8 years of traveling really helps me a lot." I say. "And I'm still traveling on weekends."

"Oh? I also heard from mother that you're also doing some quests from Professor Sada and Professor Turo, and also some quests about stopping Team Star?"

"So you know about Team Star as well, sis?" I ask.

"The Team Star attack happened while I was filming movies in Unova, so I only heard about it. Though I was also depressed when I heard that some of my friends joined Team Star..."

"So it is not just my brother..." Lillie says. "Anyway, about that problem, we were asked by someone to stop the team by taking their Star Badges that signal as leaders. We manage to stop 2 of them, and there are also 3 more. And we were planning to disband the third one this weekend. I think it is the Poison Type one."