Just One Kiss

Chapter 2

Ash's POV

I woke up from a goodnight sleep, I'm still wondering about what happened yesterday, the other were different in a weird way. Oh Arceus, I hope that Mallow didn't tell them about the situation but still I wish I could see her again some time soon.

I made breakfast for me and my pokémon, I looked around but Professor Kukui and Burnet weren't around, I guess they went out. I sat down on the couch and turned on the tv, the Masked Royal was on tv in the battle dome giving autographs and battling this random guy. I guess that's where they are, so I watched the battle but like always the Masked Royal won.

I flicked through the channels until I saw her, she was in her performance dress, but it was different it was orange , answering the reporter's questions one by one before she stopped when he asked "Why do you wear the blue ribbon?" Pikachu jumped on my lap and started giggling seeing that both me and Serena had the same expression.

"The- Blue ribbon- i-it was given to me by a- um very important person to my life" she stuttered "Without him I wouldn't be here doing performances and contests, might be stuck in the woods at a summer camp or rhyhorn racing for the rest of my life."

The reporter was touched but jumped in "Is he your lover?"

Then the audience started questioning similar queries such as:

"Do you love him?"

"Are you gonna marry him?" 

And oh god, I even heard a guy, probably little bit older than me, saying "Marry me, Serena!"

But marriage, I mean what else does marriage mean apart from a couple defining an emotion called 'love' between each other though I see a few married couples unhappy even arguing over money, business and all that stuff but the only seen that in rich couples not any that I personal know of, just out in public, sometimes in shopping malls, like the jewelry shop, most of the time it's outside the councilor's office. It must be arranged marriages, else why is this.

I got up, turned the tv off, went outside and started to walked around the shops and markets. I walked and walked, still thinking of that moment. As I walked around I bumped into someone "Oh, um- I'm sorry sir" I apologized.

"It's okay little brother" the man responded.

I looked up and saw he looked just like me but with my mum's hair colour, more importantly he was with a girl, she looked familiar and Gary's older brother Blue Oak.

"I know Blue but who are you two?" I asked, the two sighed.

"You seriously don't remember us- who are your siblings?" The girl asked with a sigh.

"Holy Arceus! Leaf! Red! Oh, I'm so sorry, how have you been for the last uhm-" I paused remembering how long it has been.

"10 years" Red grunted.

Just as everything could be more exciting than meeting my sibling after so long, Gary comes in and ruins the moment. "How's it going Ashy-boy" Gary asks, placing his arms around my neck and his brother.

"Nothing much Gary" I replied. "So how's Professor Oak and Daisy?"

"Gramps is okay... I guess" Gary sweat dropped, knowing him he's probably doing his regular pokémon research and trouble.

"Oh and uh Daisy is pregnant" Blue said so casually that I accidentally choked on my siliva.

"HOW HAVE YOU NOT TOLD US" yelled Red and Leaf, to be honest their faces had one of the funniest I've seen in a long time.

We walked and talked right till we saw, well until I saw Mallow and Kiawe. The thing that was weird was that they were holding hands and smiling at eachother, I mean Kiawe was even blushing.

As Gary was talking he took notice of me being distracted, "Hey Ashy-boy we're here and we see you looking at that couple" he pointed out.

"That couple are my friends, Gary!" I yelled.

"They look so uh- in love-like, you didn't know they were dating?" Gary asked.

"No, I did not know Gary" I felt like a third wheel at this point but things got worse Pikachu was gone. I look around and see that he's running to Kiawe and Mallow.

I ran after him, "Arceus, this is a lot of people here today" I barged through the lines of people to get to Pikachu "Damn, I wish I were  a pokémon like Pikachu. So small that I would just crawl under the crowd but would not do it these situations of runaway pokémon" I cursed.

As I imidiently catch Pikachu... I saw them ehm- kiss.

My face is blank as Mallow is blushing of embarrassment and Kiawe cursing me for ruining the moment.

In a cave

Someone's POV 

Umbreon looked at me with eyes full of wonder. Zoroark was the same, as well as my other pokémon. "We'll have to train a lot if we want to beat Ash and the Masked Royal" I said with pride, my pokémon cheering as we started to train.

Umbreon looked through the tunnel leading outside, he approached a bush and an Eevee jumped out.

The Eevee's leg was hurt, so I got some potions and bandages and helped the Eevee.

This reminds me of when I first met Umbreon when he was an Eevee.

Flashback

"Hobbes! Hobbes!" I yelled.

"Oh my, let me take care of him" Hobbes ran to get his first aid kit.

"Is it going to be okay" I asked worried of the Eevee.

End flashback

"Silvally" I looked at Silvally "Look after Eevee and the others while I go get some berries for us" I walked of into the forest. I looked for the freshest berries and used my jumper like a basket to carry them all.

"Here, for all of you to eat." I looked at Eevee, it refused to eat "Come on, if you don't eat you won't get better." Umbreon brought an oran berry to Eevee "Umbre Umbreon" it said, Eevee started eating, I get I guess he convinced it.

"Now let's get training."

Author Note's

Sorry, I know that it's been over a month and haven't posted, it's because I haven't got so much ideas, so I read a few books to get some ideas.

Also, I had about, uh, mountain load of work to do, like having- to learn body systems for biology, I had to an essay, a story of someone perspective in a book and do a long presentation on France(not complaining on France(It is a fascinating country)).

Just saying, I'm midway through the hell hole of a year.

So very sorry for those who want the next chapter and I should be back in 2 weeks with a new chapter.