Rigorous Relationships

A Meeting of Old and New Friends

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The next morning
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Dena woke up to something small jumping up and down on her head. When she opened her eyes she saw that Torchic had decided it would be her alarm clock that morning.

"Ugh. No it's too early to get up go back to sleep" She whined to her Pokémon before snuggling deeper into her blankets.

Torchic made a pouty face and jumped off her bed. It then walked to the windows and pulled away the drapes to reveal that it was much later than Dena had thought.

"Torchic!" Her Pokémon said with authority.

Knowing that Torchic was right and that she had to get up, Dena reluctantly climbed out of bed. When she glanced at her clock she realized she had over slept and needed to hurry. She had to get to the airport by 9:45 and it was already 9:15. As she began to frantically gather her things she noticed that there was a note slipped under her door. She walked over and began to read it while gathering her remaining supplies.

"Hey Dena, I went to go get us some grub if I'm not back by 9 feel free to head airport to without me. My doors unlocked and I left the package on my dresser along with a sign I made earlier this morning, feel free to borrow else anything you need. I'll try and meet you at the main gate but if I'm not there I'll be in the food district. See you soon, Cal.

Dena smiled after reading the note, knowing that his appetite would cause her to go looking for him later. She then went to get what she needed from his room and  began jogging towards the airport with Torchic close behind.

Dena managed to make it just as the passengers were disembarking the plane. She held up her sign and waited for someone to approach her. As she was scanning the crowd a familiar face caught her eye. This person was wearing a red fedora that was covering short honey blonde hair and rested above her sapphire blue eyes. She had with her a pink backpack that matched her pink dress and red vest, there was a bright blue ribbon tied to her dress that added a nice contrast to her other clothes. Dena now fairly certain she knew who this girl was cupped her hands around her mouth and called out.

"SERENA!"
The young girl turned towards the sound of her name, her face breaking in a huge smile as she sees Dena.

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A few hours ago with Ash
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The sound of the ships docking horn caused Ash to fall out of bed and land face first on his cabin's floors. The morning sun shone brightly through his window warming up the small cabin. After picking himself off the Ash stretched and got dressed; he was wearing an outfit similar to the one he wore during his time in Kalos, but tailored for his increased height. He then grabbed his bag and let Pikachu climb on his shoulder before joining the flow of passengers leaving the ship. Once he made it ashore he wasn't sure where to go first until his stomach decided for him by letting out a rather audible growl.

"Oh man I'm starving; what do you say we get a bite to eat buddy?"

Pikachu let out a happy cry before steering Ash towards the direction of the city that was emitting a variety of mouth watering smells. As they entered the food district Ash spotted a shop with a flier advertising a tag battle competition it was hosting. According flier the winners got their meals half off and a 400₽ reward.

"Awe man, I really wanted to battle." Ash said with mild disappointment since he had no one to team up with.

"Would you mind teaming up with me?" A young male voice asked him.