Years ago, in a Region called Orre, a criminal organization known as Team Cipher were able to find a way to fill a Pokemon's heart with evil, turning them into soulless fighting machines known as Shadow Pokemon. Their mission was to take over the wo...
"Alright! Spheal use Aurora Beam, and Houdnour use Flamethrower!" Ash commanded. Houndour fired a stream of fire from its mouth and Ash's new Spheal obeyed its Trainer's command and formed a multicolored orb of energy in front of its mouth. It then fires a multicolored beam from the orb at its opponents, being Serena's Braixen and Pancham.
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"Braixen, use Fire Spin and Pancham, Dark Pulse let's go!" Serena counter commanded. Braixen twirls her wand-stick above her head, causing a swirl of fire to cloak Braixen before travelling towards Houndour's Flamethrower, surrounding it with fire and preventing it from continuing.
At the same time, Pancham creates a ball of black and purple circles in each hand. It then combines them and fires the circles as a beam of circles at Spheal's Aurora Beam, countering it completely. "Great timing, Serena!" Ash congratulated his friend who standing opposite of him.
"Thanks Ash..." Serena said with a huge smile. "I think it's enough Training for one day..." Ash said before returning Houndour and Spheal to their respective Poke-Balls, causing Serena to do the same. "Hey Serena..." Ash spoke with a soft tone as he walked over to her side. "Can I ask you something...?" "Sure! Ask away!" Serena answered with her usual cheerful attitude.
"Well... why did you... ya know...?" Ash began to stutter, a little embarrassed. Ever since the long hug they've shared and the whole Fiasco with Team Cipher the previous day, Ash began to look at Serena a bit differently. He always saw her as a good friend and someone he could always rely on but now, whenever he was with her he felt a tingling feeling inside his stomach and his heart began beating faster.
"Why did I what, Ash...?" Serena asked, a bit confused. "Well... why did you kiss me...?" Ash finally mustered the courage to blurt the question out at once. Serena's face immediately reddened as her eyes widened in surprise. "Wha...?! Why...? Ki...?! Y... You remembered...?!" She stuttered immensely, not knowing what to answer.
"Of course I did!" Ash said, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. "It's not something you just forget..." "Err... I... I... I d... I don't really know..." she lied. She couldn't muster up the courage to tell him the truth. She knew that Ash wasn't mad at her for being an unofficial Team Cipher member with her mother, but she knew that for once, his opinion didn't really matter. In her mind, she's still technically a criminal. Someone who might not deserve Ash's blessing or his friendship.
Despite that, Ash knew her enough to know when she was lying. 'She's not telling me something...' he thought. Even though he knew she was hiding something from her, he smiled. 'She'll tell me when she's ready...' he thought once more before speaking: "It's okay Serena, I actually thought it was... well... nice..."
