Pokémon: Vampire Princess*

Chapter 24: Mission*

I was sticking my fingers into a bowl of honey Trevor gave me while on our way to a place I wasn't paying attention to the name of. I was too busy admiring the route around me.

"You're getting messy, Serena" Tierno laughed. I looked at my shirt and saw that I had honey all over it. I blushed embarrassed and looked at Xavier handing me a wet cloth he soaked over at a water fountain near by.

"Here, clean yourself with this" He smiled sweetly. I thanked him and cleaned my face before cleaning my shirt.

"Sorry, Serena. I should had probably gave you a spoon" Trevor chuckled.

"No problem. The honey is really good. Thank you for thinking of me when getting it" I smiled. He seemed to turn a bit pink before looking back at the road "Why are you guys calling me Serena now?"

"Well, I guess you can say a nickname is good to use to get along with someone better, instead of just calling you by a letter" Tierno explained "The headmaster had told Sina and Dixio that was your name, so can we use it? It suits you a lot" I giggled.

"You're already calling me that. I don't really mind" I looked at Xavier looking at his holocaster "Why aren't you calling me Serena?" He looked at me and smiled.

"I like your name as Yannie. It's the name I first use to get to know you. Our code name is another thing, and the nickname is cute for your human form, but I like Yannie, because that represents all of you" I smiled more, feeling happy that he said that. He knows exactly what to say to make my heart throb.

"That's sweet of you" I froze when feeling him take my chin and lift it to look at him leaning close to me. I jumped and closed my eyes, not knowing what he was going to do "W-What are you-?" I gasped when feeling something soft and wet flick on the side of my lip. He licked something off my face and leaned away with a satisfied look on his face. My face burned in embarrassment.

"Hey!" Shauna shouted and jumped him to pound on his chest, in which she had no success from how short she was and he pushed her away by pressing on her forehead "What do you think this is?! We are all here, you know!?" Xavier just chuckled while I fanned myself to cool down "you can't just touch on a girl like that! You pervert!"

"I just took off some honey from her face" he laughed.

"You should use your finger or say something!" She continued to try to pound him.

"What's the big deal? We already kissed before" I flinched. Shauna and the boys looked at me surprised. I cupped my face to avoid being stared at.

"What?!" They all screamed. I glared at Xavier.

"Hey! Don't make it seem like it's still okay!" I pouted "Shauna is right! Y-You should had told me!" He stuck his tongue out amused.

"What's the fun in that?" Shauna groaned and chased after him into a lovely looking town. I hurried to chase after them and caught myself admiring my surroundings.

"Wow..." I gasped and ran up ahead from the boys still with me "It never seems to change how excited I get whenever I see a new town! I haven't seen much, but this is a exciting moment!" I turned to the boys "Is there a mission we have to do here?"

"There is" Trevor looked at his holocaster "There had been a vampire attack over at a route farther from Camphrier town, which we are in" he looked around "It's quite famous for its castle. Tourist come and go to see this castle, but I heard it's pretty empty now"

"Wanna go see it, Serena?" Tierno asked excitedly.

"Not really" I said honestly.

"Really? I thought girls would be into castles and princess stuff" I nervously laughed. If they only knew...