" So what are we doing today ?" Ash asked .
" umm.... we didn't really explore the city..... so how about we do it " Serena answered after thinking for a while .
" yeah , that sounds good ." Ash responded with a smile .
Both of them went out to explore the city arm in arm with their pokemons beside them .
They passed by many shops and houses as they were busy enjoying the view of city along with their pokemons .
After walking through the streets of city , Ash recommended walking by the outskirts of the city where they can enjoy the view of the ocean . After approval of Serena , both of them went there and got engrossed in watching the magnificent view of the ocean .
After some time , they thought of walking back to the Pokemon Center for lunch . They were just about to reach the Center but they were caught by a voice .
" Run for your life !!!" They looked behind to see some kids along with a woman running to the Pokemon Center .
" What happened Miss ?" Ash asked as they approached the woman .
" You look like trainers.... you see there is a sandstorm going on in the central part of the city . " The woman said after catching her breath .
" A sandstorm ?" Both Ash and Serena squeaked in shock .
" yeah.... its weird for a sandstorm to just start but its happening and... almost half of the part of central city is covered in it ." The woman told them .
" that is impossible ." Ash muttered and Serena hummed in agreement .
" i think you should stay away from there . we need to go too , come kids ." The woman contended and went away with the kids .
" we need to check that ." Ash asserted and Serena agreed and they both ran towards the central part of the city .
After reaching there , they really saw a sandstorm which was covering almost half of the area and people were running for their lives . They both went closer to the storm along with Sylveon and pikachu .
As they were almost near it , Serena heard a peculiar sound or specifically a cry and she got lured in the sandstorm . She escaped her arm from his arm and started moving towards the sandstorm scaring Ash and their pokemons .
" PIKA!!" " SYLVE!!" "SERENA!!" All of them shouted but she kept on moving .
She was about to get sucked in it if it wasn't for Ash to pull her and get sucked himself in the sandstorm . after that , pikachu and sylveon gasped in shock and Serena came back to reality .
" huh Ash ?" Serena panicked as she noticed her surroundings .
Pikachu and Sylveon gave a cry and then pointed to sandstorm and Serena got shocked as she understood that Ash is sucked in the sandstorm .
" ASH!!! ARE YOU THERE ?" She shouted in hope to get a response but there was nothing .
Serena didn't had a flying type pokemon and Sylveon's fairy wind would not be enough to push away the deadly storm . she fell on her knees still hoping to see him .
" its all my fault...." She mumbled and shed a tear .
On the other hand , Ash who got pulled in the sandstorm was having difficulty standing and looking around as the dirt was going in his eyes . He moved further in hope to find something .
" i need *coughs * help . Lucario , i choose you ." Ash managed to speak and toss a pokeball .
Lucario came out of the pokeball and he struggled to stand just like Ash but after a moment , he managed his footing and stood on the ground shielding his eyes from the sandstorm .
" Master , whats happening ?" Lucario asked .
" I don't know , i just got sucked in this sandstorm . can you go and see if Serena and the others are fine ? " Ash solicited to his aura pokemon .
" sure.. master ." Lucario answered and then went out of the sandstorm with the help of his aura .
Ash struggled to keep his footing but he kept on moving forward to know the cause of the sandstorm . the storm was growing strong in the center and he needed help otherwise he would have got carried in the storm .
" Charizard , i choose you ." Ash called out his Kanto powerhouse who gave a powerful roar on coming out .
"Charizard , can you help me here ? i am about to get blown ." Ash asked and charizard flew down .
He got behind Ash's back and acted as a cover for him to keep on moving . Ash finally got a relief and he kept moving forward with charizard's help in order to find the cause .
Ash also heard a peculiar sound and he was lured in it but he was snapped out of it with the help of charizard who shook him up , Ash acknowledged his help and they moved forward .
After walking for some time , they finally were in the center of sandstorm and they looked around for something that could cause the sandstorm . they both heard the same cry but this time the cry was of pain and sandstorm was now even more stronger .
" what the hell is going on ?" Ash blurted in annoyance .
Ash finally saw a green glow in the sky which was moving around and it looked like a pokemon to him .
" charizard , flamethrower there ." Ash ordered and pointed to the direction he saw the pokemon .
Charizard released a powerful flamethrower in the direction Ash pointed . When the attack hit the target , a green colored pokemon emerged from the sand storm and upon closer inspection , they realized it was a flygon .
" A flygon ?" Ash pondered .
When the flygon saw them , his eyes glowed red and he released a flamethrower which was countered by charizard's own . Flygon was crying in pain and both Ash and Charizard were confused of that .
While , outside the sandstorm lucario was consoling Serena that Ash is fine but she was still blaming herself for Ash being in the snandstorm .
" hey miss , what happened ?" A voice came from behind Serena .
She looked behind to see a brown-haired boy of around her age standing there with a meowth .
" My boyfriend is inside the sandstorm and he have not come back yet ." Serena answered .
" what , is he mad to go inside this storm ?" The boy asked in somewhat anger .
Pikachu was listening the whole conversation and he found the boy's voice somewhat familiar . He looked behind him and found a familiar boy .
" Pika !!" Pikachu exclaimed in surprise .
" wait , a pikachu ?" the boy pondered and Serena was confused .
" do i know you ?" The boy asked and Pikachu nodded .
" i have only seen some trainers with a pikachu and only one pikachu stays out of his pokeball .......... and that is of Ash ." The boy told and pikachu nodded happily .
" are you of Ash ?" The boy asked and piakchu again nodded and Serena was confused .
" wait , does that mean you are girlfriend of Ash , for Ash Ketchum ?" The boy asked .
" yeah , the name is Serena Yvonne . who are you ?" Serena asked .
" The name 's Tyson . i am one of Ash's rival ." Tyson introduced himself with excitement in his voice .
" i see but we have to save Ash , have you got any flying type pokemon ?" Serena asked with hope .
" no , i don't ." Tyson answered sadly .
Suddenly , they were blown behind by a strong kick of sandstorm . Both of them got up again and Serena was worried for Ash .
" oh Ash.......... please be safe ." Serena muttered under her breath .
Ash is currently fighting with flygon with the help of charizard but is struggling as if charizard move from his place then Ash will get blown .
" i think i know what to do .......... greninja , i choose you . " he managed to get his pokeball and toss it in the air .
As soon as greninja came out , he got in sync with him activating bond evolution . Ash got some strength from greninja to stand in the standstorm and charizard flew up in the air .
" lets do it , charizard use flamethrower and greninja , use water shuriken ." Ash ordered and both pokemons did their attack .
Flygon countered with his dragon pulse which somehow countered both attacks and created an explosion . flygon roared and then cried in pain confusing and shocking Ash and his pokemons at the same time .
" how is he so strong ?" Ash asked to himself .
" we need to give it our all . charizard , use sacred fire and greninja , water shuriken ." Ash commanded and both his pokemons nodded .
Greninja prepared a massive blue shuriken and charizard released mystical flames from his mouth straight at flygon . flygon tried to counter but this time both the attacks were massive which is why flygon was overpowered and got hit . he fell on the floor and his eyes went normal and soon the sandstorm started settling down .
Ash went to flygon and was about to help him up and then he saw a red colored chip on his head which was generating sparks due to being damaged . Ash removed it from his head and threw it away . Ash was about to move him away but then he saw 2 people coming towards him .
" the test was unsuccessful . " one man said ,
as they came closer , Ash noticed that they were wearing black uniforms like the grunts were wearing which were of team outlaw .
" what are you doing here ?" Ash asked gritting his teeth .
" oh look who is here , Ash Ketchum ?" One grunt said while chuckling .
" whats so funny here ?" Ash asked .
" you know you always try to act hero but this time , we will win Ketchum ." Another grunt said and Ash was confused .
" what do you need ?" Ash asked.
" it doesn't concern you and besides that you will know in the future ." grunt said and lets out a laugh with the other .
" how do you know me ?" Ash asked .
" we have past together ." Another one answered .
" Ash !! ASH!!!" A voice was heard .
" looks like someone is coming , sayonara Ash Ketchum ." the grunt said .
" wait , you are going nowhere ." Ash said and tried to catch them but soon a wind blew which made Ash cover his eyes and when he looked where the grunts were ,they were gone .
" shit , they are gone ." Ash grunted .
Ash again went to flygon who was getting his consciousness now . he saw Ash and smiled for some time .
" are you fine ?" Ash asked as he approached flyogn .
" flyg "( thanks human for saving me .) He muttered before blacking out again .
" wait - " he trailed off as flygon was already unconscious .
Finally , after some time the sandstorm completely vanished leaving the road covered in sand and all nearby houses and cars were now buried under the sand .
' did i just understood his language ?' Ash thought and greninja came over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder .
" gren nin ." ( i think you have learnt aura communication completely . ) Greninja told him and he was shocked but nodded .
" Ash , we found you !" Again , a voice came and as soon as he looked behind , he was crushed in a bone breaking hug .
" i am glad you are fine !!" Serena rejoiced and shed some tears on his shoulder .
" i am fine sere , don't cry ." Ash broke the hug and wiped her tears .
" i am sorry its because of me that you were sucked in the storm ." Serena mumbled and again shed some tears .
" it was nothing sere , its my duty to protect you ." Ash responded and pulled her in a soft hug to calm her down .
" hey Ash , long time no see ." A voice came from behind Serena .
" huh - Tyson ?" Ash mused in excitement .
" yeah , its good to see you again ." Tyson said and forwarded his hand for a handshake .
Ash shook his hand and finally got relieved on seeing a friend as well as a rival .
" good to see you man , it sure has been a long time ." Ash said .
" what happened here ?" Tyson asked pointing to fallen flygon .
" i don't have a clue but for now , we need to get him to pokemon center ." Ash said and broke the hug with Serena who was somewhat sad on it but she shook the thought .
" will i get your pokeball Sere ?" Ash asked to which Serena nodded and gave him a pokeball .
Ash captured flygon in Serena's pokeball and then returned greninja and lucario who were standing there .
"see you at Pokemon Center Tyson ." Ash effused and Tyson nodded
Ash got on back of Charizard and then helped Serena to sit as well . They both flew to the Pokemon Center and upon reaching , they gave flygon to heal and they both sat in the lobby .
" what happened there Ash ?" Serena asked .
" i will tell once Tyson comes ." Ash told her and she nodded and rested her head on his shoulder .
" i am really sorry for back there . " Serena said .
" its ok Sere , i told you . i cannot be angry on such a small thing ." Ash assured her and she got relieved after hearing that .
After some moments , Tyson came in the Pokemon Center and then went to Ash who was with Serena and Pikachu .
" i am here ." Tyson said as he pulled a chair to sit on .
" what were you doing there ?" Ash asked .
" its my hometown man , i just heard that there is a sandstorm going and i went there to check it ." Tyson told him and Ash nodded .
" i don't know what was going on there but flygon was being controlled by some evil people and because of that he was a lot stronger than any normal flygon ." Ash told them .
" how strong ?" Tyson asked .
" he just countered my 2 pokemon's attacks with just one attack ." Ash said and Serena was shocked .
" that should be normal , i mean you must be using weak pokemons ." Tyson said and Ash hissed .
" first of all , all my pokemons are strong and the pokemons which i was using that time were my legendary slayers almost equal to the power of legendary ." Ash said and Tyson was shocked .
" thats impossible ." Tyson faltered .
" its true and somehow he countered both of my attacks ." Ash said and both of them were shocked .
" so , who were the evil guys ?" Tyson asked .
" They were members of Team Outlaw , i only know that ." Ash told them .
" its weird and still hard to believe that a flygon created such a strong sandstorm ." Tyson uttered and both of them nodded .
" anyways , that topic is over now . how is it going ?" Tyson thought of changing the conversation .
" not too much , just participated in leagues and still doing that ." Ash answered .
" so you got a girlfriend finally ?" Tyson asked and Ash gave a nervous laugh .
" yeah , she is my childhood friend and we are dating now ." Ash told him and Serena smiled and nodded .
" thats great and i heard from May that you conquered the full Batlle Frontier ." Tyson rejoiced .
" yeah , i did although it was hard ." Ash stated with a small chuckle .
" great man , i also tried it but i lost to Noland only ." Tyson told him and Ash nodded .
" Noland is tough man , he took me to the edge in our match ." Ash acknowledged .
" i can tell , i battled his rhydon , venusaur and machamp . i lost in all the 3 tries . which pokemon did you fought with ?" Tyson asked .
" with articuno , he was friend with one ." Ash answered and Tyson was speechless .
" wh..o did you f-fight a..gain ?" Tyson stuttered .
" i battled articuno with my charizard and we defeated him after a long battle ." Ash told again and Serena giggled after seeing the reaction of Tyson .
" i can't believe it ." Tyson uttered .
" its true , you can go and ask him if you want ." Ash said and he nodded .
" man , you have grown strong since the Ever Grande Conference . " Tyson said and Ash scratched the back of his head .
" maybe but i am not the strongest ." Ash said and he nodded .
They talked for some time and then Tyson left saying that he had some work at his home . Ash took flygon from Nurse Joy once he was healed . He along with Serena and Pikachu went to the battlefield of the Pokemon Center .
" come out Flygon ." Ash called out .
Flygon came out and flapped his wings with a majestic cry and then landed in front of Ash .
" hey flygon , now you are free to go ." Ash said and flygon nodded .
" fly flygo ." ( thanks for saving me human , i was controlled by them by some sort of device .) Flygon said .
" i know and no need for thanking me . i always help when someone is in danger . now , you can go and be safe from those people ." Ash told him and patted his head .
Flygon nodded and looked towards the sun and then looked back at Ash who was confused as he was not flying away .
" Flyg " ( can i come with you ? i don't have a family and you look very nice . ) Flygon said and Ash's eyes glistened and he nodded .
" here , meet Serena . she is my mate and she also loves to take care of pokemons . i have full team so you can go with her . we both always stay together . " Ash said and Serena was shocked .
" flygo "( i would love to and what is your name ?) flygon asked .
" The name is Ash Ketchum and this is my partner Pikachu ." Ash answered and Pikachu raised his hand to show his presence .
" flyg "( nice to meet you Ash .) Flygon said and Ash nodded .
Serena recalled him in his pokeball and then they both went to rest in their room as it was already evening .
" today was one of a hectic day ." Ash said as he laid on the bed .
" yeah but you saved the city and pokemon once again ." Serena praised him and he smiled .
" yeah , i like helping people but today was unexpected ." Ash said and Serena nodded .
She removed her skirt and then changed into her t-shirt shocking Ash and then laid on the bed besides him .
" what happened ?" Serena asked being a little red .
" you just changed your top in front of me and you are wearing one of my t-shirts ." Ash babbled .
" oh , it doesn't matter and don't i look good in your clothes ?" Serena asked and sat on the bed showing herself wearing his t-shirt .
" y-you look fabulous but......its umm weird to see you in my clothes . " Ash said with a tint of red on his face .
" oh.....so should i take it out ?" Serena asked in a little sad tone .
" no no , wear it . you are looking good in this ." Ash said and Serena smiled and lunged at him .
" thank you , you are so sweet ." Serena said and planted kisses on all his face making him blush .
" uhh welcome ." Ash said and turned off the lights and then covered blankets over them .
Serena quickly wrapped her arms around him as soon as he laid down on his back not letting him go anywhere . Ash also put his arm under her head with his palm on her back .
" good night teddy bear ." Serena whispered softly .
" good night sere ." Ash also whispered and then quickly they both fell asleep .
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" you 3 are useless , you all just go behind that boy with a pikachu . i have never got some good work from you ." A man said patting his persian on his laptop screen .
" we are sorry boss but we won't disappoint you this time ." One woman replied .
" you better not Jessie , James and Meowth . next time i hear from you , it should be a good news only ." The man said and then closed the video screen .
Location : Lumiose City Pokemon Center
" now what do we do ?" James asked .
" we should go look for that Twerp ." Jessie answered .
" but there is no sight of the twerp ." Meowth said .
" he must be somewhere . he cannot disappear like that ." Jessie told them .
" yeah , we will find him . " James said .
" hey you 3 , what are you doing in the kitchen of Pokemon Center ?" A voice was heard .
They looked at the gate of kitchen and saw Nurse Joy along with some trainers who were having their pokemons out .
" uhh , we were looking for pokemon food ." Jessie uttered .
" there is no food for thieves . attack !!!" One trainer said .
All the trainers ordered their pokemons to attack them and they like always were sent blasting in the sky .
" we are blasting off again !!" the 3 exclaimed in unison .
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Thanks for reading the chapter . see you in the next one .