Sorry guys for only the 1 update per week! But school is getting harder and I am having very little time to write. But I will not go back on my promise to update a minimum of once a week! So without further hesitation I present Chapter 34 of Golden Heart!!!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ash's POV

I found Serena in the back of the very van that had kidnapped her. Greninja had revealed where he had hide her. But upon gazing at her I could immeiately tell something was wrong. Her body was curled up into a ball and was lying againts the walls of the van. Her body posture was not weak but more broken.

"Serena?" I say softly. I held an injured Pikachu in my arms and Greninja stood behind me with his arms crossed. Serena didn't reply, her head remained berried in her knees which she held tightly against her body.

The apcense of a responce worried me. I jump inside the van to aproch her. I place my hands on her shoulder to try and get her attention, but instead all I got was a flinch. Serena moved her body away from my touch which only confirmed my suspisions that somthing wasn't right.

"Serena? It's me... Ash." I speak in a calming voice to try and get Serena to look at me but she just turns her body away from me. I could see her try to embed herself in her knees even more while small sounds of tears fill my ears.

I couldn't help but feel my heart being torn apart by the mere sight of her depressend state. I could tell she didn't want me here, she didn't want my comfort , she didn't want my love. But I want to help her!

"Serena, what ever it is that is bothering you let me help you. I can help you." I say while trying to smile but deep down I was sad, not because of what has just happened but because of how it has affected Serena.

"A-Ash... p-please leave me alone." Her soft voice says, she sounded weak and broken and her soul I swore I could hear crying.

"Serena, I want to help." I repond by saying the first thing that comes to mind.

"I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP!" Serena immedately snaps, turning around to reveal her red stained eyes that I could tell once contained tears of a broken soul... a soul that was so fragile that the cracks were more like scars, forver visible and they ran deep into the core of her very heart.

"Serena..." I simply respond while putting on a brave face but it felt like I had just been stabbed through my heart.

Broken. That was the word I could think of to describe not only my heart but also Serena. I held my anger in, I didn't want to make this situation worse by shouting back at her.

"Then what do you want Serena?" I ask. knowing that she was speaking from a broken soul and her words, although they may be hurtul they arn't true! At least I hoped not. I knew the feeling, the feeling of being broken. People may have seen my alwasy smiling after loosing a leauge but really every defeat only breaks me more.

"I-I... I DON'T KNOW!" She shouts while swiftly throwing her body at me and firmly embedding her head into my chest with her hands tightly gripping onto my jacket. Her movments were sudden and it took me a few seconds for my brain to comprehend what had just happned but the feeling of wet tears fill my blue jacket was more than enough.

I wrap my arms around her, letting her tears soak into my jacket, it was a small price to pay but at least now I was close to her, now I could comfort her from whatever darkness was shuronding her.

~💛~

Serena's POV

I don't know why and I don't care. The warmth, the comfort, the love. It felt like weeks had gone by without those vital components of my happiness, components that felt more like essentals. Without them I feel empty, like they are the pillars that held my happiness high and if one were to break then so would the others anf then I would be thrown back into the hole that contained my darkness, my inner thoughts that had tortured me for so long and made my life a living hell!

But with Ash all those dark thoughts seem to fade. Like he is the cure to my illness, the words to my story, the music to my ears... the light to fill my darkness.

But why? That was the question and a question that I can never seem to find an answer to. Why does he care? Why did he notice me when no one else would? Why? Just why?

I let my tear wet his jacket while the warmth of his body fills my own, creating a sense of comfort as well as calming me down by setting my emotions as my fouce drifts to nothing but Ash and the warmth of his body.

My tears begin to fade and my cries soften as my body becomes more relaxed in Ash's arms and I begin to simply enjoy the hugg and the feeling of being in Ash's arms once again. Though what Miette said still lurkes deep within my mind but the wave of happiness that I still find rather new pushes that thought to the back of my mind where it will cause no warm.

I don't care what Miette says, I won't loose Ash to her. Miette is just wants his power and strenght were as I want nothing more than his love and kindness not for myself but I guess what I want is just to love him and for him to love me back.

Eventually, much to displease the connecting of body warmth fades as Ash breaks the hug, but I am then greeted by the gaze of his eyes that stare deep into my own. Words weren't needed between us as our eyes said it all. Fear, anger and pain were emotions that filled his eyes upon first gaze when Calem appeared and kidnapped me but now I see happiness, worry and relief.

"Better?" Ash asked, breaking the silence between us. Pikachu, by now had gain some form of unciousness and was in his normal possition, the shoulder of Ash just like always. But I didn not look at Pikachu as my eyes were fixed on Ash's as if breaking eye contact would somehow end the world.

I give him a small nod of my head, my eyes sparkling while doing so as Ash's hands cup my cheeks which caused my face to turn a shade of pink while my eyes still foucused on Ash's which now showed love and kindness in them, the very thing that I urn for and can't let Miette take from me.

Ash begins leaning closer towards my face causing my blush to deepen into a more of a redish colour while I feel myself leaning closer and closer towards him, following my instinces it just felt right.

Our faces were near inches away, I could feel Ash's breath on my red cheeks as he could probably feel mine too as I could my breath become heavy while my heart beated itself out of my chest. My mind was clear and my focus was limited to just me and Ash as that was all that mattered to me right now as I close my eyes, breaking eye contact with Ash.

"POLICE! PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR"

I immedaitely feel Ash pull back which causes me to open my eyes to reveal police officers with their Pokemon by their side. Though I couldn't make out what Pokemon they were as Greninja quickly jumoed into a protective position infront of it's trainer and was soon followed by Pikachu who stands behind Greninja, in front of me and Ash which amazed me because even in his weak and beat up state Pikachu still finds the strenght to protect not only his trainer but also me as well.

'I can never get a win...' I think still upset at being interupted when I was so close to having connection with Ash's lips. Something that deep down was missing and made my lips dry and feel rather empty and black without his lips on mine.

"WE SAID PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!" The officers repeated as their Pokémon repositioned themselves into an attacking position.

"Stand down!" I heard a female voice say. The officers were hesitant to obey the order but evetually stood down as well as their Pokemon which in responce caused Ash's Greninja and Pikachu to return to their normal positions.

"Officer Jenny!" Ash speaks in a more of reliefed tone but I could pick up on a bit of frustration in his voice.

"Sorry about this Ash. Thanks for the call by the way. The fugitives are under arrest and we will take them in for questioning." Jenny explains. I felt a wave of relief flow through me that I couln't help but smile at when I relised that Calem is finally going to pay for what he has done.

"Apologies mame! We saw this boy and this girl and you know what they say when there is a boy plus a girl plus a van..." One of the officers say which cases my cheeks to immediately go red at what he was getting at.

"Yeah, it equals non consentual fun time!" The other officer said, trying to blur out the actual definition of his words. But he didn't do a good job at it as I could see Ash's cheeks go a small shade of red at his words.

"GET OUTTA HERE YOU TWO!" Officer Jenny shouts which causes the two officer to quit their obious laughter and run away in fear towards the police car where I caught a glimps of Calem in the back seat with his hands handcuffed to the seat of the car.

"Sorry about that you two. You are free to go now, I'm sure your parents would be worried sick!" Jenny says in a completly different tone of voice which I presumed was how she talked to children.

"I guees your right." Ash responds while getting up and extending and his hand out towards me which I stare at for a few seconds with sparkles in my eyes before slowly raising my shaky hand out towards his but didn't manage to grab hold of his hand before Ash swiftly told hold of my arm and pulled my light body a bit too much, causing me to shoot up and fall into a half hug position in Ash's arms.

I could feel Ash's body warmth transfer over to me which provided me with comfort and made my heart beat heavier as I pulled out of the half hug and gazed into Ash's eyes once again.

"Whoops, I guess you are lighter than I thought." Ash states while rubbing the back of his head.

I don't respond, mainly out of nerves and shyness but also because I may have had a lot of 'experiences' with Ash but what makes me love him the most is the little things like this that just brighten my day.

Time skip!

Me and Ash finally arrive outside the front door of my home. Our hands were interlocked the whole way home and to be honest every time we walked by someone I felt a rather proud... I don't know the reason behind that feeling nor do I understand why I felt it but I kinda liked it.

"I-I guees i'll see y-you late Ash." I say in a sad tone, those were the first words I had said since my minimal words during what happened with Calem. I didn't speak during the walk home and I found it rather weird to talk once again as it kinda felt like I had forgot I had a voice.

"See you later Serena." Ash replies in his normal, sweet voice. I unlock the front door to my house and was about to walk inside before...

"Serena wait!" Ash voice say, I feel a wave of happiness flow through me as a smile curves on my lips unknowingly as I turn around to face him. I don't say anything when I turn around as I couldn't find any words.

"Serena... I owe you this." Ash says. At first I become a bit confussed as to what Ash could possibly owe me after everything he has done for me. But while in thought I feel a warm sensation press against my lips. The warmth was something I had missed so dearly, a part of me that felt apart from me for so long. I didn't need to get out of my thought to know it was Ash, so I simply kissed back with as much passion as he was kissing me with. Feeling the love between us as our lips danced upon one another until we had to break for oxygen.

I gazed into his eyes with a smile permately formed on my face and I was glad I was smiling, it made the moment all the more better although I wanted to continue our kiss but I knew that my lips will have to live without the taste of Ash's for now.

Ash said his final goobyes before walking towards his house which was visible from my front door. I waved goodbye with one hadn and once I saw that he wasn't looking I placed my hand on my lips, remebering the feeling of his lips on mine, the feeling, the jolt of electrcity. All of that was something that no one else could replicate nor do I want anyone to try and replicate that feeling.

I final descided to head inside, it was late but not too late, around 6:00pm but when I walked inside I was surprised to find my mother on the couch as she isn't normally home till late at night.

"M-Mum?" I say in confussion. "W-what are you doing home so early?" I ask in a soft voice, trying to hide the pain I was in from what Calem had done to me.

"Oh Serena! Please sit down, I have something important to tell you." She responded, her voice sounded serious but at the same time it sounded like she had something good to tell me.

I obayed an sat on the couch were I had once layed my head on Ash's lap while he strocked my honey-blonde hair. The memory played in my head and brought a small smile to my face.

"Serena, I know that life here has been tuff for you..." My Mum began but I couldn't help but interupt her with my thoughts. 'Yeah! Tuff is an understatment! But now that I have Ash it is so much better' I think before returning back to the conversation at hand.

"And that is why I have decided that we will be moving!"

To be continued...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dun.Dun. DDDUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!! 😱
What will Serena do? Will she be able to talk her mother out of moving? Or will she be destined to leave Ash at the palms of Miette? Find out next time!

And A special thanks to the following for their support!(Voting/commenting/adding to reading list)

SaiyanChamp

sarahthesnail

monkeytabb

lazyboy2005