Author's Notes:
Good morning everyone, long time no see, and welcome to the long awaited Chapter 52. I'm sorry this took so long to get out, but as I told many of you this chapter became unbelievably long, over 12k words. So I decided to chop it up into three chapters instead of leaving it as one. I just couldn't bring myself to cut it up until I was done writing it all.

Today also marks the beginning of regular updates, however not as frequent as they used to be. I used to be able to update twice a week because of the way my life was at the time. However now my life is a lot more busy, so I don't have as much time to write. With that said, for the foreseeable future, I will be updating every two weeks and only on Fridays. If I ever get to the point that I can update more, I will.

And that's all I've got, so if you like my work please vote, feel free to comment, and please share this story with your friends. I am happy to finally present to you chapter 52, enjoy.

"Attention passengers, we will be docking in Barcelona port shortly. Please return your Pokémon to their Pokéballs and gather your belongings as you proceed to disembarkation," announced a voice over the speaker.

Ash and Serena were finally arriving in Barcelona after a long ferry ride, that started well before dawn, making it mid morning now. They decided to leave two days after the showcase, mainly because that was the first ferry that had an available cabin so they could get some sleep on the nearly eight hour long ride. Ash also wanted to leave early with the hopes of avoiding another encounter with Team Rocket.

Currently Ash and Serena were sitting at a table at a self service restaurant with their Pokémon eating breakfast. Today they were being joined by Ash's Noivern, as Ash wanted to take advantage of his excellent hearing incase Team Rocket was trying to attack with stealth. However he was currently eating very slowly as he tried to process Fearow's explanation to him as to where babies come from. This started with Noivern becoming excited about Delphox and Greninja's egg, and him asking where babies come from, as Hawlucha always avoided the question. Both Greninja and Delphox were both willing to explain, however were both unprepared how to explain it while also preserving the young Pokémon's innocence. Fearow saw this and decided to capitalize on this opportunity to have some fun, and lead Noivern away before anyone could stop him. After a little talking and some obscene movements made by Fearow, Metang hit him on the head with one of his heavy metal arms, and quickly guided Noivern away to give him a safer explanation. Metang knew many young Pokémon that were orphaned at the lake he used to call home, and was seen as an older brother by many as he helped raise them, so he already had the perfect response to Noivern's question. However by the time he got to him the damage was done, as he was left disturbed and knowing a far more perverted side of reproduction.

As they all ate the news played in the background, with a reporter interviewing Cynthia.

"Congratulations on you recent victory over the Torrent League Champion Azazel," The reporter said.

"Thank you," Cynthia replied in a calm, pleasant tone.

"Now, are the rumors of you being in a relationship true?" The reporter asked with a small smirk.

"No," Cynthia replied slowly with a curious tone as to who they think she's in a relationship with.

"Really? You were photographed with Azazel at a very nice restaurant, and it looked like a very romantic scene. Are you saying that the photo doesn't tell the correct story?" The reporter replied, thinking she cornered Cynthia.

Cynthia now looked slightly irritated by this new piece of information. "Azazel and I made a bet, the loser took the winner out to dinner. He lost and that's where he decided to take me. It was romantic looking because that's what he was going for. He was clearly trying to woo me, however the man is socially awkward and very annoying. There is not, and will never be a relationship between me and that man," Cynthia stated with an annoyed tone then walked off.

Ash and Serena weren't paying this any attention, but several other people were and booed Cynthia for rejecting their Champion.

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Ash and Serena finished their breakfast and returned their Pokémon. Pikachu perched himself on his usual spot on Ash's shoulder, while Serena picked up and carried Delphox's egg that was in an incubator, and they began to make their way to the ferry's exit.

"So I was thinking, let's get to the Pokémon Center and get a room," Serena said, then yawned as she continued. "And take it a little easy today, and challenge the gym tomorrow."

"Why? No time like the present," Ash replied energetically.

"Ash, I barely slept last night. And every time I woke up and realized you weren't spooning me, I saw you looking out the port hole, so I know you didn't sleep much either. I could tell you were worried without my psychic powers, do you want to talk about it?" Serena asked as they continued to walk.

Ash sighed, "ever since I became a Pokémon trainer my life has been in danger, and Team Rocket only made things worse. And even though I've died at least seven times..." Serena gasped upon hearing this. "Well clearly I didn't stay dead," Ash replied casually before continuing. "Not one of my traveling companions has ever died, let alone the love of my life." Serena couldn't help but blush at how Ash refereed to her, but stayed quiet as he continued. "A few days ago your heart literally stopped, and I'm scared that could happen again. So if I loose some sleep and have to keep my guard up to ensure your safe, so be it."

By this point they were off the boat and making there way to the Pokémon Center. Upon hearing Ash's explanation Serena sighed, and pushed Ash down an empty ally.

"Serena?" Ash questioned by the sudden change as he looked at her to see her eyes glowing red. His body then had a red outline as he suddenly found himself pinned up against the brick building behind him.

"Ash Ketchum I am not some porcelain doll, I am fully capable of defending myself if need be," Serena replied in an angry tone. "The reason I died was because of my lack of experience with these new powers, so I became disoriented after using them. And you know good and well that since then I've been training hard to prevent that from happening again." Serena then took a deep breath as she calmed down. "Ash I appreciate your concern, but you need to worry about yourself too. So today we are going to take the day for relaxing and having some fun together."

"What kind of fun do you have in mind?" Ash asked with a dirty smirk.

Serena giggled as she knew exactly what he was referring too. She then brought her head close to ear and whispered, "you'll have to have some fun without sex before I'll let you have fun with my body." Serena pulled her head back to show a naughty smirk. "But I will give you a little preview of what's to come if you can earn it."

Ash's eyes then glowed red as Serena started to show Ash several images. First was clearly a memory of Serena's as it looked like she was looking in a dressing room mirror as she did various poses. He saw Serena wearing a very sexy black bra that looked like it was primarily made of lace, and looked like it was barely holding in her breasts. The panties matched the bra, and when Serena turned around he could tell they were cheeky style, his favorite. The look was finished off with fishnet stockings that stopped mid thigh, and a pair of black high heels.

"Well I can tell that you enjoyed that," Serena commented as Ash's eyes returned to normal.

"Well of course you can tell, you were in my head," Ash replied.

"True, but that's not how I knew," Serena replied as she gestured to the bulge in his pants.

"Oh. well you can't blame me, your hot," Ash replied nonchalantly.

"Thank you. Now let's get going," Serena replied as she began to walk away.

"Umm Serena?" Ash called out.

"What?" Serena replied.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Ash asked.

Serena looked at Ash confused for a second, then she chuckled as she realized she still had Ash pinned to the wall with her psychic powers. "Oops, sorry about that."

The red outline on Ash disappeared, just in time for him to catch Serena and the egg as she began to stumble. Once Serena recovered they walked off together to the Pokémon Center.

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"Hello, welcome to the Pokémon Center. How may I help you?" Nurse Joy asked as Ash and Serena approached her station.

"Heal our Pokémon and a room for the next two nights please," Serena replied as she and Ash handed their Pokéballs over and Pikachu jumped off of Ash's shoulder.

"No problem. And how many beds do you need?" Asked Nurse Joy as her Audino took the Pokémon to the back for treatment.

"Just one please," Ash replied

Nurse Joy began typing in her computer as she assigned them a room. As she waited on her computer she shifted her eyes up to Ash and looked him over, then looked over to Serena and winked as she gave a knowing smirk. Serena blushed as she noticed this, while Ash just brushed it off casually as he was still a little dense.

"Here you go, room two ten," Said Nurse Joy as she handed them their key cards. "And your Pokémon should be ready shorty. If your not down here I'll call your room to let you know."

"Thank you," Ash and Serena both said as they took their cards, then walked to their room.

They took the elevator to the second floor and walked down to there room. As Ash was unlocking their room the door across the hall opened and the occupants walked out, and the first one out noticed Serena instantly.

"Serena!"

Ash and Serena turned around to see Shauna as she came in to give Serena a hug, with Trevor right behind her.

"Shauna," Serena replied as she returned the hug. "How are you? What are you doing here?"

"I just completed a performance in town yesterday," Shauna replied, then grabbed Trevor's hand and pulled him forward. "And this morning Trevor beat the local gym leader," Shauna stated proudly as she leaned in and kissed his cheek.

"Congratulations you two," Ash replied. "So what was the gym leader like?"

"I would tell you, but I know you would rather find out for yourself," Trevor replied.

Ash smiled as he nodded, as Trevor was right.

"But I will tell you this, he's very cocky, but it's also well deserved. I battled him the day before yesterday and he crushed me, today I barely won," Trevor explained in a serious tone.

"Good to know, thanks," Ash replied sounding excited.

"So what are you two up to?" Serena asked.

"Well we are going out to celebrate Trevor's win," Said Shauna.

"And Shauna's amazing performance," Trevor added, causing Shauna to smile and blush from the compliment.

"We're going to a waterpark during the day, then tonight we are going out to dinner and checking out the local night life," Shauna explained.

"That sounds like fun," Serena replied. She already suspected something involving water, as Shauna appeared to not be wearing shorts, and only a long tank top.

"So what are you two doing? Challenging the gym?" Trevor asked.

"That's tomorrows plan. Today Ash needs unwind," Serena replied.

"Well why don't you join us?" Shauna offered quickly.

Serena looked back to Ash to get his thoughts, to which he nodded giving his approval.

"Are you sure? We wouldn't want to impose," Serena replied.

"Your not imposing at all, we'd love for you to join us," Said Trevor.

"Great, we'll go get changed," Serena replied.

"We'll wait for you down stairs," Shauna replied as she and Trevor walked off, and Ash and Serena walked into their room.

Back in Ash and Serena's room they both put their bags on the bed and Serena started looking for her swimsuit while Ash started undressing.

"Serena? Why would you think we could be imposing? I mean Shauna invited us," Ash asked as he started to take off his belt.

"Pay attention Ash, Trevor is in love with Shauna," Serena stated in a playful scolding tone.

"What? Are you sure?" Ash asked in disbelief.

"I'm positive," Serena replied as she removed her shirt and laid it on the bed. "I just hope we're not invading on some romantic plan he made."

"Well he did say we could come, so I'm sure it's ok," Ash replied as threw his tee shirt on the bed and started looking for his swimsuit.

"I hope. Trevor doesn't seem like a very confident or assertive person. Since Shauna proposed it he might not feel like he can go against her, and will just give her what she wants just so she's happy," Serena replied in a concerned tone.

A little while later Ash and Serena retrieved their Pokémon from Nurse Joy, and joined Trevor and Shauna as to go to get he water park. Shortly after leaving the Pokémon Center, Serena took notice of how close Trevor and Shauna were. As they spoke about things since the last time they saw each other, Ash and Serena walked with an arm around each others waist. While Trevor and Shauna walked closely, holding hands, and their fingers intertwined. The whole time they never said they were in a relationship now, but their actions said that they were.

Eventually Serena came to the conclusion that if they were in a relationship now, she was going to have ask. "So Shauna, has there been a development between you two?"

"What do you mean?" Shauna replied with a little playful smirk as she pulled Trevor closer as he blushed.

"Maybe I'm wrong. Forget I said anything," Serena replied, knowing Shauna knew exactly what she meant and was just playing around.

Trevor and Ash didn't realize they were playing. Trevor was starting to wonder if Shauna was embarrassed about him. He personally wanted to shout that they were together from the rooftops, but was far too shy for something so bold.

"Well I'm going to ask. Are you and Trevor dating?" Ash asked bluntly.

Serena was surprised and caught off guard by Ash's actions, while Shauna giggled.

"Yes we are," Shauna replied happily, then kissed Trevor's cheek.

"That's great," Serena replied, excited that two of her friends were happily dating.

A little while later they were all arriving at a water park. It was clearly geared towards families, as there were lots of them around, but from the looks of several water slides they could see high over some trees a bit further away, there was also some good stuff for them too.

After entering the park they got two lockers for their things. Ultimately there wasn't much to put in, as the only things brought were their towels, Pokéballs, shoes, and the clothes they were wearing. Ash and Trevor took off their shirts to reveal their toned muscles, although Ash's were clearly much larger. Both Serena and Shauna were wearing long tank tops as coverups, and as they took them off they began to get a lot of guys looking at them. Serena was wearing a red string bikini with a red and white stripped bottom, while Shauna wore a purple and black striped bikini with a matching bottom.

Plenty of guys were checking the girls out, some even had girlfriends with them that hit them to break their attention. Shauna saw this and looked at Serena and could see why. Not only did Serena have great curves, but also large breast and a very nice ass, that made her look so sexy any straight guy would want her. Shauna didn't have any self image issues, as she knew, and felt sexy. Even though she didn't have large breast like Serena, she did have an amazing figure with a glorious ass.

Suddenly a thought entered Shauna's head, where was Trevor looking. With Tierno many times she caught him checking out other girls when she was with him, and knew he would be drooling over Serena right now. She quickly turned her head to see him and saw him looking down, but not at his feet or the ground. Shauna smiled proudly as she could tell he was clearly admiring, in her opinion, her best physical asset, her ass.

"Alright, let's go." "Pika Pi," Ash announced, followed by Pikachu. "Good idea buddy."

"What is?" Trevor asked.

"Pikachu just suggested letting out our Pokémon so they can join in on the fun," Ash replied.

"Great idea," Shauna said as she reached back into the locker she and Trevor were using and pulled out her Pokéballs. Everyone followed suit then released their Pokémon. Ash released Noivern, Metang, Eevee, Greninja, and Lucario. Serena released Sylveon, Delphox, Eevee, Kirlia, Swablu, Milotic, and Meloetta. Serena was carrying seven Pokémon again as she technically transferred Meloetta back to Adam after the last showcase, but as they agreed she kept her. Trevor released Charizard, Aerodactyl, Florges, Darumaka, Lunatone, and Simipour. Shauna released Ivysaur, an orange flower Florges, Slurpuff, and Gothorita.

Ash and Serena looked at their friends Pokémon, and noticed something around Ivysaur's neck.

"Accessorizing Ivysaur even out of the showcases?" Serena commented as she looked at the item around Ivysaur's neck.

"Not quite. It's an everstone," Shauna replied.

"What's an everstone?" Serena asked.

"It's a special stone that keeps a Pokémon from evolving. My Decidueye had one while he was a Rowlet that he found during some training, and wouldn't let it go. He wouldn't ever have evolved if it weren't for it falling off a cliff and into the ocean during a battle," Ash replied.

"Well unlike your Rowlet, Ivysaur didn't find this one. I like him best as an Ivysaur, so I asked him if he would want to stay that way. I showed him the everstone and explained it to him when I asked. He then took it and held it close, so I took it as he didn't want to evolve," Shauna explained.

Ash probably understood a Pokémon not wanting to evolve better than anyone, so this made sense to him.

The group then explained the plan for the day to the Pokémon. To which some chose not to take part in the water fun. Out in the grass many people were seen having picnics or just sun bathing. So the group found an area large enough for all of them, and the Pokémon that didn't want to play in the water relaxed there with their trainers belongings. Most of the Pokémon chose to come along and have fun, leaving only a few Pokémon behind.

"So where should we go first?" Serena asked.

"Nothing too high up, I'm scared of hights," Shauna commented.

"How about those?" Ash suggested as he pointed to the tallest water slide there.

"Ash, Shauna said she was scared of hights," Trevor replied in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Yeah, but it looks like there might be some smaller slides next to it," Ash replied.

Everyone looked, and Ash appeared to be correct, as they all saw what looked like part of a sign for another slide.

"How about we head in that direction and do some other things along the way to build up to those," Serena suggested.

"That sounds good too me," Shauna replied. And the two couples started walking deeper into the park, ready for some fun.