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Ash and Serena weren't on same lines. Serena learns of Ash being too close to some girl and meets him to confront him about their relationship

Now
"Ash ! Who was the girl with whom you just spent the entire day ?" She asked .

"Oh! You mean Lana . She is the one friend to whom I was talking to for oast few days I told you about. " Ash told her .

"Oh ! And she is just a friend right?" Serena asked trying to maintain her composure.

"Yeah." Ash replied. Why was Serena so bothered?

"Then Ash , I need to tell you few things. When you are in a relationship, there needs to be certain distance of proximity between other people and you . You can't just to around with arms around other girls when you are in relationship." Serena sighed.

"Hmm! Then tell me how else was she supposed to take a selfie with me ?" Ash crossed his arms.

"Selfie?" Serena's voice dropped. Wait! This was all because they were posing for picture.

"She already left to Alola anyway. So it is not like I am gonna see her again. I have enough sense of what to do and what not to do when in relationship, Serena." Ash stated .

"Oh ! I am sorry." Serena nervously bit her lip . Damn you Korreina. You should have mentioned the context.

"And anyway if you can get so flustered without any base , then well let me let it all out too . I don't like you breaching my room whenever you want . I get it . We are in relationship. But still you should knock first and the there is your lying. I have asked you countless times that if it is ok with you if I go to training when you wanted to go for date and you instead of saying what you actually thinks just reply "no! It is fine." Ash sighed as Serena looked down .

"If you are so tired of me , then you can tell me anytime.", She said with her cheeks puffing red and eyes already brimming with droplets of water .

"Serena! I didn't mean it like that ." Ash quickly hugged her as to comfort her as she hugged him back tightly.

"Let's go , Serena." Ash told her as she pulled back .

By the time they arrived back at Pokemon center, it was quite dark .

"Hey ! So I guess everything worked out for better?" Korreina asked.

"Yeah ! I am so glad it did ." Serena beamed as all three sat down eating food.

Next day before Ash had even a chance to blink , he was greeted by a familiar face .

"Hey Scott! What are you doing here ?" Ash asked him. (SCOTT IS AN AGENT IN POKEMON TO BATTLE FRONTIER AND OTHER STUFF)

"Well Ash! When I heard your ranking reached 978 so fast , I was quite amazed. Now if you are interested, I have got a prospect for you that will help you reach your goal faster and also be lot more fun. So hey dressed up and I will explain all in the lobby ." Scott waved as he went away .

Ash wondered what kind of prospect would it be .

"Hey Ash! Good morning." Serena greeted him as he came out of his room almost colliding to his face.

"Good morning, Serena. Let's go . Scott has got some interesting prospect for me and I wanna hear what it is ?" Ash said as he dragged Serena by pulling her hand while her cheeks turned red.

"Yes ! Ash . So currently what you have to do is move between different regions to regions and then go where your Pokemobile takes you and then battle to win to rise in ranking. That takes a lot of time. So in order to cut that , what we have done is we have opened a facility called Battle Arena . There are top 800 to top 100 ranking level Pokemon trainers there . Since beyond top 100, matches are always held in fields like tournament.   Once you reach top 800 ranking, don't go around looking for higher rankings because all will be there only. If you lose at 800, you fall and then you can't stay in facility. There you can constantly fight to rise in ranks without moving again and again. So I suggest Ash that till you reach top 800 rank , which will take around six months at best.  So in that time, catch as many Pokemon you can. Here is my number. When you are ready, call me." Scott handed him a card as he left in his car driving in such fast speed that all stared.

"Well Ash ! I think it is great idea." Serena told him.

"Yeah ! And I do have six months to catch Pôkemons so it is all great. My next match is in Kalos region, Serena ." Ash said .

"Really. Wow . Well just leave it to me to show you around there . " Serena beamed.

"Oh! I look forward to how it is ." Ash said excitedly.

"You will love it . It is like super cold there but it is also nice weather and cleaner air and then there is..." She started to ramble as Ash chuckled.

Korreina sighed looking at them . So Ash and Serena are still together. Hmm! She would have to get rid of their relationship some other way . Well ! No matter. She knows a few other tricks up her sleeve too .

Next time

"The pilot of this plane is currently knocked out . Now you all must listen to what you will be ordered and if anyone tries to be smart one , we won't hesitate to blow up this plane " A man wearing dark clad jacket with H cut by Lightning laughed.

"Ash! Are we gonna be ok?" Serena asked squirming in her seat .

"Don't worry Serena . I am sure someone on ground must have spotted Team Heiwa." Ash put his arm around her .

As the journey continues.