Author's Note: Man, I'm fed up with the criticism on the Prologue Note, I had to do a few adjustments. And, in every other chapter where I'm finding mistakes, I'm correcting them. By the way, this chapter is full of romance, so if you guys don't like it, you better skip it, there's nothing much going on in this chapter. Without any more discussions, let's get back to our chapter.

After saving the world from yet another devastating threat, our hero has reunited with his friends and family. He is currently training, with his old Pokémon, for the World Champion Trophy. While on the other side, we can see two people taking care of the god itself. They got to know that Ash is the Chosen One by Arceus and have grown to respect him a lot.

What do we have here? Mr. Charles Goodshow walking towards God!

"Hey old man, what do you want?", Baraz asks, running towards Goodshow, not knowing who he actually is. Charles Goodshow is the President of the League Competition Committee.

"Nothing young man wanted to call Arceus, for spectating the battles", Goodshow replies.

"Oh, okay, you can go", Baraz replies, sending Hoopa along with Goodshow, just as a protection for Arceus. Goodshow, along with Hoopa, walks up to Arceus and stands still in front of the god. Arceus looks at him and starts to speak.

"What can I do for you Mr. Goodshow", Arceus asks the old man.

"Almighty, I wish if you could stay and watch all the battles for finding who the world's best trainer is", Goodshow replies.

"I will Mr. Goodshow", Arceus says. Goodshow sighs and starts to leave.

STAND TALL

Meanwhile, Professor Oak is seen walking through a field, he walks past a few Pokémon and finally stops in his steps. He then stretches his hand and places it on a shoulder. The person turns back.

"Huh, what is it, professor?", Ash asks the old man. The professor puts his hands in his pocket and grabs a chip.

"Here, I think it's finally time", Oak says handing Ash the chip and smiling. Ash observes the chip for a brief second, before questioning the professor.

"What is this thing anyway?", Ash asks still looking at the chip.

"Call it whatever you want, some people call it Box, some call it Storage. But, using this you can always change your Party Pokémon on the go. Party Pokémon are you six main Pokémon you can use on the go", Oak replies to Ash.

"Does that mean, they won't be teleported to the lab anymore?", Ash asks curiously.

"Nope, they are always with you", Oak tells Ash, handing Ash a new Pokédex, or to be more precise, it's a mobile phone, having the features of a Pokédex and an actual mobile combined.

"Cool!", Ash says, inserting the chip in his newly received Mobile. While they were talking about all this, Serena walks into the scene. Professor Oak greets her and leaves the scene, giving the kids some privacy. Ash returns all of his Pokémon into their pokéballs. They all disappear, Ash was shocked for a moment and then realized what Oak told him a few moments ago.

When he checks the notification on his phone, it showed, Pokémon Box loaded. He then tucks the phone into his pocket, thinking he can set his go-to team later, allows Pikachu to climb onto his shoulder, and walks towards Serena. They both planned a date that morning and now, they started to walk towards the stadium.

Ash planned on leaving Pikachu with Brock or someone else and does so. They two were walking quietly, awkward silence between them. Thoughts were running in Serena's mind. A slight blush crept by Serena's face. When Ash turned towards her, he can see then blush in the twilight of the dusk. Ash giggles a bit. Serena notices this, turns towards Ash with a pout.

"Ash Ketchum!", Serena yells at the helpless boy and goes to punch him. Ash takes advantage and hugs Serena. Her anger slowly turns to happiness and then to love, and finally returns the hug. It lasted for a few minutes. The two walk towards a hotel. After reaching the place, Ash tries to spell out the name.

"l'hôtel de l'amour, which is French and in English it translates to", Ash starts.

"The Hotel of Love", Serena continues.

"Serena!", Ash shouts amazed, anime style. Serena smiles at Ash's still childhood behavior.

"It is said that the environment in the hotel is really romantic", Serena says, shyly. Ash looks around for a second, he stretches his hand towards Serena.

"Shall we go in", Ash says, when Serena took his hand. The two, walk into the restaurant holding hands, Serena's face turning as red as a tomato. A waiter leads them to a table for two. The date goes on really smoothly, mostly Serena blushing because of her thoughts. Ash pays the bill off and the two leave. The two were walking alongside a river when Ash decides to break the silence.

"So, Serena, I see your face is turning redder by the second, what's up?", Ash asks jokingly, making Serena even more embarrassed. Ash notices this and stops walking. Since the two were holding hands, Serena also stopped in her steps.

"A...Ash", Serena speaks, but before she could continue, Ash hugs her and places his lips on hers. Serena felt like her lips were melting in Ash's, the weather was just so perfect for the moment, calm, soft and romantic. The hold lasted for a few minutes until the two decided that they needed air. Ash then put his hand back and took the one and only pokéball in his possession. Serena didn't know what Ash was doing. Serena had a confused expression on her face, but Ash was smiling, really bright. He then enlarges the pokéball and starts to speak.

"I choose you!", Ash says opening the ball. It opens revealing a diamond ring. All this time Ash was away training, he made enough money to buy the ring for Serena. Serena gets excited and hugs Ash, burying her head deep in his chest. Ash then holds Serena's face by her chin and lifts it, planting a kiss on her forehead. The two lovers hug again.

It's dark, Ash and Serena have decided to head back to the hotel, when they reach the hotel, they can see that everyone, except Dawn, were asleep. Ash and Serena head into their own rooms, but to Serena's misfortune, there was no place in her room or in any other room, so she decides to head to Ash's room.

As Serena entered Ash's room, she noticed that he had already changed and was on his bed, scrolling through his mobile, eating a cake.

"Hey Ash", Serena calls to Ash, who was busy with his new tech gadget. Ash jolts out of the bed at the sudden voice and sees Serena.

"Huh, Serena, what do you want?", Ash asks looking at the girl with a puzzled expression.

"Nothing, my room is already occupied with people and so are other rooms, can I sleep here for the night?", Serena asks with a blush creeping on her chin.

"Course'", Ash replies and walks into the washroom. Since there was no one around, Serena decides to change into her pajamas. When Serena was in the midst of changing, she could hear a doorknob turn. A pillow goes flying onto Ash, who was just exiting the bathroom, but he already sees what he needed to. There stood Ash staring at his naked girlfriend. Serena quickly covered up.

"Ash, stop that!", she shouted blushing hard.

"Excuse me", he softly said making his way past Ash and just stood there. Before Serena could say anything, Ash fell to the floor, anime style, his face staring at the ceiling.

"You can take me now. I can now die happy", he said talking to the ceiling as if he was conversing with Arceus.

"Ash, this isn't funny! I'm so embarrassed right now!", Serena yells at Ash.

"Okay, I'm sorry but I have to be honest. I liked what I saw! I'm dead, aren't I? But before you kill me just answer this question, what're you doing outside the bathroom naked?", Ash questioned, while Serena tied a towel around her to keep her covered.

"I had to change into my pajamas! Anyway, that was brave of you to say something like that, not that I'm gonna let this pass without hurting you!", Serena said forming a fist.

"Oh no! Somebody help me! I'm about to be beaten up by a half-naked girl!", Ash said sarcastically.

"You won't find it so funny after I knock your teeth out!", Serena said pouncing on Ash.

They fell to the ground as both struggled to pin the other. I'm surprised Serena can keep the towel from falling off her, Ash thinks to himself. They rolled all over the place laughing before hearing the door open. This time Ash was on top of Serena.

"Am I interrupting anything?", Dawn stood by the door with her arms crossed.

"Dawn!", they both shouted at the same time before pulling away.

"I hope you're not doing what I think you're doing?", Dawn questioned, raising a brow.

"We were just fooling around. I mean the 'wrestling' kind of fooling not the other kind...", Serena said her voice trailing off.

"If I'm gonna buy your story, do me a favor and maybe put on some clothes instead of a towel next time", Dawn said, "You guys, left me so horny for tonight", she said before exiting the room.

"Sorry for getting you in trouble Serena", Ash apologized.

"Nah, it was my fault. I pounced on you", she still wanted to get even and had an idea. "Ash, do me a favor and take this towel off me", Serena smirked.

"What?!", Ash blushed.

"Spread it with your arms to cover me so I can put on my clothes", Serena thought this will be funny because she gets to play with Ash's head, "But no peeking".

Ash followed by removing the towel from her while his head was turning the other direction. His heart was beating fast as he tried to fight the urge to peek. He couldn't take it anymore and took a look with one eye. He saw that Serena was already in bed, finished dressing smiling at him.

"I knew you'd peek pervert!" she smiled.

"Serena, I know you like teasing me, but this is too much for me to take", Ash said trying hard not to get turned on.

"I don't know what you're talking about", Serena said innocently.

"This is like the ultimate fantasy for any man so please don't make me go through this if you're just gonna trick me again" Ash pleaded.

"Come on Ash, stop overreacting! I need someone to hug. It's getting pretty chilly and you're so warm and all", Serena lied there seductively, and began to lick the cake, Ash was previously eating.

"Mother of God, someone please kill me now", he begged facing the ceiling. Serena, feeling pity for Ash, stopped what she was doing and stood up in front of him.

"Come here you!", she exclaimed wrapping her arms around him and pulling him towards her as they both fell into bed.

Ash woke up early the next morning to find Serena sleeping beside him.

"Hey Serena, wake up!", Ash said, trying to wake up Serena, but she just tightened her hold on him. He starts to play with her hair and falls asleep again. Serena wakes up after some time and sees Ash sleeping next to her, with his one hand in her hair and the other on the waist, she smiles and goes back to sleep. A few minutes later, Ash wakes up and sits up on the bed, wiping the drowsiness of his eyes. He got off the bed just as Serena was beginning to wake up.

"Well look who's up bright and early? Did you get a good sleep last night?", she yawned sitting up while covering her body with the blanket.

"Yup!", Ash says, "What about you?", he questions opening the blinds of his hotel room.

"I slept great!", Serena says, taking off the blanket from her.

"As for me I'm gonna take a shower", he said grabbing a towel.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Don't you wanna lie down for a little bit more and just fool around?", Serena asks Ash, who was heading towards the bathroom.

"As much as I'd enjoy that, it's the opening of the tournament today remember?", he said heading into the bathroom.

The room was quiet and still, Serena looks up at the ceiling and smiles. Just then, a knock was heard on the door, she then gets off the bed and opens it. Pikachu runs into the room followed by Dawn and Brock.

"So, today's the big day, huh", Brock says smiling.

"Yup, and I bet he's all prepared", Serena replies, playing with Pikachu.

BE A HERO