Chapter 6: Chosen Reality.

Alright this story seems to be coming to a close, I personally really liked this story, now it's time for the final act of this story.

Rosa took the lonely walk back to the Pokemon Center after being left alone by her camera crew and Ash, she walked back with her eyes glued to the ground ignoring the festivities and the fireworks that lit up the night sky, her guilt weighing heavily on her shoulders, she grabbed her pokeball thinking about the times she spent talking to her starter pokemon, "why did I persist with this?" Rosa asked her pokemon with a frown, she looked back to see if Ash was there but there was no sign of the trainer, feeling her heart sink after he actions towards Ash, "maybe I deserve this," Rosa told herself while taking the final steps towards the medical facility.

Rosa walked inside hoping to see the trainer but she wasn't in any luck there either, 'I can see why he left without even looking at me,' Rosa thought to herself while witnessing a young couple walking into the Pokemon Center holding hands, the reality star looked at the ground again this time the shame had hit her harder than anything in her life, Rosa watched as the young couple kissed leaving her to think more about what she did to Ash, 'he didn't give me the chance to apologize,' Rosa thought while taking a glance outside, "but then again, I deserve that treatment," Rosa reminded herself while looking at the camera that was given back to her.

Rosa looked at the camera with regret knowing that her chance with Ash had evaporated, she dawdled to her room and opened the door, she moved to her bed and jumped onto the bed, 'he wanted me to be honest and yet I was just using him,' Rosa thought to herself while trying to get to sleep.

Late at night Ash was sitting on the hill looking over his shoulder still seething from the events of earlier in the night. "You know buddy, I have never been this upset ever," Ash told his Pikachu while looking up to the night sky, while he wondered about the images he saw on Rosa's camera, "but then again, I shouldn't have looked at her videos either, so I was in the wrong with that as well," Ash admitted while he got back to his feet, he looked around again feeling like he was being watched, 'this is why I hate reality TV as well, being watched like this now gets me on edge,' Ash thought while walking slowly towards the city entrance.

Ash quietly walked out of Nimbasa City not looking back even with the thought of Rosa, "I was hoping to see my friends, but now I just don't feel like it right now," Ash silently decreed while he walked further away from the desert.

Ash walked slower seeing the buildings of the Desert Resort being eliminated by the bright full moon hanging in the sky with a sea of stars, "definitely is quieter," Ash stated while continuing to look around to make sure none of the camera crew were following him.

Back in the city Rosa was having a hard time sleeping, her thoughts were constantly on Ash, what she had done to him, "I am going to find him," Rosa decreed with a confident look in her eyes. But before she could leave the room she fell asleep out of exhaustion from all the crying she did.

Eight hours later

The sun shone into the room beaming down on Rosa, the reality star woke up quickly and looked around to see if Ash was around, the room remained silent which was soon broken by the ringing of her X-transceiver, she answered the call to discover her boss was the caller, "Rosa, good morning," her boss welcomed to the next day.

"Good morning sir," Rosa replied glumly while sitting up so she could talk to her boss.

"I ringing to let you know you have one day to fond Ash to continue the series," he ordered quietly as Rosa looked away with concern.

"Sir, I won't do that," Rosa retorted with a frown, leaving the boss angered.

"Rosa, you will do as you're told if you want to keep your job here!" Rosa's superior demanded while clenching his fist in anger.

"Well that's too bad sir, I will not do what you ask of me because I quit," Rosa told her superior with growing confidence, "you ask me to pretend to be his love interest, something I cannot do!" Rosa yelled at her former employer while getting ready to end the call, "I learnt a lesson that will stay with me until the day I die," Rosa said before hanging up on her boss before letting his respond to her outburst. Rosa unstrapped her X-transceiver and threw it into the bin, she looked out to see the sun rising further in the sky, 'hey that felt really good,' Rosa thought as she began to smile again.

Rosa turned around and grabbed her pokeball, "how about it Oshawott, we go back to Aspertia City and start our journey, this time we will get stronger for real," Rosa talked to her pokemon before heading to the door of the room while hearing the rings of her X-transceiver, 'not interested,' Rosa knowingly thought as she closed the door to her room, "no more deceit, time for me to make my own choices, but I have something I need to do first," Rosa determinedly stated while rushing out of the medical facility.

Rosa ran towards the entrance of the city know that Ash had already left the city, in the distane Hugh watched the woman running to find Ash, "it seems like she has finally realized her mistake," Hugh said as he turned around to walk away from the scene, 'this has nothing to do with me,' Hugh thought as he walked into the distance.

Rosa ran away from the city knowing that she didn't have much time to find Ash, she looked around the area to see if Ash was around, "come on where are you?" Rosa asked while continuing her search for the trainer, the wind started to pick the sand up as her search continued, determined to make amends for her mistakes.

Meanwhile near the entrance of the city Ash looked back for the first time, "we will catch the ship from Castelia City," Ash told his partner pokemon quietly as he walked through the entrance, not smiling just walking slowly through the streets of Castelia City taking his time to think about Rosa, 'Rosa, I hope you're sorry for what you did,' Ash wondered while ignoring the people rushing through the city to get to work early so their bosses wouldn't fire them, 'even Rosa has a job,' Ash thought while thinking back to what happened in Nimbasa City.

Walking to the center of the city, he looked around to see Burgh painting the scenery and the people enjoying the nice day that was before them, he sat down in the park taking the time to watch the bug type pokemon swinging from tree to tree, "it's too bad I don't really feel like staying here, Unova is such a nice place," Ash told himself quietly while eating a sandwich and an apple, he looked around to see a young couple holding hands and walking through the park, 'oh come on, why is it that when I look around I find people in love?' Ash wondered while picking himself up.

Ash continued his journey through the city to get to the docks to leave the region, the people continued to walk through the city, Ash took an uneasy look over his shoulder expecting another lot of cameras to take a video only to discover that they were nowhere in sight, "finding the truth has made me feel really uneasy, I don't mind the cameras at Pokemon League events, but for reality TV," Ash stated while walking up to the gym of the city.

Meanwhile near the entrance of the city Rosa approached the city exhausted from her quick journey from the previous city, "normally it would have taken longer," Rosa said while panting and in need of a drink, she looked around to find a vending machine, she placed her last bit of money in her bag to get a drink, she paid the vending machine for a bottle of fresh water, she opened the bottle and started to quickly drink the water.

Rosa turned around to find the people in rushing to their jobs, the people talking about how great their days will be, Rosa started walking through the city, continuing her search for Ash, 'I will atone for my error,' Rosa thought as she pulled out her camera to think about what she was going to do next, she opened the tape compartment, "I know what to do," Rosa decreed while pulling out the tape nodding at her next course of action.

Rosa continued to walk through the city, before approaching the gym, "I will face new challenges, but I need someone there to support me," Rosa told herself as she turned her gaze towards the docks. She walked away from the gym and towards the first furthest dock in the city, she saw a few small boats and people sitting and waiting to get to Virbank City, "he isn't here," Rosa stated while leaving the dock to make it to the next one.

The former reality star ran towards the next dock, "this ship will be departing to the Hoenn Region in thirty minutes," a female voice called out over the PA system, the brunette looked around pushing some people out of the way to see if she could find Ash in the crowd.

She continued to shove people out of the way but there was no luck in find the trainer, "where is he?" Rosa asked while panicking at the realization that he wasn't at this dock, she looked at the clock and noticed that there was a chance that his ship could be going next, "if I don't apologize, I will regret what I have done forever," Rosa reminded herself while running to the next dock to see the ship departing.

Rosa watched as the people on the next dock started to board the ship, she quickly made her way to the pier to finally see Ash next in line to board the ship, she ran towards Ash but was pushed away by before she could reach him, "Ash, I need to tell you something!" Rosa called out to Ash while picking herself up.

Ash looked over his shoulder quietly to see Rosa getting back up, "what do you want Rosa?" Ash asked coldly as she tried to approach the trainer again, "I trusted you," Ash remarked as he got ready to board the ship to Kanto.

Rosa made one final attempt to get to Ash, she grabbed his hand to prevent him from boarding the ship, "Ash, I am sorry," Rosa cried as her tears fell onto Ash's hand shocking him greatly, "I should have been more honest," Rosa proclaimed while tightening her grip on the trainers hand.

Ash stopped and looked down at the brunette who grabbed his right hand with both of her hands, "Rosa, how can I be certain that I can trust you?" Ash asked the young woman as he turned around to face the former TV star, "what I saw on that video isn't something I can so easily forgive you for," Ash remarked as he tried to get his hand free from Rosa's grip.

"Please listen to me," Rosa pleaded pathetically as she fell to her knees with tears rolling down her face, "I know that you wouldn't forgive me for what I have done," Rosa explained while Ash looked down with not changing his expression shaking his head in disbelief.

"So why did you lie to me?" Ash asked the brunette while looking back to see the workers waiting for him to board the ship.

"Because I had a job to do as a star Ash," Rosa replied before Ash took his left hand to remove Rosa's hands from his, "but as time went on I realized what I was doing was wrong, I was too scared to say anything," Rosa professed while the people were boarding the ship as Ash listened in shock at Rosa's explanation.

"So why did you realize that?" Ash asked while his irritation began to rise while the ship was getting ready to leave the docks, "is there something else you're hiding from me?" Ash asked the young woman as he removed her left hand from his right hand.

Rosa stood quietly and looked to the ground, she took a deep breath before starting her answer, "yes there is something I am hiding from you Ash," Rosa replied while Ash looked away in disbelief, "well a few things anyway, but this time I will be more honest about it," Rosa declared while Ash ignored her. Ash shook his head again not wanting to hear what the brunette was going to say next, "I quit my job," Rosa proclaimed while Ash quickly reacted and turned his gaze back to the former star.

Ash stared in shock not knowing what to say to the brunette, not knowing how to reply to the revelation, "you what?" Ash asked in shock while Rosa stood up removing her hand from the trainer's, "why did you do that?" Ash asked in anger realizing that Rosa was only doing her job.

"Because I have a new goal in mind, I want to become a top trainer like you," Rosa replied with a smile while pulling out her pokeball.

"So you will choose to travel with your pokemon, why are you telling me this?" Ash asked the woman with a frown. Rosa called out her starter pokemon and showed the trainer the tape she had in her pocket, "is that the tape you intended to use as extra footage?" Ash asked the former TV star.

Rosa threw the tape into the air, "Oshawott, destroy that tape with Razor Shell," Rosa commanded her pokemon, the water type picked up his scalchop and easily sliced through the tape destroying it in an instant, "I want to create new memories without lying to myself and to you," Rosa stated while Ash watched the pieces of the tape land in front of him, "I made a mistake and I have learned the hard way what the results were going to be," Rosa explained while recalling her pokemon.

"So you quit your job, you destroyed the tape and chose to journey with your pokemon," Ash listed Rosa's actions and choices, "why did you do this?" Ash asked the young lady calmly.

Rosa placed her left hand on the trainer's face and smiled serenely, "I did all this because," Rosa started before gulping.

"The ship to Kanto will be leaving in five minutes," the female voice called over the PA system.

Ash waited for Rosa to say something knowing that he had very little time to wait for her to tell him something, "Rosa, I need to go," Ash told her but Rosa stayed there not moving her hand from his face with time dwindling.

"Ash, I followed you, told you what I want to do because," Rosa told the trainer as she tried to muster the courage to tell him how she felt about him, "I did it because I love you Ash," Rosa confessed leaving Ash in shock.

Ash stood there with the wind picking up behind him and the ship starting to leave, he moved his right hand and placed it on her left hand, "I missed my ship," Ash chuckled while holding her hand in place, "you're lucky I am the type of person to give someone a second chance," Ash told Rosa with a grin before letting go of her hand.

Rosa removed her hand and nodded acknowledging the fact she was given another chance, "I won't mess this up," Rosa promised while walking to the end of the dock to see the ship leaving, she stood there as it disappeared from sight with Ash walking up behind her, "so where are we going to go next?" Rosa asked the trainer as he walked next to the woman to watch white pokemon flying across the sky with.

"Well, we can always head to Nuvema Town to start your journey," Ash replied while closing his eyes to think about what happened in Nimbasa City, "this time I will help you get stronger," Ash promised while getting ready to turn around to restart his visit through the Unova Region.

'This time I will not be watching his back as he walks towards his own path,' Rosa quietly told herself as she closed her eyes and thinking about her second chance she had received, 'someone once told me second chances don't come around too often, so I need to make the most of it,' Rosa reminded herself while turning around while getting ready to follow Ash, she ran up to him and walked side by side with him this time grabbing his hand.

Ash looked down to see Rosa holding his hand, he noticed how Rosa was happier than she was at the night of the fair, "I have a question for you, were you really scared of going on a rollercoaster?" Ash asked the brunette while walking to the exit of the city.

"Yes I was, I didn't know what to expect," Rosa replied while walking with Ash, "I guess that is something I need to look at when it comes to life as well, you never know where the road may take you," Rosa wisely stated.

"That's right, you may never know where the road may take you, but that's the exciting part of journeying," Ash pointed out as they made it to the entrance of the largest bridge in the region, "the Skyarrow Bridge, this is where we begin our new journey and a new future," Ash told Rosa while the two of them stared at the intimidating bridge, knowing that there was a new road ahead for them would be brighter for the both of them.

"I can't wait to journey with you, I want it to be something I will remember for the rest of my life," Rosa replied to Ash's wise words while grasping his arm happily.

Hope you all liked this story, the last chapter was a little shorter than I had hoped but oh well.

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If the demand is high enough I will look at doing a follow up story, but that will happen a little later on.