Writers Note: Hey guys this is my first FanFiction. A few people encouraged me to give it a shot so I figured I'd finally go for it. Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated. That being said I hope guys enjoy A rescue with "Flare"

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. All Characters are the property of Nintendo, and this is a fanfiction purely made for fun and non-profit.

A rescue with "flare"

Chapter 1 "Figuring out us"

It was late into the afternoon when the group of friends began to finally see the lights of the approaching town begin to flicker on signalling another day was drawing to a close. "Finally Starview Town!" a young woman yelled out in joy as the group approached. She was quite lovely for her age of 14. She had short honey-blonde hair that just about reached down to her shoulders. She wore a red sleeveless jacket with a light pink dress underneath and black socks that went up past her knees, with brown boots on her feet. On top she wore a pink fedora with a black ribbon. Completing her outfit out was a blue ribbon around her neck, purposely positioned just over her heart. Her name was Serena.

"Wow Serena you sure are in a hurry and in a rush.." panted a young man who was desperately trying to keep up with the group. He wore glasses as well as a blue and yellow jumpsuit, and sported a backpack that carried so many different parts and tools for the inventions he loved to create. He had blonde hair that led up to what appeared to be a lightning bolt at the top of his head. He was known as Clemont, the electric type leader of the Luminose City gym. The 13 year old was traveling with the group to gain strength, confidence, and ultimately become a better gym leader.

"Come on Clemont your always falling behind!" shouted a young voice up ahead near Serena. It was his younger sister also blonde haired like him, she wore a brown top with a fluffy white dress at the bottom with black shorts underneath. She wore white shoes and carried a small yellow pouch with her. The little girl was named Bonnie. The 7 year old was just about the exact opposite of her big brother. Energetic, excited, and full of life. Not that Clemont wasn't full of life himself, he just didn't show it most of the time. "De-ne-ne" a small mouse popped out of the pouch Bonnie was wearing and smiled at Clemont. Dedenne was a small electric type that Bonnie was taking care of until she reached the age of 10 when she could become its "official" trainer. As the two began to bicker in a way that only siblings could, Serena noticed that the "leader" and other member of their group was surprisingly silent.

"Ash?" she said quietly, almost unsure if he had even heard her. Ash was a 14 year old pokemon trainer who has been traveling the world with the ultimate goal of becoming a pokemon master. He wore a short sleeved blue jacket with white stripes, black cargo pants, and red, blue, and black sneakers. Finally he wore a red and white baseball cap with pokeball symbol on the front. Perched on his shoulder was a small yellow mouse that rarely left that spot. It was his partner and best friend Pikachu. To say those two were close would be the understatement of the year. Those two were so close that some people they battled in the past would think they could read each others minds. "Pika-pi?" the rodent said when it saw its trainer's silence as well. Ash turned towards Serena as if he was gonna reply, but no words left his mouth. He just stood there looking at Serena, almost as if he was taking in her appearance for the very first time.

To most this would have been quite uncomfortable, but not for Serena. No she was loving every second of it. The thing of it was, Serena had feelings for a very long time. Ever since he first came into her life when they were the same age as Bonnie, she had a crush on him. She found herself lost, alone, and hurt in the middle of a forest when Ash came riding in on a white horse to save her-at least that's she pictured it in her mind. They ended up going their separate ways for about seven years before he rode back into her life again, albeit indirectly. She saw him on TV and made it her mission to track him down and be reunited with him. By doing so he was able to "save" her from a miserable life in her mind as a Rhyhorn racer. Being a racer was her mother's passion, and she wanted nothing to do with it. After she reunited with him, he opened up a whole new world for her with dreams she didn't even know she had. She now dreamed of being a pokemon performer, dazzling crowds with displays of beauty, power, and perfection with her pokemon along side her. Of course the person she hoped to dazzle more than anyone was Ash, she was just worried that he may never return the feelings she held for him. Ash was quite dense at times when it came to romance, but lately things had been different between them. Sometimes he would compliment her out of nowhere, he would open doors for her, or even hold her and to across or through dangerous obstacles. Most of all lately she would catch him staring at her. It gave a glimmer of hope that maybe he was starting to notice her, after all they both almost 15 years old now. She prayed sooner or later a light would go on and he would start to notice her "in that way" and to her delight it seemed her prayers we're starting to be answered.

But even for Serena this current situation was a new one. Sure she had caught him staring at her a few times before, but he always tried to be subtle about it or play it off. But this was anything but subtle, he was flat out staring at her and wasn't even trying to hide it. As much she was enjoying it, Serena decided that she'd better bring him out of his current trance. "Ash are you ok?" she said sweetly as she waved a hand in front of his face. "Huh?..Oh!" he said as he finally regained his senses and chuckled, a small blush on his face. "Sorry Serena" he smiled "I guess I kinda spaced out there." Serena blushed too and decided to tease him a little. "Well I hope whatever you were thinking was good" she said with a giggle. "Yeah it was" he replied warmly as he right at her, which only made Serena blush more. "He wasn't even trying to hide the fact that he's thinking about me" she smiled in her head. She was quickly trying to compose herself, she would have died of embarrassment if she melted right there in front of Ash. To her luck, Bonnie unknowingly stepped in and changed the subject.

"Serena you never said why you're so excited to be here" "ne-ne" Dedenne chimmed in. "Well you see Bonnie" she said as she began to regain her composure "Starview town is quite famous for its cute little boutiques and shops." "Even Diantha has been known to order dresses from the shops her to use in some of her movies." she explained. "Oh wow Diantha shops here?!" Bonnie squealed "This town is famous!" joy flowing from the seven year old at the prospect of Diantha being mentioned. "Also this town is named because they say there is no place like this in all of Kalos where you can the stars in the night sky so clearly" Clemont added. "This seems like a great place to test out my latest invention!" he boasted. He preceded to push his glasses up his and they gave a unique shine. "The future is now thanks to science!" he yelled. "Behold my latest invention, The seeing-stars-in-the-sky machine!" he proudly stood next to his newest feat. "Geez Clemont they already have that, its a called a telescope..." Bonnie replied back. "Ne-ne-ne" Dedenne chuckled as well. "Hmph" Clemont pouted. "Well you'll see when I use it that it will be way better than any old telescope!" he spat back as he placed the device back into his backpack.

Serena chuckled at the siblings antics, but then turned to Ash and a cute thought entered her mind. "It would be so romantic to watch the stars with him tonight" she gushed while picturing the two of them cuddled together watching the night sky. This time is was Ash who caught Serena staring at him, and decided to playfully return her earlier favor to him. The difference was Ash decided to take things farther as placed his hand on her cheek. "Serena, you ok?" he said warmly. When she finally came around she noticed his hand touching her face and blushed as red as Ash's hat. "Y-yeah" she stammered as he removed his hand from her face. Serena was reeling right now, sure she sensed that her and Ash were getting a lot closer but he'd never touched her in such a sensitive way before. "Well I hope whatever you we're thinking about was good." he teased some more with a big grin on his face. Serena finally composed herself again, "well if he's getting bolder now, so can I" she thought devilishly. "I thinking about something good-involving you" she said with a smile. "I guess you'll find out later" she winked at him and preceded to continue walking with Bonnie, Clemont close behind the two.

Ash on the other hand stood there frozen blushing. "Pika?" Pikachu questioned him as it saw the others walking away. "Huh..oh sorry buddy" as he began walking a little behind the other three. "Pikapi-Pikachu?" it asked Ash as they walked. Ash sighed "I don't know buddy things have been different between Serena and I lately." "Pika?" the mouse responded. "No-no!" he quickly stammered back. "Not a bad different, a good different...I think" he added at the end. "Pikapi-Pikachu-Pi" Pikachu countered. "what do I feel when I think about her?" he asked. "Well when we first started traveling together I remembered how nice she was, oh yeah and she makes great sweets too!" Ash said. "Pi-Pikachu-Pi-Pi!" pikachu scolded. "Oh you mean my feelings.." he trailed. "Pi" the yellow mouse nodded. "well lately I've been noticing I get really warm inside when I'm with her" he started. "I started noticing how pretty her eyes are or how beautiful her hair looks when it blows in the wind" Pikachu smiled as it knew what this meant and was enjoying hearing his trainer spill this out even if didn't understand it yet. "And how great those socks look on her legs.." "PIKA-PI!" the rodent exclaimed, its eyes as big as gumballs and a huge blush on its face. "Oh s-sorry buddy, guess I got carried away.." Pikachu sighed and tried to compose itself. They may have been best friends and almost brothers, but somethings still needed to be kept to one's self. Ash could see that Pikachu got the picture. " Don't worry buddy" he said as he looked ahead to Serena. "I'm gonna figure out what's happening between us" he smiled and petted his partner on the head. "Chu" the mouse cooed as they caught up to Serena and the others.