A New Style

AN: This is an Armourshipping one shot that is set during/after the events of X&Y Episode 60. It will contain some spoilers so read if you want. I wrote this one shot because I had the idea in my head and I didn't want it to go to waste, and I actually thought it was pretty good. Remember to read the other AN at the bottom, enjoy!

P.S. This will be rated T just for some mild language and a bigger audience!

Lights were flashing as cameras went off repeatedly. The crowd could be heard cheering, yet it felt like everything was still and quiet to Serena Yvonne. She was standing in her private booth, going over last minute preparations with her Fennekin. She had put all of her effort into making Fennekin not just presentable, but truly beautiful. After double checking to make sure everything is perfect, the booth door opened up, revealing a large crowd before her. Her stomach dropped at the sight of the large crowd. She knew Coumarine city was small, but she had no idea this many people would show up to the rookie competition. She began to get nervous. She quickly scanned the crowd for her friends, particularly a raven haired boy. She always gained some confidence when she caught a glimpse of the boy she adored so much. After 5 seconds of quick searching, she found what she was looking for. They locked eyes and he gave her a confident smile and a thumbs up. This gave Serena the eagerness to show off what she is made of!

Serena stepped out of the booth with Fennekin. They both took a few steps and did some gracious twirls. They began to walk forward slowly, letting to crowd look at the work she had put into her and Fennekin's outfit. She took a glance around at the large crowd and began to grow a bit nervous again, but that nervousness was dispelled when she caught a glimpse of a pair of chocolate brown eyes. Ash was looking at her with a smile on his face. She could tell that he was proud of her, just by how the way his eyes were on her. She really had come a long way, but she was doing her best because of him. Fennekin and Serena reached the end of the runway. They stopped and posed together, and really just tried to looked there best for the crowd. After several seconds of showing off and waving, she turned around to return to the booth. This is when the worst thing possible happened. As Fennekin was walking next to Serena, she accidentally stepped onto her pink ribbon. This caused her to tumble down, messing up her entire outfit. Everything from her paw covers to her bead necklace went flying everywhere. The thing that was worse was that Fennekin didn't get up immediately, instead sat whimpering on the runway floor. Her leg was hurt, bad.

When Serena noticed Fennekin on the ground crying in pain, she immediately dropped the performance act and tended to her. She looked at Fennekin's hurt leg. She wasn't a Pokemon doctor obviously, but she could tell by how Fennekin reacted that her leg was probably broken. Serena picked up Fennekin as carefully as she could and rushed off stage towards the Pokemon center. She didn't look back because of the swelling tears in her eyes, and didn't want to see how everybody was going to look at her. She had just ruined her first ever Pokemon performance, and she didn't want to see the disappointment in everybody's eyes She was using this as an excuse in her head, but in truth, she just didn't want to see the disapointment in Ash's.

"I'm sorry Ash," She thought quietly. "I'm so sorry..."

If only Serena knew she was wrong. If she would've looked at Ash, she would've seen nothing but worry. He was worried about Fennekin and Serena. She was one of his best friend, and someone he cared for a lot more than others. He followed Serena to the Pokemon Center, but lost her for a bit. He found her again sitting on a Pokemon center bench. She just sat there looking at her feet, not saying a word. Ash approached her slowly, and eventually was standing right in front of her.

"Serena?" Ash questioned slowly. "Are you alright? Do you need to talk?" Serena's head popped up at the voice of her raven haired crush. Her eyes were bloodshot and tear stained from the silent weeping she'd been doing. She just blankly stared into Ash's eyes. She then ran away, crying again. Ash didn't know why she ran away from him, but he decided not to chase after her. He felt as it was better to leave her alone for right now.

As the time went by, the Coumarine Pokemon Performance was eventually won by Shauna and her Bulbasaur. It really was a spectacular, as newcomers never really won events on there first time. Shauna's performance was outstanding either way. Ash had asked Nurse Joy how Fennekin was doing, and he got the answer he expected. Fennekin had broken her leg in the fall. Nurse Joy told Ash that she had already put her leg into a cast, and that she can go home later tonight when she woke up. Her pain medication had knocked her out for a bit. Ash had just decided to speak to Serena later tonight, so he decided to bide his time until then.

"I'll be here for you Serena," Ash said quietly "I hope you know that..."

Several Hours Later

It had been several long hours since the incident at the performance. Serena had been wandering around aimlessly for a while now. She had been thinking about what had happened at the performance. She had come to the conclusion that it was in fact fate that she messed up the performance. She had already run into Shauna and congratulated her in her win in the performance. Shauna, in turn, apologized about what happened to Serena and Fennekin. She knew Serena had a good chance of winning if her "accident" didn't hinder her performance. After her talk with Shauna, Serena felt a little bit better, but still felt horrible in a sense. After some time of wandering around, Serena found herself at Coumarine Docks. She was just looking into the ocean, reflecting on everything. She thought about how she hadn't actually come that far as a trainer, and how she couldn't even help keep her Pokemon from getting hurt. That's when the seal that was holding her pent up emotions in burst. After just 10 minutes of reflecting, Serena Yvonne broke down crying. She just began to let it all out.

5 Minutes Earlier

At the Coumarine Pokemon Center, Ash had decided it was time to go find and talk to Serena. He had come to the idea to bring Serena her Pokemon for comfort. He had put Pancham into his pokeball, but decided to carry Fennekin. He thought it might be uncomfortable to be in a tight pokeball with a broken leg. When he picked Fennekin up, she was overjoyed to see him, but curious to were her mommy was. Ash explained to situation to Fennekin and she understood. The two made it out of the Pokemon Center and down the sidewalk. It occurred to Ash that he didn't actually know where Serena was. He was about to get irritated until he heard Fennekin make a noise.

"Fennekin Fenn!"

Ash looked at Fennekin and saw she was pointing towards a dock with her nose. Ash concentrated hard on the docks, trying to see what Fennekin had seen. That's when he caught notice of what looked like a honey blonde hair girl to be on her knee's doing what looked like what to be crying. It took Ash a second, but he quickly realized that was Serena crying on the docks! He didn't want to startle her, so he walked up to the docks regularly, but quietly.

Ash and Fennekin were about 4 feet behind Serena, who was still crying. Fennekin looked up to Ash and he nodded back down to her. Fennekin then yipped "Fen!". This startled Serena and caught her attention, making her turn around.

"A-Ash... Fennekin?" She questioned in between tears. She saw her Fennekin's leg and began to quickly react with tears. "Fennekin's leg..." She stuttered quietly with new tears springing from her eyes. She hadn't even gone to see her own injured Pokemon yet, which should've been her main concern. She was being so selfish and it was wrong. "I'm so sorry..." She said in between silent tears. "Thanks fro bringing her here Ash, it means a lot." Ash looked at Serena and smiled. He really wanted to do all he could to help. Ash then remembered why he wanted to find her so much earlier.

"Hey Serena," Ash started slowly and quietly. "Why did you run away from me earlier? I wanted to help you, did I do something wrong?" Serena's head popped up in surprise. Had Ash thought he'd done something wrong this whole time? "No Ash," She quickly stated, almost yelling. "It's not your fault, it's mine actually." Ash held a confused look on his face that just spoke "why?". Serena knew she had to tell him, so she decided to get it over with.

"I ran away earlier because I didn't want to see you dissapointed in me..." She said this sadly, looking down at her feet, avoiding eye contact. "You've done so great with gym battles and raising your Pokemon while I can't even get past the first round of a stupid rookie Pokemon performance." Ash looked at her confusedly. He had to make sure he chose his next words carefully.

"Serena," Ash said confidentially. "I wasn't anywhere near disappointed with you. No matter what happened tonight, I still thought your act was the best out there, I even still voted for you!" Serena was surprised to hear this, but very happy at the same time.

"So Ash," Serena questioned slowly. "You aren't disappointed with me?" Ash looked at Serena happily and spoke. "Hell no Serena!" Ash spoke proud and loud. "If anything, I was worried about you and Fennekin, that's why I tired to talk to you earlier!" Serena was in complete awe of what Ash was saying. This raven haired boy had done so much in the world that anybody would be proud of him, and yet he wasn't disappointed in her.

"You've had so many great moments," Serena started. "Why are you still proud of me?" Ash laughed when he heard this.

"Because Serena," Ash started slowly, almost as he was embarrassed to tell her something. "Everyone has a rough start. Did you know that I was eliminated from my first ever Pokemon league because I was forfeited?" Serena looked at Ash with curiosity. Him out of all people were forfeited?

"You out of all people were forfeited" Serena questioned shocked. "What happened?" Ash looked at her with an embarrassed smile with his hand rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Yeah," Ash started slowly. "My Charizard refused to listen to me. He thought he was to good for his opponent and took a nap..." Ash looked down at his feet disappointingly while Serena just stared in awe. Him, a trained with such high accolades behind his back, had a blunder that big? When Serena was about to question Ash about this league, he spoke back up.

"Basically," Ash started slowly. "It was the beginning of my journey. I wasn't the smartest kid, so I did what everyone else did and made mistakes." Serena looked at him and was surprised by his maturity. Sure he was 16, but he still acted younger at heart. It was one of the things she admired so much about him. It made her feel warm inside that he cared enough to act like this for her, but still, she majorly messed up. "But Ash," She almost said with a cry. "I ruined the very beginning of my journey." She started to cry again, but was stopped by something new. Ash was hugging her.

"Serena," Ash said comfortingly. "Everyone is going to make mistakes. If you keep at it, you'll be the best Pokemon Performer ever. Believe it!"

Serena was in complete awestruck, the boy she had loved so much had faith in her, and it made her happy. Right then and there, Serena Yvonne resolved to change herself. Not only change her appearance, but her way of training and choices. She was going to strive to be best Pokemon Performer out there, and with Ash by her side, she knew it was completely possible.

"Ash," Serena cooed softly, no longer crying. "Thank you so much." What she did next was a surprise to Ash. She leaned up and gave him a kiss on the cheek. It was short, but even for it being on the cheek, it felt amazing to both of them. It left Ash quiet and Serena quiet and blushing. Serena bent down and picked up Fennekin and cuddled her, apologizing for her leg. She was met by several licks to the face. She was forgiven, and that made her happier. Ash and Serena finally recovered from the silence from the quick kiss. They walked back to the Pokemon center, closer than before. The walk was silent, but not awkward. It was a pleasant silent. They were both happy right now, and didn't want to ruin it with words. Both were acting different right now, completely different, almost as a new style.

That new style had apparently made all the difference in the world. Ash and Serena's journey together (with Clemont and Bonnie of course!) was changed by that night at the docks of Coumarine City. The morning after her talk with Ash, she woke up before everyone to get a new haircut and buy some new clothes. She returned to everyone to receive a shock of her new appearance. Her once relatively long honey blonde hair was now a shoulder length cut! She had also come up with a brand new wardrobe and hat. (I'm not going to describe these as I am bad with describing specific clothing.) Everyone was surprised by the sudden change, but liked it nevertheless. Ash even went as far to call her beautiful, earning a blush from her. There journey exploded from there. Ash came to a new dedication with his training and made his way to the Pokemon League. Serena also took to her performance making it all the way to the finals to compete for Kalo's queen, and not surprisingly, it was against Shauna and her Ivysaur. After a long fought battle with Braixen, who'd evolved not long from Fennekin not long after healing from her broken leg, Serena and Braixen fell just short of Shauna and her Ivysaur. Serena was sad though. She was still proud of how herself and Braixen, seeing as how far they each had come. She had added two more Pokemon to her family. One was a young Eevee, who was a spoiled girl, and a infant Pichu, who was a boy.

Ash ended up at the Pokemon League hoping to do his best, and he did perform. After a hard fought league, Ash had actually ended up tying for 1st place with a new rival he'd made at the league, CJ, or Charles Junior. Ash's team from Kalo's had consisted of Pikachu, Greninja (Who'd evolved during the Kalo's league itself.), Hawlucha, Goodra, and Talonflame. He hadn't kept a whole team as he switched out other Pokemon he had to be fair. His new rival Charles team consisted of an Eevee, a Pidgeot, Chesnaught, Hydregion, Ninetales, and a Crobat. The final battle came down to Ash's Pikachu and Charlie's Eevee, who had happened to be the trainers starters as well. Both Pokemon, after a relentless battle, finally fell at the exact same moment. It was so close that it couldn't tell who hit the ground first. Both Ash and Charles were in awe, but were happy. They were given a chance to have a rematch against each other, but both declined as they knew the outcome would be the same as the first. They decided to share the title. After all the events in the Kalo's region, Ash knew it was some times to make some important decisions.

What was he going to do next? What about Serena? Ash didn't know what or how he was going to do, but he had grown close to Serena, and he'd be damned if they gave that up all right now. No, that wasn't part of his style.

Authors Note: Well I hope you guys enjoyed this One Shot! I really enjoyed writing it and I thought it was pretty good. It set during the events of XY episode 60 so there might be some spoilers, and in this story, Ash and Serena are 16 each. I wrote this One Shot with an idea of a story to go along with this, but I'm still thinking about writing in. It would more than likely be a once or twice a month thing as I am currently working on my main story. If you want me to continue this one shot as a complete story, please tell me! Please leave a follow/favorite on the story if you enjoyed it, and drop a review if you want to tell me something! Reviews really help and I love to read them all, whether it be constructive criticism or praise, I love it all and use it to better my writing. I haven't wrote an Armourshipping story yet, so I hope you guys like it! I hope you enjoy, and thanks for reading!