Seduction- Ash X Iris

Word from the author: Hi everyone! You may or may not remember me, I've written 2 stories before, "Nobody Better" and "More than a Friend". A few of you may still be wondering about "More than a Friend", and in reality I'm still wondering what to do with it! If I manage to finish this story properly then I'll have a look at finishing it, however it'll be difficult to carry on from something I started 2 years ago! So we'll have to wait and see.

I hope you enjoy the first chapter of this NegaiShipping story, I would really appreciate it too if you could drop in some reviews to let me know what you think! Thanks for reading and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, Nintendo or even GameFreak. Just in case you thought I did.

Chapter 1: Preparation

The sun began to rise and the cries of Undella Town's native Pokemon began to become heard. The waves gently meeting the shore while the temperature began to rise. The sleepy trio of Ash, Cilan and Iris began to wake up ahead of another day. Another day in the region of Unova.

For Ash and his partner Pikachu, the Unova league is just around the corner, and intense training is required. They had spent ages travelling the region for 8 gym badges, like he had done four times before. Only in the past to come crashing out at the final hurdle. Ash is never one to take losing easily, however over the years it has become something he's had to come to terms with, although this year he is determined to break his duck and finally make a name for himself in the spotlight. For the next week, the only thing in his mind is training, training, and more training.

Things are different for Iris, on her quest to become a Dragon Master, she has found herself in a very frustrating situation. Inside one of her PokeBalls lies great power, however great power that is still untamed. Iris is still hoping to stretch her bond with her Dragonite, however trying to handle the free-willed dragon is quickly becoming one of the hardest tasks she's ever been through.

The third member of the group is the creative Connoisseur, Cilan. He's in a perfectly relaxed frame of mind right now, and is looking forward to Ash's big tournament coming up soon. Being as unselfish as ever, he was only interested in helping others, and recently began to notice a pattern in Iris' behaviour recently.

"She's going through a really difficult stage in her journey right now... Which is perfectly normal. However she's been day-dreaming much more than usual recently while becoming increasingly independent... Which is strange- I wonder what's wrong with her?" He thought to himself at the start of the day. With every day though brought new beginnings, and today was Ash's day to improve his skills.

"Morning everyone, remember to smear the factor 50 sun cream on today as the weather report said we're going through yet another heatwave!" Cilan announced while beaming, he was awake and as energetic as ever.

"What's happened to all of my sun cream?! There's barely any left! PIKACHU! You better not have been using my sun cream for lube again!" Ash shouted

"Oh sugar he knows" Pikachu's secret was unfortunately out...

"And that is why you should always bring extras on your journey! Such a kid!" said Iris blissfully, she couldn't resist, she knew that phrase always winded him up.

"Hang on WHAT?! Now mine's all gone!" Pikachu sunk behind the bed. Coming to his rescue, Cilan stepped in with the truth: "You must have used it all last week". Iris let out a huge sigh.

"You can have the rest of mine if you want Iris!" Ash happily offered, leaving himself out of the equation.

"You'll burn Ash!"

"It's fine, honestly, Oshawott can keep me cool throughout the day."

"If you say so... It's your fault if you burn yourself though!" Iris said, teasing Ash once again.

The trio got themselves ready and ran outside ready for training. Ash let the full crew out of their PokeBalls: Oshawott, Pignite, Snivy, Scraggy, Krookodile, Unfezant, Palpitoad and Boldore. He spoke to all of them on the big tournament coming up before endeavouring to perfect their moves throughout the whole day. This was typical for Ash, once again demonstrating how adamant he was on getting his Pokemon in top shape for the Unova league.

Iris and Cilan were left on the sidelines today which left Cilan with the perfect opportunity to talk to Iris about her thoughts as once again she was staring into the distance.

"Hey Iris, I've just been wondering lately... Is everything alright?"

Iris looked around at him, and began to think. "Yeah everything's fine! Ash is occupied, I'm happy, you're happy, everything's fine!" She put on a smile while speaking. Although Cilan could tell it was fake- her smile didn't reach her eyes.

"Are you sure? Because remember you're sitting next to a top class Connoisseur here!"

"I'm fine Cilan, as far as I'm aware there are no problems." She seemed a lot more serious this time. So Cilan waited a while before confronting her again.

Time passed, and Iris knew after a while that Cilan was keeping an eye on her, and eventually the fake smile wore off- you can only wear one for so long.

"I only ask because recently you seem a little down..."

"I'm only down right now because I want to be training my Pokemon like Ash!"

"Well that's definitely not true..." he thought

She knew that didn't work very well so she tried to change the subject swiftly.

"So Cilan, if I can ask you anything, then can you answer me this. How can I put it... Have you ever thought about love?"

The question threw Cilan back and hit him like a thunderbolt.

"Love- well that's a big word for only four letters! Ah love... The mixture of two flavours coming together to make something special... I'll be honest with you Iris, it's not something I think about too often! I haven't looked at someone any differently than a friend for as long as I can remember! What about you? Strange for you to ask such a question!"

"Well it only really hit me the other day. It confuses me though. Ah well you snooze you lose! I'm going to focus on being a Dragon Master."

"There's someone out there for everyone Iris! Although you should always focus on your goals."

"You've got a point... Although the thought of being with someone sounds... You know, exciting! Don't get me wrong though I love you and Ash! Ah wait! As friends that is!" She went into a small panic. Cilan laughed, there wasn't really an intelligent way to reply to that, so he just left Iris be. He noticed that Iris' expression varied as time passed. Sometimes she would be gazing forward while smiling, other times she would be looking down while frowning. A lot was obviously going through her mind. But her train of thoughts came to a sudden halt at the sight of Ash laying on the floor. Iris and Cilan rushed over to him while Oshawott was spraying water all over him in an attempt to keep him hydrated. Ash was breathing heavily, and looked extremely hot and bothered.

"Quick! Get him inside, it looks like he's got heatstroke!" Cilan cried as he grabbed Ash's legs. Iris took hold of his arms and looked into his eyes and he slowly fell unconscious.

"I told you that you would hurt yourself! You're such a kid!" Iris screamed, she was clearly distraught about what Ash had done to himself.

They gently put Ash down on one of the beds in the hotel they had been residing in. He was in some real discomfort.

"I'll call Nurse Joy quickly" Cilan said.

"Call Nurse Joy" Cilan commanded to Siri on his iPhone. Within 5 minutes, Nurse Joy was on the scene. She checked on Ash before consulting Cilan on what to do. They agreed on taking him into the Pokemon Center to be looked after. So there was Ash quickly thrown into the back of the ambulance on his way to the Pokemon Center. The whole situation was getting too much for Iris, who wasn't feeling herself anyway. Concerned for her friend's welfare, she started to wipe a few tears from her eyes.

Once they had arrived at the center, Ash was put into a room to sleep for the night.

"Thanks for everything Nurse Joy, hopefully he'll sleep well tonight. Iris, I'm going to go and get some supplies, I don't know how long I'll be, although you have my number. You'll be fine looking after Ash while he recovers won't you?"

"I'll be fine, I'll have Pikachu to keep me company!" Iris liked the sound of that idea. So Nurse Joy went back to her duties and Cilan went out to get some supplies for the coming nights. As the hours ticked on, Pikachu quickly fell asleep next to Ash, leaving Iris to sit there, alone in her thoughts, while Ash was sleeping right in front of her.

"Oh he's such a kid... I hope he wakes up soon though, as much I tease him I miss him and he's only been asleep for a few hours... I don't get to meet many people like him, especially at the academy in Opelucid City, I couldn't get on with anyone there... Come on Ash wake up, I just want to talk to you!"