Chapter 37

                                    

                                          
It's the morning after Max and Holly just won their badges from the Fuchsia City gym, and the group has just made it back to Fuchsia City itself. The night before, they decided to make camp just a couple of miles or so from the city where May and Max got to know Holly better and vice versa. Brock was overjoyed to watch more of his friends start to bond with the woman he likes while he was making supper for everyone. After everyone ate, they took out their sleeping bags and fell asleep so that they can get up and make it to the city first thing in the morning.
                          
After they enter Fuchsia City bright and early, the group decides to go to the Pokemon Center and have Nurse Joy check on everyone's Pokemon while Ash and Serena make a quick call to Clermont and Bonnie.
                          
"Oh, wow!" Bonnie exclaims excitedly. "You already have four ribbons now? That's so great, Serena!"
                          
"Yes, it's good to hear you've been making such remarkable progress, Serena," Clemont says calmly with a smile. 
                          
"Thank you, you guys," Serena says sweetly before she frowns. "Sorry I took so long to update you."
                          
"That's alright. No doubt you've been working hard focusing on winning more ribbons," Bonnie says with a toothy grin. 
                          
"Hey, Clemont, how are your inventions going?" Ash asks.
                          
Clemont chuckles nervously and says, "They're going slowly. Apart from fixing Clembot, my inventing hasn't been going as smoothly as I would like."
                          
"I'll say," Bonnie says with an annoyed glare. "Every time he works on a new invention, it blows up when he tries to turn it on."
                          
Ash and Serena both chuckle. 
                          
"That sounds about right," Ash says.
                          
"I don't miss getting my hair messed up because of your inventions exploding, Clemont," Serena says, giving Clemont a sympathetic look.
                          
"Yeah, you guys are lucky. You don't have to live with Clemont and get your hair ruined because he keeps blowing stuff up. He really needs a wife," Bonnie says before her eyes widen, and she grins enthusiastically. "Hey, I got a great idea. Why don't Clemont and I fly over to Kanto for the Grand Festival and Indigo League?"
                          
"Hey, that is a great idea," Serena says happily. "Then, you can cheer for Ash and me!"
                          
"Yeah, that would be awesome," Ash says.
                          
Bonnie turns to Clemont and starts tugging him by his suit.
                          
"Can we go to Kanto to support Ash and Serena? Please, please, please, please, please plllleeeaaasssseeee?!" She begs childishly 
                          
Clemont smiles and says, "Yeah, I think that sounds like a great idea."
                          
"Yay!" Bonnie cheers.
                          
Ash, Pikachu, and Serena smile at their friends on the screen and nod before they hear Brock's voice from the other side of the hall.
                          
"Ash, Serena, Pikachu, we gotta go!" He calls out. "Max and Holly just got their Pokemon back from Nurse Joy, and the ferry's on the other side of town!"
                          
"Okay, Brock!" Ash calls out back before turning back to the screen. "Well, it's time for us to go, guys."
                          
"That's alright. We understand," Clemont says. "Don't forget to call us when you win your last ribbon, Serena."
                          
"I won't. I promise," Serena says. "Take care, you guys."
                          
"Bye, bye!" Bonnie calls out cheerfully. 
                          
The screen disappears, and Ash, Serena, and Pikachu turn around and head down the hall and exit the Pokemon Center where Brock, Holly, May, and Max are waiting for them. As the six trainers walk with Pikachu on Ash's shoulder, Serena smiles fondly and sighs before turning to Ash.