Not too subtle....

If there was one word to describe the field where Ash and Pikachu spar, it would be wasteland. The trees were decimated. The land has several scorch marked that the bolts of lightning left. It also had circular craters, which was seven foot deep. All in all the land was completely annihilated, like there was a strong storm that when through it. In the middle of the war-torn field laid the two individuals that cause the destruction. They were panting heavily as they try to recover from their injuries.

"You are getting better on controlling the dark spark." Ash complimented, the dark spark is what Ash called his Pikachu's especial ability.

"(You are getting good with those aura attacks as well but I shouldn't be to shocked you are an Aura Prince)." Pikachu said trying to catch his breaths. If Ash took the sparring seriously he would have been knocked out sooner in the fight.

"The first Aura Prince in the last hundred years I may add." Ash said with so much pride that it was bordering to arrogant.

"(Don't be arrogant, Ash)." Pikachu scolded his 'brother'.

"I'm not arrogant, just proud." Ash exclaim. "If I'm arrogant I wouldn't have her." Ash added softly.

"(Yeah you're right)." Pikachu admitted. "(Is it wise for us to hide so many secrets to our friend)?"

"No, but I promise her that I would not tell anyone about our relationship until we can end our long distant relationship and start a normal relationship. Ash said sadly.

"I'm starting to think that that would not happen." Ash added sadly.

"(It would happen someday. Faith and destiny is in yours and hers side. "(If it's not then you and herwould have only met once)." Pikachu said trying to comfort his 'brother'.

"Yeah, you're right buddy." Ash said as he stood up, his Aura has finish healing his wounds from the sparring match against his Pikachu. He then look at his partner and began healing him with Aura as well. It only took a minute to completely heal Pikachu to full strength.

"Come on Pikachu lets go back to the Pokémon-centre. Brock and Dawn may be worry of us." Ash said giving Pikachu the signal to jump to his shoulder which he comply, he was still rather tired from their training even if his injuries are heal. With Pikachu at his shoulder he heads back towards the Pokémon-Centre.

(Scene Change)

"Where is he?" Dawn practically yelled. She has been walking back forth because of Ash (her crush). It has been several hours since Ash left for his walk and he still doesn't arrive to the Pokémon-Centre. She has been so jumpy that anyone whom had bothered her had receive a hit in the head.

Brock, her Piplup, and Ash's Pokémons look at her like she was crazy, especially Brock. This was not the first time that Ash had disappeared for hours; Brock could remember when they began travelling through the Kanto Battle Frontier Ash sometimes, twice a month, disappears for hours sometimes half a day and he always comes back with a large smile on his face and a bright mood that no one could break. It was strange but Brock had become accustom of it.

Brock became so irritated of Dawn that he was on the verged of yelling himself but restrained himself for now. "Dawn would you come down, Ash had disappeared for hours before and he always comes back happy in a strange way. Maybe it's that time of the month again." Brock said trying to calm his worried friend.

Dawn look at Brock with a grim expression, which scarred Brock a bit, and said in a frantic tone. "It's not that time of the month, Brock. He always smiles brightly at us and he always said that he would be gone for a while then run off. He didn't do that when he disappeared." Dawn's worried expression multiply ten folds after remembering that, Brock merely look at her funny.

'She must have like Ash a lot to remember that step-by-step.' Brock thought knowingly.

Dawn was about to whine when a voice cut her off. "Hey Brock, hey Dawn, is dinner ready?" A voice asked.

They looked at the source of the voice only to see Ash and Pikachu whom was covered with dirt. "What is there something on my face?" Ash asked which cause his friends, his Pokémons, and even Pikachu to face fault.