A blessed Goodbye....

"When will I see you again?" Ash asked as he and Elena was locked in a deep and loving embrace. Behind them respectively were their friends, families, and rivals, watching this exchange with varying expressions.

Sarah gritted her teeth as Jane held her in place, with much difficulty. "I want my turn." Sarah shouted desperately, while trying to break out of Jane's tight hold.

'We all want our turn.' Jane thought, as she glanced at her sister enviously. 'But, our sister won't let us with good reasons.' Jane added, knowing that if she was in Elena's shoes, she would have locked Ash in a bedding chamber for the rest of his life so that she could have him all to herself for the rest of her life.

Tanya and Michelle were squealing silently and Karen was trying to muffle her giggles. "They look so good together." The twins commented simultaneously, happy that their friend finally found her significant other.

Karen nodded in agreement before squeezing her boyfriend's hands. "You better start working out." Karen whispered as she gave Ash a lustful look. "I mean look at Ash's arms and shoulders, they look yummy." Karen commented offhandedly, earning her an incredulous look from her brother and a panic look from her boyfriend.

"Oh yeah, that reminds me, where's Justin?" Tanya asked suddenly, a mischievous grin crawling on her face.

"He would enjoy seeing this." Michelle snickered, knowing how the pervert would react to this scene.

"Michael and I gave him a 3D, we don't want him ruining this for Elena." Neil replied nonchalantly.

"Yeah, the bloke is decent enough for Elena." Michael commented with a nod.

"So you guys approve of him?" Karen asked her brother and boyfriend respectively.

"His Adan's nephew and a decent fighter, I could sleep well knowing that a person I consider a sister is in capable hands." Neil answered with a small, accepting smile.

"Both of them can kick my ass if I say anything, so I have no choice but to approve." Michael answered, earning him a whacked from his girlfriend.

Behind them, the adults were muttering to themselves.

"If you ruin this, I will kill you, Henry." Adan whispered as he clenches his fist. "I promise, if you do anything to ruin this, the last thing you will ever see is my sledgehammer slamming to your face." Adan threatened quietly.

"I will help hide your body, Henry." Natasha added with a piercing look. "Remember, I know how to perform mummification on corpses."

"You two are paranoid." Henry commented as he tried to avert his eyes from the loving exchange in front of him. The scene before him reminded him of his late wife and her best friend. 'I wonder, if Relena choose a different path, will she be alive right now, with Alex.' Henry wondered in regret as he remembered his late wife and her best friends.

In Ash's side, things were more hectic.

"I got to give it to Ash; he knows how to choose his girl." Drew commented with a small laughed as he stood between Ash's friend and the couple.

"Yeah," Barry agreed, dumbly nodding at the sight of his rival embracing a girl. Truth be told, usually, this scene would have disgusted him but, for some reason, watching Ash embrace the girl in his arms, he wasn't repulse, in fact, he was glad for his friend/rival.

"This is what you call pure love." Reggie commented, actually envious that Ash found his true love at such a young age.

"Yeah," Lance, the Johto Champion, agreed with a nod.

"Other girls have all the luck." Cynthia muttered, hiding the jealousy in her eyes. She would not deny that she has a small crush on Ash, for she admired his determination and passionate heart. The fact that he was a very handsome young man was also a major plus for her. Seeing the person she is interested in lock in an embrace with another woman was hearth wrenching for her, a sentiment shared by the other girls around her.

"This is so beautiful." Brock commented with tears in his eyes and surprisingly, his Croagunk did not attack him, instead, he nodded in agreement. Unlike his trainer, the Toxic mouth Pokémon could see the aura surrounding the two and it was pure as the heavens above. Piplup would have agreed with him but the influence of his trainer over him was clouding his eyes.

"Can you take her in your journey?" Gary asked with a humorous chuckle. "Ash won't be a scatter brain with her around." Gary stated knowingly. He did not experience being in love but seeing how his childhood friend acted around his beloved; he concluded that being around the one you love would bring the best out of people.

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" There female companions shouted in unison, and that includes Zoey. Zoey was upset that she was not able to battle Elena in the finals and was furious at the confrontation that they had the day after.

Elena stated, right to her face, that she did not have any interest in battling her and it would just be a waste of both their times. Zoey would have shrugged that comment off but the way Elena said it made her feel that she was not worth her time. She saying that while Ash is presence also fueled her aggravation towards her.

"That girl won't last a day in our adventures." Misty exclaimed indignantly while Dawn and May nodded in agreement.

"Are you guys sure about that?" Gary asked with a small smirk. "She's a decent trainer, and considering Ash's protective streak towards her, Arceus have mercy on the fool that would hurt her because Ash won't show a drop of it." Gary commented offhandedly.

"But still," Surprisingly, Max was the one who was interjected. "Watching them go all lovey-dovey is kinda disgusting." Max muttered with a shudder.

Brock patted Max on the head. "You'll understand when you're older." Brock told him, tears still flowing down his eyes. Max shook his head at this. He cannot imagine himself acting like that in the presence of a woman.

The couple was oblivious to the conversation behind them respectively. They were too lost in each other's warmth to care for the comments of their friends and families.

"When will I see you again?"

"Soon, I promise you, you will see me soon." Elena whispered lovingly. "I will not let you be with those harpies for long periods of time, I promise you." Elena added, throwing a glare to the four girls that have been eyeing her boyfriend, her lover for a long time.

"There not that bad." Ash argued weakly but he knew that it was a losing battle. This week, Ash realized that the animosity between his female friends and her lover was in an all time high, for some reason that he did not want to know.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, my love." Elena decided not to go further with the subject. She will never like her lover's female friends, she can be civil with them if necessary but she will never like them. It may be because she knew that the first chance they get, they will steal him away from her, and that is worse than death for her.

Ash smiled a bit before pressing his forehead to her, their nose touching and their tender and loving eyes stared at each other passionately. "This entire week, you made me so happy." Ash mumbled as he tried to resist the urge to kiss his lover in front of everyone.

"This week has been the best week of my life." Elena replied with a blissful smile. "Can we just elope and be done with it? We have enough to live a comfortable life for the rest of our existence." That is saying something, considering that she can now live over a hundred years.

"Don't tempt me, my love." Ash muttered before kissing her on the forehead. "One day, I will call you my wife in front of the world, just wait for two…no, I promise you, by next year, you will be my wife, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, for better or for worse, till death do us part." Ash swore passionately and it took Elena all her strength not to cry and breakdown in front of him.

"You mean…" Elena could not finish her statement as Ash slipped a ring in her right hand.

"This is my last Pokémon League, after the Sinnoh League, I am retiring and when that happens, will you give me the honor of having you for my wife?" Ash asked in a whisper before taking several steps backward. He was now feeling wary at the various emotions that he was feelings, and the emotions that were surrounding them. He could protect both himself and Elena, but he did not want to take the chance.

Ash slowly turned his back on her. "You can give me an answer in our next meeting." Ash then proceeded to walk towards his friends and rivals. His female's friends were scowling at him while his male rivals and friends, with the exception of Max, were giving him loud wolf whistles.

Ash just shrugged at their reactions before smiling goofily at them. He used this to mask his nervousness. He was kicking himself at the way he proposed to his beloved. His original plan was to proposed to her during the next blue moon, the most beautiful full moon for him and when his Moonlight Element is at its strongest but something, deep inside of him, told him to proposed right there and then, and he followed it.

"Ash," Ash slowly turned around as he heard Elena called him and it took him all his strength not to fall down as he caught Elena, their lips locking for a kiss.

This show of passion surprised Ash and because the kiss was brief, he was not able to kiss back. Elena pulled back before burying her head on the crook Ash's neck. "Anytime next year, right?"

"I'm thinking either July or October." Ash mumbled as he wrapped his arms around her waist do to reflexes.

"I like that; I really, truly like that." Elena replied tenderly.

"So, can I take that as a yes?" Ash asked happily.

"No," Elena mumbled playfully as she lean towards Ash again. "You can consider this as a yes." Elena pressed herself against Ash as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Their lips touching ignited a small fire in each of them as they concentrated in showing their love to each other. Wrapping his arms around her, he gently took hold of the back of her head as their tongues danced with each other.

This would have been interrupted if Elena's crew did not take the following steps:

Adan piledriving Hendry to the ground, hard;

Jane locking Sarah in a tight sleeper hold;

Karen spearing Misty;

Tanya giving Dawn a backstabber;

Michelle superkicking May on the jaw;

And surprisingly, this was done because of Adan's orders, Natasha hitting Delia with a very impressive corkscrew flying forearm smash;

The only two in the crew who did not perform a wrestling move was Michael and Neil but they stood did stood beside Brock and Gary. "Are you guys going to do anything because I really, really want to hurt at least one of you?" Neil commented as before putting one hand on Gary's shoulders.

"I think I'll pass." Gary said with an uneasy tone.

"Yeah, me…" Whatever Brock was going to say was muffled thanks to the kick to sternum, courtesy of Michael before applying a hold around his neck and pulling it down to his shoulder. Brock propelled backwards before landing awkwardly to the ground do due to the force applied to the move.

Neil gave his best friend a look while Michael merely shrugged. "Come on now, my girlfriend speared somebody, the least I can do is give someone a stunner." Michael said with a sheepish tone.

"I agree," Neil said before grabbing the nearest head that his arms could reach, which happens to Barry, and drop the said person with an RKO.