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Summary: Apparently a fan favorite comes the 4th installment of the 12 Elements. For those new, 12 girls based on their types have a chance with Ash based on the poll in my profile page. Rated for mild violence.

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The 12 Elements of AshMas, Volume 4

One-Shot 1: Inline the Rhythm

Ash, Clemont, Bonnie, Serena and their Pokémon friends continued their journey around the Kalos region when they stumbled upon a skating park. Filled with ramps, rails, a few quarter-pipes, a half-pipe, boxes and an empty pool, the skating park had the kids wearing roller blades having fun, pulling off skate grabs, spins and flips in the air, as well as riding those rails with reckless abandon. "Those guys make roller skates look like child's play!" awed the Kanto trainer. To the sister of the Lumiose Gym Leader, it's normal in Kalos.

"Lots of kids get roller skates to get around places faster," Bonnie explained. "Of course, not everyone is good with wheels, right brother?" Clemont's face reddened with the embarrassment his sister provided.

"Hey, I can't stand on skates either," Serena tried to comfort. Clemont sighed in relief knowing he wasn't alone.

"Thanks, Serena," he huffed. Ash approached the park when a familiar gym leader swooped in to block access.

"And just where do you think you're going without the proper equipment?" Korrina denied. Ash and Pikachu stumbled a little at Korrina's block. Her Lucario jumped in by her side.

"Korrina?!" he stuttered. "What are you doing here?!" The Shalour City Gym Leader tapped her skate to show her reason.

"When I need a stress reliever, I come here to let myself loose. Do you know what it takes to be a gym leader in Kalos?" Ash has traveled with a few of them and is with one now.

"How did you get so good with roller skates?" Bonnie wondered. Korrina wasn't bashful about her passion.

"I guess you could say that I was born on wheels. I started on a skateboard after I met Riolu. After a while, I put roller skates on and learned more tricks than when I was on the board. Probably why I haven't gone back." Ash could relate.

"I remember boarding back on the hills by Pallet Town before I started Pokémon training," he thought back. "Not long ago, I was in a race in Eggseter over in Johto, beat my rival and his Arcanine with my Bayleef." Now his friends gasped in surprise at his talents beyond Pokémon.

"I saw that race!" Serena recalled. "You and Gary Oak were neck-and-neck on the final stretch!" His confession gave Korrina a thought.

"This is perfect!" she shouted as she snagged Ash's hands. "Your background should help with skates! Come with me!" She pulled Ash toward a shop, leaving Pikachu and Lucario with their friends. A few minutes later, Ash was in different gear: red helmet, black elbow pads, blue knee pads and red wheels under black and red boots. He did seem unsteady on his new skates but Korrina helped keep him up.

"I don't think it's a good idea for Ash to wear skates," Serena worried. "He could get hurt!" Not to Korrina's fist pump.

"Not to worry. I'll spot him and help out." Korrina grabbed Ash's hands and escorted him on the park's track. "Now, you gotta keep your balance. Squat your knees if you need to." Listening, Ash bent his knees a little and got some control. The trainer and gym leader moved slowly for him to get a feel of walking on wheels. Letting go, Korrina felt Ash was ready for the next step. "Okay! Now let's work on the push-off. All you have to do is start in this position..." She squatted down with her wheels almost perpendicular to each. Her front leg stayed straight ahead while her back leg faced her side but with a lurch forward. Ash performed the same task as he stood by Korrina. A race? "...And push!" Korrina pushed her back leg and she proceeded forward. Now, Ash had his moment, but he pushed off the front leg, not the back. That mishap propelled him straight down on his face. Ouch... His friends saw his spill and Serena, Clemont, Pikachu and Lucario worried he hurt himself. Bonnie? Laughing her little butt off.

"That was funny!" she cackled. Dedenne joined in the comedic laughter. Korrina returned and helped Ash back up.

"You pushed off with the lead foot, didn't you?" Ash laughed a little from his error. "Let's try that again." Ash resettled himself before trying the kick-start again. This time, he pushed off his back foot and started rolling. He chased Korrina around the track for a couple of laps when Ash stopped on a dime, something Korrina didn't need to teach him. "Looks like the brakes won't be an issue with you."

"Guess not," he muttered before looking to the obstacles like the rails and ramps. "I can't wait to try getting on those." Korrina's face went pale from the notice.

"Slow down, Ash! You just started skating! It's too soon for you to try the pipes or rails!" The raven-haired visitor didn't lose his cool.

"I know. I'm just watching how cool these kids make the obstacles look. At least I have enough sense not to push it." The blond skater/gym leader understood Ash's excitement.

"Right? They've been at it for years like I have. Makes sense that they could do all the tricks on the boxes and stairs." They watched one skater jump off the ramp and roll backwards in the air. One hopped on the railing at high-speed to grind on the steel on one skate while lifting the other leg and holding it in place. One more rolled up on the quarter-pipe and spun counterclockwise at least three rotations with his ankles twisted before landing and rolling away from the stunt, his ankles straight.

"Why don't you try it, Serena?" Bonnie suggested. "You'd have a lot of fun!" Serena looked at the little girl and the Antennae Pokémon.

"Are you serious?" she gawked. "I'm better off with wing suits than roller skates!" Since neither Clemont or Serena wanted to try skating...

"Okay, looks like I'll go and try it out." She ran to the shop much to Serena's and Clemont's chagrin.

"Bonnie, wait!" he urged but fell on his face on a slip. Before long, Bonnie came out in a yellow helmet, black elbow and knee pads, and yellow skating boots just her size.

"Well, what do you think?" She spun around to show her gear.

"I'm surprised that the shop had a size for you." A sly smile later, Bonnie chased after Ash and Korrina, doing better than Ash for her first time. Ash continued his skating training by jumping off ramps, not doing anything risky like tricks. His landings could be better since he kept wobbling on touch downs. At least he didn't fall on his face or his rump. One skater came over to see if Ash was okay.

"First time on skates?" he questioned.

"Yeah..." Ash sheepishly answered.

"Probably avoid the jumping until you get comfortable with rolling, okay?" The advice had Ash calming down.

"Gotcha." Korrina came back to Ash after some extra skating.

"You're not doing too bad for your first time," she complimented. "First-timers fall at least three times. You've gone down once so far." Of course, that was a mental mistake by Ash trying to push-off with the wrong foot. Otherwise, he's doing just fine. Then he peered toward the track.

"Apparently, I'm not the only one." He pointed to Bonnie who looked like she was born to skate.

"Look at me go!" she cheered. She's having fun.

"She might not need as many lessons from you."

"We'll see," Korrina grinned. Taking off from a ramp, Bonnie looked like she had wings.

"Speaking of being born with wheels..." Serena tease. Clemont shook his head in embarrassment. Despite being the older brother, he couldn't match his sister's supposed endless talents. Bonnie stopped in front of Ash and Korrina, having a blast.

"Did you see that?!" she voiced. "Huh? Did you see?!" They did see and were impressed.

"There's no way Clemont taught you how to skate," Ash debunked a theory.

"I can't believe that was your first time on skates," Korrina awed. The compliment made Bonnie blush.

"I know!" an excited little sister laughed. "It's like I had tiny wheels under me when I was born!"

"I'll say! You're a natural... But you've got a long way to go before either one of you are at my level. Watch!" Korrina skated off as she headed toward the quarter-pipe. She climbed a little before coming back down after turning around on the pipe. She wanted extra speed before hitting the rails. Within a foot of reaching the rods, she jumped up and stomped the metal. Her momentum caused her to ride down the railing with the wheels not touching the steel. The grinding lasted a few seconds before she hopped off and on to and down an adjacent slanting box.

"Nice transfer, Korrina!" one girl chanted. She raced at a flight of stairs and tucked. Suddenly, she leaped and flipped backwards going down the staircase. Korrina finished her rotation with just enough time to stick the landing. Catcalls for Korrina echoed at her stunt work.

"Korrina is certainly one talented skater," Serena awed. Lucario happily growled and crossed its arms in agreement. That's when Korrina eyed the half-pipe and quickly hopped on it. She skated back and forth a few times to gain speed. She reached the top and lifted from the pipe to catch some air.

"It's time!" she announced. A crowd gathered to see what Korrina had up her invisible sleeves. Ash and Bonnie wheeled to the half-pipe to watch her as well. The speed of her going down the ramp made Korrina look like a blur. She torqued her body. She's spinning when she got airborne. Unbeknown to anyone, a sudden blast of wind blew to the area. She made the jump spinning with her legs tucked in and held by her arms. It didn't help that she was at the edge of the half-pipe and only made worse with that blast. That wind blew an arm away from the tuck. Realizing the arm pulled off, Korrina knew she wasn't going to land properly. "Oh no!" Ash skated in as Korrina started falling. Lucario saw its master in trouble but was too far to reach her in time. Everyone gasped in horror at seeing the blond skater in danger but Ash, despite being a newbie to skating, raced in. Korrina fell over the half-pipe by a few inches. All that awaited her was the pavement below but Ash pushed his new skates and then a knee pad. He knelt and scraped the concrete and just in time. He caught her and the momentum of both caused them to crash in the half-pipe's side. Korrina's descent anchored his weight forward, caused him to flip and crash back-first to the wall. Those who saw what happened came over to check on the Shalour City Gym Leader, including those just watching from the sidelines.

"Ash!" Serena called out. "Korrina!" The Pokémon were just as worried. Korrina looked up and saw all the people greatly concerned about her. She seemed okay. That's when she felt something beneath her. That something was Ash writhing in pain from his catch. She rolled off and attended to Ash and he's hurt.

"Ash!" she gasped in horror. She found his arm wrapped over to his back. He slammed at the wall hard.

"Well, that hurt..." he cringed. Korrina waived someone to help Ash to the bench. Not thinking that he may have broken his back, Korrina, Serena and a few other skaters carried Ash off the park. On the bench, the carriers laid Ash on the steel seat. Ash's face read aggravation. Pikachu and Lucario couldn't help but watch on.

"Don't move," Bonnie warned, just as concerned about his health like everyone else.

"Is... Korrina... okay?" he struggled. Korrina's fine.

"I'm right now worried about you," she cried. "I didn't take a digger to the half-pipe wall." Ash mustered a brave face but the injury kept him grimacing.

"Give me... a few minutes. I'll be fine." As he laid on the iron, Korrina wondered how her stunt nearly did her in.

"Where did that freak wind come from?" It may have easily been a weather anomaly. To Clemont, a guess seemed plausible.

"There may have been a Pokémon Battle with a Flying-Type Pokémon," he theorized. Serena wasn't worried about what caused Korrina to lose control. Her fear was on Ash and whether or not he could continue his Pokémon training.

"Right now, it's Ash that I fear," she murmured. "What if he can't go on?" That wasn't really an option to Ash.

"It hurts but I can still move," he gritted as he tried to sit up despite the pain he's in. Pikachu and Lucario panicked, thinking he could make his injury worse. Begrudging the pain, he sat up. "I'll admit, I've taken blows like that... except not as fast." The scare to Ash's health got Korrina to put away her skates for now, same for the protective gear. Ash's knee pad had better days but the sacrifice helped keep Korrina from getting hurt.

"You gonna be okay, Ash?" she wondered. Despite all the gear, nothing protected his back from the slam.

"I can take a few days off from journeying," he groaned. "If only for my back to feel better." Bonnie petted Pikachu before picking him up.

"We'll keep an eye on the Pokémon while you recover," she promised. Ash nodded to the favor and Bonnie and Pikachu joined the rest, leaving him and Korrina alone.

"I would've imagined Lucario saving me," Korrina whispered. "I'm sorry for putting you in danger like that. It's my responsibility." Ash shook off her apology.

"I had a good time with the skates," he smiled. "I should be thanking you." Korrina huffed a chuckle to the downed trainer.

"Perhaps sometime in the future, I can teach you some moves. But I can give you something for now... for saving my life in a sense." She knelt and gave Ash a kiss on the lips. Seeing the kiss upset Serena.

"What do you think you're doing?!" she yelled. Korrina faced Serena, acting like it was nothing.

"Just thanking him for the catch. You can have him after today." Serena felt unsure about that promise. So did Korrina herself. 'That is, if I want to let him go. I haven't met a trainer with so much passion as Ash.' She saw Ash looking at her curiously and smiled. 'Well, if Serena doesn't want him, I wouldn't mind having him with me. He's helped me on plenty of occasions. It's the least I could do.' An hour after the accident, Korrina and Serena helped Ash to a nearby Pokémon Center where Ash lied down on something much softer: a bed. His back felt a little better after some rest back at the park. Korrina and Lucario came in the room. "How's your back feeling?" Even the Aura Pokémon showed concern over the trainer who beat it in its Mega-Evolved form.

"Still pretty sore but not as bad as when it happened," he explained. Reaching the bed, Korrina placed a hand on his chest.

"I can't stop apologizing for putting you in danger like that. I just wanted to show you how some of us travel around Kalos." The raven-haired trainer shook his head over the complaining anger at herself.

"I'm fine... or at least I will be. But thank you for teaching me how to skate." The smiling blond nodded then hugged Ash gently.

"I don't want to see you leave..." Ash blinked, and so did Lucario. Finally, she realized her choice of words. "I mean... when you are done with your journey, I want you to stay in Kalos. Move here, bring whatever family you have... Help me and help you..." Ash huffed a chuckle to Korrina's proposal.

"Korrina, you know that I can't stop until I'm on top."

"I know but still..." She leaned and kissed Ash again, this time without Serena ruining the moment. "Just a thought." The second kiss made Ash blush. Without a second thought, Korrina joined Ash in bed and shuffled the blanket over the two. "Just for tonight. Don't want to hurt Serena's feelings." Lucario took that as a sign that Korrina's tired. Pikachu flipped the switch to turn off the light. Soon, Ash will be up and about. Right now, he can freely skate in his dreams with someone showing him how to skate like a pro.

END of FIGHTING

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