"Pfff, pfff, pfff!"
Look! The black-haired boy in the baseball cap, Ash, is currently training the girl beside him, Dawn, and the little turtle at his feet, Turtwig. He holds a watermelon rind in his hand, having already eaten the flesh, and is demonstrating the rumored move: Bullet Seed.
"Did you see that, both of you? Wasn't that simple?" Ash said to the small green turtle at his feet, Turtwig, and the slender girl in the attractive mini-skirt beside him.
"Turt!" Ash had indeed performed Bullet Seed, completely destroying the target set up in front of him. Turtwig was momentarily speechless, but its gaze was full of adoration.
"Ash, how are you so strong? Is that really something a human can do?" Dawn's beautiful eyes were filled with curiosity. Why was this boy constantly able to use Pokémon moves? She still vividly remembered the time he caught up to her using Quick Attack and lifted her onto his shoulder to lecture her.
"Of course not! Strictly speaking, I'm what you'd call a Psychic!" Ash laughed, seeing that Dawn had recovered from her earlier melancholy about the Combee. He demonstrated by focusing his Aura to form a Aura Sphere in his hand. He hadn't realized how powerful his awakened Aura abilities were; his physical strength had leveled up, and he could even conjure an Aura Sphere with his bare hands. It was quite impressive! Even Brock glanced over repeatedly.
"Then quickly, show me hand-by-hand! I want to learn a move or two!" Seeing that a human could actually learn Pokémon moves, Dawn's eyes sparkled. She held up a piece of watermelon, asking Ash to teach her.
"Sure thing!"
No one would refuse a request from a coolly dressed beautiful girl, especially Ash! He walked straight toward Dawn, but was blocked by little Turtwig.
"Turt! (Boss, didn't you say you were going to teach me?)" Turtwig stood up on its powerful hind legs, hands on its hips, demanding an answer from Ash.
"I've already shown you the method. The rest of the practice is up to you. That girl is a bit slow and can't compare to your cleverness, so I'm counting on you!" Ash patiently squatted down and whispered, giving Turtwig a perfectly acceptable excuse.
"Turt! (I understand~)" Turtwig crossed its front legs, proudly accepting Ash's compliment. It then took the half-eaten watermelon piece and went off to train while munching.
This smooth act of deception left both Dawn and Brock dumbfounded.
"Hey! I'm not slow!" As Ash approached her, Dawn playfully waved her small fists, as if challenging his comment about her being slow.
"If you need me to show you 'hand-by-hand,' doesn't that make you slow?" Ash ignored her annoyed gaze, took the watermelon piece from her hand, and bit off a chunk. He then 'Pffft-pffft-pffting' shot the seeds at the distant target, giving Dawn a detailed demonstration.
"Alright, your turn!" He held the remaining half of the watermelon up to her mouth, signaling her to eat it.
"But... but, you ate from this piece!" Dawn nervously played with her fingers, a blush creeping onto her face. The boy had eaten half of it, so if she ate the rest... wouldn't that be an indirect kiss? Thinking this, she looked at the mischievous glint in his eyes, making her face even hotter. She didn't know whether to take a bite.
"Oh, heavens, I want a sweet romance too!" Seeing the sweet interaction between the boy and girl, Brock silently turned away, tears streaming down his face as he desperately wished for his own sweet romance.
"Ah!"
"Mmf!"
With a bit of gentle encouragement, Dawn complied, opening her mouth to take a bite of the remaining watermelon. Her face was completely red, and she dared not look at Ash.
"Good!" Ash, figuring Dawn had enough seeds in her mouth, moved behind her with the watermelon. He then positioned them intimately: holding her hands, his thighs pressed against hers, and his chest close to her back. The physical closeness made Dawn extremely uncomfortable.
"Wh-why are we standing so close? We're just practicing Bullet Seed!" Feeling his warm breath on her neck, Dawn, flushing deeply, spat out the watermelon seeds and timidly asked.
"I said 'hand-by-hand,' didn't I? I have to be this close to teach you 'hand-by-hand'!"
"Then why are you hugging my waist?"
"That's to correct your posture. Everything is for training!"
"Then why are you pressing against my thigh?"
"That's to keep you from falling over. Everything is for training!"
"Why are you holding my hand?"
"That's to keep you from feeling nervous. Everything is for training!"
...
"Hmph, you're so sly!" Dawn huffed, her face red. No matter what she asked, the boy behind her would use the word 'training' as his answer.
"Am I?" he replied with a smile, continuing to stay close to her, feeding her watermelon, and teaching her the proper technique for Bullet Seed. Dawn, blushing intensely, endured his cheekiness while trying to learn the move quickly to end the "special training."
"Turtwig! (Does training really require that?)" Turtwig, whose Bullet Seed was already taking shape, looked back at the two pressed together, three big question marks hovering above its head. Turtwig knew Dawn was the 'mistress' of the house; the close relationship wasn't lost on any of the Pokémon.
"Turtwig! (It must be because the mistress is slow, not as smart as me!)" Dismissing the matter, Turtwig accepted Ash's previous statement as fact and continued to eat its watermelon and practice Bullet Seed.
"No, that's not right! You need to hold your head high and let it pffft-pffft-pffft!" After a long practice session, Dawn's progress was decent. The watermelon seeds she spat out had some power and could hit the nearby target. However, in the latter half of the training, her focus dropped, and the quality of her output declined.
"Ash, I quit. I'm so tired, and my mouth hurts!" Dawn turned around, covering her sore mouth and pouting at the boy. "Please, can I stop? I'm honestly too tired. This kind of thing is really something only you can do!" Since she had been the one to ask for the training but was giving up halfway, Dawn felt a little embarrassed and grabbed his arm, whining.
"Of course, you can stop!" Ash gently pinched her nose and said casually. From the start, he didn't expect her to fully learn Bullet Seed. His main goal was just to tease the girl, get her mind off the Combee situation, and—ahem—strengthen their relationship.
Ash's unconventional training session has brought him closer to Dawn and left Brock in tears of yearning.