Chapter 1 Final Revision: Friday, March 14, 2009

Chapter 1 – Off to a Start!

It was a beautiful morning in the Sinnoh region, the Sun shining its nurturing rays across the land. Today was an extra special day for all here in the grand city of Sunyshore, for today was the first day of the Grand Festival.

"Wake up babe." Mike whispered to the beautiful redhead lying next to him.

"Mmm...Five more minutes hun..."she whispered.

"It's ten in the morning Yuki, you don't wanna be late. Today is the start of the Grand Festival."

"I guess you're right Mike. But I'm sleeping in after this is over." she groaned as she rolled over to look at him.

"You bet." was all he said before he kissed her. She got out of bed to get ready.

"Aren't you coming in with me?" she asked.

"Don't you remember what you said to me last night?" he asked, still lying in bed looking at her.

"Oh...right... whatever… forget I even said that. Come on!" she enthusiastically encouraged as she walked to the bathroom, her bright red hair flipping as she turned.

"Right behind you!" he said exclaimed as he leapt from the bed.

As they entered the bathroom, Mike could'nt help but wonder why their bathroom was so large.

"I still can't figure it out. It's beyond me."

"Its cause we got a couples suite this time. Remember?" she said as she was taking off her pajamas. "Besides, this is Sunyshore, everything here is bigger and better.

"Right... I knew that…" he mumbled, as he too was getting ready to get into the shower.

"Uh huh. Sure you did." She said sarcastically. But then she giggled, "Come on silly."

"Im comin hold your horses."

As he got in the shower, Yuki turned the water on and made it as hot as it would go. They stood there holding each other and kissing passionately in the steam the hot water created around their bodies.

Wow, Im so lucky to have a girlfriend like Yuki. I feel bad for anybody out there who isn't getting to be with the one they love.

Meanwhile, five floors down in the building, a very loud noise can be heard...

"MAY! WAKE UP!" Max yelled as he rapidly pounded on the door.

"Max, that's never gonna to work." Ash said.

"Well do you have any better ideas?" Max retorted.

"Hmmm..." was the only noise he made while thinking of a way to wake up the girl that he has traveled with for the past four years.

"What ya thinkin Ash?" Max inquired while looking at the older trainer with a quizzical look.

"I got it!" Ash exclaimed.

The boy then proceeded to take out his phone and call the girl.

"Oh I know what you're doing!" Max yelled, "You're going to order food so that the smell wakes her up!"

Ash chuckled at the young boys comment "Good guess Max but no. That would take too long. I'm just going to call her. She always answers her phone no matter what."

"You do have a point Ash. Even if she is dead asleep." Max retorted.

On the other side of the door, May's phone started to buzz and blare out 'Every Time We Touch' by Cascada. It almost fell off the table but may snatched it and flipped it open.

"Hello?" May answered softly, still half asleep.

"May, its Ash. You need to get up. The breakfast downstairs is about to close and the Grand Festival starts in a couple hours." Ash said on the other end of the line.

"Pika!" Ash's faithful companion included his two cents into the conversation.

"Those things don't close 'til 10:30 Ash." she groaned through the phone.

"And it's 10 May! The Grand Festival starts at noon! You need to get up!"

May rolled over and looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand.

"OH MY GOD IM GONNA BE LATE!" May screamed at the top of her lungs.

She shut her phone and ran into the bathroom so fast she didn't even grab her clothes.

"Um I think she's up now." Max quietly stated as he looked up at Ash.

"Um... yea, I'll have to agree with you on that one." Ash replied, as he stood frozen from her reaction.

"Ka…" Pikachu sighed at the events that had just unfolded.

I hope the rest of her day is better than this. Ash thought.

Oh, I should never have stayed out that late training, May contemplated as she frantically got ready for her day. Ugh, I feel so tired… I'm glad Ash woke me up, though. Maybe he really does care for me… No. He was probably just doing it to help. I hope he likes the routine I have though...

An hour later, down in the lobby of the Pokémon center, Mike and Yuki are coming out of the elevator and see Ash sitting in front of the television.

"Oh my god it's him." Yuki gasped.

"Who?" her boyfriend asked, looking around the lobby in complete and utter confusion.

"Ash Ketchum!" she exclaimed as she ran over to where he was sitting.

"Huh?" Ash wondered as he turned to who said his name, his motions waking Pikachu, who had been napping in his trainer's lap.

"Wow it really is you! Im such a fan!" she giggled with excitement.

"Um... thanks. Do I know you?" he enquired to his excited fan.

"You probably don't, but im a huge fan. Whoops I already said that didn't I?" She giggled, trying to suppress her joy and excitement.

Mike sighed and shook his head. Uh oh. I better go stop her from mauling him. He then ran over to save the famous trainer from his fanatic girlfriend.

"Im sorry we bothered you, but my girlfriend here saw you battle at the Silver Conference and as she said, has been a fan ever since." he explained to the confused boy.

"Oh well thanks! I'm always glad to meet a fan." The Pallet trainer responded cheerily.

"Pika Pika!" Pikachu extended his tail to the couple. After this sign of friendship was completed, the small electric mouse returned to his post on Ash's shoulder.

At that time, the elevators opened and May stepped out and walked over to the counter to get her Pokémon from Nurse Joy. After receiving her Pokémon and thanking the nurse, she walked over to where Ash, Mike and Yuki were sitting.

"Hey Ash. Sorry it took me so long to get ready." she said as she was adjusting the red bandanna that covered her beautiful brown hair in front of a wall sized mirror. "Oh did I miss the breakfast?" she asked as she turned around to face him.

"Yea you did, but I got you a couple of donuts." Ash said as he handed May the food.

"Oh thanks Ash." May replied sweetly.

Now this I expected from him, the girl thought as she sat down to eat her food but, oh wow…

"These are delicious!" May exclaimed

"I thought you would like them." Ash said to her as he smiled. "They're made with Watmel Berries."

"Thank you Ash! These are my favorite kind!" she giggled with excitement.

After May started to munch down her donuts, she had realized that Ash was talking to the couple sitting on the other side of the coffee table.

"Oh I'm so sorry I didn't introduce myself sooner." She quickly introduced herself as she wiped the crumbs from her mouth "My name is May Maple."

"Well my name is Mike, and " he started to say just before he was interrupted

"And I'm Yuki." She blurted out, still thrilled to be in the presence of her idol.

Ash's subconscious managed to get the better of his consciousness at this moment as he was looking at the brunette next to him. Wow she is beautiful. I mean she's dressed normally, but wow…

Mike and Yuki both noticed the look on his face and Yuki couldn't resist asking

"Is this your girlfriend Ash?"

When Yuki made her comment, both Ash and May both turned bright red, and looked at each other, and then away from each other. Ash tried to cover his face with the brim of his hat. Pikachu however had a huge grin across his face, and was sure to have the established couple notice him.

"No way." May quickly shot back at them. "Um, I uh, I'm gonna go to the bathroom...I'll be right back." she mumbled in extreme embarrassment, trying to hide the red that flooded to her face.

After May left, Ash asked his new friends why they asked what they did.

"Well…"

Why do people always ask that? May thought, miffed at the situation that just took place out in the lobby. I mean how hard is it for a person to keep a thought to themselves? The brunette from Petalburg stared at herself in the mirror thinking about whether she should ask him what she has been dying to ask. What would he say though? I really don't want to lose him from my life. "Oh what am I gonna do?" May closed her eyes and tried to relax, but her subconcious had other plans and started to imagine life where he wasn't there.

"I'm sorry May, I just can't be with you. I can't be around you knowing that you like me like that. Im sorry."

"No Ash! Please don't go!" she yelled out to him as she tried to leap onto him in a loving embrace. However she fell right through him

"I'm sorry May…. Goodbye…." He slowly walked away from her, lowering the brim on his hat.

May's eyes started to tear up her thoughts finished. No. Ash would never do anything like that. I guess I'll just see how he reacts to my routine today.

With that, May wiped off her tears and returned to the lobby where the object of her dreams waited.

"Why did you ask her that?" Ash questioned his new friends.

"Well we noticed that you like her, and May showed the same signs, hers were much more subtle though." Yuki replied with grace and clarity.

"Is it really that obvious? I thought that nobody would be able to tell."

"It's ok." Mike said to him, "I was the same way."

"Really?" Ash asked his new friend.

"Yeah. When I first saw Yuki at a contest in Hoenn, I noticed how beautiful she was, and how incredibly talented she was." Mike said, his eyes lighting up as he remembered that wonderful day…

"Wow! What an incredible performance from Yuki and her Rapidash!" the MC's voice boomed out of the enormous speakers mounted throughout the entire contest hall. "Everyone give it up for Yuki!"

The applause and cheering only got louder as flowers and plush dolls were thrown into the arena when Yuki and her Rapidash walked off-stage.

"Wow Rapidash, that was amazing." Yuki said as she stared at the Pokéball she held while walking down one of the many hallways in the contest hall. While she was congratulating her Pokémon,

"AAAH!" Yuki exclaimed as she fell to the floor, dropping the Pokéball.

"Oh my god are you ok?" the man she bumped into frantically asked as he helped her up."I'm sorry I ran into you. I didn't see you" he chuckled as he held up his phone showing the internet.

"Yeah, I think I'll be fin…"she trailed off as she looked at him. He seemed to be at most a year older than her. His bright green eyes drawing her in. His short brown hair waving in the draft of the long hallway. What really got Yuki's attention though was his height and developed figure. He was about 7 inches taller than her and his shirt hugged his figure and accentuated his muscles.

"You dropped your Pokéball." He said as he held it out to her. He was entranced by her almost ethereal beauty. Her shoulder length bright red hair, her bright blue eyes capturing his own. Her bright blue dress caressing her slender body, and separating in a 'v' form to show off some of her cleavage. Her soft facial features were what really caught his attention.

"Are you sure you're ok?" He asked to her as her eyes continued to dart around and inspect him.

She shook her head and responded "Yeah…" she paused once more to look into his eyes again. "I'm Yuki."

"I'm Mike."

"It's nice to meet you Mike." She smiled as she looked into his eyes. "I was just on my way to go get a cup of coffee. Would you like to join me?" she asked him as she nervously fiddled her fingers behind her back.

"I'd like that."he grinned in excitement to her."My Treat."

"That was how you met?" Ash asked in surprise.

"Yep. We've been together since that day. And that was almost a year ago now." Yuki finished off explaining their past to Ash.

As they finished their conversation, May was returning from the restroom. Ash got the look that he gets whenever he sees her.

"Dude!" Mike hissed, "Snap out of it!"

Pikachu gave Ash a small shock.

Ash came back to reality right as May got over to them.

"Hey guys. Ready to go?" May asked with a smile on her face when she got to the lounge area.

"Yup, just been waiting for you." Ash said with a smile on his face. Brock and Max already left. They'll meet us at the hall.

Ash's comment however, slightly ticked May off. Not so much though that it was noticeable to all, but Yuki did notice, and she made a mental note to talk to May about it later.

Chapter 2