Hey guys. I've been gone for a long time, but I'm back. I've been busy with highschool, but now I'm done. Next year, I'm off to college. Anyways, enjoy this story!
Description: After losing to Cameron in the Unova League, Ash realizes that if he ever wants to become a Pokemon Master, he needs to take a different approach to training his Pokemon. So he decides to go out and intensely train in seclusion until he feels he is strong enough to come back and be that Pokemon Master that he's always wanted to be. A stronger Ash; AdvanceShipping.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.
Ages:
Ash - 14
Misty - 15
Brock - 19
Gary - 14
May - 14
Max - 10
Dawn - 13
Iris - 11
Cameron - 11
Cilan - 20
Delia - 40
Professor Oak - 62
"Okay Pikachu, use electro ball!" Commanded the green-side trainer. The trainer wore a trademark cap with a Pokeball logo. His ruffled dark brown hair was still visible under the cap. He had warm chocolate eyes and zig zags ran across both of his cheeks. He wore fingerless gloves, as well as a blue and white jacket. He also had on black sweatpants and red velcro shoes. This trainer was Ash Ketchum.
"All right Lucario, counter that with aura sphere!" Commanded the trainer on the red. He had spiky, tinted green-brown hair. He wore a red headband and a yellow shirt. This trainer was Cameron.
Both of the Pokemon began charging up their attacks. A ball of electrical energy formed on Pikachu's tail, and a clear blue ball was created within Lucario's palms.
"Now!" Both trainers called.
"Pika!" Exclaimed Ash's dearest Pokemon, Pikachu.
"Car!" Shouted Lucario.
The two Pokemon ran towards each other, and their balls of energy collided. They were in a stalemate, pushing each other's attacks back and forth. The attacks grew larger and larger until eventually, they vanished into a gargantuan explosion of energy and dust. Shockwaves were sent across the stadium, and everyone gasped in surprise. The burst was sent up into the sky, and the whole stadium shook. Eventually, it stopped, and Pikachu and Lucario both fell from the sky to the ground. They both landed painfully, and couldn't get up.
"It appears that both Pokemon can't stand!" The announcer stated.
"Wrong. Pikachu, please stand up buddy!"
"You too Lucario!"
Both Pokemon were attempting to push themselves up, but it seemed futile. They grunted in pain and fell back down whenever it seemed like they came close. However, Lucario managed to stand. Shortly after, Pikachu stood as well not wanting to disappoint his trainer. The audience cheered in excitement.
"All right, let's finish this Pikachu. Thunderbolt!"
"Lucario, aura sphere again!"
Pikachu began charging up his attack, but Lucario wasn't able to. Instead, he helplessly stood there while Pikachu continued charging.
"Now!" Ash commanded.
Pikachu was about to shoot his attack, but suddenly, everything stopped. The world seemed still, and then Pikachu fell forward onto the ground, fainted.
"Pikachu!"
"Well. It seems that Pikachu is unable to battle. Since Ash has no more usable Pokemon, Cameron wins!"
Ash was shocked, but he walked up to Cameron and happily shook his hand.
"Good battle Ash, I thought you had me there," Cameron told him.
"Yeah haha. Good match," Ash responded.
After that, they both left.
Ash cheered on Cameron while he battled the Eeveelution user, Virgil. Ash seemed happy on the outside, and he was at the moment. But deep down, he was sad. He almost felt cheated. He was glad that Cameron was able to continue. However, Ash only placed top 8. The previous year in Sinnoh he placed top 4. Instead of making progress, he regressed. Meanwhile, this was Cameron's first year as a trainer and he was already in the top 4. To add on, Cameron only had 5 Pokemon. He wasn't even prepared, he forgot to bring his last one. Yet Ash still lost. It just didn't seem fair to him since he has so much more experience than Cameron.
"Lucario is unable to battle, the winner is Virgil!"
The audience cheered again. However, to Ash, that just made things seem worse for him since the person he was beaten by his lost to another, stronger trainer.
During the final battle in the League, Virgil won once again and was crowned winner of the Conference. Ash and everyone else clapped as he received his trophy.
"Hey Ash!" A voice said.
"Huh?"
It was Iris and Cilan. They were both running up to him.
"We've been looking for you, where've ya been?" Iris asked.
"Oh, I've just been watching the battles," Ash responded back.
"You did really well Ash. Cameron was tough huh," Cilan said to him.
"Yeah. Thanks Cilan."
"No problem, Ash."
The group left and they realized now that Ash competed in the League, their journey in Unova was over.
"Wow, I guess this is it," Cilan spoke.
"Yeah I guess it is. Thanks for everything guys, you really helped me out here," Ash told his friends.
"Yeah same with me. I can't believe it's over," Said Iris.
"But this isn't goodbye forever. We can still meet up someday. Right?" Ash reassured Iris.
"Of course. We'll see each other soon," said Cilan.
"Yeah," both Ash and Iris said.
They stood in silence for a while.
"Well... See you guys," Ash said as he turned around and went his separate ways.
Iris and Cilan followed, all taking different paths.
It had been a week since Ash left Unova, and he had returned home. Once he got home, there stood the whole gang. His mother Delia, Misty, Brock, Gary, May, Max, Dawn, and Professor Oak.
"Congratulations Ash!" They all exclaimed with smiles on their faces.
Ash was surprised to see all of them, but he was really happy that they were there.
"Thanks guys!" Ash said to all of them.
"Top 8, that's pretty impressive Ash," Delia told her son.
"Thanks Mom. Last year I was in the top 4 though," Ash said.
"That's all right, next year you'll win for sure!" May told him.
Ash looked at May and something about her just seemed... Stunning. He lost his breath for a second when he looked at the brunette girl with a red bandana, sapphire blue eyes, her red t-shirt and bicycle shorts. He couldn't put his finger on it. It may have been because he hasn't seen her in so long.
"Thanks May," Ash responded with a smile.
May looked at him. Ever since she met him, she's always liked him but never told him. Something about him just appealed to her. The warm kindness he treated everyone with, how he always inspired her and treated her so well. He was just so comfortable and fun to be around. May also found him attractive. He hasn't changed much since she last saw him, but May loved his chocolate eyes and his soothing smile.
"Well Ash, do you want to eat?" Professor Oak asked him.
Now that Professor Oak mentioned it, his stomach grumbled loudly and he realized he could definitely use some food. Everyone heard his stomach growl.
"Uh.. Yeah I think," Ash said while scratching the back of his head smiling.
Everyone laughed.
Ash was just stuffing his face with enough food to feed a whole group of people. Just mouthful after mouthful. Everyone stood bamboozled looking at him in surprise.
"Ah, that hit the spot," Ash said as he rubbed his stomach.
May giggled. That was another thing that she liked about him. He was just himself and he was funny.
"So now that you're done stuffing your face, what are your plans now Ashy-boy?" Gary asked him.
Now that Gary brought it up, Ash realized he didn't really know what his plans were.
"Oh, well I'm not entirely sure. But I don't think I'm going to go on another journey through a region like I've been doing. I know there's Kalos, but. Hmm I'm not sure," Ash said while tapping his chin.
"Oh, why not?" Brock asked him.
Everyone else wondered that too.
"Well. I realized I haven't been progressing at the pace that I'd like to and if I want to be a Pokemon Master, I think I need to take a different approach," Ash explained.
"Whatever it may be, we'll all support you Ash," his mother told him.
"Right," everyone agreed.
Ash smiled. "Thanks guys".
After everyone ate, they all headed over to Professor Oak's lab. Ash wanted to see how all of his Pokemon were doing. As they walked, Ash and May were next to each other, just talking.
"So what have you been up to? I haven't really seen you since that contest in Sinnoh," Ash asked.
"Oh well I've been training my Pokemon for different contests and such. I won the Hoenn contest the second time around actually," May responded, looking into his eyes.
"That's awesome, congrats May!" Ash told May joyfully.
"Thanks Ash!" May said back. There was a few moments of silence. "So I know that you came in top 4 in Sinnoh and top 8 in Unova. That's pretty impressive too," May complimented.
"Yeah, thanks. I was a little disappointed with Unova to be honest though," Ash said.
"Don't worry about it Ash, you're the best trainer I know and you're the reason I'm even doing contests right now."
"Thanks."
They both turned and looked into each other's eyes, not saying anything else. May noticed that they were about the same height now. If she recalled correctly last time they saw each other she was slightly taller than him. She also noticed that he got more handsome.
As Ash looked deep into May's sapphire eyes, his heart started beating faster. What did this mean?
The group walked into the lab, and immediately Ash ran to the fields to see his friends that he's made across the years.
"I'm home guys!" Ash yelled.
Immediately, hoards of Ash's Pokemon ran over to him in excitement. Charizard was back from the Charicific Valley after training with other Charizards for so long. All the Pokemon tackled Ash, almost trampling him.
"Ah!" Ash shouted, "one at a time guys!"
All the Pokemon laughed. The rest of the group walked into the fields as well.
"Scep!" Ash's Sceptile greeted.
"Pika!" Pikachu hopped off of Ash's soldier and started interacting with all of the fellow Pokemon possessed by Ash.
The group all let out some of their own Pokemon too.
"Blastoise and Electivire, come on out!" Gary said as he opened their Pokeballs.
"Blaziken and Skitty!"
"Piplup!"
"Onix and Geodude!"
Once all of the Pokemon were let out. They all split up and started running around. Ash and his friends joined into the fun too. A lot of the Pokemon were hanging around the lake. Ash, May, Dawn, Gary, Misty, and Max all followed.
"So what do you guys want to do?" Asked Misty.
"Hmmm," Gary thought. Shortly afterwards, he pushed Misty into the lake.
Misty was taken by surprise.
"Hey!" She complained.
"Hahaha you should've seen the look on your face," Gary laughed.
"Ya!" Max shouted as he used all of his might to push Gary in.
Next, May pushed Max in. May and Ash were both cracking up and then they both jumped in.
"You guys are acting so stupid," Dawn chuckled. Shortly after, Piplup used bubble on her and she fell in.
All of the Pokemon looked at the trainers with estranged looks on their face.
"Trainer is weird," said Piplup, talking about Dawn.
"Yup," all the all said.
But for now, everyone was having fun, laughing.
Everyone went home except May, Max, Gary, and Dawn who planned on staying a few more nights. Ash and Gary shared a room. May and Dawn were in a separate room. Max slept on the couch.
Gary had fallen asleep on the bunk bed above him. While Ash was sleeping, he thought intensely about what he wanted to do. Maybe he could become a frontier brain? Scott told him that he could at any time. He might get some knowledge and battle experience if he did that. But he felt like that wasn't right for him, sitting around waiting for trainers to battle him. So he ruled that out. He continued to ponder about what he'd do. He realized the best way is to just train all of his Pokemon hard at once. It would get the most amount of training done in the shortest amount of time.
He also realized that the location where he trains is important too. His Pokemon can't be comfortable and Ash couldn't have any distractions. That means home was not an option. He had to train somewhere in seclusion and bring all of his Pokemon. He didn't know how long he'd be gone, but he decided he'd leave until he felt like he was ready to come back. He'd have to tell everyone about his plans. After he made his decision, he fell asleep.
Ash opened his eyes, and it was morning. He looked above him and saw that Gary was not there anymore. He stood up, rubbed his eyes, and walked downstairs. There he saw everyone. Apparently he was the last one to wake up.
"Good morning sleepy head," Delia said to her son.
"Good morning guys," Ash said.
"I made pancakes. Do you want some?" Delia asked.
"Of course I do."
Everyone chuckled. As Ash gobbled down he remembered the decision that he made last night. He'd have to tell everybody.
"Hey guys, listen. While I was trying to sleep I realized that I want to do as my next journey," Ash announced.
"What's that?" Asked .
"So as I said yesterday, I haven't been making as much progress with my training as I'd have liked recently. That's why I was thinking about the most effective way to get better in the fastest way possible."
"What's that?" Asked Max.
"Well. You guys might be surprised. But stay with me here. I want to go out and train in seclusion until I feel like I'm strong enough to come back, and maybe take on the Elite Four. I'm allowed to challenge the Sinnoh Elite Four since I placed in Top 4 at the Conference. I don't know how long I'd be gone, but..."
Everyone looked surprised like Ash said. Ash looked at May, and saw that she looked more surprised and sad than anyone else.
"Well. If that's what you want to do..." Ash's mother said. "I'll miss you so much. Do you know when you'll leave?"
"I think in about a week."
"Wow," Dawn said.
"Yeah..." May said. She had to tell Ash her feelings before he left. Or else, she'd regret it for the next- however long Ash is gone.
As Ash's last few days home passed by, everyone had fun hanging out and messing around. Ash spent more and more time with May, and his feelings grew stronger and stronger. He eventually realized that he liked May, which is surprising considering that he is as a dense as steel. He wasn't sure what to do about this. He just thought about her and what he should say.
It was night time. May had talked to Dawn about her problem. Dawn told May that she has to go for it and tell Ash before he leaves. Ash only had one more day, so May needed to get it done. May rehearsed what she'd say in her head repeatedly. 'Listen Ash. Before you go. I wanted to tell you that, I have feelings for you.'
It was about 11:00 PM. Ash was leaving tomorrow. Everyone was asleep. He stood in front of the lake, and just gazed up at the stars. His mind was in different places, but it was mostly on May.
"Ash!" May called out. She was walking towards him, and Ash turned around. "Listen I need to-"
"I need to tell you something right now May," Ash cut her off.
May stood there, taken by surprise. "O-Okay."
"Listen. When I first came home last week, and saw all my friends and family celebrating my coming back and top 8 in the Unova League, you were a standout to me. Something about you was just beautiful. I continued to think about you and I realized that I have feelings for you. I needed to tell you before I leave tomorrow," Ash told her, looking into her beautiful sapphire eyes the whole time.
May looked at him, and said no words. Instead, she threw herself at him, and brought him into a passionate kiss. Ash was caught off guard, but he quickly started kissing back, and he wrapped his hands around her waste. Their tongues met, and they were exploring each other's mouths.
"Ash..." May moaned.
After a few minutes, the kiss died down a little bit into a gentle, romantic kiss. They both pulled out to catch air, and then they were caught looking into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity.
"I guess that means you like me to?" Ash asked jokingly.
May laughed and playfully punched his shoulder. "Ever since I first met you, Ash."
They both sat down, looking at the lake and stars together. May rested her head on Ash's shoulder, and Ash put his arm around her. They closed their eyes, and both fell asleep like that.
They awoke, not knowing that time it was. May found her head resting on Ash's chest, and her arms wrapped around him as they were lying down.
"Good morning," Ash told his new girl friend.
"Good morning," May said back with a smile. "So. You really have to leave today? Even after last night?"
"I-I think so. Sorry May. I love you, but I need this for my sake as a trainer. When I get back, we can hang out all the time," Ash said.
"Yeah. I understand," May responded. "Just be safe okay?"
"Right."
They both stood up and walked back home.
Ash and May got back home.
"Hey, we had no idea where you guys were!" Delia said. But she saw Ash's arm around her soldier, and she sensed the connection between them. "Oh, so that's what happened," she laughed.
Ash and May blushed.
It was now time for Ash to leave. He gathered all of his Pokemon from the lab and put them in their Pokeballs to take with him.
"Well. This is it," Ash said.
"Yeah," everyone said.
Recently before this, Ash had also said goodbye to Iris and Cilan, but this was different.
"We'll see each other soon," Ash said.
"Definitely," said Gary.
"We'll miss you," Ash's mother told him.
"I'll miss you too," Ash responded.
Ash's and May's eyes met. They pulled each other into a quick kiss.
"Goodbye May," Ash said.
"Goodbye... I'll miss you," May said.
After that, Ash hopped onto his Charizard. He took one last look at his friends and family. He smiled and waved a goodbye. With that, Charizard and Ash flew out until that they were just a speck in the sky to everyone else.
Author's Notes:
Well. That took me a good amount of time to write, but I hope you guys enjoyed this! This FanFic is going to involve a stronger Ash but it will also be an Ash and May shipping as you guys can see. This is the first time I've written in about a year, so I hope it was still good. Thanks for reading guys. Ash might catch a few more Pokemon. I plan to just make his journey away a time skip, so don't expect like 10 chapters of him just training haha. I hope you guys don't mind.
Question of the Day: What was the third Pokemon that Ash ever caught.
Would you Rather: Choose your favorite; Venusaur, Charizard, or Blastoise.
Thanks guys!