* 'means thoughts'

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*Disclaimer* I do not own Pokémon in any shape form or matter blah blah blah ON TO THE STORY!

Ages: Ash and Misty: 15, Brock: 18 May: 13 Max: 9

Description: Ash has started his quest in Hoenn with Misty and Brock. What will happen in their travels? Will they meet anyone? Read and find out… (Based off of what would happen if misty didn't have to leave the group but still added May and Max)

(A/N: This is my first story so try not to be too harsh on the reviews if I make a bad beginning. Also, any help would be appreciated such as story ideas or chapter ideas so don't be afraid to share)

Chapter 1: The Beginning of A New Adventure

"Finally we're here" said Ash as him, Misty, Brock and Pikachu arrived at Littleroot Town. To the group it seemed like forever to get here so there was no doubt that they were happy to see the approaching town in their sights.

"Hey guys." said Brock, "We should probably head to the Pokémon centre and rest our Pokémon."

"Yea!" said Ash excitedly, "Then I can go register for the Hoenn League and win the league tournament."

'Same old Ash, always focusing on his Pokémon first and foremost then his friends.' Misty thought to herself as she saw the boy jump around excitedly.

Though Misty couldn't help but show a little smile as Ash ran down the hill towards the centre with Pikachu on his shoulder. Brock and Misty ran after him and shouted to him to wait up but as usual Ash didn't listen. He was too focused on registering for the new league to hear or see anything else, including the tree that had gotten in his way.

"Ash!" Misty cried as she saw what had happened. "Are you alright? You could of hurt yourself." She said this as she ran towards the boy helping him up before going on one of her usual misty rants. "See Ash Ketchum, if you weren't so concerned about your stupid Pokémon league you wouldn't have ran into this tree."

Ash didn't want to start fighting with Misty, but of course that didn't stop him. "What do you mean stupid." He said loudly towards the redhead standing in front of him. Misty however not taken aback by his words only smirked back at his comment.

"I mean" she began confidently "that if you weren't so oblivious to everything around you and if you weren't obsessed with becoming the Pokémon master and actually paid attention to where you were going you would of seen that tree."

"Ya know mist, some things are hard to see…unlike a certain redheaded girl I know who always seems to get in my way." Ash said.

"Fine Ash." Misty said appearing very annoyed yet slightly hurt at his comment. "If that's the way you feel then maybe I should get out of your way." And with that Misty stuck her head up in the air as she walked by Ash and started to head down the path. Ash had just stared at her and watched her walk away when he suddenly felt 2 pairs of eyes looking at him as if he had done the worst thing possible.

"What? What did I do wrong now?" said Ash wondering to himself just what he had done wrong.

"Pikachu pika pi!" (Ash how can you be so mean to Misty!)(A/N: in this specific story no one not even Ash will be able to understand what Pikachu says)

"Yea Pikachu exactly, I don't understand why she's mad either" Said Ash to his friend.

As Pikachu sighed to himself and just walked away shaking his head leaving ash confused. "I wonder what that was ab-" He was quickly cut off from Brock talking.

"Ash...for once could you and Misty not fight with each other. It only makes things worse and personally I can't take it anymore. So please Ash just try your best not to argue with her." Brock sighed after he said and walked off with Pikachu to go and see where Misty was headed. Of course he was worried about Misty and wanted to go see if she was ok, but that wasn't the only reason why he had left Ash there all alone. He did it so that he could let his words truly sink into Ash's mind. Ash however just shrugged off what Brock said not realizing the true point behind his words and walked on behind Brock looking for Misty.

Misty's POV

Misty had her head down as she walked through Littleroot Town. 'Why do I always have to fight with Ash. Why couldn't I just have said something different instead of what I did.' Suddenly she stopped walking and gasped inwardly. "Oh no…what…what if he hates me now…' As she thought this tears started to form in her eyes. ' No Misty why are you crying over this. Its just Ash…I mean it's not like I like him or anything like that…he's just my best friend and nothing more…' Misty had said this as she kept on walking to find the Pokémon Centre but something deep down in her heart made her wonder if what she said was true.

'Maybe I…no this is crazy, of course I don't like Ash like that, that's just absurd. And besides even if I did like him, it's not like he would like me back. He's always obsessed with his Pokémon to like me.' Misty thought to herself as she was still searching for the Pokémon center.

Normal POV

Brock and Ash with Pikachu had finally reached the interior of Littleroot Town still looking for any signs of Misty…well mainly Brock was. Ash however was looking downwards feeling guilty of what he had done to Misty and what Brock had said didn't help one bit. 'Maybe I should go apologize to her' he thought to himself. 'Nah what's the point, if I try to apologize to her she'll probably yell at me more.'

Ash was so focused on the ground that he didn't even notice where he was walking. Ash hadn't seen Brock turn towards the pokemon center entrance and he walked right past them and hadn't realized what he was doing until he fell down a hill and crashed into something.

"Ow, get off me" said the girl who was wearing a red bandana over her light brown hair.

"Hehe, sorry about that" Ash said "I guess I should be paying attention to where I'm going next time."

"It's ok I guess. My name is May, what's yours" she said

"My name's Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and this is Pikachu" Ash said as Pikachu hopped up on his shoulders and looked at May. May however just had her eyes wide opened and she couldn't move under fear. Pikachu went to go near her but she moved back a couple of steps at this.

"Hey what's wrong, why do you look like you're scared. Your not scared of Pikachu are you?" said Ash looking at May a little hurt but concerned.

May looked at him with a sweatdropped expression. " No…..Yes I am but not just of Pikachu. I'm pretty much scared of all Pokemon" May said. "And what's worse is Tomorrow, I have to go see Professor Birch tomorrow to get my first Pokemon for my journey. But I'm so scared of those things I'm nervous to go…But I also want to go see and travel around the Hoenn Region."

"Tell you what." Ash said moving closer to her leaving just a little bit of separation between the two. "Meet me at the Pokemon center tomorrow morning, and I will come with you to get your new Pokemon so that way you won't have to be scared." Ash said smiling.

May only now realizing the distance between them blushed a little bit which went completely unnoticed by Ash. "Ok" she said as she started to walk away with a smile. "Oh it was nice meeting you by the way and thank you for promising to come with me tomorrow."

And with that she ran off towards her home while Ash and Pikachu looked on as they saw her body become smaller and smaller in the distance. "Come on Pikachu, let's go and try to find that Pokemon Center" Ash said looking at his friend. They both turned around and started to walk up the hill they had fallen down from and continued on their way to the Pokemon Center.

(A/N: This next part is what happened during the whole scene with May. I felt like I should put this to help further the story.) Brock had just entered the Pokemon Center and as usual the first thing he did was make a move on the Nurse Joy stationed at said Pokemon Center. "Oh Nurse Joy, finally our paths have met once more. Don't deny the love you and I sha-OW!" Brock said as Misty pulled Brock by the ear and dragging him away as Nurse Joy Sweatdropped. (A/N: I know pretty crappy love thing for Brock to say but what else can I think of at 12:21 AM)

"Come on lover boy, let's go over here and stop bugging Nurse Joy" Misty said to him as they went over to the part of the Pokemon Center where they could find a place to sit down and wait for Ash. They waited for 5 minutes before Misty started to worry.

"Hey Brock?" Misty said sounding worried. "Where's Ash? I mean why didn't he show up with you when you walked in. Wasn't he right behind you?"

Brock looked around the room in search of Ash but he couldn't see him anywhere. "Yeah you're right Misty. He was right behind me and the last time I saw him he was looking as if he was deep in thought…probably from the argument you two had before" Brock said

Upon hearing what Brock said, Misty put her head down and looked sad. She would never purposely show it but whenever Ash was in trouble or was missing, deep down she would worry a lot just like his mom would. 'Why am I this worried about him, it's only Ash, he always gets into trouble or gets lost and he always comes back.' Misty could feel her stomach hurt a little bit and knew it was because of Ash not being here. She put her head back up tried her best not to look worried and looked at Brock. "Brock…do you think Ash is alright." She said trying to not sound worried. Brock however just smiled at her and tried his best to re-assure her.

"Misty, you and I have known Ash for a long time now. And you and I also both know that this happens to him a lot and he always finds away to come back so have a little patience and before you know it he'll be right back" said Brock to misty trying to sound convincing but deep down he too was also worried about his friend.

Misty was about to reply to Brock's comment until she heard the doors of the center open and saw that Ash had walked in. Both her and Brock immediately got out of their chairs and rushed over to see him and ask him where he went off to. (A/N: is it off to or of to? Let me know in your reviews if you know the answer ^ _ ^) However Misty planned hers a little bit more differently.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!" Misty shouted at him in his ear so loud that everyone including Nurse Joy stopped what they were doing to look at the scene before them. Brock and ash just sweat dropped as they looked at the furious Misty standing before their eyes. Everyone just stood their in silence until Brock intervened as he saw that this would just lead to more pointless arguing.

"Ok, I know where this is headed and I'm too tired to deal with it right now. So what we're going to do is ask for a room, head on into it and then after we're settled, have Ash tell us where he has been and why" said Brock. Both of them could see how serious Brock was being and decided that it was best to stop arguing for now. Everyone else now had gone back to what they were doing before this commotion started and Nurse Joy had kindly given them a key to their room for the night.

Eventually the trio had gotten settled into their room for the night and were changing into their pajamas for the night. Misty had changed last while the two boys had waited outside for her to finish. When the door had opened Brock and Ash walked back into the room and preceded to climb in to bed and get ready for Ash to tell his story.

5 Minutes Later

"…And that's what happened guys" Ash said to his friends. Brock seemed happy with the fact that they were going to see this new girl that Ash had just told them about 'She sounds pretty' Brock thought to himself. He then turned over to see Misty who looked like she wasn't happy with the thought of another girl possibly tagging along.

"Misty, what's wrong?" Ash had said after he noticed Misty hadn't said anything since he began his story. Misty continued to not say anything and just kept her head down.

"I think" Brock Began "That Misty over here is jealous of May talking to you while she wasn't there" Brock finished mainly directing his comment to Misty. Misty looked up slightly and blushed a very feint pink not noticeable to Ash but noticeable to Brock.

"WHAT!" Misty had said causing Brock to laugh and Ash to turn around and blush a little. "Look Brock. I don't know what you're thinking but I do not like Ash in that way. Now if we could please just go to bed so we can wake up early tomorrow so we can meet…her" Misty said saying the last part through grinding teeth. The others followed suit and quickly had fallen asleep in their beds awaiting for the morning to come soon…everyone that is except for Misty.

So there you have it folks, my first ever chapter for my first ever story. I think that I might of made this chapter a little bit to long that I planned on. With it being 2400 words or around there, but most of my chapters will be around 2000 words. Lol but yea please Read & Review and don't be afraid to flame if it is for helping purposes. Also if you want don't be afraid to suggest ideas for this story or maybe others???

Until next time