Just something random. Don't own Pokemon.
This has Contestshipping and Pokeshipping, so don't flame about ether.

The ages I have no idea about. Let's just say that Drew and May are around 17, Ash is about 20, Misty is around 22, and Brock is about 24.
Chapters 2, 4, 8 and 10 are based on Ash and Misty's story and Ash's father while chapters 3. 6. 7 and 9 are focused on Drew and May in Johto, no doubt Soledad and Harley will make apperences. The rest of the chapters, including final chapter 12, revolve around both.

Five Years Later - Life After The Anime

Chapter 1 - Where It All Began...

Our story starts in Johto. Well it's not our story, it's my story so there! Anyway, Drew and May were walking down the road to Goldenrod. They had recently opened new contests in Johto, and Goldenrod was where the first contest took place. This made the already populous town even more congested. However, travelling with him was May. May didn't want to go to Johto at first. After all, it would be tough travelling without Ash's stupidity to hide behind, and Brock's cooking. Her brother didn't want to go and so wasn't travelling with May. Even worse, there was no one to oogle at her skimpy swimsuits! That was until she found out Drew was going. May didn't even know herself why she was following him like some stalker, but she kept telling herself that at least there would be SOMEONE that she knew travelling with her. The reason why Drew agreed to go is unknown, maybe he wanted to show off... to May...

Harley of course came too, after hearing May was going with Drew, it would be an oppotunity to show off his contest skills (and possibly his cheating skills along the way too)! Drew and May had changed over the past five years, for a start, both had grown taller. Drew wore a black jacket with a light blue shirt underneath, and his hands were firmly buried in the pockets of his dark blue pants, and followed by Roselia. May followed wearing a green bandana, well, basically the Pokemon Emerald stuff. Solidad went too, but not to enter any contests. She'd already beaten all the Johto contests from the previous year. She went to see if Drew's 'feelings' had developed for May.

Hundreds of hopeful co-ordinators stood outside the doors to the Goldenrod Stadium. The Johto Championship registrations were about to begin in an hour. May and Drew stood a bit away from the main crowd. Drew was being cocky, as usual, flicking his hair after every boastful comment. May blushed as usual and fumbled with her words. In other words, nothing had changed much, even after five years.

"Ha, you know May, you'll have no chance of beating me. Good luck with losing!" Drew laughed, flipping his hair and looking at his watch. "Well... since the doors won't open for another 56 minutes and 29 seconds exactly, let's train!" He suggested, sending of all of his Pokemon. He still had Roselia, he never wanted her to evolve. He also still had his Flygon, Absol, Masquerain and Butterfree. May smirked at Drew's idea and sent out her Pokemon, which were Blaziken, Delcatty, Beautifly, Wartortle, Espeon and Munchlax. They trained for about half an hour, until they heard a voice they knew too well, a voice that made every cell in their bodies and every fibre in their clothes cringe with intense embarassment.

"Maaaaay! Dreeeeeeew!" Harley cooed, sounding like a teenage fangirl. Drew sulked and gave a deadly glare that could've killed, that is, if looks could kill of course. It was still apparent that Drew was jealous. Harley realised the dangerous situation he was in, and giggled at Drew's stern look. "I haven't seen you in ooooh, four or five years? My, my, haven't you both grown! You were both pipsqueaks back then when we saw eachother at the last Johto Grand Festival!" Harley continued on for until the doors opened. "Ooooh! Got to go! Toooodles!" Finally, his almost a full hour long chat ended as he walked away, wiggling his bottom as usual as he walked. Drew finally concluded that Harley had not really changed, and made some extra effort to tell May to be careful of Harley's possible cheating and methods of embarassment. After a little bit of awkward staring, they noticed finally that the doors had opened, with their Pokemon sniggering at eachother, aware of their trainers' hidden feelings. Drew and May both blushed and recalled their Pokemon. The two Hoenn co-ordinators found it a tough job to go in and register due to the sheer amount of people wanting to register. Drew, who was getting pissed off and impatient with the massive crowd, grabbed May's hand and pulled her through a forest of people. May did her best to hide the sudden amount of obtained blushing as Drew pushed past the mass number of co-ordinators, who weren't particulary pleased with the queue jumping.

"Hey! Don't push in!"

"Watch where your going, moss-head!"

"Little brats!"

Eventually, they got to the front of the queue by pushing in. Drew stared at May who quickly shook off her funny looks. The two young co-ordinators learnt that the Johto contests all had a particular theme, and the first theme would be 'war'. They were given a whole day to practise and reherse, and the performances were marked on originality and performance. They got their passes and left to explore the buisiest Johto city. By this time, it was getting dark and they were on the edge of the city, so May and Drew began to walk to the Pokemon Centre to stop over. They began talking about the contest which would take place the next day.

"Oh no! I'll fail at this! I have no idea about war!" May cried hopelessly. Drew tutted at her negative comment and flicked his hair, yet again.

"Well... err... it doesn't have to be just people in wars, you know?" He replied, trying to drop a hint. Unforunately, May wasn't all that bright, it took her a while to figure out Drew's clue. While she was figuring it out, Drew once again flicked his hair impatiently.

"I got it! I could use the battle between Kyogre and Groudon from the legends!" May exclaimed finally. Drew yet again flicked his hair, pleased with himself that he had helped May out yet again and slightly inflating his already oversized ego. Unknowingly to them, Harley watched from behind a nearby tree, taking in everything and anything in the conversation. After he heard everything he needed to know, he stepped out from his hiding place, while making it look like he'd just arrived. Drew and May jumped up in surprise as they noticed Harley's sudden appearence.

"Oooooh! I'd just LOVE to see you two in a romance contest! You'd be PERFECT!" Harley cooed again. Drew frowned, burying his hands in his jacket pockets and focusing on a pebble which he began to kick. May waved her arms violently and shook her head even more violently, as if it she was trying to shake it off her body!

"No way? Me and Drew? Th-that's just... IMPOSSIBLE!" May squeaked, obviously hiding something. "Besides, I like... um... SOMEONE ELSE!" She spluttered, uncertainly. Harley had gained all the information he needed, and now he decided to try and let out a juicy piece of gossip. He decided to have some fun before having even more fun getting through in the Goldenrod contest. Drew was a little shocked at the fact that May 'liked' someone and sulked, but then questioned the reason why he sulked in his mind. Harley once again broke the silence between them.

"So tell me Drew, why did you decide to go travelling with May?" Harley asked, trying to force any secrets Drew might be having. "Aren't you, like, rivals?! Or is there something else going on? Ooooh, this is like a soap opera! Do you like soap operas? I do!" Drew remained silent, knowing that if he did said anything, Harley would take it the wrong way, whether he said he liked May or not. May however remained on the defensive, denying all the slightest, tinyest things that suggested that she and Drew were a couple. Harley found this scenario to be quite interesting... he thought that perhaps he could use this to his advantage... After a while, Harley got bored and decided to leave, after all, he had a contest to 'win'! He left May and Drew on their own, more embarassed and both of them feeling more awkward than before he even arrived. Drew looked at May oddly, almost worrying about her. She had always acted strange whenever they were teased about being a couple, everybody knew that, but this was worse than usual. Drew concluded in his mind it was down to monthly problems, or stress, or maybe that she was tired or hungry.

"Do you want to get something to eat, May?" He asked. May yawned and shook her head. Drew shrugged, but he was secretly worried about May, as she ALWAYS wanted to eat. "Whatever you say, let's go to the Pokemon Centre then. Seems like there's nothing else to do."

When they got to Pokemon Centre, May and Drew asked if there were any spare places to sleep. The Nurse Joy there kindly pointed out that there was a new hotel built just near the Pokemart. When they got to the hotel (which was hard to find due to the sheer size of Goldenrod), May used her Pokenav to ring up Ash. She could have used those phones that they have in the anime with a video thing, but the ones in the hotel were too expensive.

"Hey, May!" Ash greeted. "How is Johto so far? Goldenrod's HUGE, isn't it?!"

"Yeah, it took us ages to find the hotel!" May replied.

"OK, ok, have you and Drew got it on yet?"

"WHAT?!" May suddenly looked at Drew, hoping he hadn't heard. Unfortunately he did, and he gave her a funny look. May sweatdropped and blushed again. Drew felt a little miserable at the fact that May was talking about the 'someone else' she had mentioned before. Ash seemed to have noticed the awkward silence between them.

"Oh, it's just that..."

"Oh yeah, like you can talk! What about you and Brock!? Your 'secret plan' about Misty?!" May accidently yelled, and had to explain to Drew the 'secret plan'. Drew thought this was hilarious and mockingly wished Ash 'good luck'. After talking for a while, Ash's voice suddenly sounded like he was worried.

"Um, May? I got to go! Bye!" He eventually said quickly after talking for a while.

"Fine! Bye!"

Ash ended the call on his phone and looked into Misty's room. Misty was sleeping peacefully and he didn't want to wake her, or else he'd regret it. After all, she was a red-head. He tiptoed past Misty's room to his own room. Pikachu, as loyal as ever, was sat on Ash's bed. A lot of events had passed since five years ago, but the biggest non-physical difference in Ash has got to be that he finally became recognised as a Pokemon Master about six months before. After beating Kanto/Johto's Elite Four, and gaining every badge in most reigions, Lance awarded him the title. Of course, Ash wasn't going to stop there. He would challenge the Sinnoh Elite Four in a few months time, and perhaps become the TRUE Pokemon Master one day. Ash had actually matured in his years, and he wasn't as immature as before, although some of that immaturity shone through at times, well, quite a bit, really. The Pokeballs which were meant to contain five of his other Pokemon (Charizard, Feraligatr, Sceptile, Torterra and Ambipom), rested on the bedside table. The Pokemon themselves were downstairs watching television. Unfortunately, Ash wasn't around to supervise them and the uncontrollable fits of giggling coming from the living room of a bunch of Pokemon sounded suspiciously like they were watching late-night comedy. Pikachu looked at his trainer as Ash sat on his bed. Misty had let Ash live with her in Cerulean City, which would make the 'secret plan' much easier.

"You know what, Pikachu? I think now that I've sorta fufilled my dream, it's about time a had a new one..."

"Pikapi..."

"Hey, I know this plan will succeed... ok... maybe with Brock helping it's not THAT great, but, it'll work out... I think..." Ash replied after seeing Pikachu's sceptical face. "Oi, It's not like you have a love interest!"

"Pika!" Pikachu hissed as he heard Misty waking up, or perhaps reminded of Dawn's Buneary.

"Ash...?" She said drearily. "You're not asleep yet?" She walked into Ash's room and sat down next to him. "It's three in the morning! Aren't you tired?"

"No..." Ash replied, stiffling a yawn and 'accidently' gazed into Misty's cerulean eyes. Pikachu smiled at the two in a cheeky way and ran downstairs to watch television with the other Pokemon, from which more roars of laughter emerged from. Ash suddenly felt nervous without his trusty Pikachu, which seemed to be more experienced with romance than Ash himself. Misty got up and went back to bed, oblivious to Ash's odd behavior because of her tiredness, her feet dragged along the floor as Ash fidgeted.

"Hey, Misty!" Ash exclaimed. Misty stopped.

"What now?!" She asked, not turning around and almost falling asleep in the middle of the hallway.

"Err... thanks for letting me stop here, and everything. You've been a best friend from the beginning... and... stuff...!"

"...Thanks..." Misty replied, perhaps not paying full attention due to tiredness, and went to her room. Ash slumped on his bed until he got a text message. It was from Brock. Brock had just started out a new show on television called PokeCooks, where Brock would cook food for both Pokemon and humans, and there were celebrities each time testing out the food. It was Ash's turn to guest star, and they would be filming live tomorrow. Pikachu, and possibly the other Pokemon, were expected to come too, of course, to taste test the latest new type of Pokeblocks and Poffin. Unfortunately, Brock still had trouble with the ladies, and drooled over every girl of legal age. Ash wondered what all of his friends were doing at that particular moment. Dawn would be in Hoenn, she must have been in Lilycove at this point competing for her Master Ribbon. May was obviously travelling with Drew in Johto, and Brock would be in Pewter City, either chatting up girls, cooking or sleeping. More likely sleeping at this time.

After a while, he got into bed and quickly fell asleep despite the racket that his Pokemon were making downstairs.

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End of chapter 1! Chapter 2 coming soon. The next chapter will focus around Ash and Misty.

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Preview of chapter 2 - The Hobo Master:

"Oh! A Pikachu! He owns a Pikachu, how tasty! Wow, I haven't eaten in a week!" The homeless man giggled strangely. Ash and Pikachu slowly stepped away, but Pikachu was taken from behind by a Raichu! It seemed to belong to the man and before Ash could do anything, Pikachu was taken away! Ash stood in horror, wondering why such a weirdo would want to eat a Pikachu. Cursing, he sent out Charizard. Charizard yawned and stretched his wings, awaiting orders from his trainer.