Chap 1:
EDIT: 26/10/15; fixed some errors pointed by ASD Pokemon Fan (Thnx Bru)
Hello fellow readers! Welcome to my first fanfiction. I've read many amazing stories of many great writers and thought of writing one myself ^^.There is one thing I want to tell you guys. English is not actually my mother tongue so the English used in the story, might not be up to the mark :\ Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy the story and I would really appreciate a review. Without further ado let the story begin…
The story takes place when Ash has won all eight of his Kalos Gym Badges.
DISCLAIMER: I'm only gonna say this once. I doN't OWN Pokemon.
The sun was on the western sky, slowly fading behind the horizon and the only sound filling the air was the sound of the busy Pidgey's and Fletchling's who were returning home after another long day of nonstop flying and gathering food. This beautiful sunset didn't go unnoticed by a small group of travelers, who were on the road to fulfill their dreams.
This small group consisted of four people. The first one was a boy, sixteen years of age. He had raven black hair, auburn eyes, a well built body, a stunningly handsome face and a heart made of gold. He was wearing a blue-white jacket along with black cargo pants. His hands were gloved and he had his trademark cap on his head. On his shoulder comfortably sat his long time partner and his best friend, Pikachu. The boy was none other than Ash Ketchum.
Walking just behind Ash was a childhood friend of his. Her name was Serena Yvonne. She had honey brown hair which almost reached her back. She was almost the same height as Ash. She had nicely curved body along with a beautiful face with beautiful blue eyes. She wore a pretty dress consisting mainly of the colors red and pink. She also had a red-black hat on. But the most notable feature of her dress was a beautiful blue ribbon, given to her by a special someone she adores.
The last two of the group both had blonde hair. Their names were Clemont and Bonnie. Clemont was the talented gym leader of Lumiose city and had an eye for inventing interesting things. Too bad they blow up without any proper reason. Bonnie was his sister who had her Dedenne, in her fanny bag.
As they were walking through a forest they enjoyed the beautiful red sun setting behind the trees. Well, most of them.
"How long till we get there? It's getting dark" whined the little blonde haired girl.
Between the dense forest, there wasn't a single person in sight. The only thing they could cast their eyes upon were trees, very big trees. They could occasionally see one or two forest Pokémon running here and there. But they knew where they were going thanks to Serena's trustee poke gear.
"Not too far Bonnie, it's just on the other side of the mountain" replied the beautiful girl with honey brown hair as she checked her map.
"I think we should set up camp for the night, after all we've been travelling all day..." suggested the blonde haired boy.
"I agree with Clemont. If we start tomorrow morning we'll reach Lumiose city by noon." Ash said.
'Pi pika Chu" his faithful companion added.
They did a little exploring around the forest. Before the night took over, they discovered an open area near a lake.
"This place seems okay. What do you guys think?"
"It's perfect." They replied in unison and smiled at each other.
"It's settled then. Ash, you and Serena setup the tent. I'll go make dinner and Bonnie, don't wander off." Clemont told while taking out his cooking materials from his trustee backpack.
"I'll try." Bonnie told with a mischievous grin.
"You got it" Ash replied as he and Serena started arranging their camping gear near the lake, a little away from where Clemont was cooking. The sun was down and the beautiful moon shined brightly in the sky, making the water of the lake give a silvery glow. Ash's eyes were gazing at the water. Everything was quiet until he decided to break the silence.
"Hey Serena?"
"Yes Ash?" Serena replied while her eyes were fixed on arranging the tent.
"Thank you".
Serena was a little taken back by those words as she immediately stopped her work and looked straight at Ash; a faint blush visible on her face. With an uncertain tone she asked,"What for?"
"Well..." Ash's eyes were still gazing into the silvery water as he replied, "For everything."
"Care to explain?" Serena asked as the eagerness was clearly visible in her voice.
"You see…" Ash began as he shifted his eyes from the water and smiled seeing Bonnie run after Pikachu and Dedenne in her typical manner.
"That day when I met you at the Santaloon gym…I found inspiration from you which I needed to win. Somehow seeing your face made me feel invincible." Ash said with one of his heart melting smiles.
"Whenever I was in a pinch, I thought about you. And you know, it always worked. You really are my good luck charm."
"I would also say that, it's because of you I won those eight Kalos league badges, and"
After a dramatic pause he said,
"I feel confident that I'll win the entire Kalos league as long as you are by my side."
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Serena stood there dumbfounded. She couldn't believe she was hearing all these from the last person she'd expect to hear this from. But still, she absorbed all of those words with her heart.
"A-Ash I.." Serena stuttered as she felt a drop of mystery being formed in her eye."I never knew I meant that much to you…"
Ash just replied with a warm smile, the smile that she loved so much.
"The last plane to Kalos will depart in 30 minutes. All passengers concerned are requested to gather at the lobby. Thank you for travelling with Rustboro airways. We wish you a safe journey."
The announcement caught the attention of a certain sixteen year old brunette with sapphire eyes . Time has been kind to her as she now had a stunningly feminine body which could make any boy easily drool over at the very sight of her. She had a developed…well, too developed upper body. She wore a bright red T-shirt which almost reached her belly. It certainly helped in showing off her assets. She also had black skin tight jeans on. She didn't have a bandana now like she had when she was younger; she had sunglasses at the top of her head. All in all she was a sight any boy would dare not miss.
She was May Maple, the daughter of the famous gym leader Norman Maple and the top coordinator of the Hoenn region.
She was sitting in a sofa in the airport lobby playing with her brunette hair. Her luggage was safely placed beside her. She noticed the mass of people walking in the lobby. Some people almost squealed in joy when they recognized her. They started giving her random objects to get it signed. A guy even removed his shirt to get his chest signed. But May signed it. She didn't actually notice what she was signing as her mind was roaming somewhere else. She wouldn't even notice if a guy removed his pants to get his butt signed.
"It's been such a long time, I wonder how he's doing." The famous coordinator thought to herself.
Flashback
It was under another sun setting sky where some friends were making their way towards the dock. They have had so much fun the last few days. They competed in the Wallace cup and learned so many new things, made new friends. But nothing good lasts forever as the time to say goodbye to one of their friends finally came. So they were having their final moments with each other.
"It feels like just yesterday, I can't believe I'm leaving Sinnoh already. Time really flies." May said to the blunette walking beside her.
"I guess. But I think there's something else." Dawn said with one of her sneaky smirks.
May raised an eyebrow,"what do you mean?" Dawn grinned.
"Face it May, You love Ash, don't you?"
"WHAT!" May suddenly screamed. This caught the attention of Ash, Brock and Zoey who were walking a little ahead of them.
"Everything alright guys?" Brock asked and Dawn nodded. "No need to worry Brock! Everything's just fine" Dawn said with a big smile.
So, they shrugged it off and resumed walking.
Dawn brought her mouth closer to May's ear. "So?"
May knew that there was no escaping from this girl, she sighed started in a whispering tone so that her words would only reach Dawn's ears. "Don't be silly Dawn. What is there to love him about? I mean he's unhygienic, he never cuts his hair and most importantly, he doesn't even know the meaning of love. Besides, I have someone waiting for me at Jhoto." May said in a matter of fact tone.
"Oh May…" This time Dawn sighed. "One day you'll find all of these traits of Ash very cute and you will learn who your heart really wants."
…
May increased her walking speed, clearly trying to ignore Dawns last statement. Soon she caught up to other three. She put her arms on Ash and Brock's shoulders. "I'm really going to miss you guys!"
"Same here May." Brock replied. "The Jhoto Grand festival is going to be very tough but this time I won't have you guys with me…" May replied in a sort of depressed tone.
"You'll do fine May. Even if I'm not there, you know I'll be cheering you on, we all will." Ash said with a reassuring smile.
This made her heart skip a beat. She had been in Jhoto for quite some time now. She travelled from town to town, explored caves and participated in contests like she did in Hoenn and Kanto but she knew she had been missing something. Her friends? Of course. But there was something else. She couldn't realize it before, but it was clear now. It was Ash's reassuring smiles. Now her mind wandered off to what Dawn said. But before she could go deep into her thoughts, she was interrupted when she felt Zoey's hand of her shoulder.
" You're a great coordinator May. You've even beat me. Now go back to Jhoto and knock em dead!" The girl with red hair said. May kept on walking with a smile dancing across her face.
But soon they found themselves standing in front of the ship.
May greeted her goodbyes to Dawn, Zoey and Brock as they made promises to meet again. For some reason May hugged Dawn really hard. But now, the only person left was… Ash.
May stood in front of Ash and gazed into his auburn eyes, "Best of luck for the Sinnoh League Ash." They both shook hands for the final time. Ash had a smile on, but the pain of saying goodbye clearly visible in his face.
"You too May, good luck with the rest of your Jhoto contests." "Pi Pika chu!" Pikachu also greeted.
"And May," Ash whispered, " make me proud…"
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May closed her eyes in a desperate attempt to hold her tears as she nodded and boarded the ship to Jhoto. She didn't want to leave him but she realized that her dream repelled them from each other. Soon the ship started moving…
"Goodbye everybody! She leaned on the railing of the ship and waved her hands towards everyone standing at the dock. She was replied by the hands of everyone waving towards her. They were all sad but decided to give their friend a happy sendoff.
She kept waving her hands as she saw everyone's faces becoming smaller by the second. Zoey, Dawn, Brock and Ash… everyone were now, gone. She was alone…again. She silently walked between the people on the ship. After bumping into a few people along the way, she finally found her cabin. Her face was expressionless. After entering the room, she closed the door behind her. She leaned her back on the door and sat down folding her knees. She had her eyes closed as she took out her half Terracotta ribbon and brought it near her face. When she opened her eyes, she noticed the bright metal reflecting her face. May squeezed it tight and held it near her heart. Having nothing to hold back now, she let all her emotions run loose as the drops of tear fell from her beautiful sapphire eyes…
"I will Ash… I promise…"
End of Flashback
"That was the last time I saw you" May thought with a sad smile. "But now I've made you proud Ash. Now, I'm finally a top coordinator." Then she noticed that the mass of people around her had disappeared.
She shrugged it off as she stood up from her sitting position and dragged her luggage along with her. "It's gonna be long trip to Kalos but…can't wait to see you again." She thought happily as she made her way towards the plane ignoring the perverted looks, the boys in the lobby were giving her.
"But I still can't believe that I left Ash to be with…Him."
The morning sun made its way up to the sky as the water of the lake now sparkled in a golden color. The Pokémon were coming out of their nests to enjoy the morning sun. The happy chirping of pidgeys worked as a wakeup call for some of the four friends. Serena looked like a zombie but it was nothing a daily morning routine couldn't fix. She came out if her tent and stood near the lake only to find that Ash was already standing there. Clemont was already up and was busy making breakfast and Bonnie was still deep in sleep.
Ash was stretching his limbs as he noticed Serena stand beside him. "Someone didn't have a good night, eh Serena?"
Serena yawned, "Yup...Didn't have moment of sleep and it's because of you."
"Hmm?"
... ... ...
She didn't notice what she was saying but after she did...
"No No it's nothing!" Serena quickly got out as she waved her palm in front of her face , getting a curios look from Ash.
"Let's go see what Clemont is doing." She said as sprinted in the opposite direction from where Ash was standing. As she started running, she didn't notice the wet slippery soil she was standing on. This resulted in only one thing. A girl with a short skirt falling, face first on the ground. Ash would have been rushing to check if she was alright, if not for what he saw...
"Crap. I have to be more careful." Serena thought but she soon felt a little more air touching the lower back side of her body. Still lying on the ground, she rubbed her nose and turned back only to see that, her skirt wasn't doing its usual duty of covering her lower body. She blinked and saw her small pink piece of garment, which usually stays under her skirt; hidden from the outside world, wasn't quite hidden anymore.
Having a wardrobe malfunction was bad enough, but to rub salt in the wound, she saw that Ash was staring awkwardly at it. It took her two seconds to understand what was happening.
... ... ...
"AAASSHH!" Though Bonnie didn't wake, that scream was enough to wake up all the flying Pokemon in the territory. "HOW MUCH DID YOU SEE!?"Serena demanded to know.
"I didn't see anything... I-I mean didn't mean to see anything." Ash's denial was short lived with the furious red eyes of Serena. He saw helplessly as the girl approached her with heavy steps. He kept on backing until he saw that he was standing at the edge of the lake. Shifting his eyes from Serena, he saw the clear lake water sparkling behind him. He only mumbled two words he found suitable to say in the situation. "Oh Crap."
Ash was almost shaking in fear. So he did the best thing he could do in the moment, close his eyes. But the last thing he saw was Serena grabbing a hold of his collar.
SPLASH
Ash opened his eyes. When his vision cleared he saw that he was surrounded by water. When he looked up, he saw a smirking Serena standing at the edge of the lake with a satisfied grin plastered on her face. Ash slightly shivered at the feeling of the cold water around him. But mentally he was feeling relieved, "At least that's over with."
"Guys! is everything alright!?" Clemont suddenly came. He was certainly startled by the sudden scream and the sudden splash.
"Don't worry Clemont. Everything is fine." Serena stated in neural voice. Clemont sighed in relief but suddenly noticed Ash floating on the lake.
"Ash? What are you doing? You'll catch a cold!" Ash sighed. "Don't ask anything Clemont, just don't ask."
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The remainder of last night went pretty much normally for them except for a certain honey colored girl. She laid inside her tent and slept, well tried to sleep but didn't have any sort of luck. One question kept on running in her mind.
"Does he…feel the same way?"
Serena had a crush on Ash that she knew herself. Ash never showed any romantic feelings towards her but last night's conversation pretty much left her on her own bubble of thoughts. But, then again it was Ash. It might have been an honest 'thank you' from one friend to another. Who knows?
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After a little while Bonnie got up. The group minus Clemont, (He had done it already) washed their faces and brushed their teeth. Then they sat down to help themselves to Clemont's excellent cooking. Clemont swore that his food tasted better as it was being served in nature. Ash was sneezing after that early morning 'experience'. But as usual, he ate the most which Serena, as always, found very cute. Between their eating they talked, made jokes about Clemont's inventions and enjoyed each others company. Ash and Serena forgot, tried to forget everything which happened prior to breakfast.
Soon after, they washed their dishes, packed their belongings and were ready to hit the road. Their destination: Lumiose City.
After lots of hard work and training, Ash finally won his eight Kalos league badges. However he still had three more months in his hands to train. Ash was now determined more than ever. But at the moment, they were on their way to Professor Sycamore's lab where he had something for Ash rewarding him for his hard work.
Sooner than they had expected, they were out of the forest. They would've gotten out sooner if they didn't have to wait for Ash's clothes to dry. The group was now very close to the mountain and just across it was Lumiose city.
Serena was still hesitating a little while talking to Ash. She was still feeling embarrassed . She looked at Ash who was walking at her right. As usual, he didn't have a care for the world. Serena frowned, "Look at him! Just this morning he saw at a girl's underwear and now he is acting like nothing happened." She quietly mumbled."Oh wait," she thought."When I get married to him, he'll see me naked everyday! So, it isn't a big deal!" She couldn't help but to blush furiously and prayed to Arceus that no one would notice it. Fortunately for her, nobody did. She sighed in relief.
At the moment they were passing through an open field as they enjoyed all the natural spectacles Kalos had to offer, which included seeing the wild Pokémon in their natural habitat and all of them interacting with each other. Of course Bonnie found all those very cute.
"We're finally here guys!" Ash stated somewhat proudly.
After walking for hours, they finally reached the entrance of Lumiose. Two certain siblings were more than delighted at the fact.
"Wow! It's been such a long time! I feel so nostalgic!" Clemont said and started looking all around.
"Yup!" Bonnie chimed in. "I wonder how dads doing!"
Lumiose is indeed the biggest city in Kalos. The city was filled with beautiful buildings, tons of shops and cafés. Not to mention the biggest attraction of Lumiose, the Prism tower. This place is nothing short of a paradise for any tourist. For this, the footpaths were filled with people and the streets were filled with lots of cars. This place was the definition of the word 'busy'.
Ash and Co. were walking by a street which led to the Pokémon center.
"Sure is nice to be back with civilization." Ash stated as he got approving nods from everyone.
"We've been in Lumiose couple of times before but we never really got to enjoy the place."
"Don't worry Serena, this time we'll explore Lumiose city for sure. Besides I can't wait to taste that Chocolate pastry I've been hearing so much about." Ash said with a sparkle in his eyes. He remembered the picture of the pastry he saw on the magazine and started drooling.
"Can't wait!" Ash pumped his fist in the air and continued walking, followed by Serena, Clemont and Bonnie.
Bonnie walked happily but suddenly got sidetracked at the sight of a clothes shop. Soon she noticed that she wasn't alone. The other female member of the group also stared, almost drooling at the sight of this year's new collection displayed through the glass window. Without wasting a single millisecond, they both entered the shop. The boys in the group had only one thing to do, wait.
"Wow! This dress is so cute!" Bonnie declared with sparkling eyes."Isn't it, Serena?"
But she found no response as Serena was busy exploring the shoes section of the shop.
"This one's cute. This one's not bad either but I think I'll buy the previous shoe. On second thought, the latter shoe will suit me better." The girl had a finger on her chin as she kept on going back and forth. But Serena's attention soon shifted when she saw something through the glass window of the shop; two girls starting a conversation with Ash and Clemont wasn't there.
Dresses and shoes, who cares? She had other priorities. She grabbed Bonnie's hands and stormed out of the shop. She let go of her hand and silently walked to a distance where she could eavesdrop on the conversation they were having. Bonnie noticed her brother looking at a science fair poster and decided to join him.
"Hey, aren't you like, Ash Ketchum from Kanto?" Asked a girl, pink haired and was wearing some extremely hot clothes.
"Yes I am. How can I help you?" Ash asked in his regular naïve tone…
"We're like, soo from Cerulean city in Kanto. I'm Amy and this is like, my sister Alice. The second girl replied who also didn't like the idea of having more than necessary clothing.
"Cerulean city, huh? Why doesn't that surprise me…" Ash thought sarcastically as he remembered the self-satisfied attitudes of the sisters of a certain gym leader.
"You stood in top sixteen in the Indigo league and won the Battle frontier. We're your biggest fans. You just have to be like, the greatest trainer in the planet!" Amy exclaimed.
"Standing top sixteen in the Indigo league makes you the best trainer in the planet, huh?" Ash again thought sarcastically inside, but outside, he said something else, "T-Thanks, I guess…" he stuttered sheepishly along an equally embarrassed Pikachu.
Amy started getting closer to Ash much to the annoyance of Serena. "You're like so totally cute! Will you go out with me?"
Alice also got closer to him, a little too close for his comfort. "No! Go out with me! I'm much sexier than her!" This earned her a glare from her sister.
"I have much bigger boobs." Amy posed her body which helped to show off her body. Alice rolled her eyes. "Oh please! Even a five year old could tell that those are fake things."
… … …
Amy's face was now red with anger as the two Kanto native started cat fighting on the middle of the footpath, getting strange looks from people. Ash didn't understand everything they were saying but stood there helplessly like a damsel in distress. To save him, came his knight in shiny armor.
Serena grabbed his hand and started running like there was no tomorrow. Bonnie and Clemont noticed that their friends were running. They didn't catch what was going on but decided to follow them anyway. While Serena was still running while holding Ash's hand, she mumbled some words which barely even reached her own hearing level…"Sorry bitches, but he's booked."
Moments later, the two girls found themselves standing there, short of one hot guy.
"What was that about!?" Clemont burst out still panting after that short sprint. They stopped under the shade of a tree by the street.
"Aaggh" Ash groaned. He removed his cap and ran his hand through his hair. Then he put it back on. "Well Serena just saved me from two girls who were…um, different."
"I don't think Different is the right word, Ash."
"Anyways thanks for that." Ash fixed his hat a little, closed his eyes and sighed, "Girls are just out of my league..." But when opened his eyes he saw the strange looks the female section of the group were giving him. "What'd I say?"
Serena put her hands on her hips and put on a teasing smile. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm a girl too."
"Pi pika kapi chu…" Pikachu sighed at his trainers lack of brain in choosing right words.
"HEY! I AM ALSO A GIRL!" Bonnie whined.
"That's not what I meant to say. What I meant to say was, um, I mean… LAST ONE TO THE POKEMON CENTER IS A ROTTEN EXECUTE!" Ash didn't waste a second as he started running and made a mental note for not doing something this stupid in the near future.
"Hey no fair!" Bonnie humped as she soon started running behind Ash.
"He's so cute when gets nervous!" Serena thought as she also started running with a dreamy smile on her face.
"Not again…" Clemont panicked as he wasn't the biggest fan of running but seeing no other choice he again started running.
"A room for four please." told the raven haired boy who was all sweaty and panicking from his long race. Bonnie and Serena were also leaning on their knees and breathing looked around and recognized the place. They have been here a couple of times before. It was exactly how they remembered it. But the only difference is that, this time very few people were exactly staying there. Two middle aged men were sitting at the sofa and other than them, the only human there was Nurse Joy.
She was doing her paper works, sitting at the reception. But she looked up to see the sweaty and tired travelers."Certainly. Your name?" She asked sweetly.
"Ash Ketchum."
"Aash-ket-chum" Nurse Joy slowly said as she wrote Ash's name in the registration book. Ash was still bragging on his victory and Bonnie was complaining on the matter that Ash had cheated. Serena just looked at the two and gave a girlish giggle.
Meanwhile Nurse Joy took a key from the shelf near her desk and extended her hand with the key, snapping Ash out of his boasting.
"Here's your key."
Ash thanked the nurse and took the key and started walking to their room, until…
"Oh I almost forgot! Ash, someone who knows you just called half an hour ago."Ash turned back looked at the nurse as she continued."Just go to the phone booth and search the storage section. She left a video message for you."Nurse joy said as she pointed to her left.
"Her?" Did she tell her name?" Ash asked her as he noticed Clemont finally reaching the center.
"No, but she said that she was a friend."
"I see…" Ash said and looked at his right to see his friends standing. They were all looking like crap. He gave the key to Serena."Guys, take some rest, I'll be right back." he said as he started walking towards the video phone.
Serena took the key but had an uncertain look on her face. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a tug on her hand. It was Bonnie and her tired face gave her the message and she started walking to their room.
As instructed by nurse joy, Ash searched the storage section of the phone booth. There wasn't any other people there, so he found some privacy. He was thinking many things. These thoughts included - who the person was and how did she know he was in Lumiose. Ash saw that there was many video calls stored there. He accidentally selected a random video. Before he could cancel it a man's face appeared in the screen. The man made a romantic face and said, "Dear Joy, last night was the most eventful night of my life. Believe me Joy, my body is still shaking excitement. I can still feel my hands touching yo..." Ash almost smashed the 'cancel' button. He coughed slowly. Very strange people leave messages at the Pokemon center, right Pikachu?
"Pika Pi..." Pikachu sighed along his trainer.
"Pi Kipi ka Chu" Pikachu said, but Ash didn't bother to translate it. Because if he did, it would translate to something like...
"Naughty,Naughty Joy."
But this time without any mistake, he selected the first message on the list. When he pressed the button, the video started playing. He was looking at the screen with a regular face, but his eyes got big seeing the beautiful face which appeared on the screen.
"Hello Ash! Remember me?" a sweet voice came from the video.
Ash blinked a couple of times to recognize the face in front of him. But it didn't take him more than two seconds to make out who it was.
"May!?"
And that was the first chapter guys. One last thing I wanted to tell you guys.. An author writes for fun, yes. But he also stays eager to know what his readers thought of his story. So, if I don't get any feedback, well, there will be no reason for me write. So be sure to leave a review.
See ya!