Well I originally said that I wouldn't be writing a story but after a couple of reasons I decided I might as well try. So here it is and I hope you guys like it.
Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Pokèmon or the characters. If I did then there would be a few changes…
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We find our heroes on taking a small detour from Ash's Battle Frontier battles to attend a part they were invited to on Mount Moon. Ash, as usual, was rushing ahead of everyone. "Come on guys hurry up, the quicker we move the quicker we can get to the party."
"Ash, you know as well as the rest of us that the party won't start for another three days," Brock stated.
May stepped up behind Brock, breathing heavily, "Come on Ash I'm getting tired. You've been running us silly for the last three hours. Can't we set up camp?"
"Even if we continue on tonight there it won't make a real difference if we are all to tired to walk any further," Max added as he just caught up to the rest of them.
Ash looked disappointed, but he understood what his friends were telling him. Pikachu gave him a pat on the back of his head as to reassure him about the choice. "Fine, you win. We can set up camp soon, I think I can see a clearing up a little further." The rest of the group gave a sigh of relief and followed Ash to the clearing.
It looked as if somebody has used this area before as three logs surround a stone lined fire pit creating a small campsite. "Wow Ash, nice find. This will make things much easier for setting up our gear." May said as she sat down on one of the logs..
"Thanks May, although I really didn't do all that much," Ash said as he gave a nervous smile. May returned the smile with a slight blush forming on her cheeks.
"May do you think you could start to heat up the rest of our water? Ash and I will head out to find a stream to refill the canteens for tomorrow's trip," Brock said while taking silent notice of May's reaction.
"Sure I don't mind. Max and I can also get camp set up for all of us as well."
"Pikachu you stay here with May and Max, you can help them with the chores too." Ash said to the yellow mouse sitting on his shoulder.
"Pika!" Pikachu said while giving a small salute. He hopped down off of Ash and scurried over to May and curled up in her lap cooing as he made himself comfortable. May started to gently pet Pikachu as his breathing slowed and finally fell asleep.
"Well so much for your help," Ash scoffed at his friend, "Oh well, I hope you don't mind taking care of him for a while May."
"It's no problem Ash, besides now Max has to do all of the set up."
"What! Why me!" Max shouted.
"Shhh, quiet down Max. Pikachu is sleeping. And that's exactly why you have to, if I move too much it'll wake him." May scolded.
"Your just saying that to get out of the chores." Max said flatly.
"Hey if Pikachu fell asleep on your lap it would be reversed, but he came to me so you're stuck with them."
Brock and Ash gave a quick nervous laugh, "I think we will go look for the water now," they said simultaneously and headed off into the woods.
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"Is it just me or is Pikachu spending more time around May lately?" Ash asked his older friend as they trekked across the forest.
"Oh it's not your imagination. Pikachu is getting very comfortable with May." Brock responded.
"Why do you think that is? He's friendly toward everybody but I've never seen him fall asleep that fast in anyone's lap, not even mine."
"Well I think I know why, and Pikachu knows why, but the ones that it matters to the most to still have no clue at all." Brock responded with a mischievous smile.
"Okay then, what is it?" Ash asked.
"You'll know when the time is right," was the response the teenager received.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Just as it sounds, now let's go find that water. Otherwise it might take too long to get dinner ready."
Ash's stomach growled in response, "Good idea, hey I think I hear a river over there!"
"What a one track mind. He's already forgotten what he was arguing with me about." Brock thought as he raced off after his friend.
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Back at the campsite Max was finishing up getting the site ready while May was getting the water to a boil and petting Pikachu as he continued to sleep in her lap. "Hey May," the voice snapped May out of her trance, it was Max. "I've been noticing something, Pikachu has been spending almost as much time with you as Ash. Do you have any idea why?"
"I don't have a clue Max," May responded. "And this isn't the first time he's fallen asleep on my lap, whenever he does that Ash gets an odd look in his face as if he's wondering the exact same thing." The mentions of Ash's name unconsciously made her smile and give a slight blush across her face again. This time Max noticed it.
"Oh, I see. You like him don't you?"
"Huh? What do you mean? Like who?" May responded completely confused.
"You know, come on just say it. It's obvious."
"Will you shut up and tell me what you are talking about?"
"Well either you are extremely dense, or you are lying through your teeth."
"I still have no clue what you are talking about, now go and find Ash and Brock, they should be around here somewhere with the water."
"Fine, but I guess I'll have to go with dense." Max said as he ran off.
"What is Max talking about? I don't have a crush on anybody. He must just be trying to get on my nerves. I'll get him back for that, eventually." May thought as she continued to stroke Pikachu. A few seconds later she heard footsteps coming from the forest.
"Found them!" Max yelled as he burst into the clearing with Ash and Brock close behind.
"Good cause I'm..." May said.
"Getting hungry? Ya, me too." Ash finished her sentence. He looked over at May. "So has Pikachu been sleeping this entire time?"
"Yep." May responded with a smile, "Ever since you guys left."
With those words Ash felt a slight pain in his heart. "How can Pikachu like her just as much, if not more, than me? He's only known her for the last couple of years, while we have been partners for what seems like forever."
"Well if you guys are hungry then I guess I should start making dinner. It should only be about half an hour." Brock said breaking the silence.
"Alright!" all three of them cheered.
After dinner they were all resting in front of the fire as darkness shrouded the mountain. Pikachu has yet to wake up from his sleep and Ash still is feeling jealous of May with Pikachu.
"So what do you think Ash?"
"Huh?'
"I said 'Do you think that we will see any Clefairy here with the full moon approaching?'" May repeated.
"I don't really know, I've only encountered wild Clefairy once. And even then it was a while ago so I don't remember much from it."
"Well I hope we do, it would be really romantic to watch them underneath the full moon don't you think Ash?"
"Um, sure May." Ash said blushing a little.
Brock and Max both exchanged knowing glances to each other.
Just at that moment a large mechanical hand came out of the forest grabbing May and Pikachu. As the hand carried May up into the forest she let out a scream, and watched in horror watched as her Pokè Balls fell from her pack. While holding Pikachu in one hand she was able to quickly grab one of her balls before it fell down to the ground.
"Prepare for trouble, we've finally got it right.'
"Make it double, we got a two for one tonight"
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all peoples within our nation"
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jessie"
"James"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."
"Surrender now or prepare to fight."
"Meowth, that's right."
"Wobba, Wobba"
"Mime, Mime, Mime"
"Team Rocket!" shouts the three on the ground.
"That's right you pathetic twerps, we finally have got a good enough plan to capture Pikachu. And the tweepette, is a good bonus." James states.
"Give back May and Pikachu!" Ash yells as he runs after their balloon.
"Now to disappear into the night with our little bounty in our brand new balloon, with it we can blend perfectly into the darkness." Meowth said as he presses a big button.
The big Meowth balloon started to swell and suddenly pops, reveling a new balloon shaped as a Misdreavus. Sure to his word the black balloon blends well into the night.
"You won't get away that easily Team Rocket! Go Swellow! Pop that balloon!" Ash calls out as he tosses Swellow's Pokè Ball into the air.
"Not this time twerp, I'm not going to let you ruin our hard earned victory that easily! Seviper, Haze attack!" Jessie calls out as she sends out the Fang Snake Pokèmon.
"Seviper!" the snake calls out as he appears and quickly releases the cloud of smoke into the air.
"Ash!" May calls out as the smoke envelops both her and the balloon.
"Swellow blow away the smoke!" Ash calls out, a little more desperation in his voice. But by the time the smoke was cleared the balloon was gone, along with May and Pikachu.
"Damn it!" Ash yells to nobody as he slams his fists onto the ground.
"Don't worry Ash, even if Team Rocket gets a good move now and then, they always find someway to mess it up. And besides, I only found four of her Pokè Balls, which means that she still has one of her Pokèmon with her. And with Pikachu with her she'll be fine." Brock says to reassure his friend.
"Ya Brock's right Ash. We'll find May and Pikachu, there's still a few hours that we can look for them." Max adds.
Ash just looked at them, nodded his head, and ran off into the woods, all the while trying to fight the tears forming in his eyes.
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"Ha, ha! We finally got Pikachu and there's nothing that tweps can do about it." Team Rocket sang as they danced around in their rental cabin.
"And with the twerpette losing all of her Pokèmon there's nothing that she can do to get out!" James added.
"You won't get away with this!" May yelled from her corner that she was tied up in.
"Pika, Pika!" Pikachu added from his thunder-proof cage.
"Oh be quiet! We've won and there's nothing that you can do about it. By this time tomorrow both you and Pikachu with be at the Boss's place and we will get our long deserved promotion." Jessie shot back. "Now lets get some sleep, we've got a big day tomorrow."
All three of them went off into their rooms and with in a few minuets snoring could be heard throughout the cabin.
"Good, now that they are asleep, go Eevee!" May whispers. The small Evolution Pokèmon appears in a burst of light and shakes itself down and looks up at its trainer.
"Vee!" it says as it walks up and rubs its head against May.
"Alright Eevee I want you to use Bite to cut through these ropes, then we can get out of here to find Ash and the others."
"Eevee." the Pokèmon nods as it walks around to her back. A few seconds later the ropes loosen and May is able to get out of the bonds. She then walked over to Pikachu to let him out of the cage.
"Come on Pikachu, lets go find our friends." May told the mouse while holding out her right arm.
"Pika." Pikachu nodded and scampered up her arm to rest on her shoulder. May then held out her other arm to Eevee and she bounded up to the opposite shoulder. May then sneaked out of the house and started into the mountains.
By the time May got far enough away for the cabin it was already too dark to see effectively.
"Oh man, now what should I do?" May asked herself.
"Pika?" Pikachu's ears perked up and jumped off of May's shoulder and ran into the forest..
"Huh, Pikachu where are you going?" May asked as she followed the Pokèmon.
Pikachu then stopped in front of a bush by a cliff, "Pika Pika!" it waved and went into the bush. May followed and pushed aside the bush, as she did she could hear a soft howling coming from behind the bush. Behind the bush was a small cave, with enough room to fit two people sitting with a little room to spare. As the soft warm breeze blew through it, and created a soft howl; it was more soothing than scary. Pikachu was standing near the center of the cave waiting for May and Eevee.
"Well I'd rather not spend the night here but it's better than out in the open." May said as she sat down into the cave. As she did Eevee jumped down onto the floor to join Pikachu.
"Do you guys think we will find Ash and the others anytime soon?" May asked the small figures in front of her. "I mean we have no clue where we are and let alone where Ash is, and Mount Moon is huge it could be days before we meet up again."
After these words Eevee lowered it head and gave a soft "vee," Pikachu went up to it and patted it on it's shoulder. Eevee then looked up and rubbed its head against Pikachu in response, Pikachu sweat dropped and continued to reassure Eevee.
"Don't worry Eevee, Ash always comes to our rescue. Ash, every time I'm in trouble I can always count on him to either cheer me up or save me from myself," she gave a small chuckle at the last statement. "But seriously, he is more than that."
As May is talking Pikachu and Eevee come up and curl up together into her lap. As May continues to talk she strokes both of them as they drift off into sleep. "He's devoted, brave, very kind, a little dense, strong, (yawn), a good friend, single-minded, and definitely cute…." May trails off as she drifts into sleep as well.
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"Achoo!"
"Ash we really should stop for tonight, I want to find May and Pikachu just as much as you do, but if we continue looking tonight you could catch a cold or we might even loose each other." Brock said as he walks up carrying a sleeping Max on his back.
"Alright, but we'll start again first thing tomorrow." Ash reluctantly said.
"I hope you are alright Pikachu, May..." Ash thought as they walked back to their camp.
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Well hope that good enough for everybody, never was too good at English so I can't really say that it will be top quality. Sorry if there wasn't enough Advanceshipping for some of you but I promise the next chapter will have more, its already been started so it should only be a couple days until its up as well.
Note: I will accept flames as long as they are directed at the story and not the pairing. If you don't like the Ash/May pairing then why were you reading this in the first place?