Disclaimor: I do not own Pokemon, and if I did I would get rid of Max and put in Drew. )
"Can't we take a break? My feet are killing me!" May moaned, sitting down hard on a nearby rock.
"Aw come on May! We're almost there!" Max cheerfully said. Ash, who had been walking further ahead, turned around and grinned. "Yeah! Then heads up Traverse Town! Ash Keptume is coming to win!"
His three companions groaned as the determination fire flared up in Ash's eyes. "Then I'll get to see the love of my life, the diamond in the rough, my soul mate... Nurse Joy!" Brock sang, as he tore down the dirt path. Max ran after him, to save Nurse Joy and Ash followed.
May sighed, and slowly got back to her sore feet. The trio was headed to Traverse Town, where Ash was going to battle in the Pokemon contest, and also where he was suppose to meet Branden and battle one-on-one in the final round. Of course, Ash was ready to take the challenge and was pumped and ready for action, but his excitement to be the first one there had Mays feet killing her. Grumbling something about hormons, May trudged down the path after the trail of smoke her friends disappeared off into. At least it was a beautiful day, May thought as she looked at the green trees around her, and the blue, blue sky. The Pokemon were singing and running around playfully with each other and light breeze danced with her hair and tugged softly at her clothes. May smiled, feeling happy and relaxed again. When she finally woke up from her day dreaming, she noticed she was closing in on their next town. She had climbed a hill, and down below her she could she a peaceful, medium sized town full of activity. She also saw a bridge, and a large river, which already she could tell a powerful and fast current. She shivered, as she carefully made her way down the hill and across the sturdy wooden bridge, she wouldn't want to fall in that.
As she entered the town, wonderful smells like fresh bake bread, cakes and soups greeted her. Oh, and Max, Ash and Brock.
"What took you so long, May? We thought we had to go back and find you!" Max said, still holding a firm grip on Brock's ear. "No! Don't take me away from her! I'll be back! Love always prevail, my dear Nurse Joy!" Brock cried.
Ash, on the other hand, was grinning. "I am soo pumped!..." A loud growl interrupted him and Ash blushed slightly. "And maybe a little hungry."
May sheepishly smiled, as her stomach chimed in too. "Me too. Let's go find somewhere to eat, then explore this place!" They all nodded in agreement.
"Its says in here that the Noodle House is one of the great places to eat, in the whole Hoenin League! We should check it out!" Brock said, flipping through a brochure. They made their way through the somewhat crowded street and down into the Noodle House, which was fairly busy.
"Table for four please." Max ordered, looking almost straight up at their waiter, whose name tag stated her name was Annie. She smiled and nodded, and silently took them into the back, where one table stood empty.
"Here you go! May I take drinks, while you decide what you want?" She asked pleasantly. They ordered their drinks, thanked her, and went searching through their menus.
"Wow, they've got some good stuff here!" Ash drolled, looking over his menu.
"Ya, and great prices! I've never seen any of these priced so low!" Max grinned.
"I know what I want!" May happily folded over her menu and place her elbows on the table and held her head on them. "Everything?" Max smirked.
"Very funny Max but no. I'm getting the Chicken Noodle Pasta, thank you very much." May stated proudly. "That sounds good! I'm getting the ginger Lime spaghetti!" Brock said excitedly.
"Forget you guys! I'm getting everything!" Ash grinned, as his Picachu smiled.
"Ash, you knickapoop. You know we cant afford that!" May said.
"Are you guys Pokemon trainers?" Annie asked suddenly, coming up from behind and carrying their drinks.
Ash nodded. "Yep, I'm planning on competing in that Pokemon Contest Tomorrow!" he stated proudly.
"Well, lucky for you, food is free for Pokemon Trainers. So you can eat all you want!" Ash looked like he was in heaven.
"So can I take your order?" "I WANT EVERYTHING!" Ash declared happily to the whole res truant.
"Um... it might take a while..."
"As long as its done before tomorrow, I could care less how long its going to take!" Ash grinned up at their waitress.
"All right... and for you?" She turned to May with a nervous smile: she didn't even bother to write Ash's down. "
Don't bother with him, just get him a burger and he'll be happy." The waitress laughed, relieved. She didn't want to put Ash's order into the chef, he might have quited his job.
They each in turn put in their order and waited patiently for their food. It didn't take more than ten minutes, and soon they were each chowing down.
"Wow! I can see why this is one of the best places to eat in the Hoenin League!" Ash grinned, with crumbs and ketchup all over his face and clothes.
"Yeah! I know what you mean! This pasta is to die for!" May said happily, sitting back in her chair to rest. Max and Brock each agreed.
When they were finally all finished, they were stuffed to the brink, but all happy and warm. They thanked the waitress and left a tip as they left the Noodle House. They must have been in there longer than they thought, because the Sun was setting, and the sky arrayed beautiful colors from pink to purple to orange.
"Hey Max! You want to go swimming?" Ash asked, turning to Max. "Yeah! Why not?" Max grinned.
"Then lets head back to the Pokemon center." Brock nodded.
"You guys go ahead, I want to walk around a bit." May grinned. They nodded and walked in the opposite direction May did.
May walked around the town, quiet happy and content. She poked through the gift shops and bakery's, until she finally sat down on a bench, facing the river. It was a beautiful sight, with the sun coloring the river and lighting her face. The temperature was also very comfortable, with a soft breeze to play with her hair.
May sat back and with a far off mind, watched Pokemon fly around and playfully chase after each other. Her mind started to drift off into her next Pokemon Contest. She acted as if she was a part of it right now, and choose her Evey and Squirtle to show. She went through her act, the screaming crowd and the judges giving her high rakes. She made it to the preliminaries with flying colors, coming in at second, right behind Solidad. She battled a boy, beat him, and went into her finals. There, she took down Solidad and won the Ribbon Cup. People were screaming and chanting her name, as she proudly held it and waved to the crowd, with her trusty Pokemon at her side. She could see Ash and Max, and Brock, all smiling proudly at her and shouted her name with the crowd. She could see Solidad, clapping loudly and looking pleased at her. She could see Harley, furiously stomping out of the arena and Drew... She could see Drew smiling at her, holding a red rose for her... May smiled softly as she drifted off to sleep...
"You as selfish as ever, May. You friends are frantic, they cant find you anywhere. May? May! Come on! Wake up!" May groaned as she felt herself shaken, and opened her eyes. Everything was blurry, and dark. It was cold too.
May sat up, rubbed her eyes, and shivered. "What? Where am I?"
Her awakener sighed. "You fell asleep on the bench, May."
As her vision finally came back, she noted that the sun was gone, and clouds were starting to come in. The wind was picking up and the temperature seemed to be dropping at a steady pace. She turned to face her sarcastic new friend.
"Drew? What are you doing here?" May gasped.
Drew grinned and flipped his hair. "Your friends are worrying about you, they couldn't find you anywhere. So when I checked into the Pokemon Center, they asked me if I saw you around. In the end, we split up and searched the whole town for you. Lucky for me, I found you." Drew said, lending a hand to help her up.
May blushed. "Oh, I guess I was really tired. How long have I been out?"
He shrugged. "We've only been looking for you for three hours. Then again, what can you expect with a Pokemon trainer like you?" Drew said, looking up at the darkening clouds.
"And whats that suppose to mean?" May demanded, putting her hands on her hips and glaring at the green haired boy.
"Forget it. Come on, with have to get out of this storm." Drew said, grabbing her hand, and sprinting down the dirt path.
"What are you talking about? There was-" A bright white streak lit up the sky for a second, before a thundering sound shook every bone in their body.
Drew glared at her. "Now do you believe me?"
May frowned at him, before it completely down poured on them. May let out a shriek, and tore away from Drew, almost instantly regretting it. She had liked him holding her hand... She shook her head. No! He was the enemy and no more! But she blushed as they ran side by side in the pouring rain.
Drew looked over at her, cocking a eyebrow. Why was she blushing like that? He would have to ask her about it later. Now, they had to get to the Pokemon Center. Another flash of Lightening lit up their surroundings, followed by horrifying crack of thunder. Drew's heart rate picked up as he tried to stay cool and look for their shelter. May screamed again, closed her eyes and covered her head. Drew grabbed her arm to steer her toward the Pokemon Center, they could see it now, and were closing in fast. "Come on May! We are almost there!" May opened her eyes, and full out sprint to the doors, with Drew hot on her heals.
Nurse Joy was peacefully typing into her computer, double checking that all the Pokemon were being take care off. The lobby was completely empty, with the lonely fire slowly dying out and all the trainers upstairs sleeping in the room.
Her mind then wandered off to those three kids who she had shooed to bed, only a hour ago. They couldn't find their friend. Nurse Joy frowned as she looked up and outside at the thunderstorm. She hoped that the girl was okay. She wouldn't want anything bad happening to her.
Just then, two kids burst through the doors, soaking wet, and panting heavily.
"Oh!" Nurse Joy quickly grabbed some blankets and walked over to them. "Oh! You poor things! Come! Sit down by the fire to warm yourself up!" Without a word the two kids sat down hard in front of the withering fire.
"Hm... will have to do better than that, Chansey! Bring me some wood please!'"
"Don't bother." The girl exhaustedly said, while she searched through her small yellow pack. She took out a pokeball and tossed in tiredly into the air.
"Combustion! Lit the fire please!" A birdish type Pokemon came out, calling out his name and flames erupted from his mouth. He directed in at the fireplace, and at contact it joyfully rekindled.
"Not bad, May." The Green haired boy shivered.
"Thank you Combustion. Return!" May had out the poke ball, and with a final call the Pokemon disappeared.
"What were you two doing out in such weather?" Nurse Joy asked pleasantly, as she brought them mugs of hot coco.
"Someone fell asleep outside, and had her friends worrying about her." Drew said, in between sips.
"You didn't have to come look for me." May retorted.
"Were you the lost girl?" Nurse Joy asked, kneeling down to look at May's face.
May blushed slightly. "Yeah, I guess so. I was real tired and fell asleep on that bench, near that river. It was a beautiful sight, Nurse Joy."
Nurse Joy nodded. "Of course! I know where your talking about! It is breath taking, isn't it? And I don't blame you for falling asleep there, I've done it once or twice myself." Nurse Joy winked down at May, and May smiled back, not feeling such like a fool any more.
"Would you like me to take your Pokemon for the night?" She asked pleasantly.
"Yes, please." Drew handed her his as May got out her own.
"Mine too please!" Nurse Joy took all of them, then walked away into the back room. The two sat in silence for a moment, May staring at her mug, and Drew at the fire.
"Um... thanks for coming to look for me. I don't know what I would have done, if I would have woken up in the middle of a thunderstorm." May said, still looking down at her mug.
Drew looked up surprised, them grinned at her. "Your welcome but don't expect it to happen again. I just had nothing to do, thats all." May smirked at him, and wrung out her bandanna. She frowned, looking at the sad lump in her hand, then got up and placed it near the fire, so it could dry.
Drew climbed up on the coach, and let out a loud sigh. May sat down next time him and yawned.
"I'm tired, but too exhausted to get a room!" She complained, as she nestled down further in her blanket.
"A lazy Pokemon trainer is a sign of lazy Pokemon." Drew yawned.
"Who says?" May demanded softly, starting to drift off to sleep.
"Good coordinators, thats who." Drew said sleepily.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
May laid her head down on the arm of the coach. "...Night, Drew,"
Drew smiled softly and closed his eyes. "Night May."
Next chapter: May and Drew both have colds, so they have to stay in bed, in the same room as it continues to rain. And as the night comes around, Mays old trouble making 'disease' comes back, and know one knows shes got it expect... that green haired boy.
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