So, this is the second chapter and I want to inform you that the invasion will be at the end of the chapter XD
I also want to thank the guys that reviewed my fanfic.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.

Chapter 2: The Invasion

It was 11:00 AM, and Ash is busy 'teaching' the royal guards some tactics he learned over the years; and of course, May (with the kitten on her shoulder) was watching Ash as he taught the royal guards some formations. May was wearing the clothes that she bought the other day (her Hoenn Clothes), and May gave the little kitten some clothes, a cute ribbon on its neck, a pink sweater, and a white miniskirt, but the kitten doesn't seem to be comfortable with some clothes on . May invited Ash to eat lunch in town; Ash hesitated at first but was pulled by May into a restaurant that sells ramen. What they didn't notice is that someone was spying on them.

The both of them bought 5 bowls of ramen, and they just ignored the mumbles of other people. Ash removed his bandanna that covers his forehead, revealing an upside down star on his forehead (Satanism symbol).
"Hey Ash, what's that on your forehead?" Asked May curiously
"It's something that you'd better not know" said Ash coldly as he wore the bandanna again.
"Hey, let's see who could eat faster, the loser will pay the bill, deal?"said May, trying to make Ash smile.
"Deal!" Ash smiled and after a few seconds, they started eating faster than a slave that hasn't eaten for days. The other customers jaw-dropped at the sight of Ash and May eating, then after a minute, the match ended with a tie.
"A tie, huh?" said Ash, staring at May's sapphire-colored eyes
"There could only be one victor." Said May, also staring at Ash's eyes
"TEN MORE BOWLS PLEASE!" Ash and May shouted at the waiter simultaneously, the waiter swear-dropped and tried to put on a fake smile.
"Y-yes Ma'am and Sir." And with that, the waiter disappeared to bring more bowls of ramen. The kitten that was sleeping on the table suddenly woke up and started licking one of May's bowl, and eventually, May's face.
"I'm sorry little guy, I'll buy you some snacks later." Said May as she tried to put the kitten on the table and away from her face
"Seriously May, do you really need to dress your cat like that?" said Ash he took a biscuit from his fanny pack and fed it to the kitten
"Why not? Is he not the cutest little thing that you have ever seen?" Said May as she stroked the kitten's fur
"Yeah…" said Ash sarcastically, rolling his eyes "What's his name?"
"Max, nice name huh?" said May, smiling at Ash.

"Here you go Ma'am and Sir." Said the waiter while carrying 2 trays of ramen.
Ash and May once again started to eat, it was a tight battle, neither of them wanted to lose, and the customers just stared at them with amazement. After a few more minutes, Ash was declared as the winner, he clenched his fists in the air and the other customers applauded
"So May, looks like you would be paying the bill." Ash grinned and noticed that May was smiling sheepishly.
"Actually Ash, I don't have any money…"

"WHAAAT!? You expect me to pay all that!?" exclaimed Ash, causing some of the customers to leave the restaurant
"I'm sorry Ash, it's just I forgot to brought some money" said May who staring at the ground because of guilt.
"Great." Said Ash sarcastically "You forgot to bring money and now you want me to pay."
Ash took his wallet and paid the bill, then he left May alone in the restaurant. May took Max that was at the table and went after Ash

"Ash, Ash?" May tried to get Ash's attention, but Ash just ignored her and walked faster. May clutched his arm and tried to slow him down
"Hey Ash, I'm sorry okay? I'll try to pay you later. Could you just please take me back to the castle?"
"Why won't you just go back on your own?" said Ash coldly
"But I'm afraid to go back alone."
"Then it's not my problem" said Ash as broke free from May's grasp walked towards the crowd. May noticed that her shoelaces were not tied; she crouched and tied her shoelaces, but by the time that she stood up, she couldn't find Ash anywhere.

Meanwhile at the Castle

"Your Majesty, I saw princess May with the 'Devil' outside the castle" said the spy while kneeling in front of King Norman and Queen Caroline
"Norman, are you sure about this?" asked Queen Caroline with a worried tone
"Ash seemed to be a nice boy, I'm sure he'll protect our daughter." Said King Norman "Where are they right now?"
"Last time I saw them, May pulled Ash into a restaurant" said the Spy "May seemed to like Ash, and she enjoys being with him, maybe you could-"
"I'm not asking for your opinion!" Norman roared with anger
"I'm sorry your Majesty…"
"Well then, keep an eye out for them"
"Yes Your Majesty" and with that, the spy left to spy Ash and May (Again)

"Norman, I'm starting to get worried because of that boy" said Caroline
"It seems that May is starting to like Ash, but don't worry, once that boy do bad things to our daughter, I'll kill him with my bare hands" said Norman as he placed his hands on Caroline's shoulders
"But that won't change the fact that he did bad things to our daughter!" exclaimed Caroline
"What do you want me to do?" said Norman as he turned his back to Caroline
"You could create another deal with him, just don't reward him with our daughter"
"Okay, I'll try to think of another deal"
"Ash is a dangerous boy, do you still remember why Queen Johanna wanted to destroy Pallet Town along with the villagers there?"
"It's because the villagers are demons" said Norman as he closed his eyes "Long ago, the demons are monsters that could transform into human form, and they caused great destruction. But the draconians, humanoid dragons, wanted to end the demons' rampage, so they started a war against the demons. The war lasted for many years, but after 10 years of war, both sides decided to make peace treaty, the demons promised that they wouldn't harm anyone anymore and that they will create a village and live peacefully. During the war, both sides' population greatly decreased, and that's the reason why the demons decided to make a peace treaty and started living peacefully. But Queen Johanna and King Palmer believed that the day will come that the demons would start a war again in the future, so they decided to seek Pallet town and destroy it along with the demons…."
"But Ash survived and swore to Arceus that one day he will have his revenge" Queen Caroline continued
"But that doesn't change the fact that Ash wouldn't do such things to our daughter"
"And what makes you say that?"
"…the spy?"
"Still! I want you to make sure that our daughter won't get harmed!"
"Okay, okay" Norman sighed, the only one in this world that he's afraid of, is his wife.

May was walking down the streets while talking to Max
"Hey Max, what do you think should I do so that Ash would forgive me?" said May to the kitten on her shoulder
"Meow!" Max pointed at a BBQ stand.
"But I don't have any money" said May with a lonely voice. She then saw a man wearing a cloak handing her 100 pokedollars
"Who are you mister?" asked May curiously
"Let's just say that I was sent by the king to guard you" said the stranger as he handed the money to May, and whispered something to May "Use this to buy Ash something, you really like him huh?" May blushed because of his statement
"I don't like him, it's just he's mad at me right now" said May while trying to hide her blush, the stranger chuckled at what May said
"I'll watch over you from a distance, right now I'm hungry" said the stranger as he rubbed his stomach and walked away from May. May smiled and walked towards the BBQ stand. May bought 2 grilled Bacon, one for Ash and another one for Max and her. Ash's grilled bacon was inside a paper bag, and May placed it on her fanny pack

As they were walking (while eating) on the uncrowded part of town, 3 tall, muscular strangers surrounded May
"Heh, what a pretty girl" said the first one while grinning evilly
"Uh, thank you?" said May as she tried to get past them
"But do you know what happens to pretty girls" said the second one as he took a step closer to May. May was starting to get scared and was about to scream but the third one taped her mouth
"Do you even think we would let you attract attention" said the third one as he and the second one grabbed her arms, and the first one was touching May's face seductively, but Max scratched the stranger's hand
"Why you little…!" said the first one as he threw Max away from May's shoulder.

The stranger that May met earlier was about to save her but stopped when he saw Ash charging towards the strangers that surrounded May, Ash punched one of them so hard, the stranger flew towards the wall, leaving a crack at the wall and knocking the stranger out (not to mention the metal gauntlet made the punch more painful). The second one tried to punch Ash in the face but Ash grabbed his arm and started twisting it, causing the stranger to scream in pain. While the last one tried to run away but Ash took a blunt stone and threw it to the stranger, directly hitting the back of his head and knocking him out.

Ash took Max gently and placed it on his head, and then he removed the tape on May's mouth and grabbed May's hand and started walking.
"Ash! Where are you taking me?" exclaimed May, surprised at Ash's sudden movements
"Back to the castle, duh!" said Ash not even looking at May. May hugged Ash's arm tightly
"Thank you for saving me Ash" said May softly "I'm sorry Ash about what happened earlier, I promise I will pay you later, right now I've got something to give you" May released Ash's arm and took a paper bag from her fanny pack. Ash raised a brow
"What's that?" asked Ash but he immediately identified it by smelling it "Bacon?!"
"Why, do you love bacon?" teased May while smiling at Ash
"N-no! It's just…" Ash turned towards the knocked out stranger at his left, but he couldn't help but drool at the smell of bacon
May took the bacon from the paper bag which caused Ash to gaze at the bacon. May was about to take a small bite from the bacon but Ash jaw-dropped as if saying 'Nooo! Please don't!' May let out a chuckle and gave Ash the bacon
"Here you go Ash!"
"T-thank you May" said Ash. Ash was about to take a bite at the bacon but he noticed May staring at the bacon, Ash smiled and split the bacon into two, he gave the half to May
"Thank you Ash" said May as she ate the bacon
"No, thank you May" said Ash as he noticed Max trying to reach for the bacon, Ash took a small piece and gave it to Max.

Ash and May started walking towards the castle after they finished eating, but neither of them started a conversation. After a few minutes, May finally broke the awkward silence
"Hey Ash, could you please tell me why you are unnaturally strong?"
"It's something-"Ash was about to answer but May placed one finger on his lip
"Let me guess, 'It's something that you'd better not know.'" May tried her best to imitate Ash's voice, but failed
"You're horrible at imitating"
"Oh really? I could imitate Max"
"Heh, shoot."
"Meow!"
"Ok fine, I take back what I have just said."
"Told ya!" May hugged Ash's arm and leaned on his shoulder. Both of them were walking towards the gate and were surprised to see the old guards gone. What they saw were two new tall and muscular guards (wearing knight's armor), unlike the old guards, these two new guards are focusing on their job; they could just stand there all day
"Ash Ketchum! The King wants to see you at the throne room" said the first one
"How did you know-"Ash didn't finish his question when the second guard handed him a picture of him. May just smiled at the two guards
"Good day to you sir!"
"Good day to you too, princess!" said the two guards simultaneously.

May went to the castle with Max on her shoulders while Ash decided to go home after having a small talk with the king. By the time Ash arrived at his home, he immediately went to the bedroom, taken off his armor, taken off his red head band, wore his sleeping garments, jumped into the bed, and fell asleep within seconds.

Ash woke up after 3 hours of sleep, but the reason he woke up is because of the sound of the bells coming from the bell tower, which means that the kingdom is under attack. Ash immediately wore his armor, his head band, strapped his great sword on his back and immediately went to the castle. He saw the royal guards readying, after a few minutes of readying, the royal guards marched towards the castle walls. The squad that Ash leads consists of 15 pike men, 20 legionaries (men wielding swords and kite shields with a spear strapped on their back), 20 Elite Defenders (Men wielding Gigantic shields, shields that are bigger than them) and 25 castle archers. Ash's squad is small compared to the opposing army which consists of 30 cavalrymen, 40 archers and 35 swordsmen. Ash's squad stood outside the castle walls, a few kilometers away from the opposing army. Ash turned towards one of the archers and nodded, the archer sent an arrow towards one of the enemy cavalryman, effectively killing the horseman. After Ash took the initiative, the opposing army started charging towards them, the cavalry on front, the swordsmen followed, and the archers readying their arrows
"Everybody, defensive formation A!" Ash shouted at the top of his lungs so that all of the soldiers could hear him. The royal guards followed what Ash said and positioned themselves, the pike men on front, and the others on their back, while the archers on the castle walls readied their arrows, waiting for Ash's orders. Their plan was successful, some of the cavalrymen continued charging while the others stopped, and the cavalrymen that continued charging were easily killed by the long pikes of the pike men. The enemy cavalrymen's number decreased to 20. The enemy archers released a rain of arrows, but Ash commanded the royal guards just in time.
"Defensive Formation B 'Shield Wall'!" The royal guards followed; the legionaries and the pike men crouched while the defenders raised their shields creating a wall of shields.
"'Rain of arrows!'" Ash commanded the castle archers, and they followed, they released their arrows into the air, killing some of the horsemen and the swordsmen. The numbers of the horsemen decreased to 15, while the swordsmen to 27.
"Retaliation Formation, now!" The soldiers once again followed Ash's orders, this time they were charging (including Ash, but he's using an ordinary sword instead of his great sword) Ash in the middle-front, alongside the Defenders and the Pike men, while the legionaries are at the back, they formed a Pyramid like formation. The Defenders kept on charging while bashing the swordsmen on their front, they will only stop charging when a horseman was charging towards them, they would take a step back and let the pike men do the dirty job. The enemy army was almost wiped out, the only ones left were the archers, they tried shooting arrows while stepping back but the defenders would just block the attack
"For Queen Johanna!" one of the archers cried trying to inspire the others not to give up
"Retaliation Formation B!" shouted Ash towards the others. The defenders and the pike men side-stepped and made way for the legionaries, the legionaries threw their javelins towards the archers, killing most of them; they then unsheathed their swords and sprinted towards the remaining archers, killing the rest. (Note: I know less about the legionaries, but in this story, they are elite soldiers with enhanced speed, agility, and senses)

After they killed the last one, one of the legionaries cried while they are marching towards the castle walls
"Long live Ash Ketchum!" one of the legionaries exclaimed
"Long live Ash Ketchum!" the other soldiers replied
"Long live King Norman!
"Long live the King!"

King Norman just watched in amazement, 'He only used a few men, and the opposing army was bigger than his, but he managed to defeat them all without suffering any casualties!?' Norman thought to himself, still not believing what just happened.

Little did Ash know, is that a cloaked stranger witnessed everything from a small hill and smirked
"You've grown stronger, Ash; and it's exactly what we need to get revenge. Not now, but on the right time" The stranger said and started walking away from the area.
He removed his hood, revealing a young man with blond hair, and is about a year older than Ash. He also had an upside down star symbol on his forehead, much like Ash.

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