As Time Passes and Distance Widens, Wounds are Healed
Tsukasa: Looks like we're back to Contestshipping!.
Karen: Gotta love it. It's a good pairing, and once again we found a great picture to use as a base.
Tsukasa: I hope you guys like this one. Let's get started!
Karen: We don't own Pokémon nor the picture that inspired this fanfiction!
P.S. Lost in You is owned by Three Days Grace.
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"I always knew you'd come back to get me... And you always knew that it wouldn't be easy... to go back to the start to see where it all began... Or end up at the bottom
To watch how it all ends..."
How suiting, May thought, as she listened in her new winter clothing. Drew had been even kinder than she had ever hoped, especially considering how cruel she had been. It still seemed like a dream, sitting there, outside the Pokémon center, waiting for the man of her dreams. It just didn't seem real to her, though the feelings she was currently experiencing... no dream she had ever had had been so real. She used to be numb to happiness, and even the rare happy dream would still feel somber. But this... it had to be real, she smiled, as she heard the crunch of snow approaching. She turned to face Drew, who was holding two cups of hot cocoa, "Here" He smiled as he handed May her cup before sitting down next to her.
May fidgeted a little and blushed, bringing Drew to comment, "You look good in those clothes." May gasped and blushed even harder, taking a sip of her Cocoa only to spit it out in pain, "Ow!"
"Hahaha!" Drew laughed despite her pain, "After all this, I figured you'd be kind of numb to pain" He teased gently. "Well, I was... for so long, that now when it hurts, it hurts like that knife had actually gone into my gut..."
Drew swallowed nervously as he heard this, "S... Sorry... didn't mean to tease you on something so sensitive..." May placed her hands on his leg and leaned in close with concern in her eyes, "No! It's fine, really! I just wasn't expecting it!" it took her a moment, but she soon realized where her hands had gone and pulled them back, blowing on her chocolate a little to reset her position, "I need this... I need to get all of my feelings back, everywhere on me..."
Drew's eyes widened for a second, though he quickly resumed his typical look to avoid any undue attention, though he still shivered at her words Everywhere on her...? Many men would have drooled at the thought, but Drew was different. He was mature, composed, cultured. He just shrugged off the thought and flew to a more romantic one. Her lips need more feeling too He smiled at this one, bringing May to curiously stare at him. It took a second, but Drew noticed her stare, his smile changing from happy to nervous as he asked, "Wh... What?"
"What were you smiling about?" May's eyes slimmed as she looked him in the eyes, a smirk growing as she awaited the answer. "Nothing! Nothing, nothing at all!" Drew laughed, "Just uh..."
"Just what?"
"Just thinking of how you should re-enter some contests! I think you could make a cool appearance and attract some of the friends you lost..." He again smiled as he thought of the gift he had for her. He had, indeed, thought of an idea for her to try at another contest, to regain the trust of the populace... she had to find some way to fix her sins.
"Oh..." May sighed, "I... I don't know if I can go back to being a coordinator..." She sipped at her now cooled cocoa, "I just... I did too much to sully my name... and besides, I have all the trophies... why should I go back?"
"The Johto league is hosting a new contest season in about two months. You should think about it..." Drew said before standing, "I'll be right back"
"Oh... Ok" May smiled as Drew walked back into the Pokémon center. She took another sip of her cocoa, then began daydreaming about what she was doing with her life...
Drew let out a sigh as he walked into the Pokémon center, immediately drawing the attention of the active Nurse Joy, "Is something wrong, Drew?" her answer came as Drew flopped onto one of the couches, "Kinda..."
"What's bothering you? Aren't you happy that you found May? I remember how you told me how long you were looking for her..."
Oh yeah... Drew flashed back to a day earlier...
It was a freezing night as Drew made his way into Snowpoint's Pokémon center. He had been hunting for new info for three full days, ignoring the urges to sleep and eat completely as he trekked further, hoping to find his dearest friend before she did something stupid.
"Welcome!" Nurse Joy chirped, "Would you like some hot chocolate?"
Drew just stared at her for a few seconds before smiling, "I would like that, thank you" He walked over to one of the couches and sat down to wait for his drink. Taking out a map, he began tracing his steps out on each path, "Now... where are you? I know you're in northern Sinnoh..."
"Here you are" Nurse Joy placed the chocolate on the table next to Drew, "Are you lost?" Drew couldn't help but laugh at this question, "Nah, I've been through Sinnoh quite a few times... I'm actually looking for someone. Have you seen May Coran, the Festival Master come through here recently?"
Nurse Joy nearly dropped her own hot chocolate at this question, "Y... Yes, I have... she stopped in to rest just this afternoon... Why are you looking for her?" Drew snapped to attention and nearly knocked over his cocoa as he stood and looked Joy in the eyes, "Where did she go?"
"Out to the Acuity Lakefront... Why are you so desperate to find her?"
"Her and I go a long way back. She used to be my best friend and my strongest rival, but something changed... she became heartless, she stopped caring... but I never did. Ever since she disappeared I've been hunting for her, trying for over a year to bring her home... and I'm not giving up until I find her."
Joy couldn't help but smile as he explained, "Such a dedicated young man." She bowed, "Please, if you could, stop her from hurting herself. She was carrying a knife with her as she left this morning..."
"Shit!" Drew steamed as he flew out of the Pokémon center, leaving Nurse Joy stunned, "Such a kind man..."
"I just don't know..." Drew snapped out of his dreamland, "If I should give her the gift I got her..." Drew stared up at the ceiling, thinking about his decision. "What did you get her?" Joy asked as she sat down in a nearby chair, "Something to help her get back into contests... but I wonder if it's too soon..."
"I think she needs all the inspiration she can get to get back into contests, Drew... Whatever you got her, I'm sure she'll love it." It dawned on Drew that she did indeed need more than a bit of care to heal. She needed everything he could offer, and that's what he was going to do. He stood and smiled at the nurse," Thank you, Nurse Joy. I'll go get her gift right now!"
Nurse Joy once again smiled as she watched the young man run upstairs, "What a kind young man..." She giggled then resumed her duties, smiling even more as Drew came running back down the stairs with a large green parcel with a red ribbon in hand.
Drew slowed again, looking down at the gift. This was it... the best way for her to get back into contests... Best way to get her back with him..." He took a deep breath and walked outside again, grinning at the beaming face that awaited him, "Whatcha got there, Drew?" May smiled, knowing all too well that it was for her.
Drew sat down on the bench May resided on and handed it to her, "Open it and find out" He smiled as she took the gift. May stared at it for a moment, curious as to what it was, before she unraveled the wrapping to reveal a pokeball with pair of goggles wrapped around it, "Drew what.. .what is this?"
"Release it" Drew said simply with another smile. May stared at the pokeball again, then picked it up, hesitating. She almost didn't want to know what was inside... but she took her courage and threw the pokeball, unleashing a blinding white light that eventually formed into a Flygon, "Drew... Is that...?"
"Yeah. It's my Flygon. I figured out a cool way for you to start up your contest career again, but you'd need a powerful Pokémon to fly you in.
"Huh?" May was stumped. She had no idea what Drew was talking about until he leaned in and kissed her, gently at first, then quickly he took her into his arms and burst into a passionate kiss, which she happily returned. Even with the hot chocolate, her lips had become numb with cold, but the warmth of Drew's lips churned heat back into her, and she more than happily welcomed this heat, knowing that she would always be able to fall back on the man she loved more than anything in this world.
As the kiss broke, Drew brought her even closer into a tight hug that warmed the rest of her body, "I know you are scared, but please May... trust me to bring you back to life..." May gasped at this request, holding onto Drew as she tried to comprehend what he had just asked... "Of course I will... I trust you with my life Drew... the life you saved..." she wrapped her arms around him and clung like her life was ending yet again, knowing that as long as she had him, nothing would ever make her life miserable again.
Bright lights and a rather irritating announcer announced the opening of the first of the annual Johto Regional Contests. "Alrigh everyone! Are you ready for our first coordinator? Here she is! It's..." Everything became quiet as she read the name, "May... Coran..." Whispers filled the arena as the sun was suddenly eclipsed. Above the arena flew a Pokémon, and within seconds a pair of goggles reflected the sun down on the contest as the coordinator plummeted to the earth, "Is... Is that?"
Everyone in the crowd gasped in horror as May dropped into the arena. All eyes closed as they waited for an impact, but the flapping of powerful wings preluded the crunch everyone expected. As eyes opened, the arena witnessed May hanging from Flygon's claws, hanging like an angel coming from heaven; at the last minute, the Pokémon had caught May, leaving her with a wide grin as she leapt off her Pokémon, her new blue version of her original clothes lighting the arena with the shining sapphires that decorated it. "I... I don't believe it!" Is that... May?"
May walked up to the announcer and snatched the mic from her, grinning as she held up her pokeball and recalled Flygon to it's pokeball, "Hello Violet City! Are you ready for today's Pokémon Contest?" May shouted into the mic, then held it up. The silence, however, continued to ring in whispers and shock. May smiled then shouted once again, "Are you ready for today's Pokémon Contest!" It took a moment, but the crowd soon began to fill with vigor and cheered for May, "Alright! That's what I wanted to hear! Now then! Let's get started!"
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Tsukasa: Yep, there will be a part 3!
Karen: Odd place to stop don't you think?
Tsukasa: Well, it's supposed to be a cliffhanger!
Karen: Whatever you say
Tsukasa: See you next time!