Chapter 3

(Pallet Town the next day)

May and Delia sat on the couch waiting, it was only six in the mourning but they were so hopeful and happy nether one of them could sit still. Nether woman thought of anything except Ash,

"Mrs. Ketchum, ya know, I miss him, but I don't think I'll know what to say when he arrives, it has been so long since I've talked to him, even longer since I last saw him, what am I supposed to do, I don't know whether to tackle him for coming home, or to punch him in the face for being gone so long."

"Well I think you'll know what to do when the time comes, at least I hope you will, I'm still not sure what to do myself, I've been thinking about what to do since the day you first showed up on my door step. I still dont have the answer though."

May reached for the cup of coffee she had on the table, slowly brought it to her chest, held it with two hands, took a drink and said "I know I've told you this before but I miss Ash so much, I miss our all night talks, I miss the way he practically ran to every gym like his life depended on it, most of all I miss his smile."

Delia only smiled at May for a time,

" What! Did I say something funny?"

"Oh no, I was just thinking about two things I needed to do."

"Ok, what do you need to do, I'll help."

"Haha, I'm sorry May, but you cant really help me with one of the two things."

"I don't know about that I think I've become pretty resourceful since I've been here, remember the time I fixed the sink?'

"Fixed is a very strong word since you were the one who broke it in the first place haha."

"Oh shoot, I forgot about that..."

"May, the reason you cant help me with this task is because your the main subject of the task."

"what do you mean by that." May asked in confusion

"I mean that what I need to do is thank you for everything you've done, it mean's the world to me."

"O..Oh! It was nothing really" May exclaimed in shock while she tried to hide the fact that she was blushing


"No May, what you did was everything, but I think its about time that we go get cleaned up, after all Ash could be here any minute and we are still in our Pjs hehe." Delia said with a smile

(Narration)

Time went by for what seemed like an eternity for the two women at first it acted like every time the minute hand on the clock moved time seemed to freeze and then suddenly it seemed as if the clock's minute hand just stopped altogether and in it's place the hour hand had begun to move in it's stead. hours and hours had gone by, the sun had come and gone, it was ten in the evening and both of the ladies felt as if they were about to drop.


(10 PM)

"May, is he really coming? We've been waiting all day, it's dark out, you still think he will be here today, maybe his boat was delayed" Delia asked defeated

"He has to be here, no he will be, I just know it,"

KNOCK...KNOCK

"Ash!" they both said in unison

Both women rushed the door tripping over each other in their attempt to answer the door, but upon opening the door they were both shocked to find that it wasn't Ash but rather two people they had never met, Wes and Rui.

"Oh it's not him," May sighed in defeat

"Now May, that's not very nice, I'm sorry you see we were waiting for someone and we didn't mean to be rude, how can we help you?" Delia asked very politely

"Well you see, we were wondering, is this the kachum residence?" Wes asked

"Wait I know you, you were the guy with Ash at my dad's gym, do you know Ash? WHERE IS HE!?" May practically screamed at Wes

"Hmmm I take it your May?" Wes tried to say with confidence, however everyone there, even he himself could tell he was scared

"Hi May my name is Rui, this is my boyfriend Wes, Ash is a good friend of ours and we have been traveling together for a long time," Rui said as genitally and politely as possible

"Oh..well it's nice to meet you to Rui" May stated as she tried to get her emotions under control

"Ash has told us so much about the both of you, you could say that talking about the two of you is one of his three favorite things to do, you see the thing is Ash isn't here right now he asked us to give May a letter for him."

both women looked horrified but May still took the letter and began to read;

Dear May.

How have you been? I have two questions for you, do you want to find me? If so read the next question. Do you remember that night, I had left the pokemon center and wandered up a hill for some time to myself? I was so excited about the gym battle with Roxanne the next mourning, it was the night after you told us you weren't interested in gyms you just wanted to be in contests remember. I just couldn't sleep and I wanted some time to myself to think, I would have never expected you to come and sit next to me, but that's just what you did, you found me and we talked most of the night away while watching the night sky together, that night I told you that if you want to be a coordinator that it was alright and no one would blame you, it's ok to just be yourself, after all who else are you going to be, we talked for so long that night, but the last thing that I mentioned that night was a place by my hometown of Pallet, a place that very few knew the significance of, I told you if you wanted to be a good coordinator then you should visit there someday. One of the two things I never told you was that it's beauty could only be seen at night and the other thing, well, I'll tell you later. I'm there now, waiting if you want to find me come alone, come find me, I'll be waiting, I'll just vanish again if you bring others along and this time I wont return, so come alone, I'm not even sure if I want to be found, but I leave that decision to you this time, take your time, think it over if you need to, I'll be here watching the stars all night, like we did together long ago...


(After May read the letter)

"Well don't leave me in suspense May, what did he have to say?" Delia pleaded

"Ash says his is outside of town, and he wants me to go meet him alone and if anyone comes with, then he will leave, permanently, I'm sorry Delia, I don't know what he could be thinking."

"Don't worry I had a feeling he might try something like this, just, May, can you make sure he comes home to stay this time, please?" Delia sighed

"I..I don't know if I can," May stuttered

"I know that you can do it, I know we just met, but from all the stuff Ash told us about you I'm more than sure you can." Rui retorted

"This young lady is right, you can do it, now when did Ash ask you to meet him?" Delia added

" Ash wants me to meet him tonight," May said as though she were unsure of herself

"Shame on him! Not giving you much time to work with, May you should go upstairs and shower, and put on some nice clothes, it couldn't hurt?" Delia said with a sinister calculating smile

"W..wait wha..why" May tried to say but she was rudely cut off

by this time Rui had caught on and desired to help out "she is right it, it couldn't hurt."

"F...fine!" May huffed as she walked off to go shower and change

"And now for the two of you, you said you have traveled with Ash for a long time correct?"

"Y...yes ma'am" Wes said in fear of the look they were getting

"Good then you both are going to come in, have some tea, and tell me EVERYTHING! Do I make myself clear?" Delia stated with rage

"Y..y...yes Ma'am!" both Wes and Rui exclaimed in fear

"Good, now I would like to get to know you two a little better, and it will be great to hear about all the adventures my son has had on his journey since he left, now I'll go start the water for some tea, in the mean time, come in and make your selves at home dears!" Delia said with a smile


Author: Hey guys I'm sorry the next chapter is taking so long, but it should be out soon, it's taking me longer then expected to finish this next chapter up, but I think it will be worth it, I'm pretty sure everyone will enjoy it, and as always, if you have any ideas let me know I might just use some of them. Oh and after the next chapter the story should take off, just be prepared for a shock or two and keep in mind the story is a rated M Romance/Adventure so it will get a little sensual and sexual, however nothing that is MA rated so just be prepared for that, I will do everything I can, to make this story as well done and fun to read as I possibly can, which of coarse means it will be very long with almost no dull moments, finally, your support is always welcome, if you enjoy the story then let me know, if you post a review or like the story or something it means a lot to me as a writer! Thanks to everyone for their support so far! (This part will be erased as soon as I finish up the next chapter, I just feel bad for taking so long, oh and I corrected "Ketchum" I only used Ash's last name once but I accidentally spelled "katchum" I'm sorry for the slip-up I was writing late into the night, like, 4am that night, and I didn't notice my mistake, which angered some people so I'm sorry for that as well)