Hello my fellow assassin's, it's you mentor, Digital Assassin, and welcome to a new chapter of Pokemon: Plus and Minus. In the last chapter, Ash and Pikachu were looking back at all the things they did since they started thier journey together. Ash was feeling down about not being to see May in such a long time and wishes he could see her again and finally tell how he feels about her. After a little spirit boost from his pal, the teenage trainer was joyous again and continued to Professor Oak's Lab. Without further ado, let's start this chapter.
Ash stood outside Professor Oak's Lab. It was a decently large building that had a large windmill-like object on the far-top right of the building. He was happy to be back at Oak's because not only he gets to see him there but all the Pokemon he caught and raised were here. He entered the building and went around to find Oak. He searched all over; the kitchen, the living room, the library, everywhere. Ash and Pikachu stood still for a second to think. Then, figured that he could be outside. So, the duo went out through the back and entrance to find no one there. This startled the two and got them all puzzled. "Where is he?" Ash asked himself. He started to wonder if he left early of something. He started to look around to if anybody was around. He then checked outside and checked out there. No one at all. Ash was getting up set that he couldn't find everyone. Soon, a indulging aroma caught him and lead him to couple of tables covered with tablecloths. On one table, there was plates, silverware, napkins, and little decorations with both Ash's and Pikachu's heads on them. On another table, there was a buffet of food that seemed cooked to perfection. Ash took a whiff of it and it smelt good. But, he resisted and backed off. He had to find his Pokemon first. He looked around more and saw a particular formation in the forest. There was a tree there, but it was on a little hill and next to it was three sharp, white rocks next to it. Ash recognized that kind of formation and sneaked up near it. "Found you, Torterra!" Ash exclaimed. The area shakes and revealed to be a giant tortoise. "Torrrr..." it said with a disappointed tone. "Were you guys playing hide and seek on me?" Ash asked his Sinnoh starter. Torterra nodded. Ash knew why they were hiding on him now. "Well then, let's go find everyone." he replied.
Then, the hunt was on. He started to look for his friends, high and low, far and wide. He was able to find most of his friends and it took nearly about two hours to find all of his Pokemon. When he found Charizard, he blew a large Flamethrower Attack at him to surprise him. When he found Bayleef, she jumped right on top of him. When he found Torkoal, he cried with joy so much and jumped on him as well. Soon, Ash found all of his Pokemon all around the ranch. Soon, he saw something that didn't look like a Pokemon. He looked even closer and saw a blonde boy hiding behind bushes. "Gotcha!" Ash yelled as he shook the blonde. The boy yelled with fear. Ash and Pikachu laughed at his dismay. The blonde sighed as failure. "Don't worry, Clemont. You were good at hiding." Ash said to his Kalos friend. "Yeah, I guess." Clemont sighed then smiled. "Good to see you, Ash." The blonde and raven-haired boys gave each other a good brotherly-hug. "Good to see you, Clemont." Ash replied.
"So, what have you been up to while you got home?"(Clemont)
"Oh nothing much. Just basically training with my Pokemon. I did more than that, but I'll show you later. So what have you been up to?"(Ash)
"Well, I went back to see how my father was doing at his shop and to see how Clembot is doing. It's been good taking care of the gym while I was gone. Dad's been doing great while I was gone too."(Clemont)
"That's nice. Thanks for coming here for my birthday."(Ash)
"Don't thank me, thank your mother. She was happy to invite a lot of your old friends too."(Clemont)
Ash now totally what was happening; his mom setted up this entire party just for him. He was a little embarrassed by this, but was happy that she did. "Did she also plan out this hide-and-seek game too?" he asked his inventor friend. "Well, that was actually this one girls idea. Uh, who was it again? I remember her having brown hair." Clemont stated. Ash and Pikachu did a silent gasp. They remembered only one person who had brown hair, May. 'May's here. Here in Kanto?' Ash thought in his head. 'I gotta find her.' he then asked,"Hey, do you know where they are?" Clemont grunted a little. "Not really. We all just split up and went to different spots in the ranch. I could help search for them if you want." he answered. "No, no. They probably want me to find them myself. Thanks though Clemont." Ash said as he decided to walk deeper into the forest. "I'll catch up with you later once I found very one else." "All right. Well, be careful." Clemont said as the two waved away to each other and split apart.
Ash and Pikachu setted off deep into the forest, searching for all the friends that could make it to his birthday, but as he searched, Ash just kept on thinking of May. He couldn't believe she was here. He couldn't wait to talk to her. He missed everything about her; her smooth, silky hair, her deep blue sapphire eyes, her beautiful smile. He just wanted to see her again.
After a while searching the forest, Ash heard a noise by a large tree. He suspected it to May, so he sneaked up behind the door and decided to be stealthy about it. Before he did though, he checked to see who it was. He checked and saw a brown haired boy with a gray hood, shirt pocket, brown pants and a brown laptop bag. Next to him was a red head girl with a blue jacket with aqua blue bubbles, a slim blue tank top, and denim short-shorts. They were sitting next to each other as if they were there for hours. Ash quickly turned away and snapped his fingers out of disappointment "Shoot! Just Gary and Mist." Ash whispered. He was happy to find them, but it wasn't happy that it wasn't May. But, he knew he shouldn't get his hopes up. He decided to surprise them anyway. But before he did, he heard Misty and Gary started talking. "What is taking him so long?" he heard Misty talking. "Be patient. He's coming. You know he's excited to see everyone here." he heard Gary talking.
"Alright. I'm sorry. It's just that, I really wanted to tell Ash about us and I'm a little worried about how he'll react. What if he gets upset and hates it?! It would make Ash feel uncomfortable." (Misty)
"It's OK. Don't worry. I'm sure he'll be happy. And it's gonna work this time. He's here and not going to any region at the moment." (Gary)
"I hope so." (Misty)
"As long as you're here with me, all my luck in the world is all good." (Gary)
"Awe." Misty was feeling relieved that Gary was there. She leaned in and kissed Gary and he shared the kiss with her. Ash was behind the tree, covering his mouth and trying not to scream from what was happening. Misty and Gary are DATING?! How the heck did this happen?! He was so upset with this. They were doing this behind his back and he didn't know. He was about to yell at them for this, but Pikachu stopped him in time to tell him not to. The raven-haired teen knew what his starter was trying to tell him. He should be supporting his friends about what they were doing. If he had a relationship going, they would do the same. He took in a deep breath and decided that he should pretend that he seen them or hear them talking about it until they spoke of it first. He turned around from the tree and saw that they were still kissing. 'Seriously, how long can they do that for?' Ash thought in his head. Gary opened his eyes and saw Ash staring at them. He stopped kissing Misty and screamed out of shock. "Gary, what's wrong?!" Misty yelled in concern. The male brunette turned Misty around and she saw Ash. "Oh... uh...Ash, we can explain..." she said before Ash stopped her and said, "Don't bother. I heard your conversation."
Both Gary and Misty looked down with guilt and felt bad. "We're sorry Ash. We wanted to tell you, but you were gone at Kalos and we didn't have any numbers that were in Kalos." Misty told him. "I understand that, but still. I feel a little betrayed." Ash said to them. "I know and we're sorry. We feel bad about not telling you that. So, can you forgive us?" Gary asked. Ash stood for a while thinking of his decision. Gary and Misty were a little scared of his decision. "Well, you were trying to tell me. I guess I can forgive you guys." Ash said to his oldest friends. Gary and Misty were relieved. "I'm happy for you guys anyway." he added. "That's a relief." said Gary. "Not the birthday gift you really wanted huh?"
"I wasn't expecting it, but I was suspecting shocking things on my birthday."(Ash)
"Well, there is someone that'll make you happy for sure." Misty whispered as she giggled quietly. Ash silently heard what she said and was curious on why she said that. He shrugged if off for now. "So, how are you guys been while I was gone?" Ash asked them both. "Oh, I've been doing pretty good. The gym has been pretty slow sometimes, but it's still nice to run. At first, I thought it was all boring and all, but it's really rewarding." Misty answered to Ash's question. "I've been doing pretty good, too. My research is going great. I even got a new laptop. Check this out." Gary said as he took out his laptop and showed Ash. The laptop was a black and blue color. It was at least more than and inch thick. "Wow, that looks cool." Ash commented. "Yeah, this thing can run amazingly well. It can connect to any satellite that's nearby and have total internet access." Gary said about it.
"Cool. Well, I'm gonna go find the others now. I already found Clemont, so you can probably talk to him while I search for the last of the few." said Ash as he walked away from the couple. Misty giggled as he left. "What's so funny?" Gary asked her. "He's gonna be so happy to see her again. I know it." Misty replied.
Ash was feeling a little self-conscious of what Misty whispered. Does she know that he had a crush on May? And is she hinting that she's here? This is making him all worried and excited at the same time. The more that they hinted to him, the more excited that he felt. He wanted to see her again so much. Pikachu was excited to see May again as well. He was up high in the trees to see if May was there. Ash was a little bit ahead from Pikachu. The electric mouse looked to a branch and saw something there. He looked closer and saw a small brown bunny with yellow cotton on it's ears and around it's waist. Pikachu flinched because he knew this Pokemon. He jumped down from the tree and ran for Ash. The bunny jumped off the tree and chased after Pikachu. A girl jumped off the tree and chased after them. The girl had blue hair with a white beanie and yellow hair clips. She wore a pink top with a sleeveless black jacket, a pink skirt, black OTK socks, and pink boots. On her shoulder was a small blue penguin Pokemon. As Ash walked forward, he heard running for him. "PIKAPI! PIKA CHU!" Pikachu screamed. He ran up and all around Ash and tried to catch him. "Whoa! Whoa! Pikachu, hey settle down! What's the matter?!" Ash asked his best pal. "BUNEARY!" a voice made in the distance. Pikachu, with an even more scared face, quickly opened Ash's backpack and got inside. "That's so weird. When's the last time I ever seen Pikachu act like this?" Ash asked himself. He looked forward and saw a brown bunny hoped toward the direction he was in. The raven-haired teen then understood why. This was Dawn's Buneary. She's, without a doubt, in love with Pikachu since she first laid eyes on him. She helped with Dawn a lot in her contests in Sinnoh and been in great help. Although, she always tries to get Pikachu's attention by doing anything, like dancing and performing tricks. She even blushes every time Pikachu talks to her. And she always chases him and wants to hug him til he pops. Pikachu is scared that she could do that.
Ash hid behind a tree so he could to Pikachu quietly. "Pikachu, come on. This is ridiculous, even for you. Do you even know how Buneary feels every time you run from her?" he said to his starter. "Pika, pika, pikachu, Pikapi." Pikachu whispered back to him.
"Look, I know it scares you out with how she acts, but she isn't that bad."(Ash)
"Pika."(Pikachu)
Ash smirked at Pikachu. "You know, I bet deep down, you like Buneary." he said as he smiled at his best friend. Pikachu then flinched and blushed more redder than his cheeks. "Pika! Pi, pi pika pikachu!" he yelled at Ash. The young Poke-Master-in-training laughed at Pikachu's reaction. Pikachu peered around the tree and saw Buneary looking around for Pikachu. He thought for a while and did think that Buneary is a little cute. She did give off a personality he seemed to like. Ash felt bad for teasing Pikachu. He knew Pikachu wouldn't do that to him, so why was he? "Hey, buddy. I got an idea." Ash said to him. Pikachu looked to his trainer was curious on what he was gonna say. "If May is actually here and tell how I feel, then you can tell how you feel to Buneary. Deal?" Pikachu was a little surprised by what Ash said. But, that didn't mean he wasn't gonna say no. "Pika." he replied. "Cool." Ash said happily. He walked away from the tree and saw a blunette girl running to Buneary. "Buneary, don't run off like. What if he catches us out in the open?" the blunette girl said to the bunny as she picked her up. "Little too late for that, Dawn." Ash said to her. Dawn looked up and saw Ash in front of her. "Shoot! This sucks! I was gonna jump down and scare you from above." Dawn said to the raven-haired trainer, with a disappointed tone. "Piplup..." said the blue penguin. Ash and Pikachu laughed at the two's dismay. The raven-haired boy stopped laughing and walked to over to his Sinnoh companion. "Hey, don't feel bad. I would've done the same." he chuckled. Dawn looked up at Ash and smiled. "It's good to see you again, Ash." Dawn said back to him. "Pip Piplup!" the blue penguin said to the electric mouse. "Pi pikachu!" Pikachu said to his old time friend, Piplup. Ash and Dawn started to catch up on what happened since they last saw each other. While they were doing that, Buneary hopped on Dawn's open shoulder.
"(Sorry about earlier Pikachu, I was just happy to see you again)." Buneary said to the electric mouse. (Oh, that's OK. I'm over it. Um...I-I'm actually happy to see you again too, Buneary.) Pikachu said to her back. Buneary blushed at what Pikachu said. (Did he really just say that? Am I dreaming?) she thought. "That's awesome! May won the Grand Festival in Johto?!" Ash exclaimed. "Yeah, she was in the final round, up against Drew with his Roserade and Flygon. May had Blaziken and Venusaur team up and they pulled off these moves called Fire Pledge and Grass Pledge out and it created a sea of fire with it. It looked so beautiful, you had to see it." Dawn cheered. Ash wished he did, seeing May perform again, cheering her on. He really hoped she was here. "How far did you go in the Festival?" he asked Dawn. "I made it to Top 4. It was pretty good. I wish I won, but I'm happy she did." she replied.
"Yeah." (Ash)
"You know, I think there's someone here that'll make your day." Dawn said to the raven-haired teen. "I really hope it's her. Everybody keeps pulling off hints that it's her." Ash said excitedly.
"Well, if you go down by where a stream of pure water flows down to make a tower of it, you'll find a beautiful being by it." (Dawn)
"Aw, you know know I'm not good at riddles." (Ash)
"You'll do fine. Go, go!" Dawn yelled as she pushed Ash toward the area where the riddle was located. Ash was a little mad that she gave him a riddle, but she wanted to be secretive. Ash and Pikachu started to walk deeper into the forest. While doing so, the teenage trainer was trying to solve the riddle. 'A stream of pure water that flows down to make a tower of it. It's a description of something... Wait! A waterfall! That's it! A tower of water is a waterfall!" Ash thought out in the answer. He knew where the waterfall was in Oak's nature revere. He ran forward and started to run crazy. Pikachu hanged on to Ash tight. He slid under a log, jumped over one, and ran past some wild Pokemon. After about five minutes, Ash found the waterfall. He found the waterfall dropped off the cliff into a little lake. "Whoa, that's awesome." Ash complemented the waterfall. Pikachu looked around the bottom of the lake and saw someone down there. "Pikapi!" the electric mouse whispered. "What is it?" Ash asked. Pikachu pointed down below. Ash followed to where Pikachu pointed and held his breath. He saw a girl down below. She wore a green bandana with a Poke Ball logo on them, an orange blouse with a white shirt underneath, black and white gloves, black biker shorts, and a green phany pack. She was lying down on the grass, skipping rocks across the lake.
"Whoa, it's May." Ash whispered. He couldn't believe it. SHE is here. He wished she was here and it came true. "That's so cool. I can't believe it!" he cheered quietly. He started talking to himself. "OK, OK, how am I gonna do this? Um, 'Found ya!' No, no, that's bad. I haven't seen her in years. I can't open with that. Uh, how about, "Well, what are ya doing out here by yourself?' Ugh! Close, so close...uh" Ash was feeling so nervous. He never feel so nervous in a long time. Pikachu didn't know Ash was acting so nervous for. He knew she might be happy to see him again, no matter what position he was in. He jumped off Ash's shoulder and started walking down the cliff so he can see May himself while Ash didn't know to what to say, Pikachu jumped off Ash's shoulder and went to say hi to May.
May was down by the little lake and just kept skipping stones. She sighed and just kept looking at the lake. She was bored out of her mind. But, she kept thinking over what happened the past couple of weeks. She met up with Dawn at Johto and was happy she came to compete. She shared what happened with her. After a while, Dawn brought up Ash and told her how he was doing. May haven't heard from him since Sinnoh. She only told Dawn and Zoey this(they shared a room during the Wallace Cup), but he was in love with Ash. It started out as a little fling, but over time through her journey, she started to really fall in love with him. She loved how compassionate and sweet he was, the way he saw the good of things no matter how bad, the will to risk his own life just to save others. He was also very handsome to him. His messy, black hair was something she wanted to rake her fingers through, his toned skin, plus when they were camping between towns, he was carrying a lot of firewood, like five-ten bundles per trip, she found that to be pretty strong and enduring. He wasn't the best when something like romance, but he was perfect in her mind.
After they talked, the Grand Festival began. May had the most surprise as she was pinned against Dawn already in the first round. The girls were astonished, but they had to go against each other in order to move on ahead. The two faced off and they were throwing everything they had at each other. But in the end, May won against Dawn. The blunette was still happy, even though she lost. The two thanked each other for the battle and May moved to the next match. Dawn went to the stands decided to cheer on for May. Her next opponent was Harley, a creepy man dressed like a Cacturn who has been rude to May since day one. He was a tough opponent, but May wiped the floor with him. She was on a roll on that day. She started to think she could win this. She was up against some random opponent this time, but nothing that she couldn't handle. Another opponent. 'They got nothing on me!' May thought after that match and giggled of what she thought. Then, she saw her final opponent, Drew Hayden. She felt sick to her stomach. You see, before Dawn can show up and see her, Drew came up to her and see how she was doing, having a normal conversation. And after a while, Drew, out of nowhere, asked if she wanted to go out together after this. She was astonished by what she heard from him. She was flattered that he asked her, but said she said that she wasn't looking to date anyone at the moment. But Drew saw through her little and said that she was after that dense clown. May said that it wasn't true, but Drew didn't believe her. Drew had the most scariest look on his face and maybe even saw little tears coming off his eyes. He yelled at her saying that she was dead to him and couldn't wait to crush her at the Grand Festival. May felt so crushed by what she did, but she didn't mean to hurt him in anyway. So she felt all intimidated with her match with him, but she had to get through it to win. She was out in the field and never felt so scared to face Drew before. She had to get through it. The battle began. Drew sent out Roserade and Flygon, while May sent out Blaziken and Venusaur. Drew was going all out with force and still being able to perform amazing styles. May was sweating crazy and was under a lot of stress. Blaziken and Venusaur was giving it their all, but they were in deep trouble. She then thought of a way to win the battle. She saw some coordinators from Unova do this and decided to do it now. She told Blaziken and Venusaur to do a Fire Pledge and Grass Pledge combination. The attacks together made a giant sea of fire and it engulfed both Roserade and Flygon inside it. The two collapsed to the ground and battle was over. May dropped to her knees and was in shock at what happened. She won. She won the Grand Festival. She was so happy, she even felt some tears coming off her eyes. Blaziken and Venusaur ran to May and was happy they won it with her. Drew, with complete fury ran off the stage, without congratulating her.
After the contest, May said farewell to Dawn and wished her luck in her future, she decided to head back home and tell her family. On the way there, May saw a flock of Altaria and Swablu flying by. It reminded her of a young Swablu she befriended back in Hoenn long ago. She missed Swablu. Then, out of nowhere, a wild Swablu landed softly on her head. May took this by surprise and tried to scare it off. But the Swablu was at a happy state for some reason. May took to notice, but this IS the same Swablu she made friends with long ago. She just burst with joy to see her again. She hugged her and squealed with joy. Swablu hugged May and seemed to stick around her for a while. Then, it seemed to come May's attention that Swablu wanted to travel with May now. May was happy to take Swablu with her. With two new Pokemon caught(she caught a Flaaffy during the time she ran into a ranch and help some farm folk with a lost Mareep they were looking for. The Mareep was taken by some PokeTheifs and tried to use it to make their vehicle run. May saved Mareep and Mareep evolved in Flaaffy and defeated the thieves to show it's thanks. After all the chaos, the farm folk thought it would be best for May to take of Flaaffy to raise it. May happily accepted and took Flaaffy with her.), May was finally home and happy to see her parents again. Norman and Caroline told May that she was in time to see Max finally get his journey started. They went to Professor Birch's Lab and saw that he was ready to give Max his starter. Max choose Treecko right away. May expected that from Max.
After a while, May started to get board and was waiting for something else exciting to happen. One day, a phone call came from the Kanto Region and it was Delia. She was calling for May. When she answered it, Delia said that Ash's birthday was coming up and wanted to know if she wanted to go to Kanto. May quickly said and couldn't wait to go to back.
Now that she's here, May couldn't wait to see him again. She just waited and waited for her "Knight in Shining Armor" to show. May just blushed at what she thought. She just giggled and just waited longer. "Chu!" cried a voice. May jumped and turned and saw Pikachu behind her. "Pikachu!" May cheered. Pikachu ran up to her and hugged her tight. May hugged him right him right back. She was so happy to see Pikachu too. "I missed you so much. Look at you; You got more handsome while I was gone." May said to the little mouse. "Pika," Pikachu said as he blushed.
"So, where's Ash? Shouldn't he be with you?"(May)
Pikachu pointed to the cliff and May saw Ash walking about. "OK, uh...'Hi, May. How ya been? Me? I've been doing great. Uh... ya know just ah.. just ah... Shoot! What else?" Ash was still thinking of what to say. Pikachu saw from below and face palmed himself. "Pikachu pika. (Unbelievable)" Pikachu said as he decided to walk up there. Ash started to look down and saw Pikachu down there already and saw May looking up at him. 'Shoot!' Ash yelled in his head. He just slightly waved at May from above. May shyly waved back at him. Ash sighed at his defeat. 'Oh well, might as well go down from here.' he thought. He started to hike down from the cliff. Pikachu almost reached him and climbed on to his shoulders. "Pika, pi pikachu pikapikaPikapi(You're just over-thinking it. Just talk to her Ash.)" Pikachu said to him. "Well, don't what ya said, but I'm pretty sure you said that I was over-thinking it. Thanks buddy. I shouldn't worry." Ash said to his pal. Pikachu put on a proud smile on his face.
Ash walked down the cliff and saw May again. He couldn't believe she was here, after many years, she's back in his life. Pikachu secretly patted Ash on his back with his tail and it made him go forward. Ash took the step and decided to talk to May. "Hi, May." he said. May perked up and responded back. "Hi, Ash. It's good to see you again." she replied as she walked up to him and hugged him. Ash blushed at the hug and gave a hug back.
"So uh, how ya been?"(Ash)
"I've been doing great. Uh, you?"(May)
"Oh, uh great. I, uh, came home at least a week ago and been doing a lot here at Oak's and at home too. You know, uh training and what not. Oh, Dawn told me that you won the Grand Festival at Johto. Congratulations."(Ash)
"Oh thanks. It was a difficult battle, but I was able to pull through. By the way, how did the Unova and Kalos Leagues go? I wasn't able to see them. I was super busy."(May)
"I got to the Semi-Finals in Unova and I got Second in Kalos. I'll repeat that. SECOND in Kalos."(Ash)
"Wow, that's the closest to winning any region. Congrats on that Ash."(May)
"Thanks. It means a lot coming from you."(Ash)
May smiled by this. She loved it when he says something like that. Ash loved it when May smiled. It always put a smile on his. Pikachu nudged Ash's shoulder. He noticed it and remembered the promise he made to Pikachu. Ash was scared, but he used his gut and decided it was a better time than any. "May...there's something I wanted to tell you." Ash started. "Yes? What is it?" May asked him, curiously.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM! went a powerful sound made far in the distance. Ash and May felt the ground shake and they shook as well. "What the heck was that?!" Ash yelled as a response. The two saw a stream of smoke in the sky. "It's coming from Professor Oak's Lab." May stated. "Something bad must be happening. We better check it out." Ash added. May nodded and the two quickly ran to where the smoke was.
Cliffhanger! Dun, dun, dun! Ha ha, sorry guys. I know, I suck about putting up a cliffhanger, but it seemed perfect. If you guys were writing stories, you probably do the same. Any way, I hope you loved the chapter. Don't forget to follow, favorite, and review.
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