I wanted to let you know that I do not claim any of my characters or references to Pokemon stories. I just have ideas that might be considered interesting dealing with such characters and new ones, too.

Later Years!

Chapter 4: Big Day Wishes

Written by: drake22ice

Morning came at the gym's guest rooms and it was two days before the wedding. The sun had not come up yet, but Star awoke to little thuds on the roof. She started to run towards the balcony down the hall and her heart stopped and she screamed when she ran into Connor and Tera. They all stared at each other as they caught their breath and said in unison "Did you hear something?" They continued to the balcony when a figure jumped down onto it. It looked like a ninja with a long pony-tail. Then a shorter figure appeared next to it. He told it to be quiet and not to wake any one, when Tera realized who it was and yelled "Max!"

Max walked into the light and Star and Connor looked at this young man wearing his red cap and red boots along with his rather nerdy attire. His Kirlia slowly moved into the hall and bowed to Tera. Tera walked over to the Kirlia and hugged it with a short "I am so glad that He went back to find you. I loved his story of how he saved you when you were still a Ralts." Max introduced himself to be May's brother and told them that he had to come this early in the morning because he had been on night watch for the Rangers in that area. The kids heard a few stories of his missions and had lots of questions about the Persian that was after all of them. Max didn't hear all details of the situation and was intrigued to hear what happened until May walked in. She ran over to her brother in relief to see him, greeted him, and blabbered on about how he is in charge to make sure that the cat doesn't ruin her big day. Then she looked at the kids scared to see her so frantic and said" Misty is making breakfast downstairs. Don't make her wait or she will send her Gyrados after you." The kids quickly ran to their rooms to wake up the adults who were not up yet and got dressed.

"Ash, when did that little blue guy hatch?" Gary asked pointing at the blue pichu with its arms in the air riding on the Swellow flying around the room. He told him about when it happened and that the media is very hyped about it, but it was just not a good time to show it off. At that moment, the little blue one looked down to see that Star was eating cereal and flipped down to sit on her lap and beg for her to share. She giggled and looked up to see that one of the girl pichus had been doing the same thing over in front of Tera. She called over to Tera to come sit by her and asked the girl about her upcoming journey. The little green haired girl replied with a little mood behind it" I think I am going to get my starting pokemon in about a month. All the better trainers get a starter pokemon from a professor and not cheat by getting a weak pokemon, first." Star looked irritated until Drew walked over to them and looked down to his little cocky niece and said "Now, Tera, you know that Professor Ingbot gave all his starters away, because you waited too long to start your journey." Tera looking embarrassed and annoyed quickly looked over to Star who wore a big grin.

Misty cleaned up the dishes and saw Max standing near the baby cribs. He looked at both little Chance and Lola thinking about that evil pokemon. Misty walked over to him and asked "So your Ranger training is over? We were hoping to hear that they were gonna give you some time off." Max replied after a short pause realizing she was there with " I am supposed to be starting a new mission. I requested the Mr. Meowth case, but they denied it due to personal interest." Misty looked down and said that she would try and get them to reconsider. "We would like for you to watch over Star for us. She needs to get started on her journey, but we cannot let her until we know she is safe from Mr. Meowth and his gang." Vulpix ran over to Misty and jumped up into her arms. " This is Star's pokemon. She is very well taught by Ash, but just not strong enough to handle the dangers that are out there for all of us right now." Max keeping good eye contact came back with "I will do my best to watch over her. You guys are like family, and that is what matters---- no matter what the Rangers say."

Brock called over to Ash, Gary, and Max. " So about this Bachelor party---" he went. The four guys planned to have the Bachelor party at the gym with the pokemon. Drew came over to see what was going on, but the four guys just told them that they had places to go and people to see. Drew quickly said "May is being very aggressive on the issue of girlies being at the party. She said that she will bribe Connor into telling her if there was any funny business." The four guys just looked at each other and laughed. "I mean it guys!!" They all just walked into the room with the girls who quickly grabbed their guys and the kids and ran to the pokemon center. "It's Dawn!" Misty said to Ash who looked confused. "I thought she wasn't coming for another two days" he replied in concern. "She got our message and came as soon as she could—Anyways-her Pachirisu got hurt fighting that Rachnicor when her flight landed, and they are at the Pokemon Center." Misty announced as they all ran for the center.

"Dawn, are you okay?" Ash asked as Brock sped passed them trying to get to the infirmary with the local Nurse Joy. Crying Dawn replied with "It was awful! I am so glad you guys are here. That Persian and three of its thugs were waiting for us at the airport. The spider pokemon jumped in through a window and grabbed Pachirisu. It started to Crunch down and jumped out the window. When I let Lopunny and Prinplup, the Fearow swooped down with an Aerial Ace at them, but missed and crashed into the plane. Lopunny used Icebeam on the Rachnicor to make it release Pachirisu. I grabbed him and ran hear while Prinplup used Whirlpool to keep the other evil pokemon at bay. I sure hope Pachirisu is alright, Ash" she said with her exhausted sob. Ash looked over to Misty to take over and ran outside to see where the Prinplup was.

Down the road, Prinplup was being chased by the Fearow who was shooting Hyperbeams at it. Gary came running out with his Umbreon, Max bolted out with Kirlia, and Ash sent out his Cardion( Last evolution to a flying type caught in the Zhinco Region-- Red cardinal like bird with white wings and white tail). Prinplup was just missed by a Hyperbeam and fell in time for Umbreon to come and pick it up and rush it back to the center. Mr. Meowth came from above a roof top and jumped in front of the Umbreon only to get blasted from behind by a very weak Volt Tackle. "Pikachu!!! Get back inside!"came from a Frazzled and raged Ash. "Cardion, dodge that Hyperbeam and use Steelwing!" The Fearow got slammed by the attack and fell into the street. Pikachu still deciding to run or stay stood there as the Persian stood up and stuck out its claws. "Get out of here, Pikachu!" Ash yelled again. The Rachnicor swing down towards Pikachu when it slipped because rain started to come down. Ash looked over to a blue Pichu dancing on the shoulder of his daughter who had come outside. "He knows RainDance" Ash thought to himself. Thunderclouds started to cover the street and the Persian screeched out "Kill them, too." The evil pokemon were all headed toward Star when Ash called to Pikachu "Use Thunder!" The little electric pokemon looking at his friends and son in danger used all of his strength to conjure up the lightning attack, and aimed it right at the Persian. The Fearow saw that and dove down in front of it, and it was blown to dust. The impact of the explosion knocked every one off guard. The Persian was surprised at the rage and once again called "Retreat!!" Max and Kirlia grabbed the injured and Kirlia used Teleport to get them inside. Pikachu was down, Prinplup was down, and the trainers rushed into the center.

Inside Every one was so worried and the injured were quickly run into Brock and the local Nurse Joy. Dawn asked what happened and Gary just told her "The bird that hurt Prinplup is no longer an issue." What happened to Pikachu?" Misty asked Ash who was holding her, Star and Chance so tight. Star looked to the little blue pichu that was in her pocket and said "You did good helping pull the thunderclouds for your daddy's attack." Then, she looked up to her daddy and asked if Pikachu was going to be alright. He said that Pikachu is the strongest pokemon that he has come across. I believe he'll be fine.

It was getting late, and the kids were asleep in the waiting room with the four little pichus, the Vulpix, and the Umbreon. Three beds were rolled out into the room with Pachirisu who was sitting up with a look of frustration because it had a cast around its body's center, but he quickly realized it could move its arms still and started twirling them around like he was flying. Dawn just looked with tears in her eyes and said "You're such a strange little guy!" Prinplup jumped off the bed after a long nap and hugged its trainer so tight and turned around to show off how quickly he recovered. Then, Pikachu leaped into Ash's arms and gave him a look of slight joy, which Ash clearly interpreted as "One Down."

Brock said that they were all fit to leave as long as we all stuck together going back to the gym. Tera and Connor started asking Star about the battle. She just said in return "My daddy's the best, and I hope that all of us become as strong of a trainer as he is." The three just looked at each other and smiled. The girl pichu that seems to like Tera started tugging and hanging on her so she raised her into her backpack so she could see everything. As they stared at the recovering pokemon, Drew, Gary, and Misty came over to tell them it was time to go to bed.

The night went quick and they all did not rest enough from what happened last night. Misty ran to get the girls because it was still the day before May and Drew's wedding. Star was doing her hair up a little better since she would be spending the day shopping with her mom and the girls, but she was not having very much luck. Tera came in and tried to tame her hair, but it ended up just being pulled back with a little more curl. She was cursed with her daddy's hair. Connor stood around the group of guys( minus Drew) trying to hear what was going to happen at the bachelor party. No hints were found.

So May, Misty, Joy, Dawn, Star, and Tera grabbed the babies and pichus plus a few handy pokemon and went towards the huge Shopping center downtown. Star was not very enthused about going shopping, but the little blue pichu sure liked going places. He kept leaping on Star's shoulders to see what and where everything was, but when cars drove by with a voooom---back into the pocket he jumped. Dawn showed Misty all the clothes that she has out in the Fab Coordinator Shoppe that carries her brand. Misty seemed very impressed, but also a little annoyed by Dawn. Misty is very rational and has to be tough because she is a mother and a gym leader. Dawn is all about the fame and beauty in life. She loves to show off and does not like to hear bad comments on her stuff. Misty, very bothered by the way Dawn was trying to hog May's spotlight, bluntly spoke up and interrupted Dawn "Wellll, Enough about these clothes Dawn is obsessing over. May, How is the wedding coming along. Do you have something borrowed, blue, old, and something new?" After looking at Dawn's upset face may turned and said "The wedding is turning out great besides this Persian problem." she started to cry. " I am so worried that he will ruin this day. Though Drew and I are happy whether we are married or not, we wanted this day to be special." All the girls tried comforting her and Misty reminded her how strong the group is and that they could take on anything. May calmed down and just tried to change the mood with "But yes-----I am going to have my old headscarf tied around my bouquet. Now, about the rest—I had been thinking and I would like to ask Star something." She looked towards Star who was surprised and asked "I have been watching and I believe that this little blue guy is just what my wedding needs. Would you mind if we had him in our wedding?" Star looked down to see her rather excited little buddy jumping up and down because he really was happy he was picked and she said "Of course!" " May replied with "That's perfect. Thank you! Now, that takes care of the borrowed, blue, and new----Lets go shopping!"They ended up making Machamp and a few other pokemon carry their many bags back to Drew and May's house.

The guys who were left back at the gym became anxious to give Drew his surprise. Max took him out to eat, and the rest of the guys prepared the gym. Max and Drew discussed all the things they remembered were needed in the ceremony and then decided to start talking about May. Drew started with "I know that you have always been close to your sister, but she is a great girl and very strong. The way she can bring happiness to life is amazing, and I am glad she and I met up as rivals first. I always liked her, but I did not want to show her that I believed she could be better than me. What kind of guy would I be?" Max just looked at him and told him that May had a lot of hard times trying to fight for him and told him that he would hurt him if anything ever happened to her. Drew laughed, but stopped when Max replied with "I'm serious."

They got back with the guys and there was a stage with a pole in the gym. The guys grabbed Drew and tied him to a chair in front of the stage and told him that they needed him to let loose and enjoy the show. Drew got worried and got mad. "Don't you remember what May told me? Come on guys!!" As he figitted, music started to play and he started to yell "I'm not looking!! I'm not looking" He squinted, but saw that three blondes came onto the dance floor and started to kiss him all over his face. He yelled for them to stop when he heard the guys—even Pikachu-- laughing hysterically. He opened his eyes to see three Jynx's staring at him. He paused and then began to laugh. He and the guys spent the rest of the evening dancing with the Jynx and other pokemon until it was time to rest.

Wedding day and every one was so frantic about everything going perfect. The pokemon and girls tried to get May ready, but they could not find her. The guys tried to get Drew to pick up his tux, but he was gone, too. After they all got themselves ready, they rushed around looking for the bride and groom. Joy was so worried that she forgot to feed Lola who had heard daddy's squinted eyes staring at the ceiling with a mean face. The little girl pichu that followed Tera around jumped into her arms with a note. The group gathered around and read:

Dear Friends,

We are sorry that we did not stay to greet you. Please spending the day as planned. We needed to get a few things ready and we

will see you at the wedding.

Love, May & Drew

Any new pokemon that I create—I will try and figure out how to add my drawings of them to the ends of the chapters. If you know how—write me.

I'm back from vacation---I will be writing the Chapter5: Magic or Chaos very soon---it is the wedding chapter---look for the update Please review