This is either a day late or right on time. For me, it's a day late. Oh well.

Day 4: The Pokemon


Ash and May sat on opposite ends of the table, slowly eating their food without saying a word. A firm frown was set on both of their faces. Pikachu, sitting below, glanced at his trainer a moment to see if anything had changed. When he saw they didn't, he continued to eat. Glaceon looked at her trainer as well and met with similar results.

Abruptly, Ash stood up and said he was going outside to train. May brushed him off, prompting him to growl angrily before opening the door and slamming it hard. At this, May dropped her fork on the table and practically dove into the couch as she started to sob uncontrollably.

"This is terrible," Glaceon muttered as she watched her trainer cry. "What were they even fighting about?"

"I don't know," Pikachu shook his head, walking up to her, "but it didn't sound like it was so serious that they should stay this mad at each other about it."

"Have they ever fought this much?"

"Only once. It was before we came to Kanto for the Battle Frontier. The day just didn't start out well between them, and they bickered all day until Team Rocket tried to pull a fast one. After that little fiasco, they were quick to make up." He watched his trainer's girlfriend cry into the couch. "This is different. I don't think they fought over anything super serious, but they're obviously taking it in a different direction this time. They hurt each other bad."

Glaceon looked at him, puzzled. "How do you know?"

"May doesn't cry unless she's hurt, and Ash...well, he can usually take a hit or two, but when something really hits him hard, he'll find some excuse to be alone for a while."

"What do we do?" she asked. "We can't just sit here and do nothing. They could break up!"

"You're right," Pikachu agreed. "We should help them make up. I'll go check on Ash to see what he's doing, and we'll go from there. Keep an eye on May for me, okay?"

"Okay. Be careful, Pikachu."

"Hey, relax," he winked at her, putting his paws on his hips. "I've dealt with things much worse than an angry Pikapi." Glaceon chuckled, and Pikachu ambled out, following Ash's scent until he found his trainer. He was training with Bulbasaur and Squirtle while his Charizard and Sceptile stood by. No sooner had Pikachu arrived then Ash suddenly ended training and walked into a small forest, his eyes shaded beneath the brim of his hat. No one else recognized that he was going to his secret place that no one else knew about. The only other person who knew about it was –

Pikachu's eyes lit up. Aha! That's it!

"Pikachu?"

He turned to see his friends staring at him with somber expressions. "What is it?" he asked.

"Is something going on with Ash?" Bulbasaur asked.

"He didn't seem very focused tonight," Squirtle said.

"It's something about May," Pikachu replied. "They got into a fight, and now they're not speaking to each other. I don't know what happened, but based on how they're acting, they must've hurt each other."

"I think Pikachu's right," Charizard agreed. "Ash doesn't lower his head like that unless something really hurts him."

"But what can we do?" Sceptile asked. "We should help him."

"I agree," Pikachu nodded, "but I've got zero ideas on what to do."

Squirtle scratched his head, then lit up. "We should talk to May's Pokemon and see if they have any ideas."

"That was going to be my next step," Pikachu grinned at his old teammate. "Come on! There's only so much daylight left today!"


Ash stared at the sun as it slowly set below the horizon. It was half-gone at this point. As he watched, he rummaged through his pockets and pulled out a familiar trinket: a ribbon half whose counterpart was with May. He always thought that he and May were just like their ribbon: two halves of a whole. But after the fight they had earlier today, he just didn't know anymore. With a heavy sigh, he closed his fist over the ribbon, leaned his arms on his knees, and started to shake as he tried in vain to stifle his sobs.


"Okay, everyone got the plan?" Pikachu asked.

"Yup," Skitty nodded, along with all of May's other Pokemon.

"All right. Then let's move out!"


Something knocked on the window as May laid on the couch. She pulled her face out, her eyes marred with tears, and looked towards the sound. When she didn't see anything, she started to lie down again, but then she heard it again. Looking up, she saw Skitty grinning mischievously as she slapped her tail against the window softly. May told her to knock it off as she tried to lie down again, but Skitty kept going. With a huff of irritation, May stood up and stormed out of the house to scold her Pokemon, but when she looked towards the window, Skitty was nowhere to be found. She then heard a familiar sound come from the forest to her left. It was her Munchlax! Thinking he got a hold of some of the food, she ran after the sound.

At this, Munchlax started running away. "She's coming, guys!" he called.

"Got it," Pikachu, standing up in a tree, nodded. "Sceptile, Blaziken, you know what to do, right?"

"Right," the two Hoenn natives nodded. As soon as May was a good ways into the forest, they dropped down in front of the entrance, blocking it off so that there was no way in or out. May didn't notice. She was too busy following Munchlax's taunting cries. By now, she was visibly aggravated and began cursing to herself about what she'd do if Munchlax ate all the food.

After a while, she gave up and turned around, but there was a problem: she didn't know which way she came from!

"Wait a minute!" Pikachu exclaimed. "This isn't right! She was supposed to find Ash, not get lost! Munchlax!"

"Uh-oh," Munchlax muttered. "I knew I made a wrong turn somewhere."

"UGH!" Pikachu growled. "Charizard, you still with us?"

"Yup," Charizard replied from above as he flew around.

"Good. It looks like we're going to need that failsafe after all. Pull her out of there. She's calling for help."

"On it – wait, hold on a sec!"

"Oh, great...now what?" Pikachu groaned, expecting the worst as he facepawed.

"Ash can hear her! He's rushing in to find her!"

Pikachu perked. "He is?!"

"Yeah! Do you still want me to pull her out?"

"No! Stand by! Stand by!" Pikachu called frantically. "Where is she?!"

"She's about 37 degrees to your right. Head that way."

"Got it!" Pikachu said excitedly, following the path Charizard pointed out. After a quick dash, he saw May standing alone, frightened and angry as she cursed to herself about Munchlax. Then he heard Ash's frightened cries as he was worried about her. She heard this and became worried for him as well. Then he jumped out, startling her, which also startled him. May, however, was quick to chide him for scaring her, while he retorted by saying he was afraid she was in trouble. She was about to retort, but then she realized what he said and asked if he really meant that. He said that of course he did. She was his friend, and he always worried for her safety. Pikachu didn't fully understand what happened next, but they held each other's hand and spoke softly as they gazed deep into each other's eyes. Then they shared a tight embrace, tears falling down both of their faces, more-so down May's. Although Pikachu couldn't understand everything he was hearing, there was one phrase that he had no trouble comprehending:

I love you.

He smiled brightly. "Mission accomplished," he said to his friends. "Sceptile, Blaziken, you can open the exit now. They're back together."

Ash and May looked around and said something. They sounded anxious, as though they were lost.

"I think they need help," Charizard called from above.

"You're clear," Pikachu gave a thumbs-up. "Pull them out, and while you're at it, can I get a lift on your tail?"

"No problem," Charizard nodded. He slowly descended towards his trainer and his trainer's girlfriend. After a moment, he rose back into the air with them on his back. Pikachu jumped onto his tail, and with that they all flew out of the forest and back to the house


In theory, the theme for today focuses on May's Venusaur and Ash's Bulbasaur, but I decided to do things my way. Also, since this was focused on the Pokemon, I wanted their perspective to be the one we got in this piece, which is why Ash and May have no written dialogue outside of what the Pokemon hear.