For those wondering, there is technically another pairing in this fanfic, which is Ash and May's two Bulbasaurs, which is called Vineshipping, and does help to give a slight nudge towards Advanceshipping, but not by much.
I think that every once in a while; I'll put a fun little fact/hint about Advanceshipping, and a couple of other little things of that nature.
I may actually start to enjoy Advanceshipping by the end of this fic...
I don't own Pokemon
.:.Four.:.
But I was in control
I'm not sure how I did it, but I managed to take over the brat during his fight with those Team Rocket clowns
It felt so good to have a body again, even if it was the brat...
Watching the brat's Pikachu shock those goons gave me such joy, something I haven't felt in quite a while.
I love seeing others in pain...
...Hey, I guess there is something I love
Pain...
But when that girl came over...
The brat managed to take MY control back...
It seems that the girl has some influence over my being able to control the brat...
It's a good thing that neither of them has any idea that it was me...
But I will have to be careful in the future...
But I want control now, complete control this time...
I better take this window of opportunity before it slips past me again...
The Pokemon were not harmed, only with a few scratches and bumps. Brock and Max took to bandaging the Pokemon while Tracey told May the news about the Bulbasaurs. She squealed with delight.
"That is so sweet!"
Ash was sitting on a couch with Pikachu in his lap. Pikachu and Ash shared a special connection to where that Ash knew what Pikachu was saying, even in its Poke' language. Pikachu was quietly telling Ash about what had happened.
"I...said that?" he whispered to Pikachu, who nodded.
"I hate them as much as the next guy, but I wouldn't use Thunder on them..."
May came over and sat down next to him. "So Ash..."
Ash gulped. Was she going to confront him about what had happened? He had noticed how ever since the whole Team Rocket incident, she kept side-glancing at him when she thought he wasn't looking. Ash braced himself, waiting for May to bombard him with questions about it, but how was he supposed to answer her honestly when he himself didn't remember all the details?
"...What do you think about the Bulbasaurs being a couple?"
Ash stopped himself from face-faulting; he had not expected that.
"I think it's great, really great..." he said distractedly. He didn't really have his mind on the Bulbasaurs at the moment.
"Yeah, me too." she agreed. Ash could tell that from her tone of voice, she too didn't really have the Bulbasaurs on her mind either.
Ash knew that they were both beating around the berry bush on this matter. Heck, he was surprised that Brock of all people didn't jump his case about this, but then he assumed that Brock thought that Ash really hated Team Rocket that much. True, he did hate how Team Rocket tried to steal his Pokemon every other day, but then again he might have actually missed them if they had given up on stealing Pikachu.
"Ash..."
"Yeah May?"
"...Have you been feeling alright?" she finally blurted out.
"What do you mean?" Ash asked. Of course he knew what she meant; she was talking about the incident.
"You've been acting rather odd lately. Especially around me. This morning you got upset with us about mentioning the evil ki-I mean, that thing that happened with Brandon, and then there was that whole thing with Team Rocket. I've never seen you act that...cold to anybody, not even Team Rocket, and that kind of scared me...", she said quietly, and yet somewhat rushed incase Ash got on the defensive.
"I'm not sure; I don't really remember much of what happened." Ash muttered.
"Nothing at all?"
"Not everything anyway, just bits and pieces. Only Team Rocket kidnapping the Pokemon and then you standing in front of me."
"I see..."
"Umm...May?"
"Yeah Ash?"
"I'm...sorry"
"For what?" she asked, wondering what on earth Ash was apologizing for. If anyone was going to apologize, she thought it would be her for intruding upon his business and privacy.
"I guess for acting weird. I'm not sure what's gotten into me lately, but I promise you that it isn't serious." Ash said confidently, now looking at her full in the face. She looked the same as ever, except for her eyes, which he saw were deeply filled with concern.
"You promise?" she asked. May noted how his eyes were filled with warmth and not the cold gray that she had seen earlier.
"I promise. You've got nothing to worry about." Ash smiled as he reached over and took her hand that was sitting on the couch. This gesture caught both of them off guard.
Why am I grabbing May's hand?
Why is Ash grabbing my hand?
Those thoughts were running through their mind as Ash quickly retracted his hand away from hers, both of them blushing profusely. Pikachu seemed to be smiling a secretive smile, as it had realized that the two trainers had completely forgotten about the electric rodent.
"Sorry, I don't know what got into me.", Ash blushed.
"Don't sweat it.", May quickly said as her face was the same crimson color as Ash's.
"Am I intruding on something?"
Ash and May quickly looked around to notice Max watching them. May immediately rounded on him.
"How long have you been standing there!?" she sputtered.
"I came in around 'I'm sorry'. It wasn't like I was interrupting a moment, was I?" Max asked. Ash quickly shook his hands in front of him.
"Of course not!"
"Nothing happened!" May also added.
"If you say so..." Max said skeptically. He knew something had happened, but he wasn't sure why the two of them were acting so defensive.
"So, where's Brock?" Ash asked, hoping to change the subject.
"He's with Tracey in the kitchen. He decided to make us some lunch. But don't change the subject, what's going on in here?" Max asked as he gave his older sister a hard glare.
"There is nothing going on in here!" May snapped at him. Ash chose wisely not to comment.
"Oh really? Well, judging from your red faces and that smirk on Pikachu's, I'm pretty sure something was happening in here." Max said smugly as he pointed over at Pikachu. The two trainers turned to see that Max had indeed been right about Pikachu smirking at them the whole time.
"What are you looking at?" May said hotly, which seemed to make Pikachu laugh a little. He turned to see what his Pika-Pi would have to say.
"Pikachu..." Ash started to say, but then, quite suddenly, he felt a sharp pain cut across his mind. He put a hand up to his head and groaned a little in pain.
"Ash?" May asked, looking concerned again rather than angry at a certain mouse and kid.
"I-it's nothing. J-just a headache." Ash muttered.
"Are you sure? Maybe you should lie down."
"Don't worry, everything's fi-", Ash had started saying with a wave of his hand, but then another wave of pain hit him like a ton of bricks. He put both hands up to his head and couldn't help the small gasps of pain that we're coming from him.
"Ash!?"
Ash couldn't answer anymore as wave upon wave of pain kept shooting into his brain. Now it was getting hard to see and he flopped over onto the couch, exhausted and hurt. He could see Pikachu standing over him and May was gently shaking him.
"Ash, say something!"
He really wished she would stop shaking him, but he couldn't even say anything, let alone those few gasps. He closed his eyes and welcomed the unconsciousness to slowly take his mind off this sudden pain.
"Max, go get Brock, Ash fainted!"
Max nodded as he ran out of the room to go get Brock. Pikachu was beside itself with worry.
"Pika-Pi!" it called out, but Ash didn't wake up. He was about to give him a small shock, but May put a hand over Ash.
"Don't Pikachu; I don't think that it's going to help."
Pikachu nodded solemnly as he waited for Brock to come and help.
Meanwhile, Ash felt himself floating in some space of consciousness. It looked vaguely familiar with its swirling black, red, and purple colors. After letting his eyes adjust to it, he looked around and saw that it was devoid of anything.
"Hello?" he called out. Then he shook himself. That was stupid, there was no one here.
Calm down Ash, you're just really stressed, there's nothing wrong...I hope...
Not only did Ash here those thoughts in his head, he also heard them reverberate around the space. Just as Ash thought he had his guard down, he heard a voice behind him.
"Hello yourself, Ash Ketchum."
Yes, it's finally happening! Sorry for taking so damn long to update (It feels like a week)
I have nearly 600 hits already and there are only 3 chapters! I feel so happy and excited that people love this fic.
I just want to thank you for sticking around and reviewing.
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