When we left our heroes, they were fast asleep in their beds resting for the big day, but little did they know that someone was not asleep.

"Man, I can't get to sleep. But it is comfy with May here. I'll go for a walk." Ash thought, and quietly got up and left without waking the others. He had accidentally woken May, and she got dressed and quietly followed him. She found him on a park bench, staring at the lake.

"It's so peaceful out here at night, right, Pikachu?" Ash asked his best friend.

"(It sure is. Why did you come out here anyway?)" Pikachu asked him in pokemon language.

"I guess I couldn't sleep. Not with that beautiful girl in the same bed as me, in my arms. Pikachu, what should I do about this? May loves me and I love her, should I kiss her good morning?" he asked the electric mouse.

"(No, you've got to be more special than that. Ask her on a date.)" Pikachu suggested. Ash and May (in a nearby bush listening) were both shocked at Pikachu's idea. May thought it was sweet but Ash thought that would be over the top.

"Okay Pikachu, can you be May for a minute?" he asked the rodent.

"(Sure thing, if it's for your happiness.)" Pikachu cheered.

"Okay, here goes... M-M-May, do you wanna go on a d-date tomorrow night?" he stuttered, but Pikachu shook its head.

"(No, all wrong! You can't studder, you have to be brave, confident. Try again.)" Pikachu told him.

"May, do you want to go out with me tomorrow night?" he asked perfectly. May was amazed how quickly Ash got his voice fixed, and she was happy Ash loved her.

"Yes Ash, I will." she said, coming out of the bush. Ash looked around, seeing May emerge from the bush and nearly jumping off the bench.

"M-May! H-How much did y-you hear?" he stuttered.

"Just about everything. You woke me up, and so I followed you. Ash..." she said sweetly, walking closer to him.

"May, did you say yes?" he asked her.

"Of course, Ash. I love you." she kissed him on the cheek, then he looked towards the lake with a tomato-colored face. Then he saw something on the lake. A shadow, that seemed to hover around before disappearing into the lake.

"What the... May, did you see that?" Ash asked her. However, May was staring at Ash the whole time.

"Huh?" she asked, sapping out of her trance. "What is it? Was there a pokemon?" she asked him.

"I'm not sure, but it was more like a shadow." he tried to describe it, but his explanation turned into out-of-control panicking. May knew he wouldn't stop, so she just kissed him on the lips. When she pulled away, he was back to normal.

"Now, why don't we head back in?" she asked sweetly.

"I guess, I am sleepy now." Ash yawned, then took her hand and walked into the hotel. They both got in Ash's bed again, until they heard giggling. They thought it was Dawn and Brock, but they weren't in their sleeping bags! May checked the porch but saw no one, so she went back in. But...

"Come on, Dawn, hold on a little longer." May heard Brock's voice.

"I don't know... my arms are getting tired. Its hard holding myself up here, above the door." May heard Dawn's voice answer Brock, then Dawn suddenly appeared on the ground in front of May. May looked up outside, and saw Brock hanging above the doorway.

"AGAIN? You spied on us again? Brock, why now? You were never like this in Hoenn or Kanto!" May started freaking out on him.

"Look, we can explain..." he started, but Ash stopped him.

"No, I know why. You're jealous of me Brock. You're jealous I can get a girl but you can't." Ash stated.

"What! No way! I just want to see what happens between you two!" he quickly defended himself from the thought of jealousy.

"Brock, everything's going fine. Don't spy again, got it?" her tone got darker, so he just mumbled and nodded. The boys went in the room, while Dawn closed the doors so she could talk to May alone.

"So, you finally told him. Good job, and don't go so fast with him, you'll break him." Dawn said, causing them both to giggle.

"Dawn, I love him. But I'm afraid I'll scare him away... like your first wild pokemon. You really want it, but it runs away from you." May said, looking out at the lake.

"I saw everything down there, May, just take this date and you'll be fine." Dawn put her hand on May's shoulder.

"What should I wear?" May asked.

"Just wear your wallace cup outfit. I've seen the way he stares at you." Dawn winked at her.

"He stares at me?" she asked.

"A lot! So we should get some rest." she told her, and they both went back to sleep. The next day, the finals began after the semifinals finished.

Ash Vs. Dawn Winner: Ash

May Vs. Zoey Winner: May

As Ash headed to the final platform, he passed May.

"Good luck, May. Whoever loses, no hard feelings, okay?" he confirmed with her.

"Of course. Good luck Ash, you'l need it. Congratulations on you new Floatzel, by the way." she kissed him on the cheek, then they walked to their platforms.

"Well, it's the final stage and our contestants look pumped up. Without further ado, let's start the clock!" Marian announced as the platforms locked in place.

"5 Minutes contestants! Ready... GO!"

"Glaceon, on stage!" May threw her pokeball, releasing the snow fox pokemon.

"Ready or not, floatzel, go!" As tossed his pokeball, releasing the large weasel.

"Now Glaceon, use ice shard!" May commanded quickly. Many pieces of ice flew at floatzel.

"Floatzel, inflate!" Ash commanded calmly. Floatzel's collar inflated and stopped the ice shard in midair.

"Now, send it back!" he waved his arm through the air as Floatzel's collar inlated larger, and shot the ice back at Glaceon. May's points went down a bit.

"Glaceon, dodge!" May shouted, and her fox gracefully spun out of the way and into the air.

"Floatzel, use ice fang!" Ash saw his opportunity and took it. Floatzel then jumped above Glaceon and shot two blue beams at it. It was a direct hit and sent Glaceon smashing in the ground. Both side's points went down, but May's went down more.

"Glaceon! Use secret power!" May followed up. Glaceon got up slowly and charged towards Floatzel covered in a pink flash.

"Floatzel, stay." Ash said, and the weasel did not move.

"What's is Ash up to? He knows it wll cause damage in his pokemon and points!" May thought to herself. When Glaceon was right infront of Floatzel, Ash comanded.

"Inflate." he said calmly. Floatzel's collar inflated again and stopped Glaceon.

"Now, hydro pump!" he commanded. Floatzel collar dissapeared revealing it's face, as it shot a powerful beam of water at Glaceon, sending it underwater. May's points went down even more.

"That's about it." he smiled, but saw May had a smirk on her face. He looked confused and saw Glaceon jump out of the water behind Floatzel.

"You see, before this competition, I taught Glaceon to swim like a water-type! Shadow ball!" she commanded, then a purple blob popped out of Glaceon's mouth and hit Floatzel right in the back, sending Ash's points down.

"Floatzel, quick! Use aqua jet!" Ash tried to follow up. Floatzel then became surrounded in water as it charged towards Glaceon.

"Glaceon, Mirror coat!" May defended, then Glaceon became covered in a different shade of pink and took the aqua jet head on. Then Glaceon flashed and Floatzel was sent flying back. Ash's points went down a bit.

"Floatzel, use hydro pump on the wall behind you!" Ash ordered. Floatzel spun around and shot a powerful shot of water at the wall, and was sent flying towards Glaceon once more.

"Use sonicboom on the water, then hydro pump!" Ash grinned. Floatzel used sonicboom and shot up a wall of water to blind Glaceon.

"No you don't! Glaceon, use shadow ball!" May defended. Glaceon shot a purple blob through the water but hit nothing. Floatzel was gone.

"Now, use aqua jet!" Ash smirked. A splash came from beside Glaceon's platform, and Floatzel came out surrounded in a bigger vortex of water.

"That doesn't scare us, mirror coat!" May commanded. Glaceon glowed pink again and took the aqua jet, but was sent back with greater force.

"You see, we absorbed water from the pool to super power our aqua jet. That was something I taught Floatzel while on the day's rest." Ash explained.

Floa!

"I'm impressed, Ash. Now Glaceon use ice beam! Max power!" May commanded.

"Ice fang! All you got!" Ash commanded as well.

A ball of ice formed infront of Glaceon mouth while Floatzel's two fangs glowed a sky blue.

"Fire!" the two trainers shouted, and the large streams of ice blue collided, and exploded.

Beep!

"Time's up! Who is the winner?" Marian announced, looking up at the smoke-covered scoreboard.

Meanwhile...

"I've got to hurry, it'll be over soon! And if he beats her... he's dead!" the man thought as he ran for the stadium.

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