A/N : This chapter was meant to be post last night, but something happened to my computer. After I updated the computer, it stated that the windows on my computer wasn't working and I can't opened it for a day! Now that is the reason why I hated my current laptop, caz it's a 1GB computer. I hate my life, well, only my computer part. Now, for the chapter, and the dialogue.
Me : Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyy guuuuuuuuuuuuuys. Weeeeeeeeeellllcooooooooommee back! 'Jumping up and down'
May : What's wrong with you?
ALF : He's in sugar rush mode. But don't mind him, it will die down by the end of this chapter.
May : Guess, you're right. And who are you?
ALF : Oh, me? I'm one of his friend in FanFiction, which I'm also known as AntagonistLegionFaction.
May : Okaaay... not really caring here.
Me : Nooooooooooooow foooooooooooor sooooooooooooooooooooomee reeeeeeeeeeeviiiiieeeeeeeeeeewsss... 'Running around the room.'
ALF : StoryLover58, can ya let me take over this?
Me : Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaateeeeeeveeeeeeeeeer... 'Running on the walls'
May : Is that even possible? 'Try to run on the walls, but fell back on the ground.' Ouch. I guess not, but I wonder how he does it.
ALF : Thanks. Like he'd said, reviews time. But there is only one for the review on the previous chapter, but a review is a review. Anyway, LegitEmi, your wait is over as the next chapter is here already. And your answer to the previous chapter is correct! It is Drew! You will receive 5 points.
May : I knew that answer already after seeing that paper.
ALF : Now, for the story, which storyLover58 would be typing instead of me.
Me : Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupp! 'Running on the ceiling in circles.'
May : Ugh! I'm having a seizure by just looking at him running around the whole place. And how did he even manage to stay up there without falling down? Isn't that destroying the law of Physics?
ALF : I don't know... and now, in this chapter...
Chapter 4 : Discovery
Ash woke up early in the morning to get ready to look for clues on the whereabouts of Captain Phantom. "C'mon Pikachu, lets go," Ash said as he got off of his bed. "Pika," Pikachu called out as it followed its trainer out of the room.
As Ash passed Dawn's room, the door opened to reveal a fully dressed Dawn with her Piplup. "Morning Ash," Dawn said as she closed the door before locking it. "Piplup," her pokemon chirped.
"Morning Dawn, and to you too, Piplup," Ash said as he patted the penguin's head.
"So, where should we start our search?" Dawn asked as they walked down the hallway.
"We start by looking around the beach, to look for anything else," Ash explained.
"Well look what the morning brought," a voiced said. Ash knew that voice anywhere as he groan, not feeling like to talk to him right now.
"What do you want, Harley," Ash asked quite disturbed about seeing him. Ash didn't turned around to face him, as well as Pikachu. But Dawn turned around to see the Coordinator in the most weirdest outfit she ever saw.
"Erm... who are you?" Dawn asked, which Harley fell down, anime style.
"It's Harley, the one that is going to be the greatest," Harley said as he made a post.
"Hmm... not seeing it," Dawn replied densely as Harley groaned at the girl for not seeing it.
"Look Harley, we don't have time for your morning pep talk. We have things to do," Ash said as he continued to walk down the hallway.
"Yeah, he's right. We need to go, and by the way, what is that outfit your wearing, it's so... unfashionable," Dawn replied before catching up with Ash.
"Unfashionable, is it. Well, I'll show her about unfashionable outfits," Harley said before taking a picture of Dawn before putting her picture in a small book, which also includes a picture of May. "Another Coordinator added to my revenge list," he remarked before heading the opposite direction of Ash and Dawn.
Ash and Dawn were now outside of the Pokemon Centre when they bumped into Brock. "Morning Brock, how's things with Officer Jenny?" Ash asked as they took a seat by the bench, near the Centre.
"Well, it seems that Captain Phantom is still lock up in jail. But I wonder why is there a symbol of Phantom lying around here? This doesn't make sense," Brock stated as they thought about it.
"So, either his grunts were behind this or his ship or submarine blew up because of short circuit," Ash suggested.
"Could be, but anyway, did you guys find anything yet?" Brock asked.
"We haven't started yet, but I have a feeling we won't be searching for clues on the submarine only," Ash stated as he looked down, looking upset about something.
"What do you mean?" Brock asked.
"I have a feeling that Officer Jenny wanted to look for May's body in the ocean too," Ash stated.
"I see what you mean. I already feel sorry for her family," Brock said, looking down too, as well as Dawn. As the group stopped talking, a shadowy figure overheard their conversation.
"I can't believe that the girl is gone. Which made my chance of winning the contest even easier," the figure said.
"Winning what?" a green hair boy asked.
"Nothing, Grasshead," Harley replied bitterly.
"When you said that, it is always something," Drew pressed on.
"Fine, I overheard the group over talking about May lost in the ocean," Harley stated as it was nothing.
"What do you mean lost in the ocean?" Drew asked, not getting what did Harley just told him.
"They said that her body would be searched by them, along with Officer Jenny," Harley stated.
"You mean she's... dead?" Drew asked, surprised about the news.
"Yeah, maybe something like that," Harley stated.
"How could you be so easy going when someone passed away. What happens when a friend of yours is gone forever?" Drew asked Harley, which caught him by surprised.
"Well, now that you say, I feel really upset about it, but still, it will make things easier," Harley stated, pointing out about the contest.
"You know Harley, I don't even understand why am I even talking to you," Drew stated. "Maybe you're just green with envy," he remarked as he flicked his hair before walking away.
"What nerve," Harley stated before he walked away in the opposite direction.
Meanwhile, in the temple, May had just woken up from her sleep. "Morning, Manaphy," she said to the pokemon, which was sleeping beside her. The pokemon woke up before calling back. "Mana," it said as May got off of the bed.
"Come on Manaphy, would you wanna have some breakfast?" May asked as Manaphy jumped into her arms. "I take that as a yes," with that, they left the bedroom before the door closes. The knobs to the bedroom later concealed itself into the wall, like there wasn't anything on it.
May and Manaphy later entered a hall, as May's pokemon were now there, having their breakfast too. "Morning guys," she called out. Her pokemons replied before they continued with their food. May noticed that Snorlax wasn't with them, but it was a good thing since it always like to eat.
"Well, since there is all kind of berries here, I think I might as well have a good diet. Eating those ramen makes me a little big," May exclaimed, worrying about her weight suddenly.
"Mana?" Manaphy asked.
"Nothing, Manaphy. C'mon, lets eat," May stated as she grab one of the berries on the table. Unfortunately, she took the Tamato Berry as she randomly took it from a bowl of berries. As she took a bite in the berry, she could feel her whole mouth burning up and her face was red from the spiciness. "Hot! Hot! HOT!" she screamed as she was looking for some water.
She quickly ran out of the temple before jumping into the ocean as she drank some of the ocean water. She then realised that she was drinking the ocean water without realising it. She quickly swam back onto the surface before spitting out the ocean water. "Reminder, always check what kind of berry before eating," May sighed as she headed back into the temple to have another berry, with checking what kind of berry first before eating it.
Back on shore, Ash and his friends were now looking for any clues of Phantom's grunts. "Find anything yet?" Brock asked.
"No," Ash replied as he was searching by the ocean.
"Nothing here," Dawn said as she was looking around the beach.
"Well, it certainly looks like a dead end here," Brock called out as he stopped looking for clues around the location of where he found the metal piece.
"That's because we need to head underwater," a female voice said. They realised who it was as she was being accompanied by two policemen.
"Officer Jenny, you mean we need to head underwater to look for clues?" Ash asked.
"Yes, and we also have to look for the body of May," Jenny added, which Ash felt guilt again.
"Stop blamming yourself Ash, you would have done anything you could," Brock said, trying to cheer his friend up. "And I would love to be by your side, Officer Jenny," Brock then went to his love gag at Jenny before Brock's Croagunk emerged from its pokeball and dragging him away by his ear. Ash and Dawn just sweatdropped at the event that just played out.
"Yeah, Brock's right, I should stop blaming myself, and I need to forgive myself too," Ash said, returning to the subject as he didn''t feel any guilt in him anymore.
"Now, go and get ready. We will be departing in ten minutes, so get your pokemons that can swim underwater. And we will be giving you guys a swimsuit to help with the search too," Jenny stated as Ash and his friends were excited about diving underwater.
"Remember, we need to look for clues on Phantom and look for May," Brock reassured.
"Yeah, we know," Ash stated.
"Well, what are we waiting for, lets get our pokemon!" Dawn called out before they rushed back to the Pokemon Centre to get their pokemons.
As the group went to take their pokemons, on an island, Team Rocket landed on a tree after being blasted off by May's Blaziken. "Great, we got our butt kick by that tweppette, again," Jessie complained.
"But now, our current question is this," Jamie stated.
"How are we gonna get down!" Meowth continued.
"Well, we could use our pokemon to get down," Jessie suggested.
"And do you still have the three Master Balls?" James asked as Jessie went through her pockets.
"Yeah," Jessie said before taking out the said pokeballs. Just then, a storm was picking up before the tree started to shake a little. And before long, the wind started to blow even stronger as the tree started to bent which was impossible. This had caused Team Rocket to fall onto the ground, resulting in loosing the three Master Balls. As they pciked themselves up, Jessie noticed that the pokeballs was missing.
"Hey, where did the pokeballs went?" James asked as he searched on the ground.
"Look! Over there!" Meowth yelled, pointing at the direction of the pokeballs that was rolling towards the beach.
"We better get them before they drop into the ocean," Jessie exclaimed as they ran towards the pokeballs.
As they nearing the pokeballs, two of the balls had already fallen into the ocean but one. The Master Ball was being held by a pirate, which Team Rocket would never thought of seeing. "Well, nice to see you again, Captain Phantom," James said as he wave.
"You will regret after you betrayed me at the Sea Temple, traitors," Phantom said as he took out a couple of pokeballs from his pocket.
"Wa.. wait!" Jessie exclaimed as Phantom stopped his hand from moving.
"Why would I wait?" Phantom asked.
"We were... er... we were..." James started when Meowth cut in.
"Thinking of stealing the Master Ball for you to catch Manaphy," with that, Jessie and James looked at him, dumbfolded at how Meowth explained, and the fact they wasted their time before loosing them again. Phantom raised his eyebrow, eyeing them before he thought about something.
"Fine, I take it as a sorry gift. But if you ever cross me again, there won't be anyone in this world would stop me from getting you three," Phantom stated as the team gulped.
"Ye... yes sir!" James exclaimed as Phantom started to walk away, but stopped after a few steps.
"And how did you frame this girl?" Phantom asked before showing them the girl that they framed before, May.
"Ho.. how did you know it was us?" Meowth asked, quite surprised at the news.
"Lets just say I made an accident underwater," Phantom said with a grinned.
"So that's why there was a couple of explosion on that ship," Jessie stated the obvious.
"And how did we framed her was a piece of cake. Well, I stole her bandanna first before thinking up an idea of framing her for stealing the rarest pokeballs from the only pokemart that sold it. And what couldn't be the best revenge when seeing her in jail," Meowth explained.
"But unfortunately, we found out that she escaped the police station and found out about our idea," Jessie stated, rather sadly about the failure.
"I must say, you did quite well. How about this, I will give you a chance to help me hunt down this girl and Manaphy and I will reward you with treasure," Phantom requested.
The team looked at each, thinking whether they should join Captain Phantom and get filthy rich. "We're in!" they said in unison. The Phantom grinned as they started to walk off of the beach.
Meanwhile, at the docks, Ash and his friends were getting ready to leave the city with Officer Jenny. "Is everything set?" Jenny asked.
"Yes," Ash replied with a thumbs up.
"Good, and off we go," Jenny said before their ship started to move. It was headed towards the incident that the ship had sunken.
"Hey Ash, are you alright?" Dawn asked as she sat beside him, with Piplup beside her.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Ash replied as he stared out into the open ocean. His Pikachu was beside him as the wind was blowing against his hair.
"Are you still feeling guilty of May's..." Dawn said, but didn't finished the sentence as she doesn't like to say the word.
"I know what you're going to say, but to be honest, I do. But right now, we need to look for her body and bring her to her family, and the clues of Phantom whereabouts" Ash explained as he kept his gaze into the open ocean.
It was only a ten minute ride as they were now over the location which Ash presume the place where the ship had sunken. "Are you ready?" Jenny asked, wearing her swimsuit.
"Ready," the group said in unison. "C'mon Pikachu, I need you to go into the pokeball. We won't be coming back onto the surface for a while," Ash said to his Pikachu as he held a pokeball. Pikachu hesitate of answering as he never did like to go into the pokeball. But he didn't want to stay alone on the ship either, so he nodded his head, accepting to go into the pokeball just this once. Pikachu later disappeared into the pokeball as Ash put it away before taking out his water-type pokemon.
"Okay Corphish, come on out!" Ash exclaimed as his Corphish emerged from its pokeball. "Corphish!" it called out.
"Hey Ash, can I borrow your Buizel? I kinda left my water-type pokemon back at my gym," Brock stated as he rub the back of his neck.
"Sure, here ya go," Ash said before handing his Buizel to Brock.
"Thanks," Brock said as Ash nodded. "Time to help, go Buizel," Broke exclaimed before Buizel emerged from its pokeball. "Bui?" it asked, looking confused.
"Buizel, Brock will be borrowing you for a while, so don't worry," Ash reassured it.
"Is everybody set?" Jenny asked, getting ready to dive into the ocean.
"Yes!" Dawn replied excitedly.
"Us too," Brock replied with a thumbs up.
They then jumped into the ocean after putting the gear on. They were now swimming underwater, along with their pokemon as they travelled deeper into the ocean. Ash and his Corphish were right behind Jenny with her pokemon and between him was Dawn and her Piplup and Brock with Ash's Buizel. Jenny then stopped as he signalled the rest of the group to stop too. She pointed down at the wrecked submarine that was laying on the ocean floor. Jenny and Brock went to have a closer look while Ash spotted something just far ahead. He gestured Dawn to follow him towards the thing he spotted.
As they neared the ship, he realised that was the same ship that he lost May. And what surprised him the most was that the ship hule had a name and the owner. And it also had a huge hole, a hole which was never near the place where May and Team Rocket Battle. It was the source of the explosion which separated him and May. Ash and Dawn approached the wrecked ship, looking for the body of May. Ash remembered where it was, but his surprised, May wasn't there anymore. He called out to Dawn with his hand to tell her to come over. Dawn went towards Ash and wondered what was wrong.
As Dawn arrived, Ash was looking under the beam, which Dawn figured it could be the place where May was gone. But she was surprise either, as the body was gone, and how did the body even managed to get out from under the beam that was very heavy. Dawn then saw that Jenny and Brock was approaching them, figuring that they too saw the sunken ship.
Jenny and Brock later swam towards Ash before looking around. They knew where Ash found May, as he explained to them earlier. But what they saw was nothing as they were clueless. They both looked at each other before looking back at Ash, and then Dawn before back at Ash. Dawn then looked to her left when she saw something. She saw something, or someone swimming underwater with a blue pokemon. And the something wasn't wearing any swimsuit as it was swimmin around without any problem.
After a few minutes, they both disappeared in front of her eyes. She then went towards the three, tugging Brock's arm before showing them something at the location which she found two things. They just looked before wondering what Dawn was pointing. Dawn mentally sighed before she began to swim away, which the others quickly followed her.
Dawn was swimming towards the place where she last something before it disappeared. As she was nearing the location, she saw something unusual. She saw a pokemon suddenly appeared out of no where. This left her gaping, mentally of course, on how did the pokemon appeared. As the rest of the group arrived, Dawn quickly pointed at the pokemon which appeared out of no where. This left the rest of the group looking at each other, puzzled. Dawn facepalmed before she resumed her swimming. When she swam a few metres, she suddeny disappeared. This shocked Ash, Brock and Jenny. They quickly swam towards the place where Dawn had disappeared.
Meeanwhile, Dawn was amazed at what she was seeing. She was looking at the temple, which had been hidden in view. And she also noticed somebody was up there before looking back at the group. She noticed that they were looking around like they didn't know where she was. She sighed before she went to pull them in.
As Dawn was getting the group, May and Manaphy was heading into the dining hall to get a meal as it was getting late. "Want some?" May asked as she took an Oran Berry.
"Mana!" it exclaimed before accepting the berry from May as it was happily gulping the berry.
May giggled at the sight of Manaphy eating before she too grab a berry to eat. She sat down before noticing that Blaziken was still awake while the rest of her pokemon was asleep in her bedroom. She guess that Blaziken knew about the sudden attack and stayed up to protect her. "Oh Blaziken, you don't have to worry. They won't find us here," May said to her pokemon, trying to calm it down. The pokemon nodded before taking a seat next to her while May took another berry. She then handed it to Blaziken. "And you gotta eat," May stated as Blaziken nodded before taking a bite.
After May's dinner, she stretched as she got off of the chair. "C'mon Manaphy, Blaziken, lets go for a walk," May suggested before they left the dining hall.
Back with the group, Ash and Brock were both surprised as they found the Temple of the Sea again. "I can't believe you found it, Dawn," Ash exclaimed out of amazement.
"Well, I was lucky," Dawn replied as she got out of her swimsuit. They were now at the docks, getting out of their swimsuit except for Officer Jenny.
"Will you kids be alright by yourselves while I contact my men?" Jenny asked as she was preparing to head back into the ocean.
"Yeah, sure," Ash replied.
"And take this, it will tell me your location, since this place is invisible," Jenny stated before putting on her gear and then diving back into the ocean.
"Well, lets go and explore the temple," Dawn suggested as Ash called back his Corphish and Brock with Buizel. They then hurriedly followed Dawn into the temple to explore.
May and Manaphy, along with Blaziken were heading higher in the temple. "I never been here before, maybe it could be something really interesting," May exclaimed as she took down the crown on her head. She looked at it, amazed at how it looked almost exactly like the picture on the stone that leads to the Sea Crown. She then placed it back on her head as they continued to head up the temple.
Ash, Brock and Dawn, with her Piplup, were exploring the temple. They then headed into the main hall, which was filled with drains that the water travelled. "It's still the same as I remembered," Ash stated before he remembered something. He then took out his pokeball, which had his Pikachu before letting him out. "There, better?" Ash asked as Pikachu climbed up before resting on his shoulder. "Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"I take that as a yes," Ash stated as they continued to walk. They then headed into a hallway, which leads to the dining hall. Ash, Brock and Dawn saw some berries on the table. Piplup quickly went to take a berry before quickly gulping it down. "I didn't know that anybody would lived here," Brock said as he examined the table of berries.
"Guys, I have a question. How did you know about this place?" Dawn asked, as she wondered how did Ash and Brock knew about the temple.
"Well, lets start from the beginning," Ash started as they took a seat at the table before both Ash and Brock started to explain about the events on how did they found out about the temple, the rarest pokemon, Manaphy and an evil organisation, Phantom.
Back with May, as she, along with the other two pokemon, had just reached the peak of the temple. May was amazed at the sight. She could see the surface and most of all, she's in the treasure room. There were jewellery everywhere, but May knew that it doesn't belong to her, but to the people of the water. May remembered having that dream about Manaphy, and proclaiming that she too was one of them, but only partially. She then started to yawn, as she was getting tired. "Hey Manaphy, wanna head the bed?" May asked as Manaphy too started to yawn. "I take that as a yes, c'mon Blaziken, you can keep watch from the bedroom, and maybe get some sleep," May said as they left the room, heading towards the bedroom.
Dawn was utterly amazed at the events that Ash and his friends, including May and Max, had gone throught. "Oh man, how I wish I was there too," Dawn pouted. "And how did May handled after she and Manaphy parted?" Dawn asked.
"Well, I really don't know," Ash stated.
"Hey guys, *Yawn* can we stay for the night here?" Brock suggested.
"Yeah, we could," Ash said before he too yawn at how drowsiness he felt. Suddenly, they heard a door closing in the temple.
"What was that?" Dawn asked out of surprised.
"Don't know, lets check it out," Brock suggested. They quickly got out of the dining hall, looking for the source of the sound.
May closed the door a little too loud. "Oops, I hope the door doesn't comes off its hinges," May said as she rub the back of her head. She then headed towards the bed to get some sleep as Manaphy laid on the bed, fast asleep. "Manaphy looks so cute when he's asleep," May whispered as she moved Manaphy gently before laying on the bed, going to sleep.
Outside, Ash and his friends were now running down the hallway, looking for the source of the sound but they couldn't as they failed to find the door that made the sound. "I guess we have to sleep for the night," Brock said.
"Wait, what? We're going to sleep in this place?" Dawn asked, which Ash to sweatdropped as this is the second time Brock suggested.
"Well yeah, what about it?' Brock asked.
"Well, after the door closing, I'm guessing that this place is haunted," Dawn stated as chills went down her spine. She was shivering, not by cold but scariness.
"Don't be silly Dawn, there temple is not haunted," Ash reassured.
"Yeah, and lets head into the dining hall and get some rest," Brock said before they headed back to the dining hall. Once there, Dawn quickly took a small pillow, which came out of nowhere, before placing it on the floor. She then placed her head on the pillow before she went to sleep. Ash and Brock were both still awake, getting ready to get some sleep. "Hey Brock," Ash started.
"Yeah Ash?" Brock replied.
"Do you think that May could be here? In the temple?" Ash asked as he got ready to sleep.
"Who knows, maybe she could be here, somewhere," Brock replied as he yawned.
"Well, goodnight Brock," Ash said before laying down on the floor.
"You too Ash," Brock stated before he too went to sleep. As they snoozed, a bunch of pokemon emerged out of no where, eyeing the three kids that was sleeping. They headed towards them, wondering what should they do to them till one of them suggested to wait till morning.
The next morning, May and Manaphy began to wake up from the sleep. "That was a great sleep!" May exclaimed as she stretched out her hands. She then noticed that Manaphy was still beside her, waking up. "Mana, mana!" Manaphy exclaimed before jumping onto May's lap.
"Well, morning to you too," May said before laying Manaphy on the bed. She then got up before seeing that Blaziken was still fast asleep after he stayed all night, keeping guard of the bedroom. May told Manaphy to be quiet by hushing him as they approached the door. She slowly turned the door knob, carefully not to wake the pokemon up.
As soon as May and Manaphy exited the bedroom, May began to chase Manaphy down the hallway. "Wait for me, Manaphy," May said as she chased Manaphy.
Meanwhile, Ash was starting to wake. As he opened one of his eye, he saw a Corphish staring down at him. At first, he didn't moved, but as his brain began to function, he yelled. "Guys! Wake up!" Ash yelled, which woke both Brock and Dawn up.
"What is it Ash?" Dawn asked as she rub her tired eyes.
"We're surrounded by angry Corphish!" Ash exclaimed as Brock and Dawn, now fully aware, were both beside Ash.
"Why are they mad?" Dawn asked.
"I don't know," Ash replied as they started to get closer and closer.
"What are we going to do?" Brock asked. And suddenly, Ash and the others heard a familiar called. "Mana! Mana!" it called.
"Is that... Manaphy?" Brock asked as he looked at Ash.
"Yeah, and I think I heard someone was running down the hallway," Ash said, completely forgotten about the situation.
Dawn then saw something approaching them from the shadows. "Is that what I think it is?" Dawn asked as the blue pokemon emerged from the shadow. "Mana?" the pokemon stopped in its tracks when it noticed Ash and his friend.
"What is it, Manaphy?" a voiced asked. Ash couldn't believe what he just heard, as well as Brock and Dawn. As the figure came out of the shadow, Ash's eyes were widely opened to see that someone he thought was gone forever after that incident. "May? Is that you?" Ash asked.
May stopped after noticing that her friends were now in the temple with her. And she noticed that the Corphish were surrounding them. "Hey guys," May said as she gently waved at them showing a small smile as she didn't expect her friends to be here, in the temple.
Ash and the others couldn't believe that May was still here, still alive. "May, is that really you?" Ash asked.
Me : Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy! Fiiiiiiiiinnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllyyyyyyyyy ffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssshh!
May : I thought you say that his sugar level will die down!
ALF : How should I know?
May : Anyway, now for the pop quiz of this chapter.
- What is May's favourite food?-
Find out next in the next chapter.
ALF : I can't believe is that long.
Me : Teeeeelllll meeeeeeeeeee aaaaaaaaaaabboooooooooooooouuuuuut iiiiiiiiiiitt.
May : Well, please R&R. See ya!