CHAPTER 7 – Truth or Scare
May's parents only waved twice and their car was already beyond the horizon. Turning around, our heroes could only see no one less then Drew, the coordinator with his Roserade watching the scene.
"DREW?!" May loudly asked. "You... here... how?!"
"Oh, hello, May. Apart from you, I came here to win this Grand Festival."
"Yeah, whatever." Ash dispizely said.
"Hi to you too, Ash." Drew 'answered'.
"Oh, enough chatting. BACK TO WORK EVERYONE!" Max ordered.
"Max, why do we need to work?! There are lots of people doing nothing at the central square!" Brock interrupted.
"Really? You mean.. working-capable people?" Max's eyes shined. "Let's go, Brock!"
Brock was pulled on the arm by Max. "Am... I'll help him, don't worry, guys. Have fun!"
"Good luck, Brock!" They shouted.
Standing in front of May's place were May, Ash, Drew and Dawn. They desperately looked at each other's faces trying to find something to do, since Max's slaving era had now ended.
"Am.. so... Let's train, Ash?" May suggested.
"Sure, May! Let's g-"
"Wait! Why the hurry?" Dawn interrupted. "I have something for us to do." She then showed a malicious face.
"Is she always like this?" Drew asked.
"Pretty much..." Ash and May answered.
"As I was saying.. Why don't we play truth or dare?" Dawn bursted in happiness.
"What? What's that?" Ash showed a confused face.
"Ow, Ashy boy. I should have expected that from you." Drew said.
"Don't you know it, Ash? It's that supercoolspecialawesome game! Let's play?" May asked.
"YAAAY! Let's do it!" Dawn jumped.
They quickly ran to the living room, Ash pulled by May and Dawn, and Drew not caring much about anything. They arranged themselves on the couch and puffs around, forming a circle.
"Alright, who gets to start?" May asked Dawn.
"Hmmm.... Well, why don't we spin a bottle? The top asks."
"Spin it already..." Drew inpatiently said.
"How do I play this again?"
"SHHH! Now wait and you'll see." Dawn shutted him. She grabbed an empty bottle in the kitchen and spinned it. After two seconds, its top faced May, and its back, Dawn.
"Ok, so I ask. Dawn, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Hmm... Have you ever kissed anyone?"
"What the-" Ash shocked.
"Yes." Dawn interrupted.
"Got it, Ash? That's how you play it."
"Yeah, but...."
"Spin it again, go!" Drew said. May spinned and the bottle moved a bit from its first position. When it stopped, its top faced Dawn and its back, Ash.
"Yeah! Ash, truth or dare?"
"Ash, I wouldn't choose dare if I were you.." May suggested.
"Sure, choose truth. Of course, this means you are a chicken."
"Whatever, truth." He chose.
"I see. Ash, have you ever loved a girl?"
"What?" He again shocked.
"Answer it, Ash!" Drew and May shouted.
"I'm not sure I like this game.. Well, I'm also not sure I ever loved a girl..."
"Oh, you have never loved?!" Dawn asked.
"No, I haven't. Now if you excuse me, I gotta go... play my handheld, over there." He walked to another puff and started playing. They remained in their current positions for a couple of hours.
Drew spinned the bottle himself, and its top faced Dawn and its back, himself. "May, truth or dare?"
"Am.. bringing a little emotion in here, I'd say dare!"
"Ok, let me think. Dawn, help me out here."
While they thought across the room, Ash played his little game. He had just lost it, so he stopped a bit to see the others's game. "Wow, May is sure pretty..." He started looking nonstop at her. "Wait... It's no like I'm into her! Pff, that's crazy." He stared more at her as she waited for Drew and Dawn to make their minds. She looked at Ash and smiled. "Ok, now why is it so hot in here? It's weird!" He ran to the bathroom to hide his red face.
"Alright, we decided." Dawn said.
"May, I dare you to kiss Ash right after he gets out of the bathroom."
"What? Drew, we didn't decide that!" Dawn got mad.
"My mistake, hehe."
"Kiss? You mean... lips?" May asked.
"No, it can be on the cheek too if you want." He answered.
"Alright..." She ran to the bathroom door to wait.
After the handle was tilted, she immediately openned it, put her hands together on her back and quickly touched Ash's cheeks with her soft lips. Ash did nothing but wide open his eyes and shock. She quicly got away and sat back at the couch.
"M-May, what was that for?!" He asked.
"Sorry, it's part of the game." She answered while blushing.
"Kiss, done. Now what?" Dawn inpatiently asked while the doorbell rang.
They all ran to it to see who it was. After opening it, they saw and old man and his wife holding a basket.
"Hello, young boys and girls. We come here to sell you some Pikachu candies..."
"Oh, sure, let's buy it!" Ash picked Pikachu and led him to the man.
"Hmm... I don't know... Something tells me I know these guys." Drew said suspiciously.
"There you go, little Pikachu." As the old lady said it, the basket pulled Pikachu inside and a Meowth ran away with it.
"AH? PIKACHU!" They all screamed.
"Prepare for trouble, I hate to fly!"
"Make it double, I'm afraid of high!" They removed their costues, revealing horrible white 'R' shirts.
"To protect us from flying today!"
"To unite our parts, after landing safe!"
"To denounce the evils of rockets and planes!"
"To extend our reach to people's names!"
"Jessie!"
"James!"
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light, literally!"
"Surrender now or prepare to the flight!"
"Meowth, that's way too high!"
"Whoooobbuffet!"
"Hey, what's up with the fly-themed motto?" Drew asked.
"We decided that it hurts to fall everytime we fly high! And you better stop it!" James said.
"It doesn't matter, now give me Pikachu!" Ash shouted.
"Shut up, twerp! Now, would you dare beating an old lady? Kinda coward.." Jessie said.
"Blaziken, go!" May launched a pokeball. "Blaziken, flamethrower!" The pokemon threw a bunch of red flames on team Rocket and started running after Meowth. It grabbed the basket with Pikachu in it. Blaziken quickly ran back to them and returned Pikachu.
"Ah, thank you, Blaziken!" Ash said. "Are you alright, buddy?"
"Pika!"
"Great, then Pikachu, use thunder attack!"
"Pika... CHUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" A wave of eletric shocks flew to team Rocket's direction, blasting them off again.
"NOOO! I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M FLYING AGAIN!" Jessie screamed.
"That's like our record." James sighted.
"Hey, does boss even want a Pikachu?" Meowth asked.
"Team Rocket blasts off again!" They finished whille disappearing on the horizon.
"Thanks, May!" He smiled at her.
"Don't mention it... I owned you, remember?"
"What? Why?" He asked.
"For saving me from Glaceon!"
"What did you say?" Dawn asked her, surprised.
"Oh, I remember, we haven't told you guys!"
"Well, we were attacked once more by that mind guy. While May showered, Glaceon was taken over by him, and it almost attacked her..." Ash explained.
"But thanks to Ash I'm just fine."
"Well, that was lucky.." Drew commented.
"We should only take care so that it doesn't happen again." Dawn said.
"So, Blaziken, should we head back inside?" May asked it.
"...."
"Blaziken, let's go! It's already dark here!" She called again. Blaziken kept looking at something, with its face turned to the other side.
"Blaziken." It slowly turned back and at its head there was a shiny red spot. It glowed very fast, and soon Blaziken's eyes became red as well
"Run, it's beeing controlled!" Ash shouted while started to run with the others. Blaziken stayed there thinking for a while and started running after them.
"Quickly, let's hide under that branch!" Dawn said while running to the forest with Drew.
"Ash, run to the forest!" May told him while running away from Blaziken. They were making their way to that lake, where in the water, Blaziken would be weaker. After entering the forest, Blaziken used agility and got even closer to them.
"May, there it is, the lake! Jump-" He looked back and heard May's scream as she stumbled and fell on the grass. "May, watch out!"
Ash shouted as loud as he could, but Blaziken reached May, and the only thing saw then was the Flamethrower attack they all knew so well coming out of Blaziken, going directly to the coordinator girl.
Hey, guys! Long time, no see! Actually way too long. Sorry, my classes started just last week and I was trying to get used to the new schedule. Well, now I'll try to do it faster!
Ok, this chapter was somehow more advanceshippy than any other. The story is already formed, so now advanceshipping will come out anytime.
This chapter ended needing a "TO BE CONTINUED...", so it's something new, yay!
I would like to thank everyone who is reading and sometimes even reviewing it, it means a lot to me. Well, see ya!
