Chap: 7
Welcome wonderful readers! Welcome to the latest chapter of 'A Fake Mask'.
As always, thanks for all your wonderful reviews~
Hmm...it took a long time to post this chapter, sorry for that. But my text books are demanding a lot of attention from me..
Anyway, this chapter will be loaded with amourshipping. So if you're an Advanceshipper...well, Brace yourselves!
Also, if you guys are here, chances are that, you guys are probably hating the character I've set up for May..or, you're loving it. (least likely). I wanted to keep this part a secret, but then I decided that I shouldn't tease you guys any more,
So, has it ever occurred in your minds as to why the name of the story is : A Fake Mask?
Surely I didn't put in some random name for the story,...right? Try to put the pieces together: 'A May with a different behavior' and 'A fake mask' Can you guys relate something?
If you can, then awesome! cause I can't! XD
Gah! enough blabbering! Enjoy the chapter!
"What should we do Ash…?" A worried honey blonde haired girl asked the boy sitting next to her. The boy spoken to, looked back at her worriedly, but did the thing which he does best: Believe in others.
"Don't worry Serena. Our friends are is smart, so I'm sure they'll know what to do."
Serena almost knew he would say something like that. So she rephrased her question,"What do you think we should do?"
Ash thought for a while, and then said, "Well, I think we should just go to West Lumiose and wait there. That's what they'll expect us to do."
"Guess you're right." Serena whispered and leaned her face on her hand. "It'll be easier for them to find us there."
Ash was also in a similar thoughtful position. Different thoughts about their friends rumbled in their minds. The situation is really messy. Getting separated like this is something they never considered happening.
The honey blonde girl looked very worried. But if this was a different time, Serena would've squealed in joy and blushed like crazy. She and her crush were alone in the train after all.
Well, alone if not for the fact that there were four other men sitting at the other end of the room.
Despite the wonderful opportunity, Serena's mind was too busy to think about these sorts of things. She silently watched as Pikachu tried to comfort Dedenne. This was after a long time that Dedenne was travelling without Bonnie. So, the fairy rodent's sadness was understandable.
She sighed and looked at Ash. He was smiling rather awkwardly and looking at the other end of the room. Serena followed his gaze, only to find that four men were staring daggers at him.
But when her eyes met with one of them, they started smiling as if they were the kindest people in whole Kalos region.
Serena was confused. These men have been acting rather funny with Ash. When the first time she saw these men half an hour ago, she was too worried about Clemont, Bonnie and May. So, she didn't observe them closely then.
But now, she payed a little more heed towards them. They looked rather angry about something but then again their faces had smiles in them; all without any real reason. So, Serena found them rather suspicious. None of them had hair. Two of them were wearing caps. The other two had beards. And their strange perfume…
She could smell it even at this corner of the room. It goes without saying that she didn't enjoy how perfume smelt.
She shifted her gaze from the men and looked back at Ash only to find that he was already looking at her.
She was a little surprised at this as her face flustered in a reddish hue.
"Umm… Serena? Why is your face turning red?"
Serena awkwardly waved her hands in front of her face and stuttered, "I-It's nothing! I'm just feeling a little sick! Nothing else!"
Ash bought it.
"Yeah, same here. Let's get some air." The raven haired boy said and walked over to the window of the room, Serena following right behind.
The room was indeed fairly big. Ash and Serena were sitting at a side of the room, opposite to the door. The four men were sitting at the table beside the door. The distance between them was quite large, but their piercing glare was persistently looking at the raven haired boy.
As Ash and Serena made their way towards the window, the men eyed them closely. Ash noticed them and felt rather nervous. Something about them just didn't feel right to him.
Serena removed the curtains and opened the window. Immediately a strong gust of air washed their faces. The force of the air momentarily made them close their eyes. But soon, they adjusted themselves.
Ash looked outside the window. The only thing he could see was…well, darkness.
"Hey Serena? Why is everything so dark?" the boy asked frantically.
Serena sweat-dropped at the boy's question, "Ash…you do realize that we are at a train which is moving underground, right?"
As blinked, "Oooh I see! I kinda forgot…he he"
Serena face-palmed; then she started giggling as she gave a light punch in Ash's shoulder, "You're really crazy Ash!"
Hearing that, Ash couldn't help but to giggle too.
Meanwhile, the train almost conveniently ran over a hard rock in the rail line. This caused the train to shake roughly. Serena was standing beside the window with Ash and the rough shaking caused the honey-blonde performer to loose her balance, causing her to fall on top of the raven haired boy…
There they lied. Serena on top of Ash… Needless to say, the four men, weren't much pleased. They grumbled something among themselves.
Serena's face was on top of Ash's chest. She could feel his warmth radiating from his sweatshirt. The feeling was…comfortable. It was a feeling she could really get used to. She nudged her face with the blue fabric. It just felt so comfortable.
"Ash smells like lemons."
She thought and blushed, but later she mentally face-palmed as realized she had better things to worry about.
She scrambled her way from Ash's body and covered her face with her palm, trying to hide the crazy blush formed in her face.
The boy finally was able to get up. Within a very short time, he sat up and groaned and rubbed his butt.
"Ohh..that hurt! You okay Serena?" the boy asked with closed eyes. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Serena smiling sheepishly, her cheeks still glowing crimson. But the top of her head, was really what caught his attention.
"Uhh… Serena? Where'd your hat go?"
"Who-wha!" she got out and rubbed the top of her head and found a red piece of accessory missing. Without wasting a moment, she stood up and popped her head outside the train window.
"Serena! What're doing!?" He almost screamed pulled the girl back and again fell on his butt. Cursing his bad luck, he then heard some growling noise.
Following the source of the noise, he saw that those men were once again glaring at him. Their glare looked like a hungry mightyena's glare…
Ash still couldn't understand their motives, but he shrugged it off. He then shifted his gaze back to Serena. She was looking really sad. She made her way towards the table.
She just put her head on the table and made no sound whatsoever.
Ash slowly got himself off the ground and sat beside Serena. He brought his face near Serena's ear and whispered,
"Serena?"
Hearing that, the honey blonde performer raised her head and looked at Ash; her face void of any emotion. Then she slowly mumbled, "That was my favorite hat…"
"Don't worry!" Ash said rather energetically, "You can buy a new hat once we reach West Lumiose!"
"Ash…It was called favorite hat for a reason…" She said blankly and returned to her previous state of putting her head on the table.
"I'm sure we'll find something" Ash said and laughed sheepishly but Serena was unfazed. Ash then made a sad look and got up from his seat.
"Serena, I'm gonna get a drink. They have a drink stand in the next room. You wanna to come too?"
Serena once again didn't speak…
Ash frowned. Then he noticed Pikachu and Dedenne jumping onto his shoulder.
"Why is she behaving coldly towards me? What did I do?" He thought and made his way towards the door. The automatic doors opened and he casually walked out; but not without receiving more death glares from the four men…
Serena still kept her head on the table,
"Stupid Ash." She mumbled under her breath.
"Taxi!Taxi!"A blonde haired boy yelled at the top of his voice, which wasn't very loud.
The trio which consisted of Clemont, Bonnie and May were standing at a footpath. They also decided that it would be the best idea head to West Lumiose themselves.
Clemont refused to let May pick the taxis. He couldn't let her; certainly not after what he saw her doing earlier the day. So he took on the quest to find a taxi, but…he was failing miserably.
May rolled her eyes at the blonde gym leader's lame attempt. But she decided to let the boy have a go. She shifted her gaze and looked at Bonnie. She was looking rather sad for some reason. To investigate, May walked up to her.
"Are you alright Bonnie?" she asked sweetly. May's sweet voice could make even the saddest people smile; this was no exception.
Bonnie smiled weakly, "I'm okay. But I'm just a little worried about Dedenne."
" Ow Don't worry sweetie, Ash and Serena are with him!" May said and gave a reassuring smile. "I'm sure they're taking care of Dedenne as we are speaking."
Bonnie smiled, "Thank you May! You're sweet!"
May smiled back. But she then thought Ash and Serena were indeed alone in the train. She frowned.
"Hmm…Ash and Serena are alone in the train…I don't think she will waste this chance." She thought as the frown on her beautiful face intensified. "I have to get there fast…"
Bonnie noticed the sudden frown on the brunette's face. But before she could ask anything, May dashed to where Clemont was doing his terrific job of finding them a Taxi.
May's short sprint came to a halt when she reached Clemont. My looked at the road, then looked at Clemont. She sighed.
The road was packed with cars…but the way Clemont was trying to get a ride, May doubted if the most attentive Lucario would notice him.
Without uttering a word, May pushed Clemont aside.
"Hey! What is wrong with you?" Clemont got out; certainly not pleased at the way May pushed him. "Look! I was almost getting a ride!"
May once again sighed and looked at him seriously,
"Save that for someone else genius! We don't have much time!" May retorted and walked at the edge of the road, leaving a confused Clemont behind.
.
.
May stood at the edge of the road and watched all the cars; Bonnie and Clemont standing behind her. They were about to see some May magic.
May once again undid the first two buttons and revealed her mouth watering cleavage. She removed the band from her hair and undid her ponytail. This caused her soft brown hair to flow lazily in the air. She put her hand inside her fanny bag and brought out a red lipstick. She slowly applied it, which gave her lips a dry and glossy appearance. The brunette then put a look on her face which could be defined as the meaning of the word 'attractive'.
Lastly, she put one arm on her sexy hip and put the other arm in the air and only said two words,
"Lift please!"
… … …
… … …
With that, every single car with male and female driver's came to a halt. Almost twenty moving vehicles stopped moving. Some even crashed into the other. But nobody cared. Because they were busy admiring the beautiful being at the edge of the road.
Male drivers were clearing drools from their mouth as the female drivers were mumbling in jealousy. So, within moments, the female drivers with pissed looks carried on their way. But the same couldn't be said for the male drivers.
"COME IN MY CAR!"- was the chorus of the sound echoing in the road.
May slowly walked and looked at the cars. Her walking was also alluring; which only made the males howl like animals.
May looked around,
Most of the cars were for two people,much to her disappointment. But then her eyes finally found a car with bigger accommodation. May walked towards it; the awestruck siblings right behind her.
May stood in front of the car. It was red and was big enough for the three of them to comfortably sit. She looked at the driver.
He looked like a 21 year old guy. Looked decent and had sunglasses on. He also had brown hair and had wore a red sleeveless jacket. He didn't have any undershirt. So, it revealed his muscles. Very big muscles…
May felt disgusted seeing his muscles, but didn't show any facial expression whatsoever. She put on a seductive look and slowly said,
"I choose you."
Her voice was low, but it was loud enough to destroy the hearts of all other drivers. They harshly glared at driver May picked. But they didn't have any choice, so the disappeared from the place.
The driver which May picked on the other hand, was blushing like crazy. His blush even matched the color of the red jacket. He started sweating in nervousness.
"G-Get in." he stuttered.
May looked at him with pure disgust, but nodded and got in the back seat; much to the driver's disappointment.
Clemont and Bonnie also got on the back seat. Their faces still showed surprise. They just experienced May's magic first hand.
The driver actually got a little surprised seeing the two other passengers.
"Who're they?" he asked.
"Oh, they're the reason why I chose your car noob."
"Excuse me, I didn't quite hear you. What'd you say?"
"Oh nothing!" May got out and laughed sheepishly. "They're my friends!"
"Well, if he's your boyfriend, then I think I must ask you to leav-" the driver's talking was cut off with May's next sentence which she said rather seductively,
"I'm single."
The driver didn't say a single word as he blushed and put the pedal to the metal. Soon the three of them were on their way to West Lumiose…
Clemont and Bonnie were still dumbstruck. Clemont's mouth was still agape. He nudged May with shaky hands which caused the brunette to look at him.
May chuckled seeing the condition his blonde haired friend was.
"May…how do you do it…?"
May couldn't help but to feel déjà vu as she heard the same question from a certain performer.
She winked, "A magician never reveals her secrets!"
Clemont was too shocked to ask anything back…
May then looked at her other blonde haired friend. Bonnie was shocked at first, but now she was looking at May with wonder filled eyes.
"May! You're so awesome!" the young blonde squealed, "I want to be just like you when I grow up!"
… … …
… … …
This time it was May's turn to be shocked. May wanted to say something, but she wasn't sure what. This caused at awkward silence to fall inside the car.
But thanks to Clemont, the silence was broken.
"Bonnie!" the boy shouted, "Take that back! I don't want any sister of mine to be a slu-" May covered his mouth before he could finish.
Bonnie giggled, "I'm just kidding!" but then she winked at May, "You're really awesome though!"
May winked back.
Then the driver, who was being neglected the whole time, started speaking,
"Excuse me; sorry if I'm interrupting something, but where do you want me to go?"
May got up from the back seat and brought her head to where the driver was sitting. Seeing the beautiful girls face so near him, he blushed heavily.
May then once again started in her magical seductive voice,
"Sweetie, I could follow you to the end of the world if you want but…if you could go to the end of the world while making a stop at West a Lumiose, it'd be great."
"S-S-Sure…" the driver…somehow managed to say. "B-But what's in it for m-me?
"If you take me there, I'll give you something which men really like." May said smoothly, but the driver shivered a little with the feeling of ecstasy and sped up the car.
May's voice was sure slow, but was more than enough to reach the back seat, specifically, the ears of two siblings.
Clemonts jaw dropped to the floor. "Did I just hear what I think I heard?" he thought, still unable to believe his ears." She really wouldn't do it, would she?"
May returned to her seat and gave the siblings another wink. Still trying to process everything he just heard, Clemont looked outside the window as he thought,
"This girl is evil."
Serena was still sitting on the chair; her head still lying on the table. Her beautiful short hair covered her eyes.
"Hmm…Maybe I overdid it…" she thought, "My hat flew out of the window…Ash had nothing to do with it, then why did I misbehave?" She sighed. "I have to apologize as soon as he gets back."
Serena was deep in thought, but then she felt the presence of someone sitting beside her. Her initial guess was that it was Ash. But her thoughts changed as she smelt a pungent sweat mixed expensive perfume.
Her head sprang up to see who it was.
"Eep!' was the only sound she made after seeing the person. Her latter guess, which she didn't want to be true, was right…
"Hello darling!"
It was the man who was glaring at Ash. He and his companions were sitting at the other corner of the room, but that wasn't the case now.
"H-hello!" Serena stuttered and got off her chair. She wanted to back away, but she bumped into someone. She looked back and saw it was a man with a long beard.
She gulped and looked at the other direction, only to find two other men standing there. One had a purple hat and the other had a beard, shorter than the man standing behind her.
Serena then looked at the man sitting in front of her. He had a red cap and had an evil smile on his face.
"Don't be scared. We only want to have a little interaction. We're feeling really bored."
Serena didn't take any risk; she then silently got back to the seat she was sitting previously. She glanced around. The three other men were looking at her, or rather, looking at her body. She didn't have a good feeling about this.
Pikachu and Dedenne went with Ash. Her Poke-balls were at the corner of the room, so there wasn't any chance of getting them either. She could scream, but what if they weren't bad people? Then it would lead to a very embarrassing situation. She was confused.
"You're looking sad darling, did that WORM do anything to you?" the man with the red had spat, putting extra emphasis on the word 'worm'.
"N-No! He didn't do anything!" she got out and gulped again, she wasn't comfortable with being called 'darling'.
"Then what's the problem?" the man again asked, his voice a little calmer. "You want to talk about it?"
The calm voice of the man, made Serena breathe easy again. But still, with doubts running through her head, she thought it'd be best to act normal.
"My favorite hat…it flew out of the window." She said.
"Oh bummer." He paused and then said, "Loosing a favorite hat is really depressing. I totally feel ya darling." He then pointed towards his own red hat. "I have many memories with this hat. It'd be really sad for me if I lost it."
Serena was taken aback by his words. She expected some sort of insult, but the man was actually nice. Serena smiled, "Thanks for understanding."
"Sure." The man smiled back. But still there was something odd about that smile.
"Nice dress." He complimented.
"Thank you." The honey blonde girl replied, she wasn't hesitating with her talking anymore. "My mother gave it to me!"
"Ah, so your mother made it! You look really good on that dress." The man said in a smug voice and looked at the other three men. They also nodded.
The smug voice of the man made her give an awkward smile. But she shook it off. "This man isn't so bad…" she thought to herself, "I was over thinkin-"
But before her thought was complete, the next statement of the man froze her.
"WE'D LOVE TO SEE HOW YOU LOOK WITHOUT THAT DRESS…"
Serena's eyes widened. Before she could make any movements, the man standing behind her, picked her up from the chair and dropped her to the floor of the room.
Serena wanted to scream, but with a flashy movement, the man with the purple cap grabbed her mouth tightly and pinned her to the floor.
The man with the beard came from the side and tightly pinned her hands.
The third man with the short beard grabbed her feet.
To put it simple, she was tightly pinned to the ground by three men who were twice her size. Serena tried to scream, but not a single sound could escape her mouth. She wanted to move her hands and feet. But she was failing in doing so…
She was completely at their mercy. The only thing she could do was to breathe, hear and see. She then watched with terror as he saw the man with the red cap slowly approach her with a smug look plastered on his face.
"When I wish something, I tend to get it fulfilled." He said out loud.
Saying that, the bastard got down on his knee and eyed the pinned girl from top to bottom. The look on his face clarified that he was enjoying what he was seeing. He licked his lips with his tongue and mumbled, "She looks tasty."
The scumbag then pulled off the vulnerable girl's boots; making her bare footed. Doing that, he tossed the boots to a side. Serena started shaking…mostly in fear. Her face became pale as she could anticipate what was going to happen to her. She wanted to scream, but she couldn't. Drops of tears formed in her terrified eyes…
The bastard then made his next move. He slowly pulled up her dress up to her neck, exposing her almost bare torso.
Serena struggled and wanted to wriggle out of their grasp. But she couldn't…
The four men then gazed at her exposed half-naked body and hollered like animals. The scumbag with the red hat then mumbled with amazed eyes,
"Would ya look at that!? My darling not only has the face of a queen, but also the tits of a whore!"
With that all the man-shaped animals in the room exploded in laughter. Serena never felt more helpless and embarrassed. She cried, but not even the slightest muffled sound of that sadness could be heard thanks to the tight grip on her mouth….
"Now, time to take off your lingerie." The man said in a singsong and extended his hands towards the chest of the crying girl…
*Sound of Automatic Doors*
"Hey Serena, sorry I'm late. Look I've brough-" Ash came and looked in front him. He saw all the men were sitting on the floor, surrounding something.
They gave him annoyed and smug glares, disappointed at being interrupted. Ash gulped.
But the next thing he saw completely changed his expression. Needless to say, Pikachu and Dedenne, who were sitting on Ash's shoulder, had the same expression.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO HER!" The boy shouted, his voice echoing through the room. His eyes slowly turned bright red in anger. And his face….there was a look in it which no one has ever seen before…
Pikachu and Dedenne took it as their cue as they jumped from Ash's shoulders and electrocuted the two men who were holding Serena's hand and feet.
Ash ran and tackled the man who was holding Serena's mouth. Due to the sudden movement made by the boy, he was caught off guard and got shoved to a side.
The raven haired boy knelt down beside Serena and pulled down her dress, covering her body. He then picked up the helpless girl. Ash almost shivered seeing the condition she was in. Her body was cold; her hands and legs were wobbly.
Serena was finally able to cry out loud this time. She held Ash's arm tightly and buried her face in his sweatshirt. But she didn't utter a word. She only cried and made muffled sounds from her mouth…
Ash silently carried Serena to the corner of the room, his hat covering his eyes. He slowly placed her down. He did it in complete silence.
Being put down, Serena leaned her head on the wall as her hair covered her face. But she was still shivering and the drops of tear still kept on rolling down.
Ash took off his sweatshirt and wrapped it around her body. He looked at Pikachu and Dedenne and motioned something, to which they obediently nodded. Then the two rodents stood around the girl in a protective manner.
Ash then silently turned back and faced the men. They were standing there just watching him do whatever he was doing…The ones who were electrocuted also regained back their consciousness.
Those bastards just looked in Ash's eyes. They were actually feeling afraid….
His face was cold; it didn't have any emotion. His eyes…they were blood shot, they were angry; they were glowing…blue?
"You…." The boy slowly said, "YOU MADE HER CRY!"
That voice was cold and it was ferocious enough to pierce through their souls.
"Y-You WORM! How dare you raise your voice against us?!" The red capped leader coughed and tried his best not to sound terrified. "G-Get him Phil!"
Phil, the man with the short beard looked at his boss. But then he looked at the cold-faced teen. He was standing there silently…But his silence had deeper meaning to it.
"How hard can it be to kill a little runt?"He thought and smirked.
He then came dashing towards the boy, stomping the floor loudly. Coming closer to his target, he raised his fist to deliver a punch.
Ash quickly ducked and bashed his fist to his stomach, making him cough out blood. The man immediately fell on the floor while clutching his stomach.
If looked close enough, one could see a shade of blue glowing from Ash's fists.
He picked up the man from the ground, holding him by his throat. Then without mercy, he threw him to a nearby chair, destroying it instantly.
But…the man wasn't down yet. He once again gathered up the courage to get up. With the remaining bit of his strength, he decided to land a flying kick at the enraged raven haired boy.
He did a short groggy spring and jumped charged at the Ash, pointing his right leg towards him.
But Ash saw him through. With a quick reflex, he grabbed the man's leg as he was still in the air.
Tightening his grip on the leg, he slammed him ruthlessly to the ground. The impact of the slam made the whole room shake up a little.
Because of the slam, his face hit the floor roughly. No other movement was seen from the man.
The man's face couldn't be seen as it was facing the ground. But it could be clearly guessed that, it didn't look pretty considering the fact that a tooth from his mouth landed in front of the three other dumbfounded men.
The last three men; one with long beard, one with purple cap and the other scoundrel with the red cap, nodded to each other. Keeping their eyes focused at raven haired boy's blue glowing eyes, they slowly backed and reached their luggage.
Slowly but steadily, they brought out their hockey sticks. They positioned their hockey sticks in their hands and nodded to each other. Then, in a split second, they surrounded themselves around Ash.
Pikachu and Dedenne looked worried, but they didn't want to disobey what Ash ordered them. Pikachu then looked at Serena who was still sitting while leaning against the wall. The girl had a small frown in her face; her hair messy and still covering her eyes. Pikachu could also see the dried up crying marks on her cheek. She looked like she was lost in her mind, unable to focus on anything else.
Pikachu looked depressed seeing the girl's condition, but then shifted his focus back to his trainer.
Ash eyed the three men surrounding him. He didn't move, only waited.
The two men, one with the purple cap and the other with the long beard, were positioned in front of and behind the raven haired teen. Suddenly, they roared and charged with their hockey sticks.
It was like time had slowed down for Ash. He coldly looked in front of him and saw the man with the purple cap charge towards him. Then he glanced back. He couldn't see everything, but it looked as if the man with the long beard was also charging towards him with his raised hockey stick.
Ash's hands once again glowed as he acted swiftly. He caught the hockey stick of the purple-capped man with one hand and with the other, he caught the man's hand and with a rough pull, he placed the man at his back; using him as a shield.
The long bearded man charging from behind didn't have time to stop himself, resulting his hit to directly land on the head of the man located at Ash's back.
That being a fatal blow, the man with the purple hat fell unconscious on the floor.
The long bearded man looked with horrified eyes at what he just did. He just knocked out a fellow comrade. He glared at Ash; which caused the teen to…actually curve up a smirk.
"You son of a Bitch!" The man roared and threw his hockey stick to the ground roughly. Then he cranked his knuckles and aimed a punch towards Ash's face.
Ash looked at him emotionlessly. As his fist was coming close to his face…he stopped it with one bluish glowing hand, stopping the man dead on his tracks. With his other hand, he landed an uppercut on his chin.
A small crack sound was heard before then man fell on the floor almost on the verge of being knocked out. With closed eyes, he just mumbled some words,
"He's not human…"
That was the last thing he said before he felt himself being kicked hard on his stomach, causing him to end up at the opposite corner of the room where Serena was.
Three down; only the last scoundrel was left. Ash's eyes then darted across the room. He couldn't see him anywhere…
But suddenly he felt something clash with the back of his head. Ash immediately fell down and grunted in pain.
But he couldn't fall…not when he still had something left to do. Suppressing the pain, he slowly got up and looked at the man. His cold blue eyes glared at him…This has to be the first time he looked at someone so coldly…
The man was now scared. He glanced at his knocked out mates. Some were a bloody mess…
He felt a wet spot in his pants. He then did the thing a wise man would recommend to do: apologize.
He immediately ran towards Ash's feet and grabbed them…
"I'm Sorry! Please let me go! I surrender."
Ash was unfazed. But he then grabbed the guy's neck with his hand and picked him up and brought his face in front of his own.
"You made her cry…nobody makes Serena cry." He said silently.
"I'm sorry! I won't do it agai-"
He couldn't finish, because Ash threw the scumbag in front of the still shaking girl and placed his feet on top of his back. "Apologize! Now!"
The man had love for his life. So, he did whatever he was told, even if he had to beg to a much young girl. His ego was no more…He had to survive…
"Miss, please forgive me! I won't ever do it again."
Serena was completely unfazed. Her honey blonde hair still covered her eyes. She was lost inside her own mind, unable to think or concentrate on anything else. But she was still shaking.
Ash then removed his feet from the back of the man. With all the remaining energy he had, he kicked the man hard on the ribs; causing him to slide and crash at the side of the wall.
Ash then furiously looked around and eyed the unconscious men lying in different corners of the room.
"SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU MAKE SERENA CRY!?" Ash shouted and stomped the floor in anger. "YOU DON'T EVER MAKE HER CRY!"
With that final shout….Ash lost his balance. He felt all the energy being drained from his body. His eyes weren't glowing anymore…he couldn't stand.
He just fell down…
Serena was totally oblivious to everything just happened around her. However, the 'Thud' sound Ash made before falling shook her out of her shocked state. If the sound was from something else, there wouldn't be affect on her...
Broken from her internally trapped state, she looked around. Her eyes widened in surprise. Those four men were lying in different corners of the room and were in terrible conditions. Her eyes further widened in shock when she saw a certain raven haired boy lying unconscious in the room. The two rodents were standing around him with worried eyes.
Serena immediately got up from her sitting position and scrambled her way towards Ash. Her eyes watered up again. She slowly shook the body of the boy.
"Ash…" she said slowly…"Ash…please get up…"
But she found no response from the boy.
This time Serena held the boy tighter and shook him rather roughly.
"Get up Ash…" Her voice slowly increased. Tears also strolled down from her face. Pikachu and Dedenne also broke down in tears. But the emotional breakdown of the girl was very saddening to see…
"Umm…Serena?" Ash frantically asked the honey blonde teen walking beside him. They were walking by a street.
"Yes A-Ash?" Serena got out. Her body was still covered by Ash's sweatshirt.
"Uhh…what happened after I passed out?"
Serena took a deep breath and looked at the busy street. There were cars, but the footpath was populated by human and Pokémon. She was still feeling uneasy about talking about the incident taking place some hours ago…
She then gathered up the courage and started speaking,
"After you passed out, some conductors of the train came to our room. They were initially shocked seeing five people unconscious. I told them the whole story. They then immediately took you to the medical chamber of the train.
Those four men were also treated. Fortunately, none of them were hurt too much. Then after reaching the station, Officer Jenny arrested them.
Soon, you woke up and here we are, walking towards the dock." She finished.
But in her short explanation she left out the crying part. Pikachu and Dedenne, sitting at Ash's shoulder, found it hilarious, so they started snickering. But after seeing Serena's playful glare, their laughing ceased.
"But Ash, I have something I want to talk about."
Still continuing on with the walking, he turned his head towards the girl and looked at her. She took it as her cue to continue.
"Ash…you fought those men…" she softly said, "I was feeling totally anesthetized at that moment, so I didn't notice anything…but after seeing the state those men were in…" she paused a little and then continued, "Did you really do that Ash?"
"Yes I did…" He confessed,"I can't believe that I did something like that myself…To be honest, I can't even remember everything perfectly."
Serena sighed, "Don't get me wrong Ash; I'm more than happy that you've shown those monsters their place, but...the thought that you did something like that is really scary."
Ash now had a serious face.
"I don't know why, but when I saw tears in your eyes, I kinda lost myself." He sighed, "My anger took the better of me… I'm not sure, but I felt something inside of me activate at that moment. It almost controlled my movements…
But I think I know why it happened…"
Serena stopped the progress of her walking and looked at Ash; eager to hear what he had to say. The boy also stopped walking.
"I can't stand the reality of any of my friend's distress." He said calmly.
Serena closely heard every word he said. But the reaction she showed was quite unexpected.
She started giggling. Loud enough for the passerby people to give her annoyed looks. Ash blinked, he was a little taken back by her sudden laughter. But he cracked up a smile. Whatever he said made her laugh. That was more than enough reason for him to smile as well. But he couldn't help but to ask,
"Serena? Did I say something funny?"
"No Ash." She replied; her smiling dying down slowly. "I just find it very funny to think that the boy, who always thinks about Pokémon and how to get a new badge, can risk his life only to see his friend happy." She again started chuckling, this time a little slowly.
"You're really crazy Ash!" she said and resumed walking.
Ash only scratched the back of his head and laughed sheepishly as he started walking again.
"Ash, I want you to make a promise." She said with a tone which depicted earnestness. She was certainly having mood swings. One moment she was giggling and now, she was being serious.
"Please Ash, don't ever get on a fight with another person again. Promise me."
Ash took in a deep breath and delayed the answer, which made the honey blond girl more anxious. But then, he finally said it, "I promise Serena. I won't fight."
Serena put on a relieved smile, "Now that wasn't so hard, was it?"
"No, not at all, I'm actually relived to make that promise." Ash replied gloomily, "I don't want to get myself in a fight again…"
"Thank you Ash. That's exactly what I wanted to hear."
Ash said nothing and continued to walk. He gazed at the road in front of him and went on silently. Ash's silence made the girl walking beside her curve a frown. Making Ash recall that moment wasn't probably the best decision she made…
Ash then again stopped walking and looked around.
They were walking through the shopping district. Many people were crowded on the street. There were shops everywhere. Food shops, clothes shops, accessories and many other things. Ash looked at all the people. They were having a lot of fun together as they had piles of bags in their hands.
The raven haired boy then turned his head towards his friend. She was looking anxious.
"Serena. I'm gonna take a little walk around the place. Can you wait for me here?" Ash said in a straight forward voice.
Serena just nodded reluctantly.
Ash then walked off in a direction with Pikachu and Dedenne; leaving the poor girl behind.
Serena quietly watched her crush as he walked off. The girl felt remorse. She silently walked towards a nearby bench and sat there; many thoughts running through her mind.
"I shouldn't have brought up that fighting part…" she thought and felt sad.
"Maybe, needs some time alone from me…"
"Right there! Yes, stop the car." May instructed the driver as she kept on looking outside the window.
The driver with the red jacket did accordingly. He slowed the car and searched for a parking spot.
The whole journey to West Lumiose was a pretty silent one. Well, for the driver at least. He was still busy thinking about the reward he was going to get. His face looked flustered.
The trio on the other hand, had the time of their lives. They talked and told stories about their journeys. It certainly helped them to know each other a lot better.
Bonnie was fascinated hearing the stories the brunette said. Her story of winning a grand festival was nothing to scoff at.
Hearing her story, Clemont was also amazed. He thought that the girl was …interesting.
The driver followed May's instructions and parked the car at the side of the dock. May got out of the car and yelled,
"Bonnie, Clemont! Hurry up will ya?"
As the brunette said, the two siblings got out of the car hastily. The driver was rather confused at his passengers' activities.
"Hey! Miss! You were about to give me something!" he said loudly.
This caused May to stop in her tracks. May and slowly walked back towards the car and put on her cute face. She got in front of the car window and bent down and made direct eye contact with the driver.
It goes without saying that he wasn't having the most comfortable time of his life that moment. But he still wanted that reward from the pretty lady.
May softly said, "I did say that I would give you something that every man likes, didn't I?...Well, I certainly shouldn't break that promise."
Hearing those words, Clemont and Bonnie stiffened. The driver however became glad. He was going to get his reward after all. Clemont hastily covered his sister's eyes; completing his duties as a brother.
"Close your eyes." May softly ordered the over-excited man.
The driver gulped and closed his eyes. Doing it, he extended his lips in a kissing position.
… … …
… … …
He waited, and waited, but nothing touched his lips.
Then with an irritated manner, he flicked opened his eyes. The first thing he in front of his eyes was…money?
"What's this?" He got out.
May was beyond disgusted at the way man had his face moments ago.
"What does it look like, genius?" she retorted, "it's money."
"Why the heck are you giving me money?!" The driver got out.
"Well, I did say that I'll give you something which man really likes. Every man likes money!" May smiled cutely once again but then raised an eyebrow, "Why, what'd you expect?"
… … …
… …. …
The driver closed his eyes, then face palmed. The girl had…logic. It was his own fault for falling for that. After some moments, he removed his palm from his face and saw a brunette dashing somewhere, followed by two blonde siblings.
He looked at his lap and found the money. With a depressed face, he drove off somewhere else while muttering,
"Oh fuck. My boss is gonna kill me for being late."
.
.
May kept on with her slow sprint, her eyes darting left and right to spot two certain teens. She looked back and saw Clemont having a hard time sprinting; his sister aiding him.
"Clemont! You're too slow!" May yelled.
After a good 40 seconds, the huffing gym leader finally reached the brunette.
"Sorry…" boy said with a muffled voice as he was having a hard time catching his breath, "Can we slow down a little?"
"Umm…Okay, sure." May gave him a warm smile, "Don't push yourself and take it easy." She said back softly and resumed walking slowly.
Clemont looked confused as he followed her. He had solved many difficult things in his life. He even invented things which people fail to build after long years of study.
But still, he couldn't figure out the being walking ahead of him. She was a blend of weird, amazing, evil and yet, sweet.
"You know May?" he said, "I almost thought you were going to kiss that man."
Bonnie also looked with big eyes, waiting to hear what the coordinator had to say.
"No Clemont." She giggled. "Think for a moment. I didn't promise the man anything which he thought. Also, I didn't force him to do anything. He could've easily said 'no' when we wanted to get in his car, but he didn't. I made him an offer of money, but using specific words.
So, I didn't even lie to him. It was completely his misconception and lust which made him give us the ride all the way from central Lumiose to here.
You may call it sluttiness, but I call it an art; the art of deceiving the perverted. I only use this art only to bring the perverted people down to their place." She finished and smirked proudly. She then lowered her voice and said to herself, "This is something I never wanted to learn…"
The awestruck siblings didn't notice her last sentence, but they were absolutely fascinated hearing her short speech.
Clemont then fixed his glasses and said, "May! You are a pure geni-"
"Genius? Yup, I get that a lot." She said back triumphantly.
"But enough with that, lets concentrate on the task at hand!" May said out loud and ran off towards the dock, the two awestruck siblings following close by.
Seventh chapter; done and dusted.
Now, before you people start throwing tomatoes at me...let me explain.
I just put in a little aura reference. The aura made him crazy and strong as shit. So, the thing which Ash did was actually something his Aura did. His subconscious mind had nothing to do with it. I hope it makes sense :S
Also, May's behavior.
I don't know, I'm kinda enjoying how she toys around with guys and use them as puppets :P But, try to bear with me...It ain't gonna last till the end of the story.
And Lastly and most importantly~
If you know what's good for you, don't forget to leave a review!