Hey there! It's that time again for yet another chapter of POKEMON: LUTHIAN ADVENTURES! I hope you guts like it as this will conclude the Latias Section and I will move them on. Beware. This fic will last a while!
ENJOY!
Chapter Seven – Accept Every Chance
Last time our heroes battled a victorious battle against Team Aqua. They saved Bianca, who is resting in the Pokemon Centre, and have helped keep Latias from Team Aqua. And just to make her day better May was told that the six of the other seven contest entrants had ask for the competition to be postponed until she was ready to fight. She now has 24 hours to get ready can she do it?
Ash woke to a loud alarm call and rolled out of bed. Seeing the sun shine out of the window he saw the Pokemon in the garden. Most were dozing but to his surprise he saw May and Blaziken working on some moves. Chuckling to himself he went down to the cafeteria and filled two plates with some food before heading out to the field.
"Ok Blaziken use rapid blaze kick!" May called, throwing some Frisbees in the air. Blaziken easily hit them all, burning them all to cinders. Ash cheered, making May jump. She gave him an evil look, but that melted when she saw the plate of food he had brought.
"I see you're up early, but it looks like you forgot breakfast." He said, sitting on the bench offering the plate to May. She took the offer and sat down next to him. They eat silently for several minutes, Blaziken sat under a tree (doing a perfect impression of Sceptile), before Ash spoke up,
"You seem more prepared for this contest than I've seen you in a while."
"Yup." She said happily. "The others have given me another chance so I'm going to show them it was a good idea and make an impression." She smiled at Ash before carrying on, "Also I fell more confident now that you're here with me."
"I'm always with you May. I'll be at the sideline if you want me to."
"That's the only place I'll be. Come on finish breakfast and get ready." May nodded and finished up. She returned Blaziken to her Pokeball and the two of them headed to the contest hall. The contest was due to start at 10 o'clock, with May and Drew's match first. They signed in and headed towards the locker room, when they heard their names called out.
"Ash, May!" They looked round and saw two identical girls running towards them.
"Hey!" Ash said, "What are you doing here?"
"Isn't it obvious we're here to watch May win." Bianca said, Latias smiled and have May a hug. May smiled at the girls but an announcement stopped her replying.
"MATCH ONE WILL BEGIN IN 10 MINUTES. CO-ORDINATORS TO THE ARENA, FANS TO THE STANDS!"
"We better go." May said, hugging the two girls, "I'll win this one for you two." They all wished her luck and May and Ash entered the locker room. There was a cheer as she entered as the other co-ordinators congratulated her and wished her luck. She thanked them and entered the arena. Ash kissed her on the lips and wished her luck before taking his seat at the side. May entered the box as Drew appeared. His look confirmed her thought that he had been the only one who had not wanted her second chance to happen. No words were said as the announcer took to the centre.
"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to the delayed battle round of our qualifying contest. As we all know at the request of the majority of trainers here we postponed this round until today to allow Co-ordinator May Maple the chance to compete. Here she is in her first round match against Johto Grand Festival winner Drew. This should be interesting. We have five minutes on the clock so let's begin!"
"Blaziken! Let's win this!"
"Let's beat her go Wartortle!" A gasp went round the crowd as they saw Drew's Pokemon appear. Ash cursed. This was going to be difficult.
"Wartortle use hydro-pump!" A large shot of water came from the Pokemon's mouth aimed straight at Blaziken.
"Dodge and use High-Jump-Kick!" Blaziken easily dodged and landed a straight kick to the side of Wartorlte's head. The turtle landed hard and nearly half of Drew's points disappeared. Drew cursed as the crowd cheered. May smiled but didn't let this affect her concentration.
"Now use Rapid-Kick." The crowd murmured as May used the unknown attack. Blaziken ran forward and hit the stunned turtle with series of fast and hard kicks. As each one landed more points vanished of Drew bar until...
"It's over! In under a minute May has dominated the type disadvantage and defeated Drew. May will progress to face either Jon or Tina in the next round!"
May jumped for joy and hugged Blaziken as Ash cheered from his bench. May left the arena, returning Blaziken to Pokeball, and entered the locker room. She dragged Ash off to a quiet corner where he gave a deep kiss.
"I haven't won yet." She said, blushing slightly.
"No, but you humiliated Drew, and that's cause for celebration."
"As if you could talk." They turned round to see Drew. If look's could kill May and Ash would be six feet under by now. Ash was about to retort but May beat him to it.
"Sorry about that Drew. I know you didn't want me here as you were scared."
"Please. I could beat you any day. You didn't deserve to be here after missing our match yesterday."
"The others didn't agree, maybe it was only to see you humiliated." Drew threw them a look and stalked off. Ash laughed, as did the others.
She sat with Ash watching the others compete. Only too soon she was called back to the stage. Her opponent was a girl called Tina and her Spoink. They shook hands and entered the arena. It only took May two minutes to defeat Tina, her points depleted after a powerful Fire-Spin. Cheering she left with Tina to a joyful locker room. Ash smiled as he sat with her waiting to find out her fellow finalist. After a thrilling battle a young man called Colin and his Meganium defeated his opponent setting up a thrilling final. It wasn't long before the call came out for the finalist.
"Here we go! It's final time. May and Colin will battle it out for the right to compete in the Luthian Ribbon Challenge. Once they win here they must then collect badges at all contest halls in Luthia before meeting back here for the Grand Festival. Without further ado let the battle begin."
Blaziken came out and faced off with Colin's Meganium. May and Colin called attacks battling hard. Even though May had a type advantage Colin was doing everything he could to defend. Sadly defending didn't make your opponent lose points. In no time at all May had won. She jumped for joy as she ran over to Ash. Hugging him she began to cry into his shoulder.
May was holding her ribbon case, already containing her qualification ribbon, as Ash finished off packing. From here they planned to head to Leviathan Lake and then onto the first Gym at Dragon City on the shores of Lake Flare. They readied their Pokemon and head downstairs. When they arrived in the main area May let out a sudden gasp.
"Ash. The Hoenn League. I forgot all about it." Ahs smiled and shook his head.
"I worked it out. We should make it to Dragon City in time. You can call Max if you want before we go."
"I will, but can you be there. People will ask questions."
"Sure." At this moment Latias and Bianca came over, looking grim, "What's up guys?"
"We just saw Team Magma around the city. They mustn't have given up trying to catch Latias." Her identical companion looked sad,
"I wish we could stay and help..." Ash was cut off by May,
"Why don't you two join us?" Ash grinned at the suggestion, they girls thought about it,
"I wish I could May but I have to get home. I've been away for a while. They'll be worried." Bianca said, but it was Latias that moved. She flicked Ash's spare Pokeball from his belt and transformed. Using her psychic powers she opened the ball and flew in. It wobbled a second and stopped. Ash stared opened mouthed as her picked it up. Had he just caught Latias?
"I think Latias has decided. It's safer to come with Ash, but doesn't want you to be forced to stay." May said, assessing the situation correctly
"You don't mind Ash?" Bianca asked,
"No. If you're sure you don't mind."
"May's right. She's safer with you two."
They all nodded in agreement and Ash called Latias out. She appeared and became her human form. She smiled and stood the other side of Ash. Bianca nodded and hugged her friends' goodbye, before leaving. The trio waved as they left the Pokemon centre.
Ash, May and their new companion Latias turned and headed for the city gates. Ash checked his map, although he had said they would still get lost, and they decided to take the main road to Leviathan Lake. Leaving the city behind they thought hard about what adventures would be in front of them.
