Chap: 8

Woah...I finally updated this XD Sorry it took such a long time. I've been very busy. Now I can write a huge paragraph and explain why I couldn't update...but I'd rather not. But to make it up to you, this is a extra long update! more than 10k words XD

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And...a little warning. This chapter will contain sexual humor. But nothing too explicit. But still, any of you guys don't like these stuff, I highly suggest you don't read the last part of the chapter.

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The sun was on the western sky as an orange hue of light, lighted the huge Lumiose city. Despite of its position in the sky, people could enjoy a good solid two hours of sunlight before calling it a day.

Under this evening atmosphere, a boy walked calmly. His bright silver hair swayed in the wind and almost covered his red ruby eyes. Those red eyes gave him an eerie look. As for clothing, he had a hooded red-black jacket on. But unlike other times, his face wasn't covered by his hood.

He was going on by a path, alone. He usually wasn't used to this quietness. Because, whenever he was travelling, he always had his younger sister by his side. But that wasn't the case now as the only thing giving him some company was the fresh red apple in his hand.

He took a bite from it and felt its sweetness gushing inside his mouth. But having a lot on his mind, his face didn't show the pleasure he received after taking the bite. He just kept on walking. His thoughts made him absent minded as he was crossing a road.

But due to his absent mindedness, he didn't notice the traffic light…

This ultimately resulted in one thing; a car running at a descent speed stopping roughly in front of him. This sudden stop of the car startled the boy and shook him out of his thoughts. Troubled, he accidentally dropped his bite-taken apple on the road.

"Oi you brat! Are ya blind or something!" The driver brought his face out of the window and shouted. But the boy spoken to was more interested in looking at his poor apple.

Shifting his gaze, he looked back at the driver and lowered his head in apology and walked off the road without making any real sound. Taken back by his gentle maneuvers, the driver also carried on in his way.

The silver haired boy once again carried on with his walking. He had a small frown in his face; the disappointment of not eating the apple still evident.

Suddenly out of nowhere, he pulled out another apple which looked identical to the previous one. The satisfaction soon returned as he took a bite from it. Meanwhile, his other hand found its way to his pant pocket and brought out a cell phone.

Still chewing his apple, he flicked open his phone, checked something, and dropped it back to his pocket. He then increased his walking speed and took a left turn and entered a dark alley.

Taking another bite from his apple, the boy looked around. The place was void of light. The weak rays of the evening sun couldn't reach the place. But with that being said, the place wasn't completely dark as those weak sun rays gave the place a soft glow.

The boy noticed the presence of a person inside the alley, leaning against a wall. He smiled and looked at the figure. Though nothing much could be seen… the green hair of the said person was certainly noticeable.

"Ah Brendan, I've been expecting you." His quiet, yet mysterious voice soared through the air.

"Yes…I've been waiting to meet you myself." The silver haired boy, Brendan said, "I hope you didn't have any trouble on your way here."

"No, not at all." He said and got off from his leaning position and picked up a briefcase from the ground. "But I say we skip the introductions. I prefer going straight to business. I'm sure you'd like that too."

Brendan laughed a little and smirked, "You speak my language."

Soon, the boy with the green hair and Brendan got out from the dark alley. The green haired boy still held the briefcase and calmly walked, Brendan following right behind.

The orange sunlight lit up the boys face and clearly revealed his face…

He had emerald green eyes, the color almost matching his hair. He was taller than before and a hard face had replaced what was once known to be a pretty one.

But the most notable feature of his face was a scar; a very deep scar which was positioned on his right cheek…

Brendan did a short sprint and caught up to him. He couldn't help but to notice the deep mark. In an attempt of satisfying his curiosity, he asked,

"Err…Drew? What the heck happened to your cheek?

Hearing the question, he flinched and stopped walking. Memories behind the formation of the mark flooded his mind…

His eyebrows curved and his face looked very angry all of a sudden. He took a deep breath and shook it off. Then he resumed walking, ignoring Brendan's question.

Brendan found it very confusing as he also continued walking. But he asked again, "Drew, what's tha-"

Drew raised his hand and motioned him to stop. He just simply said,

"I would honestly love to tell you the whole story behind it, but it's sad to say that the mark on my cheek is none of your fucking business!"

Brendan sighed, "Sorry." But he then continued after a pause, "So, tell me the plan."

"Okay, it's a simple job. Listen carefully." Drew said calmly, which was a sudden mood swing from the outburst he made seconds ago.

"Your only job is to follow the girl and to make sure she reaches the pointed location, unharmed."

Brendan took another bite from his apple and nodded.

Drew flicked his hair and smirked, "I hope I've made myself clear."

"Crystal."

"Excellent. Just keep in mind that you cannot harm her in any sort of way."

Brendan smirked, "Got it got it! You've hired a duo of professionals and this is just a simple job."

"I hope you can keep up to your confidence." Drew said with one hand in his purple jacket pocket and the other firmly holding the briefcase. "Which reminds me…where's your sister?"

"Well," He grinned, "Let's just say, she loves working more than talking."

"Alright then" Drew then handed the briefcase to him, "This is your half payment. You'll get the rest after the job is done."

Brendan laughed slightly and accepted the money, "It's a real pleasure working with you Drew."


"Clemont! Hurry up!" a certain brunette said in a hasty voice as she was walking backwards while looking at the two siblings. Her face had the hint of anxiety written all over it. The thought that Ash and Serena were alone, still gave her a bad feeling.

Being called continuously, the huffing blonde haired gym leader tried to catch up with her. His sister walked beside him and kept on glaring at him. She was also getting tired of her brother's lack of athleticism.

After increasing the speed a little more, Clemont finally reached the brunette but found that she wasn't walking anymore. Still huffing, Clemont looked at her and found her deep in thought about something. He then looked at Bonnie saw that she was a bit tired herself. They've been roaming in the dock for quite some time now, but the two certain teens they were searching for, were nowhere in sight.

Clemont wanted to ask May as to why they've stopped, but his sister beat him to it.

"May? Shouldn't we continue our search?"

"Hmm…I've been thinking." May replied, looking at Bonnie. But her answer was directed at both of them as she continued. "We've been searching in the docks for almost an hour now. If they were here, we would've found them already."

"What are you proposing?" Clemont asked, adjusting his glasses.

"What I'm saying is that, THEY AREN'T HERE!" the brunette said, giving a little more emphasis on the last part of her sentence. "I have two ideas. One; they still haven't arrived in West Lumiose yet. Two; they are here, but they still haven't come to the docks yet."

"Okay…" Clemont said as he tried put on a little more thought into the matter. "Let us assume that your latter guess is correct. Then where do you think they are now?"

Bonnie just kept on looking at his brother and May, waiting for them to come up with a plan.

"Well," May started, putting a finger on her chin. "If the two of them did arrive at West Lumiose and if they're not at the docks yet, chances are that they're still at the shopping district."

"Shopping district, huh?" the little blonde girl said. "Why do you think they'd be there?"

"Bonnie, I think May's onto something. In order for them to come to the docks, they must pass through the shopping district first."

"Yup, looking there is the best option we got actually." May said. "We better start walking."

With that, the trio again started walking. This time, they were walking at the same pace as they made their way towards the shopping district.

But what they didn't notice was that a girl with raven black hair and red eyes was silently and carefully following their every step…


The blue eyes of a certain honey-blonde girl darted around. All she could see was the crowded environment which mostly consisted of people carrying shopping bags. Serena was frantically twirling her short hair as she was thinking about many things.

Quite some time has passed since she's been sitting in this bench alone. She could call out some of her Pokémon to give her some company. But she was actually getting pleasure from this loneliness. Loneliness can indeed be a best friend to have when there are a lot of things hovering in one's mind. It helps to think.

She once again glanced at busy people. The sun was almost about to set, yet, they were still taking pleasure from shopping. People were still coming out of nowhere and entering the shops and coming out with handful of bags. Seeing that, Serena then remembered reading somewhere that the West Lumiose shopping district stays busy 24/7. She just understood how just the statement was, first hand.

Though she was kinda getting used to the absence of company around her, she still couldn't get over the feeling that something was missing. The rays of the setting sun were directly falling at her eyes. This made her a little annoyed. She's been travelling for a long time now. Yet, she very rarely faced a situation where rays of the sun fell in her eyes like that.

Then it suddenly clicked to her that her hat usually kept her protected from the sun rays. Then she realized what was missing; her hat.

Her mind then wandered off to the moment when her hat flew off the train window. As she remembered that, she couldn't help but to remember the events which took place after that…

Her body shivered a little. But then, the name of a certain raven haired boy also came to her mouth.

"Ash…" she slowly said and lowered her head. She remembered the way Ash walked away. Once again, the remorseful feeling inside of her burned up. She covered her face with her hand and further lowered her head. A slow and muffled sentence escaped her mouth…"Ash…where are you?..."

"Here I am!"

… … … …

… … … …

"Eeep!" was the sound that escaped from the mouth of the girl before she sprang up from her sitting position. "Ash! When did you come?!"

The raven haired boy had his hands behind his back and a mischievous smile running across his face. "I just got here! And I heard you say-"Ash blinked. "Umm…Serena? Why is your face red again?"

Indeed. Serena's face was so red that it could put the redness of a ripe tomato into shame. She just nervously waved her hand in front of her face and stuttered like she always does, "N-nothing! It's nothing!"

Ash once again shrugged it off as his hands were still behind his back. Meanwhile, seeing the girl's reaction, the two rodents sitting on Ash's shoulder snickered evil rodent-laughs.

Shaking off the blush, Serena looked at Ash with a forced serious face. "Where were you?!"

"You really want to know?" Ash asked, the mischievous smile never leaving his face.

His smile made the girl nervous as she only nodded her head and gave Ash his answer.

"Okay then. Close your eyes."

Giving Ash a questioning look, she closed her eyes. She trusted her, more than anything. But the nervousness was still evident in her face.

After some seconds, she heard Ash's voice again, "Now open your eyes!"

Accordingly, she flicked open her eyes and looked at Ash and found him smiling. This smile wasn't mischievous, but it was genuine. She looked a bit down and saw that he was holding a box. The box wasn't very small, but wasn't very big either.

Being overtaken by curiosity, she hastily removed the lid of that box. The contents of that box made her gasp in surprise.


Meanwhile, on the other end of that busy road, three certain friends were walking. Keeping their heads up, they kept on walking with hopes of reuniting with their other friends. Clemont looked totally beat-up, so did Bonnie. May was also tired, but her face refused to depict that.

The road was packed with people. So, finding their friends was gonna be a tough job. But however, as they were walking, two certain people caught the eye of the young blonde girl.

"Hey guys? Look there." Bonnie said as she pointed towards a definite direction."Don't those two look like Ash and Serena?"

Hearing that, the attention of the brunette was perked up. Following the path directed by Bonnie, May looked.

Indeed, it was their two friends!

May didn't need a second look to recognize who they were. Without uttering a single word, she started running towards them, almost forgetting the existence of the two blonde haired siblings…


"Ash…" was the only word Serena managed to say. Her eyes still gazed at content the box held. It was almost too good to believe. "How did yo-"

The raven haired boy smiled. He understood that his little gift managed to make Serena happy.

"I felt really sad that you lost your hat. And honestly, I said some stupid things about your hat back at the train." Saying that, the boy giggled. "So I wanted to make it up to you by surprising you with a new hat. And what better place to buy a new hat than a shopping district?"

Serena was happy beyond belief. And her face didn't hide it, neither did it intend to. It was almost feeling like a happy dream which she never wanted to end. The fact that Ash did something this thoughtful was better than any dream she could ever have.

This time, she was the one having the mischievous grin as she elegantly took the hat from the box and placed it in her head after giving it a little twirl. The hat looked almost like her previous hat. Except that it had a much sweeter and softer pinkish color.

Lightly lifting her dress, she bowed down elegantly and said with a teasing voice, "So? How do I look?"

Totally being oblivious to the flirty tone, he said with a smile, "It looks good!"

"Why thank you Ash." Serena said as she smiled back. She didn't mind the naïve tone in which he said that. She was really getting used to it.

"So do you like it?"

"Like it? No Ash I don't just like it," she said and walked closer to Ash, a warm sensation running through her heart. Moving further closer, she wrapped her arms around the boy and took him in for a hug, catching the boy and the two rodents off guard. "I… love it!"

There they were, in the middle of a busy road, hugging. Some people passing by gave them pleased smiles, but soon they continued on their merry way.

A very weird and foreign feeling was coursing through the honey blonde girl. Hugging Ash was something which she had thoughts of doing before, but actually doing it, felt weird. But it was a good kind of weird.

Even she didn't know what made her hug him like that. But she only knew one thing that she was liking it. Ash wasn't resisting either. So, she was enjoying a heavenly feeling which she never wanted to end.

That was until the voice of a certain brunette reached their ears, "Getting comfy, are we?"

… … … … …

"May!" Ash excitedly said as he broke the hug, much to the disappointment of the honey-blonde girl. "You're okay! I'm so glad!"

May put her hand on her hip and glared at Serena, but then looked sweetly at Ash. "Of course I'm okay Ash." she said and giggled playfully. "I'm glad you guys are alright too."

Pikachu meanwhile jumped from Ash's left shoulder and landed on the brunettes head, causing her to smile. "Aww Pikachu, I missed you too."

"May? Where are Clemont and Bonnie?"

"Oh they're catching up~"May said and once again giggled, which a certain girl found very annoying. Then May pointed towards the direction from where she came from. Surely, among all the people, the siblings could be seen. Clemont was trying his best to run as Bonnie was aiding him.

Ash looked excited and started waving his hands towards them and started shouting out their names. But the busy and noisy street prevented his voice to reach the siblings.

As Ash was trying to call Clemont and Bonnie, May finally got a little lone time to finally talk with Serena, who still hasn't spoken anything after their reunion.

"Oh my, Serena~" May said in a whispering voice, enough for the performer to hear. "I never expected you to make your move on him so swiftly. You are one hasty bitch."

Serena flinched a little after hearing that particular word May said. However, she still maintained her toughness as she retorted, "If you think calling me names is gonna make me leave Ash, you're wrong May."

May just giggled once again. They were all standing in a corner of a very busy street, but the hostility between the two girls was certainly nothing less than frightening. But they talked in such a manner, that a normal passerby couldn't detect anything.

"But I have to admit, you did ruin a thing I intended to do after this reunion."

"What do you mean?" Serena asked in a confused tone.

"Well, I thought that after meeting Ash, I'd greet him by giving him a big hug…But what I found was… a bitch hugging him instead." She replied, disappointment clear in her voice.

"Stop calling me that!" Serena got out in a very angry voice. However, inside, she was pretty satisfied to ruin her plan. But the voice she used to speak hid the satisfaction, nicely. "I'm gonna keep on trying until I get Ash!"

"Oh yes, keep on trying Serena." May said as she started giggling again. "But I'll just warn you about something…You are only chasing the clouds. Doing it, you can gain nothing….bitch."

Serena didn't retort. She just ignored her and looked at a different direction with a face that couldn't be called happy. But she then noticed Clemont and Bonnie finally catching up and talking with Ash. So, she did a short jog and reached the siblings, leaving May behind.

"Clemont! Bonnie!" the honey blonde girl squealed. "Are you two alright?"

Bonnie was too busy cuddling with Dedenne, so she didn't answer Serena. They've only been apart for 5 hours, but they were acting like it was an eternity. Ash was looking at them in awe.

Clemont however, gave a warm smile at Serena. "Yes we're alright and it's wonderful to see you guys well too." Clemont fixed his glasses and said, "You guys didn't have any problem in the way did you?"

Serena's felt her soul slip out of her body. Her body started shivering again…Ash felt uncomfortable too.

What she went through today was something nerve wrecking for a girl to experience. Normally after experiencing something like that, a typical girl stays in very weak mental condition. But this wasn't the case for Serena. She was well and acing totally normal and she knew why she was able to be like this: Ash.

And even this time, she recovered from her shivering state as she looked at Ash. He was actually about to say something to Clemont.

In a hasty manner she grabbed his hand. Slightly startled by this sudden move, Ash looked at her. But after seeing the look in her eyes, he got the message. He sighed.

Lying to his friends was something he never likes to do. But he also couldn't help but to agree that keeping the situation in the shadows was the better option at the moment.

"No Clemont" He said as he gave a nervous laughter, "we didn't have any problem!"

… … … …

Clemont was no idiot. And the way they were behaving made it obvious that they were hiding something. He fixed his glasses and asked, "You guys aren't hiding anything, are you?"

Serena and Ash looked at each other, nervousness clear in their faces.

May also noted their behavior intently. "Keeping secrets huh? Well, that's not a nice thing to do." She said to herself. She then made her way towards the others and started talking in her usual perky energetic self, "So what do we do now guys?"

Serena despised her. But her asking a question gave them the route to escape from the previous topic. So, Serena was actually thankful.

She also talked energetically, "The sun is almost down! We m-must find a hotel to stay for the night!"

"I think I saw a hotel some while ago! And it's just this way!" Ash said, getting into the act. "Let's go!"

"Yeah! C'mon Bonnie!" May said as she already started walking, Ash and Serena following close behind. Bonnie, who was still cuddling with Dedenne, saw her friends getting a move on, and decided to do the same.

Poor Clemont just stood there dumbfounded, still unable to comprehend what his friends just did. He almost forgot that he asked a question as he did the wise thing that should've been done at the situation, follow.


On that very shopping district, a girl was walking. As the sun was almost setting, the density of people was coming down. However, she wasn't here to shop as the only thing she had in her hand was her phone. Her earphones were connected with it.

She was wearing a black–red dress which almost reached her knees. And her raven black hair was tied to a ponytail; a very long ponytail. Her ruby colored eyes were gazing at five particular people as she kept on following them.

She maintained her distance and followed them. She intently looked at them, but a particular blonde haired boy specially caught her eye.

"So…" she murmured, "That idiot is with them."

As she was walking, she recalled the events taking place the previous day.

"Idiot." She said between a cold giggle. "He actually wanted to hit on me. Hah! What a loser."

Many more thoughts were coming to her mind but it was cut short as her phone started ringing. Shaking off her thoughts, she connected the ear phones to her ear and said, "Yo Brendan."

She was talking, but her vision was firmly stuck on those five teens. The people in the street helped her to blend with the environment.

"Yes Brendan." She said in an annoyed tone. "I've been stalking her all day."

…. …. ….

"Yup. They are just ahead of me. Looks like they are probably trying to find a hotel or something."

… …. ….

"Wow really? So you finally met him?...Did he clear our payment?"

…. …. ….

"That's good to hear." She said in a satisfied tone, which soon turned into suspicion as she asked, "I still have a hard time to believe that he is willing to pay us so much…for such a measly job. Don't you smell something fishy in this?"

…. …. ….

"Meh. You're right. If he really does try anything fishy, I'll have the answer for him right here~" She said in a singsong voice and patted a pocket in her dress, which contained a handknife."

…. …. ….

"Oi. Stop worrying, will you? The same blood flows inside the two of us." She paused and winked as she said, "And just like Brendan Ruby, Chelsea Ruby doesn't like to disappoint…"


The five friends were walking with hopes of finding a hotel soon. The sun was down and the street lamps have illuminated the roads. They had a very busy day and they just wanted to rest. But that wasn't happening anytime before a hotel was found…

May, Serena and Bonnie were walking in front and Clemont and Ash were walking a little behind the girls. May and Serena were walking side by side and Bonnie was walking further in front of them. She was smiling and was feeding her tired little fairy rodent.

Serena was still kinda grateful at May for a thing she did some moments ago. It's because of her that she didn't spill the story about the thing happening at the train. But why did May help her, was beyond her understanding. She walked closer to the brunette and said, "May…thank you for the thing you did back there. I thought you'd force me to give out any secret I was hiding, but you didn't. So,…thank you."

May smirked, "Do you really think I'd help you for nothing?"

Serena stopped in her tracks after hearing that. But she gathered up the courage and asked, "What do you want?"

"I only did that so that Clemont and Bonnie didn't hear the secret you and Ash are hiding. But I want to hear it."

Hearing that, Serena became very nervous. She started sweating and started fiddling with her fingers. May was quick to notice that. She became even more curious, but she realized that the honey blonde girl was feeling very uneasy to talk about it.

May feared the worst. But she managed to maintain her composure and asked, "…You didn't do the 'nasty' with Ash, did you?"

"Nasty? What's nast-" Serena's voice trailed off as it took her some seconds to realize the meaning that word held. "Eww no! Are you crazy or something!?" She got out, still keeping her voice in check.

May just took a breath of relief. It was almost as if a huge tension just left her shoulders. She then looked at Serena and said, "What a relief…Okay, as long as I know you didn't do anything funny with my Ash, you can keep your secret~"

Serena said nothing more as she continued walking.

Clemont was also tired beyond belief. For a boy who has a hard time to run for 5 minutes, walking 3 hours was more than torture for the poor gym leader. He looked in front and saw the girls. He really didn't need to be a rocket scientist to pick up the hostility between them. He found it natural actually.

He has always been the kind of boy who liked to spend most of his time behind the books and behind technology. But as he grew, he now started to look deeper into human psychology too. So naturally, he found the concept of love to be…fascinating.

He looked at May as she was walking in front. She wasn't talking, but she as always, had a confident look in her face. It was obvious that she was thinking about something. Seeing her face, Clemont remembered their little journey to West Lumiose. And the things she did along the way, clung onto his mind.

He had many questions and he knew the person walking beside him was the best person to seek the answers.

"Ash? I have some things I wanted to ask you." The gym leader asked in a whispering voice.

The raven haired boy was looking at a different direction, still trying to find a hotel. So, he didn't hear the whisper his friend made. But he did hear something, so he looked at Clemont and asked, "Did you say something?"

"Yes Ash. I wanted to ask you some things."

"Ask away then~" He said in a sing song voice. Pikachu sitting on his shoulder was a little eager too.

"Tell me a little bit more about May. And try not to talk so loudly please."

Ash raised an eyebrow when Clemont asked him to talk slowly, but he shrugged it off. He then said in a slow voice, "Sure thing. What do you want to know?"

"Well, knowing what kind of person is she would be a nice way to start."

Ash fixed his cap a little and smiled, "Well, she is very kind and friendly. She's the kind of person who can put her life on the line when she see's someone in danger. She also has a bubbly personality which can make her seem silly sometimes, but actually she's a very hard worker." He said and paused. He then put his finger on his chin and started thinking.

Then he again started, "She really loves to travel around and meet new people too!"

Clemont eagerly listened to every word and mumbled, "I see…"

He then started to compare the information Ash gave him with the stuff he saw all day and started thinking, "Hmm…I wouldn't put the things she did today under the 'kind' category. But she is somewhat friendly. And I'm not sure whether she'll put her life on the line for someone else…but I can't be the judge of that.

And bubbly? What I saw her doing wasn't something a person with a bubbly personality would do…A 'swift acting male poacher' would be the finest way to define her…"

Ash looked at Clemont and saw him deep in thought of something. His curiosity perked him as he decided to break the silence, "Is everything okay Clemont?"

Clemont glanced in front and saw the three girls walking as they were before. He then turned his head at Ash and asked, "How well do you know her Ash?"

The raven haired boy found that question rather strange. But he decided to see where Clemont was going with this. So he replied a little seriously, "She's my close friend. I might not have seen her for a few years, but I know her well."

"Okay Ash, I don't doubt the friendship you and May share but I have another thing to ask. Well, have you ever seen May deceive other men into doing things she wants?"

… … …

"Ehh…What do you mean?"

Clemont face-palmed. "Ash, I didn't ask you a difficult question."

"Well, no. We've met a lot of men during our journey through Hoenn and Kanto. But no, she never did anything to deceive anyone. She did have two male rivals, but most of the time she was the one who got deceived." Ash said as he chuckled a bit when he said that last part. He still remembered the things Harley used to do to make her life miserable. "Now be honest, why are you asking me these weird things?"

"Well," Clemont started quietly, so that none other than Ash would hear what he was saying. "I hope you don't take offence in what I say Ash. But May really isn't the most innocent girl I've met. She deci-"

"WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WHISPERING ABOUT?"

Ash and Clemont both jumped in surprise as they heard May's voice suddenly. But before they could stutter anything for an answer, Serena started talking as she pointed in a direction, "Look guys! A hotel!"

Following where Serena just pointed, Ash and Clemont looked and noticed a tall building. It had a banner where the name of the hotel was written. Ash was still in thought of what Clemont was saying, but decided to give priority to finding a shelter first. Their ship to Navadip island was gonna set sail tomorrow. So today, they needed to preserve their energy.

The sun was down and there wasn't a Pokémon Center in the area. So the fact that the group was overjoyed after seeing the hotel was an understatement.

Without wasting anytime, the five tired friends entered the hotel.

It was actually situated by the street. So it wasn't overly fancy, but from the outside it looked like they could have a decent night here.

As they entered the lobby, they felt a hint of happiness working inside of them. The thought of finally resting their heads on pillows made them even happier.

Ash looked around. The lobby was dimly lit and there were quite a few people there who were passing their time idly. He then looked at the reception where an old lady with uniform was sitting and looking through some papers. Though she was old, she had a kind and gentle look. Ash and co. approached her.

"Excuse me, I was wondering if we can stay here for the night."

The woman shifted her gaze from the papers and looked at the raven haired boy. She put on a sad look and said, "Forgive me dear, but I'm afraid we don't have any more rooms left here…All are booked."

A chorus of "Oh no" and "damn" could be heard from the four other people. Ash gave the woman a sad smile and said, "Oh well, we better find a new hotel then…"

As he turned back, the woman called him back and said, "Wait dear, we do have another room, but the problem is it's very very dusty. If you children can do a little clean up, you can stay there easily. What do you say?"

Ash's face lit up. He looked at his friends, who also had similar looks. He then turned to the woman and said, "You don't need to worry about that! We'll clean the room up! Please just let us stay, we're really tired."

The woman smiled warmly. "Of course dear." She took out a room key from her desk and handed it to him. "I also have good news for you children." She said and winked, "If you can clean up the room properly, you don't have to pay."

Hearing that, the group almost exploded with happy cheers, which caused some of the nearby people to give them annoyed looks. But the old woman kept on smiling.

Still squealing in joy, the group thanked the woman and entered the elevator of the hotel. Ash took out the room key and noticed that their room number was printed on it. Before long, the five friends found themselves standing in front of their room. The hallway was quite big, but there were only three apartments in their floor. Finding that information unnecessary at the moment, Ash inserted the key and opened the door and entered the apartment.

But the first thing they saw after entering was …well, nothing. The room was dark.

They entered the room and looked around, well tried to look around. "So...where do you think is the light switch?" Serena asked, her voice clearly sounding a bit annoyed.

"Well it should be around here somewhere." May said as she started searching the wall, trying to find the switch. Ash and Clemont also started doing the same.

But as she was searching, she tripped on something and fell face-first on the floor…Not before giving a loud shriek!

"May! Are you okay!?" Ash said, temporarily stopping the search for the light switch. The room was still dark and the light from the hallway was giving a dim glow to the room. But it was enough to see that the brunette was lying on the floor.

"Ehh…I think I'm alright." She replied groggily as she slowly got up, frantically rubbing her nose. But immediately as she did that, she started sneezing.

Clemont meanwhile, found the switch and flicked it on, causing the whole room to light up. But the first thing they saw was May's face. And seeing it, the remaining four people couldn't control their laughter. It was also clear that after seeing her face, Serena was amused the most.

Still unable to figure out the reason behind their laughter, May noticed that there was a mirror on the room. She walked up to it, and the reflection she saw made her jaw drop in surprise as she just mumbled, "Who…is that..?"

Her pretty face, her bright red T-shirt and her dark blue jeans were all covered in…dust. Now she clearly understood why the woman didn't want to give them that room. If it was said that the room was a store room for keeping dust, it wouldn't be exaggerating...

Still unable to comprehend the truth that the reflection she was seeing in front of the mirror was her own face, she noticed Bonnie giggling. May looked at her at saw that she was pointing at the floor where she fell.

"Look guys! It's a dust angel!" the little blonde said as everyone burst into laughter. Well, everyone other than May of course.

May sighed, "Can we please stop the laughter now?"

Soon, the laughter died down. But Serena still gave muffled laughs each time she looked at her face. She was actually using this laughter as a revenge for the rude way she's been behaving with her.

May meanwhile rubbed her face with her napkin with an attempt to wipe off the dust. She then finally looked at their room. She found everything quite similar to the Pokémon center room they were staying the other night. But this room was bigger. It had 6 beds arranged, all covered with very dusty white cloths. It was clear that the room was made for travelers like them who needed shelter for the night.

The room also had a bathroom and a balcony. But the most notable feature of the room was the dust. There was dust everywhere. The floor was dusty, the furniture was dusty and the walls were filled with spider nets. In simple words, nobody has been using the room for a long time now.

"Hey guys?" May asked no one in particular. "How are we planning on cleaning this room?"

"Not sure May…not sure…" Ash replied, a little depression apparent in his voice.

"Well, I'm gonna clean up the bathroom." The brunette said emotionlessly as she brought out a fresh set of clothing from her bag. She also didn't forget her shampoo and soap which she used this morning. Without saying anything more, she entered the bathroom and slammed the door behind her.

Ash blinked at the brunettes actions and looked at the others. They were also staring at the door of the bathroom. "Well, I guess she's not in the best of moods."Clemont joked as the others cracked smiles.

"So what now?" Serena got out and looked at all the dust around her. Suddenly, she got a little startled when she heard a creepy laughter. With big eyes she hastily looked at the source of the creepy laughter and found that it was none other than Clemont who was still smirking.

"I thought we would encounter a situation precisely like this one." He said and fixed his glasses, much to the annoyance of Serena and Bonnie. He swiftly brought his hand inside his bag and said, "I bring to you…the Vacuum cleaner mark-3!"

He then placed his invention on the floor which looked like…well, a vacuum cleaner.

"Wow science is so amazing!" the raven haired boy said with sparkling eyes, as he always does. But then he felt curious about something as he asked, "Umm Clemont? What is the difference between this and a normal vacuum cleaner?"

… …. ….

Clemonts face became red in embarrassment as the other two found that hilarious. Clemont coughed loudly, indicating the others to stop laughing, which no one did. He still started, "This might look like a normal vacuum cleaner, but certainly it is not. I have programmed it especially so that it can drain every single dust particle within the marked radius."

"So…will it work?" His sister asked, finding the extra information to be boring.

"Only one way to find out."

Crossing his fingers Clemont pressed the button to the machine. Startling everyone, his machine started shaking violently as a small pipe came out of its bottom side and started sucking all the air. Within mere seconds, it sucked all the dust in the room, which made the room start sparkling. It all happened just like Clemont had said and after that, it stopped shaking.

"Well, it worked." The blonde gym leader said proudly. But finding no response from his friends he looked at them and instead found them staring at him, awestruck.

"CLEMONT!" Serena shrieked. "THIS HAS TO BE A WORLD RECORD!"

"Yeah!" Bonnie added, "Two of your inventions worked without fail! That's amazing!"

Clemont wasn't amused as he said, "I'm not sure whether I should be happy or sad after hearing that."

Ash was still awestruck as he looked around. The room, which was filled with dust just moments ago, was now sparkling clean. And surprisingly, even the bed covers were in its position. Even Pikachu, who just got a single line in the whole chapter, was surprised beyond belief.

Ash jumped in one of the beds and screamed, "That was awesome Clemont!"

That brought a smile in the boy's face as he looked at Serena and Bonnie with an annoyed face. "See? At least someone appreciates what I do!"

Serena jumped on a bed herself, "Aww we do appreciate what you do, but we don't show it! Right Bonnie?" she finished while winking at the young girl, which caused her to give her typical snicker.

"So what do we do now?" Clemont asked in an attempt to change the topic.

"Well, I'm hungry."

"Yes, we haven't eaten anything since morning." Clemont got out. He then put his bag on his shoulder and looked at his sister, "Bonnie, You want to come?"

"Come where?" she asked blankly.

"To bring dinner of course! Let's go." He said as he walked up to the door, "You guys rest, we'll bring the dinner."

"Sounds good to me." Ash said as he sat in his bed, "But if you want, I can go in your place."

Clemont smiled, "Thank you Ash, but I can handle it."

He then walked out of the room, with his sister walking close behind.

Seeing the blonde siblings leave, Serena got up from her bed and looked at Ash. She walked up to him and sat beside him and said softly, "Ash?"

"Hmm?" he said groggily.

"Well, about hiding that incident from the train…"

"Yes? What of it?" Ash said as he got up and sat beside her.

"Thanks for not telling everyone about what happened."

"Sure. But, why don't you want the others to know about it?" he said and removed his hat, revealing his hair. "They're our friends after all. We shouldn't hide things from them."

"I know…but, I felt like telling them everything would just burden them. I didn't want that to happen. Besides, that's the past now. So can we forget about that incident?"

"You're right. We should forget about it." Ash stretched his body a little and started again, "Anyways, Serena? We should help May. She's working hard to clean that bathroom and we're here doing nothing."

"Yeah. You rest, I'll help her." Serena got out and made her way towards the bathroom.


The elevator door opened with a 'Ding' sound which signaled that it has reached the ground floor. The two siblings got out found themselves at the lobby.

Bonnie, being the energetic girl she is, trotted ahead of her brother and stood in front of the reception table and found that old woman. After moments Clemont also arrived there as he asked the lady, "Excuse me, I was wondering where we can find dinner."

The old lady laughed a little, "Oh dear, you came down all that way just for asking that? Why didn't you use the intercom? You could've just asked for room service"

Clemont face-palmed. He got out in such a hurry that he actually forgot there was an intercom…Bonnie gave him a glare.

The old woman laughed again. "Now that you two dears have come here, you can select your dinner yourselves." She then brought out a menu book and handed it to the blonde gym leader.


Serena slowly opened the door and entered the bathroom; not making much sound. As she entered, she couldn't help but to stare. The bathroom was sparkling clean.

The entire room was covered with white tiles. This and adding with the white light, gave it a very nice touch. Even the air had a fresh smell. At the corner, there was a lot of dust piled up which indicated that May had to do a good amount of work to make the bathroom the way it was looking now.

Serena looked at her left and found a bathtub with its curtains closed. She could also hear the sound of water coming from a hand-shower from inside the tub. A basket which had May's fresh clothing, also didn't go unnoticed by her. So, her guess was that May was taking a shower.

"Wow May. You did a good job with the cleaning. It's literally sparkling." She got out as she approached the bathtub. As she came near, she could now make out the silhouette of May's body inside the curtains.

"Serena is that you?" came the voice from the other side of the curtains. The sound of the water muffled her voice as she said, "And hey, thanks."

Serena was standing next to the tub. She was still admiring the good cleaning job done by the brunette. She then lazily stretched her arms and said, "Well, since you're done, I'll leave you be."

"Aww don't leave~" the brunette said in a flirty voice as her wet bare hand came out from inside the curtain and grabbed the performers arm. "Come join me~"

"Eeek!" Serena shrieked as her eyes went big in surprise. She then hastily started wriggling her arm but to no avail. She started blushing madly as she closed her eyes in embarrassment and said, "Let me go May! I don't swing that way!"

Serena's eyes were still shut as May released her arm and removed the curtains completely. She then started giggling; the giggle Serena hated so much.

Feeling curious about the giggle, Serena opened her eyes and gazed at the brunette. She was fully clothed with a scrubber in her other arm and her typical mischievous grin plastered across her face.

"What's the matter Serena? You don't like cleaning bathtubs~?"

… …. …. ….

It still took Serena some moments to process everything. But soon she understood that she just fell victim to one of the brunettes prank…And she wasn't actually amused at that.

She just glared at her. She didn't retort with any words; just glared. She then turned towards the door and stormed out of the bathroom with a very pissed off look. She glanced at Ash's bed and found him chatting with his yellow companion. Then she stormed towards Ash and stood in front of him.

Ash shifted his gaze from Pikachu and looked at the honey-blonde girl. Seeing the look on her face had convinced him that things didn't go pretty well in the bathroom. Feeling uneasy, he still mustered up the courage and asked, "Is everything alright Serena?"

The honey blonde performer took in a deep breath and stared at the boy, "Ash…I know May is your very close friend…BUT I CAN'T STAND HER!"

Jumping a little out of surprise Ash sat up firmly on his bed. "What happened?"

"She tried to sed-"the girl started but stopped immediately to find a better way to explain the story. She took a moment to think, but finding no better words to give the explanation with, she just said, "May teased me."

Ash blinked, "Umm… that's it?"

"YES That's It! But was very annoying! And you have to tell May to stop doing it."

"I do?"

"Yes you do! And now!"

Ash sighed. "Okay then…I'll go tell her. But I really hope that you two can get along. Both of you are my friends, I cannot pick sides…"

Ash then got off his bed and headed off towards the bathroom, leaving Serena and Pikachu behind.

The honey blonde girl sighed and watched Ash enter the bathroom, closing the door behind him. Her face became gloomy once again. She sat beside the boy's bed and hugged her knees. She just did the thing she never wanted to do: Make Ash sad…

"Pika?"

Hearing the rodent's voice, Serena looked at him. She saw him curiously looking at her.

"You know Pikachu; Sometimes I act really stupid…"

The yellow electric type then jumped onto her new hat and patted her, attempting to cheer her up. That partially worked as she cracked up a smile. She picked him up from her hat and held him in front of her face, "You're really sweet Pikachu, just like your trainer."

"Pika chu pikapi chuu pika!" Pikachu said with an unreadable facial expression.

"Sorry Pikachu," Serena smiled, "But unlike Ash, I cannot understand what you say."

Before Pikachu could say anything more, Serena's attention shifted towards the bathroom as she heard a female voice scream something. Shortly after, the bathroom door was suddenly shot open by a raven haired boy. Serena became puzzled when she saw Ash run out of there, May hot on his pursuit. She was shouting and saying, "YOU ARE DEAD ASH KETCHUM!"

Serena, who was still sitting beside Ash's bed, blinked and noticed May's face as she was still chasing the boy. It was looking beyond angry and her body, well, she was wearing nothing more than a towel.

It all started to make sense to her now…"Maybe when Ash went to talk with May…she was showering for real…" she thought and shook her head in frustration…"I think I just let Ash see May's naked body…"

Then suddenly something clicked her mind. "Why is she chasing him?...knowing her, she should've been happy knowing that Ash knows how her body looks."

She then smiled a little, "Guess she isn't as slutty as I thought."

… … … ….

Ash was still running and pleading for mercy. But at the moment, it looked as if there was no such word in May's dictionary… as she still kept on chasing him. Finding no other way to run, Ash ran to the balcony. But he immediately regretted doing that because he realized that he just cornered himself. He felt the night breeze rustling his raven black hair. But he certainly wasn't in the mood to enjoy that.

He leaned over the railing and looked down. Seeing how high they were up, changed his mind of escaping that way. He took in a deep breath and looked behind slowly…

The person he didn't want to see at the moment was standing right there. Her eyes were still burning bright with anger. Her one hand was curled up into a fist and her other arm was busy holding her towel in its place.

Still huffing with anger, she took one step towards him. Contemplating with it, Ash took one step back; his eyes filled with fear…

May took one step forward and Ash took one step back. This thing was going on until Ash found his back touching the railing. He knew there was no escaping now…

Doing a miserable job of acting confident, he said, "Hey May, Can we just forget everything that happened in the last 5 minutes and get something to eat?"

"SHUT UP!"


5 mins earlier


Ash entered the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Before anything, he could smell a fresh and soothing aroma there. But he remembered why he was here. He wasn't happy doing it, but he knew he had to. He had to tell May to stop teasing Serena. He felt like a daddy who was trying to make up between his two bickering daughters…

He also couldn't help but to feel a bit disappointment. Earlier, Clemont was complaining about her. He was in fact trying to tell him something, which he planned on hearing later. And now, Serena wasn't happy with her either. He really didn't want to pick sides…

He looked to his left and saw the bathtub; curtains closed. As he further walked towards it, he could hear the sound of the hand shower. But his mind was too busy to even care about that sound.

His mind still consumed with that thought, he stood next to the bathtub. In the blink of an eye, Ash removed the curtains swiftly and said, "May, Serena told m-"

He became speechless…With what he saw behind those curtains, he almost forgot how to speak…Standing just three meters away from him was a girl who many boys relentlessly fantasize about. And she didn't have any clothes on…

Just as the curtains were removed, May froze. Her sapphire blue eyes went big and stared at the auburn ones of the person who just violated her privacy. Nobody moved a muscle. Drops of water fell from her hair, but she didn't move. Everything that was happening was still farfetched for her to believe…

Finally after what seemed like an eternity, she showed signs of movement. She still stared into his eyes and gulped and then, planned her next move. If she was in this awkward situation with any other man, then he already would've gotten a ticket to Arceus by now. But this was Ash. She knew she had to find a way to make the most of the situation…

Ignoring everything, she posed her body and winked at Ash rather seductively. She then said, "Heey Ash, like what you see?"

… … … … … …

… … … … … …

Ash was totally unfazed. He was still somewhat in shock. His current state disabled him from hearing anything. He was still gazing at her eyes. After passage of some time, the raven haired boy's curiosity got the best of him as his eyes started travelling down…

First he saw her lips. Since she was showering, they also had a moist outlook.

Next, he saw her chin as drops of water were still dipping from there. Then came her bare shoulders; reflecting a little light as they were soaked in water.

Travelling further down, he saw her perky breasts. This was something many boys of his age, dream of seeing. Many teen aged boys, spend sleepless nights, dreaming about being so close to the top coordinator's assets. And though he was just meters away from them, for some reason, he was still unfazed…

His head now tilted further down as now he could see her curvy belly. Ignoring it like everything else, his emotionless eyes travelled further below…

But the thing he saw next…startled him. His emotionless eyes were now big with surprise…His heartbeat started increasing significantly…He was panting…

"…May…?"

With an unconvinced and shaky voice, the brunette replied, "Y-Yes Ash?"

"…Where is your penis?"

… …. …. …. …. …

….. …. …. ….. ….

…The girl just silently grabbed a towel, wrapped it around her body and shouted, "YOU ARE A DEAD MAN, ASH KETCHUM!"


Back to reality


"Any last words Ash?" the enraged brunette said to her victim coldly, who was still squirming to find a way to be free. Knowing that there is no way to run, Ash stood firmly and gave May such a look which was supposed to be looking proud.

"Y-You never answered my question…"

"SHUT UP IDIOT!"

The night was dark and the moon was engulfed by the clouds. However, a soft radiant beam of light, made things quite visible even in this dark night. It certainly helped Ash to see how angry May's face was looking at the moment.

"Spare me, p-pleeeaseee…"

""Fine, I will." She got out."But you have to give me one good reason why I should."

"May…think about it." The boy explained, "If you really do kill me, YOU HAVE TO GO TO JAIL…"

Hearing that, the brunette couldn't help but to smirk, "You really think I'm scared of going to jail Ash?"

"May…if you go to jail, you have to stay there…wearing the same clothes…everyday…"

… …. …. ….

…. …. …. ….

"Y-You're spared!" the brunette stuttered, all anger disappearing from her voice after hearing the boy's logic. Staying in jail wearing the same clothes everyday was something she couldn't afford to do…

"But today, I demand some answers Ash."

The boy finally breathed a sigh of relief. He can't even remember the last time he felt so nervous. Even the intense Pokémon battles he faced in his life couldn't be compared with the feeling he had today…

"Sure thing May, Ask me anything~. But don't you think you should put on some clothes first?" he said, pointing at her towel.

Fixing her towel, she said, "Nah, I'm fine. Anyway Ash, I'm going to ask some very weird questions. But answer me okay?"

"Sure."

"Okay, first question, have you ever seen a girl without clothes?"

"Ehh….no."

"I see. But don't you ever feel curious about it?"

"Ehehehe…not really."

The brunette sighed, much to the confusion of Ash."…You are in a condition worse than I anticipated."

"Wait. What?"

May sighed again, "Ash, have you…ever seen porn?"

"Porn?" Ash uttered, totally clueless about the matter, "Is that a new kind of Pokémon?"

…. …. …. ….

…. …. …. ….

May face-palmed and mumbled slowly, but loud enough for the boy to hear it, "You. Are. Hopeless."

"But…why?" he asked in a very confused tone. Nothing she was asking was making any sense to him at the moment.

Totally ignoring the boy's question, May intently looked at his clueless face. "Okay Ash. Let's ask something you know the answer of…Tell me, who am I?"

"May Maple of course!"

"Good. What am I?"

"A girl?"

"Doof! Of course I'm a girl! But what else am I?"

"A top coordinator?"

"Right. So tell me, why am I top coordinator?"

Ash smiled and said, "Because you trained very hard for this."

"Ehh…partially true. There is another reason behind it. Tell me what it is."

"Whoa. Really?" Ash got out and put his finger on his chin and started thinking, "Hmmm…what can be the other reason…" Suddenly it clicked to him, "Are you talking about me?"

"Yes Ash you. You are the biggest reason behind what I am today. You taught me most of the things I know today. How to catch a Pokémon, how to be friends with Pokémon, How to keep focus during tough times, you taught me everything." She said after a pause, "You have always been there for me like a shelter over my head Ash. You are my mentor." She ended with a smile.

"I-I…Thank you May.… But if I am the mentor, you are a very good student." He said and winked.

Hearing that, she giggled as she said, "But guess what. From today I'll be your mentor too!"

Still smiling persistently, he asked, "Sure, but what are you teaching 'mentor'?"

A small breeze blew by. They've been sitting here at the balcony for quite some time now. But for May, she wanted this time to go on forever. Despite the naïve and dumb way Ash behaved sometimes, May enjoyed his company. She always grew to love this side of him actually.

May then smiled triumphantly and said, "This mentor is going to teach you a lot of things Ash! And you know what today's first lesson is?"

The boy kept on looking at her, motioning for her to continue.

"Today I'm gonna teach you about love."


Eighth chapter; done and dusted.

Phew. Writing a chapter is real hard work. But of course, it's fun. That's why I write (lol) Goodness, I think I did a little too much with the last part...but meh. I warned ya.

Now that I'm not as busy as I was the last few months, I'll update a lot faster. But of course, longer chapters require more time to write. The chapters I published at the beginning were only 4k-5k words in size. So, I updated once a week. But still, from now, you can expect an update once in two weeks ^^

All that's left to say is...If you know what's good for you, don't forget to leave a review XD