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There is no Yellow in this story; that was a joke on May's part.

My next story will have the Dex-Holders so wait until I finish this one first.

Anyway...

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On with the Story...


Chapter 9: Hunted


Previously:

*May's POV, Pallet Town*

As soon as Ash said that Leaf disappeared in a whirl of leaves, Shigeru turned into ice, then the ice shattered, and flames consumed Ash.

After a few seconds the only things that showed that they had even been there was the wet stain on the carpet and a few burning leaves.

He's gone again, but at least Delia got back her memories...


*Drew's POV, Larousse City, One Month Later*

Life has returned to normal, May and I are still going out, much to the dislike of Brianna.

That girl needs a life.

We know Ash, Gary, and Leaf are alive, but what about the others are they really dead?

Ash, Gary, and Leaf disappeared before we could ask them anything else, other than stuff about them and Delia.

Maybe that's why they really returned...

Delia is the mother of two of them; maybe they knew they couldn't leave her like that so they came back temporarily...

What about Ketchum Cliff, Leaf is alive, so why haunt it?

Why kill Dawn and Misty?

Paul it would make sense, but he changed.

May is as lost as I am, actually more, but-

Oh great, I'm late for our date!

I was walking down the streets of Larousse, when I realized that I had spent so much time thinking, I was half an hour late to meet May at the Cafe in the center of Larousse.

Andrew Hayden is never late for anything!

Except maybe now...

I ran as fast as I could to the Cafe and when I got there, I noticed May was talking to a small group of people, one of whom was trying to hit on her, but I could tell she was ignoring it.

I walked up closer in order to hear May say to one of two young brunette twin sisters, "Audrey, I'm sure you'll find someone that-Drew!"

I walked over to May and her friends then took the empty seat next to May and said, "Hello June."

May sighed then turned back to her friends and said, "Audrey, Kathryn, Rafe, Tory, Sid, Rebecca, this is my rival coordinator slash boyfriend, Drew. Drew these are the people I met the last time I came to Larousse, with Ash, Max, and Brock; the twin wearing yellow is Audrey, the twin wearing pink is Kathryn, the taller dark haired brunette is their older brother Rafe, the short and chubby navy-haired boy is Sid, the light blue-haired boy is Tory, and the purple haired girl is Rebecca."

Rafe nodded, the twins squealed, then said, "May you have a boyfriend, how cute!"

Sid looked jealous, but managed to choke out, "Nice to meet you."

Rebecca nodded as well, and Tory smiled, "Hey, Drew! Haven't seen you in Larousse for a while."

May's eyes widened slightly, but then she silently muttered, "Oh yeah, you're from Larousse..."

I smiled slightly, "Really June, I never knew!"

May smacked me slightly, and upon seeing everyone else's confused faces she said, "Well you see, even though my name is May, I'm born in June, get it?"

Everyone nodded while I elbowed May to ask her if that was a total lie or not, she glared at me before nodding, then she continued, "I was born two minutes after midnight June 1st, and my parents still thought it was May, so I'm a May born in June. It's kind of funny."

Seriously she's born in June!

The others had a good laugh before pulling up seats and sitting down.

A waitress came by and asked us what we wanted to order, we all ordered our favorite foods and when the food came we ate it.

(A/N: I'm too lazy to choose food for all of them.)

After we all finished we got up and walked around Larousse, chatting idly.

Audrey asked, "May, how did you and Drew meet?"

May and I smiled slightly at the memory, then May said, "We met a few days before my first contest, in Staleport City. I remember we never really got along, always fighting and denying it when our friends and family asked us if we liked each other."

I flicked my hair away from my eyes, "Remember the time after the Kanto Grand Festival and Harley's comment?"

May put her finger to her mouth in a thinking pose and said, "You mean about how it was dangerous for two people to be alone together."

May and I looked at each other and broke out in laughter then May said, "I still find it hard to figure out why Harley tried so hard to push us together if he hated me."

I shrugged and upon seeing everyone else's lost faces I said, "Harley is one of our friends slash rivals, he hates May for hating his baking skills, and I would be surprised if he was straight."

Harley is so not straight.

Rafe, Audrey, Kathryn, Rebecca, Tory, and Sid nodded and we all kept on walking through the park we had entered.

After a few seconds May grabbed my arm and said, "Drew! We need to leave now!"

I followed her line of sight and noticed that Conway and Rudy were also here, probably looking for May.

I grabbed May's hand and turned toward the others, "We can't stay here."

The others looked confused, but followed us away from the park and to Professor Lund's Lab.

As soon as we went into the Lab, Professor Lund looked up from his work just as confused as the others, "May? Drew? Tory? Rebecca? Rafe? Audrey? Kathryn? Sid?"

I nodded, "Hello, Uncle Rondo, mind if we stay here?"

May and the others, except Tory looked at me weirdly, probably not believing that Professor Lund was my uncle, but I'm not in charge of my lineage.

Should have told them before.

Professor Lund raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

May and I sighed, but May spoke, "Remember when you guys came to Ash and his friend Gary's memorial a year ago?"

Everyone nodded so May continued, "Well Ash's rival Paul, was killed by the Elemental of Fire during the Memorial, shortly after he left because he couldn't stand seeing the girl he loved, a.k.a. Dawn with another man, a.k.a. Conway. Anyway, a year after the memorial, a month and a half ago, Professor Oak sort of held a reunion party for Ash and Gary's closest friends, during that party, Dawn broke up with Conway, and the girl Ash loved, Misty, broke up with the guys she started dating to help get over Ash, a.k.a. Rudy. I ditched Drew, then Misty, Dawn, and I went on a girls' day out. When it was getting close to sunset we wanted to watch it, so found a cliff with the best view, but before that we came across Paul's ghost who warned us not to go to Ketchum Cliff. After a few minutes at the cliff, we noticed that that specific cliff was Ketchum Cliff. As soon as we figured that out, two cloaked figures, one in purple and the other in red appeared and murdered Dawn and Misty..."

May was started to lose her focus, so I continued, "The two cloaked figures took Misty and Dawn's bodies; just liked the Elemental of Fire had done with Paul's body. At Misty's memorial, which was held the day after Dawn and Paul's memorial, Arceus summoned us to the Hall of Origin. There, Arceus asked us to help him defeat Team Infinity, and enlisted Red, the Elemental of Fire to help us, who we found out was the one that had murdered Misty. We nearly defeated Team Infinity, but then an explosion happened and they ran away. After the explosion, we found out that Ash never died, and that he was Red all along. Ash killed Misty and Paul, and ordered the person with him to kill Dawn, that's what it seems like, but none of us are willing to believe it, it doesn't add up."

As soon as I finished speaking I looked around to notice that everyone was still thinking about what I had said, and then Tory said, "I don't believe Ash killed anyone, that isn't like him. Just why did you drag us away from the park?"

May sighed, "Rudy and Conway want revenge against Ash, because he personally never liked either of them and he took away the girls they supposedly loved. They want to arrest him and get him either a life sentence or the death penalty. Since I was the only one there during the murders, they want me to witness against him."

Everyone gasped, then Audrey said, "But you aren't going to, right?"

I wrapped an arm around May's waist and said, "Do you really think we would actually do that?"

Everyone else nodded, but May and I heard someone say in the distance, "Thank You."

When May and I turned toward the window to see who it was all we saw was a red billowing cloak.

May smiled and yelled, "We'll always be on your side Ash."

I saw Ash raise a hand to show he had heard, while everyone else was just staring, not believing it was Ash.

You've changed a lot...


*Ash's POV, Elemental Secret Base*

It's good to know some people are still on my side.

Too bad we all have to hide.

That rhymed!

I took off my red cloak and tossed it onto the hook near the entrance, which also held a blue cloak, a green cloak, a purple cloak, an indigo cloak, and a dark gray cloak.

I walked into the living room like area and saw Misty sitting on the couch watching a news report on the damage done by Team Infinity.

I grabbed the remote to change the channel, but Misty must have had known I was there and grabbed it at the same time; she then tugged the remote and said, "I was here first Ash."

I mock pouted and tugged the remote, "But I just came all the way back from Larousse."

Misty tugged again, "So, ladies first."

I was about to come up with a retort, when Paul walked in and grabbed the remote from our hands then changed the channel to a Pokémon Battle going on between Tobias and Brandon.

Misty and I sighed, knowing that getting the remote from Paul was impossible, unless you were Dawn.

I can't believe that she still doesn't know he likes her.

Maybe Leaf can help with some matchmaking.

I turned toward Paul and asked, "You want to see how well your dad fares against him right?"

I still can't believe that Brandon is his father, I sort of understand why he was the way he was because of that.

Paul nodded and turned back toward the screen.

After a few minutes Dawn, Gary, and Leaf walked in, talking separate seats around the room.

After the battle ended, Brandon lost, I decided to speak, "Seems like our old friends Conway and Rudy want to have me killed or sent to jail."

Dawn and Misty's hands turned into fists, murderous looks on their faces.

Paul scoffed, "They would never do that, and your friends would never help them."

Leaf rolled her eyes, "They still have the audacity?"

Gary smirked, "Can't wait to see them try."

I smiled and reached out my hand, "Let's let the games begin."

Everyone else placed their hands on top of mine, even Paul, "The Elementals and Infinite Guardians will always prevail."

Seems like the hunted are now the hunters.


To Be Continued...

Who here didn't miss Paul, Dawn, and Misty?

The game has started.

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