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Chapter 10

When Gary and Drew arrived to the field outside of the lab, they were left speechless. They saw Roserade and Ash's Bulbasaur arguing. Umbreon was desperately trying to calm down the fight that was going on. How it happened? They don't know, but it shocked both of them. Each time one spoke, either Bulbasaur attacked with his razor leaf or Roserade attacked him with magical leaf. The other Pokémon didn't want to take sides because Bulbasaur was their guardian and they saw that Roserade was a Pokémon that shouldn't be messed with.

"Roserade! STOP IT!" Drew yelled.

Unfortunately for him, Roserade didn't listen to his command and he didn't have a Poké Ball to return his Pokémon.

"Rose!"

"Bulba!"

"Uh oh," Gary and Drew said.

Both grass Pokémon were charging up to use their strongest attack, SolarBeam.

"UMBREON, GET OUT OF THERE!"

Umbreon was standing in the middle, a wrong place to stand in if the Pokémon were to shoot their attack at that moment. Understanding that neither one will stop their attack, Umbreon ran towards Gary. Gary, Drew, and the other Pokémon seeked for shelter, knowing that if they would stick around when their attacks collided, they would get caught in the explosion.

"ROSERADE!"

"BULBASAUR!"

They aimed their attacks to each other, Roserade striking first, being trained to charge faster when there was no sun to get energy from. At the time both moves met, there was a huge, loud explosion. Bulbasaur took most of the damage of the explosion since Roserade was able to strike first.

"Shit," Gary said, seeing the smoke from inside the lab. "It'll be good thing if the explosion isn't heard throughout Pallet Town, but it'll be a miracle if they…"

"Gary-" Drew began, bringing Gary out of his thoughts.

"I know, let's go. You too Umbreon."

Running out of the lab, the trio headed quickly towards both injured Pokémon. Gary went to check on Bulbasaur while Drew went to check on his Roserade. Both of them grabbed the Pokémon and headed inside the building once more.

"Umbreon, check if any other Pokémon got injured."

Umbreon nodded in response and began to check the other Pokémon.

"Come on, follow me."

"Where are we going?"

"My grandpa has a room where we can heal Pokémon, like a small version of a Pokémon Center."

"Oh, ok."

They headed there in silence, Drew feeling guilty when he saw the injured Bulbasaur being held gently in Gary's arms. Gary led him to a hallway and opened the door at the end of the passage.

"Ok, here we are. Place Roserade in that bed."

There were six beds, three in the left wall and three in right wall. Gary pointed to the last bed in the left wall. Drew placed Roserade in the bed gently, as Gary placed Bulbasaur in the first bed in the left side of the wall. He stayed silent and waited for Gary's instructions in how he can help to heal both Pokémon.

"Ok, I need you to spray this hyper potion on Roserade's wounds. After you're done, I need you to spray this full restore to Bulbasaur and watch over him, since he got the most damage. I need to get them medicine so they can relax and sleep well during the night. You understand?"

"I understand," Drew responded quietly.

"Good. I'll be right back!"

Gary left, leaving the door open. He headed towards Roserade and began spraying the hyper potion.

"You need to apologize. You could've blocked that attack. Attacking him wasn't clever either, you know your SolarBeam would have been fired first."

Roserade responded quietly, its voice weak from the attack.

"It's ok. Just apologize…alright?"

Roserade nodded, but didn't look at Bulbasaur when their agreement was made.

"Ok, you're done."

He walked towards Bulbasaur, who looked at him with intense eyes.

"I'm not going to hurt you," he said, raising his hands to show that he was only caring the full restore. Bulbasaur relaxed and allowed Drew to continue forward.

"I apologize in my Roserade's behalf. I didn't come here for you two to battle."

"Bulba," he said, nodding to Drew's response.

'It's like the Pokémon know what's going on…' Drew thought. He continued healing Bulbasaur's injuries, enjoying the thought that neither Pokémon was arguing. When he was almost done in healing his injuries, he heard running footsteps.

"Gary! I heard-" Ash stopped in midsentence, his Pikachu by his feet, when he spotted Drew standing next to his friend with a full restore in his hand.

"Ash, what's wrong? Is ev-"

May appeared next to Ash, surprised by the scene in front of her. Seeing Drew, she swallowed her next question. Her breathing got heavy and she felt her face heat up. Luckily for her, Ash was focusing all of his attention at Drew, waiting for an explanation.

"What's going on?" Ash asked impatiently.

Drew ignored him and began treating Bulbasaur once more. Ash felt his blood boiling and was going to ask once more until Gary appeared.

"May, Ash, what are you doing here?" Gary asked feigning surprise, holding a tray of medicine while his Umbreon stood close him. He had a feeling there was a 50-50 chance they would have appeared, but he hoped that they wouldn't. They didn't need any more fights tonight.

"I heard a small explosion and saw smoke coming from the outside of the lab. I came to check what happened," Ash explained quickly. "Why is Bulbasaur hurt? What happened?"

"Nothing, just an accident."

Drew was a little surprised that Gary lied to Ash, more surprised that Ash believed Gary. That didn't fully satisfied Ash though, who asked what accident occurred.

"I'll tell you when I'm done treating Roserade and Bulbasaur. Head back to the living room."

"Let me help. Bul-"

"No!" Gary and May said at the same time, Drew surprised by their outburst.

"Why not?!"

"You don't know how, that's why. You don't know what happened so you don't know how to treat either Pokémon," Gary pointed out.

Feeling he won't win against Gary, he said curtly, "Fine, let's go Pikachu. May, you coming?"

"No," Gary said before May could respond. "I need her to help me. She treated these injuries a couple of times already. It'll take long to explain to you, so I rather have someone who knows how to do it."

Ash pouted but agreed. He walked away with Pikachu, missing the confusion shown in May's eyes. Gary checked the hallway, making sure Ash was heading to the living room. He look at both May and Drew, a smirk attached on his face.

"He really is gullible, but that's Ashy-boy for you."

"Uh, Gary? I don't know how to do whatever you were talking about," May said confusedly.

"It's alright. It's actually pretty easy. All you have to do is grab the medicine and make sure they drink it."

"Why are you telling us this?" Drew asked impatiently.

"Because you two are going to do that for me. I need to make something good to eat for all four of us, especially Ash, in order for him to be less suspicious. Also, it won't hurt for him to relax, hell, forget why he came here in the first place for a while. The best way is for food, and if that doesn't work…"

He got quiet, his eyes shining and an evil smirk on his face.

"See you in about half an hour. Meet up in the living room when you guys are done!"

He walked away, his Umbreon following him out of the room. They both stood in awkward silence, both ignoring each other's gazes. The only thing heard was May's heavy breathing, while Drew tried to keep his cool composure. After five minutes of silence, but if felt like eternity to both, Drew took the medicine that Gary left in the table and gave it first to Bulbasaur, for he was the one that needed it the most.

"Why are you here?"

Drew stayed quiet, first wanting to finish giving the grass Pokémon his medicine before speaking to May. She noticed this and stayed silent, remembering that he didn't like to talk when he was concentrating in something. When he was done, he patted Bulbasaur softly in the head and began speaking.

"I wanted to talk to Professor Oak. I needed a place for my Pokémon to be free while I'm judging. I'll take them with me, but I also don't want them to be in their Poké Balls the whole time," he lied, sounding convincing.

"Oh… that's really thoughtful of you Drew," May responded, believing what he had told her, a small smile on her lips.

"Thanks."

He walked towards the table and placed the empty vile back into its place. He grabbed the other smaller vile and walked over to Roserade. Before he gave Roserade the medicine, May asked quickly, "What happened?"

"Gary will tell you," Drew responded, facing away from her and looking at Roserade.

"I want to hear it from you."

"Why?" Drew asked, trying to keep his voice indifferent.

May stepped closer to him and grabbed his hand. He turned to face her, his eyes gazing into hers, both remembering the night they spent together, forgetting about Gary and Ash being in the building, as well of the two Pokémon in the room. Hearing a small crash, they were brought out of their moment. Drew looked away from May, but he didn't pull his hand from her's. He took a deep breath and started talking.

"I…I don't know. I was talking with Gary when Umbreon interrupted us. We followed Umbreon and we saw Roserade and Bulbasaur arguing with each other. I yelled for Roserade to stop, but it didn't work. Then, we saw them charging to use SolarBeam against each other. Gary said there would be no way we could stop them, so he called his Umbreon back and we ran inside. Roserade attack was fired first, causing Bulbasaur to receive most of the damage. We brought them here so they can recover after the smoke cleared up. Good thing no other Pokémon got hurt."

May was quiet and she let go of his hand when he was done speaking, letting him attend to his Pokémon. She didn't know what to say, believing that their Pokémon were battling to show which trainer best belonged with May. Sensing this, Drew stopped his work and spoke again.

"Don't worry. Pokémon only battled one another when they ordered by their trainer, but some same-type Pokémon battle one another to show which one has the strongest and fastest attack."

"Drew…"

Drew gently smiled at her, the same smile he use to give her many time when he saw her, whether it be at contests or in towns. He turned away from her and began attending to his Pokémon once more. Once done giving his Pokémon the medicine, he walked back to the table and placed down the vile. He quickly walked towards May's direction, a small smirk on his face appearing as he got closer to her. Drew then wrapped his arms around her waist, May's hands immediately pressed upon his chest.

"Drew, we-"

But she didn't have time to finish her sentence once Drew's lips crashed into hers. May immediately closed her eyes and began to respond back. With each kiss, she pushed back the thoughts of Ash being in the same buildings, her fear of being caught diminishing. Drew suddenly pulled back, leaving May with a dazed look.

"May, I love you."

Drew's lips silenced her, holding back her respond once more. When they were out of breath, Drew spoke first again.

"Do you love me May?"

However, Drew kissed her again before she was able to answer him. They kept kissing for a few minutes, Drew's question floating around in May's thoughts. Once they stopped, Drew stared deeply into her eyes, emerald eyes looking for his answer within her sapphire eyes.

"Drew…I love you too."

Drew smiled and kissed her forehead gently.

"We need to go back now. We don't want anyone getting suspicious."

May nodded, both her and Drew heading towards the door hand in hand.

"You go first. I don't want Ash to suspect more than what he already believes."

"Yeah…" May agreed, not full registering what Drew said. She kissed Drew one last time and left the room slowly.

"Bulba."

"Huh?"

Drew turned around and saw Roserade shake Bulbasaur's vine whip, as in agreement with one another.

"Maybe I was right…"

He smiled though, because if the trainers couldn't get along because of their love problem, at least the Pokémon won't be affected because of their trainers. He hoped though, not that he is going to tell Gary or May, that he and Ash would be in civil terms, whether May chooses him or Ash. But in back of his mind, he hopes and wishes that May would choose him and be in his arms, not Ash's.

Drew left the room a few minutes later, turning the lights off so the Pokémon could get a good night sleep. He walked away with a small smile on his face, for he knew that they would be alright. It also might be a sign that he and Ash would end up in the same position, of being in good terms with one another, once May made her decision. Both know, without a doubt, that either one would make her happy.

I know wild Pokémon fight one another but what Drew meant was that owned-Pokemon fight when ordered by their trainers. Drew's statement is a fact in this story. Hope that makes sense.