Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. I do own PC World though. Yeah, in my dreams! xP
Unfour's Notes: NOT THE POKEMON CENTRE!! AHH! I've had a lot of reviews that have made me feel warm and fuzzy, so here's another chapter! Will they finally kiss in this one? Dun dun dun! We shall never know, because I shall kill Drew off! Behah! No, not really xP
Enjoy!
May stared in horror at the burning Pokemon Centre. Terrified shouts from the pokemon could be heard, even though they were at least half a mile away from it. The flames reflected in everyone's eyes, as they all saw the inferno that was the Pokemon Centre.
Tentasha didn't hesitiate. It immediately zoomed off into the distance toward the Pokemon Centre, its blue hair swirling in the gust.
"C'mon!" yelled Drew loudly, and he and May started to sprint away from the shocked crowd. A few other co-ordinators followed, including Soledad and Ally. May nodded appreciatively. Jay, of course, wasn't one of them, probably because he was at the Pokemon Centre already. Another scream was heard, this time belonging to a Nurse Joy. A boy with short brown hair and a blue t-shirt suddenly came to a halt.
"I know how to get there faster!" he called to the rest. "I breed Pidgeot and Fearow, so hop on!"
He threw some pokeballs, and about 10 Pidgeot and Fearow appeared. The trainers and co-ordinators clambered onto them. Drew and May shared a Pidgeot, with Drew sitting in the front.
"Pidgeot, take us to the Pokemon Centre!" said Drew, and Pidgeot immediately responded. Flapping its large wings, Pidgeot rose up into the sky. May flung her arms around Drew, determined not to fall from such a height. The other Bird Pokemon rose with them, and they all glided to the PokeCentre.
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"Typhlosion, where are you?!"
A boy with ghostly pale skin fought through the flames, searching desperately for his lost Typhlosion. His eyes were wide with panic.
"Typhlosion!" he called again, but there was no sign of his Typhlosion. Jay called desperately once more, but Typhlosion was nowhere to be seen.
"Gyaaaaaaah!"
Jay looked up from his hands, in which he had buried his face into. A jet of water doused the flames, revealing a Gyarados' head.
"Gyah Gyah!" it greeted.
"Gyarados, can you see anything?" called a female voice from below. Gyarados nodded vigorously.
"Help the person or pokemon out!" yelled the voice, and Gyarados obeyed. It quickly grabbed Jay's leg with its jaw (not teeth), and carried him out of the second-floor Pokemon Centre.
"Hey, let me go, you airhead!" yelled Jay, pounding his fists on Gyarados' head.
"Gyah." (Okay.)
Gyarados dropped the struggling boy on the ground, which caused Jay to land with a soft thud. Jay rubbed his eyes, and saw a chocolate-haired girl peering into his face.
"It's you!" he snarled.
"Ah, it's you!" said a startled May, jumping back. Drew walked towards Jay.
"Jay, is it?" he said, nodding at Jay. "Were there any Pokemon up there with you?"
Jay shrugged. "It was too hard to see properly."
"Was it Typhlosion that did this?" asked May softly, looking deeply into Jay's eyes. Jay looked away.
"It's not your business," he muttered, starting to walk away. Drew placed a hand on his shoulder, causing Jay to stop.
"Is Typhlosion still in there?" asked Drew quietly, his hand still on Jay's shoulder. Jay nodded slowly, still refusing to look into Drew's eyes. May called her Gyarados, Tentasha and Squirtle.
"Tentasha, you help the Squirtle Squad put out the fire," she said, and Tentasha glided away. "Gyarados, you search every room by putting your head in every window."
Gyarados roared, and started its search. Squirtle looked up at May.
"Squirtle?" it asked curiously, peering at May. May picked Squirtle up in her arms.
"You go and help cool down the burnt pokemon that Nurse Joy has managed to save."
Squirtle nodded, and jumped out of May's arms, then started to run into the distance.
"Gyaaah!" roared Gyarados, and it emerged from the inferno. It was clutching something in its mouth.
"Gyaah!" it roared again, lowering, so that its head was level with May's. It dropped the body that was in its mouth gently on the grass.
"Typhlosion!" gasped Drew, walking towards the pokemon. Jay approached the Typhlosion slowly.
"Typhlosion?" he said nervously, kneeling beside the still body. "Typhlosion!"
Typhlosion remained still. Only its chest was moving, as it breathed slowly.
"Typh..." it said weakly, looking up at his Master. "Typh..."
"This looks bad..." said Drew quietly, standing beside Jay.
The fire on Typhlosion's back died down, and was soon gone. Its eyes closed slowly, and its chest stopped moving.
Typhlosion had passed away.
"Typhlosion!" said Jay, his voice cracking. He looked up at Drew, his eyes glistening. "What's wrong with Typhlosion?!"
Drew shook his head sadly. "I don't think Typhlosion managed to survive the fire. I'm sorry."
As Drew backed away, tears streamed down Jay's face. This was the first real emotion that May had seen in Jay's eyes. He buried his face into Typhlosion's soft fur, sobbing uncontrollably. May's eyes welled up with tears. The sight of a trainer grieving over his beloved pokemon is a sad one to see, almost unbearable. As a tear fell from May's eyes, she felt Drew wrap her arms around her. She cried silently into his chest, while Drew rubbed her back, trying to soothe her.
A Nurse Joy ran onto the scene, and gasped at the sight.
"Has Typhlosion...?" she asked quietly, looking at Drew. Drew nodded slowly, May still shaking in his arms. Nurse Joy looked down sadly.
Typhlosion was gone, leaving a heartbroken trainer.
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As the soft breeze whooshed through her feathery hair, May gazed out to the sunset. The small hill that she was sitting on was deserted, except for a few Butterfrees fluttering around above May's head.
Below her were the remains of the burnt Pokemon Centre. Every now and then, the silence would be broken by a boy's grieving howls, as he mourned over his Typhlosion. Nurse Joy had led him away from the devastation, leaving him on a bench to let tears fall out of his dark eyes. Drew, who had been searching for May for a while, came walking up behind her.
"Hey," he said softly, sitting down next to her on the grass. "I was looking for you."
May sniffed. "Well, you've found me now," she said moodily.
Drew sighed. "Look, May, this wasn't you fault. Stop being so hard n yourself."
"If only I'd seen the Poke Centre earlier... I would've seen that it was up in flames, and saved Typhlosion, Drew! Typhlosion would still be alive, and Jay wouldn't be grieving!"
May's voice had gradually gotten from a hoarse whisper to a frantic yell. While she yelled, she had sprung up onto her feet.
"May, stop blaming yourself!" said Drew angrily, also getting up.
"Why shouldn't I?!" she retorted furiously. "I could've saved that poor Typhlosion!"
"This wasn't your fault!" said Drew, clenching his fists. May suddenly collapsed onto her knees on the grass, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Then why does it feel as if it's my fault?" she cried, tears streaming like a river down her face. Drew let his fists go limp, and he knelt down beside May. He held her in his arms awkwardly, but soon, he started to feel his eyes sting.
'No!' he thought frantically to himself, willing for his eyes to stop welling up, but they refused. Drew felt a single tear fall from his eye, and land on May's soft, chocolate hair as she cried. Drew, who was terrified of being caught crying, quickly rubbed his eye with his hand, but this only made it redder. Another yell of despair from Jay was heard from below, and Drew felt his eyes fill up with tears again. This time, he didn't try and stop himself.
If someone saw Drew and May from behind, they'd think that they were a happy couple, gazing out to the sunset in each other's arms. But if someone saw them from the front, they'd see that they were actually incredibly upset, staring down at a large Pokemon covered by a white sheet, and a ghostly boy weeping by its side. I think that people would rather see Drew and May from behind, even if they thought that they were a couple.
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"Drew? May? Are you ok?" came Ally's voice from outside the bedroom door.
May buried herself deep under the bed sheets. Ally sighed, and came in anyway.
"May, there's someone to see you and Drew," she said. May remained hidden under the bed sheets, so Ally sighed again and left the room. May sat up slowly.
It had been a few hours since the fire, but it was still burning in May's memory.
Flashback"Drew? May? Ally?" said Natalie's kind voice. "Where have you been?"
May shuffled into the kitchen, with Drew and Ally following. Ally slumped herself into a chair.
"How was the contest?" asked Natalie cheerfully, as she set the table for dinner. Ellie, who was sitting by the table, sniffed the air.
"What's that smell? Is it smoke?" she asked, rubbing her nose. "Ugh, I hope you haven't taken up smoking!"
May stared at the kitchen clock. She hadn't talked since her crying session with Drew. Drew had covered his eyes with his hair, giving a shadowy effect over his upper-face. Ally's face was pale, and she looked as if she might be sick any moment.
"What's wrong?" said Natalie worriedly, staring at the sad faces of the young co-ordinators. "You look as if you've seen death!"
May burst into tears, and ran out of the kitchen. A small, glistening tear fell from the shadows of Drew's eyes as he turned away from Natalie, and also left the room. Natalie was left with Ally, who refused to open her mouth, in case she threw up. Ellie sat next to her, rubbing her back in comfort.
Upstairs, May threw herself onto Drew's bed, and hid her head under his pillow. Drew sat down next to her on the bed, but neither talked. When May eventually withdrew herself from the pillow, she found that Drew had fallen asleep next to her. He looked exhausted, and a bit ill after inhaling so much smoke. She snuggled into his chest, even though they smelt a bit smoky. She didn't fall asleep, as the memories were still whizzing through her mind, and she felt so guilty that she hadn't been able to save Typhlosion. But she eventually saw that it was impossible for her to have saved Typhlosion; she had done things as fast as she could, and that was the best that she could do.
End Flashback
May felt exhausted after the long day, but, of course, didn't fall asleep. She nudged Drew, urging him to wake up, but Drew remained fast asleep. She sighed, and got out of the bed.
"There she is!" said Natalie, smiling warmly as May entered the kitchen, avoiding everyone's eyes. "Ally told me what happened. It must be very hard for you."
May nodded slowly. Standing beside Natalie was Gillian.
"Hey," she greeted, smiling weakly. "What you and Drew did back there was really brave."
May blushed lightly.
"Pokemon were in danger..." she muttered feebly.
"And you helped them," finished Gillian. She smiled. "I guess Drew has fallen asleep?"
"Not anymore," came a sleepy, but, as usual, sneering voice from the door. Turning around, May saw Drew leaning against the wall, looking intently at Gillian. His hair was ruffled, and his clothes were crumpled. He still looked slightly unhealthy after the fire, and his eyes looked tired, but somehow, he still managed to look like the normal Drew.
"Oh, you've woken up!" exclaimed Natalie. "Gillian came here to thank you!"
Drew flicked his hair, showing his eyes. They were puffy and red, and, as if he had quickly remembered about them, he swept his fringe back in front of them.
"The judges and I have decided," said Gillian, taking something out of her pocket, "that you both deserve to win the Cherrygrove Contest!"
May's jaw dropped, and Drew seemed to be surprised.
"W-what?" stuttered May, staring at the black and gold ribbons in Gillian's outstretched hand.
"No," said Drew, shaking his head.
Gillian looked at Drew in shock.
"No," repeated Drew, still shaking his head. "We don't deserve it."
May pushed the ribbon away from her.
"We don't want them."
"B-but..." said a shocked Gillian. This was the first time someone had rejected a ribbon, and she had no idea what to do.
"Give it to Jay," said Drew, walking towards Gillian and May. "He's the one that deserves it."
Gillian shook her head. "No, it's you that we want to give them to. Take them."
She pressed a ribbon into each of their hands.
"You're lucky that we had a spare ribbon, you know!" winked Gillian, and she left the room without another word. May stared at her ribbon.
"W-we won?" she asked uncertainly, looking at Drew. Drew stuffed the ribbon into his pocket.
"It doesn't feel right, but yeah, we have," he replied. He yawned. "I'm going back to bed. Coming?"
May nodded. "Yeah, okay. Goodnight, Ally!"
Drew and May went upstairs together, and into their shared room. May got into her own bed, while Drew got into his. Drew fell silent in a matter of seconds, so May snuck out of her bed, and slipped into his. She snuggled up against him, which was a habit she'd started to develop.
"Just can't help yourself, can you?" muttered Drew sleepily. May jumped.
"I didn't know you were awake!" she gasped, embarrassed.
"Please, as if I fall asleep in five seconds!" he replied, smirking. May blushed.
"I like sleeping in your bed..." muttered May, snuggling even closer to Drew.
Drew sighed. "Oh, fine. My bed is now yours."
He got up from the bed, and lay down on May's bed.
"What are you doing?" frowned May, sitting up in Drew's bed.
"Well," sneered Drew, also sitting up, "you said that you wanted to sleep in my bed, so there you go!"
"But I meant with you!" said May before she could stop herself. Drew smirked.
"Can't resist, can you?" he teased, but he went back to his own bed. May, once again, snuggled into him, and Drew reacted this time. He wrapped his arms around her, as if he were never going to let her go.
"Goodnight, May," he said softly, and May smiled up at him, before falling fast asleep. Drew laughed quietly, and also fell asleep, his head resting on May's hair.
If someone walked in and saw them in each other's arms like this, they'd think that they were a girl and boy who secretly liked each other, but didn't really know it, so neither of them knew about each other's secret feelings, and slowly, the feelings get stronger and stronger. Well, that someone would be right.
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"I'll see you in the next contest!" called Ally, as she and her family stood in front of their farmhouse. "I'll be there!"
May waved frantically back, grinning at the kind family.
"I'll see you soon!" she said, turning away from them. Drew flicked his hair, as if in goodbye, and also turned away.
"I'm gonna miss them..." said May quietly. She then grinned, and patted her bag. "At least we got plenty of supplies!"
Drew sighed as May tucked into a packet of marshmallows.
"Whezz fuzz cottest?" asked May in a muffled voice, because her mouth was full of sticky candy. Drew looked bewildered.
"What?"
May swallowed her mouthful, and asked again.
"Where's the next contest?"
Drew took out a small map from his pocket. May noticed he never carried a bag.
"Hmm..." he said to himself, studying the map. He pointed his finger on a town. "Somewhere called Goldenrod City."
May's eyes lit up. "I remember Ash telling me about his gym battle there! I wonder if the gym leader there still remembers him... I'll have to ask! Oh, Ash has so many things to tell people... if he made a new companion in Sinnoh, that person must really enjoy his company!"
Drew pocketed the map.
"A bit fond of Ash, aren't you?" he sneered, but on the inside, he felt a bit jealous.
"Well, he's my friend!" said May, a bit angrily. "It's hard to forget about friends, especially someone like Ash!"
"What's so special about him, anyway?" said Drew, narrowing his eyes. The envy inside of him was growing stronger.
"Well, he was offered a job of being a Frontier Brain," said May, rather triumphantly. Drew scoffed.
"Oh, let me guess, he turned it down?" he mocked. May glared at him.
"Obviously, or he wouldn't be in Sinnoh!" she replied, clenching her fists.
"Oh, yes, he's a clever one, turning down being a Frontier Brain," said Drew sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"He is clever!" snarled May, her eyes in slits.
"Precious Ash..." spat Drew. May looked at him in disgust, and turned away, stomping away from him. Drew went off in the other direction.
"By the way," he called, looking behind him, "Goldenrod is this way."
May huffed, and turned around to walk behind him. They didn't talk to each other.
'Damn Ash...' thought Drew, furious with Ash for existing. 'May cares about him more than me!'
'Sounding a bit spoilt, now, aren't we?' sneered Steve.
'No! Well...'
'So, you want May to care about you?'
'Well, I, uh...'
'Love... Ah, how nice!'
'This is NOT love!'
'So why do you always go to sleep in each other's arms?'
'May likes it, so I let her.'
'You like it too.'
'I guess.'
'Just because I'm only a part of your brain, it doesn't mean I'm stupid. You LOVE her.'
'No I don't!'
'Yes, you do! You keep holding her in your arms, and stroking her hair...'
'Yeah, because she cries!'
'You've done it about ten times now!'
'She cries a lot.'
'You cried too, didn't you?'
'Shut up.'
'No!'
'I'll get a shrink!!'
'Whatever! Look, admit that you like her, at least!'
'I've admitted that already, idiot!'
'Oh, yeah! I forgot! Ok, admit that you have feelings for her. That's different.'
'Is it?'
'Yeah. You have STRONG feelings, man!'
'I don't! Well...'
'Yes?'
'Fine, maybe I do. But that doesn't mean anything.'
'Oh, that's where you're wrong, my green-haired friend.'
'...'
'Hello?'
'...'
'Hey, don't go all quiet on me!'
'Oh, sorry. My shrink just told me to relax my mind.'
'Sh-shrink? AHHH!'
Steve screamed, and ran off in Drew's mind. Drew laughed quietly to himself. May, who was now walking in front of him, turned and gave him a quizzical look.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing," said Drew, smirking. May sighed angrily, and turned around again.
Drew gazed at her. Her long, chocolate-brown hair blew in the light breeze. Drew longed to touch it... Wait, what was he thinking?
'You have to apologize!' said Steve, who had now come back after his screaming session. Drew sighed.
'She started it!'
'All she said was how much she liked Ash! As a friend!'
'Sounds more than 'friends' to me.'
'That's jealousy speaking.'
'I am not jealous.'
'Yeah... whatever. You were green with envy.'
'I'm always green. Hair!'
'It's an expression! Anyway, if you don't say sorry, I'll annoy you for the rest of your life.'
'Fine... do you promise?'
'No.'
'I'll apologize anyway.'
'Yay!'
Drew took a deep breath, and quickened his pace, so that he caught up with May.
"Here to make fun of my other friends?" she said angrily when she noticed Drew.
"No," said Drew, who had stopped walking. May turned around to face him.
"Why, then?" she snarled. Drew shuffled his feet.
"I'm here to..."
'SAY IT!' growled Steve.
"I'm here to say I'm sorry!" he said, looking up at May. May, who before looked ready to kill, now looked surprised.
"Oh..." she said in a quiet voice. She looked up to the sky, which was now dark and decorated with stars. "It's getting late."
Drew nodded. "Let's sleep out here tonight."
May took out a sleeping bag from her bag (A/N: How do they fit sleeping bags in such tiny things!?), and lay it out on the ground.
"How about I make some dinner?" she suggested, sitting on her sleeping bag. Drew snorted.
"Over my dead body!" he scoffed. May laughed uncertainly as she noticed that she is a pretty lame cook. "I'll make something."
Drew got up, and took two chocolate bars from May's bag.
"There you go," he said, grinning as he handed one to May. May laughed as she took it from him.
"What a fantastic cook you are!" she said playfully as she opened the purple wrapping around the chocolate.
"Mawile!" came a little voice from behind them. Turning around, they saw a cute little Mawile peering up at them.
"How cute!" said May, smiling at the tiny pokemon.
Drew leaned over at the Mawile. "Maybe Mawile would be a good pokemon in the contests..."
While he said that, Mawile quickly snatched the un-opened chocolate bar from his hands, and ran off with it into the darkness.
"Hey!" he called angrily after it, but then sighed. "My dinner has gone down the drain."
May offered Drew half of her candy bar. Drew ate his half quietly and quickly, in case another Mawile came and snatched his food. Soon, there was only one square left.
May leaned over to get the last piece, and so did Drew. If their heads had been at slightly different angles, this would have been a very romantic scene indeed. Sadly, the angles their heads were at caused them to bump their heads very hard.
"Ouch!" said May, rubbing her head.
"Are you ok?" asked Drew, who was also rubbing a lump on his forehead. "Oh, great, I've got another lump now."
May blinked blankly. "What do you mean?"
"Well, I keep getting thumped on the head by your manic pokemon..." said Drew, lowering his hands.
"I forgot about that!" laughed May. Drew suddenly snatched the remaining square away.
"Hey!" said May, trying to snatch it away from him. Drew held it high above his head.
"You want it?" he teased, waving it around. May roared playfully, and suddenly dived on top of him, attempting to get the chocolate.
"Get off me!" said Drew's muffled voice, as he struggled to get away.
"Never!" yelled May, as she scrabbled as his hand to get the chocolate. Drew quickly pushed her off, and ran off.
"Hey, come back!" yelled May, giving chase. She dived once again on him.
"It's only chocolate!" yelled Drew as she tried to snatch the chocolate.
"I... want... chocolate!" said May's muffled voice, because Drew was now sitting on her head. She pushed him off, and attempted to steal the chocolate.
The chocolate suddenly fell from Drew's hand, and landed in a deep Diglett hole.
"Aww!" said May sadly, falling to her feet. Drew laughed as he flicked his hair back into place.
"I guess Diglett is going to have a nice snack tonight!" he said, grinning. May stuck out her tongue playfully, and they went back to their little campsite.
"Drew, where's your sleeping bag?" asked May, settling into her sleeping bag. "I noticed that you never seem to have a bag."
Drew sweatdropped. "Well, I, uh... I usually sleep with my Absol as a pillow."
May stared at him as he released his Absol from its pokeball.
"Abs!" (Good morning!)
"Absol, it's night," sighed Drew.
"Absol.." (Ohh...)
Absol flopped itself on the grass, and Drew rested his head on its furry body. The cold wind blew through his thin jacket and t-shirt.
"Drew, you'll freeze!" exclaimed May, unzipping herself from her sleeping bag. She then continued to unzip it, until it was completely open, like a double-bed duvet.
"I'm fine!" said Drew, but his teeth were clattering. May laughed, and threw half of the sleeping bag over him.
"There!" she said triumphantly, as she tucked herself in beside Drew. She then shivered. "It's still a little cold..."
May suddenly sat up. "I have an idea! Blaziken, I choose you!"
"Blaze!" said Blaziken, as it emerged from its pokeball.
"Blaziken, use Flamethrower on those branches!" commanded May, pointing at a bunch of wood that had fallen from the trees. Blaziken nodded.
"Blaaaaaaze!"
The branches immediately lit up. Drew and May felt the warmth on their faces.
"Thanks, Blaziken!" said May gratefully, as the returned Blaziken to its pokeball. Drew warmed his hands in front of the fire.
"I better return Absol. It's too cold," he said, returning Absol.
"Goodnight, Drew!" said May, snuggling into the sleeping bag.
"'Night," replied Drew. May yawned, and fell asleep.
"Chocolate... get off, Drew... mine..." she muttered in her sleep. Drew laughed to himself, and then fell asleep.
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Team Rocket hovered in the sky, just above where Drew and May were slumbering. Their Meowth balloon had many patches in them, where Pikachu had popped them.
"Hey, it's de twerps!" exclaimed Meowth, gasping.
"Where?" demanded Jessie, as she and James turned around to look where Meowth was pointing.
"Dere, see?" said Meowth.
"But it's only that May girl, and that other twerp that always beats her in contests," said James, and Mime Jr nodded on his shoulder.
"Mime Mime!"
James face lit up.
"You are so CUTE!" he gushed, hugging the small Mime Pokemon. Mime Jr smiled adorably, and hugged James back.
"Mime!"
Jessie got out her binoculars. "I think they're sleeping..."
James popped back into reality. "Well, it is quite late at night..."
"I can't quite tell if they have any pokemon with them..." murmured Jessie, leaning over the side of the green basket. The winds suddenly decided to change direction, so the balloon gave a mighty jerk.
"Ahh!" yelled Jessie, as she toppled over the side of the basket.
"Jessie!" shouted James, diving after her. Mime Jr, Meowth and Wobuffet were left alone.
"Ok..." muttered Meowth, scratching his head. Below them, Jessie and James were still falling.
"James!" screamed Jessie, flailing her arms wildly. James stretched out his hand.
"Grab a hold!" he called, and Jessie stretched her arms as far as she could. She managed to grab his hand.
"Are we going to die?" she asked, as they continued to fall.
"Hopefully not! I haven't finished my bottle-cap collection!" replied James. Fortunately, they landed straight on top of Drew and May, if you can call than fortunate.
"GET AWAY FROM MY CHOCOLATE!" screeched May as she was woken up roughly. Drew rubbed his eyes.
"Oh, it's you guys," he muttered angrily. "I forgot that you existed."
James and Jessie sprang up to their feet.
"Prepare for trouble!"
"And make-,"
"SHUT UP!" yelled Drew and May in unision. Jessie and James looked shocked.
"That's not nice!" whimpered James.
"Well, you're not very nice people!" retorted Drew. Jessie stomped towards them.
"It isn't our fault that we fell from out balloon!" she snarled, pointing up to the night sky.
"What?" exclaimed May, staring up. Drew sighed angrily.
"I was hoping you'd have gone to Sinnoh!" he said, irritated. Jessie sweatdropped.
"We we're going to..." she said, smiling sheepishly. "But James the Genius got us lost."
"It wasn't my fault!" protested James, folding his arms. Jessie put her hands on her hips.
"You were reading your map upside down."
"Look, are you here to steal our pokemon?" said Drew, cutting to the chase.
"Well, we sort of left our pokeballs in the balloon..." muttered Jessie, shuffling her feet.
"Hey, you guys! Come on!" said Meowth's voice from behind them. Meowth had managed to land the balloon.
"Excellent, we have our pokeballs!" said James cheerfully.
"Now we can steal your pokemon!" said Jessie, throwing a pokeball. "Seviper, use Poison Tail!"
Seviper appeared, and powered up its tail. May reacted immediately.
"Oh no you don't!" she said angrily. "Beautifly, I choose you!"
Beautifly appeared, and landed gracefully on her head.
"Beautifly, use Silver Wind!"
"Masquerain, you use Silver Wind too!" commanded Drew, who had released his Masquerain.
"Beau... ti... FLY!"
"Mas... que... RAIN!"
The Butterfly Pokemon and the Eyeball Pokemon both used the strong move, and soon, Team Rocket, their pokemon and their absurd balloon had been blown away.
"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" they yelled, as they disappeared into the sky with a pretty star.
"Good job, Masquerain!" said Drew, but Masquerain didn't hear. Masquerain and Beautifly were fluttering around together, red marks appearing on their cheeks.
"Drew?" asked May quietly, looking at Drew. "What gender is you Masquerain?"
"Male," he replied, staring at his giggly Masquerain.
"Beautifly's a girl," said May. Drew's eyes widened.
"So... our pokemon are in love?" he said, pointing at them.
May nodded. "Looks like it."
"Well, this is a weird thing!" he exclaimed, laughing nervously.
"Beauti!" (Hey, love isn't weird! It's beautiful!)
"Masq!" (Like you!)
Beautifly giggled, and the two pokemon fluttered off to a tree.
"I think we'll be expecting little Wurmple and Surskit soon!" giggled May. Drew stared after his Masquerain.
"I want my Masquerain to be happy..." he said quietly, looking down, "but if it does decide to breed, I'll have to leave it here..."
May's face fell. "I never thought of that."
Drew looked up at her. "Hopefully, they'll only have a few, so we can bring them all with us!"
May laughed. "Then again, maybe they'll decide not to breed!"
"Maybe..." sighed Drew, settling back into the sleeping bag. "C'mon, we better get some sleep."
May nodded, and also went back to the sleeping bag.
"Hey, if they do breed, we'll be grandparents!" she laughed.
"I'm not Masquerain's father!" replied Drew. May grinned.
"Close enough!" she smiled. She snuggled into Drew. "I sort of hope they will breed."
"Yeah, me too..." said Drew quietly. He then added under his breath, "It'll bring us closer..."
"What did you say?" said May, looking up at him.
"Nothing, nothing!" said Drew hastily. "'Night!"
He snapped his eyes shut, leaving a confused May staring at him.
'What did he mean, 'Bring us closer'?' she asked herself.
'He meant that he likes you!' said a sneering little voice.
'Who are you!?'
'Your conscience.'
'I didn't know I had a conscience!'
'Everybody has one, daahlink!'
'Does Drew?'
'Meh, probably. Your conscience is always stronger when you're in love!'
'Me? Love!?'
'Yeah. I think you have a thing for Drew!'
'I do not!'
'Admit it!'
'No, I won't! We're good friends, that's all!'
'You're snuggled into his chest.'
'Yeah, well... I'm cold!'
'You seem to be sweating.'
This was true. May's conscience made her terrified of her own mind.
'You're making me nervous!'
'Heh. So, do you like Drew?'
'As a friend, yes.'
'More than a friend?'
'No.'
'How about Ash?'
'No way! He's one of my best friends!'
'Aww, admit that you like Drew!'
'No!'
'Please?!'
'...'
'C'mon, admit it!'
'Fine. Only a little bit!'
'AHA!'
'But only a little bit!'
'I think it's more than just a bit! Think about all the moments that you almost kissed...'
'Eh?'
'Well, you keep getting closer and closer, then stretch your lips... then you stop. Geh.'
'We don't do that!'
'Yes, you do! I'll replay a memory, shall I?'
Flashback"Whew..." panted Drew, looking up. And, yet again, his face was very close to May's. May turned her face away.
"No..." muttered May softly, shaking her head.
Drew understood what she meant.
"Doesn't feel right in a filthy alley filled with garbage, does it?" he said quietly, smiling softly. May laughed feebly.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," she said coyly. She slid out of the alley, with Drew following closely behind her.
End Flashback
'See?' said the voice, triumphant. 'I have more where that came from!'
Flashback
"Thanks for saving me, Drew," she said softly. Drew shrugged.
"It was nothing..." he said, blushing lightly.
May sat down on a bench behind them. Drew sat down closely next to her. Once again, May rested her head on Drew's arm. The crowd that had been watching Harley's arrest had long disappeared, leaving Drew and May on their own.
"It was really brave of you, Drew," said May quietly. She looked up at Drew, and saw, once again, they were very close to each other. May blushed lightly, and turned away.
End Flashback
'And here's another one!' said the voice happily.
Flashback
"It is great news that your leg is better, Drew!" said May. She sat down on a bale of hay.
"It's nothing. Anyway, how's your cold after being in the snow?" asked Drew as he sat down next to her.
"Oh, it's... it's... ATCHOO!" sneezed May. Drew laughed, and flicked his hair.
"All better, I see!" he said playfully.
"I guess my cold will take a while to go away..." muttered May.
"I hope it'll be gone soon. I don't want you sneezing all over my stuff," said Drew, smirking. May punched him lightly on the shoulder.
"Why do you have to me so mean?" she asked, but not seriously. She rested her head on his shoulder. Drew felt his face grow hot.
"It's part of my charm," he said, flicking his hair. He turned to face May, and saw that once again, their faces were very close. Closer than the last time. They came closer and closer until...
"STAMPEDE!"A voice yelled from the distance. A herd of Tauros came running towards Drew and May.
"RUN!" yelled Drew, grabbing May. They ran inside, away from the rampaging Tauros.
End Flashback
'You've had a lot of little 'moments', haven't you?' said the voice.
'Ok, I like him more than I think!'
'Hah!'
'But what if he doesn't like me?'
'For Pete's sake, you were made for each other.'
'Ok, now you're going too far!'
'Sorry.'
'Can you go away? I want to get some sleep.'
'Sure.'
The voice poofed away, leaving May thinking hard about what had happened with her and Drew in the little time they'd been together.
"You and your little 'rival' are meant to be,"
Those words played over and over in May's mind. The words of the Fortune Teller had been forgotten for quite a while, but they had now decided to come back. May sighed, and got out her book (Beautifly and the Beast) from her bag.
'If I can't sleep, I guess I should just read for a while' she thought to herself. She opened the book, and continued to read where she had last left it.
Beautifly looked up, and saw the tall figure of Beast towering over her.
"If you're here to ask me to dinner again," she sniffed, turning her back on Beast, "then you can forget it!"
"Why? I'm trying to be nice to you!" said Beast angrily. Beautifly sniffed again.
"If you were truly nice, you would've let me say goodbye to Father!"
Beast felt a bit guilty. He'd sent Beautifly's father, Dustox, away, before Beautifly had even had a chance to talk to him.
"The deal was that I swap him with you," said Beast firmly. Beautifly burst into tears.
"Do you have any feelings, you... you... monster!" she shouted tearfully. Before Beast could reply, Beautifly had glided up the stone stairs, her eyes glistening with tears.
May closed the book, and stared up to the stars. The book had strangely described Drew and May. It was as if it was written about them. May continued to read, until the got to another bit of the book that described them again.
The Mightyena and Poochyena chased poor Beautifly through the woods, snapping at her wings.
"Leave me alone!" she cried, but the Wolf Pokemon simply bared their teeth at her.
"Get away from her!" roared a voice from behind. Turning around, Beautigly saw Beast running towards them. The Wolf Pokemon attacked immediately.
"Stop it!" pleaded Beautifly, but they continued to bite and scratch Beast. But somehow, however outnumbered he was, Beast managed to fight most of the attacking pokemon off. The remaining Poochyena and Mightyena quickly ran off, terrified.
"Are you ok?" said Beautifly softly, as she fluttered towards Beast. She suddenly saw that Beast was gravely injured. "Beast! You're hurt!"
Beast smiled weakly. "I guess you're going to say how brave I am, now, aren't you?" he said, smirking slightly. Beautifly laughed feebly.
"You were really brave though!" she said. Beast laughed, but a sudden shoot of pain stopped him.
"Beast! What's wrong?!" questioned Beautifly worriedly, but Beast didn't answer, because he'd collapsed to the floor. "Beast!"
May gasped. She was very freaked out by now. Drew had often saved her, and she had even saved him once or twice. May looked down at Drew, who was sleeping peacefully. May continued to read, until the light from the fire started to die down. Snuggling into Drew's chest, she thought to herself.
'Am I... in love?'
Ooh, what a great ending to a chapter! By the way, I was just wondering, how long should I make this story? I quite like it, but I have no idea where I'll end it!! I'm definitely making at least one more contests, but should I carry on until the Grand Festival? Or shall I kill someone? Heh! Poor Jay... but I wasnted to have some death in this fanfic! I need DEATH! So I killed Typhlosion. I'm so nice. Anyhoo, please leave reviews about how long I should write this fanfic! I need to know! Badly! I also need to go to the loo! Badly!