Champion: A Long Road To Love
Chapter 10
Happy Birthday, May!
Fallout96: Ash and May are getting closer each day. As the name of the chapter tells, Ash will try to do something special for May's birthday. What will it be? Find out! I hope you like it!
"Come on, Hitmonchan! You can do better than that!" Ash yelled toward his fighting-type pokemon while dodging hundreds of punches.
"Chan!" Hitmonchan yelled back as it was quickly tiring out. When Ash first started to train with Hitmonchan years ago, he would always lose the fight by a large margin. But now the tide had changed. Every time Hitmonchan would send a punch or kick toward Ash, he would dodge it very easily.
Ash swiftly dodged another punch which left Hitmonchan wide open. "Too slow, Hitmonchan!" A single punch landed on Hitmonchan's chest and sent it flying backwards several feet.
"Chan!" Hitmonchan cringed at the very sharp pain it felt in it's chest, and the rough fall on the ground.
"Maybe I shouldn't have punched him so hard." Ash wondered as he ran over to Hitmonchan and offered it is hand. Even after all this time, Hitmonchan was still surprised by it's trainer's kindness and warm heart.
"You did great, Hitmonchan! Just try to work on your uppercut." Hitmonchan's spirit immediately got back up.
"Chan!" Hitmonchan yelled as it raced off to practice alone.
'Man I'm sweaty!" Ash wiped the sweat off his face and took his hat off. The sun was beating down directly on Ash, but he didn't care. Since he always trained with his shirt off, he was used to the harsh heat and had a nice tan.
'He's so sexy!' May yelled in her mind as she looked outside through the window. She was actually watching Ash train the whole time and admiring the very muscular body he had.
'Oh, he's sweaty. I should bring him a drink.' Though May was worried of Ash needing something to drink after the intense training, she wanted to see all his muscles up close.
May grabbed a pitcher of lemonade and poured it into a tall glass.
"Ash!" Ash turned around at hearing his name to see May running towards him. In her hand was a glass of lemonade.
"Hey, May! What's up?" He asked while wiping more sweat from his face. May was about to hand Ash the glass, but was frozen in her tracks as she examined every inch of his well-toned chest. 'He's so muscular. I wonder what it would feel like?' Her hand was about to extend toward Ash's chest, but Ash's voice brought her back down to earth.
"You okay, May?" May snapped out of her trance with a huge blush growing on her face. "I'm fine, Ash. Here's a glass of lemonade!" She held out the glass toward Ash and he graciously took it.
"Thanks, May!" Ash gulped down all of the lemonade in one sip.
"May, I know this is sudden, but I have to go run an errand for a couple of hours." May felt saddened by this. "Do you have to go?" She tried to hold back the urge to tell him not to go.
Ash nodded.
"Don't worry, May. I'll be back before dark. I know it's your birthday today, and I wouldn't miss tonight for the world." He placed his shirt and his hat. "Can you at least tell me where your going?" Ash shook his head. "Sorry, May. But it's a surprise. You'll find out soon!" He yelled to her as he began to walk toward Littleroot Town. Ash had heard that a pokemon professor, by the name of Birch, gives out starter pokemon to each new trainer in the Hoenn region. He knew that this would be the perfect gift for May.
"Bye, Ash! Be safe!" May yelled back to Ash as he began to disappear from sight. She knew he heard her when he threw a thumbs-up into the air.
"Pika, Pika?" May turned around to see Ash's best friend with a bag of potato chips.
"Oh, Ash just went out to do a few errands. Wait! Did I just understand you?" Pikachu's eyes bugged out in amazement. The only human that Pikachu has ever met that could understand him was Ash.
"Pika!"
May smiled.
"I guess I've never known I could understand pokemon. Just hearing you speak now was what did it." Suddenly, an idea came to May. "Pikachu, does Ash ever talk about me?" Pikachu's face turned to curiosity as he heard the question.
"Pika?"
"Just wondering." May replied with an innocent smile.
"Pika, Pika."
May's heart was beating very fast at that moment.
"You mean he talks about me when he sleeps?" Pikachu nodded. "What does he say!" May yelled toward Pikachu, who was now getting a little frightened.
"Pika."
May smiled at hearing this.
"He says my name?" A million thoughts went through May's head as she blushed deep-red. "Pikachu, could you do me a favor?"
"Pika!"
"Would you mind not telling Ash about our talk?" Pikachu was confused for a moment, but nodded.
"Thanks, Pikachu!" May stood up. "If Ash is going to be back before dark, than I should get dinner ready." She ran back inside the house.
Near Littleroot Town...
"I guess I'm getting pretty close." Ash said as he read a sign that said "Littleroot Town, one mile ahead!"
Ash had to admit, Hoenn was a very beautiful region with a wide variety of pokemon, just waiting to be caught.
"Sol!" Ash immediately turned around at hearing roar. In the middle of the dirt road was a white-furred pokemon, with a dark face and a blade on it's head.
"I wonder what that is." Ash said while he pulled out his pokedex. 'Absol, the dark luck pokemon. It is said that an Absol can sense coming disaster and will often warn people of the impending doom. Moves include: Slash, Quick Attack, Razor Wind, Giga Impact, Night Slash, Aerial Ace, and Double Team.' Ash closed the pokedex after it finished explaining.
"Now that sounds like a powerful pokemon." Ash reached for a pokeball on his belt. "Go, Tyranitar!"
"Tar!" Tyranitar roared as it jumped out of the pokeball.
"Tyranitar, use Earthquake!" 'Let's see if this works.'
"Tar!" The earth beneath the wild Absol started to shake violently. For the Absol, there was no other choice but to jump up into the air.
"Sol!" Absol used Razor Wind as it jumped into the air.
'Perfect!' "Tyranitar, dodge and use Hyper Beam!"
"Tar!" Tyranitar easily dodged the attack and charged up one of it's most powerful attacks. In one swift second, the Hyper Beam scored a direct hit on Absol, and knocked it unconscious.
"Go, pokeball!" Ash yelled as he threw the pokeball at the fainted Absol. For a few seconds the ball glowed repeatedly, but soon stopped glowing. A sign that Absol was caught.
"Another pokemon!" Ash yelled in victory as he picked up the pokeball and placed it securely on his belt.
"Great job, Tyranitar! Return!" Ash recalled his powerful pokemon.
"Now, time to get May's present!" He picked up his pace as Littleroot town came into full-view.
Petalburg at night...
"It's getting late! Where is Ash?" May looked down at Pikachu, but he had no answer either.
"I'm back!" May heard Ash yelled this as the door was swung open. At first, May was relived to see Ash okay, but that quickly switched to anger.
"Hey, May!" Ash yelled happily, but quickly got worried when he could see that May was mad. "What's the matter, May?"
May glared at him.
"You said that you'd be back before dark!" May showed him the time on her watch. "It's ten at night!"
Ash started to get a little scared.
"I'm sorry, May. But it took longer than I thought. Honestly, you know I wouldn't lie to you about when I was coming back if I knew it was going to take longer." He hoped that she wasn't still mad at him.
May smiled.
"It's okay, Ash. I was just getting so worried. There are a million things that could have happened to you." Ash could see that she really cared for his well-being.
"May, you want to know why I was running an errand?"
May nodded.
Ash pulled out a red box and gave it to her.
"Happy birthday, May! Open it up, your present is inside!" May opened up the small box with shaky hands from the excitement.
"A pokeball! Than that means." May yelled out in happiness as she knew what this meant
"That's right, May. Your first pokemon! See which one it is." May nodded and pressed the front button that let out the pokemon.
"Chic!" A cute pokemon that resembled a bird and had fire attributes appeared. "It's so adorable!" May yelled as she squeezed the tiny pokemon.
Ash smiled at the sight.
"The pokemon is a Torchic. I know you two will make a powerful team!" Ash gave her his traditional smile as he said so.
"Oh, Ash!" May released Torchic from her hug, only to wrap her arms around Ash's strong chest. "Thank you, Ash! This is the best present ever!" She tightened her hold on Ash.
"No problem, May. You will be a great trainer. I know it!" She felt tears of happiness falling down her cheek. Ash embraced her more as they enjoyed a moment of silence between them, and the world around them.
For about four more hours that night, Ash and May stayed up with their pokemon. May was enjoying the fact that she was now a teenager and had just received her first pokemon.
"Ash, I think we should go to bed." May said as she forced herself not to yawn.
Ash nodded.
"Your right, May." They both began to walk upstairs.
"Hey, May."
"Yes, Ash?"
"I've been thinking lately and came to a conclusion. I haven't conquered the Hoenn region yet and I was going to take on the league. Would you like to accompany me during my journey?" Ash got his answer when he was tackled with a large hug by May.
"I would love to, Ash! When do we start?"
"How about next week? I know our dad is the gym leader here in Petalburg, but since he'll be gone for awhile, why don't we head to the next town?"
May's eyes began to sparkle with pure happiness. Her and Ash were going to set off on a journey together.
"That sounds wonderful, Ash!"
Ash smiled. He never felt this happy that someone was going to be traveling with him. After all these years of traveling alone, this would feel like a new experience for him. Ash and May finally reached their respective rooms.
"Good night, Ash." May said as she opened the door to her room.
"Good night, May. See you in the morning." He opened his door as well. He gave her one last glance, as he entered his own room. May did the same. They both went to sleep that night with complete excitement and happiness for the new adventure to come. As we all can guess, it'll be the most exciting one ever!
Fallout96: Ash and May are setting off on a journey together. I've decided to make May a trainer instead of a coordinator. I thought it would be fun for Ash to train her through their journey together. Anyway, I'll update as soon as I can. See you than!