I'm addicted to updating, I really have to stop that otherwise I'll run out of chapters and then I can not update regularly.

Me: "Hey everybody, glad to see you're all here. Did you two guys made up"

May: "Drew did!! It was the first time I heard him apologize!!"

Drew: "And it'll be the last time..."

Me: "What is it Drew? You don't like apologizing?!"

Drew: "..No…but a certain Author made me do it"

Me: "Ah, come on, I had to get you guys together again"

Drew: "We were never together, but why did you have to chase me with Misty's mallet? How did you get it anyway?

Me: "Misty got an upgrade, so she let me borrow her old one" (shrugging shoulders)

May: "..nggmmg...you chased him with a mallet!?" (Sparkling eyes and trying to hold back laughter"

Drew: "…yeah...and she would have hit me if I didn't apologize, and she would have hit hard. Riikani, do you have a aggression problem?"

Me: "Yeah, as a matter of fact I do!! so you better do the disclaimer, because I don't feel like doing it and May already did it once, otherwise I hit you.

Drew: "I'm starting to feel sorry for Ash, with Misty and that mallet..."(receives an angry glare)..."Ok, ok! I'll do it!, (disclaimer): Riikani doesn't own Pokémon, me or any of the characters."

Me: "Good boy!, now let's get started"

Chapter 9

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"Ash, wake up" a bright voice woke Ash up. He was still sleepy, and looked on his clock.

"Max! It's freaking 4.30 AM! Why did you wake me up?!" he asked him a little angry, but then he saw the tearstained face of Max.

"Max, what's wrong", Ash asked now worried. Max sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Nothing really, I am just really worried about May" he said with his head down, Ash could easy see it bothered Max.

"Max, we tried to tell you before, May is alright" he said with a sigh, he wasn't completely awake yet, "She's a big girl and she isn't dumb"

Max opened his eyes and he looked at his knees, "I know, it's just, she is gone for 2 days now, and

I don't like it, I don't know where she is, if she is fine" Max said sadly.

"You know what? We'll just go to get some chocolate milk" Ash said with a sigh, he knew he wouldn't get any sleep anymore, so he decided to stay with his younger friend.

They walked down the stairs of the Pokécenter, and walked to the little drink machine, where they, remarkably enough, also sold chocolate milk.

Max looked at the mountain as he sipped thoughtfully on his chocolate milk. The shadow of it scared him and he didn't like it at all, May could have landed up there.

"May is alright isn't she?" he asked Ash for the like hundredth time. Ash cuddled Pikachu, who woke up when Ash woke up.

"I don't know for sure, Max, but she is a tough girl and somebody will help her when they find her" Ash responded.

In fact, Ash was just as worried as Max was, true, he thought she was a though girl, but she didn't travel much on her own. When he was gone to Sinnoh, she did travel alone, but she traveled a lot with other people.

flashback

"Mum, I'm leaving to the Yori-region!" Ash called to his mother. Delia came running to him.

"Oh dear, you are just here, why don't you stay a little longer, after all, you're the champion of the Sinnoh region now" She said, she wanted him to stay longer but she knew he never did.

"Oh mum, you know I can't be sitting doing nothing" Ash replied, "There are lots of new Pokémon there, and strong new trainers. I can't call myself a Pokémon master, if I haven't seen them all."

Delia sighed; she never could stop this son of hers. And she never would, she wanted him to follow his dreams. "Ok then, I knew you would be leaving anyway, take good care of yourself"

She laughed, "And don't forget your...", Ash laughed, he heard this talk many times before, "I know mum, I will."

"Hey Ash!" he suddenly heard a familiar voice, and Ash turned around. A friendly face looked at him through narrow eyes.

"Brock!" Ash greeted his old friend. "I thought you had to go home again for the gym". Brock nodded, "Yeah, there was a little problem so Dad had to leave, but that problem is solved now, so I'll be coming with you on your journey to the new region".

Ash chuckled, he was glad Brock traveled with him, and he enjoyed his cooking also. Ash was somewhere disappointed Misty wouldn't go with them, but she had a gym to take care of.

Ash and Brock left the house, after he had packed all his stuff. "Hey Ash, we sure haven't seen you in awhile", a familiar voice said, a bit lower than he remembered.

"Max, May!" he said surprised. "What are you doing here?"

Max had grown a bit, and he looked older with his new clothes, mid-calf length black trousers and a red sweater.

May had also grown, but not in the way Max had. Ash chuckled, 'Drew would love how she looks right now'. Ash knew they had a crush on each other, even thought they didn't knew themselves.

Ash had grown the last years and wasn't that dense anymore.

It was true; she had become more feminine and her curves where clearly visible. She wore the same outfit she did years ago, but now it was blue, it matched her eyes beautifully.

"Max got his first pokémon and I wanted to join new contests after I won the Johto Grand festival" May responded.

"So we thought, let's join Ash on his trip to Yori" Max continued, his eyes twinkling joyfully.

"Welcome on board then" Ash said happy.

"How have you been?" Ash asked the siblings.

"Well, I've got my first Pokémon, it's a Treecko by the way, and I've been traveling through Hoenn since', Max started, 'I've been fulfilling my promise to Ralts to come back, and he immediately came with me, it's now evolved into a Galade" he finished his story.

Ash nodded, Max was a kind person and it wasn't a surprise he would go back for Ralts.

"And he won all the 8 eight badges and reached the top 16 trainers in the league", May said proud, it was clearly she was very proud at her little brother.

"Well, May won the Grand Festival in Johto", Max said to cover his blush, he didn't like it when his sister spoke that proud about him.

"You did!" Brock said happy. "Congratulations", May shrugged.

"I did beat Soledad but for some reason Drew wasn't there" she shivered, "Harley was, though".

Ash chuckled a bit, "And did you like traveling on your own?" he asked her.

"Well, that was the plan in the beginning, but I met so much people I never did travel alone" she said, with a faint smile on her face.

Ash said down on one of the benches on the deck of the ship, which was sailing to the Yori-region. "Well, it's nice to have you guys back, so let's enjoy the new region!"

End flashback

And that was how they ended up together in Yori.

Ash hoped she was alright, so their journey wouldn't have been for nothing.

"May, you better be safe" He muttered under his breath.

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A flashback chapter :P ,this chapter was a bit longer (but NOT VERY MUCH longer ) than the last one, but I thought I had to explain why they are traveling together. I thought I explained it pretty well.

Anyway, please review. I think I know already what I'm going to write next chapter, but I am not sure, it is always a surprise.