Hiya readers! Sad news…this story is coming to an end. Only 1 or 2 more chapters left, but I hope you like it so far!

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And a bit of an author's note…when I say Johto King, I'm now referring to Drew…and when I say Kanto King…I'm referring to Ash. Just saying to clear up any confusions!

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Chapter 11: And they lived happily ever after


The past hour, the kingdoms continued to fight and fight. Left and right, knights from both sides have been shot, stabbed, assassinated and crumpled to the ground.

But the war wasn't over yet. Ash and Giovanni had to get rid of Drew and Alexander and that was their number one priority at the moment.

The Kanto natives ran in search of the two men they longed to kill and eventually found them killing off a couple of Kanto knights.

"Alexander!"

The former Johto King turned his head and flashed Giovanni a look of anger and threat, capable of making any person easily wet their trousers.

With nothing said, Giovanni charged straight at Alexander, the two former kings engaging in a fierce sword fight.

On the other hand, Ash was busy taking care of Drew. He quickly raised his pistol and pulled the trigger on Drew.

Click Click

"Shit!" Ash screamed. He had run out of ammo, so the only remaining weapons of his were his bow and arrow and sword.

Drew smirked and began to close the distance between him and Ash, slashing his sword at him.

The raven haired king hurriedly pulled out his sword to block the attack coming his way.

The second the two's swords came into contact; it unleashed a screeching sound that sent chills running down the king's backs.

Ash followed up the block with a low strike to Drew's feet, who easily jumped to avoid the attack.

"You bloody monster. You stole my queen away from me…stopped my wedding…and now you're gonna pay!"

Ash grunted at the Johto King's successful slash at his side and launched one of his own attacks, which had tore a piece of Drew's clothing.

Backing away from Ash, Drew examined the piece of torn clothing and growled. "My tunic! That's made from the finest silk in the kingdom!"

Ash laughed. "Then come at me."

With a single scream, Drew charged once again at Ash.

In response, the Kanto king raised his sword to block, but was instead swept off his feet from the blade of Drew's sword.

Once coming into contact with the hard ground, Ash released his sword, now defenseless.

Drew then slashed down at Ash, who raised his arm to block the sword strike.

Lucky for Ash, he was still wearing his enhanced, golden armor making the attack almost worthless.

The raven haired boy smirked as he grabbed the blade of Drew's sword in his other hand and slipped it out of his grip. So here it was now…both boys now defenseless…so guess what kind of match it was now. A fistfight.

The two boys scrambled back to their feet and got into battle stance.

"AH!"

Drew charged up to Ash with a closed fist, attempting to punch the daylights out of him.

Ash ducked the attack and elbowed Drew's side, then sweeping him off of his feet.

Almost instantaneously, Drew used his legs to drop Ash to the ground along with him, which was unfortunately successful for the green haired king.

Drew crawled over to Ash's fallen body only to be met with a kick to his face.

"Ah! Shit!"

Ash quickly crawled over and pinned Drew to the ground preparing to land another hit on him.

Instead, Drew beat him to it. He punched Ash's face making him release his grip on him.

After Drew stood up, he ran over to retrieve one of the flintlock pistols on the battlefield.

Ash swiftly pushed himself off the ground and watched as Drew picked up a pistol from the ground and aimed it at Ash.

Pulling the trigger, Ash got knocked back onto the ground. Although the bullet wasn't fatal, it was enough to give Ash temporary pain.

On his way back, Drew picked up his sword and walked over to Ash, wiping some blood from his cheek with the back of his hand.

Ash forced himself to rise from the ground once again. Once he stood on his two feet, he felt a sharp blade poking at his neck.

Looking up, his eyes met with Drew's green ones. His eyes filled with anger and hatred for the young man that stood before his blade.

"This is the end of you. Kanto monster."

"No…"

Drew looked confused, but the look of hate never leaving his face. "What do you mean…no?"

"I mean…you're going to be the one to die."

"Pfft…Are you pulling my leg? I think it's obvious that I have the advantage here."

Ash shook his head. "Wrong."

With one swift movement, Ash threw his red cape in front of Drew's face, stunning him, temporarily.

After Ash did this, he began to punch Drew with both of his fists as fast as he could in his gut.

With each fist that came into contact with Drew's stomach, he let out short grunts or groans of pain, shutting his eyes to hopefully ease the pain shooting to his stomach.

With one last punch, Ash grabbed ahold of Drew's shoulders and head butted him as hard as he could with his helmet over his face.

The sudden impact of Ash's skull over Drew's was enough to knock the green haired king unconscious, but not enough to kill him.

Ash momentarily turned his head to see Alexander beating his father up. Alas, with one final uppercut from Alexander, he had one foot over his stomach and the blade of his sword over his neck. It was the same scene from all those years ago. If Alexander hadn't been able to kill Ash's father now…he was certainly going to make sure that the job was done now.

Being at a far distance, Ash could faintly hear what Alexander was saying to his father. But it sounded like he was saying things like: "You're weak…you're kingdom is weak…and your son is weak."

Ash quickly reached for his bow and desperately nocked an arrow into the string.

Alexander brought his sword up and was about to stab straight through Giovanni's thin body, but felt something poking through his stomach instead.

Looking down, Alexander saw the tip of an arrow poking through the other side of his stomach. His hands weakened on his weapon as he released it onto the dead grass.

Whoosh!

Another arrow flew straight at Alexander, piercing the winds at such high power, and then coming into contact with the Johto native's head.

Soon enough, Alexander fell face first into a pool of his own blood.

Gazing to his right, Giovanni saw his son slowly set his bow down with one arrow in his other hand.

Looking behind his son's shoulder he saw what appeared to be a green haired boy about to attack Ash with his sword.

"Son! Look out!"

Ash quickly turned around and stabbed the tip of his arrow through Drew's body. Giving the arrow a quick twist, Drew's mouth stood agape as his body slowly crumpled to the ground.

"Thanks…dad."

Giovanni sent his son a sad smile. "You make a fantastic king, son."

Ash shot his father one of his smiles and nodded. "Thank you, father."

Father and son took a look around the battlefield, seeing it occupied with several knights…still alive.

Taking a closer look, Ash squinted his eyes at the group of knights to see that they were all from…Kanto.

They had won. The Johto armies and leaders had all been killed.

Giovanni slowly arose from the ground and raised the tip of his sword into the air. "Attention!"

The knights quickly dashed over to King Giovanni to see what he had to say.

"This victory…it's ours."

The remaining number of the Kanto knights let out a cry of victory followed with Giovanni and Ash who did the same.

Everyone shared high fives and chest bumps with one another as they celebrated the victory of their kingdom.

Although their war had been won…there was still something that Ash needed to do.

"Father."

The former king turned around to look at his son. "Yes?"

"I'm leaving to go find the Princess…but I promise I'll be here right back with her."

He shook his head. "No need, Ash. We'll just meet you back at the Kingdom instead, alright?"

Ash nodded. "Ok, father. I'll see you there."

"Bye Ash."

Ash walked over to his fire dragon, but quickly remembered. Charizard was dead.

"Ash? You need something?" His father called out to him.

Giovanni walked over to his son to see him staring at something blankly. Taking a peek over his shoulder, he had seen what Ash was so upset about.

"Oh…sorry son."

Ash slowly wiped a tear from his cheek. "My companion…he wasn't only my servant…but he was my best friend too. Now…he's gone."

Giovanni wrapped his arms around Ash's waist, pulling his body towards his, allowing Ash's tears to fall on Giovanni's torn tunic.

"I'm sorry, son."

Ash pushed Giovanni backed lightly. "It's okay, is there something else I can ride on to get to the kingdom?"

He nodded. "You can take one of the horses. You should be back at the kingdom in a few hours by then."

"Okay."

Giovanni wolf whistled and sure enough…one Rapidash showed up.

"See you soon, son," Giovanni said barely above a whisper.

Seeing as his father was slowly walking away, Ash hopped onto the back of his mount.

Taking one last look at his dragon, the following words escaped his mouth. "Goodbye…old friend."

May sat innocently in the corner of an alleyway, growing anxious over each moment that passed with a million thoughts and questions running her mind. "Is he okay? Should I've gone with him? Was it good that I stayed? Did Drew kill him?"

She sighed helplessly as cool breezes brushed gently across her face, which seemed to relax her a bit.

In between breezes, more thoughts ran through her head. "Oh where was he now? Would he be ok? Probably not…since she head those galloping horse sounds. Wait…galloping?"

Her sea, ocean eyes stared in all directions hopefully catching where the sound was coming from. But to no use…she couldn't see nor hear anything.

She dug her face into her hands as she moped over the Kanto King.

Gallop Gallop Gallop

There it was again! Now she was sure she wasn't crazy…but oh well…The sound was probably just in her head.

"May?"

She quietly gasped as she looked up at the golden armored King. "Ash?"

He returned their private reunion with a smile and a short nod. "Yeah."

She ran over to him and hugged him, while he still sat on the Rapidash.

Ash smiled to himself as he spoke. "You want to hop on?"

May eagerly nodded her head as Ash helped her up onto the flamed horse. Wrapping her arms securely around Ash's waist they took off.

And in the same corner of where May previously sat…was her silver queen crown she had gotten during the marriage. Sitting there in the dust to rot.


(Kanto Kingdom)

It had been several hours of horseback riding and the teenage couple were exhausted.

They had each taken occasional breaks, but it was not enough. The second they jumped off of the Rapidash, they both walked in the direction of the castle.

Upon their arrival, they were instantly greeted with Delia and Giovanni as well as the remaining knights and civilians.

"Ash! You're back!"

Ash slightly gasped as soon as his mother enveloped him in another one of her bone crushing hugs.

After a weak attempt to speak. "Mom…you're hugging…me…too hard," He squeaked.

His mother still remained in the hug, only loosening her grip causing Ash to gasp out of breath.

In the back, the whole room erupted in laughter seeing Ash's face turn a variety of colors.

Finally breaking from her hug, Delia spoke up. "Who's up for dinner?"

The whole room exclaimed in cheers as the huge feast was getting prepared.

As celebration from the war…The whole Kanto Kingdom had a large feast for their outstanding victory.

Everyone there had ate and ate…but not as quickly as a certain pair of teenagers who were stuffing themselves like there was no tomorrow.

This pair was none other than…Ash and May.

Everyone sweatdropped as they watched in fear as nearly half of the food went down the teen's bodies. How could a couple of kids eat that much at that pace? Nobody would ever know.

As night soon arrived for the Kingdom, the food had been long gone. People started to go their separate ways. But Ash…he was currently having an internal debate that he wished to discuss with his father.

"Dad?"

Ash's father looked up from the sword he was currently polishing and urged his son to finish speaking. "Yes?"

"I want to marry the Queen."

The words that had escaped from his son's mouth had caught his father off guard. "That quick? If so…what seems to be the problem?" He asked.

"I don't have a ring."

Giovanni nodded his head in understanding. "I see…here. You can use this."

He dug into his pocket, revealing a silver ring to his son.

"W-Where did you get this?" Ash stuttered, taking the ring from his hands.

"Well…before you were born…I purchased the ring just in case you ever got married."

Ash continued to stare at it in awe. "It's beautiful…"

"It's all yours son," He winked.

Ash walked over to May, where she was currently sitting at one of the dining room tables.

"M-May?"

She looked up and smiled. "Hi Ash. What is it?"

"It's been over a little while since I've first met you and I just wanted to say that those days were some of the best of my life."

May's smile got even wider. "Thank you Ash. I enjo-"

"Shh…Allow me to finish," He said, placing a finger over her mouth.

As he pulled his finger away from her…she eagerly nodded and allowed him to continue.

However, the two were completely oblivious to the fact that they were being watched by practically everyone in the kingdom. Everyone, but Giovanni were needless to say, surprised by what Ash was doing.

"But as time passed…we not only became the best of friends…but we also confessed our secret love for each other. Not the love found in friends…but the love found in lovers. Us. So May? I know you've had a rough time with the Johto prince, but I promise that I'll love you with all my heart. May Maple…Will you marry me?" Ash asked pulling out the ring.

May gasped once her eyes fixed themselves on the silver ring before her. Without even thinking, she said the first thing that came to her mind. "Yes! Yes Ash! I will marry you!"

Ash's heart swelled once hearing those words leave her mouth. He then slipped the ring over her finger and then spun her, followed with a dip.

May gasped as her body began to fall, but Ash's arms safely caught her.

Leaning in…he placed his lips over hers in a long passionate kiss earning loud cheers from all around the room.

Slowly raising her back to her feet, May smiled lovingly at Ash. "I love you, Ash."

Ash smiled back and leaned in to place a short, sweet kiss on her lips. "I love you too May. I always have and always will."

"How sweet! My son is getting married!" Delia squealed giddily.

"Congratulations, son," Giovanni said with a grin.

Ash in turn gave a short nod to his father. "Thank you, father."

"My…preparations must be made at once!" Delia shouted, running out of the room.

Everyone sweatdropped, all in the while Ash and May shared another passionate kiss…which officially sealed their new relationship…as a married couple.

(One month later)

A month had gone by since Ash's proposal and the kingdom lived in peace and freedom. Over the time, Hoenn and Kanto expanded their kingdom into Johto where they all lived together. In their giant kingdom were two castles. One with the Kanto leaders and the other with the Hoenn leaders.

Ever since…the couple had been living happier than ever over the month. Unlike Drew, May loved spending her days with her fiancé and didn't even mind sharing a bed with him at night.

So here was her second attempt at a wedding. She stared happily at the mirror in front of her as her friend and bridesmaid, Dawn Berlitz helped her get ready.

May was wearing the same dress as she had last time, except her face seemed more beautiful without dried tears or that depressed look of hers. She was in the best mood of her life getting married to the man of her dreams.

Once Dawn handed May the bouquet, she whispered. "Good luck."

May smiled and walked with her friend down the aisle of the church the wedding was currently taking place at.

Turning her head to one side were all of the Kanto natives, while the other had all of the Hoenn natives.

Waving to her parents, she then averted her gaze to the man she was soon to be married to.

Rather than the aura guardian outfit and golden knight armor…Ash actually looked pretty nice. He was currently wearing a dark blue tunic with his well-known sword secured to his hip.

Behind him was his father and best man, Giovanni Ketchum. Giovanni had worn a dark brown cloak similar to Ash's and he too had a sword strapped to his side.

May, a bit nervous now had walked opposite to Ash and sent him a quick smile, which her fiancé gladly returned.

This was when the priest spoke up. He was wearing a black tunic similar to the men's, but was slightly longer in length.

"Good day to everyone. We are now gathered here today to bring a new couple in marriage. Now to start this special ceremony…will the fiancé's mother pass down her crown to her soon to be daughter in law."

Delia, behind Giovanni walked over to May and gave her a proud smile, before removing the crown from her head.

May took her cue to lower her head to allow Delia to promote her a queen.

As soon as that had been done…the priest spoke up. "Very good. Now that the crown has been placed down to the proper person we will now continue."

Taking another short pause, the priest spoke up. "Under the name of Arceus…I pray to you that you will watch over the new rulers. With one last request…I request of you to allow our kingdom to live in peace and harmony as we currently live today. Now…seeing as the ring has been exchanged, we shall now start the main event."

The man turned to Ash and eventually spoke. "…Ashton Ketchum…do you take Queen May Maple of the joined kingdoms as your lawfully wedded wife? To love and to cherish her from the moment of present all the way till your future? To live and to rule the kingdom with her alongside of you?"

Ash nodded with a smile evident on his face, a tear slowly dropping from his cheek onto the red carpet beneath him. "I do."

The priest nodded and turned to May before speaking. "Do you May Maple take King Ashton Ketchum of the joined kingdoms as your lawfully wedded husband? To love and to cherish him from the moment of the present all the way till your future? To live and to rule the kingdom with him alongside of you?

May's expression was almost identical to Ash's. A wide grin evident on her face as a tear left her eyelid. "…I do."

"Then I now pronounce you husband and wife…and the rulers of our joined kingdom. Ash…you may now kiss the bride."

Placing one hand on her cheek, Ash started to lean into May.

May, becoming impatient with the wait, gently nudged Ash's hand away and wrapped her arms around her new husband's neck kissing him with all the passion she could muster.

The Kanto King was shocked, needless to say, but closed his eyes and placed his hands on her hips, kissing her back, matching the same passion as she had put into their kiss.

With cheers and applause from all of the guests, the now married couple broke from their kiss.

"I love you May."

"I love you too Ash."

Lost into each other's eyes, Ash decided to break the trance between them.

Bending down, he placed one arm under May's legs and one supporting her back.

May squeaked in surprise at her sudden change of position but slowly wrapped her arms around her husband's neck.

Ash grinned and moved in to place a small, chaste kiss over May's lips, who, like always, kissed him back.

With Ash now carrying May bridal style, the two walked out of the church…leaving the applauses and cheers slowly fade into the distance.

The End


Whoa whoa whoa wait right there! There's actually going to be one last chapter after this one, so make sure to check it out when it comes!

Btw…if you've played Batman Arkham City, you'll know what I'm talking about when I say Ash stunned him with his cape…since my fighting ideas were inspired by Batman Arkham City and a bit of Assassin's Creed.