The trip to Vermillion City was as short as Brock told them it would be. Flying over Diglett's cave it was an incredible shortcut to the harbor where May's ferry would be docking. Ash, Dawn, Pikachu and Piplup were all eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Hoenn Coordinator. Ash was humming a tune to himself while Dawn seemed to fidget with her hair.

''What's wrong?'' Ash asked her.

Dawn's hair was already in perfect shape. Sure the flight over here put it out of shape a bit but even for his girlfriends standards this was too much. Ever since Dawn heard that May would be visiting Pallet Town to train with them a bit, she wasn't comfortable at all. Ash was excited to see her again and this didn't do her mood to well.

''Nothing. Just nervous.'' She lied. Ash went with her thinking they were on the same page.

''Yeah. May's probably improved a lot since the last time I saw her. No doubt she would make for great competition. This next Wallace Cup is going to be awesome. ''

Who wouldn't be excited? All sorts of different mega Pokémon are going to attend and show off their appeals. Each one of them a top coordinator in their own right. Ash just wished there was a battle department like that, so that he could challenge all the Mega Evolved Pokémon.

''That's not what I meant.'' Dawn continued fidgeting with her hair. After a few minutes of silence Ash had a suspicion about what was really wrong with her. At least from the description from his mother and experience she told him that something like this might happen soon.

''Are you jealous?''

''I'm not jealous. Why should I be?'' Dawn's facial expression and arms crossed told him all he needed to know. Clearly in denial. It was a look and stance she only maintained when someone mentioned by a nickname she received as a child.

What reason did Dawn have to be jealous about? Because May might be prettier than her? In Ash's eyes Dawn was prettier than any other girl and he loved her. May was a friend and a companion. Dawn was his girlfriend and confidant. He could trust her with his closest secrets and he knew that Dawn wouldn't tell them to anyone else.

''You only pout like that when someone calls you DeeDee.'' He joked. This was enough to pull her out of her worrying and punched him hard in the arm. Ash rubbed over the sore spot until Dawn would finally explain herself.

''You see.''

In Coordinator Weekly the girl from Petalburg City was recently voted most the most popular bachelorette in the contest circuit. Boys pretty much lined up to ask the princess of Hoenn on a date. She went on to explain that May had taken up modeling offers as well in between and that pretty much every girl was jealous about her physique despite the rumors about May's appetite. One of her favorite restaurants once held an eating contest and May ate about eighteen bowls of noodles without gaining a single pound.

Ash knew now what was wrong with her. This was the first time he would interact with a girl close to him near Dawn's presence. He didn't wanted to treat May or anyone else differently . But now that he was dating Dawn he would have to ask her what's allowed with other girls and what isn't. But the Princess of Hoenn could arrive any minute and he didn't want Dawn to feel threatened for his affections.

''Come with me.'' Taking her hand he guided her to a back alley. Their trusty Pokémon following in tow. Dawn asked him why she was in such an dark part of the harbor. In an effort to take Dawn's jealously away Ash kissed her. Dawn being surprised at the sudden showing of affection jumped up a bit. Feeling his lips on hers she surrendered to the sensation.

She felt the negative emotion being drained by his kiss. The jealously she felt was being replaced with certainty. It reassured Dawn that there was nothing between him and May. Ash was just being friendly to May as a close friend and nothing more.

Only she would be allowed to put her lips on his.

''Better?''

''Much.'' She responded. Going back to their waiting spot Dawn's nerves simmered down. Ash wouldn't cheat on her and if any girl would try some funny business they would have a lot to answer for. Seeing a ferry from the distance it must be the one their friend was travelling on. There were no other arrivals around this time frame so the connection was easily made.

Looking at the pier where it would dock, they saw something small and colorful coming from the air. A Pokémon with two large black wings proportioned to its body they were filled with bright colors. Seeing it coming from far away it flew towards them and landed on Ash's head.

''A Beautifly landing on your head?''

''Just like last time.''

''So where's May?'' A brunette girl with two bangs hanging on the side of her head waved over the pair. From a distance the couple could tell it was their friend who they talked over the phone yesterday. May had finally arrived in Kanto again.


After her ferry docked the pair were already waiting for the brunette. It didn't take long as she was one of the first people to come of the ship and went running towards the couple. May pulled them both in a hug together with one arm cross each of them hugging them both at the same time.

''Does it feel great seeing you guys again.'' She let out elated. Seeing a bunch of old friends you haven't seen in so long gave a feeling of familiarity.

''So how's Max doing?'' Ash asked about May's little brother. The young boy was almost as crazy about Pokémon as Ash himself and May's younger brother should've finally reached that age where he could start his own Pokémon journey.

''He finally started his journey a short while ago. He barely slept the night before. He stayed up all late until he picked Treecko and he fell asleep at Professor Birch's lab once he got it.'' As much as Ash wanted to laugh at Max falling asleep he had no right to talk since he received his first Pokémon in his pajama's.

He found it great to hear that Max was looking out for himself and maybe he could finally have that battle with him which he promised someday.

''Before I forget I want to show you something. You'll going to love this Dawn.'' May said to the pair. Taking a Pokéball she opened up and the white shining light formed into a Pokémon evolved from of one of her oldest partners.

''Skitty evolved into a Delcatty.'' Ash noted. May's little Skitty was a playful Pokémon and had a habit of chasing her own tail around. One of May's signature Pokémon the small kitten had powered her way to many victories as part of May's team. He thought that Skitty had no interest in evolving just like Pikachu always did which he let may know.

Delcatty is a four legged feline Pokémon with a mostly tan body. It has a pointed, whisker-like protrusion on each cheek. Its purple ears have three tufts of fur at the tips, and there is a purple ruff-like collar with pin-like extensions around its neck. It has slim legs with tiny paws. It also possesses a purple, flower-like tuft of hair on the end of its thin tail.

''Yep. Dad had a Moon Stone laying around the house for Max to take on his journey. Dad was going to give it as a present for him to take on his journey but he didn't put it away properly. One day she decided to play with it.'' May remembered the story clearly well. She loved her cute Skitty and it came as a huge shock for her that she evolved when she came back from her Unova adventure.

''You can imagine my surprise when I got home and she evolved.'' May sometimes left her Skitty back home since she loved her dad's greenhouse so much. Her father Norman was the Petalburg Gym Leader and he had a massive dome in the backyard for his Pokémon to move around in. Skitty easily got used to the new surroundings and one day her playfulness had gotten her accidently evolved.

Dawn gushed just over how pretty her fur and how sleek she looked and asked if she could pet her. Delcatty were quite popular under girls because of their beautiful fur and Dawn's response showed it. May's Delcatty purred at being petted by the Sinnoh Coordinator and Dawn said how cute she was. Pikachu and Piplup went to make introductions as well and wanted to play with her already roughhousing with each other.

While all the Pokémon were playing with each other Ash saw something sparkling on her wrist. Seeing the white ring she was carrying on it spiked Ash's curiosity. Seeing the blue greenish marble locked into place he knew what this meant.

''You have a keystone too?'' Dawn knew this was bad news. May had a Mega Pokémon too? At first she thought only Lisia would come along with her Mega Altaria but a fellow Top Coordinator like May having access to the process as well didn't do her chances any good. Not if she had still had trouble with her own Mega Lopunny. Brock's battle with her did her a world of good yesterday but she felt she was nowhere near ready for someone of May's status. At least not in a Contest battle.

''So what Pokémon Mega Evolves?'' She asked her fellow competitor. Before May could answer Ash pulled out an idea on who it could be.

''My money is on Mega Blaziken.'' Ash took a guess on which one of May's Pokémon had the ability to do so. The brunette surprised Ash knew exactly which one was capable of Mega Evolving.

''That's right. You've seen one before?'' May asked Ash.

Dawn had nothing to fear. It was just him getting excited of May having a Mega Pokémon of her own. He'd reacted the same way he did with her and must've also did the same when Brock revealed his Mega Steelix for the first time.

''A friend's dad in Kalos has a Mega Blaziken. He's using him to protect Luminose City as a superhero. It also was the first Mega Pokémon I've ever seen.'' Mega Blaziken in Luminose City was the first ever Mega Pokémon he laid eyes on. At the time he had no idea it belonged to Clemont's father who'd been protecting the city as the vigilante Blaziken Mask. It was a small world after all in the end.

''Since Lisia showed up with her Mega Altaria the demand for these rings is a at an all-time high. I was lucky dad could pull some strings and managed to get me one from an archeologist who's good friends with him. It took me a long time to find the correct Mega Stone though.'' There were some advantages being the daughter of a Gym Leader. Sure May felt a bit sorry for having her dad abuse some of his authority but it was hard for him to resist his girl's pleading eyes. The brunette had to make it up to him someday.

May's search for the Blazikenite had led her to Mount Chimney. What better place for a Fire type's Mega Stone than the hottest place in Hoenn?

An inactive volcano in Hoenn and the highest point in the region the air was filled with soot hovering around it coming from the volcano itself making it quite hard to breath if you weren't in healthy shape. Luckily all that walking on foot to the next Contest helped herself to keep in form.

May spend days looking for an idea where it could be hiding on the side of the volcano until one day she heard from a hiker that there was a place filled with hidden gemstones that only he knew off. Battling the hiker with her Blaziken to reveal the secret spot of the cave she managed to get the location out of him. The day after she went to the location and found the man she battled already waiting for her with the Blazikenite.

''Still I had to get some new clothes and wash my hair for weeks with the amount of ash in my hair.'' Dawn's story on how she received her mega stone paled in comparison to May's. The brunette had to do some survival and tracking on top of Mount Coronet while she had been handed one in a clean lab.

''Maybe.'' Dawn started to ponder on something deeply but kept it for herself. She didn't want May and Ash to be worried on what she was thinking about right now saving it for later.

''Speaking of battles. I still need to get back my loss against you in the Wallace Cup. How about it Dawn?'' Time for reintroductions was over. Since May heard Dawn was also visiting Pallet Town she'd been planning her rematch with the Sinnoh Coordinator. Ash had other ideas.

''Can I battle you instead? You'll get your chance in the Wallace Cup against Dawn. I'm sure of it.''

This would be a great way to gauge May's own strength against Dawn's since after all that training with her he had a pretty good measurement on where she stood. And if she would be using Mega Blaziken then Dawn could study her movements and find a way to use the Fighting type moves in her appeal. He didn't want his girlfriend to jump into the unknown again after just battling Brock's Mega Steelix.

The brunette was thinking that maybe Ash hasn't changed much since the last time she saw him. Of course he would be the one who challenged her first. But May needed to do something else first before they would battle.

''Let's wait till later. My stomach's telling me something and I'm sure yours will do so next.''

Before Ash could disagree and wanting to have his battle the boy's stomach grumbled as if it was agreeing with the brunette. The two girls laughed that Ash's stomach seemed to have a mind of his own.

Dawn let out a sigh of relief. May in no way showed that she had any clue that there was a bit more between her and Ash then just friendship. Having heard from Brock that May could be a hopeless romantic sometimes her reaction might be a bit over the top and she agreed with Ash till they were at a more private location and not in the middle of the harbor.

Maybe a quiet restaurant would be the place.


Mega Blaziken for May. Or because I love Yu-gi-oh abridged so much, Mega Ultra Chicken!

Like I said in my end notes in chapter 7. The writers for the anime are giving them out like M&M's so I might do so as well.

As least May has some kind of backstory in this on how she got one for herself by effort *cough Misty* *cough Brock*. That includes Dawn as well. Oops.

See you around.