Remember me Chapter 21, a pokémon fanfic

Chapter21

It had been a week; today was the first day of the contest. May got dressed into an Arabian style outfit, like the one form the Wallace Cup except in blue and silver. Ash wrapped his arms around her from behind as she waited in the co-ordinators' lobby, May jumped slightly but relaxed. She turned and handed him Ruby.

"You'll do great May, I'm sure." Ash smiled, May kissed him lightly, pulling back after a few seconds. "You'll beat everyone and win."

"Thanks Ashy." May blushed.

"Don't be so sure about that, Maple." The heard. The sighed and turned around seeing Snot Ball walking over, if you don't know who I mean look back a bit in the story.

"Hello Drew." Ash sighed. Drew just smirked. He was in an old fashioned tux.

"So, you two are a couple?" He said.

"Yeah, we are." May said. "We're engaged actually. Snot Ball."

"Quiet, tent." Drew said.

"HEY! I CAN GET YOU FOR COPYRIGHT ON THAT ROSE BOY!" They heard Harley yell from somewhere far, far away. They all laughed nervously.

"Anyway, you might as well give up now, I'm going to win." Drew smirked.

"Oh yeah? Then how come I beat you in the last 3 grand festivals? Huh?" May smirked, Drew shut up. "Exactly. Oh, looks like we're up, Ash, go to the stands, see you at the break." Ash kissed her cheek and left with Ruby in his arms. May ran out to stage, her theme began to play as she stood there.

(I've been waiting to add this for AGES! Yay!)

Stage on!

I bask in the light and the switch is set,

Let's go!

I'm half confident, half, I suppose, nervous

May spun and threw her Pokè ball, Beautifly appeared with pink petals surrounding her.

"Use gust!" The Butterfly Pokèmon used gust and the flowers flew in a circle around them.

I feel like giving up, but I use "Focus Punch!"
I believe in my partner and aim for the finals!
In the shining arena, clapping echoes
the cheering grows, and I can feel their reactions

"Now use Sunny day!" Sunlight covered the stadium brightly "Now stunspore!" Orange dust scattered around shining in the sun, making Beautifly sparkle whilst somehow not being affected by the paralysing effect.

I won't lose! I'm in full serious mode!
I absolutely won't give up until the end!
Because tomorrow I want to look back and smile
I want to decide it with the next hit
I'll get the ribbon! I'm sure I'll win!

"Amazing! Beautifly is sparkling yet it is not being affected by the stunspore! Brilliant!" the announcer shouted.

"Psychic!" Blue light blanketed the arena picking up the stunspore. "Now finish!" The stunspore, because of psychic, flew into the air and scattered around, still not paralyzing anyone.

I run to the judging room of the championships
Happy!
Though there's some tiredness
I suppose I feel fulfilled

"Amazing! The control over the stunspore was great! And it is a mystery still, how you take away the effect of it!" Mr. Contesta smiled.

"Remarkable as always May!"

"Beautiful! You truly have a fantastic bond with each and every one of your Pokèmon!" Nurse Joy giggled.

"Thank you!" May shouted as she ran off stage with Beautifly.

After the match I give my companions a tight hug
Regrets from all the loses will be cured by time
the new wind blows and shakes my bandana
my heart is turned towards next summer's competition

I won't lose! I'm in full energetic mode!
There cannot be a dream without color, so
Someday I want to become a coordinator with fighting spirit!
So I can't lose to a rival! I'm sure I'll become self confident!

I won't lose! I'm in full serious mode!
I absolutely won't give up until the end!
Someday I want to become a coordinator with fighting spirit!
So I can't lose to a rival! I'm sure I'll become self confident!

May sat on a seat in the lobby, smiling to herself before returning Beautifly.

In 5 hrs, including the break where she and Ash talked and kissed, it was time to decide the 400 people out of the 500 that had entered that would go through. It would be a long wait, but it'd be worth it if she got through. She listened to the names.

"Frank Martin, Martin Frank, Ronald Mc, Drew snotty,"

May giggled, Ash had changed his entering name, she just knew it.

"Harrison Jones, Isabella Kat, Kat hunter, May Maple…"

May grinned, she had gotten through, they sat through the rest of the names until it was time for the end of the first day. Ash and May met up outside and headed towards their room; May took Ruby into her arms and kissed her forehead.

"You were great out there May." Ash smiled.

"Thanks Ashy, I felt so great when I got through." May smiled. "And I'm guessing it was you who changed Drew's entry name?"

"Yup! I just told Joy there had been a registration mistake and that his last name was actually Snotty." Ash said. May giggled and kissed his cheek.

"He's gonna be sooo mad when he figures it out y'know." May giggled. Ash laughed and put an arm around her.

"I don't care; I have Pokèmon that can beat him to a pulp, so he better not mess with me!" He said proudly.

"Stop being big headed and let's get some dinner. I'm starving; I was first up and had to wait for the 499 others to finish on my own!" May sighed, Ash heard her stomach rumble. He laughed but soon after his did too and he shut up. "I see I'm not alone in being hungry, c'mon Ash, let's go." She grabbed his hand and the 3 sped off.

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May came down into the canteen from feeding Ruby up in the room, she sat down opposite Ash and he handed her a plate of food.

"Thanks Ashy." She smiled, sitting Ruby on the table with Pikachu.

"I wonder who you'll go up against in the battle round." Ash pondered.

"Ash, you do realize there's another appeal round tomorrow, right?" May giggled. Ash blushed.

"Hehe, no, I didn't…" He said, embarrassed. May giggled. Ash noticed Ruby holding her arms out to him, he smiled and picked her up, holding her up above his head, he playfully stuck his tongue out at her, making her giggle. She reached forward and started to mess with some of her father's hair. Ash smiled. Then Ruby ended up grabbing the brim of his hat. (Yeah, he still wears it, but only when it's sunny! LOL) Ash chuckled and took off his hat, placing it on her head and sitting her back on the table. The hat, of course, was much too big for the 3 month old baby, and it sat on her head, hanging over and covering her face so she couldn't see properly. Ash and May laughed as they saw her batting at the item, trying to get it out of her line of vision. Ash pushed it back a bit so it was resting in the back of her head and so she could see. Ruby looked around and clapped. May smiled warmly at her, with Ash chuckling lightly.

"Ruby likes your hat Ash." May giggled. Ash smiled.

"She sure does. She can have it if she likes, it's too tight for me now." Ash said. Ash held the brim of the cap and spun it around on Ruby's head, causing her to giggle and clap. Ash smiled as he finished the last of his food. "I'll take her up and put her in the cot they gave us. See you in a minute." May nodded and Ash left with Ruby. She was almost done when she heard someone calling her.

"Hey May! May!" She looked back and saw a familiar purple haired person running towards her. (I know what most of you are probably thinking, but think again.)

"Hi Kelly!" May grinned. Kelly ran over and sat next to her old friend. "Long time no see."

"Same, I haven't seen you since the Lilycove contest." Kelly smiled. "I barely recognized you, your hair's different." May looked and realized she hadn't put her hair back to normal since the date.

"Sorry about that, I went on a date with my boyfriend, now fiancé, last night." May said. Kelly squealed.

"Ohmigosh! You're engaged? Who's the lucky guy?" She asked. May giggled.

"You remember the boy I used to travel with, with the Pikachu?"

"Yeah, Ash wasn't i… OMG! You and Ash are engaged?"

"Yeah, we were dating for six years before as well. Kept it all a secret, even when I got pregnant." May said.

"You're pregnant? You don't look it." Kelly said. May giggled.

"No, I'm not now; I've already given birth 3 months ago. Ash just took her to our room." May giggled.

"Awww!"

"It makes me think, a lot of this may not have happened if Ash hadn't had that accident…" May said, she was thinking out loud.

"Huh? What accident?" May then realized she said it out loud.

"Uh, well, Ash and I had an argument over the phone about me coming to his battle or staying at the contest I was at. A few days later he had an accident during the battle, and he got amnesia. I helped him remember, all sorts of things happened from my dad finding out about the baby to Team Rocket attacking. After almost a week he remembered and forgave me, if he hadn't of had that amnesia over 7 months ago, he would probably be still mad at me, I dunno." May explained.

"Aww, I'm sure he woulda forgiven you, especially if you were pregnant. Now c'mon, I wanna go see the little baby." Kelly smiled. May nodded, finishing her ramen and leading Kelly up to their room, May walked in first.

"Hey Mayday." Ash smiled. May smiled back.

"Hi Ashy." She smiled. "Oh, I brought an old friend up to see you and Ruby."

"Who?" Ash asked.

"Hi ya Ash!" Kelly greeted coming in. Ash smiled.

"Hi Kelly. Haven't seen you in a while." He said. Kelly nodded. She noticed Ruby sitting sucking on her blanket in the cot.

"Aww! Is this your little girl?" She asked, going over and looking at Ruby. Ruby looked at her and giggled.

"Yeah, the little angel is our child." May smiled. Ash went to the cot and placed his hat over Ruby's head again, Kelly and May giggled as the same thing that happened earlier happened again. Ruby batted at it trying to move it from her face whilst giggling.

"She's so cute. What's her name?"

"Ruby. Ruby Ketchum." Ash smiled, going over to May and putting an arm around her waist, May snuggled into his shoulder.

"Well May, I better go back to my room. Cya at the contest tomorrow." Kelly said, walking out.

"Cya," Both Ash and May said. May changed into her night clothes and lay on the bed after making sure Ruby was asleep. Ash took off his shirt, changing into his PJ pants before laying next to her, putting an arm around her as she snuggled into his bare chest.

"This is gonna be strange, I seem to bumping into all my rivals, and here I was thinking this was gonna be a piece of cake." May sighed. Ash kissed her forehead.

"Contests are never a piece of cake May, you should know by now." He said.

"Yeah…" May said. She yawned. "Night Ashy,"

"Night Mayday." They fell asleep.

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It was the next morning, and time for the next appeals round. Drew had already performed, using Roserade, now May was up.

"Now, contestant no. 180, May Ketchum!" The announcer said. May giggled, hearing her name put with her future surname made her feel really happy and confident. She walked out onto the stage.

"Go Wartortle!" May called, the blue turtle Pokèmon burst out surrounded by blue and yellow bubbles, she hit them with her tail creating sparkles around her as they burst. "Alright! Wartortle use rapid spin, hydro pump, ice beam and bubble, at the same time!" The attacks all went at once, sparkles danced around Wartortle's shell, and the glass windows on the roof was turned into an upside down ice rink.

"Remarkable!"

"An outstanding combination!"

"Very cute and beautiful."

May ran off stage, Wartortle jumped onto her head smiling,

"You were great out there Wartortle!" May grinned. "Oh, look, Kelly's up next."

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Kelly ran onto the stage in a purple kimono.

"Go Grumpig!" she called. The purple pig popped out surrounded by purple sparkles. "Use Magic coat!" A pink light covered Grumpig, (OK, I don't know what the move looks like so forgive me if it's wrong.) "Psy beam!" Somehow, Grumpig managed t control the attack so it swirled around its body.

"Remarkable! God I need a dictionary…"

"Very good Kelly."

"Very nice." Kelly ran off.

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"Hey Kelly! That was great!" May said as her friend sat next to her.

"Thanks May." Kelly thanked. "But you were way better."

"Matter of opinion Kelly. Well, 19 more and the first half of today will be over." May said. Those 19 people passed quickly, and it was half time. Ash came down to May with Ruby in his arms, still with the hat on her head. May giggled and took Ruby into her arms, kissing Ash for a second.

"You did great out there May." Ash smiled.

"Thank you Ashy." May smiled. Ruby giggled and batted at the hat again as it fell into her face. May giggled and spun it round so it was no longer in her face. Ruby clapped. Then she started to pull on the silver veil thing that went down May's back. May smiled, but as it started to fall of she batted Ruby's hands off. "Don't make it fall, ok sweetheart." Ruby stopped trying to pull it, making May smile. "Good girl." Ash smiled at her.

Soon the appeals were up again. May, Kelly, and to May's disappointment, Drew, had all gotten through. It was the end of the second day.

(Ok people! This chapter is getting way too long. So, let's skip to when there's 8 people left, like in the grand festivals, on day 7!)

May had gone through many tough battles, but she had not come up against Drew or Kelly. She had gone against an old rival Brianna, and several other old rivals. Next, she was up against Drew.

May sat on a bench, quietly thinking to herself. Suddenly she felt an arm around her waist; she jumped slightly but relaxed when she saw Ash. Ruby seemed to notice her mother's nervousness, despite her age; she took the hat off her head and held it towards May. May smiled, taking the hat making Ruby giggle happily.

"Thanks sweetheart." She smiled weakly. Ash frowned.

"May, what's wrong?" He asked. May looked down.

"I'm nervous Ash. This is the earliest I've faced Drew in a contest for ages, it only the quarter finals, I just have a bad feeling I'm gonna lose." May said. Ash tightened his grip on her waist.

"May, you've beaten him so many times, you'll win now, and I'm sure for it." He smiled. May smiled back, kissing him lightly.

"Thank you Ashy, c'mon, my battle starts in a minute or 3, so we need to get there." Ash nodded, picking Ruby up into his left arm and taking May's left hand with his right. They arrived back soon, and May ran to the stage, Ash going up to the stands to watch.

Whatever Drew's theme is played, and the two rivals came onto the stage.

"Get ready to lose, Maple!" Drew growled.

"Think again, Snotty." May smirked. "Go Blaziken and Wartortle!"

"Go Roserade and Masquerain!" Drew commanded. "Use petal dance and ice beam!"

"Use Fire spin and bubble you two! Do the fusion!" May yelled. The fusion of fire and water worked, like it had done so many times before, Drew's points went down by a quarter. "Now use blast burn!"

"Use silver wind Masquerain!"

The battle continued until only one Pokèmon was left on each side. Blaziken stood panting, and Roserade was on its knees, with scorch marks covering its green body.

"Time for the big finish, use willow wisp combined with blast burn!" Blue and red flames mixed together in Blaziken's mouth.

"Use petal dance!" But Roserade was too weak. "I said petal dance!" May saw Roserade's state, and called off the attack.

"Drew! Can't you see that Roserade is too weak to move, let alone attack! Leave it, all it like a decent man!" May called.

"NO! I am going to beat you!"

"Drew! For heavens sake! Roserade is seriously hurt, one more attack from either of us may kill it! Just call it!" Drew looked hesitant, before he threw a towel into the arena and returned Roserade. May smiled.

"May wins and goes through to the next semi-finals!" the announcer… er… announced. May ran off stage cheerfully. Ash greeted her in the lobby with open arms; May ran into them and hugged him tightly. Ruby clapped from Kelly's arms. May pushed her face into Ash for a deep kiss. After about 5 minutes they pulled back. Unknown to them Kelly had been gone at her battle until they pulled away, when she was back in her seat with Ruby on her lap.

"You guys do realise I just went, battled, won and came back before you stopped kissing then?" Kelly giggled. Ash and May blushed. Soon the quarter finals were up, and the semi-finals passed, both Kelly and May winning. They were against each other in the finals.

They ran on stage after their themes were played.

"Go Blaziken and Espeon!"

"Out here now Grumpig and Swellow!"

"Use Flamethrower and Psy beam!"

"Now use Psy beam and Aerial Ace!"

Espeon took minimal damage from the Psy beam, but Blaziken, being a fire and fighting type, took a lot more damage from the aerial ace.

"Quick use blast burn, Espeon use Psychic to make it stronger!" The flames fired, outlined in a blue light from the psychic, making it stronger. Swellow was knocked down out of the sky.

"Swellow is out!"

"Return pal." Kelly said. The battle raged on, until only the psychic types were left.

"Please Grumpig you can do this!" Kelly called.

"C'mon Espeon! You can win!" Suddenly, Espeon let out a loud cry of pain and collapsed. May gasped, she ran out to the stage and picked her Espeon up, holding her in her arms. "Espe? Are you ok?" Espeon groaned. "I call. Espeon is way too hurt to continue." May said, quite hesitant. The judges nodded, the red crosses lighting up. May returned Espeon.

"Joy, can you look after her and Blaziken please?" May asked. Joy nodded and took the Pokè balls. May sadly walked off stage. Kelly stopped congratulating Grumpig and watched her friend. From up in the stands Ash frowned, picking up Ruby and Pikachu, going down to her dressing room.

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May sat almost sobbing on a chair in her dressing room. Her dream was broken again. Sure she had other chances, but she was really hoping she could win now, before she and Ash got married. She heard the door open.

"Hey, May? Can I come in?" Ash asked. May just nodded. Ash came and sat next to her, placing Ruby onto her lap. May looked at her daughter with the hat on. Again Ruby tried to give her the hat, May just put it back on her head. "May…"

"I'm useless… I couldn't win, and I let my Pokèmon get really hurt!" May sobbed. Ash put an arm around her and she snuggled into his chest,

"May, you were great all through this week, you'll win next time." He soothed. May just nodded and continued to sob. A loss felt, a loss that may soon be forgotten.

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Me: OW! My hand hurts! I was busy on my other stories and wrote this whole chapter today! OW!

Kim: Wuss.

ME: Shuddup. R&R ppl!