Act Four: Unnoted Love
"Seriously, if you want something done do it yourself!" Dawn jumped in the raging river and swam with the current towards a drowning May…who was heading for whitewater rapids and rocks just ahead. Ash snapped out of his daze and soon realized that his love just jumped in the strong current; trying to save a drowning friend from severe head concussions and body injuries.
"Don't worry, May; I'm coming!" Dawn yelled; trying to keep afloat and not to get the current the best of her.
"Hurry…!" The drowning coordinator disappeared all of a sudden. Her rescuer's line of sight was decreased because she was floating around too much and water kept splashing on her face.
"No, May…!"
It didn't take long for Drew to ascertain the situation that had changed abruptly while he was busy playing "Catch that Pikachu". He saw two drowning girls—one that needed to be rescued and one that was doing the rescuing but also needed to be rescued. No Pokemon rescue was possible in this worst-case scenario. Drew left his Pokemon team at the Pokemon Center in Viridian City for their monthly physical check-up. Ash, May, and Dawn's Pokemon were all with Professor Oak at the corral.
In short, they needed to fend for themselves.
The rapids and rocks were just seconds away from May. Ever since she disappeared from Dawn's 20:20 eyesight, she had been unconsciously drifting towards those whitewater rapids and rocks. There was no way to avoid the obstacle…not with May out cold. Dawn dove down and swam from the depths and surfaced back close to the drowning victim. She grabbed a hold of her body and rushed to shore. However by the time she had made the rescue, the current grew far stronger compared to when May was knocked over by Drew. They couldn't swim back to shore and didn't have any choice but to brace for impact. Dawn willingly turned her back facing the rocks as a sign that she was about to take the full force of the punishment she made for herself.
"I'm sorry, May. I'll take this blow as my punishment." Dawn closed her eyes and braced herself for a broken spine.
Just as soon as the impact was about to hurt somebody badly; the once dazed trainer took off his jacket and dove in between the rocks and the helpless victims. He got behind Dawn and grabbed them. He was about to take the hit instead…and he did very badly.
"Ash, are you okay?" Dawn shrieked.
"Believe me…the last thing I want to see is a beautiful girl getting hurt." The trainer replied; fighting the painful experience.
"Ash…" Dawn blushed.
"Now hold on tight to me!"
"O-Okay…"
`Ash pulled both girls towards safety on the other side of the riverbank—the side where May had fallen just a while ago. Drew pulled the girls up one by one and placed them on top of the grass. Dawn woke up first; coughing out the river water she accidentally drank after drowning.
"Dawn, are you okay?" The two boys asked in unison…then abruptly glared at each other.
"Ash…Drew, stop it the both of you." Dawn replied. "I'm to blame for all of this. I wrote your names in the Love Note." But the boys weren't paying attention to her explanation. They were too preoccupied arguing about who gets to have her.
"I fell in love with Dawn first! I have the sole right!" Ash yelled.
"I love Dawn more than you'll ever do! Stay out of our way!" Drew yelled back.
"That does it! Let's have a Pokemon battle!"
"Finally, music to my ears…!"
Dawn began shivering…and it's not because of hypothermia. In fact, her blood had just gone way past its boiling point. Suddenly, her eyes flared up and stood up tall with two clenched fists. Everybody knows what happened after that: sticks and stones may break one's bones but an enraged Dawn can break more than just that.
"YOU'RE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION!!!"
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After that outrageous whack in the head, they all turned their eyes on May who was still unconscious. It wasn't a surprise since she did stay in the water the longest. Ash volunteered to administer first aid procedures for a drowned victim. He felt no heartbeat on her wrist so the trainer began pumping her chest at a constant rate just to jumpstart her heart. Dawn looked anxiously at May. She was regretful for what she had done to her because of her selfish ambitions. Dawn wanted to make it up to her but she couldn't think how. Ash continued to pump May's chest for the sake of life-saving and not for personal pleasure.
Want to know what May is thinking right now?
"(Ash…I knew you wouldn't let me down.)"
"Come on, May…stay with us!" Ash carried on with the procedure which had been to no avail for two minutes.
"(Ash…your hands are so…warm. I feel like wanting more…aaaaaaahhh…)"
Then…a sign of life: May's face turned red all of a sudden. The procedure was at least getting somewhere. Nobody was able to recognize the detail but Dawn. Ash continued to press on even if the procedure already resuscitated her. He never knew that she was all better already.
"(Ash…I knew this wasn't a mistake. I love you…aaaaaaahhh…)"
Dawn grew angry. It seemed that May was seriously enjoying this. She was having so much fun she didn't want to wake up at all.
"Move out of the way, Ash!" Dawn cried, jumped as high as she could, and hit May with a Hi-Jump Kick attack right in the belly. The brunette coordinator immediately woke up and screamed in total pain. "Hi-Jump Kick attack…!"
That's called "pwnage".
"What did you do that for, Dawn?!" May snapped.
"It's because you were having fun with Ash pumping your chest up and down." Dawn said.
"Well, that's no excuse to hit me with your knee from mid-air!"
"Really…? At least that did the trick, right?" Dawn winked.
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Back at the Ketchum residence, Dawn faced the music and explained to everybody what really happened to Ash and Drew. The brunette coordinator showed everyone Dawn's secret weapon—a dreaded weapon of mass infatuation: the Love Note. Where it came from and who made it was a question left unanswered. With the ink on the pages of the notebook all smudged up and in accordance to the last guideline, Ash and Drew returned to their normal selves. Love was once again in full circle.
Brock was intrigued by the notebook and asked May if he could borrow it.
"Can I borrow that notebook, May? I want to learn more about it." The squinty-eyed former gym leader asked nicely.
"Well…sure, I guess. Here" The brunette coordinator handed over the notebook to him; unaware of the possibility of a diabolical plan at play. "What are you going to do with it?"
"That's a secret." Brock smirked.
Ash took May's hands and offered an apology. "May, I'm really sorry if I ever hurt you. I didn't know what came over me. I promise I didn't mean it."
"I know you didn't. The important thing is you're back to the Ash I know." May replied. "I still love you."
"…and I still love you too."
Dawn bit her handkerchief and pulled it up—a sign of agitation. "How come May gets all the cute boys in town?"
"Well…not everybody…" Drew moved beside her. Dawn's face was as red as a Tamato Berry.
She giggled lightly. "I think this is the start of a beautiful relationship."
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That night, Dawn went outside for a breath of fresh night air. It was cold outside and she was wearing a sleeveless blouse. The cold air easily penetrated her skin; giving her the shivers. She wasn't disappointed at all or anything. She realized that getting Ash to say "I love you" the old-fashioned but fair way was much better than some notebook. Dawn also realized that life would give her a soul mate eventually. After all, fools rush in; smart people take their time.
May went outside as well and accompanied Dawn in her stargazing activity.
"Don't you want to come in? Ash's mom whipped up some mean dessert." May said.
"I'll come back inside eventually. Right now, I feel like stargazing."
"Yeah…you won't find this many stars in the city."
"May…"
"Huh?"
"I'm really sorry about what happened during the past few days."
"Don't sweat it. What remains in the past remains in the past, got it?"
"I suppose you're right. It's just that…I love Ash too but he chose you over me. What's your secret, May?"
"There is no secret, Dawn."
"But that's impossible! At least tell me if it's some kind of love potion."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha…maybe this is destiny's way of saying that there is a better person suited for you."
"You think so?"
"Just wait and see, Dawn; it will come eventually."
"I see…"
A few moments of silence enveloped the air around them.
"Oh by the way, have you seen Brock?"
"Not at all; I thought he was inside with you guys."
Then just from out of the blue, they heard the sound of what it sounded like a stampede not far from their location. The stampeding sound got louder and louder each second passed. Judging by it, something big was coming their way. They saw Brock running from where the stampeding sound was coming from. But obviously, he wasn't making that sound.
"Brock…? Isn't it a bit too late to be jogging at this time?" May wondered.
"I don't think he's doing any jogging." Dawn replied.
"Out of the way…stampede…!" The squinty-eyed Brock yelled.
Right behind him was thousands of girls coming after him with infatuation written all over their faces. Apparently, a thousand Goldeen in the sea are after one handsome lure. Both Brock and the stampede passed by the house and the two coordinators. He dropped the Love Note by accident. When May picked it up and scanned the pages, there was a sea of names written in print back to back in every page.
"So he wrote all the girls he met along his journey, eh?" Dawn looked at the long list of names. "That could've been worse for me."
"This is proof of what happens when you play dirty." May replied.
THE END
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