Hello everybody and welcome to chapter thirty-one of Hoenn Adventures! I've been getting back into the mood to write a lot more so have high hopes for more chapters to be posted more frequently! Enjoy!
"Bren? I-Is that you?" An all too familiar voice asked making Brendan freeze on the spot and look directly up seeing May look at him with slightly watered eyes. As the two looked at each other, May raised her hand to slap Brendan across the face, but couldn't bring herself to do it instead, the two instantly went into a hug which turned into a kiss making Michael "grossed out", Rui looked at the two and gave an "aww" expression and Wes looked at the two not sure how he felt about it. He looked at Rui going deep red: he was going to do something he had wanted to do in a very long time and now was the time. Wes tapped Rui's shoulder making her look at him.
"What? Can't you see I'-" Rui began before her lips were instantly locked with Wes'. Surprised at first, she, too, went deep red but soon relaxed and returned it shocking not only Wes but also Michael as he now had a "what the hell" expression to the two couples kissing right in front of him. Cosmo was too sad about his research that he hadn't noticed the two couples and began to walk back to Fallarbour. Gallade could be seen shrieking from a very angry Gardevoir who was constantly throwing rocks at him as Gallade hid behind another rock or sliced the rocks that Gardevoir threw with his blades as he tried to calm Gardevoir down. Eventually, she did, but quickly threw herself on top of Gallade.
"This is a very abusive relationship..." Gallade sighed as Gardevoir was on top of him.
"Swear to god, if you leave me again, I'll throw a moon at you!" Gardevoir joked as she squeezed Gallade just enough that he was about to pop only nodding weakly. Brendan and May were the first to break and both smiled at each other but Brendan's soon changed to a look of slight anger.
"I thought I told you to stay in Verdanturf to enter your contest!" Brendan said slightly annoyed but mostly full of relief that May was there.
"Well…I couldn't stand being without you." May replied looking away slightly and putting her head down but soon raised it up again to look at him "I love you Brendan! I can't stand to be far away from you!" Hearing this only made Brendan smile as the two kissed again.
"Oh come on! Again?!" Michael exclaimed "Damn teenagers…" Wes and Rui soon broke from their kiss and both looked at each other but Wes soon looked away and turned his back.
"S-sorry about that…" Wes said as he began to walk away but Rui grabbed his hand.
"Why the hell would you apologize for giving me the best feeling in my life?" Rui asked jokingly making Wes turn to face her with a beaming smile on his face "You don't know how long I've waited for you to do that! I've given you so many hints!" Rui exclaimed annoyed as she playfully slapped Wes but still had a bright smile on her face "You're as dense as a rock, you know that?" Wes chuckled slightly before going in for another kiss with his now girlfriend to which both of them enjoyed as much as the first.
"My god! I'd rather be at home with Jovi than be here! You're all sick!" Michael exclaimed as he began to walk away "Though, I would like to do that one day…" He muttered to himself going red slightly. Brendan and May broke from their kiss once again smiling at each other and May instantly threw herself at Brendan and into a hug.
"Don't you ever leave me again dammit!" May demanded slightly muffled as her head was buried in Brendan's chest making Brendan laugh slightly as he returned the hug.
"I won't." He replied simply as he kissed the top of her head.
"Promise me!" May ordered her voice still slightly muffled.
"I promise." Brendan replied before looking over to Wes and Rui as they both looked at each other with their foreheads touching smiling at each other "Bout time you did that, Wes." Brendan congratulated Wes loud enough for the two to hear making them both look at him. Wes went slightly red as he let an embarrassed laugh out as Rui hugged his right arm.
"Well, I have you to thank for that." Wes replied "I guess you gave me that extra budge and I made my move."
"Well, I am an expert!" Brendan said proudly making him earn a punch from May right in the back.
"Some expert you are, leaving your girlfriend on literally no notice." May joked making Brendan give an embarrassed laugh.
"Hey, I had my reasons!" Brendan said defending himself. The group laughed once more before heading back to Fallarbour Town and along the way, Wes and Rui introduced themselves to May and she did the same. May also explained what had happened on her way to get here saying that she got a bike from Rydel and rode from Mauville to Fallarbour on little to no breaks which surprised Brendan but Rui put it down to "the power of love" making them all laugh as May went red slightly. They soon entered the poke centre to see a very irritated Michael waiting for them.
"You all finished making me sick?" Michael asked causing the four to laugh.
"You'll soon find the joy in it soon enough." Wes said as he ruffled his brother's hair "Speaking of, don't we need to get that part from Cosmo now?"
"Yeah, but seeing as he wasn't in the brightest of moods, I'd say we leave it until tomorrow." Brendan stated and they all agreed as they gave Nurse Joy their pokemon and booked a room for the night. Brendan and May cringed when Nurse Joy called them "Haruka and Yuki" making the other three exchange glances and when they asked what that was all about, Brendan and May said that they didn't want to talk about it. Since that day in Mauville that Brendan had found out both his, May and Nurse Joy's name in Japanese, they have been called "Haruka and Yuki" everytime they even got near to a Nurse Joy. But the two shook it off seeing as now everything would go back to normal now that they were back together again.
After doing their daily needs, both Brendan and Wes agreed to battle seeing how they had some spare time. They both stood at each end of the field and Wes' jacket somehow blew in non-existent wind.
"Ready, "Bren"?" Wes teased after hearing May's nickname for Brendan.
"As long as you are "Wessy"!" Brendan countered hearing the nickname that Rui had come up for Wes making the two laugh slightly. Before calling out their pokemon.
"Umbreon, purify!" Wes called sending out the Moonlight pokemon. May analysed it with her Pokedex.
"Umbreon, the Moonlight pokemon and one of the evolved forms of Eevee," the device stated "Umbreon evolved as a result of exposure to the moon's waves. It hides silently in darkness and waits for its foes to make a move. The rings on its body glow when it leaps to attack."
"Swellow! Battle stance!" Brendan called releasing the Swallow pokemon. May got giddy hearing Brendan's catchphrase for sending out pokemon "Tell you what, seeing as how I'm so kind, you can have the first move!"
"Big mistake! Umbreon, shadow ball!" Wes called as Umbreon opened its mouth wide and shot out a purple ball that was completely black in the middle at great speed and accuracy.
"I mean, I could deflect it, but this is funnier!" Brendan exclaimed as he let the attack hit and allowing the people watching the match to see that Brendan was completely unharmed "And you took down a criminal syndicate!" Wes stomped the floor in annoyance before turning back to the battle with his usual smirk.
"I was just catching you off guard! Umbreon, toxic!" Wes called as Umbreon ran towards Swellow with its mouth spewing out a purple substance.
"Sure you were! Swellow, dodge it by going high into the air!" Brendan called and Swellow flew just high enough so Umbreon couldn't reach no matter how hard it tried. It toyed with the dark type making it angry "Aerial ace!" Brendan shouted loud enough for Swellow to hear and it then shot to the ground aiming directly for Umbreon.
"Dodge with quick attack!" Wes commanded as Umbreon got out of the way with a boost from quick attack.
"Nuh uh uh!" Brendan said as he waggled his finger "Swellow, stay on target!" Swellow nodded and, as soon as it was going to hit the ground, it turned harshly so it was just barely off the ground still performing the aerial ace as it chased Umbreon around the field making it unable to dodge the incoming flying type attack and was hit making it fly across the field.
"Incredible!" Both May and Rui said in awe at Swellow's movement and they both giggled when they realised what they had just done.
"He's mine, Rui!" May joked making the two giggle again and Wes looked over to them and couldn't help but smile.
"Focus on the battle, Wes." Brendan playfully scolded "You can get close to her later." Wes focused his attention on the battlefield going red slightly as Umbreon got up giving its trainer to OK to carry on.
"Alright then, confuse ray!" Wes called as Umbreon created small, purple orbs and aimed them towards Swellow.
"Same mistake again…" Brendan said as he shook his head "I'll use it against you! Swellow, push them back by flapping your wings!" Swellow nodded again and flapped its wings creating a powerful wind that pushed the purple orbs back towards Umbreon who could only watch in fear as his own attack was used against him.
"Umbreon, screech!" Wes called and Umbreon screamed at the top of his voice making those around him cover their ears. Umbreon's scream was so loud, that it broke the purple orbs and made them shatter across the ground, little did Brendan know, but this attack also lowered Swellow's defence "Now, mean look!" Umbreon gave a death stare to Swellow showing it the true reason why it was a dark type. Umbreon showed off his hound-like fangs that look like they were thirsty for a certain flying type pokemon. Swellow froze in fear as he looked into Umbreon's bloodthirsty eyes and was utterly traumatized at what he saw making his speed drop a lot "Toxic again!" Umbreon once again created a purple, sludge-like substance in his mouth and ran towards Swellow, not losing his menacing look, with a boost from quick attack. Once he was close enough, Umbreon spit the purple substance into Swellow's gaping mouth forcing the flying type to swallow it causing it to be poisoned. Brendan was quite shocked to see Wes pull off a strategy like that.
"Damn. I underestimated you!" Brendan complimented Wes who's grin got even dopier and bigger.
"They don't call me badass for nothing!" Wes boasted "I did take down a criminal syndicate after all!"
"With my help!" Rui added not letting Wes take all of the credit.
"Oh, please! If I hadn't saved you from those two thugs, you'd be dead!" Wes stated and got a death stare from Rui making him back down quickly.
"Wrong words, Wes, wrong words." Brendan said shaking his head in disappointment again "I'll have to give you some advice or your relationship will barely last a week." Brendan joked as he looked at Swellow who was slowly being taken away by the poison the toxic had created "Better end this quick. Swellow, let's try that move you learned, shall we?" Swellow nodded weakly and flew high into the air.
"What? Another aerial ace? That's not new!" Wes exclaimed as he saw Swellow's movements.
"Looks are deceiving. Swellow, NOW!" Brendan called as Swellow shot down enveloped in flames that turned blue once he had picked up speed. Swellow was wincing in pain at the toxic but that didn't stop the attack looking deadly.
"That… That's brave bird!" Rui exclaimed recognizing the move that Swellow was pulling off with ease. Wes and Umbreon stood in awe of the attack and before either of them could make a move, Swellow struck Umbreon head on and knocked him to the ground, fainted. But, what no one was expecting, Swellow also hit the ground, fainted, at the same time as Umbreon seeing as how the poison damage got too much for it and the recoil from the brave bird.
"Call it a tie then?" Brendan asked and Wes nodded "I'll admit, you may be a complete idiot on the outside, but you're pretty good on the battlefield." Brendan joked causing him to get a stare from Wes as Rui laughed as Brendan's joke agreeing with him completely.
"But that's why I love him." Rui said as she kissed his cheek making him go red slightly and Brendan and May laughed again seeing Wes' reaction.
"You'll get used to it." Brendan said as he patted his friend's shoulder before they went back to the centre giving Nurse Joy both Swellow and Umbreon to allow them to rest up for the night. Michael was seen sitting in the lobby seemingly waiting for the four to appear.
"Bout time! I've been waiting!" Michael exclaimed as he walked over to the four.
"Why…?" Wes asked "You could've just gone out there." Wes pointed to the battlefields behind him.
"No way! Not after what happened earlier!" Michael exclaimed again "Anyways…there's someone here that wanted to see you Brendan." All eyes went on Brendan who looked at Michael in confusion.
"Who?" Brendan asked as he raised a brow.
"Me." A voice that Brendan didn't want to hear right now said. Brendan went wide eyed as he saw the person.
"N-Norman?!" May exclaimed as she, too saw who it was.
Cliffhanger! Again! I'll admit, it's a lot better to write this now that Brendan and May have gotten back together. It felt really depressing writing the last few chapters so now I feel like I can write this with a smile on my face again. Stay tuned!
