Ages: 18-Ash, 18-May, 18-Gary
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Ash looked at each of his pokemon, all of them in line. He returned them to their separate poke balls. Pikachu stayed out.
May stood behind him. Ash looked at her. "I still can't believe I'm in the league again." he said.
"Well start believing it," May said. Ash looked depressed. "What's the matter?"
"Well, I'm battling Gary and he's always beat me at everything I ever tried," Ash said, "and...I feel like he's just gonna beat me again."
"Ash, he isn't going to beat you.he can't, there is no way possible for that to happen," May said, "And I'm his SITSTER, and saying this!" Ash frowned.
"How?" he asked.
"You have one thing that he doesn't: trust. You trust your pokemon to try their hardest and if they don't win, you still trust them. Thus, they actually TRY. Gary doesn't, so..." May said.
"Pikapi, Pikachu!" Pikachu squeaked. Ash looked at Pikachu. He nodded.
"Good luck, Ash," May said, guessing at what pikachu had said.
"Yeah," he said. Ash looked at the field. The stands were already getting filled, a few people wondering in at last minute.
"Now what?" she asked.
"I ain't going up there!" Ash said.
"WHAT!? ARE YOU CRAZY!?" May yelled.
"As I was saying before you started yelling at me, I'm not going up there without you. I'm not going to battle and no one can make me," Ash said.
"Has your memory gone down the drain already? I can't be going on the field during a battle! They won't allow it!" May said.
"They have to allow it. They can't have a battle without both the trainers," Ash said, grinning.
"They can cancel the battle if you refuse," May said.
"Not a chance of that." he said, "They said that no matter what this battle is not getting canceled."
"But-" May started. Ash grabbed her wrist and ran across the field over to the trainer's box. The referee hurtled over.
"You should know the rules of the league, Mr. Ketchum!" he barked. Ash looked at him.
"I do know the rules and well." Ash said, "But the fact is that this battle ain't starting until she's with me."
"She isn't allowed to be in a battle with you!" the referee hissed, "Unless there is a good reason for it!"
"There is. We're.we're..." Ash frowned. What was he to say?
"Engaged!" May said quickly. Ash looked at the referee. He was deep in thought.
"If that is the matter, she should have an engagement ring then," the
referee said. May bit her lip. Ash turned and looked at her.
"Pikachu, distract him a minute," Ash said. Pikachu ran to the referee and did a dance.
"What now?" May asked. Ash looked around.
"Here." He said. Ash handed her a small box. "Please don't ask why."
May opened it up and looked inside it. A diamond ring was inside. She looked at it.
"Well?!" the referee said.
"May, put that ring on." Ash hissed, "Hurry!"
"Oh, ok, Ashy," she said. Ash turned bright red.
"Stop embarrassing me!" he said. May giggled and hit him softly on the head. Ash looked at her. "You just love to torture me, don't you?"
"Yep, I do love to torture you," she giggled. She slid the ring out of the box and put it on. May shut the box and put it in his pocket. At that, Ash turned an even brighter red.
"You don't know when to quit embarrassing me, do you?" Ash asked. May shook her head. "Sorry, I don't," she said.
"Come on, hurry up," the referee snapped impatiently. They looked at him.
May showed him the ring. The referee grumbled. "Fine!" he yelled.
He walked off to the side of the stadium field. May was about to take the ring off, when Ash put a hand over her's.
May looked at him with narrowed eyes. "You're up to something, Ash."
"Yep, but don't start getting huffy until you actually figure out what."
"Like how?"
"Like by taking a closer look at this box." Ash had taken it out again. May looked at it. A small tab was sticking out of the cushion.
She pulled it out. The small black lettering on it said what kind of ring it was- engagement. "Ash, why did you get this?" she asked.
He looked at May, smiling. The people that were already waiting for the battle were engrossed in conversation with each other, ignoring the two that were in the field.
Pikachu hopped on May's head, scaring her half to death. "Pikaachuu."
"Huh?" she asked.
"Did he?" asked Pikachu.
"Did he what?" May asked.
"Did he ask you yet?" Pikachu said. Ash froze.
"Ask what?" May asked, confused.
"Ask you to m-" Pikachu squeaked. Ash put a hand over its mouth.
"Shut up!" he hissed, glaring at the creature.
"What was pikachu going to say?" May asked.
"Er, nothing," he said.
"Pikachu tried to say something, but you won't let it."
"Pikachu isn't supposed to tell you."
"You could've just said that, but I still want to know what it was going to say. You promised not to keep secrets from me."
Ash looked at May, regretting the promise immediately. "Pikachu was going to.I wanted to ask." He heaved a deep sigh. "Never mind."
"No, I will not 'never mind.'" she said. "What was pikachu going to say?"
"Why? Why is it when I try my hardest to just say it, all my determination seems to fade faster then Ponyta can run?" Ash asked Pikachu.
"Pikachu," it said in sympathy.
"Would you mind me asking what you are talking about?" May asked.
"." Ash didn't answer her. He turned and looked around. It was eerie how silent it was, the whispers of the crowd muted. "ASH!"
"Hey over there!" someone yelled. Ash and May looked toward the person yelling. Gary had came into the stadium and was walking toward them. "You
two going to be getting married or something?"
Ash looked away from him and May. He tried as hard as possible to keep from crying.
"What's up with him?" Gary whispered. May looked at Ash. The idea hit her.
"Oh my! How could I have been so stupid!" May said. Gary looked at her.
"Huh?" he asked.
"Why would Ash have this engagement ring with him?" May asked. She gasped. It suddenly all fit together. What pikachu had been trying to say formed into a whole sentence. 'Ask you to m-' changed to 'Ask you to marry him?'
"If you have figured it out, then go tell him!" Gary said. May looked at him.
May hugged Ash tightly. He winced. "Ash, I-I'll marry you," she said.
Ash looked at her. He had a very surprised look. "R-re-real- really?" he asked.
"Yes," May said.
"Um, I know this might not be the perfect time to interrupt, but shouldn't we start the battle?" Gary asked, knowing it was now straightened out.
"Oh, um, alright," Ash said. Gary ran across the field to get to his trainer box. They climbed up into their separate ones. May hurried to get up next to him.
The league had set up the audio system and was testing it to make sure it wouldn't go out. Ash wasn't surprised to just faintly hear the battle being announced in town.
The battle started when the announcer said "Let the battle begin!"
It was very exciting, and Gary got close to beating Ash at the end. He sent out pikachu as a final pokemon and beat Gary finally.
Whoever was the announcer was screaming the results. "Ash," May said, "your pokemon master!"
"Yeah, after all this time." Ash said, thinking about how fate seemed to be on his side, "Let's get out of here."
- 1 -
Ash looked at each of his pokemon, all of them in line. He returned them to their separate poke balls. Pikachu stayed out.
May stood behind him. Ash looked at her. "I still can't believe I'm in the league again." he said.
"Well start believing it," May said. Ash looked depressed. "What's the matter?"
"Well, I'm battling Gary and he's always beat me at everything I ever tried," Ash said, "and...I feel like he's just gonna beat me again."
"Ash, he isn't going to beat you.he can't, there is no way possible for that to happen," May said, "And I'm his SITSTER, and saying this!" Ash frowned.
"How?" he asked.
"You have one thing that he doesn't: trust. You trust your pokemon to try their hardest and if they don't win, you still trust them. Thus, they actually TRY. Gary doesn't, so..." May said.
"Pikapi, Pikachu!" Pikachu squeaked. Ash looked at Pikachu. He nodded.
"Good luck, Ash," May said, guessing at what pikachu had said.
"Yeah," he said. Ash looked at the field. The stands were already getting filled, a few people wondering in at last minute.
"Now what?" she asked.
"I ain't going up there!" Ash said.
"WHAT!? ARE YOU CRAZY!?" May yelled.
"As I was saying before you started yelling at me, I'm not going up there without you. I'm not going to battle and no one can make me," Ash said.
"Has your memory gone down the drain already? I can't be going on the field during a battle! They won't allow it!" May said.
"They have to allow it. They can't have a battle without both the trainers," Ash said, grinning.
"They can cancel the battle if you refuse," May said.
"Not a chance of that." he said, "They said that no matter what this battle is not getting canceled."
"But-" May started. Ash grabbed her wrist and ran across the field over to the trainer's box. The referee hurtled over.
"You should know the rules of the league, Mr. Ketchum!" he barked. Ash looked at him.
"I do know the rules and well." Ash said, "But the fact is that this battle ain't starting until she's with me."
"She isn't allowed to be in a battle with you!" the referee hissed, "Unless there is a good reason for it!"
"There is. We're.we're..." Ash frowned. What was he to say?
"Engaged!" May said quickly. Ash looked at the referee. He was deep in thought.
"If that is the matter, she should have an engagement ring then," the
referee said. May bit her lip. Ash turned and looked at her.
"Pikachu, distract him a minute," Ash said. Pikachu ran to the referee and did a dance.
"What now?" May asked. Ash looked around.
"Here." He said. Ash handed her a small box. "Please don't ask why."
May opened it up and looked inside it. A diamond ring was inside. She looked at it.
"Well?!" the referee said.
"May, put that ring on." Ash hissed, "Hurry!"
"Oh, ok, Ashy," she said. Ash turned bright red.
"Stop embarrassing me!" he said. May giggled and hit him softly on the head. Ash looked at her. "You just love to torture me, don't you?"
"Yep, I do love to torture you," she giggled. She slid the ring out of the box and put it on. May shut the box and put it in his pocket. At that, Ash turned an even brighter red.
"You don't know when to quit embarrassing me, do you?" Ash asked. May shook her head. "Sorry, I don't," she said.
"Come on, hurry up," the referee snapped impatiently. They looked at him.
May showed him the ring. The referee grumbled. "Fine!" he yelled.
He walked off to the side of the stadium field. May was about to take the ring off, when Ash put a hand over her's.
May looked at him with narrowed eyes. "You're up to something, Ash."
"Yep, but don't start getting huffy until you actually figure out what."
"Like how?"
"Like by taking a closer look at this box." Ash had taken it out again. May looked at it. A small tab was sticking out of the cushion.
She pulled it out. The small black lettering on it said what kind of ring it was- engagement. "Ash, why did you get this?" she asked.
He looked at May, smiling. The people that were already waiting for the battle were engrossed in conversation with each other, ignoring the two that were in the field.
Pikachu hopped on May's head, scaring her half to death. "Pikaachuu."
"Huh?" she asked.
"Did he?" asked Pikachu.
"Did he what?" May asked.
"Did he ask you yet?" Pikachu said. Ash froze.
"Ask what?" May asked, confused.
"Ask you to m-" Pikachu squeaked. Ash put a hand over its mouth.
"Shut up!" he hissed, glaring at the creature.
"What was pikachu going to say?" May asked.
"Er, nothing," he said.
"Pikachu tried to say something, but you won't let it."
"Pikachu isn't supposed to tell you."
"You could've just said that, but I still want to know what it was going to say. You promised not to keep secrets from me."
Ash looked at May, regretting the promise immediately. "Pikachu was going to.I wanted to ask." He heaved a deep sigh. "Never mind."
"No, I will not 'never mind.'" she said. "What was pikachu going to say?"
"Why? Why is it when I try my hardest to just say it, all my determination seems to fade faster then Ponyta can run?" Ash asked Pikachu.
"Pikachu," it said in sympathy.
"Would you mind me asking what you are talking about?" May asked.
"." Ash didn't answer her. He turned and looked around. It was eerie how silent it was, the whispers of the crowd muted. "ASH!"
"Hey over there!" someone yelled. Ash and May looked toward the person yelling. Gary had came into the stadium and was walking toward them. "You
two going to be getting married or something?"
Ash looked away from him and May. He tried as hard as possible to keep from crying.
"What's up with him?" Gary whispered. May looked at Ash. The idea hit her.
"Oh my! How could I have been so stupid!" May said. Gary looked at her.
"Huh?" he asked.
"Why would Ash have this engagement ring with him?" May asked. She gasped. It suddenly all fit together. What pikachu had been trying to say formed into a whole sentence. 'Ask you to m-' changed to 'Ask you to marry him?'
"If you have figured it out, then go tell him!" Gary said. May looked at him.
May hugged Ash tightly. He winced. "Ash, I-I'll marry you," she said.
Ash looked at her. He had a very surprised look. "R-re-real- really?" he asked.
"Yes," May said.
"Um, I know this might not be the perfect time to interrupt, but shouldn't we start the battle?" Gary asked, knowing it was now straightened out.
"Oh, um, alright," Ash said. Gary ran across the field to get to his trainer box. They climbed up into their separate ones. May hurried to get up next to him.
The league had set up the audio system and was testing it to make sure it wouldn't go out. Ash wasn't surprised to just faintly hear the battle being announced in town.
The battle started when the announcer said "Let the battle begin!"
It was very exciting, and Gary got close to beating Ash at the end. He sent out pikachu as a final pokemon and beat Gary finally.
Whoever was the announcer was screaming the results. "Ash," May said, "your pokemon master!"
"Yeah, after all this time." Ash said, thinking about how fate seemed to be on his side, "Let's get out of here."