Ages: 18-Ash, 18-May

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Ash put his arm around May, one hand on the steering wheel. May noticed that they weren't in Pallet Town. "Uh, where are we going?" she asked.

"To Cerulean City," Ash said.

"Why?" May asked.

"May, I told you yesterday about it." Ash said, "Don't tell me that you forgot."

"I guess I did," May said. Ash shook his head. May looked through the window. They were driving by Viridian Forest.

It was 10:00 p.m. by the time they were in Cerulean. Ash pulled into the parking lot of a huge building. He climbed out and went around the front of the car. May unlocked the door and was about to open it, when Ash did. She climbed out so he could lock it. Houndoom jumped out before the door was shut.

May picked up Houndoom and followed Ash inside. He rapped his knuckles against the top of the counter, waiting. A man walked over from behind the

counter. "Hello, may I help you?" he asked.

"Yes, I made a reservation for a room for two for this week.but if you want, count it three with Houndoom." Ash said. The man looked through the computer.

"What's you last name?" he asked.

"Ketchum," Ash said.

"Hmm, yes, right here." he said. The man grabbed a pair of keys from under the counter and tossed them to Ash.

"Thanks," Ash said. He nodded. Ash turned to look at May. "Let's go."

"Ok," May said. She looked at the chandelier, before going after Ash. He stood in the doorway leading down a hallway. Ash turned and walked to a door on the left side.

May watched him slide the key in the lock and open the door. She looked inside the room. Ash walked past her, into it. She followed and shut the door.

"This is nice!" May said. She put down Houndoom, who scampered over to the couch.

May hugged Ash. He smiled. They stood there a minute before anyone said anything. "May, we're gonna be here for a week, 'K?" Ash said.

"Ok," May said. She smiled. They went over to the couch and sat down. Houndoom jumped up onto the couch next to them.

May slipped her high heels off and slid her feet up onto the couch. Ash slid down a bit. "Lie down May," he said.

May lied back, her head on Ash's lap. He took the veil off her head.

Ash combed his fingers through May's hair. She looked at him. May took hold of his tie and pulled. He slouched over from the pull.

"What the-" Ash said. May pulled him all the way down and kissed him.

May let go of his tie. She started to sit up, knowing Ash's neck and back would start to hurt from being in that position sooner or later. Ash put his arms around her.

May giggled. Ash undid his tie and took it off. He slid the dark blue jacket off.

Ash lied down, May on top of him, her head on his shoulder. He kicked his shoes off. May kissed him again.

Pikachu hopped out of its poke ball. The moment it got out it regretted coming out. It watched the newly married couple. After a few seconds it yelled, "Get a room!"

Ash looked at the pokemon. "We already did," he said, smiling slightly.

Pikachu looked around the room. "::Sweatdrop:: Oops. Sorry, I'll leave you alone then." Pikachu said.

Pikachu and Houndoom left for the movie theatre. Ash and May looked at each other. They grinned and went at each other.

One of Ash's poke balls rolled off the table and Charizard popped out when it hit the floor. It stretched its neck and wings in stiffness. The fire lizard watched them.

"Um, are you two having fun making-out or not?" Charizard asked.

Ash groaned at the sight of the pokemon. "Is it just me, or is all my pokemon coming out to bug us for some reason?" he asked.

"No, it's not you," May said. Ash looked at Charizard.

"Charizard! Get in your poke ball!" he yelled. Charizard returned to the poke ball.

Ash looked at May again. She smiled. They went into a kiss. It took no time to get back to what they were doing.

It was half an hour by the time one of the little spheres wobbled, then in a flash of red light, a Chikorita came out. Chikorita sat on the floor. Unlike Pikachu or Charizard, it did the smart thing and stayed quiet.

Chikorita said to it's self, "If I stay quiet like this, maybe they won't notice me. "

Chikorita held its breath, not wanting to make a sound. When it had to take in some new air, it exhaled too loudly. Ash and May looked over at Chikorita.

"You two, uh, look very cute when your, um, hugging and kissing and uh, stuff." Chikorita said quietly.

"What do we have to do to get some privacy around here? Put locks on the poke balls to keep them from coming out?" Ash groaned. May looked at him. She laughed.

"When you have pokemon, the word 'privacy' isn't even a word!" she said.

Chikorita sat down, waiting for one of them to say something to her. Just to get their attention, it started yelling. They looked at her. "What?" Ash asked.

"I want to talk. Yesterday, I saw another Chiko-" it started.

"GET IN YOU POKE BALL!" both Ash and May said. Chikorita did as instructed before they got mad.

Ash looked at May. "I've got an idea." he said, "Why don't we go into the bedroom so they don't bother us if they pop out again."

May nodded. She got up and stood up next the couch. Ash got up next to her. They ran into the bedroom and slammed the door shut.

They got onto the bed. May giggled again. She hugged and kissed Ash. He laid back like before. That time no pokemon was going to stop them.

A few hours later, Pikachu and Houndoom came back from the movies. Pikachu carried the bag of popcorn. "I wonder where Ash and May went." Pikachu said.

"They're right th-" Houndoom started. Pikachu shook its head.

"No they ain't!" it snapped, "help me get the others out." They got the pokemon out.

"What is it?" Beedrill yawned.

"We need all your help. We can't find Ash and May," Pikachu said. Charizard scratched its head.

"If I'm correct, I'd say they went in there," it said, pointing at the shut doors of the bedroom. Pikachu frowned.

"He wouldn't." Pikachu said.

"He would," Charizard said. All the pokemon agreed. Pikachu frowned.

"No, no he wouldn't," Pikachu said.

"Pikachu! Get your head out of the past and into the present! Ash isn't ten anymore! He a grown adult now! He's not going to think about pokemon 24/7!" Penny said. May's pikachu, Penny, had an annoyed look.

"He still wouldn't," Pikachu said softly

"Pikachu, listen to me! He is a 18-year-old! Stop thinking of him as a 10- year-old! He isn't going to always be pokemon training! He's going to be doing different things from before!" Penny said. Pikachu shook its head.

"No, no he isn't," Pikachu said. Some of the pokemon shook their heads in sympathy. "Ash ain't like that."

"Pikachu, how do you think he has changed over the years from when he was 10 to now?" Penny asked.

"He has matured over the years. He's gotten better at pokemon training. Um, he's." Pikachu said.

"Pikachu, when Ash was ten, he wasn't interested in girls, it was when he was twelve to thirteen years old by the time he got to that. Right?" Penny asked.

"Yeah, I guess, um, his looks?" Pikachu said. All the pokemon sweat dropped.

"Er, that too, but that was not what I was talking about," Penny said.

"But he still wouldn't." Pikachu said. Penny turned beet red in anger.

"Pikachu, if you don't think so then go look for yourself and tell us what you see!" Penny barked, "You're just about as dense and stubborn as Ash is!" Pikachu bolted in fear. Penny stuck her tongue out.

"Fine, I'll do it," Pikachu said. It crept to the door and opened it just slightly. He crept inside. "A-ash?"

"Huh? Pikachu?" Ash popped his head up, out of the clutter that was once a very nicely made bed. Pikachu could see another head pop up, May this time. She looked at Ash, then at Pikachu, curious to what was wrong.

"Yeah, it's me," Pikachu muttered.

"What do you need, Pikachu?"

"Can you tell me something?" Pikachu asked. Ash smiled.

"If I can, I will," he said. Pikachu explained about everything. Ash suddenly frowned.

"Pikachu," he said, "that is one thing you should be able to figure out yourself."

"How?" Pikachu asked.

"Think about these past years." Pikachu thought a minute. It smiled.

"Is that why you two almost always wanted to be by yourselves?" Pikachu asked.

"May, I think you can answer that," Ash said. May looked at him.

"Well, sorta Pikachu," she said.

"Thanks," Pikachu said. Pikachu turned around to leave, but then looked at them. It laughed at the way Ash and May were in total disarray. It went back to the other pokemon.

"Well?" Penny demanded. Pikachu looked at the other electric mouse.

"I understand now." Pikachu said.

"Let's get some rest," Raichu said. Penny smirked.

"That's the smartest thing you've said in five years," she said. Raichu grumbled.

"Good idea," Pikachu said. It got inside its poke ball.