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Ch. 2. The AMAZING day before the journey
"I don't believe this," said May. She and Ash had just been notified that they were going to
travel together through the Hoenn region, and were then rudely removed from the lab by Professor
Birch. "I have to travel with some big-shot Pokemon Master."
"At least you don't have to travel with a rookie," Ash retorted. "Besides, you should be honored
to get the chance to travel with a great trainer like me. If you watch closely, you just might learn
something."
"You're only a Pokemon Master because you've had 4 years to train!" she shot back. "If I had
that much time, I could have taken you easily back at the lab!"
"Dream on, kid," Ash said, lying back on the grass. "Why didn't you start your journey 4 years
ago, anyway?"
May turned away. "Why should I tell you?"
Ash sighed. Damn, she's annoying, he thought. "You don't have to," he said. "It's just a
question."
She sat down next to him, looking up at the sky. "Here in Hoenn, you can't start your journey
until you are 14. The Pokemon are much more dangerous."
He looked up at her. "So you turned 14 today?"
She shook her head. "I turned 14 a few months ago."
"So why didn't you start then?" Ash was getting irritated. She could have left a few months ago,
and I never would have been stuck with her, he thought.
She looked down at the ground. "My father died on my 14th birthday" she said softly.
Ash was a little stunned. "Wow...uh, I mean...sorry."
May sniffed. "I was so shocked, I couldn't even look at a Pokemon for many months." She
looked at Ash with her light blue eyes. "My dad always wanted to be a great Pokemon Master, so I
decided to do it for him."
"So you're doing this for your dad?"
May nodded. "That, and the fact that I wanted to be a master ever since I could read". She stood
up. "Let's just get to the Pokemon Centre for some rest" she said, walking away.
Ash watched her sadly. How did her father die, he wondered. Maybe I should ask her. "Hey
May, how did-AAAAHHHH!!" He was interrupted by Pikachu shocking him with 10000 volts of
electricity. Ash looked up, confused and charred.
"Chu" Pikachu said, shaking its tiny little head.
Ash was about to argue, but when he looked over at May, he understood what Pikachu said. She
probably hated him by the way their first two conversations had gone. It was strange enough that she
had told him about something as personal as her father's death, and the memory of that probably made
her sad enough today. Ash looked back at Pikachu and nodded, then got up and ran after May as fast as he could, realizing something.
"May, wait! I don't know where the Pokemon Centre is!"
After a while of walking, Ash noticed the big building he mistook for the registry centre earlier.
At a closer look, he noticed the Pokemon Centre sign on the side. Through the window, he saw May
talking to Nurse Joy, the very one who told him that this was not the place to sign up. He was about to
walk in, when he heard a strange noise, like thunder, heading towards him. He turned around and saw a
whirlwind of dust on the horizon. At a closer look, he realized what it was, and his eyes widened in fear.
Even Pikachu became scared.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" Ash screamed, and tried to run, but it was too
late. The whirlwind got him.
A few long minutes later
"Thanks for waiting" Ash said sarcastically, walking through the door of the Pokemon Centre
covered in scratches and pen ink.
"What happened to you?" May asked, looking at him strangely.
"I found out that this town throws autographs out every night and gets new ones the next day" he
answered, wiping ink off his face.
May smiled. "It wasn't my fault. Why didn't you follow me?"
Ash sighed. "I was thinking of something, and then when I looked up, you were gone!"
She shrugged. "Oh well, it doesn't matter now. I've already booked a room for us, so let's go."
Ash frowned. "You're staying here too? Why don't you go to your house to rest? It would be a
lot comfier there."
"I could, but during the journey, we'll be staying in a Pokemon Centre a lot, so I thought that I
should stay here too so I could see what it feels like. You know, its like getting used to it for the future"
May said, explaining it as if she was talking to a toddler who had asked where babies come from.
Ash smiled slightly. "You've thought about this a lot, haven't you?"
She nodded, sighing happily. "This was going to be the perfect adventure. Me, with my faithful
Pokemon at my side, ready to take on the world. It was going to be the experience of a lifetime" She
smiled, and turned to face him. "But somehow, I got stuck with you."
Ash's smile turned into a frown. "Yeah, I'm happy to be traveling with you, too" he said, rolling
his eyes.
She giggled. "Whatever. I'm tired. Let's get to our room" She started up the stairs, but stopped
when she noticed Ash was still downstairs, standing in front of the Pokemon Exchanging Machine (I
don't know what it's called.) "What are you doing, Ash?" she asked him.
He looked up at her. "Leaving all my Pokemon at Professor Oaks' lab."
"Why?"
Ash smiled. "It wouldn't be fair if I used my championship winning Pokemon against rookie
trainers like you, would it? Besides, this is like a test of my skill. I want to see how well I can do with the new Pokemon I catch"
She nodded. "I see. Well, I'll be waiting in the room."
A few minutes later, when Ash entered the room, he saw May playing with a strange red
chicken.
"Oh Ash, isn't Torchic adorable?" May said, laughing. "C'mon Torchic, say hi to Ash!"
Ash shrugged. "Whatever. Hi, Torchic" he said, holding out his hand to the bird. Torchic sniffed
it, then bit his finger, hard.
"OW!" Ash yelled, pulling his hand away quickly. "What the hell?"
May fell on the floor laughing. "Good boy, Torchic!"
"Stupid bird" Ash muttered, lying down on the bed.
Torchic walked up to Ash again, then nuzzled its head against Ash's head.
"Aww, that's so cute! Torchic is saying it's sorry!" May squealed.
Ash shrugged, as Torchic hopped back into May's arms. "Wonder what Treeko looks like" he
said, pulling out the Pokeball containing the grass Pokemon.
He tossed the ball on the ground, and out popped a green lizard (Sorry I'm not good at describing
things). It looked around, then walked over to Ash.
"See, Torchic," said May "The Treeko and the Pikachu are the mean boy's Pokemon (Ash:
Mean! What did I do?). His name is Ash. You are my Pokemon. My name is May."
Meanwhile, Ash was also doing introductions. "Hey Treeko. I'm Ash, that's Pikachu, the
annoying girl over there is May, and that red bird is your first target."
"EEEEK! Ash, no!" May screamed, crushing Torchic in her arms. "Don't hurt my baby!"
"I don't have to. You're doing that already" Ash said, as May looked down, noticed she was
choking her Pokemon, and quickly let him go.
He smiled. "Return, Treeko" Ash said, as May did the same for Torchic
May yawned. "Well, I'm going to bed" she announced, then looked at Ash
Ash noticed her staring. "What?" he asked.
"You're in my bed" May said, annoyed.
"Your bed? I was here first" Ash said, also annoyed.
"Well, I tested them both before you came up, and I chose that bed" May huffed, pointing to the
bed currently occupied by Ash.
Ash sighed. "It doesn't matter, May. Just sleep on the other bed."
"But this bed is comfier. If you think both of them are the same, why can't you move?" May
asked.
"Because I'm too tired. Being mauled by vicious fans takes a lot out of you."
"Fine!" May lay down on the other bed very angrily, pulled the covers on top of her, and turned
away from Ash. A few moments later, she turned back to him.
"I just want you to know that you've made me very angry and uncomfortable!" she said, trying
to look as menacing as possible.
He shrugged again. "Doesn't take much to do that, does it?" he said, smirking, then immediately
regretted it as he was whacked in the head by something really hard.
"Ow" he said, dizzy from the pain.
May smiled. "That is my mallet. Mess with me, and you'll have to answer to it."
"Mallet?"
FLASHBACK:
"Ash Ketchum, you idiot! You got us lost again!"
"Misty, wait, it wasn't my-"
WHAM!!!
END FLASHBACK:
"Mallet..."
May noticed Ash staring at her strangely. "What?"
"Nothing" Ash said quickly, shaking his head. "You just remind me of someone"
"Who?" May asked
Ash smiled. "An old friend" he said nostalgically.
She shrugged. "I'm sleepy. Goodnight" With that, she pulled the blankets over her and closed
her eyes.
"Night" Ash said, also closing his eyes. There was silence for a little while. Then...
"May?"
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"I guess. What?"
"Why does everybody in this town like me so much? It's scary. I have my own fan club back in
Kanto, and they don't like me half as much as people here. I've almost been killed twice by people
asking for autographs. What did I do that makes me so special here?"
May smiled slightly. "Have you noticed that most people here are only a few years younger than
you or I?"
"Yeah. So?"
"So everyone here dreams of being like you when they are 14. And all the things they believe in;
hard work, determination, and all that stuff, have been shown by you at some point."
Ash still didn't get it. "But what about your champion, Brendan Birch?" He's young, isn't he?"
"Yeah, he is. But no one here ever really liked him. Including me, and I was his girlfriend"
"His girlfriend?"
She nodded.
"You must be pretty proud of him, then."
She shook her head. "Actually, I dumped the annoying bastard a few days before he became
champion." She smiled at the memory.
Ash was silent. "Oh"
May smiled again. "Not what you expected, huh?"
He nodded. "Not at all" Then he yawned. "Well, goodnight May"
"Goodnight...Ash"
END OF CHAPTER 2:
How was it? I actually thought it was kind of boring, but it gets better next chapter, I promise!
Oh, and there is NO Max in this fic.
Poopsie Moopsie out!
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, and I never will.
Ch. 2. The AMAZING day before the journey
"I don't believe this," said May. She and Ash had just been notified that they were going to
travel together through the Hoenn region, and were then rudely removed from the lab by Professor
Birch. "I have to travel with some big-shot Pokemon Master."
"At least you don't have to travel with a rookie," Ash retorted. "Besides, you should be honored
to get the chance to travel with a great trainer like me. If you watch closely, you just might learn
something."
"You're only a Pokemon Master because you've had 4 years to train!" she shot back. "If I had
that much time, I could have taken you easily back at the lab!"
"Dream on, kid," Ash said, lying back on the grass. "Why didn't you start your journey 4 years
ago, anyway?"
May turned away. "Why should I tell you?"
Ash sighed. Damn, she's annoying, he thought. "You don't have to," he said. "It's just a
question."
She sat down next to him, looking up at the sky. "Here in Hoenn, you can't start your journey
until you are 14. The Pokemon are much more dangerous."
He looked up at her. "So you turned 14 today?"
She shook her head. "I turned 14 a few months ago."
"So why didn't you start then?" Ash was getting irritated. She could have left a few months ago,
and I never would have been stuck with her, he thought.
She looked down at the ground. "My father died on my 14th birthday" she said softly.
Ash was a little stunned. "Wow...uh, I mean...sorry."
May sniffed. "I was so shocked, I couldn't even look at a Pokemon for many months." She
looked at Ash with her light blue eyes. "My dad always wanted to be a great Pokemon Master, so I
decided to do it for him."
"So you're doing this for your dad?"
May nodded. "That, and the fact that I wanted to be a master ever since I could read". She stood
up. "Let's just get to the Pokemon Centre for some rest" she said, walking away.
Ash watched her sadly. How did her father die, he wondered. Maybe I should ask her. "Hey
May, how did-AAAAHHHH!!" He was interrupted by Pikachu shocking him with 10000 volts of
electricity. Ash looked up, confused and charred.
"Chu" Pikachu said, shaking its tiny little head.
Ash was about to argue, but when he looked over at May, he understood what Pikachu said. She
probably hated him by the way their first two conversations had gone. It was strange enough that she
had told him about something as personal as her father's death, and the memory of that probably made
her sad enough today. Ash looked back at Pikachu and nodded, then got up and ran after May as fast as he could, realizing something.
"May, wait! I don't know where the Pokemon Centre is!"
After a while of walking, Ash noticed the big building he mistook for the registry centre earlier.
At a closer look, he noticed the Pokemon Centre sign on the side. Through the window, he saw May
talking to Nurse Joy, the very one who told him that this was not the place to sign up. He was about to
walk in, when he heard a strange noise, like thunder, heading towards him. He turned around and saw a
whirlwind of dust on the horizon. At a closer look, he realized what it was, and his eyes widened in fear.
Even Pikachu became scared.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" Ash screamed, and tried to run, but it was too
late. The whirlwind got him.
A few long minutes later
"Thanks for waiting" Ash said sarcastically, walking through the door of the Pokemon Centre
covered in scratches and pen ink.
"What happened to you?" May asked, looking at him strangely.
"I found out that this town throws autographs out every night and gets new ones the next day" he
answered, wiping ink off his face.
May smiled. "It wasn't my fault. Why didn't you follow me?"
Ash sighed. "I was thinking of something, and then when I looked up, you were gone!"
She shrugged. "Oh well, it doesn't matter now. I've already booked a room for us, so let's go."
Ash frowned. "You're staying here too? Why don't you go to your house to rest? It would be a
lot comfier there."
"I could, but during the journey, we'll be staying in a Pokemon Centre a lot, so I thought that I
should stay here too so I could see what it feels like. You know, its like getting used to it for the future"
May said, explaining it as if she was talking to a toddler who had asked where babies come from.
Ash smiled slightly. "You've thought about this a lot, haven't you?"
She nodded, sighing happily. "This was going to be the perfect adventure. Me, with my faithful
Pokemon at my side, ready to take on the world. It was going to be the experience of a lifetime" She
smiled, and turned to face him. "But somehow, I got stuck with you."
Ash's smile turned into a frown. "Yeah, I'm happy to be traveling with you, too" he said, rolling
his eyes.
She giggled. "Whatever. I'm tired. Let's get to our room" She started up the stairs, but stopped
when she noticed Ash was still downstairs, standing in front of the Pokemon Exchanging Machine (I
don't know what it's called.) "What are you doing, Ash?" she asked him.
He looked up at her. "Leaving all my Pokemon at Professor Oaks' lab."
"Why?"
Ash smiled. "It wouldn't be fair if I used my championship winning Pokemon against rookie
trainers like you, would it? Besides, this is like a test of my skill. I want to see how well I can do with the new Pokemon I catch"
She nodded. "I see. Well, I'll be waiting in the room."
A few minutes later, when Ash entered the room, he saw May playing with a strange red
chicken.
"Oh Ash, isn't Torchic adorable?" May said, laughing. "C'mon Torchic, say hi to Ash!"
Ash shrugged. "Whatever. Hi, Torchic" he said, holding out his hand to the bird. Torchic sniffed
it, then bit his finger, hard.
"OW!" Ash yelled, pulling his hand away quickly. "What the hell?"
May fell on the floor laughing. "Good boy, Torchic!"
"Stupid bird" Ash muttered, lying down on the bed.
Torchic walked up to Ash again, then nuzzled its head against Ash's head.
"Aww, that's so cute! Torchic is saying it's sorry!" May squealed.
Ash shrugged, as Torchic hopped back into May's arms. "Wonder what Treeko looks like" he
said, pulling out the Pokeball containing the grass Pokemon.
He tossed the ball on the ground, and out popped a green lizard (Sorry I'm not good at describing
things). It looked around, then walked over to Ash.
"See, Torchic," said May "The Treeko and the Pikachu are the mean boy's Pokemon (Ash:
Mean! What did I do?). His name is Ash. You are my Pokemon. My name is May."
Meanwhile, Ash was also doing introductions. "Hey Treeko. I'm Ash, that's Pikachu, the
annoying girl over there is May, and that red bird is your first target."
"EEEEK! Ash, no!" May screamed, crushing Torchic in her arms. "Don't hurt my baby!"
"I don't have to. You're doing that already" Ash said, as May looked down, noticed she was
choking her Pokemon, and quickly let him go.
He smiled. "Return, Treeko" Ash said, as May did the same for Torchic
May yawned. "Well, I'm going to bed" she announced, then looked at Ash
Ash noticed her staring. "What?" he asked.
"You're in my bed" May said, annoyed.
"Your bed? I was here first" Ash said, also annoyed.
"Well, I tested them both before you came up, and I chose that bed" May huffed, pointing to the
bed currently occupied by Ash.
Ash sighed. "It doesn't matter, May. Just sleep on the other bed."
"But this bed is comfier. If you think both of them are the same, why can't you move?" May
asked.
"Because I'm too tired. Being mauled by vicious fans takes a lot out of you."
"Fine!" May lay down on the other bed very angrily, pulled the covers on top of her, and turned
away from Ash. A few moments later, she turned back to him.
"I just want you to know that you've made me very angry and uncomfortable!" she said, trying
to look as menacing as possible.
He shrugged again. "Doesn't take much to do that, does it?" he said, smirking, then immediately
regretted it as he was whacked in the head by something really hard.
"Ow" he said, dizzy from the pain.
May smiled. "That is my mallet. Mess with me, and you'll have to answer to it."
"Mallet?"
FLASHBACK:
"Ash Ketchum, you idiot! You got us lost again!"
"Misty, wait, it wasn't my-"
WHAM!!!
END FLASHBACK:
"Mallet..."
May noticed Ash staring at her strangely. "What?"
"Nothing" Ash said quickly, shaking his head. "You just remind me of someone"
"Who?" May asked
Ash smiled. "An old friend" he said nostalgically.
She shrugged. "I'm sleepy. Goodnight" With that, she pulled the blankets over her and closed
her eyes.
"Night" Ash said, also closing his eyes. There was silence for a little while. Then...
"May?"
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"I guess. What?"
"Why does everybody in this town like me so much? It's scary. I have my own fan club back in
Kanto, and they don't like me half as much as people here. I've almost been killed twice by people
asking for autographs. What did I do that makes me so special here?"
May smiled slightly. "Have you noticed that most people here are only a few years younger than
you or I?"
"Yeah. So?"
"So everyone here dreams of being like you when they are 14. And all the things they believe in;
hard work, determination, and all that stuff, have been shown by you at some point."
Ash still didn't get it. "But what about your champion, Brendan Birch?" He's young, isn't he?"
"Yeah, he is. But no one here ever really liked him. Including me, and I was his girlfriend"
"His girlfriend?"
She nodded.
"You must be pretty proud of him, then."
She shook her head. "Actually, I dumped the annoying bastard a few days before he became
champion." She smiled at the memory.
Ash was silent. "Oh"
May smiled again. "Not what you expected, huh?"
He nodded. "Not at all" Then he yawned. "Well, goodnight May"
"Goodnight...Ash"
END OF CHAPTER 2:
How was it? I actually thought it was kind of boring, but it gets better next chapter, I promise!
Oh, and there is NO Max in this fic.
Poopsie Moopsie out!