"How much longer until we get to Cerulean City?" May asked excitedly. She was traveling there with her friends and was really excited for two reasons. One was that there was a contest being held there. Two was that she really wanted to see Ash's best friend Misty again.
"Stop whining May," her brother Max said.
"Hey, you were whining too you know." May told him.
"Oh yeah? When?" Max asked.
" At one point," May said. The others sweat dropped.
"Alright you guys, that's enough fighting for one day. Max, its true you were whining at one point because you are impatient to see Misty. May, we should be there in an hour," Brock said, serving as peacemaker.
"Why is there a contest in Cerulean City anyway?" Ash asked.
"Hello Ash! Get a clue! You know as well as I do that Cerulean City is the first Kanto Region city that has a contest hall," May said.
"You're starting to sound like Misty," Ash said.
"Is that a bad thing?" May asked.
"I don't know," Ash said. May ran ahead to catch up with the others.
"Have you noticed Ash has been totally clueless ever since we headed for Cerulean City?" May asked.
"Oh yeah." Max said.
" He turned down four battles. That's not like him at all. What do you thinks wrong?" May asked.
"Ash likes Misty," Brock said simply.
"Oh really? I would've never guessed," Max said. May sighed. She knew her brother had a small crush Misty, but he was too young for her anyway. He was handling it well. Brock and Max went on to talk about how Misty and Ash had feelings toward each other, but are either scared to admit it because the other one won't like them back, or don't realize they like each other that way in the first place, although everyone else knows.
The next day, May was pumped with energy. After the group had gotten lost and was attacked by Team Rocket, it had taken them until nightfall to reach Cerulean City. It was too late to visit Misty by then, so they stayed at the Pokemon center. Misty didn't know they were coming. It was a surprise, so it was okay that they didn't visit the gym. But Ash was really disappointed. Anyway, as I was saying, the next day, May was pumped with energy. She headed to the contest hall to sign up for the contest that would be held the next day. Well, actually she ran there. May had overslept. She had to sign up by 10:00, and it was already 9:57.
"I'd like to sign up for the contest please," she said panting when she got there. "You're just in time," said the lady at the front desk pleasantly. " Its 9:59, and 58 seconds." May sweat dropped.
"Well I see we're signing up at the last minute again, as usual. But then again you've always been an armature coordinator and won contests with pure luck," said an unpleasant voice behind her.
May turned around and saw her rival smirking at her and doing his famous hair flip.
Drew.