NA: Umm, it's my first Pokemon fanfic... well, after many failed attempts. Anyway, for those of you who hate AAMAYL or advanceshipping or just pairings with Ash and May or pairings like other people than Misty being loved by Ash or something like that, yeah, those kinds... Don't read it. If you don't like it and flame me, then hey, whatever, I'm not forcing you to read it.

With that said, I get to be the author here and say:

Pokemon(tm) is not. mine. Why would I be writing a fanfic of my own fiction? Doesn't make sense. Anyway enjoy pweesh

PS: I'll respond to reviewers who review. Oh and I wrote the entire story already so I'll update really quick. Likea chapter every 5 reviews or something.

Pokemon

Advanced Challenge

The Side-Adventures

Side-Trip One

(But Probably Should Be Later):

Sableye You're Sorry

It was another beautiful day and Ash and Co. stopped on a pair of unnamed isles on their way to Mossdeep City. Since the islands teemed with psychic pokemon, Ash was excited to go looking for new Hoenn pokemon.

"Hey guys, I'm gonna go look for some dark pokemon in the forest… or maybe even some ghost types!" Ash said excitedly, bouncing on his toes.

"Okay, but make sure you're back by dinner. Don't get lost," Brock said, tanning on the beach while Max was fishing for water pokemon by the shore. He was equipped with all sorts of scientific gadgets specifically made for catching, identifying, and tagging pokemon.

"I wanna go too! I need a psychic type to learn an attack for the next contest," May replied, getting on shorts over her bathing suit and clipping her fanny pack on.

"But May, aren't you a afraid of ghost types and getting lost and stuff?" Ash asked.

"Don't get LOST," Brock repeated, sliding his sunglasses down to make eye contact with Ash.

"We won't if I'm with him. Cuz ya know, only girls can get that kind of stuff right," May said, sending Ash a challenging look.

"What's that supposed to mean? You better stay here and make dinner, that's your job ya know," Ash said equally as challenging, walking off.

"Hey! You sexist!" May cried, running after him.

They walked and fought for about an hour until the woods began to darken and thicken.

"You afraid yet, May? Jeeze it feels like it's night already," Ash said, glancing at his watch.

"Only afraid because I'm with a loser who thinks it's night when it's only one in the afternoon!" May shot at him, smiling.

"A loser?" Ash laughed. "Me? Just look in the mirror!" May glared at him then stopped midstep.

"Do we have to go farther? Seriously Ash, I can see eyes in the trees!" she said, her face draining in color.

"Then that means there are pokemon! I need a dark pokemon to defeat Mossdeep's gym leader! She has psychic types," He said unfazed by the trees.

"Is that a Duskull? No! I hate those!" May said, ignoring Ash's blabbing on about how dark pokemon are good against psychic types.

"Duskull! Oh," Ash said disappointedly, "it's a ghost type. I need a dark!" Suddenly May gasped and clutched Ash's arm so tightly he flinched and dropped his pokedex which broke upon impact. She let go and immediately apologized.

"Um, I just felt really weird… I didn't mean to" but she was interrupted again and continued in a malicious voice, "grab you so lightly. You're tough enough for pain, let me demonstrate." May gasped and jumped back onto the ground.

"Uh… May? That was our only pokedex! What in the world's got in to you?" Ash yelled, helping her get up.

"I don't know! I wish I could," but her eyes turned green in mid-speech and she continued in that same malicious voice, "murder you in your sleep."

"WHA?" Ash screamed, totally confused, stepping backward. "Okay this is really weird," he said as Pikachu's eyes bulged, hiding in his backpack. May finally shook the voice off again, hunched over and started bawling.

"May! What's going on?" Ash asked sympathetically. Again she stared at him menacingly without words. She rose and faced him, then could see through the wall of an old mining cave where a few boxes of dynamite lay.

"Hey Ash, I bet you couldn't get your rat to," May began, then blinked, shook her head, and cried, "NO! Don't listen, it's a," then continued, "shock a hole through that wall," pointing at it challengingly.

"May, this is pointless! I have to catch a dark pokemon. Come on, May… May!" Ash said, turning and watching her form a dark, floating ball in her hand. She aimed and shot him in the chest with it, sending him flying against the wall. Then, the dynamite set off.

NA: Uh oh. Cliffieeeeeeeee!

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