Ash and Misty walked on the pavement for some time and Dawn and Serena were following them to be protected by them defeating mass outbreak Pokemons before they encounter them. Ash and Misty then ran along the pavement while looking at Firespit City which had skyscrapers lining the roads and a clear blue sky. Ash and Misty soon left the city.

"We have five plates which is amazing." Ash said and Misty nodded.

"You are a very strong trainer and you can collect the other five plates." Misty said and Ash nodded.

"So where would be going next?" Ash asked as he was curious as to where the next place to challenge a Pokemon for getting his fifth plate would be and since Misty was the one who decided that the two would go on a journey.

"We would go to Firespit City." Misty said and Ash nodded. Misty wanted to go to Firespit City which would be in Cobalt Coastlands by leaving Firespit City in Cobalt Coastlands for the both of them going on a journey to Firespit City.

"I am interested to travel to Firespit City." Ash smiled and said and Misty smiled as Ash seemed to get back his passion for travelling.

Ash and Misty walked and then reached the sea and then saw a ship which was there. Ash and Misty then went to the ship and then Ash and Misty boarded the ship and then Ash paid money and Ash and Misty got two tickets.

The ship soon started and then Ash and Misty walked in the ship and then Ash and Misty then reached a swimming pool. Ash and Misty then went to the swimming pool and Ash and Misty sat watching the swimming pool and the sea.

Ash and Misty saw Dawn and Serena approach the swimming pool and then Dawn and Serena sat near Ash and Misty.

Ash and Misty soon reached Firespit City and saw many monuments to the heroes of Pearl Clan. Ash and Misty saw a large monument to Palina and saw an old man say to young childern "Palina was a hero of Pearl Clan who saved us. Take inspiration from Palina and be good to others." and the children nodded on hearing that.

Ash and Misty ran on the pavements for sometime and were looking at Firespit City which had nice looking skyscrapers with a bright blue sky. Ash and Misty soon saw the sign to reach Firespit Arena saying "Arcanine can be battled in Firespit Arena to get the Flame Plate."

Ash and Misty soon ran on the pavement and then reached a circular road and then crossed the road to reach Brava Arena park. Ash and Misty soon ran in the park and then Ash said "I want to challenge Arcanine!" and soon Arcanine appeared to them.

"I would see Ash and Misty and you go and introduce Hisui to performing." Dawn said and then Serena left. Dawn was looking at Ash and Misty to follow Ash and Misty. Oshawott jumped from Ash's shoulder and then Ash said "Oshawott, I choose you!" and then Oshawott shouted "Osha!" before taking a battle pose.

'Ash is so overconfident to think Oshawott can defeat Arcanine!' Dawn thought.

"Razor Shell and Aqua Jet"

Oshawott uses a combination of Razor Shell and Aqua Jet, in which the Razor Shell acts as a lance that causes more damage as Aqua Jet hits its mark. Arcanine soon dodged from the attack and then Arcanine used Raging Fury in which the user rampages and spews vicious flames to inflict damage on the target, then becomes fixated on using this move. Oshawott then raced and then hit Arcanine with Razor Shell and Aqua Jet and was going to be hit by Raging Fury but dodged the move to hit the head of Arcanine.

"Oshawott, land on top of Arcanine!"

'He thinks an unevolved Pokemon can defeat Arcanine!' Dawn thought.

Oshawott then again tried to hit Arcanine but Arcanine continued dodging. Oshawott used the Aqua Jet to remain above the ground and continued trying to hit Arcanine. Arcanine then jumped to hit Oshawott with Raging Fury in which the user rampages and spews vicious flames to inflict damage on the target and then Oshawott dodged the attack and then hit Arcanine with Razor Shell and Aqua jet on the head and Oshawott then held on to Arcanine's head while Arcanine was trying to shake Oshawott away from its body.

"Push Arcanine to be above the ground and Keep Arcanine above the ground."

Oshawott then used Aqua Jet to propel itself and Arcanine to be above the ground and the Aqua Jet was recoiling and striking Arcanine causing Arcanine to lose a lot of health. Arcanine was then taken around the field by Oshawott and Arcanine was trying to cut the flow of water but to no avail as the recoil of Aqua Jet water was continuing to strike Arcanine causing Arcanine to continuously lose health. Arcanine soon lost a lot of health and then fainted.

'Ash is now even more confident.' Dawn thought.

"Ash, you defeated Arcanine! Now, you can get the Flame Plate." Misty said and Ash walked to reach the trunk of the giant tree. Ash then took the Flame Plate and Arcanine then got up and then nodded at Ash taking the Flame Plate. Ash and Misty then left the arena and Dawn called Serena.

"Serena, come soon! Ash and Misty would leave soon." Dawn said and cut the call. Ash and Misty walked and Dawn followed them and then soon Serena came and then followed Ash and Misty along with Dawn. Ash and Misty looked back and saw Dawn and Serena following them and then continued to walk.

"We would go to Coronet Highlands next." Misty said.

"You are the one who is guiding me so I agree." Ash said.

"We would go to Alabaster Icelands as I found a female Hisuian guide to help us travel there." Serena said.

"That is great! We could now leave pathetic Ash and Misty." Dawn smiled and said.

Dawn and Serena then decided to stop following Ash and turned right and crossed the road and then walked down straight. Ash and Misty walked and then saw a man with many Sneaslers. Misty paid some money to the man and then Ash and Misty embarked on Sneaslers who then walked down the road and then reached the mountain. Sneasler then climbed the mountain which was very tall and Ash and Misty rested as Sneaslers carried them. Ash then called May and May picked up the phone.

"May, I am Ash and I have travelled with you in Hoenn and Kanto and over time, I saw your good qualities. You are a good person who cares about others and so I also care a lot about you and hope good for you. You may think that I love Dawn or Serena not in a proper way but I no longer love them like that. The truth is I love you a lot and I love you in a romantic way and I will be a good partner to you. I will care a lot for you and I will help you in whatever ways I can. I hope that you will take the right decision and choose me as your partner." Ash said his heartfelt feelings to May.

"Ash, I am sorry to say but I already have a partner who is Drew and I love him a lot. I cannot leave him for you." May said and Ash was shocked.

"Why are you with Drew? Drew would not take good care of you and I have always cared for you. Why would you stay with Drew and not come to be my partner. Drew is a bad person as he had treated you not nicely before and still you decided to be his partner!" Ash exclaimed.

"You know, they say good girls like bad boys. Ash, you behave nicely to me, Dawn, and Serena but I feel like you are a Nice Guy which means you do things for me, Dawn, or Serena to be your partner. We recognise what you want finally from us and we are interested in our creers and Drew helps me in my career." May said.

"I have helped you a lot and have behaved nicely with you and I expected nothing from you while Drew behaved badly with you and you still chose Drew and you agree with what Dawn and Serena said when I just wanted to be their partner before." Ash said as he was sad at May's response.

"Then you expect nothing from me and I will not be your partner. You were interested in a bad way with Dawn and Serena and they are good girls and I hope they also get a bad boy to be their partner like how I got a bad boy to be my partner. Bad boys behave well with girlfriends and do not behave like Nice guys who expect bad things if they behave nicely to a girl." May said sternly to Ash.

"I am shocked by your claim that good girls like bad boys and they think badly of nice guys. What happens in your relationship is your responsibility and I gave you a choice and you refused me. You will have to live with the consequences of your decisions as I am not responsible for any ill treatment that you get from Drew." Ash said seriously.

"I get that I am responsible for my decisions and I do not like speaking further to a Nice guy like you, Ash. You nice guys are worser than bad boys as you view basic social interactions as a transaction to get what you want unlike bad boys who respect their partners and whose partners love being with them." May said.

"I am not going to speak much more with you other than telling you that I am a good person who does not view basic social interactions as a transaction to get what I want and I did things for you due to my kindness and I believe that I tret you much better than how Drew treats you as I do not think that he has changed." Ash said in order to justify himself.

"You may not be a Nice guy, whatever you say. I love Drew and I feel nice to be with him. Dawn and Serena are my friends and they noted how you behaved which was somewhat similar to how a Nice guy would behave and so with that we can agree to have an end to this conversation." May said.

"I agree to end the conversation." Ash said and then May cut the call. Ash was then thinking about the world and he felt bad that bad boys were treated well by girls and that boys who were kind like him were mostly treated badly by girls as they thought that they were nice guys who expect bad things if they behave nicely to a girl.

"I proposed to May and she rejected me." Ash said to Misty who heard what Ash said.

"That would hurt you. What was the reason that she rejected you?" Misty asked as she was curious about the reason.

"She said that she had a partner, Drew who used to not treat her well before and still she is with Drew as he was a bad boy and she was a good girl and she likes him and she recognised from what Dawn and Serena said about me that I behaved similarly to a Nice guy and and viewed basic social interactions as a transaction and I expected bad things from her because I treated her good." Ash said and Misty nodded.

"That was very harsh rejection. You need not mind and your mother and me support you." Misty said.

"Thank you for supporting me." Ash said and Misty nodded.

"No problem, Ash." Misty smiled and said and Ash smiled.