Ashes in May Ch. 26 A Night To Remember Pt. 2
Welcome back to the long awaited date night part 2. Once again i hope you all enjoy this chapter and hope that I didn't over do it, haha. Enjoy!
The boy could not see his date, only being able to see her silhouette and a slight glint in her eyes. "Here this'll let us breathe underwater," he explained, handing her a small tub-like device. Putting it in her mouth she prepared to head to the reef before Ash caught her. He lifted his hand to her cheek and with his thumb gently caressing her cheek and spoke in a soothing voice, "Close your eyes for a moment." May felt her breathing halt looking into his barely visible eyes. Ash closed his eyes before opening them revealing his vibrant electric blue eyes, the shining aura in each orb. A gasp came from the young woman when she saw the sudden difference in eye color. "Trust me, May." May licked her lip, took a gulp then gave him a nod reaching to touch his hand that still held her cheek. Ash the love he felt for her grow even more, if not for her willingness, but for her trust in him.
Placing his thumbs delicately over her eyes, they felt warm against her skin as he channeled energy through his limbs to his hands and into her eyes. As he did so, May stayed still only moving enough to keep herself afloat when a gradual cool sensation seemed to wash over her eyes. Any irritation she may have felt in them because the salty seawater was soothed, making her hum in satisfaction. Finally, his hands lowered from her face, passed her midriff to settle on her hips. He pulled her closer to him noticing the subtle feeling of his legs brush against hers with each steady kick to keep their head above the surface. Ash leaned in his lipsoh so closed to hers he whispered, "Open you eyes." With the opening of her eyes, May was given a unique and sensational experience; her sight was altered in a way that allowed her to see what the shadow of night normally would hide. The way her vision had changed, she'd compare it to something similar to being under a blacklight or maybe in terms of how some Pokemon could see ultraviolet light or maybe something else entirely.
Turning to look back to shore she saw the beach, and the distant tree line. The still lit torches by the picnic area even had a special greanish hue to them. Bringing her eyes back to Ash's she gasped noticing how clearer she could see Ash now. It wasn't anything like seeing in broad daylight, but enough to see when he smiled or the way his cheeks rose as he did so. His eyes still glowed that blue but now more of his features were highlighted, literally. She gazed over the top of his head, though his hair was wet and clumped together, she could make out a few light blue streaks in it. Lowering her sights, she noticed a very faint teal color adorning his face where his z-shaped marks were. Much like Ash had done, the girl brought her fingers to the boy's cheek, gently gliding her thumb over the scars feeling the softer skin there, "You look stunning." He leaned into her touch with a quiet coo, "I can say the exact same for you, May."
The young man proceeded to relay the parts of her that came to life: her hair having a single strand that glowed a soft white, a lock of hair that started at the center of her forehead and down the right side of her face. Each eye giving off a shining sea green, teal color rather than her usual sapphire colored eyes. From the sides of her eyes extend a small but elegant wing colored a surprisingly soft neon red-orange. "May, your so-" he began genuine love in the way he looked at her. When the shine in his eyes flicker for a short-lived instance he grew excited, "Someone's here to see you, May…" May looked at him curiously while he pulled away from her, and pointed out to sea. Following his arm, she looked out to the open sea only to see a faintly glowing figure moving in their direction. For a moment she felt a tad bit panicked for fear of it being a Sharpedo only for it to disappear. Only when felt Ash give her a reassuring squeeze to her shoulder did she allowed herself to relax though still kept an eye out.
It wasn't long before a figure surfaced with a leap and a gleeful cry as it landed into the girl's arms. "Mama! May! Lah lah, Love. You!" spoke the little Pokemon. May's eyes widened in shock at what had landed in her arms. This was really a surprise she had no way of expecting and boy did it send her emotions into a whirlwind. "M-Manaphy?" stuttered May as tears fell down her cheeks. The smile on Manaphy's face disappeared and turned into worry. Why had his mother begun crying? "Oh, (Sniffs) It's okay Manaphy, these are tears of joy. Happy tears, honest. It's just I never thought I'd see you again," said May hugging her, "baby," making Manaphy coo happily. Ash had told her about his encounter with Manaphy and the Temple of the Sea during the storm and always wondered if she'd ever get to see her sea prince again. The teen cradled the Pokemon as best as she could, keeping in mind that she needed to keep kicking her feet if she wanted to breathe, still as cool as the water was, she felt nothing but warmth holding Manaphy to her chest. Sniffing every so often, she caressed the water type's head with such motherly love it warmed Ash's heart.
When she calmed, she placed a kiss atop the Seafaring Pokemon and with a loving giggle, "What a night to remember?" She looked up at Ash with a grateful smile
"Okay, now it's time for some underwater fun!" Ash exclaimed, causing the young woman to look at him with an eyebrow raised. "There's more?!" 'Mana, mana!" added nodding its head gleefully raising its fin…um flipper? It then slid out from its mama's arms, swimming circles around them both breaching the surface with water aerobics movements. Giggling May began to follow Manaphy who was laughing with excitement as they both took a dive down into the depths. When it finally clicked in his mind Ash's jaw dropped, realizing he had been left behind by his own date, "Oi, wait for me!" Biting down on his breathing device he too dove into the waters easily catching up to a swimming May, who looked out in wonder. If not for the breathing tube in his mouth he'd have smiled watching her teal eyes bouncing about gazing over the view before them. Lastly, if not for the Aura Sight ability that had been temporarily shared with the coordinator, she would have seen nothing but a dark void rather than the vast coral reef that spread across the ocean floor.
Excitedly, the young girl took hold of her sea prince to let it swim her down into the depths. (INSERT MUSIC) Wonder filled her eyes as she gazed over the thousands of colors and shapes presented to her. The closer she got the more May marveled at the shelves of coral shiting from areas of vibrant green to a crimson red. Small trenches formed between the shelves and mounds of coral. Sea sponges grew tall from different spots, others were smaller and more round. The reef was filled with color and between branches of plant life or along the rocky bottom many clammed up Clamperl, Shellder, and Cloyster rested. Searching further she saw hundreds of anemones with tendrils waving as water flowed through them, some displaying almost hypnotic dances. Moving closer she noticed how breathtaking the sea anemone looks with neon-colored tentacles which showed off a stunning sky blue near the tips and a more luminescent white nearing the main body.
Slowly, Ash reached the two and placed a gentle hand on her shoulder, taking at look over her shoulder. Quickly, she turned to him pointing excitedly at something within the mass of tendrils wiggling to and fro. Manaphy smiled, bringing its antennae in front of it to flash a small light coaxing out the hidden creature. From within a Goldeen emerged cautiously of the two humans though choosing to trust the mythical pokemon. "Goldeeen?" question the water type, its voice gracefully echoing. Neither humans nor pokemon moved as they looked at each other with curious eyes, but May would have declared Goldeens beauty if she were able to. See, under normal circumstances, the koi pokemon would have a pale yet elegant pale orange pattern around its body and flowing fins but now it was all the more stunning as its trademark orange was replaced by the exuberant amethyst hue that set it apart from anything May had ever witnessed. Ash felt his heart skip a beat watching the way her eyes revealed her thoughts and her aura fluttering out from her. He just couldn't look away until May's arm moved towards the Goldeen to which Golden prodded at her hand with its horn before nuzzling up against her palm. Ash felt his breath catch watching her excitedly pet the pokemon.
Manaphy escaped its human's arms before performing swirls in the water calling out to the reef, beckoning the marine pokemon out from their hiding places, out into the open. Within seconds the sea came to life with pokemon appearing in bountiful schools and groups. All kinds of sea-dwelling pokemon emerged from the spatial Staryu and Starmie that crawled over the rocks or spun through the water to the plentiful Wishiwashi that school in the hundreds. Without hesitation, May took the lead swimming deeper into the watery habitat glancing over everything as it all was so fascinating to behold. Oh, the colors, shades, and markings the pokemon had. The brunette had never known them to have such an array of colors that astounded all who sat them as fish pokemon like Remoraid swarm around her, crossing her path, other times towards her only to go above her as they drew near. "Rem, Rem!" "Washi! Waaash, washi!" Wishiwashi zoomed by.
Next thing she knew a hand took hold of hers and brought her to a halt to see Ash wave at her happily. She tilted her head when she noticed Ash pointing down below her feet, then from below lights appeared rising steadily in a spiral up to them. Manaphy cheered from between the two trainers as Chinchou performed a ballet for them with a gorgeous illuminating light show. Out of nowhere a school of Horsea rushed around them dodging and weaving between their arms and legs and threw May's floating hair. One exceptionally daring Horsea came and poked at her nose before tooting happily, "Seea, horsea!"
Instantly, May doubled over laughing letting a burst of bubbles escape her nostrils. Lifting her sights a few seconds later she caught her date in quite the sticky situation, right there was her best friend and present date being aggressively cuddled by a group of Frillish who had attached themselves to him. A few blue, a few pink, but what they all had in common was the light green highlight running along their tentacles and the huge joyful grins on their faces. On the other hand, a certain legendary was desperately wanting to join in on the group hug but found no place for itself. Huffing it crossed its flippers and looked away indignantly. Of course at this, Ash snorted, causing bubbles to escape his nose this time. This time it was May who looked on with a strong sensation in her chest. She watched as Ash freed himself and began to playfully chase around the various pokemon.
Soon enough they were all playing around doing rolls and flips. In a moment that May was distracted Ash snuck up behind her where he let his fingertips skim over her skin sending a tickle through her as she shook. Ash snorted as he attacked again letting his fingers glide over her flat belly causing her to jerk as she bubbled up. All the while she giggled to herself and tried to push her tickling assailant away, she didn't notice that Ash was directing them up to the surface. Eventually, they brought the water tension and into the open air. Taking off their breathers they both began to huff and puff enjoying the sweet feel of fresh air entering their lungs. It was then that Ash burst into a fit of laughter from the sheer joy he was experiencing. May smiled lovingly as she cupped his face with her wrinkly hands calming his laughter and making his electric blue eyes gaze into her see green ones. The young woman shivered as Ash placed his hand atop her hips and pulled her flush against him.
Leaning in they both let their eyes fall closed feeling their lips lightly brushing into each other, only for a Luvdic to literally break them apart before they got the chance to truly kiss the other. "Whoah!" "What!" Both Ash and May exclaimed as they looked around, realizing they were surrounded by a certain school of pokemon. Ash and May almost lost it when they saw the hundreds of Luvdisc that all performed water aerobic splashing water and performing flips out into the air. Manaphy approached them exclaiming happily at them receiving fantastical laughs of glee from the couple. May wrapped her arms around Ash's chest and let her head rest in the crook of his neck, watching the spectacular display the Luvdisc performed. Each pink pokemon which had a natural heart-shaped form held markings that resemble neon pink hearts as well. 'Maybe the legends about the Luvdisc are true…' May thought nuzzling against Ash who only tightened his hold on her.
"Ash, I think it's time to head back now," May suggested, so calm and relaxed and beginning to feel drowsy, "It's getting a bit late." Ash nodded before detaching from her and facing away from her, "Alright, grab a hold, I'll swim us back." Once more Ash channeled his aura into his arms and legs to give him extra strength to swim them back, with Manaphy following close behind. In no time they were back on the beach where Ash quickly handed May a towel to get herself warmed up. May wrapped herself in the towel like it was a blanket and picked Manaphy into her arms. There she stood in the flickering light of torches with nothing but open starry sky up above. A small warm breeze now blew over her rather than the cooler air from earlier. She looked down at her feet for a moment and wiggled them in the sand. Giggling, May thought how funny something so simple could get her giggling. Maybe it was just because of how giddy she felt. Maybe it was the fact that she felt so relaxed, comfortable, like she didn't need to uphold a farce. Veering her attention from her sandy toes, she turned to Ash who was still in just his wet boxers, clinging rather nicely to his but she noticed. He was leaning down packing the picnic up into the baskets. "Hey, Ash, do you need me to carry anything back to the house?" May questioned thinking about taking the picnic basket and their clothes. Ash leaned back up and waved her ways, "Nah, you're okay, I can handle the stuff. Take Manaphy back home with you, I'm sure it'd be happy to spend the night with you, I'll be back in a bit." Ash assured her with a kind smile before turning to finish packing up the stuff. As he bent down he felt a tap at his shoulder blade making him stand to find May directly before him. She smiled at him before leaning up and forward to place a deep and emotional kiss upon his stunned lips. For how deep it was, the heavenly kiss was abruptly broken when she pulled away, sending him a wink before turning to make her way back to the pokemon professors' house.
Ash was left frozen silently watching her fade into the distance before placing his fingertips at his lips. May had kissed him. She had kissed him. The Princess of Hoenn, the talented winner of the Sinnoh Grand Festival, kissed him. Instantly, a toothy smile spread across his face as pure unadulterated delight filled him; he just into the air-punching his fist into the air, "WOOOOHOOO! YEAAH!" From the distance, the brunette giggled rolling her eyes at the sound of his jubilant cry. "Well, Manaphy, turns out coming to Alola was the right decision after all," May said to her baby. "Pheeee," it agreed, snuggling into the human's warmth.
[Later around 1am]
Ash stepped into the darkness of his house, setting his burden down on the ground before stretching contently. He walked through the hall, passed his room to hit the shower and get all the salt and sand off his body. Carefully, he tiptoed into the bathroom where he dropped his soaked boxers and got into the shower. He sighed happily with the feel of the freshwater wiping away the itchy sand and sea salt. He thought about putting his boxers and sandy beach blanket in the wash but it'd be best to do it in the morning so as to not to wake anyone. Finally, finishing his shower he stepped out wrapping a towel tightly around his waist only to head out to the kitchen for a late-night snack. While Ash was busying himself with rummaging through what's left of the picnic food, Gary had woken up from his sleep wanting some water and a late night snack much like Ash himself. Walking to the kitchen Gary was greeted by his best friend in nothing but a towel. Ash lifted his gaze to his best friend with cheeks full of food, "Hey, Garrth, wan sum?" The older of the two was wearing a black tank top and a pair of red boxer-briefs. Gary raised an eyebrow before conceding to accepting the pastry from the black-haired teen. "So, how was your date?" Gary asked as he kept it short, very simple. Ash immediately got a faraway and fantastical look, "It was awesome. It was so amazing, it was so...so...outstanding! We talk about so many funny things and all the pokemon we say in the water..." Ash began to explain everything in a whisper.
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