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LegionZ Presents… The Chosen One's Wrath… Chapter 11

Last Chapter…

The final picture he was handed was an odd one. It appeared to be the traitors arguing about something. Bonnie was huddled up next to Max, who was yelling and screaming about something. Serena was nowhere in Ash's sight for some reason. Trip was pointing down at a piece of paper, and Cilan was talking with him about something in depth.

Ash blinked. "What… what are these symbolizing? None of these pictures mean anything!" He was a bit annoyed. To his surprise, James grinned a little. "Take a closer look at the blonde twerpette." Ash raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? Looks like Bonnie is just trying to grope her soon to be pummeled boyfriend."

James' grin only widened. "Not that blonde twerpette… the other blonde twerpette." Ash's eyes widened a little and his eyes darted to the pictures. He ran his eyes over the first picture, and it confirmed what James was saying. He saw the face Serena was making, and there was no mistaking it; it wasn't a grossed out picture. She looked rather… sad. James motioned. "Look at the toy in the window."

Ash's eyes bulged open when he saw it. A Pikachu doll. No way, that couldn't be a coincidence… He had to confirm what he was seeing, but no matter how hard he looked at the picture, the big picture didn't leave his mind. He looked at the next picture, and his eyes widened when he saw what Serena was looking at on her phone; A picture of Lumiose Airport. The place where…

He glanced back at the third picture and after a moment of searching, he found Serena in the background with her phone tilted up, almost like…

"She's taking a video of them! But the real question is why is she taking the video in the first place?" James replied. "I didn't take the first two pictures, but I did take the last one and I also followed her around somewhat. I gathered enough information to make a journey to the Kalos Region myself due to pure curiosity." Ash spoke slowly. "Something tells me you aren't telling me all this just to tell me you came up empty handed." His friend grinned. "You bet right. Turns out, Serena's mother went missing a day before she left for her journey in Hoenn."

Ash's eyes narrowed just in the slightest. "Wait, six years ago? She disappeared just before I was pronounced dead? How have I not heard about this?" James explained. "That was bugging me as well. I walked to Vaniville town in Kalos and did some digging, and I came up with stunning information. I found out that she went missing for just ten days total, before her kidnappers returned her."

"Kidnapped?"

James nodded. "Yes, but that isn't the most odd part." Ash questioned. "Then what was it?"

"It was the fact that, supposedly, she was returned home uninjured, and, the kidnappers supposedly didn't get anything from it." He explained, unable to keep the slightly excited tone out of his voice. Ash was silent for a moment, taking this all in. "That's… really odd… she was held for just a week and a half, then she was given back with no ransom? That's almost like… almost like she was a…"

"Bargaining Chip." James finished for him. Ash looked at him and then, everything fit together. When she had kissed him at the airport… Bonnie had been there. She had seen Serena kiss him! That could only mean…

"You think the traitors forced Serena into turning against me by using her Mom as a leverage?"

"I'll buy you dinner, just the two of us, if you beat me! And if I win, you pay for our dinner, deal?" May exploded. That was enough! "Why, the nerve of that Slut!" She roared in anger, almost surprising even herself. Thankfully for her, a hoard of boys yelling that they would take the offer in a heartbeat drowned out her rather loud remark and kept her outburst from being known.

Ghost, meanwhile, shot back. "I'll make you a counter offer: If you win, you can move on in the tournament, and if I win, I move on in the tournament. How does that sound?" May was shocked at how calm and straightforward Ghost was being; every other male in the stadium just appeared to want to get into her pants, and all he wanted was to battle. She couldn't help but look around and notice something else rather odd: there were many females staring down at the field as well as males. She came to the cold hard truth: Ghost was a man who attracted many.

She sent death glares to one or two girls, but then, she stopped and thought about what she was doing. She tried to move the feeling elsewhere that was building up inside her, but it was no use: she was hopelessly jealous. She honestly couldn't believe it, but she had no choice but to accept it. She felt as though she had finally moved on from Ash, and that was what Ash probably would've wanted anyway. There was only one issue: she was now interested in a regional champion.

She found herself staring at the boy in the red vest. She also knew it was hopeless to resist him, even though he wasn't even trying. She knew she liked Ghost now, the catch was telling him, and of course, hoping he felt the same way.

Ash gave one simple command that would essentially decide the battle. "Counter."

Ariana had heard it, and she felt her heart drop. Just as Medicham's fist connected and before it could do any damage, it was sent hurtling in the air from the Counter. While it was hanging in midair, Zoroark appeared, both claws already glowing a dark purple. Ash grinned. "Finish it."

Zoroark didn't need to be told twice. "Zzoooooooorrraaaa!" It roared as it drilled the opposition with a duel shadow claw tactic. The force of the move sent Medicham into the ground, and Zoroark landed on its legs. Medicham could be seen in the bottom of a ditch created by the two moves with swirls in its eyes. The crowd exploded into cheers and the referee made the announcement.

"Medicham is unable to continue, Zoroark is the winner! Therefore, the winner of this match and the trainer moving onto the second round is Ghost, the Champion of Alola!" As he said it, Ariana's picture was greyed out and Ghost's picture was put into the center of the big screen.

Ariana fell to her knees in shock. She was out. She had been eliminated. All the time she had practiced into being the very best she could be was gone. She had done it all for nothing. Cynthia would most certainly be disappointed in her, now what was she going to do? She stood up slowly and saw Ghost approaching her. She expected her to say harsh words, but to her surprise, it was nothing of the sort.

"You battled well. Become bonded with each of your Pokémon," He held out his hand. "And good things will happen." She stared at the hand for a moment before smiling and shaking it. As she walked off the field, Ghost walked back to his side and once he got into the battler's box, he got down on one knee. Zoroark approached him and did the same thing. He stayed down for another moment or so with his eyes closed. After a few more seconds, he spoke quietly.

"For those that have passed… and for those yet to come."

Zoroark murmured. "Zo-ra…" He then pushed himself to his feet and took out Zoroark's pokeball. He said quietly. "Thank you Zoroark, you battled well." He then clipped the pokeball to his belt and walked out of the stadium to a thunderous applause. He didn't acknowledge the crowd once, because that was the face he found himself putting on: The mask of an unknown.

Present…

Ash was watching the battle's with boredom aplenty. It was the day after he had conquered his opening battle in the tournament, and he was now watching the second round. He made a mental tally of who advanced. All his elites, naturally, had won their fights, as well as the champions of every region. As for the traitors, they had gotten quite lucky. All five of the traitors participating (Trip, Misty, Max, Cilan, and Iris) had won their battles and to Ash's shock, with near perfection. However, this only brought a smile to his face; it only made the taste of sweet victory last longer.

He had also found out that some of his rivals from past tournaments had won and were also participating. Barry was taking part, and his Empoleon was playing his part to perfection. Barry, Ash noted, was also in his bracket, and if it continued the way it was, they had a chance to battle in the next round assuming Barry knocked off Gym Leader Brawley from the Hoenn region for his next opponent.

Paul, much to Ash's cheerfulness, was also competing. He, however, was in an alternate bracket to Ash. While Ash had been placed in Bracket Zekrom, Paul was in the Arceus Bracket. Other notable names from the Arceus Bracket were Gym Leaders Maylene from Veilstone City, Elesa from Nimbassa City, and Ramos from Coumarine City. Of course, these were not the only gym leaders in the Arceus Bracket. Some other names that were easily recognized were Elite Four Member Lucian from Johto/Kanto, Shauntal from Unova, and of course, his very own Elite, Zandra. Representing as the Champion of that Bracket was Lance. He made a mental note to pay attention and see if Zandra and Lance would have to battle it out.

After summarizing the past battle victors, he made a tally of who everyone was facing next. Axel was dueling a no-name trainer of some sort, as were July and Zandra. However, Xavier, the player of the group, had an interesting opponent to go against in Conway, the slightly… alright, very creepy guy who had stalked his group while they travelled Sinnoh. Xavier's rather blunt style would clash with Conway's confusing tactics, but Ash had no doubt Xavier would win.

There was only one other truly notable battle other than his own, and it was with nobody that he was allied with. It was disappointing that he would be unable to duel every traitor since it wasn't possible to actually take on each one in the tournament. It was Cilan the traitor versus the person Ash was arguably most worried about; the rather dangerous Abel Winchine. Abel was in the Bracket across from him in the Yvetal Bracket. Ash almost felt sorry for Cilan, but then again, of course he didn't.

He knew Abel was no pushover, and he also knew that regardless of the fact that two champions (Alder and Steven) were in his Bracket, he knew that Abel would be a Dark Horse candidate for the Yvetal Bracket champion. July would have her hands full with him as well. Ash also knew he had lucked out in his own Bracket when it came to traitors; he got three out of five of all of them in his bracket. He was slated up to have possible matchups with Misty, Max, and Iris. Trip had been placed in the Giratina Bracket, and to be honest, there wasn't a ton of competition there other than his own elite Axel and Champion Cynthia. He couldn't wait to get his chance to bury them in the dirt.

But, that was getting far ahead of himself. For now, he was pondering his next opponent. He was thinking over possible strategies to use to possibly knock off all of his opponents Pokémon with ease. It wasn't hard deciding on which Pokémon to use; he already had a plan on who to use… and, he had another something he could do to really agitate his opponent.

His thoughts were interrupted rather suddenly. "Yo G."

Ash turned his head unconsciously to see Xavier standing there. He wasn't sure why Xavier called him that, but he responded anyway. "Yes?"

The male spoke. "A girl named S-Y is outside for you, she says she's coming on urgent business."

Ash froze. He knew what those initials stood for.

"S-Y, Xavier?"

Xavier nodded. "Yeah."

Ash stood up and said calmly. "Tell them I'll be right out." Xavier nodded and vanished outside. Ash motioned for Pikachu to hop on his shoulder, and he did so. Ash muttered. "You know, I would've been very surprised about her showing here had I not seen James' pictures, but now that she's here, it's time to find out if she's been on the right side all these years and I didn't know about it."

Pikachu asked. "Pika Pi? Piii Pika-Pikachu?"

Ash shook his head in disbelief. "No, I'm not going to reveal myself to her! If anyone I'd reveal it to May—" He sucked in a breath when he realized what he said and prayed Pikachu wasn't listening, but to his misfortune, that was not the case. Pikachu suddenly cried out and pointed at him with shock written all over the mouse's face.

"PI! Pika Pi!"

Ash groaned a little in annoyance, a little bit ticked off at himself for letting that one slip out. He shook his head and tried to regain his composure. "Look, I don't know how I feel about May right now. She's amazing, just like I remember her."

"Pikachuuu… Pika?"

Ash blinked. "Well of course she's beautiful—" He slapped a hand to his mouth and Pikachu burst out laughing. "Pi! Pi! Pi! Pika Pi!" Ash bit his lip and muttered. "I have got to keep my mouth shut about May, she's driving me crazy at this point."

He then walked out of the room in the direction Xavier left and he saw the girl standing there. Her most recognizable feature was undoubtedly her honey-blonde hair. She tensed up at seeing the boy in the red vest, the Pikachu on his shoulder at attention, though she noticed it's lips were curled in a slight smile. She chose to ignore that, however, and spoke with a slight stutter. "U-Um… Mr. G-ghost?"

"Yes?"

She cleared her throat and said. "M-My name is—" He cut her off. "I know who you are Serena Yvonne. Why are you here?" A small 'eep' of surprise came out when he said her name, and it took her a moment to say. "C-can I please talk to you in private Mr. Ghost? I promise it will be worth your time."

Ash frowned and said coldly. "I'll be taking your word for that." After a second, he then motioned for her to follow him into another passageway that led to his battle suite. It was a concrete passage, very simplistic. He stopped about halfway through it and said. "Well? What is it?"

She hesitated before slowly handing him a file of sorts. Pikachu cocked it's head and murmured. "Pikaaaa?" Ash began shifting through the pictures and files that were there, and he came to a single picture than he recognized. It was the same picture James had gotten from Serena's angle! If you looked extremely closely, you could see James' camera poking out in the center of the picture.

Although he had an idea of what she was doing, Ash had to feign confusion. "What exactly am I looking at?"

Serena spoke with a newfound confidence. "I-I wanted to do an exchange of information. That is information on my friends; they're planning to sabotage you and other people in this tournament for their own gains. They just want to reap the rewards of this tournament and take anything they want. I also included every one of their Pokémon they use, and the ones they use most often, so that you can counter them."

Ash closed the file. "As helpful as this is to me, I know you didn't just bring this here to me for free; what's the catch?"

She hesitated and spoke quietly. "I… I need your help solving a murder."

Ash wasn't as dense as the first time he had been with May; he knew what she was talking about, although she didn't know he was already aware. "I see, continue."

She did so. She explained everything May had told him, about how a boy named Ash Ketchum had been tragically killed by an erupting volcano. She then went into detail about how she was with the traitors when it had happened and how she had watched Ash fall to his death. He knew this was the complete truth, and she also told him why she had been coerced into doing it: her mom. Her mother didn't know who her kidnappers were, and Serena knew her mom wouldn't believe Ash's old friends would do such a heinous thing.

Ash spoke aloud. "So, if I was guessing, you want me to investigate this death and see if there's any proof of him being killed from the day that Volcano exploded?"

Serena murmured. "Yes… I know that the day it happened was over Six years ago, but the ones who caused this death are in this tournament, if you could just help me with something… anything to prove they're guilty in killing the one I loved… that's what I'm asking from you Ghost…"

Ash had caught onto her words. "Wait, you loved him?"

Serena turned a dark shade of red and mumbled. "… Yes. I did love him… we had shared our first kiss not too long before that incident, he… he must've been so confused when I told him those words… they still haunt me to this day…" Ash, for some reason, wanted to know just how far she was willing to go. "What words did you tell him?"

She began to cry softly, and after a moment, she said the same words she told him over half a decade ago. "All you ever do Ash, is break things. Whether it's your own dreams, people's item's, or other people's hearts, you're nothing to us."

Ash knew that it was painfully true by now: Serena was truly on his side. She was not a traitor; she was an ally. But, she would not be the first to see him for who he truly was. He couldn't give away that much… yet. He hesitated before speaking quietly. "I see, so you want vengeance for those who forced you into that position…"

She nodded slowly and continued to sniff. "Y-Yes… Yes… I would be forever in your debt if you were to help me…" Ash thought out his words carefully. "Very Well. I will aid you in this quest of yours, but it is only because we here in Alola believe in Justice being served, but I hope you know, I cannot convict anyone until I have solid information and proof that Ash Ketchum was murdered, and not tragically killed by a source of nature. Are you willing to admit to this, Miss Serena?"

She nodded and said with a little more of an upbeat tone than she had intended. "Of course Ghost! Thank you so much for your help! I can't say how grateful I am right now!" Ghost nodded and had the slightest of smiles appear on his face. "I will contact you when I have information. I do not know when this will be, but I will keep my word."

Serena seemed to accept this and she said her goodbyes before walking away. Ash then rubbed his temples and went back to his seat, mind deep in turmoil. How was he going to deal with this? Serena had been forced into betraying him? He had felt all his anger for her wash away in a moment but now he was forced with other issues: proving that the traitors were legit, and of course, that she was as well. There was no evidence, well, concrete evidence at least, that what Serena was saying was 100% true, so Ash had to play along until he could confirm it.

He thought about his conversation with her and realized that his thoughts during it were too rash, and he suspected he himself jumped to conclusions. He could not allow this to happen in such a dire situation. His thoughts then drifted back to one gorgeous brunette who he had recently began to found even more alluring than he remembered her. It was painful to not kiss her, to not hug her, to be there for her, and all of the above. It hurt badly to even think about her being with another male.

He thought about her stellar form. She had a flawless face, a perfect chest, a excellently tight bum, a pair of legs to die for, and curves that drove any male she was within range of go crazy with desire for her. He, as surprising as it was, found himself becoming one of them. He found the entire situation with her unbelievable. Here he was, Ghost, the invincible warrior of Alola who feared none and was feared by all, showing his one singular weakness: an attractive brunette.

He then routed the corner and stopped cold. Fate had an odd way with its twists and turns. He saw the very same girl had kept his eyes and mind on as of recently walking in the opposite direction of him. She wasn't being very keen of her surroundings, Ash noted, and carefully watched her. Normally, this would be considered stalking, but Ash assured himself that he was doing it for the right reasons.

… was he? He honestly thought he was doing the right thing but he could practically feel that little voice in the back of his head nagging at him to stop and leave this beautiful girl alone. Eventually, as she was getting further away from his view, he decided to finally listen to this voice and turned away. However, just as he was about to completely lose sight of her, he saw something that made his heart slightly drop.

Through the massive crowds, he spotted two males slowly trailing her. He could just tell that they were on her trail. He frowned; this would not do.

May…

She silently cursed her foul fortune. She had spotted Ghost talking to a girl with blonde hair but had not seen who it was. Then, she tried to see if she could get close to him, only to be entirely befuddled. She saw them vanish around a stadium corner and when she had gone to catch them, they were not there. Even more strangely, there were no visible doors. Assuming they were still ahead, she ran further up to try and see if she could find them.

Much to her chagrin, they were not there. She hesitated carefully, thinking about where she could go to see them. Perhaps she missed them somewhere? After another minute or so of scanning the crowd, she decided to turn back and try to find him again. She continued to walk in a complete circle and suddenly, she found herself at a darkened dead end. How had she even gotten here? She turned to leave but was surprised by two men standing there with smirks on their faces. One of them with a giant beard said with a grin. "Well Well… look what we found here…"

May took a step back unconsciously and the other said with a vicious smirk on his face. "Looks like it's our lucky day… having such a beautiful young lass all to ourselves… my my… I can't wait to get my hands beneath your pants…" He trailed off with a look in his eyes that May recognized. He was lustful, and she was going to be his prize.

She went to grip a pokeball off her waist, but before she could, she felt a body press up against her and saw it was the male with the beard. He grinned evilly. "Sorry Miss, but nobody is coming to help you now." She could do nothing now as the two men were about to take her. May's only hope now was a miracle to happen. She was about to scream when suddenly, she stopped moving altogether.

She saw a figure standing in the alley behind them. The two must've noticed her shock, because they both stopped attempting to grope the beauty and turned to see the figure cloaked in darkness. The one with the beard tossed May against a wall and the other yelled. "Who the hell do you think you are, stalking us like that!" Not even realized the irony in his own words, he wordlessly tossed up a pokeball to reveal a Swalot, and his partner yelled. "Skarmory, let's go!"

As the steel type took the field, the figure wordlessly tossed two Pokémon in the air. They materialized into the mystical ice-ghost type, Froslass, and the Purple Cat Eeveeolution, Espeon. The two attackers yelled their commands.

"Swalot, use Sludge Bomb!"

"Skarmory, hit em with a Drill Peck!"

As the two attacks sailed towards the figure's Pokémon, the figure finally spoke. May would remember the coldness in the man's voice, it sounded beyond angry, in fact, it was almost like he wanted to kill her attackers.

"Espeon, Use Psychic to direct Sludge Bomb away. Froslass, use hail to avoid Drill Peck." Espeon's eyes glowed blue as did the Sludge Bomb. Then, it was tossed aside and pegged a nearby wall. Froslass opened it's arm's up to begin hail, and just as it began to fall, Skarmory struck down on the Ice-Ghost type.

Well, until it realized it wasn't Froslass at all. The bearded man spluttered. "W-w-wha… What just happened? Where i-is it?" Although the two men were completely bewildered, May knew exactly what had happened. This man knew Froslass' ability was Snow Cloak, which made it able to avoid most attacks in a hail storm. Clearly, these two men were just brutes who wanted to dive into a pretty girl's pants, and she felt immediately safer in the presence of this stranger who had come to her aid.

The other shook his head. "I don't know, but it doesn't matter! We're still kicking this guy's ass! Swalot, triple Sludge Bomb on that cat!" The other regained his composure and cried out. "Flash Cannon on Froslass as soon as you see it!"

"Froslass, evade by using Double Team into Phantom Force. Espeon, slip by the Sludge Bomb and use Psychic on Swalot, toss it into Skarmory."

As the two special attacks were about to connect, a flurry of different things happened. Once more, Froslass disappeared, this time, with Phantom Force. It began to use Double Team rapidly and combined it with its ability along with Phantom Force, and it literally looked as though Froslass was flying around everywhere across the alley, totally bamboozling the men. Meanwhile, Espeon hurtled the poison attack and using Psychic, hurled Swalot into an unsuspecting Skarmory.

The men, who saw their Pokémon were surrounded, had to think quick.

"Flash Cannon, hit Froslass!"

"You use Poison Gas in a circle, find it!"

But it was no use. The attacks continued to miss hopelessly as Froslass' evasion increased due to Hail, then again due to Double Team, and again because it kept using Phantom Force, making it appear and reappear throughout dimensions. The figure made a chopping motion. "Blizzard."

From all of Froslass' copies, they each fired off a Blizzard all at once, totally freezing the poor Pokémon in the middle, who were very knocked out. The men frantically returned their Pokémon and then began to slowly back away from the man, their worst fears about to be confirmed by their silent attacker. "Espeon, Psychic."

The next thing the two men knew, they were tossed again the wall and being held there forcefully by Psychic. May stared in complete awe as he got very close to the two men and whispered sadistically. "It's people like you that poison this world. You are the scum of the planet, the ones who feed off the innocent. When you are tried and sent to prison, you shall receive no mercy. Know this, because here in Alola, you will not get away with crimes. We shall always find you and, in the end, you will be eradicated. Consider this… a parting gift." He snapped his fingers and Espeon's eyes glowed blue along with Froslass' as well. The men began screaming in pain, and as the Pokémon held their power against the two, the figure helped May to her feet.

"I-I don't even know w-what to say…" She murmured softly. The figure spoke, the coldness in his voice almost gone entirely. Where had there been such a drastic change? He made to walk away, but she cried out. "W-wait!"

He paused and turned around. The two Pokémon were no longer attacking the men, who were curled up crying on the ground. They were now by his side, waiting for instructions. "I… I didn't g-get your name!" The sound of sirens suddenly filled the air and a few seconds later, doors were heard slamming. An Officer Jenny sprinted into the alley and sighed in relief. "Wow, I'm glad you both are alright. Miss Maple, are you okay?"

She blinked in confusion; how did the police know already? "I'm fine, thank you!" Jenny nodded in understanding and turned to the figure.

"Ghost, did they give you trouble?"

"Quite a bit in fact."

As the two talked further, May felt her jaw hit the ground. She couldn't believe it; the figure… the figure…

… the person who had saved her was Ghost? As in, the one she had a terrible crush on? She couldn't believe it, he didn't even sound like himself! Why did he sound so… distorted? He almost sounded possessed while giving out his commands, but he had never sounded like that before, so why was there such a difference in his commands if they were both just simple battles? It didn't make sense, in all honesty. It was then that she realized just how much Ghost had given her and done for her, she wanted to make it up to him. But what could she do? She honestly had no clue.

A rather bold idea came to her and after a moment of much mental debate, she decided to use it. As he finished up his conversation with Jenny, who was now escorting the two whimpering criminals to her police car under the supervision of a few other officers, Ghost turned to May. "Now then, like I was—" He was cut off when May pushed her lips to his. Ghost froze in place as the pretty, no, beautiful girl was kissing him passionately on the lips.

Ash's whole mind was in absolute shock. Her lips tasted somewhat like strawberries, a taste that he loved so much. They were soft and tender, yet the kiss was firm and oh-so amazing. Ash felt himself slip away at the amazing contact as he tried to figure out what the actual hell was going on at the moment, because his entire mind was working overdrive to figure out what to do after a hot girl kisses you. 'Oh My God! OH MY GOD! She's… she's… she's m-making out with m-me! W-what the hell am I supposed to d-do?' the rational part of his brain piped up. 'Kiss her back you buffoon.'

So, that was what he did; he pressed back. He cupped May's bum and pulled her into his strong arms, earning an approving moan from her. She was determined to not break the kiss, however, and pulled his neck down to kiss him even deeper. He held her perfect bum in one hand while putting his other hand on the back of her head, making her deepen the kiss further, earning yet another happy moan of bliss. When they finally did break the kiss, May murmured softly.

"I've been wanting to do that for a little while…" Ash chuckled softly. "That makes two of us Miss Maple." She giggled and said quietly. "My hero…"

Ash smiled a little, and the next thing he knew, she had crushed her mouth against his once again. He placed both hands underneath her backside and squeezed, feeling her warm bum fill his hands. The two continued to kiss without a care in the world; they had finally found each other, and although Ash hadn't revealed himself yet, he didn't care.

He wanted May to be his, and now… she was.

He chuckled softly while their lips were still connected and broke the kiss. He said quietly. "Want to help me with something?"

She grinned a little. "What is that, exactly?"

He smirked. "Just has something to do with you becoming my girlfriend…"

She had a smirk of her own plastered all over her pretty face. "Oh, so I'm your girlfriend now am I? Since when have we even talked about dating hm?" Ghost, unfortunately for her, called her bluff. "Alright then, I suppose we aren't dating after al—" He was once again cut off as she pushed her lips against his and quickly said. "I was only kidding you jerk! Of course I'll be your girlfriend! Now what is it you wanted to do?"

Ash grinned happily. "Oh… I have a few ideas…"

Ash's Elite Box…

July said worriedly. "They've been gone forever! I hope they're okay…"

Zandra looked at her quizzically. "I don't think they've really been gone for that long… have they?" Axel sweatdropped. "It only seems like that to you Zandra because you lost track of time while you watching Abel mop the floor with Cilan…"

It was true. Abel had caught her attention, after all, he was the person who had knocked her out in the Alola tournament. It was only natural that she'd want to know what Pokémon he was running. Sure enough, he was using two of his most familiar Pokémon: his Talonflame, which abused Cilan's Pansage with Brave Bird, knocking it out in just two moves. His Stunfisk was also bested by Talonflame, who overcame type-disadvantage with a combo of Will-o-Wisp, Roost, and then another Brave Bird to knock it out. On impact, however, Talonflame had been paralyzed by Static, and Abel swapped to his lethal partner.And although Cilan's Crustle was favored to win, it was no match for Abel's first Pokémon he ever received.

She pouted a little and murmured. "I just want to make sure I don't lose to him again!"

Xavier commented aloud, a little annoyed. "Hey, I understand, but keep it down! I'm trying to focus here!" The other three elites stared amongst one another, not remembering who was battling. Axel looked down and groaned aloud. He moaned. "Xavy… you gotta stop pining after her! Ghost is gonna kill you!"

July frowned as she saw Malva on the battlefield below battling against a no-name trainer. Xavier was staring at her backside as though it would be the last thing he would ever see. She smacked him upside the forehead and grumbled. "I have to agree with Axel, Xavier."

He commented aloud. "The only reason you agree with him because you two have been having sessions late at night." All at once, Axel whipped his head around to stare at Xavier in disbelief. All the color had drained from July's usually perfectly tanned skin. Zandra was staring at the handsome male with an eyebrow raised. "Are you… actually being serious Xavier?"

Without taking his eyes off Malva, he casually gestured to a stunned Axel and a very embarrassed July who squeaked. "I-I-I do n-not!"

"Don't try to deny July, I know you two are getting into it." He waved his hand dismissingly, but she wasn't done. "No! I m-mean, I do not agree with A-Axel because I'm shagging him, I agree with him because he's right!"

Xavier laughed. "Thanks for confirming it." Realizing he had tricked her, she moaned in annoyance before putting her head down in resignation, knowing she had lost the argument by a mile. All of the sudden…

"Hey guys!" All the elites turned to see Ash in the doorway with a huge grin on his face. Axel waved. "Hey captain, how goes it?" He laughed and waved his hand a little. "The same old same old, I heard that conversation you guys just had." All the color drained from Axel's face. "Y-You did?" Ash chuckled. "I'm afraid I did." Axel hung his head before Ash burst out laughing, tears running down his cheeks. Axel spluttered. "W-w-what's s-so funny?"

Ash laughed. "You guys really oughta try and be more quiet! I already knew about it!" As if it was possible, Axel got even paler. July's face was so red she actually looked like a tomato that had just been picked; a red body with a green stem (Red Face and Green Hair.) Ash smirked silently, knowing it was time to play his trump card and totally get a chorus of laughs from his fellow elites.

He looked to see if anyone had a drink. It looked like he had struck out when… his eyes lit up in mischievousness; Xavier had a glass of water sitting next to him. It was time to play a little prank on the unsuspecting elites. "Hey Xavier!" He greeted his elite. The male turned away from the battle for what appeared to be the first time in a very long time and said. "Hey Ghost, take a seat and enjoy the battle!" It was perfect timing, Ash noted.

Xavier had just taken an extremely large swig of water, and was now preparing to guzzle it all down as he turned back to the battlefield. He knew it was now or never. Ash said aloud. "Man, it's been an unreal day! I don't know which was the bigger surprise: finding out that Damien is my second round opponent, or officially making May my girlfriend!"

The reactions were priceless. Zandra had shouted at the top of her lungs, "WHAT!?" Both Axel and July's heads had practically turned on a swivel to see if Ash was actually telling the truth. Xavier, however, was a card. He spat out his water all over on the opposite side of the balcony, giving the fans beneath him a small shower of water with a tad bit of saliva. Ash chuckled as May walked happily into the room.

She spoke, introducing herself. "Hi! My name's May Maple! It's great to meet you all!" As May began talking to the star-struck elites, Ash's mind wandered to the battle that lied ahead: his Battle with Damien. He chuckled softly, he almost felt bad for Damien, who wasn't aware of the absolute tidal wave of destruction that was about to completely and utterly sweep him away.

In Ash's mind, there was not a single doubt who would be getting the playing time. And he knew that the Pokémon was itching for another go at Damien. Ash smirked as he looked down at his pokedex to see Damien's cocky and arrogant face on the screen.

'When I'm through with him, let's see if he's still the same cocky bastard from all those years ago…' He thought sinisterly. Oh the fun he was going to have in this next round… oh the fun he would have…

AN: Andddd that's a wrap folks! Another Chapter surpassing 7k words! Yay! This one was a bit of a doozy, but, like last chapter, it should be well liked within both of my fanbases: the Advanceshipper side and the Ash Betrayal Side. Well, I decided that although I wouldn't make Ash reveal himself to anyone just yet, I wanted to finally put Ash and May together around the 90k word mark. And it happened!

Now, the next battle will be against Damien. For those who do not know, Damien was a character (to put the term lightly) from the beginning seasons of Pokémon. To be honest I think it was when Ash was in Kanto but in all honesty I may be wrong. But, if you don't know why Damien will be Ash's next opponent, let's just say you'll find out. If you do know why, then you already know what to expect. Hope you guys will enjoy the next chapter, so hang in there!

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