Okay, I'm back. This might be the last one for a little while because of school.
Now then, with new and old friends what will Ash and Co. do when faced with a threat to other people. Will a new rider help them?
I own nothing save my OCs and their powers. All characters belong to their respective. Thanks Bulbapedia for everything Pokémon related this is from episode AG051 I am going to do this one and couple after it than jump to Lavaridge and then a couple more then Petalburg. Afterwords I am going to skip around to the other gyms and contests. Please review I need the help also should I put in opening songs it would be from today not back then unless it's a Pokémon opener.
"Dialogue and Pokémon attacks"
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Yelling and Belt voices
Yelling in head
Spells and other attacks
Chapter 6: Of Contests and Destiny
After the excitement in the Mirage Kingdom, the trainers made their way to Fallarbor Town for May's next contest with new friends in tow. Along the way, they encountered a particularly mischievous Skitty that May wanted for her team. After another attempt by Team Rocket, the pink cat was captured and made a part of May's team for contests.
A few hours later
"Okay, we've given you enough time. Now we want answers," said Brock impatiently. The group had finished dinner and were lounging in one of the rooms. They'd all gotten changed into bedclothes and were awaiting their new companions' answers.
Drew nodded, standing up to check to see if the door was locked. "I promised that, didn't I? I guess all the excitement in getting that Skitty and coming to the town was a bit much. But it's a long story, so get comfortable." He turned to walk towards the window to view the starry sky.
"I know you're from different regions so tell me…what are your stories of how they formed?" he asked, glancing over his shoulder.
The siblings looked at each other. "Well," Max started, "According to the history books, Hoenn was created after Groudon and Kyogre were created. Groudon raised the landmasses and Kyogre filled the seas that would later become Hoenn. The meeting of those two created a great battle for supremacy until it was quelled by Rayquaza. Then, when the continents were formed, a huge monster moved Hoenn to where it is today and that the keys to finding it are located somewhere in the region."
Drew nodded. "Uh huh…you explained that pretty well, Max. Thanks." He turned to the Kanto natives, waiting to hear their version of things.
"From what I've read," Brock began, rubbing idly at his chin, "From the Sinnoh region, it's said that, in a void of nothingness, a single Egg came into being, which hatched into Arceus, the first Pokémon in existence. Arceus created Dialga, Palkia, and possibly Giratina. Arceus gave Dialga and Palkia the abilities to control time and space, respectively, while Giratina was banished to another dimension for its violent behavior. Then, when the world was being formed, Arceus created Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit to represent willpower, knowledge, and emotion respectively, things that are in all modern humans and Pokémon. They each dove to the bottom of present-day Lake Valor, Lake Acuity, and Lake Verity, earning them the name 'the lake trio.' After that, Arceus created the Sinnoh region and Mt. Coronet divided the region into two sections. That event created Stark Mountain and Heatran was formed in the lava. Arceus finally created the Adamant, Lustrous and Griseous Orbs before falling into a never-ending sleep at the Hall of Origin."
Drew nodded again, slowly this time, before deciding to drop the bombshell. "Those are good stories and all, but what if I were to tell you that they are 100% wrong?" he asked rhetorically, shocking the group with his bluntness, "You see, this world has existed long before those legends were first told, in a different form. What I mean is this world was once a part of a much bigger world." Drew started to explain the story Tsuki told him, including the guardians and royalty.
"What!? That's impossible!" Brock protested, "Wouldn't it be mentioned somewhere in the record?"
"The reason," Tori picked up, "Is that it happened so long ago that any records would have been lost. Long enough for each world to develop their own history."
"Ok, that's great but what's with the armors?" asked Misty impatiently.
"They're called Kamen Riders," Gabby explained, "They are the armors of the guardians and their guard." She held up her driver. "Many different abilities, infused into belts and only releasing for their right owners," She explained. She pressed the button on the drive.
ORION
"My armor's name is Orion. It's named after a constellation called Orion. It is known as the hunter, or in this case, huntress. It actually is one of the more prominent constellations in the sky." Gabby explained.
Tori held up her card. "My armor is called Sirius, after the Dog star. It's the brightest non-solar object in the sky in our world. It was the basis for the earliest calendar our world had."
Drew drew out his phone and pressed the same button he pressed the other day.
STANDBY: LEO
"My armor is called Zodiac. You know the Astrology signs? Aries? Taurus? Cancer? Capricorn?"
"Oh yeah, those horoscope signs, right?" May asked.
Drew nodded. "My abilities come from the 12 signs of Astrology. The one I used is Leo, the Lion. Coincidentally it's my sign as well." He put his phone away and gave the trainers a hard look. "We're not from this world," he announced, making them turn towards him, "We're from a world where technology outpaces nature and have hundreds of countries. There are no Pokémon but I have seen similar creatures that the Pokémon could resemble. Also in our world, this one is a popular T.V show based on a game developed about eight of our years ago." Stunning the group into silence.
May broke out of her stupor first. "Why…why are you here then?"
"The only way we know where the guardians are is a vague description of what world they are on. We were teleported to a point where the Prince and Princess of this world would be together at the same time. However that may not be the case in the other worlds we go to." Gabby replied.
"You think that we're one of them?" Max asked this time.
"We think so," Tori agreed with confidence.
Ash had been silent to this point asked the last question "What are you going to do to us?"
Drew looked over at his girls and nodded. "We'll stay with you guys, obviously. We'll train not only your Pokémon but also your bodies. Just because we have the only way to beat those things right now doesn't mean you shouldn't defend yourselves. We will start after the contest here in town so you can stay focused. Now then, I know you're tired, so let's get some sleep. We'll talk more in the morning."
With that Drew and his girls took their leave.
Now Ash was sitting in his bunk staring at the bed above him and Pikachu. The girls had the bunk across from them and Max was on top of the bunk he had. Brock was sleeping on the floor. He contemplated what he had been told and it was making his brain hurt.
"Pikapi?" Pikachu asked, worried about his long-time trainer.
"Sorry Pikachu. Just thinking about what they said. Could there be more than our world? Can we really fight against those dark soldiers?"
"Pika…CHU!" exclaimed the yellow rodent.
"You think so buddy? Thanks for the vote of confidence," his trainer replied, grinning.
"Pika. Pi?" Pikachu noticed something in his bag.
"What are you looking at buddy?"
The pokemon pulled out a necklace with a yellow topaz, shaped like a thunderbolt.
"Oh, that trinket… Mom gave it to me for this journey; said something about needing it soon. It's pretty, don't you think?"
"Pikaaa…" Pikachu agreed, gazing at it with wide-eyed wonder.
"I was hoping to give it to Misty, but I don't think she'd appreciate it," Ash said as put the necklace on. A flash of light caught his eye, making him look down at it. As he did so, a wave of nausea swept through in him."What the…? Huh…? Pikachu, I feel dizzy…get…Brock," Ash groaned. He fell back onto the bed, unconscious. Pikachu tried waking him, but he felt sleepy too and fell asleep.
Around the same time
Drew was sitting in bed looking bored. The girls were talking about nonessential things
"Was it a smart thing to tell them now? Considering one is about to compete in a competition in tomorrow, it's a little reckless, don't you think?" Gabby asked concernedly.
"Sooner is better than latter, now we can train them to fight in case we're not around."
"What about the other worlds and their powers?" Tori asked as she and Gabby turned towards the bed
"If they have training, it'll be less work for us. As for the rest of them, we'll find them; I have a feeling it won't just be dark soldiers we'll be taking on."
"You mean…?" Tori asked shocked
"Yes," he confirmed, "I have a feeling we'll be fighting a real war, taking real lives. That's why I want to train them outside of their armors, whether they get them or not. I seriously
hope that they don't have to take a life for a long time, especially for Max's sake. We'll help them; we haven't done it either, but it will be a shock for everyone. I'll protect you if it comes to that," Drew continued, "But some things can't be stopped."
The girls blushed slightly, but then Drew's gem started to glow.
"Looks like we were right about the prince and princess being here. One of them just found their gem. Time to go meet them. See you in dreamland."
Unknown time: Unknown location (Play Hyrule castle from Zelda Wind Waker)
Ash blinked his eyes open. Sitting up, he looked around. Taking in his surroundings, he saw that he was in a castle. However, it was devoid of color and the hall looked ruined. Ash looked around and noticed paintings on the wall. He saw a large painting depicting ten figures: five female and five male. Without the colors he couldn't make out all of the images. He did notice that one of the figures towards the left side of the painting looked familiar. A male, wearing a long cloak with boots, dressed like someone from medieval times. He held a staff with a crystal set on top and at his side was what looked like a blade.
When he saw the face he gasped. The picture looked like him only more mature looking. He looked and found another picture of his lookalike. This time he was sitting down in the same outfit from the larger portrait. There were six figures standing behind him, four females and two males. He realized that the two males looked like Max and Brock, save that the Brock figure looked like a soldier with an Axe and the Max figure looked like some sort of pilot, with a great number of pockets and a helmet with some sort of bird on it.
The four female figures were standing by his sides. Looking closer, he realized that two of them greatly resembled Misty and May. Misty's lookalike had long flowing hair while May's looked like similar to her real hair, but with flower hair clips. Both were dressed for combat, with Misty wielding a Trident and wearing a cape. May was wielding a Chinese sword, looking like some sort of performer.
"It's scary, isn't it?" Ash turned and saw a woman walking up to him. She was the only one with color, "These pictures look so much like your friends. These were the last princes and princesses, before the kingdom fell."
"Who are you? What is this place?"
"My name is Tsukihime, but you may call me Tsuki. As for your other question, normally when we find someone of any guard, we meet them in their dreams. But since you found your gem," she pointed at Ash's necklace, "You were taken here."
"So what is this place?" he asked, still looking around.
"This is the Palace. Its real name is lost to history. It was the guardian's' headquarters, from which they could protect their people. The kingdom was too large for one palace, so they used multiple locations.
"What happened?"
Tsuki looked away with a small frown and Ash noticed some tears in her eyes. "Greed. Lust. Power. They all had immense wealth and knowledge, but used it for the betterment of their realms. Some of their allies betrayed them; people who wanted what they didn't have or deserve. They were also betrayed by some of the soldiers they led. They would rather let chaos rule than order. Come. I want to show you something."
Tsuki took Ash to an inner door which were decorated with decorative images. "Show your gem to the door to pass through."
Ash did so and the door opened to let them inside. Tsuki led him through the hallway to a huge room. This place had a little color, but it wasn't much; only centered on the area where Drew was standing. Tsuki moved to the back of the room.
"Ten elements, ten gems, ten people. Show your gem to receive your belt when you are ready."
(Legend of Zelda pulling the sword or whatever that music is then keep playing the Hyrule Castle)
"Not once have I backed down from a challenge, and I'm not about to start now!" Ash stated confidently. He stepped into the center and raised the Topaz. The kanji for Thunder (雷) glowed behind his left shoulder and shined. When it died down, a gold belt buckle with some sort of bird embossed on the center, along with a deck of cards landing in Ash's hands. "Now what?"
"When the time comes Ash, you will know," was Tsuki's only answer as she faded away, taking the dream with her.
Back in the Pokémon Center
Ash woke up in a daze. He moved his arms to get feeling and hit a solid object. He lifted the covers and saw, to his shock, the same belt buckle as from the dream, along with a deck of cards. That wasn't a dream? he thought in surprise.
"Ash, are you up?" Misty's voice came from the door. "Come on! We're gonna be late for May's contest.
"Coming!" Ash called he hid the belt in his bag and left his room. "Come on Pikachu!"
"Pika, pikapi!"
Fallarbor contest hall locker room
May was nervous; this was her first real contest and she couldn't shake the jitters.
"Torchic, Beautifly, Skitty…I hope we do well…"
"May…MAY!" a voice called, snapping her out of her thoughts. She turned and saw Ash and Drew.
"You okay?" asked a concerned Ash.
"Yeah, I just have a lot on my mind," she said, rubbing the back of her head.
"Contest Jitters?" Drew asked. May nodded, "Just relax May; if you get nervous just find us in the crowd, we're going to be on the front row.
"Thanks Drew," she answered, smiling with renewed energy.
"May, you can do this; we believe in ya," Ash told her.
"Pika-pika!" chirped his yellow companion.
May blushed slightly and nodded. With that the two boys left.
Unknown to either of them, someone was watching them with an eerie purple glow.
"So she thinks they can win this contest no problem, eh? I'll just steal their Pokémon with my new friend," hissed a feminine voice. A purple serpentine silhouette shimmered behind them in the shadows.
In the stands
"How is she?" asked Brock as Drew and Ash took their seats.
"She's fine, she just needed morale boost," Drew replied, sitting between Tori and Gabby. Gabby had a camera out to record the contest and to let May see what she could improve on.
"Let's cheer her on, alright?"
On the stage
"Welcome to the Fallarbor Pokémon Contest! I am your host, Vivian Meridian and we're ready to see some amazing appeals! Judging today's contest is the head of the Pokémon Contest Association, Mr. Contesta!"
A man with grey hair in a red suit smiled. "This show will be spectacular," he said assuredly into his microphone.
"The President of the Pokémon Fan Club, Mr. Sukizo!"
A short japanese man with balding hair nodded. "Remarkable!"
"And our last one is Fallarbor Town's own Nurse Joy!"
"It is a pleasure to be judging this contest!"
"Now then let's get this show on the road!"
With that, the contest was under way. Many tried to make a good impression; Drew and a rival Coordinator managed to get a 29.6; a very good score. Grace, a fellow competitor who blushed at their compliments, got a 29.5 with her Medicham. Jessica, an unknown competitor, was able to wow the judges with a rainbow-making Dustox, scoring a 29.7. May with her Beautifly was able to squeeze in at 25.9, which let the group give a sigh of relief.
Now they were in the knockout stage with Jessica (Team Rocket's Jessie in disguise) squaring off against May.
"Alright, five minutes on the clock and…BEGIN!"
"Go Dustox!"
"Beautifly take the stage!"
The two butterfly-like Pokemon emerged from their Pokeballs with their own cries.
"Dustox!"
"Beautifly~!"
"Dustox! Use Tackle with a rainbow!" Jessica called out.
The moth spun around at high speed and dove at Beautifly, with a rainbow trail shimmering from its wings and impressing the crowd.
"Beautifly, dodge it and use String Shot!"
Beautifly started flying away and fired off a silk string from its mouth to try and slow down Dustox before it could do any damage.
"Dustox, use Whirlwind and blow it away!" ordered Jessica.
Dustox slowed down and flapped its wings, raising a gust of wind which blew away the silk and cost May some points.
"Follow up with Poison Sting!" Jessie said.
"Beautifly, knock it back with Gust!"
Beautifly was able to knock back the Poison Sting and cost their opponent points this time. It also had the unknown effect of damaging something on Dustox's, which had been helping their side.
"Grrr… Dustox, Tackle that bug!"
"Beautifly, knock it back with Silver Wind!"
Beautifly unleashed a powerful gust of glittering wind at Dustox. It cost her more points and further damaged the machine that been helping them wow the crowd with rainbow sparkles. In the back, Meowth tried to operate the machine with no success.
"Uh oh this ain't good. Better set up the back-up plan ready." Meowth said as he went to get Plan B started.
"Dustox, use Psybeam with Maximum Power! With a rainbow!" Jessica called out desperately.
"Beautifly! Use Gust and send it flying!"
Beautifly was able to shove Dustox away and launched a powerful Gust at its opponent. The attack connected and knocked off all of Jessica's remaining points.
"And that's that; with all of Jessica and Dustox's points gone, May and Beautifly will move onto the next round!" Vivian announced. However, as she moved over to the losers, she noticed something. "Wait a second! Something fell off Dustox! It looks like…some sort of device!"
"That looks like outside assistance! Jessica should is disqualified from the competition!" Mr. Conesta declared angrily.
"Darn! Looks like it's plan B," growled Jessie, throwing down a smoke bomb. When it cleared, she was in her normal uniform; a black and red dress, gothic in appearance. She also wore a cat-like mask. Accompanying her were several dark soldiers and a purple snake-like monster.
"Seviperious, help destroy this place!"
"Yesssss ma'am…"
The crowd started to panic and tried to run as the troopers started randomly firing into the arena damaging the seats and the contest arena..
"Guys we need a plan!" Brock yelled out.
"Right!" Drew yelled out, "Misty, Ash, on me! Brock, Max, crowd control! Tori and Gabby, try to keep the soldiers from harming the civilians." He pulled out his phone with a spin and pressed the Leo button.
STANDBY: Leo
"Henshin!"
COMPLETE
With flash of light and a roar of sound, he transformed into his lion-based armor.
Tori and Gabby got into their stances as well.
ORION
Kamen Ride
"Henshin!" They cried out in unison.
ORION
Kamen Ride: Sirius
Misty and Ash joined Drew in his path to intercept Team Rocket. They also wanted to protect May, who was now caught between the crowds and the monster.
"EAT THIS! POISON STING!" screamed the monster, firing multiple purple shots at the crowd from its gaping, fanged mouth. Sirius and Orion leaped in front of the shots and blocked them, shielding the crowd with their weapons.
"Don't worry about the crowd! Kill that twerpette!" Jessie yelled out, pointing at May. Seviperious nodded and turned towards the girl ominously. Drew knew he had to step up and end this before May or anyone else got hurt, especially with the look the snake was giving May. He drew Leonid and moved to strike.
"Ash, get the girls out of here! I am going to hold him off," Zodiac called out.
"Okay! Come on girls," Ash said, but Misty started looking around in worry.
"Wait, where's Togepi?!" the ginger girl asked frantically.
In the confusion, Togepi had wondered off and had somehow ended up near the two battlers.
"TOGEPI!" screamed Misty. She scrambled to retrieve Togepi amidst the chaos.
"Misty no! Come back!" yelled out Ash. He sprang into action, chasing after her.
At the same time, Drew was knocked aside. Satisfied with its momentary victory, the monster turned towards Misty, who had caught and was hugging Togepi to her chest.
"SAY GOODBYE! POISON STING!" The monster launched its stingers at the unaware girl.
Time slowed down as Max, Brock, Gabby, Tori and Drew watched on in horror. Purple needles were fired its claws at Misty, who could only freeze and watch with wide eyes. Ash saw this and his legs moved by themselves to protect her.
Gotta save Misty…come on feet move! The belt he had received started to glow. Move! the glow grew more prominent. "MISTY!" Ash cried out and moved his body in front of Misty.
"ASH NO!" The stingers struck Ash and threw up a dust cloud, surrounding the two of them. After a few moments, it cleared up. When it did the remaining crowd looked on stunned
Misty who had covered her eyes to not see Ash being killed opened them to see what happened to Ash. What she saw shocked her. Ash was not only unscathed but now surrounded by cards, each one acting as shields to block a purple-glowing needle.
"You okay Mist?" Ash asked with concern.
Misty's lips quivered, whether it was in anger or sadness, Ash couldn't tell. "You…you big dummy I thought you were dead." Misty whispered, her eyes tearing up.
"It will take a lot more to kill me. You should know that by now." Ash said with a grin, making Misty blush.
Ash stood up and the cards that surrounded him glowed and formed into a deck, which was then slotted onto his hip in a deck case, with a pokeball logo. One card remained out, held in his fingers.
"Well what do you know, Ash got his powers," observed Drew from where he knelt.
"Those fancy cards won't save you! Seviperious, finish them!"
"Yes ma'am… POISON STING!"
Ash stood in front of Misty as held the card in front of him. A card scanner appeared on his left side of the belt. He quickly inserted the card in his right hand. The belt materialized a red sash around his waist and connected to the buckle. Ash raised his right hand with two fingers out as it began to pulse.
"Henshin!"
He brought down the hand while simultaneously raising his left.
EVOLVE
The pokeball symbol flipped over, revealing a black lightning bolt. The belt pulsed out a blue rectangular shield, which deflected the bolts and knocked the monster back. Ash ran at it, creating a brief flash. When it died down, it revealed an armored figure, with a blue chest plate embossed with yellow lightning bolts. The boots were black with the same design, and the helmet was gold with blue eyes.
"For the sake of my friends I fight for justice! Kamen Rider Aura!" Ash cried as he took a stance, facing Seviperious.
Jessie growled. "…It doesn't matter what you call yourself, you're still a twerp! Destroy them!" she called out.
Seviperious bowed his head. "Yes ma'am! POISON STING!"
Aura took out a card depicting a Torkoal in his shell and scanned it by holding it front of his buckle.
IRON DEFENSE
Ash stood his ground. Thanks to the power of Iron Defense the shots only caused small sparks, but did little to even phase him. Zodiac took the opportunity to run over to Misty and get her moving again.
He turned to the transformed Ash. "You alright Ash?"
"Never better Drew!" Ash replied as he took out another card this one of his Cyndaquil.
Flame Wheel
"Flame Wheel!" he called out. Picking up speed he whirled in a cartwheel, engulfed in flames.
Drew followed up with another attack. PYRO BALL He followed in a similar fashion and knocked the monster back, flames washing over its reptilian form.
The monster was reeling, they could see it. Drew and Ash looked at each other and nodded. Drew picked up his phone and pressed the Leo button
STANDBY FINISH: LEO
While Ash took out two cards depicting his Grovyle wielding its Leaf blade and his Pikachu unleashing its Thunderbolt.
He scanned Pikachu's card first.
THUNDER
Then Grovyle
LEAF BLADE
He drew out a blade, about three feet in length with a yellow and black handle and a gold handguard. He began charging his attack into it.
COMBO: LIGHTNING BLADE
The blazing lion flared up behind Drew while an image of Raikou appeared behind Ash.
"No, wait! Don't-!" the monster cried out, cringing away.
"You threatened to kill my friend and now you expect mercy? I don't think so!" Ash yelled out as his blade crackled with lightning.
"Ready Ash?" asked Drew. At his new comrade's nod, they charged.
"Lightning Blade!"
"Leo Breaker!"
The two attacked converged and to observers it looked like a Lion and Raikou struck the creature with their claws. Drew and Ash turned around and started to sheath their blades Drew in front of his body and Ash at his side.
"Game…Over!" Ash declared, fully sheathing his blade. Behind them, Seviperious collapsed and exploded in a blast of fire and sparks.
They walked towards the group and powered down. The fans who stuck around started to cheer them on as they left.
Back at the Pokemon Center
"You all okay?" Ash asked as they entered one of their assigned rooms. Brock and Max nodded but Misty looked looked like she was going to cry.
"Ash…YOU BIG DUMMY!" Misty grabbed his shirt and started shaking him vigorously, "WHY DID YOU DO THAT? YOU COULD'VE BEEN KILLED!" she wailed, hitting him harshly on the chest.
"I'm sorry, but you would've been killed too," Ash said, trying to reassure her, "At least you're alright." He grinned, but Misty was having none of it; she broke down and cried. When he tried to reach out for her she ran from the room.
"Give her some time, Ash. The two of you have been through a lot," said Drew. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang left the room. This left Ash to think about what Misty did as he went back to his room exhausted from the battle.
Several hours later Ash came to dinner. To everyone's surprise he didn't eat much, which got them concerned.
"Ash, you okay?" asked Brock.
"Yeah, just thinking about stuff," the younger boy replied.
Drew decided to dig deeper. "Such as…?"
Blushing embarrassedly, Ash admitted, "S-stuff about Misty."
"What about it?" Max asked with some curiosity.
"I don't know but…during the attack, all I could think about was saving her. When I went to block for her, I seriously thought I was going to die!" Ash explained. He picked up his necklace and looked at it thoughtfully. "Next thing I knew… I was in that armor. All I could think about was protecting Misty."
May drooped slightly, which Drew noticed but continued paying attention.
"When you got her out of the way, Drew, it was a relief and I just wanted to end the fight before she got hurt."
Drew leaned back and thought about that. "I may be only twelve Ash, but I think deep down you feel something stronger for Misty." Ash's eyes widened a bit as Drew continued. "You would fight for any of your friends but when Misty and to an extent May was threatened you reacted and now you have a power that with training you will be a warrior capable of defeating anything that comes at you or your special people."
Ash looked down as Brock picked up what Drew had said. "Might I suggest talking to Misty before bed tonight. You have known her as long as you have known me. I know how both of you work."
"I will. Thanks guys," Ash said gratefully.
"No problem Ash." Drew replied as they stood up.
As the group left Drew held May back. "I've seen your feelings for Ash, May." May started in shock. "Honestly speaking, I have no authority to tell you to go after him, but I might suggest telling him soon. It will only hurt everyone in the end, otherwise."
May just nodded silently.
"Thatta girl. Have a good night."
She left the common room with the others watching her.
"Do you think it will turn out alright?" asked Gabby. She and Tori walked up to him
"Fortune favors the bold Gabby," Drew answered her with his eyes closed.
"What's that mean?" Gabby asked impatiently, hands on her hips
"It means I think we might have a budding couple soon," he answered with a sly smile.
Tori looked at May and back at Drew, "But which couple will it be? May? Misty? Or will it be both?"
"I don't know. I just hope I never have to deal with this problem," Drew said folding his arms
The girls looked at each other and just laughed.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing Drew!" Gabby chuckled.
"Yeah, well, we're going to bed. Good night!" Tori said brightly, still giggling.
The two of them slipped away.
"Girls? What's so funny? Girls?!" Drew called out as the door closed.
He sighed in frustration. "I will never fully understand girls." With that naive statement, he went to the bathroom to finish getting ready for bed.
Where Misty ran to,
Misty was in the room she shared with her friends. She'd finally fallen asleep from crying and had just woken up. Togepi, her little egg pokemon, noticed Misty in a sad mood.
"Toge?"
The squeak snapped Misty out of her fit. "Oh hi sweetie. Hi there, I'm sorry. It's just that your daddy can be so dense; he gets into so much trouble, he scares the living daylights out of me!" Misty started crying again. "And you know the worst part? I can't help but love his stupid self! There I said it! I fell in love with that bike-destroying reckless, stupid, cute handsome future Pokemon master!" She broke down. She continued crying until she felt a pair of arms around her. She spun around and saw Ash in his T-shirt and sleep shorts. "A-Ash?!" Misty gasped, turning white.
"So you love me?" Ash asked with a smile.
Misty nodded. "H-how long have you been there?" she asked, the hours of crying having made her voice hoarse.
"Since you started to talk to Togepi, I think," Ash replied. Misty looked down, away from him. The trainer sat on the bed. "Is it true?" he asked. Misty just nodded again. "For how long?" he gently prodded.
"S-since the incident with Lugia. I just c-couldn't get the courage to say it unt-til now," Misty hiccuped.
Ash pulled her closer. "Misty…I'm so sorry about your feelings. I should have realized…I just… never thought about it until Drew brought it up."
Through her tears Misty smiled and turned to look in Ash's eyes. Like a cosmic pull, she leaned forward and kissed him tenderly. At first his eyes bulged, since this his first real kiss, especially with Misty of all people. But then the feeling of the kiss got to him; he closed his eyes and sank into the kiss. When they parted, the ginger girl snuggled into Ash's chest as he ran his fingers through her hair. "Where do we go from here?"
"Well I think-" Ash started but stopped when he heard some sniffling. They turned to the door and saw May in her PJs.
"M-May?" Ash asked in surprise.
May looked up with a small smile on her face. "S-sorry…it was just so beautiful, with that confession and the kiss. Congratulations." Even with her words of praise, one could see that her eyes were not watering from happiness. Misty picked up on this and her eyes widened in shock. "May…do you-?"
"Y-yes…I know I'm being selfish and I'm sorry! But with what Ash did for me and what we've been through, I couldn't help but fall in love with him too!" May started to cry. "B-but I figured you'd be the one that he fell for, s-so…so, I won't get in your way…" she hiccuped, sniffled and then covered her eyes, trying to hide the tears spilling from them.
Misty looked at the crying brunette with a tender expression. She started to think about the situation. May seemed like a nice girl, from the little interaction she'd had with her. A thought occurred to her; an idea that might make everyone involved happy. She whispered it to Ash, whose eyes widened and gave her a silent 'are you sure?' expression. She nodded and they both went to comfort the coordinator. "You know…" she said gently, "Ash here has a very big heart. As much as I want to keep him all to myself, I can share."
May's eyes widened and before she knew it, she was gently pushed into Ash, who caught her and her mouth met his. The kiss began as a shock to both, but like with Misty's kiss, the two of them slowly melted together in bliss. When they broke apart, Ash looked at both of them with a confused expression and then turned to Misty with a curious expression. "Why, Misty?" he asked with some confusion, "You had me all to yourself. Why would you let May share me?"
The two girls giggled at his expression. It was Misty who calmed down first and responded, taking Ash's left hand. "Because you are just that special. But if any other girl wants a piece of you, they will have go through us."
May nodded and took his opposite hand. "I don't want to hurt anyone. I wanted you both to be happy and now I guess we can all be."
Ash smiled and kissed them on the forehead. "Thanks, girls. I'm kinda new to the whole romance thing…" he admitted sheepishly, "So if I make any mistakes, you can call me out on it." He looked at the clock. "It's late. We've had long day and May still needs to win that contest!"
The girls nodded. Misty took a spot on his left shoulder, while May took his stomach. Ash stared at the girls and smiled. Rather than question their actions, he pulled them closer and drifted off to sleep. Nurse Joy stopped by the room and saw the trio. She just smiled and pulled up the blankets, turning off the lights before leaving.
The next morning.
Drew stopped by the room and knocked. "Misty, Ash, you in there?" When he heard nothing, he opened the door to a sappy sight. Misty and May were hugging Ash's chest like their own teddy bear, while he hugged them back tenderly.
"Drew, you up?" Tori called out. Drew shushed her and pointed. She giggled happily, snapped a picture of the three and left the room. A few minutes a later a loud grumble woke the trio. Realizing that it was Ash's stomach the girls laughed at his red face.
"Guess some things never change, huh Ash?" Misty giggled.
"What? I'm hungry!"
Just then, both her and May's stomachs growled, making them blush.
"I guess you're both just as hungry!" Ash laughed, making the girls mock-scowl at him. This only made him laugh even more; which got the other two to laugh before settling in and nuzzling the boy's chest.
"Nice to see you guys up." The trio looked up to see the group walking up to him. It was Gabby that said this.
"Pikachupi pikapi," voiced Pikachu as he waddled up the group. Ash smiled as Pikachu jumped up to his trainer.
"Toge, Togepriiii!" Misty's Togepi trilled, inviting the redhead to pick her up and hug the baby pokemon.
"Hey buddy how are ya?" asked Ash rhetorically, scratching his ear.
"Chaaa~!" squealed the mouse as his trainer scratched his ear.
"I'm doing great buddy; guess what? Me, Misty and May are together!" Ash said cheerfully.
"Pi?" The mouse asked curiously.
"Yeah we're going out, I just hope that I don't mess up." Ash replied.
"Piika pika pikapia pikachu pikachu." The mouse deadpanned.
"What, do you mean you won a bet?" Ash asked.
"Pi…pika pi pika pika pikapi pi pikachupi pi pikapai pikapika!" Pikachu tried to explain.
"You bet how long it would take for me and Misty to get together, and on when May and I got together? Who was in on this?!" Ash asked incredulously.
"Pi…ka, pika."
He face faulted as much as he could. "Every one of my Pokémon; give me a break!"
"Pika, pikapikachu pikpika."
"Not just mine but Misty, Brock and May's Pokémon!?" he exclaimed.
Brock face-faulted, while Misty and May face-palmed. Drew and his girls busted out laughing. "Sorry, but this is so funny even your Pokémon realized your feelings! Man, both of you were dense!" Drew just kept laughing.
The trio just stared at the laughing teen and then broke down laughing. When they calmed down Tori asked "You guys hungry? It is breakfast time." The three resting on the bed nodded and got up to get ready for the day
At the Contest Hall later that day
"Well, after an exciting first match and the resulting chaos, the field has been repaired now! It's time for the finals of the Fallarbor Town contest!" cried Vivian excitedly, "On my left is May from Petalburg City, and on my right is Grace from Verdanturf Town!"
In the stands the gang was ready to cheer May on.
"Come on, May!"
"Go for it, May!"
"Let's go May!"
Ash, May and Drew, along with Tori and Gabby all called out, waving flags and wielding a camera respectively.
"Five minutes on the clock and…begin!"
"Go Medicham!"
"Beautifly, take the stage!"
With that, the two Pokémon unleashed their battlecries and readied themselves.
"Beautifly, Tackle it!"
"Medicham dodge it, then Meditate!" Medicham dodged the insectoid's flying charge and began focusing its energy.
"Beautifly, use Gust!" With a flap of its wings, Beautifly sent out a gust wind at the psychic, sending it flying along floor.
"Slow yourself down with Confusion!" barked Grace. Medicham was able to slow itself down by levitating and righting itself in midair, but the attack still caused them to lose points.
"Beautifly, String Shot!"
"Medicham, use Confusion to send the String Shot back!" Medicham sent out a wave of psychic power, entangling the butterfly in its own silk. "Now, follow up with Ice punch!" the fighting Pokemon charged, its fist glowing with a blue light. The attack struck the Beautifly squarely, ice spreading from the point of impact and freezing the wings.
"This isn't good," observed Brock worriedly.
"You're right; with Beautifly frozen, all Grace needs is a good hit and those points are gonna drop," Drew agreed.
"May, you can do it! Come on!" Ash yelled out.
"Medicham, use High Jump Kick!"
"Beautifly come on, get out of there!" May called out desperately. The Beautifly struggled and finally got its wings free of the thin ice. "Good, now use Silver Wind!" Beautifly did so and the colorful attack struck Medicham in the back. With combined momentum and power, Medicham landed on its knee hard, hurting it. This caused a major loss of points and huge momentum swing.
"It's hurt! May, now's your chance!" Drew yelled.
(Start Advanced Generation Victory music or whatever it is)
"Beautifly, start spinning and use String Shot, then Tackle!"
"Medicham, stop it with Confusion!"
Medicham managed to halt the tackle in midair, but with the force of the spin, the String Shot wrapped the psychic type up.
"Now, Silver Wind!"
The Silver Wind managed to entwine Medicham causing to fall down.
"Keep it up May" yelled Drew.
"You've got him on the ropes! Finish it May!" Ash encouraged her enthusiastically.
"Tackle him, Beautifly!" Beautifly went for the tackle but Medicham managed to break free and tried to stop him.
"Now, Silver Wind!" Beautifly launched the sparkling attack, but this time it split, trapping the Medicham's arms. The fighting pokemon looked on in panic as it struggled to move.
Grace's points were at a critical low, with one minute on the clock.
"May is going to win, come on before you're timed out!" cheered Max.
"Come on May, you can do it!" cried Misty.
"May, you can do this!" Ash yelled out.
"You're not out of the woods yet! Medicham, use High Jump Kick!"
"Beautifly, Tackle!"
As the clock hit thirty seconds, the two Pokémon went at each other in one last charge. When they collided, both were sent flying; just in time for the clock to run out.
"Time's up! Now let's see who won."
The crowd looked to the board and saw May had more points.
"The winner is May! Congratulations!"
With that the crowd cheered, May's friends being the loudest.
Meanwhile May stood there, stunned, until it sunk in that she had won. "Wow…I won!" Then she snapped out of it and cheered "I WON! I WON MY FIRST CONTEST!"
Later on at the ribbon ceremony, May stood on the podium, waiting for her ribbon. Mr. Contesta stepped up to her, holding a purple ribbon with a gold button bearing an embossed small crown. "On behalf of the Pokémon Contest Association, I present the Fallarbor Town Ribbon!"
"Thank you," she said gratefully, taking it. She looked at it with pride, until finally it was too much and did a victory pose. "YES! I GOT…THE FALLARBOR RIBBON!" She yelled out, holding it in front of her. Her friends were nearby clapping for her victory with Ash and Misty cheering the loudest.
With that the group's adventures in Fallarbor Town were over. Feelings were revealed and powers were gained. But although they earned their rest tonight, soon they must begin to train to fight against the darkness. Lingering questions still remain; Who is this mysterious benefactor. Where is Ash's princess? Will they overcome their opposition? And will their friendship survive the coming tide?
Stay tuned.
A/N: End of Chapter boy this was a doozy to right I think I rushed the romance a bit but if you leave opinions in your review it will be appreciated.
New gear:
Kamen Rider Aura: Ash's feeling for protecting Misty allowed him to awaken Kamen Rider Aura, the Guardian of Lightning. Using cards of his pokemon he can access his partner's abilities and use him to fight.
Edited 8/20/13: Changed the past Max and Brock's appearance. Also changed Ash's transformation pose.
1/14/2016: Added two betas. Northsouthgorem and Kurogane7