Chapter 3!

Dedicated to: A Rose For Me- A Rose For You!

Note: I'm super sorry! If you read it, I was trying to update my Poke Wars story. If not, please read and review!

Disclaimer:

May: amv4eva doesn't own pokemon.

Drew: GET ON WITH IT I'M BORED!

Me: O.K. Mr. Rose

Enjoy!

Chapter 3

In the temple, the ancestors were once again having a field day.

"She left for war!" The stooped woman said. "She really is as stupid as the matchmaker thought!"

"Stop, Brianna!" Casey cried, "She's risking her life for her father!"

"That girl must be suicidal!" The old bearded man said, completely ignoring Casey's comment.

"That's enough, Alex!" Max said firmly. Turning to Casey, he confided, "I'm going after her. If I can't convince her to come back, I can keep an eye on her."

Casey bit her lip. "Be careful." She said, kissing the dragon on the cheek.

Max smiled. "I will."

(Note: in a way, that was a spoiler for the Poke Wars)

…J…

"You're a WHAT?!" May yelled when she met Max. She was half a mile from the army camp and totally shocked.

"Ugh. Yes, I'm a dragon. Come on, we're in, like, half of your myths!" Max said irritably.

"Yeah, but you're a bit…small" May said, putting her hand on top of Max's head to prove her point.

Max rolled his eyes. "Look, May. You're going to need some help if you're going to survive. I'm not a human, but I am a guy."

The dragon –Max- had a point. May had never spent much time around people her opposite gender (it was a Chinese thing.) She now realized that this was a flaw in her plan. She had practiced a 'man' voice, which was a few tones deeper than her normal one. She wildly hoped it would work.

"Alright. Tell me what you have to say on our way." May grabbed Eevee's reins and started walking. Max climbed up onto her shoulder.

"Well, for starters, you have to not be afraid to go roughing around a bit. I'm not saying pick fights with everyone you see, but if someone hits you, hit them back!"

"Uh… O.K." May said awkwardly. Guys were weirder than she thought.

They had arrived at the camp. Max, not wanting to be seen, leapt off May shoulder and into her bag. The entire place was filled to the brim with men old (middle-aged), and young (like eighteen). They were all either practicing or trying to get to know each other.

Suddenly, someone struck out their arm and smacked May in the stomach. Without thinking, May punched him back in the gut. The man bent down, clutching his stomach, then he straightened up grinning.

"I like you already!" The boy had spiky black hair and dark brown eyes. Behind him were two others. One was very tall, with brown hair even spikier than the one who had punched May; the other was a tad shorter than May and had blond hair.

"I'm Ash, from Pallet Town." The black haired boy who punched May said.

"I'm Jack, from Ellicott City." The blond said.

"And I'm Brock, from Pewter City." The boy with brown hair said.

"Who're you?" Ash asked.

That's exactly what I was wondering." A voice behind them said. "Who are you?" May turned and her breath caught in her throat.

Standing in front of her was a handsome young man with hair as green as his eyes. He was, like everyone else, wearing his full armor, but he looked better in it than the others did. He had a dark green cape on his shoulder. Behind him was a man with blue hair down to his shoulders and a clipboard not unlike the one Ms. Hitoshi had had.

"I'm-I'm-I'm" May stuttered, almost forgetting to use her guy voice. She suddenly realized that she had forgotten to think of an alias for herself.

"Oh, come on, general." Brock said, "It's the kids first day. Don't scare him away; you have weeks for that."

General-Whoever-He-Was scowled. "I have to know my soldiers, Brock." Brock shrugged. Turning back to May, He said, "Who are you?"

"I'm-I'm Matt." May said.

General gave her a piercing look with his emerald eyes and smirked. "Alright, Matt. Welcome to the Chinese army. I'm gonna guess you're… nineteen?" May nodded. "So am I. Probably the youngest general ever." He continued: "I'm General Drew. I'm the one who's going to be kicking you all into army form. And this guy," Drew pointed to the man behind him, "This is James. He's going to be doing all the paperwork."

Ash, Brock, and Jack laughed, and May gave him a weak smile. General Drew turned and left.

"Good to see you lightening up." Jack said, patting May on the back.

"Don't worry; Drew gets better as time goes on." James assured May before going off in Drew's direction.

…J…

The next day was the first day of training. They were all on a field in their under armor. She was standing next to Ash, Brock and Jack, who were now her friends, or more precisely, 'Matt's friends. It felt weird to have people think you're someone you're not.

"Am I the only one who's hungry?" Ash said loudly, looking around for someone who might back him up.

"Ash, if we gave you enough food to keep you full, there wouldn't be enough for China, let alone the army." James said as he walked by. Ash scowled.

"Who asked you?!" Ash called after him.

"You did." James called back over his shoulder.

Ash muttered something about James May knew he never would have dared to think in front of General Drew.

"Whoa, dude, HARSH!" Jack said laughing.

"Matt, you really need to relax." Brock said. "You're way too uptight."

"Actually," Drew's voice said, "I like Matt's attitude. War is a serious business." The four of them looked and saw Drew coming towards them.

"Err…Thanks, General." May said awkwardly. Her face felt a little warm for some reason.

Drew shrugged and flicked his hair. He walked over to a pile of bamboo sticks and tossed them to the crowd. Everyone caught theirs, but just before May could snatch hers out of the air, a hand grabbed it. May looked and saw good old Akito Hayama. She held out her hand to take it, and Akito tripped her. Everyone (except, of course, Brock, Jack, and Ash) laughed, and Drew rolled his eyes. We've got a long way to go, He thought.

"Now," Drew said as he picked up a stick of his own stick. "Let's get down to business!" He flung a pot high up into the air. As it flew, Drew spun the stick so fast he made a small wind that blew the hair on his face back. The pot came down, and Drew smacked it and the pot broke into a hundred pieces. A chorus of "Wow!"'s and "Cool!'s went through the crowd.

It turns out that was what Drew had wanted them to do for the day. Unfortunately, the entire army was terrible at it, but May was the worst. All in all, she had just mastered the art of spinning the stick when Drew said they were done training. May was last ion the line to put her stick away and the others were all far ahead at camp. Or so she thought. When she turned to go back, too, she saw Drew standing with his arms folded across his chest. "I'm disappointed, Matt."

May looked away, feeling ashamed and muttered something about trying her best.

Drew walked over, grabbed her collar, and pulled her close. "Listen, Matt." He growled. May, feeling a bit of her anger left over from the matchmaker come back, (which she thought was odd.) looked into his eyes with an expression of smallest defiance. (go May!)

Drew went on: "Trying your best isn't going to keep you alive if you're one-on-one with Harley. You need to be trained and disciplined." He pulled her even closer, so that they were almost nose to nose and snarled, "Believe me, Matt. Before we're done, I'll make a man out of you." He pushed May to the ground and walked away, leaving her wondering what on earth she had gotten herself into.

There we are! Don't you think May and Drew got off to a nice start?

Next chapter: If you don't know, either you have never seen the movie or you have bad memory.

Also, I made James from Team Rocket a good guy, so don't start thinking he's a spy. Like Drew said, he's just doing the paperwork.

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