Author's Note: In this fanfic, quotes are shown with ", and thoughts are shown with ' and italics. Pokémon speech is translated into English and is shown with parentheses. Their thoughts are also put in parentheses but the words are again italicized. The narrator is all italicized and not in quotes or parentheses. I will also not put character descriptions. Flashbacks and certain parts are separated by line breaks. I will also put FLASHBACK and END FLASHBACK where necessary. Boldface other than titles shows emotion. Noise or visual effects will be put in parentheses without italics or caps. And quotes said by a character are in ', but without italics. Oh, and my main influences for this story are PikamasterADV, Cybercubed, and all the other AdvanceShipping artists and authors dedicated to the vision that May and Ash should be together forever. Enjoy.

Pokémon: Final Frontier

FF001: The Calm before the Storm

We are now in Pallet Town with our heroes, now relaxing at the Ketchum residence after Ash's win in the Sinnoh League. It is here where Ash will begin his final journey. What he doesn't know is that he will save the world yet again. And he will finally fall in love, and thus, discover who his love is. We now pay attention to the ceremony for Ash in congratulations to the Sinnoh League.

"And here we have the man that made us all so proud, Ash Ketchum!" said Professor Oak, one of Ash's many mentors along his journey. At the sound of his name, the entire crowd stood up and clapped madly for him. Some were his family, others were friends, still others he met on his journey, and some were his closest friends. However, Ash was looking for one specific person. 'Where is she?' he thought. 'I can't celebrate without her. May, where are you.' In fact, he already knew where she was. She told him earlier that she was stuck in Goldenrod City back in Johto.

FLASHBACK

"Hi, May, how are you doing."

"A little better, Ash."

"So, can you make it to Pallet?"

"Unless the approaching storm breaks up, no"

'I was hoping she was going to go. She would've made my day.'

"Oh man, I was hoping you could go."

"I'm really, really sorry, Ash. I would if I could, but that storm is really bad."

"That's okay, May. I was just hoping anyway… (stomach growls)"

"Ahhh, so you still think with your stomach, Ashy-boy."

"Uhhh…yeah…Well, I'll call ASAP. Bye, May."

"Bye, Ashy. See you soon!" 'And he still acts like the man he is.' (sighs in admiration)

END FLASHBACK

The thing Ash doesn't know is that she had a talk with Gary Oak after he left.

FLASHBACK

"Hey, Gary, what's up?"

"Who the he… (snaps) Oh, you're May!"

'Wow. He doesn't even remember.' "Hey, can I ask you a favor."

"Uhhh…yeah, yeah!"

"Could you find me a way to get to Pallet. I'm stuck here in Goldenrod because of that storm."

"I think I might have a solution. Hold on a second." He then left for a moment. When he got back, he had a Pidgeot. "Hey, Pidgeot! How are you doing?"

"He's doing pretty well. The funny thing, though, is that this was actually Ash's Pidgeot" May then grew surprised. Ash never told her of his Pidgeot. "Wait. Ash had a Pidgeot?"

"Yeah, he did. Anyway, since this Pidgeot is so strong, he could pick you up. So, do you agree?"

"Of course yes, you idiot." Once May was done, he then whispered a couple of directions to Pidgeot.

(Yeah! I got it Gary. I just hope Ash manages to keep himself together. You know how much he cares about her)

"Yeah, I know that. Which is why you have to be extra-careful with her. If she fell off..."

(Yeah, I know what you're going to say. But it's more than that. I recently found out that she is now involved in, 'the prophecy,' as well as all the others he has traveled with on his journey.)

"What the fucking hell! You're kidding, are you?"

(I wish I was. But it's true. But we should only tell Ash when the prophecy comes to the time of fulfillment)

"But.."

(Shhh! You may be bothering the girl. We'll talk about this later)

"Okay then. We will. Return to me at once then, to tell me the new prophecy."

(Will do)

"Well, I'll see you at the party."

"Thanks a bunch! Bye!"

"Bye." 'He owes me big time for this, especially for not telling him until later. He is not going to like this.'

END FLASHBACK

It is now three-quarters through the ceremony, and Ash is now saying, "It's now time to introduce my greatest rival, and one of my closest friends, Gary Oak!" The entire crowd applauded. Dawn asked Brock, "Him? He's Ash's greatest rival? I thought Paul was."

"Nope, Gary was. He always knew how to get to Ash in the end. The way they rivaled each other was scary."

"And," said Misty, "he was Ash's man he wanted to beat until he met Paul."

As they were talking, Gary came to the podium and began his plan by saying, "Well, well, well, Ash. I have to thank you for that comment. And, in return, I have arranged something special just for you. Are you ready?"

"Yep, of course I'm ready."

"Okay then. Pidgeot, come down!"

(Okay, Gary, I'm coming down. Steady, miss. We don't you falling off in front of him. He'd probably be scarred for life if you did)

Then, Pidgeot started descending, and on top on him was a lady dressed in red and green. 'No,' thought Ash, 'it can't be.' His eyes then started to water up.

'No way!'

'I heard she wasn't coming'

'It's…'

"MAY!" said Ash. He then started running towards her.

"ASH!" May then started to run towards him. Then, they engaged in a long, tearful, and very warm embrace. It seemed to last for eons. "I thought you weren't coming!" said Ash, still bawling like a baby during the embrace.

"Well, after calling you, I just felt a feeling like I lost something very important," said May who was also bawling, "And then I decided to call Gary. Besides, that something very important was a chance to ask you this: Ash Ketchum, from the bottom of your heart, do you love me?" She then paused and felt the suspense of his answer as everyone gasped.

"May, of course I love you. I loved you ever since we became the best of friends. You were so sweet and the way you treated your Pokemon was just heavenly. In fact, I was going to ask you the same question. I just couldn't stomach what would happen if you said no."

"Why, you dense little..," and then she and Ash became locked in their first kiss. The entire audience didn't believe that Ash, the dense trainer for which he was known for, would admit to liking a girl in public. His mom just fainted on sight. Ash blushed as red as a beet and May seemed so relaxed as their tongues became intertwined. They seemed so at peace with the world. As May moved her tongue and felt his breath, May felt as if all her previous problems had been solved. She was ticklish and laughed with delight as Ash moved it. When it seemed that the kiss would last forever, they had to break off for air. "Wow, Ash, I never knew you were that good."

"Well you never know." 'Wow. I've never seen May so happy ever since she was with me. She must have really had problems.' "Oh, but I think we overdid it. Everyone is staring at us mouth open and my mom fainted."

'This could be a problem in our relationship. I wasn't expecting this.' "Well, we should take care of this. Right, ba-ba-boyfriend?" 'Whew! Finally, got it!'

"Right, ga-girlfriend. Let's get started. But first, why did you only ask me now?"

"Well, I was nervous about how you would react. I guess that my mind would collapse if you rejected me. First, it was only, 'Do you like me?', then it became, 'Do you like me more than just a friend?', and it finally became, 'Do you love me?'. I thought I was going to lose you."

"Don't worry. I know what you are talking about, May. I felt like I was having the same problem with asking you. But, I figured that this would be my last chance. I thought after this, you would end up with Drew."

"Well, just to tell you, I thought that you would go with either Misty or Dawn. They traveled with you, especially Misty, and Dawn just seemed so like her that I thought that you would choose her if not Misty. And, me and Drew were never an, "item," at all. In fact, now I think I have to tell you about the talk I had with him when he said he was going to Johto and all that happened after."

FLASHBACK

"Hey Drew! What did you want to talk to me about."

"May, I'm going to go to Johto once Ash earns his final Frontier Symbol. And, I want you to come with me."

"I don't know about this. I want to stay with Ash, but I want to continue my dream."

"Well, think about this: If you like to stay with Ash, you'll probably be in Contests, but you won't see anyone with a skill level able to match yours. And, Soledad is coming to Johto as well as Harley and all of your other major rivals."

'Well, I have to say, they are the best, I've faced. Especially Soledad... I want to beat her so badly!' "You know what, I will go. I'll see you in Johto."

"Bye."

And May walked away with a happy mind, but a guilty heart.

END FLASHBACK

"What I didn't know is why he specifically wanted me to go. And that is where everything started to go wrong."

FLASHBACK

"May, after I was almost beaten by you in Hoenn, I started to really like you. I decided to stay around you. And, May, I have a question to ask you: May Maple, do you love me?"

"What! Are you crazy! After what you pulled with Harley, I can't trust you anymore. I said I would be your friend again. But, I did not want to date you after that. Sorry, but no! We're through!"

May then walked away from him with a heavy conscience, and a heavy heart.

END FLASHBACK

"What did he do to you, May?"

"If I tell, promise me you won't go searching for him."

"I will."

"Okay. I'll tell you. (breathes in suspense) Ash, he-he-he raped me."

"WHAT!! HE DID WHAT!!" Ash then fainted in plain sight of May.

"Ash...ASH!"

It was about two hours later when Ash woke up in his room. "Oh man, what happened?"

"You fainted in plain sight of your new, "girlfriend," and she woke me up and we got you in here."

"Now, I remember. When I get my hands on Drew, I am so going to bust his brain out of his-"

"Don't you dare speak like that, son!"

"But Mom, he-he raped her."

"You are kidding me, are you?"

"No. In fact, I want to speak to May now about it."

"But first, let me give you something." Mrs. Ketchum then took a box out of her pocket. It was a small, black box with the message, "Our Sign of Bondage," inscribed in gold. "Ash, these are the wedding rings that I and your father wore before..." Her eyes then started to water.

"Mom, you don't have to mention him. He's just a part of our past that we didn't want."

"But, he took the life of..." Then, she started to cry.

"Mom, I keep on telling you, you have to forget about Robert. Besides, when I become a Pokémon Master, I'll make sure that that son of a bitch gets what's been coming to him"

"Thanks, Ash (sniffles). You really made my day. Anyway, take these rings, and hopefully, you will use them in the proper way unlike your son of a bitch father."

"Don't worry. I will. I have to go talk to May now. Bye."

"Thank you, my son. I hope the both of you end up well." Ash then got up and left for the room May and the others were in."

Well, that was exciting, wasn't it? Look for Chapter 2 about a week later. Please review and leave comments (except if you don't have anything nice to say, DON'T BOTHER!). Hope you enjoyed!