Alright guys. I apologize, but I scrapped my earlier work-in-progress Oneshot for this one. And this one was rush made, rush edited.
Why? Well lemme explain.
I am a huge basketball fan. So right now basically if you don't live in America you probably don't care anymore. Course I am a starter V-Squad athlete as a Sophomore, but thats not the picture. I love basketball. I am a huge fan of North Carolina (UNC) and Marquette (MU). I got tickets to Greensboro for the first 2 rounds of the NCAA for my birthday. After UNC's big win, I decided to stay just to see how the Lehigh-Duke game went.
See as a UNC fan, I hate Duke.
So basically all UNC fans stayed to root for Lehigh.
And boy were we happy. Lehigh as a 15th seed became just the 6th team ever in the 27 years of the tourney to upset the 2nd seed. So naturally I decided to dedicate this oneshot to the Mountain Hawks of Lehigh.
I would have spent more time editing it, but tonight they disappointed me. In a game they had under the belt against lowly Xavier, they choked. Big time. So my favorite private school from Pennsylvania is out of the tournament now, when they probably could have made it to the Elite Eight. :'(...no more like: D"X
Yeah that's about my reaction.
Nonetheless read on.
(Cat: Romance/Humor/Friendship/Sports/Happy/LEHIGH LOST SO WHO GIVES A F*CK :'( )
"AAAAAAASHHH! HURRRRYYYYY UPPPPPPPP!"
"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! Just let me get my lucky shirt!"
Voices were ringing up and down the upper level of the Pokemon Center. Rooms are always provided for people up there. They're usually pretty full, but this time of year they were more than overbooked. Groups of 10 or more people were camping out in rooms meant for 4. And that's just the Pokemon Center. You should have seen the hotels scattered around town.
May giggled at Ash's boyness. She called out to him through the middle of her laugh. "Why must you always wear that to these basketball games?"
Ash was completely aware of May's poking at him. Time for some sweet revenge…
"I dunno, why must you always have to try out 50+ different things when we go shopping?"
May sweatdropped. "Hey, I am NOT like that!"
"Speak for yourself, hun."
May was preparing to retort, but was stopped by someone surprise-hugging her from behind. Stunned, she couldn't help but smile.
The raven-haired boy on her back kissed her hair. "Oh c'mon May. You know I don't care about that."
May giggled and spun around. "Touché," she said. She leaned forward and pecked him on the cheek. Pulling back and smiling, she looked deep into his eyes, while he did the same.
"Love ya May."
"Love ya too Ash."
Ash smiled and withdrew, but made sure to grab ahold of May's soft hand. "So, how about we head on out to Ecruteak Arena?"
May squeezed Ash's hand joyfully. "Deal. Let's go see our 15th seed Braviaries beat those overrated 2nd seed Blue Dusknoirs!"
May and Ash were clearly excited for today. They had always been a fan of the Lehigh Braviaries. Even though they were 0-4 all-time in this NCAA Tournament, this was their year. Lehigh was playing above their heads, and the lack of defense that the Duke Blue Dusknoirs have is going to be key in them winning. The couple was excited for this game. When Lehigh was picked on Selection Sunday, they went absolutely bananas.
Although the only problem was that the game was being played in Ecruteak City. Duke was based just off of the bustling trade city of Burham, just 55 miles away, while Lehigh was all the way back in the little town of Azalea.
Everyone was talking about how Duke was a contender for the Final Four. Most said Elite Eight. As a matter of fact, there was but one slight mention on how they would have a possible difficult challenge against Xavier or Notre Dame in the next round. But it was almost like it was a given that Lehigh would lose. Like a free round for Duke.
But Ash and May wanted this more than anything else.
Well, besides each other that is.
Ash was becoming one of the most respected trainers in the world, May becoming one of the most dangerous underdogs in Contests. But they were most known for how perfect of a couple they were. They have done plenty a' interview in their time, but these days it way all about THEM. Not Ash, not May, but THEM. And they freaking loved it.
So as they walked down the loud and rambunctious hallways of the Pokemon Center and the rowdy lobby downstairs, they walked out the door into the sunshine.
Ash and May were walking through the city, admiring all the posters and signs, the hooting and jeering, the bantering fans and reveling boosters…the cities during March Madness were truly crazy. Especially the cities where the games were played.
After hearing some rap battle between drunken fans, Ash and May turned to each other and snickered. As unprofessional and crazy as everything was, it was lovely to soak it all in. It was a nice break from the usual meticulous training schedule.
They were planning on meeting up with Dawn, Brock, Holly, Dante, and some other fans they had met earlier that week. But before then, they wanted to just walk around the city together. Enjoying the relaxing life they had at the moment.
"Woah."
"Yeah this city is awesome, isn't it Ash?"
Ash smiled. "Oh, well I was talking about how awesome you looked, but I guess the city is pretty neat too."
May squealed with delight. She pulled Ash closer to her, and bumped shoulders with him.
Hard to believe that all this time I thought this boy was dense! May thought.
Ash spoke again, "Simply amazing."
May giggled. "AWW you're so sweet!"
Ash twitched his nose and furrowed his eyebrows. "What are you talking about? I was just commenting on how cool that building over there looked."
May fell down. "ASH!"
"Whaaattt?" Ash responded with a quizzical look on his face.
May sighed. "You are a tough boy to deal with you know that?"
Ash stopped walking and faced May, smiling. "Yeah, I know I'm the coolest guy you've ever met."
May returned the smile. They slowly pulled in closer to each other, smelling each other's aroma. Then they pulled their lips together and shared a sweet kiss. It wasn't passionate, it wasn't overdone. It was simply them sharing their breath, relying on the impression that the other brushed their teeth. They stayed there for a few beautiful seconds, and had no plan on stopping.
"EWWW GO GET A ROOM SOMEWHERE GUYS!" A blunette screeched from across the road.
Startled, May and Ash bumbled away from each other. A difficult task, as they were kinda tied up. Unfortunately for Ash, he was so wrapped up with May he banged and skidded his heel on the ground and ended up hitting his back hard on the ground.
May screeched and kneeled down to make sure her significant other was okay. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Ash! You alright?"
Ash only responded by rolling over and moaning whilst holding his back.
A young man's voice rang out across the street. "Yeah, that means he's just fine."
May turned around to see four people walking towards them. One of them was a cute blunette. She normally wore a short skirt and thin, tight shirt. But being a huge sports fan, she was now wearing a beefy jersey, which was WAY too big for her. She wore a pair of basketball shorts that had a Braviaries head on it, and a giant Black "L" on top of that. She wore a beanie that was white and black with the words "GO LEHIGH!" on it. She looked like a total tomboy, which probably was the best for her. Her blue hair didn't exactly go well with all the white and black and red, so she mostly covered it up with her beanie. Her face, though, still looked angelic and like a marshmallow. It was soft yet glistening. Her blue eyes were deep and beautiful, and seemed to calm even storms and nature itself. Her name was Dawn.
Another one of them was a brown-skinned young man with eyes that naturally squinted due to a family syndrome. Fan-wise, he was even worse than Dawn. He had no shirt on, and was covered from head to toe with body paint; he had the words "THIS IS LEHIGH" sprawled across his bare, muscular chest. He had on super long shorts that were identical to Dawn's. He looked like one of those loon fans you always see on fancam. His name was Brock.
Accompanying them were two people. One had deep, red hair. She had a wonderful hairstyle that was so simple but had such beauty. It was plainly let down, except for the final few inches right at the top of her back where it flared out in spiky points all the way around in a half-circle. Her face was as perfect and soft as a freshly made pillow, accompanying her cream colored skin. She had bright pink eyes that looked as calming as a lullaby yet as wild as a volcano. She was in heavy-fan get-up like Dawn, just with the "Girl's Version" of it. She had a flushed, light pink shirt and short, saturated violet shorts pulled up completely above her hips. Both had the trademark Lehigh basketball icon. Over her shirt she had a pair of purple suspenders, attached to her shorts. She wore high heels and tight, thin black tights that went up above her knees. Her name was Holly. She was Brock's recently reunited girlfriend.
The last person was a simple and cool person. He wore a simple black t-shirt and a solid white pair of basketball shorts. His hair was jet black and cut short, spiked to the side. His eyes were a color that seemed to be a shade darker than black and a hue deeper than dark green. He walked with such swag that girls around him stopped breathing to have the opportunity to stop and stare at him for a few seconds. What was funniest about him was the way he transformed. What once could be a cool and collected individual became an ecstatic and screaming-and-jumping fan during gametime. He was the kind of person who singlehandedly started wild fan chants in the middle of timeouts. His name was Dante.
May smiled as they all approached her and a still-moaning Ash. Brock and Dante helped stand Ash up as he leaned on their shoulders like an injured athlete. May got up and joined Dawn and Holly in a usual high-octane, giggle-friendly girl chat.
Brock questioned Ash, "Ready to rock?"
Ash smiled coolly and raised his head, hair hanging over his face. "I'm ready to roll."
Dante lit up, "Ready to roll all over some BLUE DUSKNOIR ASS! HECK YEAH THIS IS LEHIGH'S TOWN!"
Everyone laughed as they continued on their way to Ecruteak Arena.
Ash and the gang were going through the hustle and bustle of the safety and precautions that every big basketball stadium forced poor attendees to go through. They were stuck in people traffic. But it wasn't that bad. Since most every Lehigh fan was worried about being swarmed by Dukies, as they called them, the 100 or so Braviary fans bundled up together, getting through the lines early. Hey, they all traveled from a 10-hour plane ride away. They could take the small effort of arriving early.
And even that wasn't enough. They were still getting swarmed by jeering Blue Dusknoir fans. Nothing but dark blue and the faces of rude, loud, obnoxious Dukies could be seen. They were getting right in the faces of the Lehigh guys. They were lucky to escape through the ticket gates early considering the lines were 200 people deep.
Ash and May were huddled up together. When things looked scary, May had Ash to lean against. He was such a protective figure.
I still can't get over how dense I thought he was! I can't imagine a better boyfriend. May giggled thinking about that.
"…Ash?"
Ash kept his eyes up, looking protective of his girlfriend. "Yes sweetheart?"
May looked up, a glimmer in her eyes. "Thank you for being here when things get scary. I know I'm safe with you…"
Ash turned his head for a brief second and winked at May, leaving it at that. He started stroking her soft, beautiful brown hair.
What May thought was true. Once the two had revealed their feelings to each other, their flourishing relationship just kickstarted. They hadn't really experienced any endangering discord. Sure they had their occasional fights, but their love was so great, they easily jumped over every and any type of hurdle chucked their way. Plus it helped that Ash had such a great sense of humor. And Ash was no longer the dense idiot he used to be.
But here in this crowd, it was tough living. There was a sea of blue swallowing up their friendly black Braviary crowd. Not that there was a small Lehigh following—there was a tremendous crowd of Lehigh fans considering how far away they were from home.
The reason Ash and the Gang were Lehigh fans was complicated and long. Basically they met an old Lehigh basketball player on the road and the rest was history.
But right now things were scary.
"Get outta here ya stupid RUFFLETS!"
"What's a Lehigh? A new type of LOSS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM?"
"Alright looks like Duke is going to the ROUND OF 32 BITCHESSSS!"
Yeah. These fans were relentless. They were known for their crazy, drunk-like, obnoxiously loud hollering.
Ash grit his teeth and kept moving forward with the group of Lehigh fans, trying to avoid any eye contact…and thus avoid any unnecessary trouble.
But if we did get in any trouble, May is staying safe.
But then a little saving grace came their way.
Out of the stadium came jumping, cheering, clapping fans of the recently triumphant team of the nearby city, North Cardonna. North Cardonna was a huge rival of Duke, and had the whole "I root for Cardonna and anyone playing Duke" mindset. However, they were a 1 seed, and were as close to Ecruteak as Duke was. And they came cheering for their recent victory. But the most important part is that out of the crowd of cheering fans (presumably staying for the next game since their tickets covered it), came one loud individual.
"LET'S GO LEHIGH!" **clap,clap,clapclapclap.
"LET'S GO LEHIGH!" **clap,clap,clapclapclap.
"LET'S GO LEHIGH!" **clap,clap,clapclapclap.
Pretty soon a couple other fans joined him. Then the rest of the North Cardonna fans. Then some of the Lehigh ones. Finally everyone in the lobby was going nuts. And you can guess Dante was one of the loudest, sustaining the cheer.
May and Ash looked at each other, smiled, and joined in together.
"LET'S GO LEHIGH!" **clap,clap,clapclapclap.
"LET'S GO LEHIGH!" **clap,clap,clapclapclap.
"LET'S GO LEHIGH!" **clap,clap,clapclapclap.
It put a smile on their faces, having the piece of mind that this wasn't just a Duke crowd. Lehigh had the rest of the fans on their side.
So Ash and May got to their seats, snuggling as close as they possible could, holding hands. They looked at each other, and shared one last sweet brief kiss before turning attention to tip-off.
And waiting for Lehigh to make history.
Well now that you feel let down, you know why this was cut off so short. I planned on it being a long oneshot involving more TeenCareShipping and more Dante, and of course more Ash&May, but I end it there because Lehigh choked tonight...so I've lost motivation.
R.I.P 2012 Lehigh Mountain Hawk Basketball. You will forever be remembered for your amazing and spectacular ability to beat Duke. The nation respects you all the same.
... D"X
*sniffle* R&R...oh what the heck I don't care. Lehigh lost... D"X
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