Ash Ketchum:
The sun was already rising when I woke up. I was heading for the Littleroot dock when I saw Brendan running after me. "Man, you run so fast Ash!" He said to me while trying to catch his breath. "Brendan? What are you doing here?" I asked. "Can I come with you to Johto?" I was surprised. How did he know I was going to Johto? "Um, sure, I guess."
Why not? It will be nice to have company and May will be excited to see that I have a new companion with me. We both got on the boat heading for Olivine City, located in Johto.
As the boat sailed, we saw a wide variety of pokemon. I was looking at the sky when Brendan interrupted my thoughts. "Hey Ash, how long have you even known May?" He asked me. I replied, "A very long time. She and her brother Max were one of my travelling buddies while in Hoenn."
"Was she a burden to you or anything?" "Not really, though she can be a bit...complainant at times." "Is she beautiful?" "Yeah..." Wait! Did I just say that?! Well, she is... I blush a deep red.
I really like May, but I never showed to her that I did. After that conversation, Brendan walked around the boat as he finally left me at peace again with my thoughts. I wonder.
Should I tell to May that I like her once we set afoot in Johto? How would she react? Would she get angry at me? Would she be happy that I did? Or would she react in a...different way?
May Balance:
I woke up as early as I could so I can meet up with Ash. I was waiting near the lighthouse when I saw the boat coming into view. I was so excited! I ran up to Ash as soon as he came down from the boat.
"Hi! It's so great to see you again, Ash!" I greeted him in a cheery tone. Ash looked well. I noticed that there was a guy with white hair tailing with him. "Hey Ash, that person behind you, who is he? Is he a friend of yours?" I asked Ash. He said, "Oh, this is Brendan Birch. He is Prof. Birch's son."
I was surprised. "Oh, then how come I or we didn't see him when we first came to Littleroot Town?" Brendan interrupted and said, "That's because I was in another region that time. I was told by my dad to go to Kanto to help my father in his studies." "I see." I said to him.
It feels really odd though. It's like I met Brendan before. Or maybe it's just my imagination. I shouldn't give it much thought; I have to focus on my contest.
I invited the two of them to watch me in the Olivine contest later this afternoon and they agreed. And then I left to practice once more. I've got to make a great impact on the audience since I know Ash will be watching together with Brendan.
Brendan Birch:
Wow. The only word that came into my head was just plain wow. May looks really beautiful now. Then, something stirred in my heart when I saw her. Could it be? Am I...in love with her? That is impossible. Is it?
I was dazed until I heard Ash's voice telling me to snap out of it. "What?" I annoyingly said to him. "Do you always do that?" Ash asked me. "Do what?" "You dozing off because it seems to me that you do that all the time."
Now that I think about it, Ash has got a point. I've been suddenly dozing off recently, which is unlike me. What's wrong with me? Is it because...I finally met May again after all those years? That's impossible. I've rarely fallen in love.
Well, except for Flannery and those girls...I like girls who wear kimonos, okay? It's not my problem that I do. But May, though I have just met her recently, seems that she is unlike those others.