Well, this was only supposed to be a one-shot but… I forgot to make the status thing say 'Complete.' So…well here's another chapter.
I do NOT own Pokémon
This was torture, plain and simple. All Ash wanted to do was to train with his Pokémon like usual, but instead the raven haired teen found himself locked inside of his room back in Pallet Town.
"Let's go back to Pallet," Ash said in a mocking tone, "We could meet up with everyone. I can't believe I fell for that, May and her stupid Pichu eyes…" And so started an hour of grumbling.
*Scene Change*
"Are you sure it was smart to lock Ash in his room?" A brunette asked her red haired friend as they walked away from the Pallet Mall.
"Well, he'll probably fall asleep from boredom." Misty replied.
"Or lack of food." May added.
Neither girl seemed to notice the heavily tanned male who was crawling along the ground, the combined weight of the shopping bags he was carrying on his back had caused his knees to buckle long ago and eventually he gave up on walking all together.
"Brock, will you hurry up?" May called over her shoulder.
"Where are we even going to wrap all these?" Misty asked.
"Gary said that the lab was fine." May replied as they turned at an intersection.
*Scene Change*
"Dear, sweet, Arceus." Will said as he watched Brock crawl through the doors of the Oak's Lab.
"What?" Both girls asked in unison.
Will only shook his head in response.
The lab soon had gifts of all sizes laid out across tables and counters, and within the hour Will, Leon, May, Misty, Tracey, Gary, Max, Brock, Pikachu, and Richie had their gifts wrapped, signed, and hidden, and were drawing sticks to see who should go retrieve the birthday boy.
"You can't be serious…" Will muttered as he saw the stick he had drawn, not even the size of a Wurmple's horn.
And so Will, Tracey and Pikachu were roaming the streets as they made their way to the Ketchum Residence.
"Talk about luck, I don't think Mrs. Ketchum would have approved of us locking her son in his room." Tracey laughed.
"It's not 'luck' Tracey, the only reason she's in Johto right now is because May, and I convinced Mrs. Maple to invite her to that convention, no idea what May had to do though…" Will trailed off.
*Scene Change*
"The things I do for that boy…" May muttered with a light blush as she placed a picture of herself and Torchic prancing around a Pokéball sitting on the ground in an envelope. In the Pokéball was a rather playful Skitty. From that day onward the group always had to be careful about where they left their loose change, lest the kitten Pokémon find it.
*Scene Change*
Ash woke from a rather pleasant slumber to the sound of the front door being opened. At first he thought his mother had returned, but then thought better of it. The convention, after all was scheduled to last another week. Carefully Ash grabbed an umbrella that was leaning against the wall, and slowly made his way to the door. Within a minute the door was opened and the only thing that kept Tracey from being knocked unconscious was Will's hand grabbing the umbrella and throwing it aside.
"Easy there, Killer." Will grinned at Ash.
"You are by far the cruelest person I have ever met…" Ash replied.
"Well, that's too bad; I mean we were going to show you an amazing spot for catching Pokémon but…" Tracey trailed off.
"Well what're we waiting for?" Ash shouted in excitement, as he dragged the two out of the house and down the street with Pikachu barely hanging onto Ash's shoulder. Twenty minutes later the group had convinced Ash to follow them to the lab.
Ash, Will, and Tracey, all walked into the lab to find the lights turned off and no one in sight.
"Well?" Ash asked expectantly.
There was silence for a second then, "SURPRISE!" resounded throughout the facility. Ash's reaction was to shriek out of surprise, this of course had everyone in the lab laughing at their friend's current predicament. Two minutes later the cake was cut, and gifts were given. Ash received a Pokégear from Max, a new pair of jeans from Brock, a small crate of Pokéballs from Richie, a pair of socks from Gary, a book on battle tactics from Misty, a framed picture of the entire group from Will, a plushy Pikachu from Leon, and a bottle of ketchup from Pikachu. As the actual party started the attendees started to form their own groups, Ash, Gary, and Richie, all started talking about battle strategies, while Misty, Will, Max, and Brock all discussed current events meanwhile Leon and May hung on the fringes of the group, watching as Pikachu gorged itself on ketchup, cake and Pokéchow.
"Like Trainer, like Pokémon…" Leon said bemusedly.
Soon Ash noticed May sitting down looking a little sad.
"Nothing, I'm just tired. Do you want to see your present?" May asked excitedly.
"Sure." Ash replied as May led him up the stairs to the roof of the lab.
As the pair got comfortable Ash couldn't help but noticed how bright the stars seemed.
'Maybe it's just 'cause I'm with May.' The teen thought before gently shaking his head.
"I wanted to give this to you without eighteen eyes peering over your shoulder." May said as she handed Ash a ribbon.
"May, this, this is the first Ribbon you won." Ash responded in stunned disbelief.
"And I couldn't have done it without you." May replied as her face darkened.
"I honestly don't know what to say." Ash said simply.
"You could try, 'thanks.'" May giggled.
"Thank you, May."
"Oh, that's only the first part," May replied as she stood on tiptoes to give Ash a quick peck on the lips, "Happy Birthday, Ash."
"That was the best birthday gift I've ever received." Ash said as his cheeks turned bright red.
"Well, if that wasn't cheesy." May giggled.
"Does it at least earn me another kiss?" Ash asked joked.
"Hmm… sure, why not?" May replied as the two shared their first official, and rather passionate kiss.
A few minutes later May heard a sound that Ash did not; the door to the roof being opened and someone reaching for their Pokédex. She had a sneaking suspicion as to who the person was.
To put it simply, May was glad she asked Leon to steal the batteries from Brock's Pokédex.
Wow… I can't believe how long this is, please excuse any grammatical errors, I stayed up until 7:10 finishing this... the ending was kind of rushed as well…so yeah… I'm gonna go to sleep now…