Scattered Summer

Chapter 6

Ash yawned and stretched his arms above his head. As it finished he looked around. Cameron was nowhere in sight.

Ash frowned where is he? He thought he should of been back with the drinks by now.

Getting out of the pool and shivering a bit at the way the air interacted with his body dressed like this he padded over to the hallway trying to ignore the chill.

Looking into the deserted hallway his frown deepened.

"Cameron?" He called.

Silence was his only response.

Taking a few steps into the hall he stopped when his foot hit something. Pausing in surprise he looked down and raised an eyebrow at the sunglasses someone left on the floor though the brow was lowered when he realized aren't these the glasses Cameron was wearing?

Picking up he confirmed that they were and Ash's brown eyes narrowed before he turned and ran down the hall to go get Pikachu and Lucario.

"Uhnn..." It was with a groan Cameron came back to the living and once he opened his eyes it took a few moments before he became aware that his arms and legs were tied together restricting movement and to make matters worse he was still wearing his speedo.

Shivering in the air Cameron paused as he heard a voice speak up.

"Ah so the freak's awake."

Looking towards the voice and trying to ignore the pounding in his head Cameron's green eyes glared at Rick was looking at him with a dark smile on his face.

"Do you know why you're here?" He asked.

Cameron replied rather flatly "because you're a jerk?"

Rick slammed a foot down near him producing a cringe even though Cameron tried to not to as he snarled "no you're here because you're a freak!"

Cameron glanced sideways and with a coy tone that probably shouldn't have been there said "I'm not the one that's gone out of their way to harass two people in very obscene ways. I mean the underwear thing seriously?"

Rick went red whether from humiliation or anger or both was unclear though his response was quick.

Thud! Went Cameron as he pushed from his spot onto the floor. Hard.

With a slight groan he said "do you really think you're gonna get away with this?"

Rick snorted "you clearly don't know anything about my father?"

Cameron winced though he said "yeah but karma has a way of catching up with everybody eventually…"

Meanwhile Ash was hurrying towards Rick's house, Pikachu and Lucario both accompanying him.

And they weren't alone, an Officer Jenny was with them. Halfway there they had run into her and after explaining they had hit a stroke of luck!

Turns out she and some members of her family had been investigating Rick's family and this incident was the thing they needed to finally bring the hammer down upon them so off on her motorcycle they went in the sidecar though it was a tight squeeze.

All of them had determined looks on their faces though Ash's was mixed with worry over Cameron and Lucario was devastated that he hadn't noticed what had happened to his trainer until Ash had come and gotten him. And Pikachu was just determined about what would come next.

They quickly soon approached Rick's house which had some notable security. A quick conversation had Officer Jenny distracting the guards while Ash snuck in.

And that was what they did.

They soon encountered Rick's friends and Pikachu was quick to go for the one-hit-KO. With the electric mouse standing guard Ash and Lucario quickly hurried onwards and they quickly found Rick standing over Cameron who was lying on the ground.

Lucario was quick with a Bone Club.

With the jerk unconscious on the ground and the angry pokemon standing guard over him Ash was free to check on Cameron who appeared to have a black eye and an injured arm both of which got Ash seething.

As his hand gently touched Cameron's face he got a moan from Cameron who groggily slurred "A-Ash?"

"It's me" he said softly.

Blinking up his green eyes and wincing softly Cameron smiled showing a missing tooth which again got Ash boiling internally but still it also relieved Ash.

Then Cameron looked down and after a moment asked.

"...Ash?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you come to rescue me dressed like that?"

Ash looked down and blanched realizing he was wearing only his speedo and flip flops. "Oh… That explains Officer Jenny's reaction seeing me." He muttered.

"And people say I'm scatterbrained" Cameron said with a slight laugh.

Ash chuckled lightly and taking in Cameron's less than ideal condition he asked "are you okay?"

Cameron nodded "I'll be fine." And seeing Ash's worried expression Cameron leaned up and kissed him on the cheek.

Ash promptly turned red and began to sputter while Cameron laughed.

"Knew it." He said.

Ash blinked at him in surprise then asked "knew what?"

"That you're attracted to guys too."

Ash gaped for a few seconds before saying "what, how did you?"

Cameron rolled his eyes wincing slightly with his black eye. "I am capable of putting two and two together. And then there your reactions to my tests..."

Ash had to blink as he recalled all the things Cameron had been doing that had been driving him crazy and his he scowled a bit as he said "you've been doing those things on purpose?!"

Cameron laughed as he said "it did answer my question didn't it?"

"You couldn't have just asked?"

Cameron leveled him a look as he said "would you have really answered?"

Ash went silent and Cameron nodded.

"But now that all that is settled we can talk about it. We have time we don't need to rush or worry or at least not a lot." Cameron smiled at the rather befuddled look on Ash's face and taking his hand the normally scatterbrained Cameron said "we have time."

Ash nodded and then both boys jumped a foot in the air when a voice called out behind them.

"You both are so cute!"

Turning they saw Officer Jenny had arrived.

And they did have time. A lot of it, the whole summer really.

Of course first there was dealing with Rick and all that that particular scenario entailed. Thought with Officer Jenny's help as well as the townsfolk it didn't take very long at all and was rather easy.

Then they did the dating thing. They did movies, dancing, battle tournaments, incidents with Team Rocket who finally emerged from the woodwork, and one particular incident involving Ash's mother which was certainly something though it did result in Ash and Cameron officially becoming boyfriends.

And before you know it the vacation was nearly over. A short battle tournament had just ended and Ash and Cameron were heading off to a new region called Orre tomorrow, Pikachu and Lucario were off being healed at the Pokemon Center and the males were distracted as Ash was currently mashing his lips to Cameron's rather aggressively.

Which was a change of pace considering Cameron was usually the one to initiate kisses but apparently Ash was in a fired up mood.

As the two made their way to Cameron's room Ash breathily said "Cameron I want to do that."

Cameron looked at Ash in surprise as Ash started kissing his neck. "A-are you sure?" He asked as this was very much a surprise.

Ash nodded fire very much burning in his eyes.

Cameron swallowed and nodded and with that he opened the door and two tumbled inside...

The night passed and morning came. Ash and Cameron were cuddling in bed wearing new pairs of underwear.

Blinking in the light of day Cameron sat up the sheets falling around his hips he looked around and blanched.

Tapping Ash's back he said "uh Ash we have a problem."

Blearily waking up he looked at what Cameron was seeing... and blanched.

Pikachu and Lucario were standing by the bed. They both had exasperated, knowing, and smug looks on their faces.

The trainers began to panic.

FIN.

Author's Note: hello everyone. At long last we have the final chapter. I decided to just go for one big push to just finish it at this point. And I think it works out OK. For the record there is another scene to this chapter which I had to edit out for reasons. But it exists in the version I will put up on DA and AO3. It feels good to finally finish this fic at last, I confess my previous version of this fic To Remember, Realize gave a lot of help in writing this. This won't be the last piece you see from me as I do have other stuff planned. Sorry for those who want to see the full version but I just couldn't put it up here really. Feel free to comment. Do not bash please. A big thanks to everyone whose supported me and this fic through all this time. I do not own Pokemon. Reviews welcome.