Whoo! I woke up before twelve today!

Drew: What an accomplishment.

Me: I know right!?

May: Wow that's way earlier then I get up.

Drew: Give me grace…

Me: Anyhoo I hope you guys like this chapter.

May: Rolyn doesn't own pokemon, Satoshi and other people do.

That Special Bond

"Okay, since you guys have never done this before me and May will choose our pokemon first." Drew explained taking a pokeball from his belt and enlarging it. He gave it a toss and it opened to release the white light every pokeball shows upon a pokemon's entry. "Sparclet, let's go!"

"Sparc…" The mouse pokemon said. Its flaming tail and ears flared harshly as to intimidate its opponent. Drew smirked and turned to May who already had her pokeball at stand by.

"Okay Shouler! Take the stage!" May said twirling twice in a circle. Shouler came out with a smile on its face while it balanced on one paw. It chimed its name happily as it stood next to Sparclet.

"Our turn!" Jasmine giggled. She looked behind her and whistled. A little Eevee came scampering up to her and she smiled down at it. "You up for a battle?"

"Eevee!" It cried happily. Jasmine's smile grew and she turned to Nick. He had a pokeball in his hand which confused Jasmine because he usually kept all his pokemon loose in the backyard. He tossed his pokeball and out popped a Vaporeon. Jasmine gasped because she never seen it before; it must have been new.

"Did you just catch that one?" She asked kneeling down to stroke Vaporeon on the head. Nick nodded and crossed his arms.

"Can we get this started?" Drew asked. May glared at him and jabbed him with her elbow for being so impatient.

"You guys can go first." She said as a way to apologize. Drew gave her an 'are-you-serious' look and she responded by giving him a 'shut-up-and-do-what-I-say' look. Drew sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Awesome!" Jasmine cheered. "Okay Eevee use shadow ball on Sparclet!" She ordered pointing to the fire mouse pokemon.

"Shouler use protect!" May said thinking quickly. Shouler jumped in front of Sparclet and created a purple dome shaped shield around them as the dark energy ball was launched. Drew smiled at May for her retaliate to the attack.

"Okay Sparclet use ember on both!" Drew ordered.

"Speed it up with psychic Shouler!" May said. Both pokemon complied with their trainers orders. Sparclet opened its mouth sending bullet shaped fire at Vaporeon and Eevee. Shouler's blue eyes began to glow purple and soon the ember was surrounded by a purple aura which gave it a boost and made it go faster.

"Water gun." Nick said. Vaporeon got up from its sitting position and launched the water attack that collided with the ember making it turn into steam. Jasmine smiled and decided to make a move as well.

"Eevee iron tail on Shouler!" She said. Eevee quickly launched into the air with its tail glowing white. May smiled and sighed; this reminded her of when she used to battle with her Eevee before it evolved into an Espeon.

"Shouler dodge then use dark pulse!" May said. Shouler jumped out of the way of the iron tail just in time and began to concentrate for its next move.

"Sparclet cover Shouler and use fire spin!" Drew ordered. Sparclet nodded and jumped forward. It opened its mouth and a spiral of fire went heading towards Eevee and Vaporeon.

"Eevee dig!" Jasmine ordered. It began to dig until it was out of sight underground.

"Dodge Vaporeon and use…" Before Nick could finish. Dark pulsations were flying towards Vaporeon. It cut right through the fire spin and hit the water pokemon dead on. The attack was strong because Vaporeon cried out in pain. The pulsation finished but you could still see it running through the water pokemon's body. In a matter of seconds Vaporeon hit the ground. Jasmine gasped and Nick just smiled and nodded. He returned Vaporeon and stepped back.

"Nick…what am I…?" jasmine trailed off. She wasn't too confident now that they had beaten her brother who she thought was one of the strongest trainers she knew.

"You can do is Jazz." He said with a smile. She blinked before smiling and nodding.

"Okay Eevee use shadow ball on Sparclet!" She said. Unsure of where Eevee was going to resurface Sparclet looked around confused and didn't notice Eevee come up behind it until it was hit by the attack. Drew clenched his fists as Sparclet was sent flying.

"I got your back." May whispered nudging him. He smiled and nodded. "Shouler show them your shadow ball!"

Shouler did a front flip while it charged up for the attack and it launched the attack at Eevee who's eyes widened. The attack hit dead on throwing Eevee back. As it tried to recouperate May took this as her chance to help Sparclet.

"Use heal on Sparclet." She said. Shouler's paw glowed a blue misty color and it jabbed Sparclet which made the fire pokemon wince but then it was at full strength again. Nick cringed knowing this wouldn't end too well for Eevee.

"Okay Sparclet…" Drew began glancing at May. She smirked and nodded.

"Shouler…" she said as she clenched her fists in anticipation.

"Hyper/lunar beam!" They said together. The two pokemon spun around with each other and released their attacks. The bright blue beam and the fire orange beam twisted together in a spiral of the two colors as it sparked and went at top speed towards Eevee. Before Jasmine could retaliate, the attack hit.

Eevee was hit dramatically and took upon a lot of damage. It didn't even try to get up because it was out in a matter of seconds. Jasmine pouted as she picked up the Eevee and stroked it tenderly.

"Aw, Eevee you did your best." She cooed. Nick held out his arms and she handed him the Eevee; he would be able to tend to it.

"That was awesome!" May exclaimed as she grabbed Drew in a hug. He flushed but still smiled and hugged her back. The two of them made a good team. They had a special connection when they battled together, like they could tell what the other was doing and being a coordinator helped them work out combinations together.

"We work good together." Drew said.

"How about we work totally great together!" She said. "I guess its because we're so close." She added with a sweet smile. He shrugged.

"I guess." He muttered. She laughed and gave him a kiss on the cheek. This caught Drew off guard and he was frozen in place. Jasmine giggled.

"Now I understand, you guys work well together because you like each other!" She laughed. May and Drew both looked at her then at each other. They both blushed as they took one step away from each other. "Have you guys ever given it any thought?"

"Um…" May said avoiding any eye contact. She fiddled with the chopsticks in her hair. Jasmine began to giggle at the pairs flustered state. Of course they both had given it plenty of thought. They were practically head over heels for each other but made up blocks that they both had put up was in the way of that little secret ever coming out.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to press where I should not be concerned." Jasmine said with a shrug.

"It's alright." Drew said smiling lightly.

"Well its getting late, why don't you two stay here for the night and you could head out for your contest tomorrow."

"That would be great! Thank you Jasmine." May said as she flashed her cute smile. Just seeing her smile made Drew's small smile grow. Jasmine nodded in recognition and they went back in the house.

"I still can't get over how fun that battle was, and its been a while since we've worked together." May said nudging Drew. He smirked and shrugged.

"I guess we just have that special bond that keeps hold over such a long period of time." He said as he shoved his hands into his pockets. May smiled and nodded in agreement while linking her arms with him. She blushed lightly and he did as well.

"I guess we do." She laughed as she pulled him along. Drew couldn't help but laugh as well as she dragged him and he resisted. Soon enough he escaped her grip and when she grabbed for him again he stepped away from her. This resulted in a full blown chase that went all over the yard as the two of them weaved through scattered playing pokemon; Drew trying to avoid May and May trying to catch him.

Jasmine stood in the doorway of the house, leaning on the door post. She smiled softly as she watched the two of them. Nick appeared next to her and she grinned at him.

"It's cute isn't it?" She asked. Nick glanced at May and Drew and shrugged.

"I really don't think I want to answer that." He laughed as a smirk came upon his face.

"You think I'll find somebody to be like that with?" She asked with hope filling her tone. Nick sighed and his smirked withered down to a soft smile.

"Of course Jazz…"

Jasmine smiled and returned to watching May and Drew. May had successfully captured him by tackling him to the ground and she was laughing while he struggled to get her off of him.

"I hope so." Jasmine sighed.

Aw, so ka-ute!

May: Yes, very.

Drew: I have nothing to say.

May: You never do and if you do it isn't nice.

Me: Ooh, burn.

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