Update May 2013: This chapter has been updated and revised from its original version. Past errors have been fixed and adjustments have been made but the plot of the chapter, characters, and events have remained the same.

Well, I'm an hour late, aren't I? Sorry for that! I didn't intend to update late! If only the stupid file didn't decide to get up and walk away. :( Anyways, as requested by one of my reviewers, a zoroark will be making a cameo in this chapter. I'm sorry I don't remember who you are since it's been so long since you requested for it, but feel free to remind me of who you are if you were the one who requested it! Sorry it took so long. :\ Happy reading to all and please review!

Responses to Reviews...
chocolatehell: Lol!You recognized him! And yeah, facebook really has become a bit of a bore for me. I only ever get on to check my notifications and to wish people a happy birthday like you do. :P And isn't it? I agree with you when she say that she should've stopped after the first book, but then again, I really enjoyed the second one as well. She should've just written the third one an entirely different way. May I suggest you the Hunger Games fanfic "I Do"? It's basically an alternative version of Mockingjay written by a user named Half Hope. If you like theHunger Games and dislike the third book, I highly suggest you read that. It's a much better ending to the Hunger Games in my opinion. Be sure to tell me what you think if you ever do. :)
LAPKat: Of course! You told me to, didn't you? It's the least I can do to pay you back for all of the reviewing you've done for me. :) Haha, I really like that about him though! It makes him fun! At least he's not a jerk. ;)
Saikono-san: Did I really? Lol! Sorry! xD I really like brunetteshipping (contestshipping more though), so Drew will be fighting for May's affections for a while...or will he? ;)
EeveeTransformed: Lol! I didn't, one of my reviewers (chocolatehell) told me about it! :) But pwetty pwease read Absol? :3
The Last Poison Apple: Thanks for pointing that out! I mixed it when I went back to edit the chapter! I'll be sure to fix that. :) Thank you!
Pear-Shaped: Haha, naaah. He annoys me, too, to be honest so this is his only cameo. Shoo Alec! :D
KK: Thank you very much! I wish I could make Saturdays happen every other day. That means less school and work for everybody! Well, more for me since I'll have to rush to get the chapters up on time, but I won't mind if it means less school! xD
BittersweetSienna: He didn't enter the contest. He sat out because he caught a cold. Thanks :)
Claudette14: Stop arguing with me! You are! It's obvious! End of story! ;D I'd fall for Drew, too. He's like, everything I look for in a guy lol!
Blademon: Haha! I'm asking myself that, too! She will eventually, don't you worry! Thanks for the compliment. :)
LoveLoverGrl: HAHAH! Did he? I never heard him say anything else! I may have to go look for that episode. xD
Monochrome13: Haha, thanks! :)
musiclover99: It was! Gosh, I was so disappointed. :( And it is great! I'll have to pay a visit to the Move Tutor with my staraptor, too. :p
Pokemaster: Lol, Zekrom looks boss. ;D
light-chiix3: What do you mean you have to order it before you read it because it's in english? You're reading my fanfic aren't you? :P
OrangesAreAwesome: He's the cute kind of pervy. ;D
Kaurz9802: Thank you!
FlygonFan: Haha, they do! I'm pretty sure the animators or whatever did it on purpose! I know I am. :D
Sora-May: He will be. As to what'll happen, you'll find out when it does. :)
Namcitaable:Vulpix, my dear, it's not a ninetales yet. :P And I like him that way, too. ;)
Lov3dXOXO: It's fine! Just make sure you catch yourself up on the reading and reviewing! D

Love Unexpected chapter 19

Delcatty bolted toward its opponent, shrouded in an electricity that left a trail of sparks behind it with each step. The flareon that it was battling dashed forward as well, its own body cloaked in flames as it matched Delcatty's Wild Charge with a Flame Charge.

They met at the middle of the battlefield, both coming to a halt as their heads collided. Their heads shoved against one another as they both tried to gain the upper hand, their aggression feeding the sparks and flames that were growing and fusing the longer they remained in contact. Only fifteen seconds were left of the battle.

"Flareon, break away and use Fire Spin!" Flareon's trainer, Iris, commanded.

Obeying immediately, Flareon pulled away from Delcatty and opened its mouth to release the flames just as May called for a Solarbeam.

Delcatty leapt back as the flames came closer to absorb as much sunlight as it could. Once it got all that time allowed, it shot out an enormous beam of gathered sunlight to intercept the Fire Spin just before it got too close. It flew out, pushing the flames away and then some, closer and closer as the seconds ticked down.

The time dropped to zero just as the Solarbeam came in contact with Flareon's face, putting an end to the battle. May was announced the winner a second later.

Drew took the time that the crowd used for applauding May's performance to slip out to the back rooms. In there, he found May sitting alone on one of the benches for the rest of the coordinators had already either went out to sit in the crowd or left the building altogether after they lost their battles.

The next battle that May was to participate in next was the last one, and it was against the Alec guy that the female audience had swooned over earlier. He was nowhere to be seen, however, so Drew figured he was probably getting ready for the final battle of the contest somewhere else. That was completely fine for Drew; he didn't like the thought of another guy being alone in the same room as May, anyway.

May didn't hear him come in as she fiddled with the five PokéBalls attached to her bracelet. The two new additions contained her Munchlax and Delcatty, which had evolved from her skitty a couple months ago after she had used a Moon Stone on it, a birthday gift from her father. She was proud of how it had battled against Iris's flareon. That fire type had been a nasty thing with its agility and fire power, but Delcatty had held up well and came up victorious in the end.

Munchlax had done good as well in the previous battle against another coordinator's wigglytuff; it had not taken long to knock the wigglytuff out. She would be sending it, along with Delcatty, back home to her mother after they received their needed rest at the Pokémon Center.

The final battle would be between her and Alec. She had no clue what pokémon the guy would be using against her, but she knew for a fact that she would be using her blaziken. Even if Alec stuck with his samurott, she was confident that Blaziken would be able to battle against it despite its type disadvantage. After all, it had managed to defeat Natalie's gyarados a few years ago, and it had only been a combusken at that time. Surely it would be able to handle a samurott.

But there was still an unsettling fist of nerves kneading away in her stomach. Samurott was a Unova region-based pokémon, and she wasn't familiar with Unova or its pokémon, so who was to say that Samurott didn't have some surprises in store? She just hoped it wouldn't be too much of a challenge. She did want to win, after all.

The sudden movement of additional weight being put on the bench beside her jolted May out of her thoughts. Drew nudged her knee gently with his and kept it in contact with hers as she lifted her head to look at him.

"Nervous?" he inquired.

"A bit," May admitted. "I've never battled against an Unova region pokémon before, so I don't really know what to expect."

"An Unova region pokémon is still a pokémon. It won't be any different from a Hoenn, Johto, Kanto, or even Sinnoh region pokémon—just battle like you would in a match against any other pokémon," Drew advised, and reached down to give her knee a reassuring squeeze. "Which one are you using?"

"Blaziken," she told him.

"Blaziken, huh? Be careful if Alec decides to use his Samurott."

May lifted the corner of her lip in the tiniest hint of a grin. "That's exactly who I'm concerned about."

"Don't worry—it'll be fine," Drew assured, and gave her knee another squeeze before he pushed off the bench when Lilian called May's name. "Good luck—I'll see you after the contest," he said to her and smiled before disappearing out the door.

May chuckled under her breath and followed him out but went on her own back out to the stage.

The large screen mounted on the wall above the judges displayed the traditional set up for any contest battle. A headshot for Alec and May was programmed to sit above their individual point meters, and the timer at the center of the screen was set to a five-minute time limit. The time began to tick down after both coordinators readied their PokéBalls.

Alec surprised May when he opted for a pokémon by the name of zoroark instead of his samurott. May suddenly felt very silly when she heard him call out the name. She had spent all that time fretting about Samurott, but she failed to take into consideration that Alec probably had more than one Unova region pokémon in his party. Now, she was left to battle against a pokémon that she didn't even know existed until that very moment. How foolish of her.

Then fear overtook her after a slim, bipedal fox-like pokémon materialized from the white flash of its PokéBall. Brownish grey fur covered the entire length of its body, while a ruff of black fur sat on its shoulders. The large and voluminous crimson-colored mane that extended from the back of its head had black tips, and a teal bangle down near the end that matched the color of its eyes.

Crimson rimmed its eyes and mouth, and its sharp claws took on the same blood red color. Its sinister look was topped off when lips curled into a eerie smirk on its pointed snout.

May fought to keep her face impassive as she released her blaziken. The pokémon barely had time to think before the zoroark dashed forward and began assaulting it with a Fury Swipes. Blaziken alternated between swerving to the left and right in order to avoid Zoroark's claws, but Zoroark didn't seem the least bit phased.

May figured out why when it suddenly bent its extended arm and rammed its elbow into Blaziken's chest.

"Blaziken, Brick Break!" she commanded immediately.

Blaziken threw a clawed hand out to block the followup swipe from Zoroark, bringing its fingers around to clamp around Zoroark's wrist to hold it still, and then swiftly chopped down on Zoroark's back.

The dark type winced as the fighting-type move came in contact, but it merely tucked itself into a ball and rolled away. The same eerie smirk was still present on its face.

"Aerial Ace!" Alec called, mirroring his pokémon's supercilious smirk.

May and Blaziken barely had time to blink before Zoroark shot forward and slashed Blaziken in the face.

Drew frowned as he watched the battle taking place on the battlefield before him and the large display screen in front of him. May's points were steadily decreasing, like a hand on a clock would tick down minutes, while Alec's remained still after he lost a small chunk due to the blow that Blaziken had inflicted on Zoroark a moment ago. The only blow that Blaziken had managed to inflict on Zoroark.

Neither May or Blaziken noticed how Zoroark's chest was wide open no matter what attack it used. Blaziken could have struck it in the chest multiple times throughout the entire battle, but it was too distracted by the repetitive blows that Zoroark kept launching. Both May and Blaziken failed to realize that Alec's strategy was to have Zoroark launch out attack after attack to waste as much time as possible. While Blaziken was busy trying to dodge or deflect each blow, May's points dwindled with every failed attempt. Meanwhile, Zoroark would remain unharmed and Alec's points would remain untouched. It would only be a matter of time before either May's points were reduced to nothing or time ran out first.

It was killing Drew to not be able to help.

Blaziken let out a grunt as Zoroark yet again managed to hit it in the chest with another Aerial Ace, despite all of its efforts to block the assaults. Pain jolted all the way down from its chest to its legs, and it felt them threatening to buckle out from beneath itself. It took a moment to steady itself in time to fire out a Flamethrower to ward off Zoroark, who had attempted to come at it again.

May spared a glance at her points on the screen above her. She could not believe it when she saw that she was already down to the final fifth of her points. How could it be? What was she doing wrong?

She knew what. Zoroark was just too fast for Blaziken to be able to counter any of its attacks, and Alec was just too quick for May to be able to think ahead of him. Before May could even think of a counter attack, Alec had already called another move to abuse Blaziken with. How could she even think of fighting back when Zoroark was just too fast to make that possible?

But then she saw it—the flaw in Alec's technique. Why hadn't she noticed it before? She silently thanked the guy for calling another Fury Swipes or else she never would have noticed that Zoroark's chest was wide open. No matter what attack it used, for how long, or for how many times, Zoroark's chest was still wide open. All the time that she had spent paying attention to the onslaught of attacks, she had failed to notice that Zoroark's chest was unprotected through it all. Even as it charged forward once more yet again, just begging to be hit.

She wouldn't make the same mistake again.

"Blaziken! Sky Uppercut on Zoroark's chest!" she commanded.

Zoroark blinked when Blaziken suddenly dove to the ground onto its knees and leapt back up to pound it in the chest. Sure enough, the blow successfully hit its mark, sending Zoroark flying up in the air and then through it when Blaziken followed up with a Flamethrower on the same spot.

Drew nearly cried out in relief as he watched May turn the battle around. Blaziken managed to redeem itself by landing successful blow after successful blow all over Zoroark's body, its chest especially. In respect, Alec's points continued to decrease until his almost matched the amount that May had left.

There was only a minute left of the battle. May could do this. She could win. She would win.

"Looks like May's finally making a comeback!" Lilian exclaimed into the microphone, while the crowd roared in approval as Blaziken seized Zoroark's wrist mid-swipe.

Alec grunted when Blaziken used Zoroark's wrist to spin itself in so that its back was pressed into Zoroark's chest. With one jerk of its arm, it elbowed Zoroark with immense force and sent it flying back to Alec.

"Look at how much vigor Blaziken's displaying!" Lilian continued to say.

Alec growled as they reached the final ten seconds of the battle. He had come so far into this contest; he wasn't about to let the ribbon get away, especially since it was so close within reach. He needed to knock Blaziken out before time ran out on him, and he needed to do it fast.

"Grass Knot, Zoroark!" he commanded hurriedly.

One lone blade of grass sprouted from the ground and snared itself around Blaziken's ankle, yanking the surprised pokémon into the air. The crowd gasped as they watched the grass constrict around Blaziken's ankle tighter every time it struggled, leaving Blaziken no way to break free. It was like bait dangling from a fish hook.

"Finish it with Giga Impact!"

Zoroark roared as it gathered every last bit of its strength and charged forward like a bullet, power seeping out of its body and creating a sphere around it.

To everyone's confusion, May smirked.

"Blaze Kick!" she commanded.

Drew smirked as well when he realized what she was doing.

Flames ignited from Blaziken's snared ankle, burning away the grass and releasing the pokémon to the ground. It landed with a graceful roll and then dashed forward, the flames growing with every step as it closed the distance between it and the oncoming zoroark.

The seconds continued to tick down as they charged at each other. The audience members began to lean forward in anticipation. The judges braced themselves. Lilian gripped the microphone tighter in her hands.

Then Zoroark leapt into the air, leaving its chest exposed once again.

It was Blaziken's turn to smirk.

One second, Blaziken was standing. The next second, it was falling to the ground, bending one leg and leaving the other outstretched to keep its momentum as it slid forward.

Zoroark's vicious scowl vanished into a look of utter shock as its opponent suddenly disappeared from in front of it. Unable to stop itself at the speed it was moving, it continued to soar through the air as Blaziken continued to slide in the other direction.

Just when it flew over Blaziken, Blaziken straightened its bent leg and slammed its blazing foot into Zoroark's chest, sending the pokémon flying in the air before it landed on the ground with a painful thud.

The buzzer went off then and all movement in the room seized. Both Alec and May turned their attention to the screen, a look of horror on the former's face and a smug look on the latter's.

Drew smirked as well at what the screen displayed. He was right. She could've won. She would've won.

She had won.

Drew could not keep his eyes off of the brunette beauty beside him. When he saw her for the first time that night after heading to her room at the Pokémon Center to pick her up, only one word had passed through his mind.

Damn.

There really were no words that he could have used to describe just how amazingly hot she looked in the simple but impossibly alluring purple number that she wore.

The gam-bearing length of the dress already elongated her legs to a degree, but added with the nude pumps that she wore, they seemed to go on endlessly. Her already slim waist was cinched with the tonal belt of the dress, completed with a jeweled oval brooch positioned just slightly to the right. The satin material hugged her figure nicely, complementing her fair skin tone, and accentuating all the right curves and places, especially her rear end. And that low-dipping V-neck...

Arceus, Drew had trouble keeping the drool from overflowing; he had never seen her look so good. She completely rocked the dress. Purple was definitely her color.

"Drew? Are you listening to me?" May demanded, literally snapping Drew out of his daze with her thumb and index finger. "Drew!"

"Huh? What?" he asked stupidly.

As she glared at him, he reached for a glass of punch and downed half of it in one gulp to quench his thirst and calm his nerves.

"I must've asked you at least ten times if these were safe to eat," she snapped, pointing at the tray of chocolate-covered rawst berries behind her.

Drew rolled his eyes at her stupidity.

"Of course they're safe to eat," he scoffed. "Why else would they be serving them at a party?"

"Oh, so now you answer," May droned sarcastically. "Well, excuse me for never having tried a certain food before!"

"That's not even the case—it's common sense! They're food being served at a party. That pretty much means they're safe to eat!"

"Just shut up," May muttered after a moment, when she failed to think of a witty comeback.

Drew chuckled to himself and turned to glance around the large room that the after party of the contest was being held in as she reached for a berry. After he was certain that she had received enough time to take at least one bite, he turned back around to gauge her reaction—and hopefully get in a good gibe. His jaw almost hit the floor in horror, though, when he saw what she was doing.

May held the berry to her mouth by its leaves, melting the chocolate on her tongue and sucking on it before she pulled it out of her mouth to prevent any drips. She took the berry in and out of her mouth to make the process of removing the chocolate faster, completely oblivious to how sexual she was making it look.

Drew groaned to himself when she paused to lick off the last dribble of dark brown substance before popping the berry back into her mouth to take a bite. A painfully slow bite.

"Mmm," she hummed, her expression going dreamy as she tasted the odd combination of sweetness and bitterness. "This tastes so good."

"Will you please stop that?" Drew breathed, his voice strained and husky.

"Stop what? Eating the berry?" she asked, eyes widening in innocent confusion with the berry just an inch from her mouth.

"No. Stop the way you're eating it."

May opened her mouth to ask Drew what he meant, but stopped herself in time when it dawned on her. She glared at him and whacked him with her hand.

"Pervert! I wasn't even trying to make it look that way!" she scolded.

Drew raised his hands in surrender. "Sorry! It's not my fault! You should've just popped the thing in your mouth instead of doing all that!"

May growled in frustration and turned her back on him to chug her drink.

Drew rubbed the back of his neck nervously and dismissed himself to go to the bathroom to give her time to cool down and to gather himself. He really didn't mean to think that way about the way she ate the berry, but it was so hard not to! He had always been good with his perverted thoughts around any girl no matter how hot they were, but it was so difficult with May. He had never had a girl provoke such a reaction from him before.

That definitely had to be one of the reasons why he was so attracted to her. She made him feel things that he had never felt before. He experienced every feeling that had been a mystery to him in the past—everything from jealousy to lust, even the odd feeling that felt like the fluttering wings of a thousand beautifly in his stomach every time he saw her. Arceus, he didn't think he would ever tire of her.

After giving himself a good splash in the face with some water from the bathroom sink, he headed back out to the party and searched through the crowd for May. Spotting the head of luxurious brunettes waves at the same location that he had left her, he began to walk toward her, meandering through the crowd. He slowed down before he reached her when he saw Alec engaging in a conversation with her. She didn't look very comfortable.

"How old are you?" Drew heard Alec ask May.

"Eighteen?" May responded cautiously, her voice rising up at the end of her answer so that it sounded like a question.

Alec hummed thoughtfully. "Hm, that means you're legal age."

"Legal age for what?" May asked.

"You know...something that a lot of guys here tonight would be dying to do with you without the risk of being thrown in jail."

That was more than enough for Drew to snap.

"Get the hell away from her," he snarled, coming up to them and grabbing May's wrist, dragging her behind him almost possessively. Alec's eyes widened slightly at the fury etched across his face. "Show some goddamn respect for her and yourself. How dare you even think that she would do something like that with the likes of you no matter what age she is. Come within ten feet of her tonight and you will be sorry."

With that, he pulled her away and onto the dance floor, away from the stunned coordinator, and into the safety of the crowd of dancing couples.

"I can't have you out of my sight for one second," Drew grumbled angrily, his arms going around her waist and his fists clenching against her back.

"It's fine. He wasn't going to make a move if I said no," May offered, shrinking away from him slightly in fear. She had never seen him so angry before.

"What makes you think that?" he demanded in a tone harsher than he had intended. He muttered an apology when she winced, and then went on. "A guy bold enough to try and pick up a girl with a date at a contest after party is bold enough to force himself onto her, especially if she's wearing a dress like yours. The next time you wear something like this, I'm going to pull you around on a leash."

May wrinkled her face in disapproval. "Oh, what a great fashion statement that will be. I'll be setting trends for sure." She paused to roll her eyes. "Are you going to get it rhinestoned and everything, too?"

Drew gave her a hard stare. "I'm serious. I can't believe he had the nerve to try and pick you up at a contest after party. Have you guys even talked before?"

"No, but...well...some guys are like that."

"I should go back over there and castrate his sorry a—"

"Drew!" May snapped before he could finish the rest of the offensive sentence.

"What?" he snapped, harshly again but some of his anger ebbed when he saw some reflected on her face.

May sighed and wrapped her arms around his neck, hoping her touch would calm him down. Luckily, it did so on some levels.

"Just shut up and dance with me, Andrew," she whispered.

Drew nodded numbly and pulled her closer, placing his chin on her shoulder while they swayed to the music. He would drop the whole thing for her if Alec didn't try anything for the rest of the night—or for the rest of his life for that matter. He didn't want to have to ruin May's night over someone that pathetic.

But he couldn't help glaring daggers at the guy for the rest of the night.

Author's Note: Alec needs to keep his hormones under control, I'm just saying. Anyways, if any of you are interested in seeing a picture of May's dress, go type "Selena Gomez purple Reem Arca dress" into the Google search bar and you'll see it. I just adore that dress to pieces! Please review regardless of the delay! Thanks for reading :)