This is the eleventh chapter of Pokémon Heroes. This is pretty much a chapter that shows May trying to catch a Torchic. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any of the songs.

(Opening song)

It was a nice day in Floaroma City. The sun was shining and the birds were chirping. The scent of the flowers in the city filled the air. It was a brand new day. May sat up from her bed in the Pokémon Center and looked out the window. Her friends were sleeping in the room with her. There were two bunk beds. In the first bunk bed was Dawn on top and Brendan on the bottom. The bunk bed that May slept on was Ash on the top and she was on the bottom. She looked out her window and saw the beautiful flowers. She went up to Ash's bed and shook him.

"What the hell May," said Ash as he quickly sat up on his bed, "I was just dreaming of me being a pig at a fair. I was almost won by a little girl, but you had to wake me up!"

"I want you to come with me to the flower garden," said May as if she just ignored Ash's ranting.

"No," said Ash as he lay down back onto his bed.

"Please," said May with her adorable puppy dog face. Ash couldn't say no anymore.

"Fine," he said as he put the pillow on his head.

"Yeah!" said May as she jumped out of the bed and ran out of the room, "I'll go and get breakfast."

"And I thought that I would take a day off today," thought Ash as he went back to sleep, at least getting a little rest before he has to go.

How to Catch a Torchic

Ash and his friends have woken up from their sleep and went down to the Pokemon Center cafeteria. When they got there, May was already eating her food like a monster. Ash joined her and started to eat his food like a monster also. People started to watch as they ate their food within seconds, and went up to get seconds. Dawn and Brendan were embarrassed to sit with them at first, but they decided to do it anyway.

"Why can't you two eat normally?" said Dawn.

"What's wrong with the way I eat?" asked Ash/May simultaneously.

"Never mind," said Dawn.

"Ash and I are going to see the flower garden," said May, "Are you two coming?"

"Sorry May," said Brendan, "Dawn and I are going out, but we're going to see it later on. During the sunset."

"So I have to go alone," thought Ash.

"Okay," said May as she finished her soup of ramen and stood up, "Come on Ash. We have to get there before it gets late."

"It's only ten o' clock," said Ash as he was about to take a bite from his cheeseburger, "and I haven't finish my food yet."

"I don't care," said May as she got Ash and forced him out of the center.

"Pika Pi," said Pikachu.

"Don't worry Pikachu," said Brendan, "He'll live through it. He's a man."

"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Dawn as she finished her breakfast and stood up from her seat, "We should get going also. We can't miss that movie."

"Okay, but I'm bringing Pikachu with me," said Brendan as he also sat up from his seat and put Pikachu on his shoulder, "Let's get going."

"Pika?" asked Pikachu when they got out of the Pokemon Center and walked towards the movie theater.

"I'm not going to that girly girl movie alone man," whispered Brendan, "I need a man with me. Since Ash isn't here, you're my second option." Pikachu just shrugged its shoulders and just went along with it.

Ash and May walked down the busy city streets, searching for the flower garden.

"You seriously don't know where it is," said May.

"Well you were the one who just grabbed me and forced me out of the Pokemon Center," said Ash, "I didn't even have time to get a map." They continued to walk, until they walked by a candy store. May rushed to the window and started to look at the different candies that were on window display.

"This looks so good," said May, "I've never seen this much candy in my life." Ash was suddenly beside her.

"Oh my Arceus," said Ash, "I so want it too, but too bad that I'm broke." May continued to look at the many different candies, until she spotted something.

"Hey Ash look," said May, "That type of candy is shaped like a Torchic." Ash also looked at it and saw that there was a Torchic in the window display.

"May, that's real," said Ash.

"How cruel," said May, "Keeping Pokemon as something that is on sale. We should sue."

"I don't fucking care," said Ash as he wasn't paying attention, "I still want that Torchic." May looked away from the window and looked at Ash, slapped him on the face, and walked inside. Ash stayed outside, just in case May does something in there that could get him in trouble. He would be able to get a ten second head start. But instead, the store owner came looking at the Torchic that was on the window display and Ash saw that he started to yell angrily. The Torchic seemed to laugh and it used ember on the man, and ran to the door and ran away. The man ran outside, followed by May.

"Get back over here and pay for my candy you rotten little bitch," said the store owner (looks like the trader in Pokemon that always tricks James into buying stuff that isn't valuable).

"What happened?" asked Ash to May.

"I just told him that he was keeping a Torchic hostage to be sold and then this," said May. The store owner sighed and walked back into his store.

"Was that your Torchic?" asked Ash to the store owner before he went back into his store.

"No," said the store owner, "It was that rotten Torchic that has been causing trouble all over town. It steals people's food, burns flowers, and always steals my candy."

"There goes a perfectly good Torchic," thought Ash.

"That poor little thing would do nothing like that," said May, "Have you seen its cute little face?"

"Oh it does," said the store owner, "People are trying to catch it so that they could maybe release it back into it habitat in the forest, but so far, no one has succeeded." That gave May an idea.

"Why don't I try and catch it?" asked May, "I could maybe stop it from being like that. And maybe except for releasing it, I could keep it for myself."

"I thought that we were going to the flower garden?" asked Ash.

"Maybe later," said May, "It could be fun."

"The only fun that you're going to have is getting your ass burned," thought Ash as he started to walk away, "Well good luck with that. I'll go and see what Brendan and Dawn are doing and maybe…" May grabbed him by the hood.

"No way," said May, "You're coming with me." She then started to drag Ash away so that they could find that Torchic. The store owner looked as they walked away and shrugged his shoulders. He then went into his store.

"I should really quit the candy business and start my own store where people by wasteful stuff and I get more money."

May looked around the city so that she could try to find that Torchic as Ash just followed along.

"Where could it have gone?" said May, "I could swear that I saw it go into this direction."

"I have an idea," said Ash, "How about we just go back into that forest and catch another Torchic for you? That guy said that it came from the forest. So let's just go and get another one and forget about this so that I can go back to sleep."

"I can't get another one," said May, "I know that Torchic is very special to me. If I get another one, then it wouldn't feel the same." Before Ash could say another thing, a woman screamed and started to hit the Torchic, and it was wandering around so that it wouldn't get hit, with a string of sausage in its mouth.

"Torchic!" yelled May as she ran towards the Torchic and hugged it so that it wouldn't get hit. The woman had her eyes closed, so she didn't notice that May came in front of her blow. Ash noticed this and tried to push May out of the way, but he accidently went in front of the woman's broom, getting hit with it himself. He fell to the ground and the woman (You imagine what she looks like) opened her eyes. May didn't even know what happened.

"Ash, what are you doing on the ground?" asked May.

"I'm so sorry dear," said the woman, "But that Torchic tried to steal my groceries. I figured that I could knock it out and then put it in the wild."

"I think that this could be solved in a gentler manner," said May as she let go of the Torchic and knelt down next to it, "Hey Torchic, you're bothering the people and I think that you should stop, okay?" They both stared at each other for a long time after May said that. Ash stood up and saw their stare down.

"Impossible," thought Ash, "She can't have been able to tame it by just talking to it." But Ash was mistaken. The Torchic shot an ember to May's face and ran away laughing, with the string of sausage in its mouth. Ash sighed and walked over to May, who was lying on the ground, holding her face in pain.

"Do you give up yet," asked Ash, "I don't think that you'll be able to catch it." May stood up and put her fist in the air.

"I won't give up until I catch it," said May. She then ran towards its direction. Ash was about to just give up and walk away, but he couldn't let May go alone in catching such a dangerous Pokemon. He walked towards May's direction and saw there was a bowl of Pokemon food on the ground, with a box hanging over it, with a stick that was holding the box up.

"Ash," Ash heard someone whisper to him. Ash looked around and saw May hiding behind a rock. She was motioning for him to come to her. Ash walked over to her, and she pulled him behind the rock.

"We have to be very quiet," said May, "I know that this one will definitely work."

"And how do you know that?" asked Ash, "That plan is like the oldest one in the book."

"I know that it's going to work," said May, "I can feel it in my gut." After a few minutes, Torchic came walking down the streets. It took a look at the Pokemon food and it looked like it was about to fall into May's trap.

"I knew it," whispered May. The Torchic then shot an ember to the box, burning it up, and making it clear so that it could get some food.

"What the fuck!" screamed May as she hopped over her hiding spot and ran towards the Torchic. The Torchic finished its food and kicked the plastic Pokémon plate towards May's face, knocking her down. It then laughed and hopped away. May sat up, but was very pissed. Ash walked up from behind her.

"I think that it would be impossible for you to catch that thing," said Ash. May stood up and ran towards its direction again.

"Shut it Ash," she yelled as she got further away. Ash sighed.

"Here we go again," said Ash and he followed May.

Brendan ran through the theater doors and breathed heavily. Pikachu jumped off his shoulder and lied exhausted on the ground. Dawn came out of the theater doors and checked her Pokewatch.

"Come on you guys," said Dawn, "That movie wasn't that girly."

"Yes it was," said Brendan in-between breathes, "Why did that guy have to take off his shirt every time he talks? Every five minutes those two kissed."

"Pika," agreed Pikachu.

"Oh don't be such a baby," teased Dawn before she checked he Pokewatch again, "Oh Arceus. We're going to miss part two."

"There's a second part?" asked Brendan.

"Yeah," answered Dawn, "It came out a few days ago. Now come on." She went back into the theater so that she could get some tickets. Brendan took his last deep breathes and walked towards the doors, but he stopped and realized that something was missing. He looked around and saw Pikachu trying to hide in the bushes. He grabbed Pikachu in his hands while Pikachu struggled to get free.

"I'm not going in there alone man," said Brendan, "Three more hours of that movie could kill me if I was alone."

"Pika!" yelled Pikachu as if it was saying sucks to be you. He used a thunderbolt, but it didn't affect Brendan. He then saw that he was wearing rubber gloves.

"I came prepared," said Brendan.

"Pikachu?" yelled Pikachu as if it was saying where in the world did Brendan get gloves out of nowhere.

"You don't know everything about me," said Brendan as he forced Pikachu back into the theater, while Pikachu did failed attempts to get free.

May tried everything. She tried to trap the Torchic with a net, but it just ended up burning up the net. She tried to use Ash as a human shield so that she could get close enough to the Torchic without getting burned. She also tried using a paper Torchic that looked like a male one, but Torchic accidently burned it up, and was probably traumatized, and ran away.

"How many more attempts are you going to take just to catch that Torchic," said Ash as he wiped away the burn marks on his clothes, "I don't even care about catching that thing for myself anymore. I just want to go to the Pokemon Center and sleep."

"Maybe the human shield will work if we do it again?" said May to herself, paying no attention to Ash.

"No way," said Ash.

"There's only one way then," said May, "Ash, I need you to battle it for me."

"I don't have Pikachu," said Ash. There was a long silence for a while.

"You… don't… have Pikachu?" asked May slowly.

"How am I supposed to have it if you pulled me away from the Pokemon Center by force," said Ash, "I bet that burger is still there, all by itself. I bet that someone else's Pokemon just walked by and ate it. Or Dawn threw it away. And how come you never noticed Pikachu wasn't here?"

"What about Corphish?" asked May.

"He's at the Pokemon Center," said Ash. Once again, there was silence.

"No Corphish," said May finally. She began to think for a while, and she snapped her fingers, meaning that she had just thought of an idea.

"Do you know any Pokemon moves?" asked May.

"What the fuck?" said Ash, "Is that supposed to be a joke question? This catching a Torchic thing has really screwed up your mind." May then saw that the Torchic was walking by.

"Ash, use some kind of attack," ordered May. Ash just stayed in his spot, but May then turned back to him, and Ash saw the fire in her eyes. He knew that if he said no, then he would have the full force of what it really means to be kicked in the balls. Ash walked towards Torchic, but before he could do something, Torchic jumped towards him and started using peck. For its finishing blow, it used flamethrower at Ash, knocking him out.

"If you were ever a Pokemon," said May, "you would be so weak." May then looked up and saw that Torchic must've escaped.

"Dammit," said May, "It escaped again." A woman came up to May (Who looked like May, who is Gary's sister in Pokemon Adventures).

"I've heard that you have been trying to catch that Torchic for a long time," said the woman.

"Yes I have," said May, "You better not be hoping to catch it for yourself bitch. It's mine!"

"Well I have some terrible news for you," said the woman, "I have heard that that Torchic has been burning up flowers more than ever. I've also heard that it has been trying to get into the flower garden for a long time now. We are scared that that Torchic is planning on destroying our flower garden." May was surprised to hear this. That small Torchic wants to burn up something that is very special to these people. She can't let that happen. She started to run towards the flower garden.

"I'll go and stop it," said May.

"Be careful out there," said the woman. May then turned back and ran to the woman.

"Do you know where the flower garden is?" asked May.

"It's right down this road if you walk down it," answered the woman.

"Thank you," said May, and she ran to the direction the woman pointed towards. The woman then started to walk away, but she noticed that Ash was still lying on the floor.

"Is she going to come back for him?" she said to herself. She then shrugged her shoulders and walked away, leaving an unconscious Ash on the ground.

Dawn and Brendan finally finished the movie that they were both watching and were now walking back to the Pokemon Center.

"That movie was great, wasn't it?" said Dawn. Brendan knew that it was going to take days for all of that to get out of his mind.

"Yeah," said Brendan sluggishly, "it was the greatest movie that I have seen so far."

"I knew that you were going to like it," said Dawn, but she noticed that something was missing, "Where's Pikachu?"

"Oh, he's in my backpack," said Brendan. The truth was that Pikachu got so sick on watching the movie that it actually fainted. Brendan put it in his backpack so that people wouldn't think that he fainted his own Pokemon, which it was not basically his.

"Oh okay," said Dawn, "I bet that Ash and May have already went to the flower garden. I guess that they both went to the Pokémon Center. Want to go there now? By the time we get there, it'll already be sundown." Brendan's sick face became alive again and he took Dawn's hand.

"Let's go," said Brendan as he ran, bringing Dawn along with him.

The Torchic walked through the city, eating up a sandwich that it stole from an old man. It passed by the flower garden, and saw that it wasn't that guarded like it used to be every time it was in town. It snickered and went through the fence and walked across the beautiful flowers. It snickered again and took a deep breathe in, getting prepared to unleash a very powerful flamethrower.

"Stop," yelled May as she popped out from the bed of flowers, "I knew that you would come here, so I came here and told the guards to leave so that you would come in here easily. Now that you're here, I'm the one that's going to stop you from destroying all of these beautiful flowers. Now Ash, bring out Pikachu and beat Torchic's butt." May waited for a while, but she then noticed that Ash wasn't behind her.

"Oh fuck," said May, "I accidentally left Ash back in the city. I also forgot that he left his Pikachu and Corphish. Hey Torchic, can you stay here while I just run back quickly to my friend so that…" But she didn't finish because Torchic walked slowly towards her. It looked like it was tired of being chased around all day. What could May do in this type of situation? Suddenly, Eevee popped out of its Pokeball and stood in a fighting stance.

"Eevee, how many times do I have to tell you to stay in your Pokeball?" asked May, but May then saw that Eevee was standing in Torchic's way, "Are you planning to fight?"

"Eevee!" said a determined Eevee.

"But I don't want you to get hurt," said May, but Eevee stayed where it was, "Fine you win. But please be careful." She took out a Pokedex from her fanny pack and pulled out her Pokedex, in which Ash bought for her (Pokedexes are sold in stores in this story). She scanned for Eevee's moves, and then put it away.

"Okay Eevee, use Scratch," ordered May. Eevee jumped towards Torchic and scratched it, but Torchic was unaffected. Torchic used ember towards it.

"Use Light Screen now," ordered May. Eevee deflected its attack, but Torchic came up towards it and used uppercut. Eevee fell towards May's side. People began to watch as they saw a little girl battling a Torchic that has been causing havoc all over the city. May bent down next to Eevee.

"Eevee, are you okay?" asked May.

"Eevee," said Eevee. It wasn't going to give up until it has beaten Torchic. That made May smile. It reminded her of that time when Ash kept on fighting the Masked Marauder so that he could save her.

"Eevee, use Head Butt," said May. Eevee ran towards Torchic and head-butted it. Torchic moved back, but stood right back up. It then used a flamethrower at Eevee, pushing it back. It then came up quickly and used uppercut. Eevee went on the ground. It tried to stand up, but it didn't have the strength anymore to fight.

"Eevee, please stand up," pleaded May. The Torchic then came running towards it, looking like it was going to be attacked by another uppercut. It had to fight. It had to stand up. It had to use the last bit of strength it had and beat Torchic, for May. It stood up and created a shadow ball while the Torchic was right next to it. It shot the Torchic back, making Torchic receive a lot of damage.

"A shadow ball?" questioned May, but she then realized that she was still in a battle, "Eevee, use Scratch while it is on the ground." Eevee then ran towards Torchic and scratched it, but the Torchic used uppercut again on Eevee. It kept on doing uppercuts over and over again. May knew that if Torchic keeps on doing that, then Eevee will faint, so she had to time this just right. She then found her opportunity.

"Eevee use Shadow Ball," ordered May. Before Torchic could use another uppercut, Eevee used the shadow ball in its face, causing an explosion. The smoke began to clear up, and Eevee and Torchic were both still standing. Torchic ran towards Eevee, preparing to hit it with peck, but it fell down and was fainted. May and Eevee had won.

"Yeah," screamed May as she took Eevee in her arms and spun it around, "You had your first battle and you won. I'm so proud of you." Eevee then tapped May's hand and pointed at Torchic.

"What?" asked May and she looked at Torchic and remembered something, "Oh yeah. I have to catch it. I totally forgot. Silly me." She then threw her Pokeball, and it bounced off Torchic and went into her Pokeball. It shook a few times, and the beeping seized.

"I caught the Torchic," screamed May. She then grabbed Eevee and sat down. Dawn and Brendan came by and saw May there. It was already sunset.

"May, have you been here since this morning?" asked Dawn.

"No," said May, "To make a long story short, there was this really troublesome, but cute, Torchic that was causing trouble in town. I decided to catch it and I did. And Eevee helped me out. It finally had its first battle and won. Ash will be so jealous."

"That's great," said Dawn as she sat down next to May.

"How was your date with Brendan?" asked May.

"It was great," said Dawn, "We watched this really great movie and Brendan really loved it." May knew that Dawn must've taken him to see a really girly movie and Brendan must've been tortured. Pikachu got out of Brendan backpack and went on Brendan's shoulder.

"Pika," it said sluggishly.

"There you are Pikachu," said May, "Eevee won its first battle."

"Pi," said Pikachu again as if it was saying that's great sarcastically. It went on the ground and Eevee went got out of May's arms and cuddled next to Pikachu, making Pikachu blush. Ash then came up to them, with a very blank expression on his face.

"Hey, Ash," said Brendan, "Where have you been?"

"I don't want to talk about it," said Ash.

"Hey Ash, I caught Torchic," said May, "Oh, and thanks for ditching me back there. I could've gotten hurt."

"I ditched you?" said Ash, "I ditched you! Well let me tell you something May…" But he wasn't able to finish because a group of people came up to May. The group could tell that they were very happy.

"Thank you young girl for making our city safer," said a man (You can imagine what he looks like), "Now we don't have to be in fear of coming across that troublesome Torchic."

"It wasn't that troubling," said May, "It just wanted to have fun. Now that it's with me, it'll have tons of fun." She then took out her Pokeball and released Torchic. Everyone stood back, afraid that they would get hurt from its ember.

"Hey Torchic," said May, "If you come with me, will you promise to stop being bad. I don't want you to cause trouble around my friends." Torchic shook its head, saying no. Instead of being angry, May only smiled and hugged Torchic.

"You're just too cute!" squealed May. Ash looked closely at Torchic. It looked angry, but its face converted a happy smile. It then started to nod its head, meaning that it promised to not cause trouble anymore. First Pikachu and now Torchic. May befriended Pokemon so fast. Even if they hated her, it would still love her in the end. It was amazing. May then put Torchic up to Ash's face.

"Look how cute it is," said May, "Isn't it cute?" Before Ash could say something, Torchic used flamethrower and burned Ash. Ash then fell back onto the ground. Everybody then started to laugh.

"Next time when she asks me to come along with her, I will say fuck no," thought Ash. He looked at May and saw that she wasn't laughing. She was smiling. It made Ash smile also.

"But this time, it was worth it," thought Ash as he saw May's beautiful smile.

A boy walked down the street so that he could enter Floaroma City. He was busy training his Pokemon and catching some more. He then saw Floaroma City in the distance.

"If I keep on going at this rate," said the boy, "I'll be able to get into that city by tomorrow morning." It was Gary, and he was nearing Floaroma City, in which Ash and his friends were in right now.

"One step closer to that old man," said Gary as he kept on walking.

(Ending song)

Next time on Pokemon Heroes: Gary has come into the city, causing some rival tension between Ash and him. Ash is going to prove to Gary that he has become stronger, but Gary also has some tricks up his sleeve, involving his evolved Pokemon that Ash and Pikachu have met before. Will Ash be able to beat Gary, or is he still not powerful enough to battle his rival? Next time: I'll prove that I'm ready.

That was this chapter now. Let me tell you guys that I've found some more time in doing this story during the weekend, so I have decided that there are going to be two chapters each Monday, regular time. Ash will learn how to control his aura very soon. Team Rocket will come back soon, they won't be gone forever. Thank you guys for reading my story and I'll post two new chapters next Monday.

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