Chapter 2: Ash and Kai
When May woke up again, she wondered where she was. When she felt a sting in her back, she remembered.
She had just been beaten senseless by her mom.
When the truth washed over her, she looked down, remembering that Delcatty had ripped her clothes up. She wasn't surprised to see that the ripped-up blouse had been removed. What did surprise her was that all her cuts had been tended to properly, unlike what she did herself.
"You best be more careful with your words, next time." A guy who was stirring the soup said, not even looking up. "A nasty beating won't get you any guys. Unless it's your technique," the guy stood up and poured some soup into a bowl with noodles. Walking over to May, he introduced himself.
"Hi, I'm Kai," He said with a grin, handing over the bowl of noodles. Around the chopsticks was a note.
'I'm your evaluator. Don't worry about killing him' the note said.
May looked at Kai with an astonished expression. She didn't realise that her evaluator was so YOUNG! All her previous evaluators wanted nothing else but the cash. She had even once had one that tried to rape her.
"Drink up. It'll help get the dirt out of your bloodstream." Kai had his back turned to May, clearly waiting for someone. When May heard a rustling in the plants, she sat straight up.
"Lie down." Kai ordered her. May got back down, frowning about that her evaluator was ordering her around. She took a slurp of her noodle soup. She felt a whole load better after. At the bottom, she found a note written in the bowl.
'Let anything become obvious, and I'll have to kill you'
This sent a shiver down May's spine. The evaluator was only supposed to evaluate her activities. Never had one threatened her with death.
At this point four Pokémon came out of the bushes, and one came out of the sky. No, wait, there was a sixth one emerging from the ground. All of these six powerful-looking Pokémon were soon followed by another five, and a trainer, who had his Pikachu on his shoulder.
"Welcome back, y'all." Kai grinned. "Good to see you're back safe and sound." Kai's expression became a mischievous one, but May didn't notice. "Especially you, Ash. I'd say this terrain would be a bit too hard for you," Kai noticed May's open mouth. One of the Pokémon turned to May.
"May, you're catching flies with your mouth." The blue- black jackal-like Pokémon said, without even moving his mouth. May's mouth didn't close.
In truth, May was baffled with the sudden appearance of all these Pokémon. Not just that, but the appearance of the cute trainer that helped her out in the previous chapter. Yet again she heard a voice in her head.
"Looks like you've fallen like a block for your objective…" Kai looked at her in earnest.
May gasped. She had 'fallen' for her objective. She wasn't supposed to feel at all. That was one of the objectives her parents had when they created her. Yet she was seventeen, and had never had a boyfriend. When she had seen this one guy with silver hair holding hands with a girl, she felt her first pang.
It became worse when she started watching movies when her parents were both on missions. She saw this one about her own situation. Man had to kill girl, man fell for girl, girl fell for man, man gets killed, girl commits suicide. But when she saw the two from the movie kissing, she had to keep saying 'This isn't real! This isn't real!' She longed for that with happened before the end.
Her parents had failed. That's why they hated her so much. They had also failed with Max, but they didn't know that.
She came back to reality when she felt a splash of cold water on her shoulder. She felt the coldness run all the way over her body.
"Wake up." The cute trainer said. "My name's Ash Ketchum, from Pallet Town."
Ash Ketchum. She had heard of him before. She watched some of his official league battles in the Sinnoh Region. Not really the most stylish of people, but he did his best for his Pokémon.
"Well, Ash Ketchum, nice to meet you. I'm May Maple." May replied with a slight pissed tone in her voice. "I'm gonna get you back for splashing me wet."
"Actually, that was me." Kai replied happily to the statement. "Empoleon got you soaked with a weak Hydro Pump."
May wondered if that slight drizzle of water was a weak one, what was a strong one?
At that thought, she noticed a bad smell. Ash noticed as well, as he held his nose closed.
"May, when was the last time you had a shower?" Ash said in between breaths. By now Kai had noticed.
"Three weeks ago. I had…" She nearly spoiled the secret and zipped up directly after. "I had a camp, and my parents are clean freaks. That's why they beat me up." That lie seemed believable.
"Well, it's about time you had a shower. Empoleon," Kai pointed his finger at May. "Drench her with a Hydro Pump, full power! Better hold tight!" The last sentence was there just in time before May got drenched.
May was about to fly into the trees, (The trees here had spikes all over them) and a particularly big one was heading her way. No, she was heading its way, until a warm shoulder pushed against her back.
Ash was pushing against May. When Kai noticed that she was heading to the Spike tree, he shouted against Ash to try and stop her, and to Empoleon to try and correct his aim.
May… May was in a world of dreams. Someone was stopping her from going against a tree, where she herself often pushed herself against in her preferred manner of killing.
"Hold… On…" Ash grunted, pushing her harder than usual. She was moving back. Then suddenly the water stopped. May and Ash started flinging forward, but Ash pushed her up, and rolled underneath.
May's eyes were closed, getting ready for the impact against the ground. But instead of that, she fell onto something she managed to identify as a human being. Leaning up a bit, she opened her eyes. When she did, dark brown eyes met hers, as Ash looked at her with a baffled expression. May blushed when she saw the warmth in Ash's eyes.
'What? I'm blushing?' May panicked again, but when a pair of arms grabbed her shoulders, she calmed down.
Ash and May sat back up. May felt a little tired. No, very tired. She leaned against Ash, and fell asleep.
'So… this is what it's like… to fall…' May thought, as she fell asleep on Ash's lap. A content smile spread over her face.
Ash blushed when May fell asleep. Looking at the peacefully sleeping figure of May, Ash remembered a nice little song he had heard many years ago.
Make a wish
It's up to you
Find the spirit inside
And watch your dreams come true
AN: The end of chapter 2. For those who didn't realise, it's the song May hummed in Jirachi: Wish Maker.
The next chapter will probably be up on April Fool's Day
Next chapter: May begins contests! Caroline sets out… For revenge!