Chapter 19
*Undella Town*
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHH!"
"GAHHHHHHHH MY EARS!"
"Girls, calm down!"
The trio have apparently woke up and found their faces full of drawings. One would wonder how Jigglypuff knew how to draw so many things, but at the meantime…
"Look what you've done, Lyra!" May said.
"What the-! How am I supposed to know Jigglypuff would do this? It isn't my fault!"
"Yeah but you're the one who brought it here…" May muttered, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.
"So?! I didn't know!" Lyra exclaimed
"Erm, girls-"
"Fine, but you don't have to raise your voice at me!" May shouted back.
"Oh geez…" Brock rubbed his temper while Nurse Joy looked at the girls worryingly. Ash simply stood back and watches the scene unfold, not daring to interrupt.
"And what's wrong with that?! Is it my fault again?!" Lyra retorted
"I didn't mean it that way, you were being too sensitive!"
"Oh and now it's my fault for being sensitive?!"
"What is wrong with you?!"
"Nothing! You're the one who's wrong, you idiot!"
"Hey don't scold my sis!" Max stepped in between May and Lyra.
"And what's your business to barge in?!"
"I don't allow you to talk to my sis like that!" Max said.
"Fine! Then what about you? You're younger than me yet you talk to me like that!"
"Don't talk about me! You were the one being rude first!"
"Oh wow, now it's 2 against 1! And you didn't like me at the first place at all, do you?"
"Nope, not at all!" Max said proudly
"Well, I don't either!"
The two continued to stare hard at each other as they have nothing else to argue about.
Pikachu and Piplup looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
"PIKACHUUUUU!"
"PIPPPLUPPPPPP!"
"AHHHHHHH!" the two victims screamed in pain before dropping to the floor, totally dazed by what happened. Ash and Dawn couldn't help but chuckled at their pokémon's action.
"Lyra, are you okay-"
"Hmph!" Lyra ignored Dawn and walked off.
"Max, that wasn't very nice…" Brock said.
"What?! I was helping my sis!" May smiled, and put her hand on her brother's shoulder.
"I know, it's really very nice of you to do that, but you shouldn't shout at someone who's older than you too." Brock explained
"Okay, I'm sorry. But she was the one being so unreasonable."
"But why didn't you like Lyra at the first place? What's wrong between you and her?" Ash asked
Max was about to answer him, but he shut his mouth in time, not wanting to make things worse.
"I just… don't really like her."
"But why not? She's not that bad of a person." Ash stated. Max eyed May, who simply looked back in confusion.
"Erm, maybe I should leave now…" Nurse Joy said. Immediately Brock followed her, insisting on companying her back. May watched the two walk off, and then looked back to her brother, waiting for his answer. However much to her disbelief, Max turned to Dawn instead.
"I overheard what you guys said last night."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean!"
"Hey… What's going on?" Ash asked
"You know what, Max, you and I need a talk, come on." Brock appeared from nowhere and dragged the boy with him without waiting for his consent.
"Huh I thought you were with Nurse Joy? Whoa wait, not so fast!"
"May, can I talk to you?"
"Er, sure Dawn…" May followed the bluenette and towards the forest, leaving Ash standing alone since Pikachu and Piplup followed them too.
"Why is everyone acting so strangely?" Ash thought out loud, obviously not amused at being ignored by everyone else.
"Max, what's going on?"
Max kept quiet, as he didn't know how to explain. Brock decided to prompt him further, "Did you have a fight with Lyra before or what?"
"No… I just don't like her."
"But how can you not like someone for no reason at all? Something must have happened, tell me about it. Maybe I can help?"
"…I overheard her talking to Dawn…"
"Then?"
"…You know my sis likes Ash right?"
"Yeah? But what has that got to do with- Oh…"
Max sighed and explained everything he heard last night, as Brock began to understand the boy's feeling.
"I understand that you support your sister. But for this kinda of thing, we can't really do anything you know. We have to let it flow naturally."
"Okay, but what about Lyra?"
"Well, she's only supporting her friend, that's all. There's nothing wrong with that, even if it's something that we don't like."
"Yeah… wait, you don't like it either?"
"Err, well, don't forget, Ash has feelings for May as well."
"Oh yeah! Great we're ahead of them!"
"Seriously Max, who teach you all these?!"
"Brock! Max! Guys HELP!"
"May, Dawn, what happened? Calm down!" Brock said as the two girls came running towards their direction.
"Brock! Team Rocket-" May paused as she catches her breath
"They got Pikachu!" Dawn helped her finish.
"WHAT?!"