This is the eighty-fourth chapter in the Pokemon Heroes story. This is Ash and May's side of the story while at Sandgem Town. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the songs

(Opening song)

At the back of The Pokemon Center, there was a pool. It was kind of a hot day today, and May wanted to go take a swim, but she didn't want to go alone. She was dragging Ash along, who didn't want to go at all.

"Come on," said May, "I won't be there long. I've got a new swimsuit you can see."

"I don't care," said Ash, "Let other people see you half naked."

"Please," asked May as she gave the boy her puppy dog eyes. Ash nodded and pointed towards the pool. May looked to see where he was pointing, but suddenly she was pushed in. After regaining herself, she surfaced and saw Ash crouching by the water.

"Ha ha, very funny, Ketchum," said May, "Now you got my clothes all wet." Ash started petting her head. After a few pats, May saw this as her opportunity and grabbed Ash's hand and sent him into the water as well. Ash surfaced and glared at May.

"I thought I said I didn't want to go in," said Ash. May giggled.

"And I didn't listen," she responded. Ash just karate-chopped her on the top of her head, but she hit him back. They continued to karate-chop each other in the water repeatedly until May took Ash and kicked him out of the water, sending him towards the pavement by the pool.

"How did she..." thought Ash. He looked back at the girl and saw her yelling at him while getting out of the pool. He groaned and stood up.

"I'm out," thought Ash, and he ran off, and May followed.

Ash the Screw-Up

Ash ran inside the Pokemon Center to run away from the anger of May. Getting her clothes wet was the bad idea. As he went towards the lobby, he saw Brendan sitting down. When he saw him, he started laughing.

"What's she do this time?" asked Brendan.

"If she calls for me, tell her I'm out," said Ash. Brendan nodded, and Ash went towards their room instead. He should at least get a change of clothes before May finds him. As he went, May came towards Brendan.

"Where'd he go?" asked May. Brendan pointed towards Ash's direction, and May ran there.

Ash was inside his room with Pikachu. He took off his blue vest and placed it on his bed.

"Maybe I'll wear some of Brendan's clothes," said Ash as he started to search through the boy's clothes. He found a white t-shirt, and he decided to just wear it instead. He just took off his t-shirt and prepared to put it on, but then May broke his door open.

"Found you!" yelled May. Ash looked towards May. He was screwed. He wanted to run, but May wasn't moving at all. She just had a blank expression on her face. She was marveling at his bare upper body. He started to think that this would be a perfect time to run. He slowly headed for the window. May just looked at him everywhere. As her eyes darted from place to place, she stopped when she saw his chest. She froze. She saw the x-shaped scar. She wanted to say something, but stopped and looked down. Ash noticed her suddenly turn sad.

"Sorry," she was able to mutter out before she shut the door. Ash looked at Pikachu confused.

"I didn't do anything, right?" asked Ash. Pikachu shrugged. Ash proceeded to put the shirt on while looking at the mirror, and then he noticed his chest and saw the x-shaped scar. The truth hit him hard.

"Promise me that you won't show me that scar anymore, okay?" he remembered May telling him once. He sighed.

"I can't believe I forgot that was there," thought Ash. He put the shirt on, and then scratched his head. He looked towards the door and thought of May.

"I'm gonna have to fix this eventually," thought Ash, and he walked out.

Ash walked around the Pokemon Center looking for May. He walked into the lobby and saw Brendan and Drew talking. Drew had on a fake black mustache on his upper lip. Ash walked over to them.

"Have you guys seen May?" asked Ash. Drew looked at Ash while twirling one side of his mustache with his finger.

"Yeah," answered Drew, "I saw her running towards the back of The Pokemon Center. She seemed sad. What did you do to her this time? Yell at her? Kissed her? Ra..."

"Don't even think about finishing that," said Ash, "She saw something that she wasn't supposed to see."

"You masturbating?" asked Drew. Ash threw a mini tree at Drew, knocking him off his chair and towards the ground.

"She saw something she wasn't supposed to see that I think I promised her not to," said Ash.

"If she's sad, then you should do what Ash would do with her," said Brendan.

"And what's that?" asked Ash.

"I don't know. Do what girls want you to do. Take her out or something."

"Like buy her ice cream?" said Ash. Brendan blinked a few times. Ash was on THAT level of stupidity. He shook his head.

"Yeah, or you could take her out on a date," said Brendan.

"A date?" asked Ash, "Fine." He started walking away, but stopped and looked at Drew's mustache.

"Where'd you get that?" asked Ash.

"Bought it," answered Drew. Ash shook his head and walked away. That should be the only thing he got out of Drew. He didn't need anymore.

May was behind the Pokemon Center by a pond. She skipped rocks in the pond. She tried her best to get the image of the scar out of her head, but it was no use. She blamed herself for that scar. It was because of her ignorance that Ash almost killed himself. It was because of her that he was a Nobody. No one else was to blame but her, and only her. A tear fell down her face. She wiped it away and threw another rock. She heard somebody walking towards her. She ignored it and continued to throw rocks. That person was Ash, who sat down next to her. She looked towards him and frowned.

"You want something?" she asked.

"What's wrong," asked Ash.

"Nothing," said May. She continued to throw rocks, but then stopped when she didn't have anymore.

"Are you sick?" asked Ash as he felt her forehead, but she moved him away.

"I'm perfectly fine," responded May, "Just tired." Ash didn't believe that. He had to think of something. He could go with Brendan's way, but how the hell was he supposed to approach it. He decided to just let it out.

"You wanna go on a date?" Ash let out. May didn't say anything. Her hair on the sides of her face started moving with excitement and her eyes glowed. She slowly sat up by Ash.

"What?" asked May. Ash looked at her. She was obviously excited, wanting him to say it again. Ash didn't want to, but for her sake, it would be a better idea to.

"Do you wanna go on a date?" asked Ash. May started squealing. It seemed like the incident that happened never happened at all. She then stopped and looked towards Ash and started smelling him.

"Why do you smell like Brendan?" asked May. As Ash and May talked, Brendan and Drew were spying on the two. They couldn't believe Ash actually did it.

"This day will just end in disaster," said Brendan.

"Oh come," said Drew, "At least he actually did it."

"Yeah, but I don't see Ash as the guy who would go on a date with a girl." Drew thought for a second.

"Then why don't we watch him," said Drew.

"Dude, that's called stalking," said Brendan.

"Don't let them catch you," said Drew. Brendan just sighed at his ignorance.

"Be my guest," said Brendan.

After arranging their date, Ash headed for their room. He had to take her out by an hour. As he walked, his eyes flashed blue. He stopped. He looked around.

"Pika?" asked Pikachu.

"It's nothing," said Ash. He rubbed his head. He wanted to punch something for some reason. He was pissed. He shook his head, and his gray eyes returned. He breathed and walked ahead, but then Drew jumped in front of him.

"What?" asked Ash.

"Nothing," said Drew as he took out a brochure and handed it to Ash, "Just saying that I went out to eat and found this awesome restaurant. You should try it, especially if you're going out with someone. Not like I'm saying you are going out with May. Did I say May? I meant...um...Jewels?" Ash just blinked and looked at the brochure. He then walked away.

"Alright," said Ash, "I'll use this. Thanks." After Ash left, Drew mentally gave himself a high five, but Brendan slapped him on the back of his head.

"Nice going," said Brendan, "That's number one for failing."

"Shut up," said Drew as he handed Brendan an extra brochure, "But look at this shit. This is one awesome restaurant. I actually went there yesterday." Brendan saw it, and when he read the title, he frowned.

"What's wrong?" asked Drew, "I don't understand what the name means though."

"It's French," responded Brendan.

"Really?" asked Drew, "What does it say then?" Brendan just glared at Drew.

"That's number two," said Brendan.

Ash took Drew's offer and actually went to the place he suggested with May. She liked food, so why not let her in here first. As they stood under the sign that read Alimentaires Manger Chiennes Putain! Ash looked at May and saw her looking at the sign.

"Something wrong?" asked Ash.

"I don't trust this place," said May.

"You speak Spanish?"

"French."

The doors of the place opened up, and a tall loopy guy came out. He was obviously drunk, and his mustache was huge. He looked at the two kids and smiled.

"And what may I help you with?" asked the man.

"We're here to order a table," said Ash.

"No problem," said the man, "Right this way please." He led the two kids in. Brendan and Drew were right behind them. They went in as well. They snuck past the front desk and went behind bushes. They watched the two argue about pulling a seat for a lady and laughed.

"I told you this place would be good," said Drew. Brendan looked around and saw people getting drunk, people throwing food at each other, and waitresses in maid costumes with skirts so high that you might even think they weren't wearing any.

"Yeah, great," said Brendan sarcastically. They saw a waiter go up to the kids and offer some beer to May, but Ash immediately chased him off, saying something about not wanting IT to happen again. Drew looked at Ash and saw him place his head on the table as May took a menu. He saw his eyes, and they suddenly flashed blue.

"Whoa!" said Drew as he suddenly stood up and punched a waiter. The waiter fell to the ground unconscious. He was heading towards Ash and May's table. Brendan snickered.

"Fail," he whispered. Drew took the waiter behind the bushes and took his clothes and put them on. He then stood and headed towards the kids' table.

"How may I help you kids?" asked Drew as he twirled one side of his mustache.

"Is there a bathroom here?" asked Ash as he looked up at him, "Drew?"

"Who is this Drew you speak of?" asked Drew, "I'm Leonardo."

"Hold on a sec, Leo," said May, "This place is awesome." She started drooling over the menu. Ash glared at Drew, who tried to avert his gaze. He saw Dawn walk in, but get pulled in the bush by Brendan. After a while, Ash took a fork and dropped it on the ground.

"Pick it up," said Ash. Drew bent down to get it, and then Ash kicked him inside the table.

"I'll be back," said Ash. He went under as well and found Drew.

"Why are you here?" asked Ash.

"I came to help," said Drew.

"Screw your help," said Ash, "I can handle this." May started kicking her feet under the table, hitting Ash on the face. Ash grabbed her foot to stop her.

"Stop it, May," said Ash.

"Get out from under there," said May, "You better not be looking under my skirt."

"You're wearing shorts," Ash countered, and then he looked back at Drew, "You can leave." Then they heard someone come in and start yelling. They then heard fighting, but chose to ignore it.

"Hey Brendan! Hey Dawn!" they heard May say.

"Hey May!" they heard Brendan and Dawn together.

"No can do," said Drew, "I got a mission, and I'm not failing it."

"You son of a bitch," said Ash as he took the boy's collar. As Drew prepared for a hit, the table was flipped over.

"What are you doing to our waiter, Ash?" asked May, "You could get us kicked out." The boys looked around and saw Brendan and Kenny fighting while the people in the restaurant cheered.

"I leave you alone for two minutes," said Ash.

"I didn't do anything, I swear," said May, "By the way, Dawn and Brendan are here."

"I haven't noticed," said Ash sarcastically. He decided that he should stop the fight so that he and May could go back to having a fun day, but while he tried to pull them apart, he almost got pulled into the fight, but was finally able to break them apart.

"What the hell guys?" asked Ash.

"He started it," said Brendan.

"You're the one who was hanging it with my girl," yelled Kenny.

"What girl?" yelled Brendan, "The only girls I've been hangout out with is May and Dawn!"

"Exactly!" yelled Kenny. Brendan blinked a couple times, and gave Ash a sly smile.

"Ooooh, Ash you've got competition," said Brendan.

"You idiot!" yelled Kenny, and he kicked Brendan off Ash's hand, causing him to crash into a table with a glass of water that spilled over him. Kenny escaped Ash and continued fighting with Brendan, getting them both wet. Ash just watched them fight, not really caring this time. He watched as Brendan finally understood who Kenny was, and Drew come by and put an empty platter between them and watch them act like dogs and try to pull it away from each other with their mouths. Drew started chuckling.

"You know him, Dawn?" asked May. Dawn sighed and shrugged. They dropped the platter and pounded their heads against each other.

"She's mine, and you know it!" yelled Kenny.

"Dude, go fuck a sex doll," said Brendan, "I thought when I left you'd fuck off."

"You go fuck a sex doll," yelled Kenny. Drew pulled them apart.

"Listen you two," said Drew, "I have no idea why you're like this, but I find this hilarious."

"This guy's trying to steal my girlfriend!" yelled Brendan.

"He stole her from me!' exclaimed Kenny. Ash had enough of this. He saw May still looking at the menu. He took her hand and started walking out.

"This world is filled with nutjobs," said Ash, and he dragged her out, "Peace." They left, but Brendan and Kenny continued to argue.

Ash decided to bring May to the park instead rather than a restaurant to get some ice cream. Even though she wanted food, she accepted the ice cream offer Ash gave her. Ash still felt weird with himself. His eyes flashed blue a lot, and he sometimes got frustrated, even yelling at the ice cream man to hurry up with their order. May haven't noticed yet though. Really, May has been leading him through this date, since the only thing he learned was to take her out to eat. They walked through the park. They didn't say anything to each other. May just enjoyed his company as she hummed and skipped next to Ash. She then stopped and stopped him as well.

"Hey Ash, I have to ask you something," said May. Ash could see she was blushing. Before she could say anything, a bunch of boys walked towards them.

"Hey beautiful," said one of them. His voice scared her, and he snuggled next to Ash for comfort. They got closer, and they were not properly dressed. They were about three to four years older than her. They walked over to the kids.

"Hey cutie," said the main front one, "We've been seeing you walking around the park lately, and we can't ignore the fact that you look extremely cute. How about walking with us for a while?"

"Um, sorry but I'm hanging out with..." said May, but then they took her arm and started pulling her towards them. Ash saw this, and eyes turned blue, and his hair started getting sharper. May tried resisting them, but they were too strong.

"I-I really can't," said May, "I'm on a date with..."

"Forget about this guy," said one of them, "Have fun with us." May continued pulling back, and then she yelled in pain at their force. Ash hit their hand away, and took May's hand and looked them in the eyes.

"Don't touch her," Ash growled, "Nobody touches her but me." He stopped and held his head. He felt dizzy. What was going on with him today? The kids were at first surprised, but then glared at Ash.

"What'd you say to us, buddy?" asked one of them. Ash glared at them. May noticed that this was escalating, and she didn't want a brawl right now.

"He didn't say anything," said May.

"I told them to fuck off," said Ash. The boys prepared to fight Ash, but May held him tightly. They stopped.

"Come on," said one of them, "Just come with us. This guy's an ass."

"He is not an ass," said May, "He's an Ash."

"But why..." asked the main one as he reached for May, but Ash just slapped his hand away. He then took May and dragged her with him.

After getting far enough from those guys, Ash released May and kept on marching. At this moment, May finally saw something wrong with Ash. She just walked behind him. She then tapped him on his shoulder, but he didn't turn back.

"Ash?"

"What?" Ash asked angrily. May was frightened for a second, but continued following him.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm perfect," said Ash, saying perfect in a long, angry way.

"You don't seem okay."

"I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Hell yeah," said Ash. May then pulled on his shirt to make him stop, but he didn't. She then charged at him and gave him a hug, but Ash just pushed her off immediately. She was surprised. He never does that. She wanted to cry, but she stopped and walked over to Ash again.

"Ash, I..." said May, but Ash then stopped and turned towards her angrily.

"Fuck off, May," he growled. May stopped again. Ash then walked off again. Even Pikachu was surprised. May stood there biting her nails. She wasn't mad or sad, she was just confused. This wasn't Ash, and she was worried.

"Ash..." said May, but then she saw the group of boys heading towards her.

"Hey!" said the group of boys, "We found you!" May saw them, and then started running, and they followed.

Ash sat on a park bench in the park. He looked up towards the sky. Pikachu was on his lap, feeling bad for his trainer and what he said to May. Ash didn't know what to say. He took a little nap, and he felt better now. His goal today was to make May happy, but he must've just made her upset. He started slapping himself over and over again. He then stood up and Pikachu jumped on his shoulder. He walked off. He needed to find May.

While Ash was finding her, May was trying to find him, while also trying to avoid those guys. She started to suspect that he went back to The Pokemon Center. She headed for that direction, but those guys finally caught up to her and gathered around her.

"This game is over now," said someone in the crowd of boys. She looked into their eyes, and she could see lust. They were practically drooling now. May now felt herself shiver, but she stood strong. Someone touched her shoulder, but she slapped it away.

"Don't touch me," said May. They didn't listen. They continued to touch her. She tried going through them, but it was no use. They started touching her everywhere. The first touch to her butt immediately made her scream. The boys then stopped. They looked towards someone. May looked and saw them looking at Ash, who was standing there with his blue eyes.

"Oh, it's that kid again," said the main boy, "Just ignore him. We can…" He was then punched across the face. They all looked at Ash, who stared angrily at them all.

"Get off Pikachu," said Ash, not wanting his Pokemon to get involved in this. Pikachu slowly nodded and hopped off. The main one stood back up and a tooth fell to the ground. He looked at it angrily, and towards Ash.

"GET HIM!" yelled the boy. They all then ran away from May and towards Ash. May's face was just written with worry. She wasn't worried for Ash, she was worried for them. One charged at Ash and threw a punch, but Ash just took his arm and kicked him aside. Another tried punching Ash, but Ash elbowed him on his stomach and took him and sent him towards another person. That person stood back up and was able to kick Ash, but Ash took his leg and twisted it, and after hearing a snap, he fell to the ground in pain. May watched in horror. She knew what would happen. Ash could kill them if all he cared.

"Ash, no…" said May, but Ash didn't pay attention. He uppercutted another one, sending his teeth flying. Two more ran towards him on opposite sides, but Ash jumped up and kicked them both at the same time.

"Ash, stop it," said May in a whisper, but Ash didn't hear. Another one attacked Ash by punching the Ash across the face, but Ash wasn't affected by it all, and one kick to the gut sent the boy on the ground. As they all continued fighting Ash, the main saw a brick and picked it up.

"Screw you!" he yelled, and he charged at Ash and crashed the brick down on him, but Ash blocked the attack with his arm, but the brick cut his arm, creating a gash as blood fell to the ground. In anger, Ash once again punched the boy in his face, knocking him out. May and Pikachu looked in horror. Ash wouldn't be this brutal. What happened?

"Ash, stop it please," pleaded May louder, but Ash didn't listen. They could see it in his eyes. He was going to murder them.

"ASH, STOP IT!" yelled May. This immediately made the boy stop. He looked towards May and saw the tears on her cheeks. Someone punched him on the face, and he fell towards the ground. The boys gathered around Ash and started punching and kicking him.

"STOP IT!" yelled May, and she tried to get the boys off, but they wouldn't budge, "Pikachu!" Pikachu used thunderbolt, and it scared them all away. They carried the unconscious and ran. May and Pikachu stood over a beaten, bruised Ash. May hugged him.

Back at The Pokemon Center, May covered Ash's bruised arm. They had treated him. Ash just stared at a saddened May. He was disappointed. He just wanted to give her a good day. He sighed and looked up. Pikachu jumped on his lap to comfort him.

"Ash," called May. Ash looked at her.

"Yeah?" asked Ash.

"Can you promise me something?" asked May. Ash simply nodded.

"Please don't let something like this happen again," said May, "I worry about you." Ash looked up. He didn't want to answer back. May wanted to bring up why he was going crazy, but she didn't feel like bringing it up now.

"Promise me that you'll only fight when I tell you to," said May.

"Like I'm your pet?" asked Ash angrily. When he looked at May, he saw her saddened. His eyes twitched. He didn't want to take orders from her, but if he had to, he nodded. May smiled. That smile made him feel warm inside. He looked back up, and shut his eyes. May let him fall asleep. She watched him sleep. She made her body closer to move, until her lips met his cheek.

"Oooooh," said Brendan. May stopped and looked at Brendan and Dawn surprised, who both came into The Pokemon Center. She blushed.

"Something happened between you two," said Dawn. May saw her look at Ash, and then her eyes widened.

"What happened?" asked Brendan. May stopped blushing. Remembering all the things Ash did because of her made her smile wide.

"Ash is adorable when he's overprotective," said May and she hugged him, not caring that her friends were looking. She saw them blink and look at each other and shrug. Today had been a long day for the four kids, but Drew was having an awesome time at that restaurant.

(Ending song)

Next Time on Pokemon Heroes: Arriving in Jubilife City, Ash and his friends meet Princess Salvia, a friend of May. Playing with being doppelgangers, Salvia and Dawn decide to switch places and live each other's lives secretly, but doing this might not be all fun. What will happen to the two, and how will their friends react to this? Next Time: Salvia the Princess.

That was that chapter. Next chapter will introduce Salvia, the fourth royal we will be meeting. That means there will be one more, and he will be introduced in a very soon chapter (Yes, it's a prince). Another thing is the name of the restaurant, just in case you guys did put it on a translator and it gave you confusing words or you didn't understand it, it means "Eating Food, Fucking Bitches". Also, I hope you noticed Ash in this chapter. Something is happening to him, and you'll understand in a future chapter. See you next week (I will try to update on Monday. I'm getting a new computer).

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