The Spirit Room
For a recap, Lugia and the others had just lured Zekrom out of hiding and made him accidently free Ash by bringing him. Now, Ash has been lifted of the curse spirit... or so they think...
"Lugia, it's been a long time, are you sure it worked?" Max asked worriedly, looking at his pokenav.
"I was positive, but now... we can not guarantee anything." Lugia said telepathically.
"Ash had to have pulled through, he's been through more pain than I can remember!" Brock thought back to all the moments Ash saved the world. Melody stared at him worriedly, then Aquimko stepped towards him and picked him up, and closed his eyes while slipping a tentacle on his chest.
"Fine...fine...fine...uh-oh." Aquimko said out loud.
"What's 'uh-oh'? Is something wrong with him?" Melody asked, looking at the body.
"I'm not sure... I can't tell..." Aquimko closed his eyes again.
"Why not?" Brock asked impatiently.
"...Because he's not in here." Aquimko said, making everyone gasp. Everyone looked at his chest... it never rised. Max started to cry, but he managed to hold it back. Everyone then started to cry, but Lugia snapped back into thought.
"Wait a minute! If this happened to Ash... then no doubt the same thing will happen to May!" Lugia said in realization. Everyone snapped back, and realized it was true. And Lugia remembered he had sent the three birds to do that while they took care of Zekrom. They hurried over to the island and saw what they feared... May was being hit with a thunderbolt from the cloud, but it wasn't as strong as the one that hit Ash.
"(Not enough power... I'l boost it.)" Zapdos screeched in the pokemon language.
"ZAPDOS, NO!" Lugia shouted in terror. But it was too late, Zapdos hit the thundercloud with massive power, and the electricity was immediately diverted into May. She screamed in pain as Max was on the verge of crying again as he knew if this continued... he would lose his sister, too. Then her screaming stopped, everyone looked up again and saw her fall to the ground as the grey aura ball went into the statue like the purple. Lugia slowly glided over to the body and picked her up. He closed his eyes and put his tail on her chest. He then opened his eyes and frowned as he shook his head to the others.
"(Did something happen to her?)" Moltres asked worriedly. Lugia explained to the birds what happened to Ash and now May. The birds listened then apologized for their mistake.
"Don't apologize, it wasn't your fault. We weren't quick enough to tell you the results." Lugia told the birds. Everyone stood in grief after learning that they had lost two friends...
"...Oooohhh... Wha... Where am I?" Ash opened his eyes and saw a huge purple, moving room. "How'd I get here? Where is here?" Ash asked himself, looking around. Ash tried to walk but couldn't, he looked down and realized why he couldn't walk... he was floating! So Ash started moving his arms trying to push him forward, and it worked, he floated over to a wall and touched it. But a mysterious energy sent his flying backwards again. "Wah! What the...?" he asked himself, then felt himself hit something, making him stop. "What did I hit...?" he asked himself as he looked around, then gasped at what he saw. He saw May's body, spinning in the air. "May!" he shouted in realization. Ash quickly grabbed her, and started shaking her. "Come on... wake up!" Ash tried to wake her up. May's eyes began to slowly open as she turned her head viciously trying to find where she was, ignoring Ash.
"Where am I? Oh my god! I'm all alone!" she shrieked, still looking around, and panicking. May started to cry, but felt a hand wipe her tears away. She looked up and saw Ash smiling at her. Then before Ash knew it, he was floating around again with a May tightly wrapped around him.
"May, please let go... I don't want to touch the wall again..." Ash gasped for breath. But it was too late, Ash and May had already hit the wall and Ash was sent flying again, but May stayed at the wall, and just got a jolt of electricity.
"OW!" she shrieked as volts went through her body. May saw Ash float away and tried to ignore the pain as she pushed off the wall towards Ash.
"Come back here! I'm not done hugging you yet!" she told him, trying to catch him.
"May please don't... I still need air..." Ash gasped as she took a strong grip on him again.
"I missed you so much! Why were you gone so long without contacting me?" she asked angrily, glaring at the nervously chuckling boy.
"...Well, it's not quick and easy to become a pokemon master..." Ash told her.
"But you could have at least told me how long you thought you were going to be gone!" May told him, glaring at him again. May didn't loosen her grip, so Ash knew he had one option. He started to float towards the wall and pushed May into it... causing her to get shocked again. She let go as sparks flew over her body.
"Ow! what was that for?" she looked at the boy.
"It was for my lungs." Ash said, rubbing his chest. May just glared at him, but they both broke into laughter. Then May floated more towards his face and smiled.
"So how's the pokemon master business going?" she asked him.
"Good, I just have to beat Cynthia now. How's the coordinator highway?" Ash asked her.
"Great! I beat Drew in the semi-finals of the grand festival! But lost to Kyle in the finals..." she said, looking at her shoes.
"What, you lost? What pokemon did he have?" he asked in disbelief.
"It was my blaziken and Wartortle vs. gardevoir and manectric..." she said slowly.
"How have you been?" he asked her, learning of her loss.
"Been better, but still running around!" she said, instantly cheerful again. They started to laugh again, but when they stopped... they just stared into each other's eyes, not realizing they were staring at each other. May came back first and saw Ash staring at her, she blushed deeply realizing she was just staring at him. She turned away, but didn't last long before she looked back. He was still staring, so she decided to have some fun. She waved her hand in front of his face, but he didn't move. So she then went behind him, and put her hands over his eyes, but she didn't expect him to react so quickly to that one, as he quickly spun his head around and they accidently locked lips. May was stunned at first but then sunk into it and wrapped her arms around him. Ash opened his eyes and saw what he was kissing, he blushed deeply, but realized she was enjoying it. He was amazed the girl he loved actually loved him back, but still pulled away from her.
"What's wrong?" she asked sweetly, smiling at him.
"Sorry... it's just that it was a surprise...so I couldn't really react..." Ash rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh... here, try again." she pushed her lips against his. She wrapped her arms around his neck again, but this time, Ash had his arms around her waist and was enjoying the kiss too. When they parted, May stared into his eyes.
"May...I love you..." Ash whispered.
"I could tell from a couple seconds ago." May giggled, earning a confused look from Ash.
"Oh, come on! The kissing!" she shouted playfully, putting her hands on her hips.
"...Oh!" was Ash's reaction. May just sighed, and giggled as she hugged him again.
"That's one of the reasons I love you, too. But don't worry, I'll teach you about love." she walked a finger across his shoulder.
"Fine..." Ash sighed, pulling her closer. They both laughed, but then they heard something...talking.
"Who or what was that?" May asked worriedly, looking around for the source of the noise.
"I don't know...but I don't think we're alone here..." Ash responded, looking around protectively. Ash heard the talking again, but this time they saw a flash in the corner. Ash floated over, leaving May. When he reached the corner, he saw the flash again and this time, a circle appeared in front of him. He looked into it and saw Lugia and everyone crowded around May and Ash's unconscious bodies.
"That's what happened...! We're unconscious now! But this room... I feel like I know it somehow..." Ash thought in realization.
"Ash! What's over there?" May asked him. Ash remembered he left May over there, and motioned her to come over. She floated over towards Ash and looked into the circle, she nearly screamed at what she saw.
"...Are we...dead?" she put her hands over her mouth.
"No, we can't be. We must be unconscious...and are floating in some space room." Ash thought out loud as he looked at the pulsing walls.
"What? I don't understand..." May said.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me of something! May... why were you always sitting in a tree?" Ash looked back at her.
"What?" she asked with a confused expression.
"When I came to visit your house, you were sitting in a tree, and Max told me you were sitting in that tree all day starting a few days before." Ash told her.
"...um... I don't...know..." she stuttered, thinking of what happened back then.
"What happened during your walk?" Ash asked her.
"I was bored, and I was missing you... so I decided to walk on the beach... then..." she started, then looked up with a surprised face.
"I remember swimming... but I didn't plan it! Something dragged me under... and I woke up on an island... I was alone so I decided to walk around and explore... I came to some ruins in the jungle, and I saw a statue. My curiosity got the best of me... and I touched it... the last thing I remember was feeling the heat of flames." May told him.
"I think..." Ash started, but saw something in the circle. May looked at him curiously, wondering what he was going to say. Ash noticed something in the background... a figure. A small black object was flying in the sky, but as he waited to see what it was... it got a lot bigger. Before he knew it, it was bigger than any of the others, and it shot a thunderbolt towards the group.
"Look out!" Ash shouted, trying to put his hand through the circle, but it was forced back. Then Max looked up and turned around, and saw the attack coming for them.
"Guys, watch out!" Max pointed to the oncoming electricity. Everyone looked up and dodged the attack, but the thunderbolt went and hit May's body, Ash turned around and saw May screaming in pain as sparks flew through her body. Ash turned back in horror, learning that pain out there...was pain in here. The creature then fired a thunderbolt at Ash's body, causing Ash to feel great pain.
"ARGH! What power! But I must stand it...!" Ash thought angrily. Ash winced in pain, but then he felt heavy again. And before he knew it...he was falling. He turned and saw May falling right beside him, he grabbed her and turned his back to the ground with her in his protective arms. He looked down, but didn't see anything. Then all of a sudden, he slammed into something, causing massive pain on his back. May got up and helped him up, then looked around.
"I like it up there better..." she said.
"Yeah..." Ash added, then groaned as he fell down in pain from his back, alarming May he was hurt. She went to help him, but he shook his head.
"what do you see?" he groaned.
"Nothing really... just the door over there." May said calmly, pointing to a door in the distance. Ash arched an eyebrow at her, then her eyes went wide and looked back at the distant door. "Hey... a door!" she shouted as she pointed to the door. Ash sighed as he heard her, then started to walk over to the door, still wincing. When he reached the door, a sign appeared and Ash read it.
"Warning! One may pass, other stays. Choose wisely, for the one to leave, must sacrifice for the other." Ash thought as he read the sign, trying to think of what he would have to sacrifice. Ash then tells May to stay there as he walked through the doorway. May looked at the signpost and read it. She gasped as she read what he had decided, as one tear rolled down her cheek.
"Sacrifice?...Ash..." she whispered sadly to herself.
"How long does this go on?" Ash asked himself as he walked down the endless, pitch-dark path. Ash walked down for what seemed forever, then he saw a light. A blue light, then a large white figure sped past, then a thunderbolt went passed. Ash wondered what was going on, then saw the object from before, fighting Lugia and Aquimko. Ash didn't know about Aquimko, so he didn't really know the situation. He looked back down the tunnel and smiled.
"I love you, May..." Ash thought sadly, then walked out of the tunnel. He slowly opened his eyes, he shot up and looked around, realizing he was back in his real body.
"I'm back..." Ash whispered to himself, unaware that the others heard him. Max, Melody and Brock turned around from the fight and saw Ash dusting himself off, then he was nearly tackled by Max, then Brock and Melody walked behind him. They both put a hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"Welcome back." Brock said to him.
"Good to see you made it." Melody added.
"Good to be back. Now, what's going on with Zekrom, Reshiram, Lugia and the other one?" Ash asked, pointing to Lugia charging a hyper beam at Zekrom. Melody explained the events that took place, and Ash understood it all.
"So Zekrom's wanting to finish the war...and Reshiram is on our side?" confirming the details he'd received.
"Yes." Brock said. Ash looked up towards the fight.
Meanwhile, with May...
"Oh Ash... why?" May quietly sobbed to herself, sitting in the corner looking through the circle, watching Ash. She began to cry again, but wiped them away.
"Ash... I love you." May thought. Then Ash went over to her body, and kneeled down to her face while everyone was watching the fight. He leaned down, and kissed her forehead, May felt it and rubbed the spot, and put her hand close to her heart. Then Zekrom flew upwards and fired a zap cannon towards May and Ash, but Ash wasn't looking, May watched as the attack drew closer and closer to them.
"Ash! Zekrom's attacking you!" May screamed, but no one heard.
Ash sensed the attack and turned around, but stood and watched it come closer.
"One must sacrifice for the other..." Ash thought. Then there was a huge explosion, but May didn't feel anything. She looked through the circle and saw Ash standing there, unharmed, with a wall of water, fire and green energy in front of him, along with three small pokemon.
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