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(Flashback)
There was a strange noise, and this time Pikachu was annoyed and looked up with an angry expression.
"PIKA-PI!"
"I'll always love him too, Pikachu…we'll miss him…" May said absentmindedly. Pikachu shook her shoulder until she snapped out of her trance. "What? What is it?" May asked the pokemon. Pikachu smiled, and pointed beside her. May looked, and gasped.
"That's just what I wanted to hear, May."
(End Flashback)
"ASH!" May stared in front of her. His clothes were dirty, torn, he looked too happy, but it was him. It was Ash Ketchum.
"Hi, May-" he suddenly felt himself thrown against the floor with such brute force. He opened his eyes to see May, face in his chest, legs wrapped around his hip tightly, and her arms around his neck.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE!" she screamed, but it came out muffled from his shirt.
"May, I know you're happy to see me, but can I breathe and-" Ash was stopped by her pressing her lips against his. He was surprised at first, but then soaked into the feeling. She tightened her body around him, and kissed deeper and more passionately. After a few minutes, due to lack of air, May pulled back, staring into his eyes and panting. "Um…okay then…." Ash was at also for words at what she just did.
"I'm not done yet…I just need…air…." May panted, then kissed him again. Ash was starting to turn blue from lack of air, from her and the kissing. After a few more minutes, she pulled back and noticed he looked like a wooper. She immediately loosened her grip, letting him begin panting heavily.
"…Thank…you…" he choked out, smiling weakly. She helped him up, then hugged him again.
"You don't know who much I've missed you…." she whispered in his ear.
"May..it's only been…like, a week…"Ash told her.
"I know…but everyone would miss you for a day." May told him. They continued hugging, until they felt something between them. They both thought it was each other, but looked down to see Pikachu squeezing between them.
"Pikachu, buddy! It's great to see you again!" Ash hugged the young rodent tightly. Pikachu hugged him back tightly, until its little pika-lungs couldn't take it anymore.
"Pikachu, you might want to calm down a bit." May told the mouse.
"Pika pika pi, pikachu pika-pi!" (You were choking him! You should calm down!) Pikachu defended himself, making the three laugh.
"So…what do you want to do?" Ash asked, unsure of what to make of the situation.
"Let's go downstairs, then you can explain how you're alive." May kissed him on the cheek, then started towards the door. She looked back to see Ash not moving. "What's wrong?" she asked him.
"I…won't they be loud if I'm suddenly alive?" Ash asked, making the girl giggle.
"Of course they will." she giggled, making the boy groan. "But I'll make you feel better afterwards." she whispered in a seductive voice. Ash smiled, then opened the door. They walked down the stairs, making everyone look back. They looked normally at May, but when Ash came into view…their eyes became dinner plates. Soon, Dawn and Misty were on top of him, Delia was trying to get them off to she could suffocate him, and the men were staring at him, still amazed.
"Ash! Oh my gosh! How are you alive!" Dawn asked repeatedly, confusing the boy.
"Ash, answer us! How did you survive!" Misty asked after the blunette.
"All right, girls. Off of him." Delia said, making the girls reluctantly get off.
"This part's okay, but I don't like-" Ash stopped when his mother pulled him into a bone-crushing and suffocating hug.
"Ash Ketchum! How are you alive! What have you been doing! And have you changed your underwear the past week!" Delia asked the boy.
"MOM!" he shouted, somehow managing to pull away from her. "I've just been travelling back home the past week! And if you all sit down, I'll tell you how I'm alive!" Ash shouted, making everyone immediately sit on the couches and chairs. "…Ahem, okay…" Ash was surprised they obeyed that easily. He sat down beside May.
"Start with when Darkrai ended the sacrifice ritual!" Max said excitedly.
"Yeah, Ash, tell us!" May said as she cuddled in under his arm.
"Well, it started with me saying goodbye to May…"
(Flashback)
May had disappeared, and I saw a light in the distance. I knew what it was, and knew I had no other choice, so I started for it. After all the time I was walking, I never seemed to get closer. I stopped walking, then the light seemed to darken. I kept walking, and the light brightened again. I stopped until the light went out, and I was in pitch darkness. I looked around, but saw nothing. I began walking, and the light flashed up again. I looked around, then I saw a light above me. A small yellow light. I reached up for it, but couldn't reach. I jumped, and touched it. I felt a shock as I fell to the ground, and watched the yellow light grow bigger. Soon, it was a large portal. A figure floated out of it, and I recognized it instantly.
"Arceus!" I exclaimed, staring at the alpha pokemon.
"Greetings, Ash." Arceus replied to me through telepathy.
"What are you doing here?" I asked it.
"What are you doing here?" it replied to me.
"I was destined to be sacrificed for the good of the world, to stop Cresselia." I told it, but to my surprise it began to laugh quietly.
"Ash, my young human child….there is no destiny. We are not destined for anything, we just come to it as an instinct." Arceus told me, but I was confused.
"What do you mean? Darkrai said specifically I was destined to be sacrificed." I replied to Arceus.
"Well, he was just making it seem important. Which, by the way, sounds like it was." Arceus said.
"Of course it was! She was going to take over the world!" I exclaimed, making the pokemon laugh again.
"You cannot take over the world. You can try, but you would have to get past me." Arceus told me. It did make sense it was laughing, since it was a super-rare and super powerful pokemon.
"But…why are you here? You didn't answer." I asked it again.
"I'm here to judge your spirit, Ash." Arceus told me.
"What? How do you judge my spirit?" I asked in confusion.
"It's really quite simple, actually. I fire a Judgement attack, you put some energy into it, and it displays the best things you've done. I then determine if you're spirit is pure enough to be brought back." Arceus explained to me.
"Wow! That's amazing!" I exclaimed.
"Actually, I don't really do it. I just made that up as a joke." Arceus chuckled again. "But I am here to revive you." Arceus said.
"Okay…so…how?" I asked it.
"Simple. We get pokemon energy, and put it into a spiritual sphere." Arceus said.
"….What?" I asked, not sure what it just meant.
"A spiritual sphere is a sphere of energy, used to turn a spirit alive again. I'm going to use it on you." Arceus said. It floated back a few feet, then formed a green sphere above its head. "Now, I must connect with pokemon, to find those who will want to help you." Arceus said, then began mumbling in pokemon language. It wasn't a specified species, but it sounded really ancient pokemon language. Soon, little heads began appearing around the green sphere. I recognized them as they took form into the heads of legendary pokemon.
"So…are they giving energy into the spiritual sphere?" I pointed at the heads.
"Yes. You sure do have a lot of pokemon friends." Arceus told me, then began mumbling again. Soon, I saw a little head of every pokemon that was with me before I was sacrificed, plus some extras who couldn't be there. There was Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, Mew, Mewtwo, Raikou, Entei, Suicune, Lugia, ho-oh, Celebi, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Latios, Latias, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Regigigas, Heatran, Shaymin, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Arceus, Reshiram, Zekrom and Pikachu. Although I wasn't surprised to see Pikachu. Then there was one that surprised me a lot. Cresselia. "Ash, you must have a deep connection with Cresselia. She's giving almost all of her energy to you." Arceus told me.
"Seriously?" I asked in amazement. Why would Cresselia want to help me? I put it aside as I saw the heads get absorbed into the sphere. Soon, there was a bright yellow sphere, pulsating energy as if it were alive. Arceus lowered his head, and the sphere came down into my hands.
"Here, Ash. You've earned it. You may live again, and live with the ones you love." Arceus told me.
"Okay!" I was excited, but then something hit me. "…How do I use it?" I asked Arceus.
"Push it into your chest and you will feel the energy. I will transport your body to the surface." Arceus stomped the ground, creating a window. I saw a gravestone, where I recognized just outside of Pallet. Arceus' eyes glowed blue, and my body appeared on the ground in a blue light. My clothes were dirty and torn, but it was still me. I looked at Arceus, who was smiling. "Go on, Ash. Your life is waiting." Arceus said, then disappeared in a blue flash. I looked at the sphere, then held my arms out in front of me, with the sphere facing my chest.
"I'm coming home, everyone." I whispered to myself before pushing the orb into my chest. I felt a large energy boost, then closed my eyes. When I opened them again, I was lying on the ground. When I looked around, I found myself in my body, alive. I got up and started for Pallet, but I got a few distractions along the way. First, I was stopped by Ho-oh, who wanted me to go for a ride through the rainbow. I agreed, then lost track of time. I then ran into Mew, who brought me back to the Tree of Beginning, where I played with its toys for a while. When I got back in Pallet, it was nighttime, so I went to sleep outside. In the morning, Latias found me and brought me to Altomare, where I played with the baby Latios and Latias. I was next caught by Giratina, who brought me into the Reverse World. I flew around with it for a while, then Shaymin visited us to play as well. Soon, Palkia came and wanted me to go to its space dimension. I agreed, and I was surrounded by millions of pink bubbles. I looked inside them, and saw the happy and smiling faces of all the legendary pokemon. Palkia must have told them I was alive again, so they were all smiling into Palkia's dimension, where they must have told Palkia to bring me since they were too busy in person to see me. I visited Newmoon Island, where I had to see Darkrai. He was happy to see me, then told me something.
"Ash, I have to thank you." Darkrai told me.
"I know, I saved the world, big deal." I said sarcastically.
"No, it's about Cresselia." he said.
"Cresselia?" I was confused at this point.
"Yes. Ever since you sacrificed yourself and saved the world from her wrath, she changed. She's caring now. She's no longer evil. You brought out the goodness in her heart. When she saw you sacrificed, she thought of her most cherished memory. I should know, because I saw it in Dream Eater." Darkrai explained to me.
"Okay…but, what was that memory?" I asked my pitch-black friend.
"The memory of her mother. She sacrificed herself to save her. She saw the same goodness in you that she saw in her mother, all those years ago. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You've truly made the world at peace." Darkrai smiled at me, and I smiled back. Then, I heard something. I looked up to see Cresselia floating down to the island.
"Ash! Good to see you alive again!" Cresselia greeted me happily.
"It's grate to see you again, too, Cresselia." I replied.
"Ash…I must say I'm sorry for my evil deeds. I am no longer evil. I've seen the goodness in you…the same goodness that was in someone very special to me…in my past…" Cresselia smiled.
"Don't mention it. I think I understand what you mean." I winked at Darkrai, which Cresselia luckily didn't notice.
"Well, Darkrai, shall we go?" Cresselia turned to the pitch-black pokemon.
"Yes, let's go." it replied.
"Where you going?" I asked, intrigued.
"We're going somewhere very special, just the two of us." Cresselia smiled sweetly at Darkrai. Darkrai smiled back, and I could sense something spark between the two.
"Goodbye, Ash. Thank you again for everything." Darkrai said as he began into the air.
"Wait! Can you teleport me back to Pallet Town?" I shouted into the sky at the two. Cresselia nodded, and I felt myself disappear. I opened my eyes to see I was on the northern hill of Pallet Town. I didn't want to take the front door, since it would surprise you all. So I decided to sneak in through my room window, where I was greeted by Pikachu and May.
(End Flashback)
"And that's my story." Ash concluded.
"Wow…" Brock was speechless.
"What's it like riding on Giratina? Were the Latios and Latias cute?" Max asked repetitive questions about the legendary pokemon. Ash laughed at his behaviour, then heard him groan.
"I'm just glad I know what happened." May smiled sweetly as her brother rubbed his head.
"You know, sis, you can't be overprotective about Ash." Max said.
"Who says I can't?" she replied in a threatening way, making him back away.
"May, don't be so mean." Ash scolded her.
"But, Ashyyyyyyy!" May complained, but Ash placed his finger on her lips.
"Not another fighting word. Okay?" Ash smiled. May nodded, and he took his finger off her lips. She pulled him into a kiss, which he saw coming.
"Ash and May, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Max began singing as the two continued their kiss. Misty stared at the young boy, frightening him. When the kiss ended, the couple stared into each other's eyes. "First comes marriage, then comes-" Max whispered to himself, but stopped when he felt to giant whacks on his head. He looked up to see Misty with a mallet, and May with her hand drawn back. "Ow…." he said a little too late, then collapsed on the couch.
"What's wrong with what he sings?" Ash whispered into May's ear, making the girl smile.
"Nothing. That was just fun." May smiled sweetly at him.
"Pika!"
All is right with the world. In Johto, a dog raced across the waters, another dog raced across the volcanic ground, a third raced through the open plains.
A brightly-colored bird flew across Johto's rainbow sky, revealing its magnificent colors.
A Johto forest inhabits a small green pokemon as it watched over the forest and its pokemon.
A small island hidden in Johto inhabits a genetic pokemon, happy it could find an undisturbed home.
In the area of the Orange Islands, three large birds protected their neighbour islands, being watched over by the guardian of the sea.
In Hoenn, a large tree formation contains a guardian, the ancestor of all pokemon. It also contains the three element golems, protecting the tree.
Hoenn's volcano, and inside it rests the land titan pokemon.
Hoenn's deep sea, and at the bottom of the deepest trench rests the sea titan pokemon.
In Hoenn's ozone layer, flies the large green dragon, guarding Earth from unwanted visitors.
In the sky of the North Pole, flies the two DNA pokemon spreading auroras through the skies.
Hoenn's land called Ferina, and deep underground sleeps a small pokemon, getting ready for the next appearance of the Millennium Comet.
In a small town called Altomare, a red eon pokemon plays with its many red and blue children, guarding a precious blue gem.
In the three large lakes throughout Sinnoh, rests at the bottom a small lake guardian.
In a blue dimension, resides a large dragon, the guardian of time.
In a pink dimension, resides a white dragon, the guardian of space.
In a world the opposite of ours, lives the Renegade pokemon.
In a small garden of pink flowers somewhere in Sinnoh, lives a group of small green flower pokemon.
In a volcano located in Sinnoh, lives the peaceful lava dome pokemon.
In Sinnoh, the Snowpoint City Temple contains a blue sphere, the form of the sleeping colossal pokemon.
Swimming through Sinnoh's seas, two small blue pokemon go their separate ways, as luck-bringers and the prince of the sea.
Two secret islands in Sinnoh inhabit the mysterious Pitch-black pokemon and lunar pokemon.
In an abandoned labratory in a secret land, lives the deep black pokemon with a peculiar stone. In a nearby volcano, the vast white pokemon plans to visit its old friend with a special stone.
In the strangest dimension of all, resides the rarest of the rare. The alpha pokemon, watching over the world.
No matter where it may be, all living creatures are glad that the world of pokemon is at peace once again.
END