Edit 2011-10-01; some grammar correction
Chapter 2 is UP! Please R&R!
Also, I know this was a very quick update, but this won't happen that much now that the school is starting soon.
Chapter 2: Unexpected stuff and Pain
Ash, Pikachu, Dawn and Brock were now a day and a half from reaching their destination, Jubilife City. Ash had finally gotten his 8 badges, by training almost everyday, and, for the past week, trying to escape from Dawn. But right now, Dawn was ignoring Ash instead.
"Come on guys, can't we just head to the league?" a tired boy asked.
"Are you stupid? The competition isn't for another two weeks." an annoyed girl responded.
"But, I can train there before it starts?" he said, still trying to convince the blue haired coordinator.
"I have to agree with Ash this time." the 20 year old breeder said. "Some extra training before the competition shouldn't hurt."
A single, but deadly glare from Dawn made him change his mind just like that.
"B-But I guess we can head to the city and fill up with supplies! A-Also, I think I need to get some new clothes." he said and backed away.
Scared about what Dawn might do to him, he dropped his walking speed to get with Ash. Brock looked down on his clothes, it was identical to his clothes he had when Ash first started his pokémon journey, except that now the colors was reversed: He had a orange vest with some black/gray on it, and wore a green shirt under it. He also wore grey-ish pants and blue and white sneakers.
"Man, what've you done to her?" the breeder asked, still scared.
"I didn't do anything!" Ash whispered, he was still not sure if Dawn could hear him. "I think I didn't.."
"Well, something happened. By the way, did something happen yesterday? She came to the table, finished her soup and then just walked away with a thank you. She was clearly upset."
"Well I.."
"So something did happen? Tell me about it, Ash."
Ash took a deep breath.
"I'm afraid she'll hear me!" he whispered.
But it looked like he didn't do a good job, Dawn was now slightly tilting her head towards Ash and Brock. After a few seconds, Dawn was now facing forward, but Ash knew that she was still listening intensively. Ash looked at Brock, and Brock awaited Ash's next move. Without making any sounds at all, Ash formed the words 'I'll tell you later' with his lips. Brock nodded, and they continued to walk towards Jubilife City, still keeping a little bit of distance from Dawn.
"Next, please." a young boy said.
May walked towards the boy, who was sitting behind a desk and looking into a computer screen.
"Hi!" May said.
"Hi." the boy replied, still looking at the screen. "Name, please?"
"May Maple." May replied.
The boy, who sat behind a desk, redirected his eyes towards the brunette.
"The May Maple?" he asked, stunned.
"That's me!" May replied with a smile. The boy eyed her from top to toe.
"Of course." the boy finally said with a smile. "Only a top coordinator can achieve such beauty and skill."
"T-Thank you." May replied, blushing.
The boy also blushed when he realized what he had just said.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that." the boy said, still blushing.
May giggled.
"It's okay, I hear it all the time." she said and winked. "You new here?"
It took a few seconds before the 15 year old boy answered.
"Um, yeah." he said, the red on his cheeks finally starting to disappear. "It's my first day actually, and it's super boring. I haven't seen anyone as beautiful as you since I started here. That reminds me, this job sucks."
May blushed once more and giggled. The boy smiled.
"How can I help you?" he asked.
"I need my tickets for my trip." she replied.
"Destination?"
"Sinnoh, Jubilife City."
"That's quite a place to head to, are you going to win that Grand Festival too?"
May giggled again.
"No, actually, I'm going to visit my friend." she said.
"Aww, that's too bad, here I thought I had a chance with you."
"What do you mean?" May asked, confused.
"Well, it's obviously someone you have feelings for, or else you wouldn't be blushing when talking about him. Or her."
"HEY!"
"Heh, sorry. Let me get your ticket ready."
May sighed and waited for the ticket to get ready, which took an awful lot of time. Meanwhile, she watched the young boy as he worked. He had spiky hair, which almost looked a little bit like Brock's hairstyle. His hair was jet black, but with a little bit of brown in the front of his hair. He had black working clothes, and she couldn't see his shoes, but she assumed they were black, too. His eyes.. They were deep blue and sweet looking.
'So much black in this airport..' she thought. 'They should make it more blue.' she giggled again.
"There we go." the boy finally said, wondering why the beautiful brunette giggled. "One first class ticket to Jubilife City, Sinnoh."
He handed over the ticket to May with a wide smile.
"Have a nice trip, sweetie." he said.
"Thanks, boy." she said and smiled.
She was about to walk towards the gate and wait for her plane, but the boy stopped her.
"Wait!" he almost shouted. "Can I have your autograph?"
May turned around and smiled.
"Of course, why not?"
The boy smiled and gave her a piece of paper and a pen.
"What's your name, boy?"
"John." he replied.
May finished the autograph and gave it to the young boy.
"There." May said. "See you later!"
May ran to the gate, afraid that she might miss the flight.
"I'm sure we will." John said, smiling.
Ash and his friends decided to take a little pause after walking non-stop the past few hours. Dawn went to a nearby lake with her pokemon after setting down her bag in their temporary resting place. Brock released his pokémon so that they could try out his new recipe, making pokémon more sharp thinking in battle. Ash, on the other hand, decided to just relax in the shadow of a large tree. He snickered when he saw Brock's pokémon spit the food out in disgust, making Brock cry animestyle. Ash sighed. Where was Pikachu? He then remembered that he went off with Dawn and her pokémon for a swim at the lake, maybe he should head there later? Nah, he didn't exactly wanna get killed by the blue haired girl.
"Brock, have you seen Pikachu?" he asked.
"I-I think he's still with Dawn." he said, still crying.
"M'kay, I'm gonna go get him, maybe he wants to try out your new recipe?"
Brock immediately stopped crying and smiled.
"Y-Yeah! You're right!"
"Heh, I'll get him now then." Ash said, laughing. He then went to the lake, hoping to find his best friend without meeting Dawn.
After a few minutes of walking, he had finally reached the lake. He could see all of Dawn's pokémon play in the water, but he couldn't spot Pikachu anywhere. Or Dawn. He sighed, he hoped not to see her at all. The lake was quite big, it was the size of a football stadium, and surrounding it were thick trees, it would be hard to find his best friend. He continued walking on the road, hoping to find Pikachu, and still watching the pokémon play while walking. He had now entered the road with the thick trees, he was surprised when he couldn't see the lake anymore.
"Pikachu!" he screamed.
No answer. He sighed, and continued to walk. He then heard something rustle, if he was lucky, it would be Pikachu. He walked off the road closer to the rustling sound. Then, on the other side of a few bushes, he could see what was making those sounds. It was Dawn. Naked. Changing into her clothes. Ash didn't move. He didn't move because he was scared that she might hear him, but also because he couldn't get his eyes off her. He watched her back, her hair that was wet from the swimming, and her bottom. He was happy that she didn't face him so he didn't had to see her face or her most private section, although he did see her.. Butt.
"Beautiful.." he said quietly.
But Dawn heard him, and she stopped taking her bra on. Ash almost crapped his pants, and he quickly bent down behind the bush in front of him. He held his breath. Right next to him, was Dawn fully naked and was changing clothes, with only a thick bush between her and Ash. And after Ash had made that stupid mistake, Dawn had stopped putting her clothes on and wondered what that sound was. Ash still held his breath, he didn't want to die early.
'Mom,' he thought, 'if you can hear this, I love you, I always will.'
To his surprise, noise was coming from the other side of the bush, he assumed that Dawn had started taking on clothes again. He sighed, making sure that Dawn wouldn't hear him. He then turned around and was about to crawl away when he saw something run towards him at high speed. He couldn't see what it was exactly, it was probably some pokémon.. Why was it running towards him?
"Pikapi!" the creature screamed.
Ash froze, it was Pikachu! Ash motioned for Pikachu to stop with his hands and the words 'NO NO NO' nearly escaped his mouth. Pikachu, being very close to his master, understood that something was wrong, and stopped running towards him. He still wondered what made his master so upset. Ash was relieved when he saw that Pikachu stopped, but that quickly disappeared when he saw that Pikachu had a terrified look on his face and backed away. Now, Ash was wondering what was wrong. Pikachu backed up again slowly and sweat dropped, and then turned around and ran away at twice the speed than when he first arrived there. Ash wondered what scared Pikachu away, but he already had a thought about what it was. He slowly looked up, and saw a fully dressed blue haired girl that could very kill him on the spot. He sweat dropped and waited for her next move.
"H-Hi.. Dawn.. He-he-he.." he barely said.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!"
"Eep."
Somewhere in the skies of Johto, a young coordinator was sitting on a plane, bored. She had been doing nothing for the past few hours, except looking over the beautiful landscapes and cities of Johto, and, of course, thinking of how she would greet Brock and Ash when she finally met them.
"Hi guys! Miss me..?" she asked no one.
She sighed. Lucky for her, there was no one on the plane except the pilots and some flight personnel that from time to time asked her if she needed something to eat or drink. That made her free to talk to herself without anyone disturbing her.
'What if Ash hasn't missed me?' she thought.
She sighed. She looked out the window and wondered when they would get there. She closed her eyes, and went to sleep for the rest of the flight.
"I love you Ash.." she whispered, before dozing off.
Ash, Brock and Dawn had finally reached Jubilife City, although one of them arrived in a not-so-good condition. Brock had carried Ash since he wasn't able to walk after something had happened by the lake, he was still too scared to ask any of them what happened. They entered the Jubilife pokécenter and was greeted with a smile from the nurse, Nurse Joy.
"Hi!" she said. "Oh my, what happened to him? Is he alright?"
Brock instantly dropped Ash on the floor which made him scream in pain, and then Brock jumped in front of Dawn, taking Nurse Joy's hand with an amazing speed which would make even a Arcanine turn away in shame.
"Yes, my love!" Brock almost screamed, holding Nurse Joy's hands. "His mind and body is just alright, but my heart and soul is completely broken! Please Nurse Joy, can't you heal them for me?"
Je then leaned towards Nurse Joy, she backed away, but still holding his hands, or, in another way, Brock wouldn't let go.
"I-I, uh.." she stuttered.
Suddenly, a strange sound and a flash of light was emitted from the side of Brock's belt, soon revealing one of his pokémon, Croagunk. It was a dark blue frog looking creature, with yellow eyes and black around them. Its hands were mostly black with orange in the middle, and it also had two white stripes on its stomach that almost looked like they were bandages wrapped around the pokémon. Its type was poison and fighting, and it was also pretty good in pokémon battles. It always had a funny smile on its face, but right now it was prepared to protect any unlucky woman from Brock's 'love'.
"Oh, is that your Croagunk?" she asked suddenly.
"Um, yes it is, how come?" Brock asked, surprised.
"It looks so well taken care of!" Nurse Joy replied.
"Well, I am trying to be the best pokémon breeder ever, that may be the reason." Brock said and winked.
"Please, show me some of your secrets! I assume that you have few."
"I'd love to, Nurse Joy!" he said happy.
Croagunk, Dawn, Ash and even Brock himself was wondering if all of this actually happened.
"Do you want me to have your pokémon while you go looking for a hotel?" she asked Ash and Dawn.
She didn't receive any answer, as both of them was still watching her and Brock holding hands. Croagrunk shrugged, and then pushed the button on his pokéball and returned inside.
"I'll take that as a yes." she said and giggled.
Ash and Dawn had finally understood what was happening, and they put their pokéballs on the desk. Nurse Joy let go of Brock's hands and happily took the pokéballs for Ash and Dawn.
"I'll be taking care of the pokémon while you're gone, have fun!" she said with smile.
Brock once again leaped forward and took Nurse Joy's hands, taking this opportunity that Croagunk wasn't there to stop him.
"Nurse Joy! As I'm yours forever I will never leave you!" he said with a "romantic" voice, "Please, let me stay with you! I'm sure these two lovebirds will find a hotel while we are together!"
"WHAT? ME AND ASH? LOVEBIRDS? ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING?" Dawn suddenly screamed.
She then looked at Ash who was still processing everything that was happening.
"Never!" she said, crossed her arms and looked away.
"So you two aren't together?" Nurse Joy asked. "I think you two look cute together!"
Dawn blushed, but still kept her position. Ash noticed this.
"Dawn, you've been blushing a lot lately, is something wrong? Maybe you should let Nurse Joy check on you while I go look for a hotel." Ash said.
After hearing this, Brock and Nurse Joy giggled together, and Ash just stood there watching Dawn blush even more. She couldn't take the embarrassment anymore, so she grabbed Ash by the arm and dragged him out of the pokécenter.
"C'mon Ash, let's leave these guys and find a hotel!" she said, still dragging him.
"What? Just the two of us?" Ash asked, still a bit confused.
He then watched Dawn's face get even more red, it was now almost the same color as a tomato.
"ASH! YOU WILL NOT SPEAK UNLESS SPOKEN TO, GOT IT?" she screamed at his face, now drawing attention from people walking by.
"Alright alright, jeez, cool it will ya?" Ash said, scared to death.
Dawn was about to slap him in the face, but there were too many people watching with smiles, so she just left Ash there, still confused.
"Hey Dawn, wait up!" he shouted. The boy then followed the girl to go find a hotel nearby, not daring to say anything at all, unless, spoken to, of course.
"Miss? Miss?" a woman asked.
"Wha, what?" May asked, barely being able to open her eyes.
"Miss, we've arrived at our destination, the plane is going back to Hoenn in 5 minutes, are you going to stay and head back with us?" the woman asked.
May looked like she had gotten a kick in the behind, because suddenly she just jumped up, making the poor woman almost scream.
"No! I'm ready to leave, right now!" she said and clenched her fist.
The woman just stood there, raising an eyebrow.
"Excuse me, miss, but are you by any chance the famous May Maple?" the female personnel asked.
"That's correct!" May answered with a proud smile.
"Could I have your autograph? My daughter is a beginner coordinator and a huge fan of yours, you're a real inspiration for her, she has already won 3 ribbons just by watching videos of you!"
"Wow that's amazing." May said, not really understanding that she was that of a role model. "Of course, do you have a pen and paper?"
The woman, seemingly out of nowhere handed May a piece of paper and a pen. May quickly signed it. The woman thanked her, and May left the plane, still having that smile on her. She could see Lilypad Town from a distance, and headed towards the airport to get a taxi.
"I hope this trip is worth it.." she said and sighed.
"WHAT?" a furious blue haired girl screamed.
"I'm very sorry, but I am pretty sure that this is the only hotel in the whole city that has any rooms left, because of the talent show starting in a few days." the reception lady answered.
"B-But, so you're saying that this room only fits for two people?"
"Yes, I am truly sorry, it is designed that way, there is nothing I can do."
"Alright, we'll take it." Dawn said and sighed.
"Okay, please read through this form carefully. Names?" the lady asked.
"Dawn Berlitz." Dawn replied. She waited for Ash to say his name, but he didn't even move.
"ASH!" she 'whispered' to him.
"Ash Ketchum." he said.
"Was it that hard?" Dawn asked and sweatdropped.
"But you said that I wasn't allowed to talk unle-"
"FORGET THAT! Now sign the form!" Ash nodded and signed the form for Dawn, while the reception lady stood there and smiled. Ash handed over the signed form, and the lady accepted it with an even wider smile.
"Thank you, enjoy your honeymoon!" the lady said and winked. This time, Ash was the one to blush.
"We're not together!" he whined.
"Oh no? That's too bad." the lady said.
She turned around and looked at the wall with all of the keys to the rooms. She found the one belonging to Ash and Dawn and grabbed them.
"There you go," the lady said and handed the keys over to Ash, "Enjoy your, um, 'stay'" she said with a wink and sarcasm on the last word.
Ash blushed even harder, and Dawn was actually enjoying that.
"C'mon Ash, let's check out our room!" she said and grabbed his arm again, now dragging him up the hotel stairs.
"Hey! Why can't we take the elevator?"
"Cause I hate them!" Dawn replied.
"What?" he said confused.
The reception lady watched the two teens with amusement.
"They're obviously lying, if not, they'll get together soon enough after they've seen the room." she said and smiled. "Next, please!"
Ash and Dawn had finally reached the top floor, which was the 13th floor, and Dawn was still excited to see the room. Ash, on the other hand, was busy checking his body for any injuries made to him after being dragged up the stairs for 5 minutes.
"Look, Ash! There's our room!" she said excited and jumped. "Hurry up, you lazy!"
"Shouldn't we wait for Brock or something?" Ash asked tired, he was glad that he didn't receive any serious damage on his body after that.. Walk through the stairs.
"But I wanna see the room now!" Dawn whined.
"Uhuh, but we should probably get back to Brock and tell him about this, besides, this room is only for two people."
"I guess you're right.." Dawn said low and looked at a ground. There was a silence for a few seconds, but Dawn broke it with a smile.
"Then let's get GOING!" she screamed and ran past Ash. Ash was relieved but suddenly felt something drag him back.
"DAWN, LET GO OF ME!" Ash screamed desperately.
"NO! LET'S GET TO BROCK!" Dawn said laughing. Ash tried to get free but it was nearly impossible. They were soon by the staircase and then Ash realized something: They were heading down the stairs, not up.
"WAIT DAWN, LET GO OF M-" he didn't have time to finish his sentence before his face hit the rug covered stairs with a thud.
"Oops, sorry!" Dawn said, still running down the stairs while holding Ash's arm. Ash didn't know if she was sarcastic or not.
'Maybe this is her way of punishing me for what I did to her..?' he thought in pain. 'If it is, this is much better then letting her beat me up, and-'
Once again, he didn't have time to finish his thought before his face instead hit a part of the staircase that wasn't covered with rug, making him unconscious by the impact.