Hoenn Is Where The Start Is!
Chapter 7 - Lets go! Rustboro!
The sun was in the sky, and the birds chirped in the tree's of Petalburg woods.
Both Ash and May had awoke from their sleep, and packing up their bags and continuing their journey towards Rustburo City.
The trek continued to the next town, and a certain boy had a lot on his mind.
'I know we are close now, and that I felt something during the kiss' Ash thought. ' But if it doesn't work, i'll be travelling around by myself. Is it worth just staying friends?'
However May had a different thought process of what was going on. She was less negative then Ash.
'I really like him, that kiss felt right. I wonder how he feels about me...'
The air was silent as they were both surrounded by many thoughts invading their minds, and many different consequences they could be taking. Both of them thinking thoroughly, and thinking of what to say when the time comes.
"A nice day, isn't it" Ash says to her, the first thing being said that day.
'Well, at least he is talking to me, that's a good start' The girl thought.
"Yeah" May replies "The sun is out and its not too cold"
After walking through the endless ammount of tree's, a path seems to appear slowly under their feet, and the ammount of tree's around them decrease. They have made it through Petalburg woods.
Not too far from Rustboro City.
The two were walking on a path, which they guessed leaded to their destination.
"Hey you two!" A voice yells from the right of them.
Ash and May turn simultaniously to look at who is calling.
There were two people looking at them, with grins on their faces.
"How about a tag battle? We want some practice!" One boy informed to them.
A tag battle? This would be an interesting battle.
'Whats a tag battle?' Ash thought.
"What is it?" May asks the two boys.
"Two trainers vs two trainers, one pokemon each." One of the boys answers. "Winner is the one who has defeated the other two pokemon."
Ash liked the idea of a battle. Another way to increase his skill and experience before the gym challenge.
"We accept!" Ash replies back.
"A-ash!?" May says suprised. He didn't even ask for her opinion on the battle.
"Great! The name's Brendan." The boy, now known as Brendan, calls. "This is my friend, Dennis."
"Im Ash" Ash says, introducing himself.
"And whats your name, cutie?" Brendan asks May, winking at her.
At that gesture, something changes inside of the Kanto trainer.
"I-it's May" She said, blushing at his actions.
'What is this feeling? Is it adrenaline?' Ash wondered. 'No, it doesn't feel the same.'
After a few more seconds of his curiosity.
'No way.. is it... jelousy?' Ash thought. 'Why would I get jelous?'
"Mudkip, battle stance!" Brendan says, launching his pokeball into the make-shift battlefield.
'Why would I be jelous of him and May?' Ash continues thinking.
"Eevee, take the stage!" May responds, throwing her pokeball, letting eevee appear.
'Is it because...' Ash ponders, trying to figure out the cause of his emotions.
"Shroomish, go!" Dennis exclaims, releasing shroomish to the battle.
'I like May!?' Ash realises, digging deep to find his hidden feelings.
But the emotional battle was saved for another time. Right now, he was needed in the tag-battle.
"Hurry up!" Brendan yells to the raven haired trainer.
"Pikachu, I choose you!" Ash shouts.
Pikachu jumps from his friends shoulder, and standing next to eevee, its battle partner.
"Eevee" May yells. "Tackle shroomish!"
The normal type pokemon runs to Dennis' pokemon, but a pokemon comes between them.
"Keep your attention on me, beautiful" He says, flirting with May whilst mudkip runs between the shroomish and eevee.
"Water gun on eevee" Brendan instructs.
The water gun hits its target, sending eevee back, with some damage sustained.
"Eevee, use scratch!" May commands.
The evolution pokemon heads towards mudkip this time, keen to inflict some damage.
"Shroomish, intercept-" Dennis commands, but gets interupted by his teammate.
"The girl is mine" Brendan says. "Water gun, once more!"
And, almost like De ja vu, a jet of water was sent towards eevee.
"The girl isn't yours" Ash yells, finally making an appearance into the battle. "Pikachu, use thundershock!"
'Ash?' May thought, while a red was slowly emerging on her face, and rapidly increasing, after realising why he was doing it.
He was annoyed that she would be with another boy.
She smiled at her realisation, she knew a lot about romance.
He had feelings for her.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield the super- effective attack hit its mark, and caused major damage to the water type.
The damage marks covered the pokemon as it tried to stand up.
"Pikachu, show him all your power" Ash commands. "Lets try something new!"
"Thunderbolt!" Ash yells, calling on pikachu using an electric attack stronger than his shock.
Electric crackles from the red pouches, and soon, there was a beam of electricity engulfing pikachu, then sent directly towards mudkip.
The shock hit, and mudkip sustained too much damage.
Mudkip was out. No basic water pokemon could endure that ammount of damage.
Brendan was out.
And he wasn't happy.
"Stay out of it Ash!" Brendan yells. "I said this was between me and May."
"Its a tag battle" Ash says calmly, trying to regain his composure. "Her battle is my battle."
"Speaking of battle" May interupts the arguing duo, then looking into the eyes of her next oponent. "Eevee, tackle attack!"
Eevee runs at a faster speed and hits shroomish with a direct hit.
'Pikachu can't use its electric attacks whilst eevee is close to shroomish.' Ash thought.
After the attack, eevee ran back, clearing some space so it has time to evade shromish's moves.
"Shroomish, use your own tackle attack!" Dennis yells.
"Hey May, ill add double the power." Ash tells her, hoping she would catch on to what he meant.
Dennis and Brendan were currently clueless about how a pikachu can add power to a tackle attack. But May understood, and nodded in acknoledgement.
"Eevee!" May yells.
"Pikachu!" Ash exclaims.
"Double tackle attack!" They both command.
The two pokemon do as instructed and charge for the incoming pokemon.
But with two tackle attacks, came twice the power. Shroomish got hit back, digging in its feet to not lose its balance, yet everyone could tell damage had been taken.
"Eevee, follow up with scratch!" May says.
"Pikachu, run behind Mays Eevee" Ash says, clearly planning something.
'I don't know what your planning Ash, but im trusting you. Ill give you space after my attack.' May spoke silently to herself, thinking what Ash has up his sleeve.
"Evade!" Dennis yells.
Shroomish dodged Eevees attack by side-stepping a few times, with made Eevee run past, doing no damage.
"Nice work shroomish" Dennis praises.
"Pikachu, thunderbolt!" Ash commands quickly, as pikachu was also running towards shroomish.
But this time, there was no time for shroomish to move,and tried to endure the damage.
But to no success, the damage was too much.
The second pokemon had been defeated.
Ash and May won!
A huge grin had appeared on Ash's face, and May also had a smile on hers.
"We won" They both say in unision.
Dennis had scooped up his pokemon, and walked to the pokemon centre.
Brendan scowled at Ash, then joined his friend to heal his pokemon.
"That was a good battle May, unlucky at the end though." Ash says to her.
"Battling isn't my thing, its yours." She said, giggling at the boy. "I prefer showing off my pokemon, like in our co-ordinated attacks."
"Either way, we won." He replies, then turning to his starter. "You did great Pikachu, lets get you to the pokemon centre, its not far now."
"You too eevee, take a nice long rest." May says, praising her pokemon on its first battle, then recalling it to its pokeball.
'During that battle. I realised something.' Ash thought to himself, re-thinking his feelings about May Maple. ' I think I really do like her.'
"Well, Rustboro City is really close." Ash guessed. "Shall we?" He continued as he put his hand out for her to take.
"We shall." She replied, laughing slightly, and placing her hand in his as they finally entered Rustboro City.
A/N: Im not sure if this chapter was as good as it could be. But it was difficult to find words for what I was trying to explain. Anyway, i hope you enjoyed reading Chapter 7!