CH 16: Date expectations
As the Ferry arrived at Slateport Ash and May left the ferry and walked through slate port to the pokemon center. There Ash got on the phone with professor Oak. "Ah Ash I was hoping we could talk how is the second trip to Hoenn going?" Oak asked.
Ash looked back at May for a moment. "Actually really good professor" Ash said. "That's good to hear. Ash now that you've already won 3 badges it might be a good idea to change up your pokemon" Oak said.
"Yeah i'll send you a few" Ash said. He took out Boldore's, Staraptor's, Donphan's and Bulbasaur's pokeballs and placed them in in the transporter. "But professor just send me 3 I still want room to catch a new pokemon" Ash said. "Not a bad idea" Oak said.
A few moments later 3 pokeballs came through the transporter. Ash let all 3 out and saw they were squirtle, Crawdaunt, and garchomp. "Wait is that corphish?" May said. "Yup he evolved 2 years ago" Ash said. Crawdaunt saw may and said cheerfully "Crawdaunt". "I don't think you've ever seen garchomp, I got him as a gible in Sinnoh" Ash said.
"I think i'll switch out some pokemon as well" May said. She got on another phone with her father. "Oh May it's good to see you again" Norman said. "It's nice to see you too dad, I was wondering if you could use the gym's transporter to send me Venusaur and Vulpix for Munchlax and skitty" May said.
"Of corse May i'll send them. By the way how are you and Ash doing?" Norman asked. "Well actually uh, we're doing fine" May said nervously.
"That's good, oh one more thing your mother told me tell you that it's fine for you to ask Drew out" Norman said. "Oh mom" May said. May put Munchlax's and Skitty's pokeballs in the transporters. "May why didn't you tell your dad about us?" Ash said.
"Well I just think that's something I should tell them in person. Though It would be nice for my mom to stop hounding me about Drew" May said. A few moments later two different pokeballs reappeared. "You said you have a vulpix when did you catch her?" Ash said.
"When I was in Jhoto she won 2 of the contests" May said.
"Hey May I was thinking, what if we let our pokemon do their own thing tonight. Then we could maybe go out for dinner" Ash said. "That sounds nice, Ash you've got yourself a date" May said. She came over and kissed him for a few seconds. "Pikachu!" Pikachu said excitedly.
Ash and May went down to the Slateport beach. Pikachu jumped down from Ash's shoulder as he and May sent out all their pokemon. "Ok guys have fun we'll be back tonight" May said. "Pikachu try and keep them out of trouble" Ash said. "Pikachu" Pikachu said nodding.
Ash and May walked off back toward Slateport. Crawdaunt went toward the edge of the water and used his claws to dig himself a small hole then rested in it. Vulpix and Glaceon started to chase each other in a game of tag.
Squirtle and Croconaw were talking with eachother. "Squirtle, squirt" Squirtle said. "Croconaw, Cro". Translation "So what have you guys been up too here in Hoenn?" Squirtle said. "Well listen to this, Ash and May are now dating" Croconaw said.
"Really, I always figured May liked Drew and Ash liked Misty" Squirtle said. Pikachu came over to them. "Well i've spent more time with Ash than anyone I think the only girl he's ever been really in love with is May" He said.
Blazeakin heard what they were saying and walked over. "I was May's first pokemon. I can agree May was probably infatuated with Drew for a while but deep down she was and is in love with Ash" Blazeakin said.
"Not to mention Drew is just a show off punk. Even if he and May did go on a date she would just dump him" Blazeakin said. "Well speak of the show off" Croconaw said. He pointed down the beach and there was Drew with his pokemon.
"Alright guys, go have fun , I need to get some much needed sun" Drew said. Venasaur and Garchomp were sparring with eachother. Venasaur whipped several vines at Garchomp, he quickly knocked the vines away with his claws. Venasaur then saw someone else "Harley" Venasaur said. "Who?" Garchomp said. "About the biggest Narcasist you'll ever meet" Venasaur said.
Harley and Drew were talking. "So any advice on what I should do with May?" Drew said. "Drew perhaps you should try and find your own solutions" Harley said. "I got it, the contest here in Slateport I'll just win in such a bedazzling manner that she'll fall instantly in love with me. In fact I bet right now she's probably regretting dating Ash" Drew said.
Inside one of Slateport's restaurants Ash and May sat at a table. "So May do you know what pokemon you're going to use in the contest here?" Ash said. "I think I'm going to use venasaur and vulpix" May said.
"I can't wait to see what they can do" Ash said. The waiter came up and placed their entries on the table. Ash had ordered a small steak with some veggies. May had ordered a shrimp plate with some lettuce. "This tastes delicious" May said. "Good to know I only got us in here because the head chef knows an old friend of mine from Unova" Ash said.
Back on the beach Squirtle and Wartorle were at the edge of the water. Out in the water was Croconaw. "Ok guys first one to me and back is the winner" He said. "You won't win i've got the evolutionary advantage" Wartorle said. "Bring it on" Squirtle said. "Go!" Pikachu shouted. Both jumped into the water and swam with incredible speed.
"I think wartorle is gonna win" Gleaceon said. "I wouldn't count out squirtle" Pikachu said. Wartorle got to croconaw first "I got this in the bag" he said. Squirtle came swimming past him incredibly fast. "Wait is he wearing black shades?" Wartorle said.
Squirtle jumped to the beach first and stood proudly. "When I wear these shades I carry the pride of the squirtle squad!" He said. Back in the restaurant Ash and May were with several other couples on the dance floor doing a slow dance.
"I love this song" May said. "It certainly sets the mood" Ash said. The two continued to dance slowly until they stopped and kissed. After the song was finished May said "I had a great time Ash" "Me too" Ash said. "It's starting to get late we should go get the pokemon" May said.
The two went back to the beach and returned their pokemon. Pikachu jumped back onto Ash's shoulder. "I hope you guys had a good day Pikachu, I know I did" Ash said. "Pika Pika" Pikachu said.
