Finally I've released Chapter 3! I know I took a long break from writing, but now I'm back. So, what can you expect? Well, this chapter is pretty much only Advanceshipping which means it's fluffy. But, I also added another scene where I finally reveal our main villain. Also someone, kindly enough, pointed out the horrible battle in the last chapter. Yes, I know it was really bad. But I had never intended on making it good. Next chapter you can finally expect a real battle, and I'll actually use multiple attacks and try to stay close to Pokemon logic. As usual, reviews are always welcome! Welcome to Chapter 3!

Ash: 14/18

May: 12/16

Brock: 19/23

Paul: 14/18

Dawn: 10/14

Iris: 11/15

Gary: 14/18

" " - Speech/Pokemon speech

' ' - Thoughts/Telepathy

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.

"If there's one thing I regret when I left all those years ago, it's that I never told you my feelings. But, I didn't want to confess my feelings and then just leave you for multiple years." Ash said, after having had another passionate kiss with May.

"It doesn't matter anymore, does it?" May asked, resting her head on Ash's chest while just standing there.

"No, it doesn't matter at all." Ash responded, stroking May's head slightly while looking at her beautiful face. Shoving her away from him, Ash put his hand on her waist while guiding her to his room where they could sleep.

"Should we maybe share a bed this time?" May asked, having a glint in her eyes that Ash never had seen before. Not being able to respond, May quickly gave him a peck on his cheek while continuing to walk with him to their room.

"I like the sound of that, but I think we should first start from the beginning and we shouldn't go further than you want. I'm not going to force you into something that you don't want to do."

"You're so sweet Ash." May said, giving Ash another peck on the cheek. Having reached the room, Ash had to search for his keys. Finding it, he pulled it out of his bag and opened the door. Jumping straight at him was Pikachu, who had noticed May too late and didn't know that Ash and May were a couple. Noticing Ash's hand on May's waist, Pikachu understood what had happened.

"Pika!" Pikachu shouted, trying to make a thumbs up from Ash's shoulder.

"Thanks buddy." Ash responded, petting Pikachu behind his ear. In response Pikachu cooed while looking at May with interest.

"Did you miss me Pikachu?" May asked, trying to counter Pikachu's glare.

"Pikachu!" Pikachu said, not saying more than single words this evening. Deciding to mirror his trainer's feelings, Pikachu jumped onto May's shoulder while rubbing his head against her cheek.

"Well, it's time to go to bed. The bathroom's yours May." Ash said, nodding towards the bathroom. A few minutes later, everyone was laying in the bed, with Pikachu lying at the bottom of the bed. Wearing no clothes besides their underwear, Ash and May were enjoying this new form of physical contact.

"Goodnight Sapphire." Ash said, leaning in to give May a passionate kiss.

"Goodnight Ash." May responded after they broke the kiss.

Waking up next day, Ash and May could barely contain their excitement of being together. The first thing they did as they got out of bed was to embrace each other and share a passionate kiss. Breaking apart they looked into their eyes and shared the second kiss of the day.

"Well good morning Sapph." Ash said, not thinking it was necessary after their kiss while having come up with a new nickname for May.

"Good morning you too. Since when did you call me Sapph?" May asked, having an amused look on her face as she had heard Ash's new name for her.

"Well, I needed a nickname for your nickname. So I came up with that. Are you alright with it?"

"Well, Sapphire sounds sweeter but I'm fine with Sapph." May responded, making Ash sweatdrop.

"Do you think you can manage to act like you don't know me when we're out in public?" Ash asked, regretting his question as he saw May's facial expression.

"What?!"

"No one knows who I'm, besides you and Paul. I know it'll be hard, but when we're alone I'll promise we can have some fun."
"Alright." May said, blushing slightly at Ash's comment, misunderstanding what Ash said.

"I guess it's time for breakfast." Ash stated, holding his hand out to May. Taking the hand, May was guided to the cafeteria of the hotel by Ash in a rather quick manner. Pulling his hood over his head, Ash let go of May's hand and entered the cafeteria first. Looking back, Ash could see May pouting as he had let go of her hand.

"I love you Sapph." Ash mouthed, not wanting to draw any more attention than needed to himself. Surprised that Ash said those words, May once again blushed and turned away to not show it to anyone. Not noticing that people were coming from the direction she turned away too, May was surprised to find Dawn and Brock stand in front of her.

"Well, good morning you too." Dawn said, surprised to find May standing outside the cafeteria blushing without a reason.

"Uh, good morning." May mumbled, barely managing to get the words out of her mouth. Looking at Brock for help, he only shrugged his shoulder while entering the cafeteria finding the table he was looking for. Walking over to it, he sat down and was impressed by the mountain of food in front of him being devoured by a single person.

"Could I've something?" May asked, surprising everyone who heard her.

"Sure." Ash responded, trying to act like he usually did. Taking some things from his mountain, he put them down on May's plate without hesitation, earning weird looks from Brock, Dawn and everyone who had arrived.

"So, where did you go yesterday again?" Dawn asked, not imagining that May would go with Red again.

"Well, I fell asleep after some hard practice yesterday and never managed to reach my room." May explained, hoping the lie would get pass her friends.

"You fell asleep outside after training? You would really need to be tired to fall asleep outside."

"Who did you train with who could exhaust you that much?" Paul asked, trying to ruin Ash's and May's act.

"With Red." May responded, trying to sound as neutral as possible and not reveal any of her feelings.

"Well, you can continue talking. I'm done here." Ash said, taking his empty plate and leaving the cafeteria. Having eaten at a similar speed, but still slower to not draw any attention that she and Ash left at the same time, May repeated Ash's words and left the cafeteria.

"Something's different." Brock sated, watching as May left the cafeteria. Then he spotted, leaning at the entrance was someone who May followed.

"I didn't notice anything." Dawn said, having ignored the fact how May acted when she was around Red.

"Someone waited for May, and he had a cloak on." Brock explained, still looking in the direction where May had left.

"That was horrible!" May exclaimed, not having enjoyed the acting at the table, before Ash leant his head down and they shared a passionate kiss. Asking for entrance, May willingly let Ash's tongue inside her mouth enjoying the feeling of what he was doing.

"I think we should leave before the other follow us. I think Brock noticed something." Ash quickly said, taking May's hand and guiding her to a more secluded place. Giggling as they found a secluded place, Ash continued his exploration of May's mouth while moving his hands onto her back and then a bit lower. Maybe too low.

"Hey!" May nearly shouted, surprised at Ash's touch. But the scream didn't get very loud, mostly disappearing into the kiss. Moving his hand even lower, May didn't do anything this time. Instead she actually enjoyed Ash's touch, even if he promised to go slow. Maybe this was a way for him to speed things up?

"Where could they've gone?!" Dawn shouted, being angry at not finding May and Red.

"Seems like we lost them." Iris complained, followed by Paul, Gary and Brock.

"I wonder what May and Red are doing together." Gary mumbled for himself, wondering if they had something going on between each other.

"I couldn't care more, but I got a battle to train for." Paul stated, starting to walk away.

"Do you even know who you're facing off against?" Brock asked with interest, knowing Paul longed for a stronger opponent.

"No way! You're going to face Red in a three on three battle in a few hours!" Max exclaimed, having managed to find the information on his Pokenav.

"This might be remotely interesting." Paul said as he heard who his opponent was.

"So what do we now?" May giggled, holding Ash's hand while they walked together along the water.

"What do you say about me buying as much ice cream as you want?" Ash asked, having to smile at the thought.

"Pika, chu ka!" Pikachu shouted, not enjoying the thought that only May would get ice cream.

"You also want that much ice cream? If you want it you'll have to stop eating more than one ketchup bottle a day." Ash responded, seeing that Pikachu nearly started crying as he heard Ash's words.

"Hey, don't be so mean Ash!" May exclaimed, taking pity with Pikachu.

"I suppose you want me to buy Pikachu as much ice cream as he wants?" Ash asked, sulking a little.

"Pika!" Pikachu said from Ash's shoulder, approving of May's idea.

"Are you going to do anything interesting today?" May asked, not knowing if Ash had any battles.

"With the last preliminary matches ending yesterday, only 16 trainers are left. This means I'll have a three on three battle later today."

"Against who?"

"Paul."

"That might be interesting, he knows who you're right?" May asked, trying to remember if Ash had mentioned it earlier.

"He does, but I've no idea how he found out."

"When does the match start?"

"In two hours, but until then we can spend some time together and I can buy your ice cream."

"How's the training going? Are they finally working together?"

"They're, they managed to take out some of our stronger Pokemon while we restricted their powers. And they only did it because they worked together." the grunt reported.

"Excellent! Soon the boy will be no more and then there'll be no one to stop me!" Ghetsis shouted, having turned around to face the grunt.

"Shall we weaken them even further while pitting them against our strongest test Pokemon?"

"Yes, do it now!" Ghetsis shouted, unable to hide his anticipation for the moment when he could control those two Pokemon and destroy the little boy once and for all. What he didn't know was that destiny had other plans, not planning on letting him kill the boy he hated so much.

"How can't we find them?!" an angry Iris shouted, really wanting to find May and Red so she and Dawn could ask what they've been doing. After all, she and May managed to become good friends after they met on the ship taking them to the island outside of Unova's coast.

"We'll find them! And once we do we'll get them to tell us what they did!" Dawn continued, working together with Iris to find their two escaped friends.

"I think we should let them be, we'll find May eventually when she arrives to spectate Paul's match."

"Hmph, alright." Dawn said, pouting a little before giving up on the search.

"She's got some explaining to do." Iris added, having a similar facial expression to Dawn.

"Did you enjoy your ice cream?" Ash asked, directing the question both at May and Pikachu.

"Pika!" Pikachu responded, nuzzling his head against his trainer's.

"It was great!" May added, sharing Pikachu's opinion.

"Well, if you enjoyed it I can't complain. So, do you want to relax at the water before heading to the battlefield?"

"Sure, I can't kiss you while we're with the others, so I'm going to get in many as possible while we're alone." May said, being fully serious with her statement. Taking Ash's hand, she took him down to a small beach she had found earlier.

"So, what do we do now?" Ash asked, able to guess what May had planned. Not giving him an answer, they kissed passionately like they did before and they managed to keep going for a few more minutes.

"I think I'm going to make my clothes off and go swimming." May stated, having put on her bikini earlier this morning. Looking a bit surprised, Ash couldn't stop some drool forming in his mouth while he stared at May and her rather small bikini.

"Well, that's a great idea." Ash said, not able to stop staring at May.

"You seem to enjoy what you're seeing." May said, smirking as she saw Ash's look.

"As said, I'm not going to force anything on you. But you seem to want to make it harder for me." Ash responded, enjoying everything he saw as May was walking into the water.

"How much time do we left until you should be at the battlefield?"

"An hour."

"Which Pokemon will you use?"

"Lucario, Snorlax and Donphan."

"Oh, that sounds like a strong team." May said, having seen all of these Pokemon battle at least once.

"It's strong, and I should be able to defeat Paul with it."

"But Paul is quite strong. Have you trained so much that only someone like Lance could beat you?" May asked, surprised that Ash wasn't worried at all about facing Paul.

"Yes, even though I could mention a few names off trainers that could beat me."

"Maybe I'll beat you in the finals." May stated, actually wanting to reach the finals. Heading out of the water again, she lay down on her towel which she had brought along so she would be dry when they headed to the battlefield.

"You want to beat me in the finals? As much as I love you Sapph, that won't happen." Ash responded, having a smug look on his face.

"We'll see!" May countered, faking irritation about Ash's statement. Not wanting to get into an argument, Ash leant in and silenced May with a quick peck on her lips. Wanting more, May responded by leaning in and kissing Ash. Enjoying every single one like it was their first kiss, Ash asked for entrance into May's mouth who this time did the same thing. Having their tongue in each other's mouth, they continued kissing until Ash managed to get a glance on the watch.

"Hey, my match begins in five minutes!" Ash shouted, quickly having broken the kiss and putting his cloak back on.

"Hey!" May exclaimed, surprised by Ash's rash movements as he quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her with him to his battlefield.

"So Paul, do you think you can beat Red?" Brock asked, waiting outside the arena for Red to show up.

"Not really, I could probably force him to try but my chances at winning aren't great." Paul responded, knowing how strong Ash had become since their last meeting.

"Good to know that you're entering this match confident." Brock joked, knowing how serious Paul was about battles.

"We made it!" Ash exclaimed, relieved to see the battlefield.

"Want another kiss before heading over their?" May asked, not happy about having to act like she didn't know Ash. Quickly leaning in, this kiss was alot shorter because they didn't have that much time to play with before Ash had to be at the battlefield.

"I love you Sapph."

"I love you too Ash." May responded, separating from Ash before getting some distance from him. Pulling over his hood, Ash walked a little faster while May struggled to keep up with him. Unable to not do it, May always stole glances at Ash which he noticed. Turning his head a little, he smiled at her before focusing his attention to the direction of the battlefield.

"Red from Mt. Silver?" a guard asked, standing outside the small building that served as battlefield. Inside were only the two trainers allowed, the referee and the closest friends of the trainers. Taking their positions, both trainers smiled at each other while enjoying the moment of the old rivalry.

"This is a three on three battle between Red from and Paul from Veilstone City. You're not allowed to substitute Pokemon and you lose once all of your Pokemon have been defeated. Red from chooses Pokemon first!" the referee said, holding up a green flag.

"Let's go Donphan!" Ash shouted, throwing a pokeball in the air.

"Torterra, show him what you got!" Paul responded, releasing his strongest Pokemon first.

"Donphan vs Torterra! Begin!" the referee shouted.

Did you enjoy this chapter? I hope you did! Not a lot I'll talk about, only that you'll see more of the villain, a bigger battle and more fluff in next chapter. Can you guess which two Pokemon I'm talking about? (Don't spoil it if you know) Reviews are always welcome! Until next time!