Here is chapter 16 :) Sorry it is up a little late, internet problems :/

Guest: maybe I'll do that :D

Sakura Touko: I know~ I hope I did good on the date (Stupid internet)

EEVEEpokemonDEDENNEdragonair24: Ash and gary are now men xD Drew vs Brendan, who will win? :D

Guest(abi): I noticed the mistakes, but I was tired as hell lol xD I'm happy you liked it though! Don't know how many chapters yet lol.

fazsfaraz5: Sorry it brings back bad memories.. :0

Meliaantiqua: ORS DAY IS SOON, SO HYPED lol :D The fight for May's heart.. I like that xD

Drew's Pov (September 26th)

I really want to destroy Brendan Birch. Erase him from this world.

He has threatened me all day. Everywhere I go, he is there like some stalker. Sure, I've been following May a lot but that doesn't mean I'm stalking. "Drew? Are you stalking me?" May asked, raising a brow. I shook my head, "N-no! I just happen to be heading in the same direction as you!" She shook her head, heading inside the dorms. I followed, smirking victoriously at a raging Brendan. Hah! I get to go with her and you don't!

"Why are you still following me?" She mumbled, narrowing her sapphire eyes. I smiled nervously, "W-well.. You se-" She rolled her eyes, stepping forward. "Spit it out. Does this have to do with you and Brendan?" I ran a hand through my hair, noticing Brendan smirking. "Yes. I can't let him ruin our friendship though! Stop hanging out with him!" She glared. "You sound extremely childish right now, you know. He isn't going to ruin our friendship!" She yelled in frustration. I frowned, pouting.

"You sure? He is sending me threats and everything!" She obviously didn't believe me, "Really? Brendan would never do that." She stated, laughing. I glared at her, searching through my phone for the messages. "Here! I'll show you, though I don't know how he got my number.." She started walking away, not even paying any attention to the threats. "Hey! Wait up May!" i ran after her, but she disappeared into the crowd. I stomped my foot like an angry five-year old, girls looking at me in confusion.

"Stupid Brendan Birch, I'll destroy him. I will win!" I yelled. "Weirdo.." Someone whispered to their friend as they passed by. I frowned, rolling my eyes and leaving the building.

"She wants nothing to do with you, haha!" Brendan sneered, smirking. "No, she wants to be left alone. I'm not you Birch, I don't force girls to do stuff they don't like." He flared instantly, getting ready to punch me. Paul passed right through us, not even caring that he could have been punched just then. "Hey Paul! Defend me here!" He ignored me, while Brendan curled his fists.

I dodged a punch, running up to Paul. Brendan yelled about beating me up, but that wasn't my main priority right now. Something seemed wrong with Paul, which is rare. "Hey Paul, is something wrong?" He sighed, leaning against the wall. "No, just thinking, why?" He seemed okay, though some people knew how to hide their feelings better than others. "Well, you didn't really answer me when I asked for help." He rolled his eyes, "That is because it isn't my problem." Rude, you should care about a team-mate!

I turned, deciding to leave him alone. He is always mean, and I don't get it. It isn't like we are going to betray him or something, he doesn't have to treat us bad. "Drew? Are you waiting for me?" May suddenly appeared, looking confused. I shook my head, pointing towards Paul. "I was checking on Paul, but he didn't even care about me! Something seems wrong.." May seemed to know what it was, and I was about to ask when Brendan walked up to us. "Hey May~" She smiled, greeting him happily. I bit my lip, narrowing my eyes at the bastard. He glared back, and May rolled her eyes.

"Look, I don't know what is going on here, but I don't want anything to do with it. Go fight each other somewhere else!" She threw her hands into the air, turning on her heel and leaving us. Brendan sent a glare my way, seething angrily. "Why don't you just leave?! Its obvious she doesn't like you back!" I glared darkly as well. "No, its obvious she doesn't like you at all!"

His eyes widened, before he turned and stomped off. One point for Drew! I did a victory dance, not caring if anyone saw me. May was long gone, but I'd find her later. I just beat Brendan! Yes! "Why are you so happy?" A tired voice asked me. I saw Dawn standing there, and boy did she look horrible. Though, I'd never say that to her face, unless I want to be murdered that is. "Whats wrong with you?" I questioned. She shrugged, "Just haven't been in the best of moods lately." I can tell.

"Why don't you get rest then? You look like a zombie." She glared, rubbing her head. "Thank you, I always wanted to hear that." She spat. I smiled nervously, "Sorry..?" She rolled her eyes, heading towards the dorms. "Hey! Do you know if Paul is upset or something? I mean, he is usually always grumpy but right now he seems.. upset about something." She shook her head, a sad look forming. "He doesn't want anything to do with me anymore, so I don't know what is wrong with him.." She left, leaving me standing there.

Paul doesn't want anything to do with Dawn? I mean, I know he found her annoying and all but why wouldn't he want to be around her? They were becoming such great friends, and I'm sure Paul was actually starting to enjoy her company. Now I want to go see what is wrong with him, because I doubt he actually meant those words. He may be mean sometimes, but he still cares for everyone, he shows it in his own way.

Maybe he feels guilty for something? But what would he feel guilty for, exactly? I should go ask, but I don't want to be murdered by him either. Decisions, decisions. "Drew? Why are you staring at the wall?" Why doe May keep appearing out of thin air? "Sorry June, I'm going to go check on Paul. Something is up, especially if he won't talk to Dawn at all." I left.

"Its MAY!" Heh.

Paul's Pov

Right now, I wanted nothing more than to be left alone.

Drew however, seemed to have different plans.

"Hey Paul, we need to talk." Drew said, sitting down and staring at me. He seemed pretty serious to. "Fine, what is it?" I growled. I was busy reading, and I didn't want to be interrupted. "Look, I want to know what is going on between you and Dawn. She seemed upset when I talked to her earlier, and she looked horrible. She isn't getting any sleep at all, and I know you have a role in this." He stated. I held back a glare. "Just because we got into an argument does not automatically make it my fault, Drew." He glared. "You should still care, she is a teammate after all, and we should all look out for one another." Stop with this nonsense.

"I don't care about her. She annoys me greatly. I told her how I felt, and I'm finally being left alone. Well, somewhat, since you won't leave me alone." Drew sighed in annoyance, looking at me. "I'm serious Paul, don't even try to act like you don't care at all, because you do." No I don't, where does he get these stupid ideas from? "What makes you think I care about her?" I spat.

"I can tell. You may be trying to act like you don't care, but you do. You have a worried look in your eyes, and you are trying to get her off your mind by reading, which obviously isn't working. Plus, earlier you were so out of it." He explained. I bit my lip, feeling my heart drop slightly. I could feel some of the guilt trying to eat at me, but I fought back. "I don't care. Whatever little hopes and dreams you have of me apologizing should just be thrown away. I'm not apologizing." I grumbled, opening the book.

He snatched it out of my hands, and glared coldly. What he did next shocked me even more.

He ripped the book in half.

"Look Paul. I'm trying to be patient, okay? Yet here you are, being an asshole and treating Dawn rudely. I'm tired of all the drama happening within this group, and I want you to apologize to her, because right now you are acting like a freaking child! I don't care if you don't want to, you HAVE to. What we all do affects how we play in the tournament, and you treating Dawn bad will cause us to lose. I already messed up, now go fix this before you shame the team as well." He snarled, slamming the door as he left.

I stared in shock at where he once stood. I didn't think he'd ever stand up to me like that. Do I really have to apologize though? I could feel the guilt come back once more, Drew's words having affected me greatly. I sighed, looking at the ripped up book. The librarian isn't going to be happy, that's for sure. Why should I care about Dawn though? She annoys me greatly, and I'm happy for her to be gone. I walked out of my room, leaving the building and heading towards the library. I might as well go explain why it was ripped up. "Dawn you look horrible!" I heard Misty exclaim. I turned, seeing the bluenette standing there.

She did look horrible.

Her hair was a mess, and her eyes were puffy and red. She could barely stand, and her clothing looked extremely dirty. I didn't cause all that, did I? I walked towards them, hearing Misty's voice. "I'm so worried now. Why aren't you sleeping?" She cried out in concern. Dawn shrugged, stifling a yawn, "I just can't. I'm not in the mood to do anything. I don't know how Leaf does it, but I'm extremely hungry." She yawned, swaying slightly. "Then go eat! No one is stopping you!" She sent a fierce glare at Misty, which shocked us both. "I'm trying! I just can't eat anything! I don't know why, but when I try, I lose my appetite!"

It was quiet for a bit, before her stomach growled once more. "Oh my Arceus, I'm hungry.." She cried. Misty patted her back softly, sighing. "Dawn, I have a date with Ash.." She said, obviously trying to cheer Dawn up. Dawn just nodded, "Hope it goes well Misty, I'm gonna go try to eat.." She staggered, and I quickly rushed forward. "Paul..?" I sighed, rolling my eyes. "Hi, troublesome." She lazily pushed me away, glaring.

"Leave me alone." I watched her stumble as she tried to leave, failing miserably. She hit the floor, groaning in pain and hunger. I picked her up, Misty raising a brow. "I'll take care of her, go enjoy your date." She glared but didn't say anything, leaving us be. "What do you want Paul?" Dawn spat. I walked her towards the Pokémon Center, letting a sigh escape. "I want to talk to you, but first you need to eat." I sat her down on the chair, walking up to the nurse.

I came back with a bowl of soup. She just stared at it, letting out a tired yawn once more. "Eat." I grumbled. She slowly started to eat, eyes closing slightly. "Look, I want to apologize for what I said. I didn't mean any of it. If anything, I was just grumpy that day, more than usual." I took a sip of the soda I had gotten before continuing. "I really am sorry, and I hope this doesn't ruin anything for the tournament. Do you forgive me?" I looked up, eye twitching.

Her head was inside the bowl, the girl snoring as she lay there. She didn't even hear any of that?! That took away some of my pride! I grumbled some words, picking her up and carrying her back to the dorms. She lazily poked my cheek in her sleep.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

Gary's Pov

Trying to find a place to take Leaf to was harder than I imagined.

There is nothing to do on this island, and everything I want to do is OFF the island. I bit my lip in frustration, pulling my shirt. Umbreon rolled his eyes, obviously thinking I was taking this to seriously, "Umbreon, this is extremely important to me. Yesterday was so embarrassing!" He snickered, running off. "Umbre! Umbreon!" He teased. I ignored my Pokémon, thinking back to the mistake I almost made. It wasn't so much a mistake, but still, she probably heard what I had said. I had called it a date, as if we were going out or something. I wonder if she heard me say that. Probably, since I was extremely loud.

I walked towards my grandfather, who was working on Leaf's pokedex, taking all the data from it. "This is amazing! All the Pokémon, this will certainly help!" I rolled my eyes, catching his attention. "Something wrong?" How do I ask this? "Gramps, I want permission to leave the island. I want to take Leaf out tomorrow and this island doesn't have much to do." He smiled, making me nervous.

"So, you asked her out?" NO! "G-gramps! It's a friend type of thing! NOT DATING!" He laughed like a maniac, leaning back. "Sure, you have permission, I'll tell the officials tomorrow." Okay then, that was easy. "Just remember, to us-" I immediately left, my grandfather laughing like a maniac. He is so crazy. Daisy giggled as I passed her, and I could see she was on the pokegear.

"Who are you talking to?" She jumped, staring in surprise. "Bill.." I glared, "What does he want?" That guy had a thing for my sister, and I don't like him. Daisy laughed at me, waving me off. "Just talking about our next date." Oh.. WAIT. "NEXT DATE?!" She covered the phone, glaring at me. "Stop being so loud! Sheesh, and yes our next date." How long has she been dating him?!

She smiled nervously, going back to the phone. "That was my brother, Gary. Yeah, I'm sure you know him, he is an idiot." My eye twitched, and I quickly left. I had no time to deal with my family. I headed towards the school building, entering it and sitting on the couch. I turned on my pokegear, looking at the map of Kanto. Now, I could take Leaf to Saffron, so we could go shopping or eat at the many restaurants. I don't know, so many good places to go to.

"Hey Gary~" Oh great. Veronica stood in front of me, smiling at me. "Hi, Veronica." I forced myself to say. She sat down, pushing up against me. "Want to spend some time together? I was thinking we could go out today, or maybe tomorrow." No. You scare me, "Sorry, I already have a date tomorrow.." I trailed off. I shouldn't have said date! Veronica's smile disappeared immediately, being replaced with a hurt look. "Who is this girl who gets your attention?!" She yelled angrily. Luckily, no one was really around.

I looked behind Veronica, noticing Leaf walk in. She didn't seem to notice me, though is she did she didn't pay me any attention. Veronica looked behind her, a glare being directed at my childhood friend. "Oh. Her?! Her of all people? A mute, a freak?" She spat. I glared, about to yell at her when she got up. She headed over to Leaf, glaring at her. I got up, following behind. Veronica didn't seem to notice me, beginning her little rant.

"You don't deserve to spend time with Gary, you know. I bet he is doing this out of pity, and wanting to get this over. He obviously doesn't care about you, since he doesn't want to apologize. I don't blame him, you deserve it! No one likes a mute freak." She spat. Leaf just stared, making the raven haired girl even more furious. "See? No one will want to be with you! You barely show any emotion, and don't care about anything!"

"Veronica, stop with those lies." I growled. She turned in shock, smiling fakely. "I-I'm just joking, hehe! Right Leaf?" She forced herself to smile even more. "Leaf here is a lucky girl! Bye Gary!" She sent a glare at Leaf, thinking I wouldn't notice it. "Leaf, just ignore her, okay?" She nodded, looking at the spot where Veronica once stood. I smiled, "So, you want to choose where we should go? I can't really choose.." She shook her head, turning on her heel to leave. "Why not?" She left without answering. A minute later, however, I got a text.

I want it to be a surprise. –Leaf I smiled, sitting back down on the sofa. So, I guess I'll just have to choose the place she'd lease expect, huh? Umbreon came running in, glaring at me angrily. "Umbre!" I'm guessing he is angry because I left him alone out there. "Sorry, not sorry." He slapped me with his paw, a chuckle escaping me.

"Now, Umbreon what do you think I should choose?" He looked at the phone, pointing to Saffron. "Okay then, I guess I'll choose Vermillion." He glared once more, curling up and ignoring me. "Come on buddy, you should have known I would choose a different one instead of agreeing with you." He glared still, and I shook my head. Moody Pokémon. I turned off my pokegear, relaxing on the couch as people started to walk in. Hopefully I chose a good place, now I just need to think of how much money I could spend. It would be kind of embarrassing if she had to pay for it all.

Umbreon nuzzled me, forgiving me for my trick. I rubbed his head as I though fo the things we could do for our friend date. I'm not calling it a date, I'll call it a friend date. Umbreon snickered, smirking.

"Oh shut up Umbreon."

Ash's Pov

"Ready to go Misty?" She nodded, and we headed out.

Sadly, since none of us had flying type Pokémon, we couldn't go off the island. I think I chose a good place to go to though! The movies! Misty raised a brow, shaking her head. "You know Ash, this is where a couple would go." I blushed slightly, ignoring her comment. "There is supposed to be a new superhero movie, and I want to see it!" She rolled her eyes, mumbling about how unfair this was.

"How is this unfair?!" I cried. She put up her hand, counting off the reasons, "One, we are only seeing what you want to see. Two, we'll probably go eat, and even then it will be what you want. Third, we'll have to battle because that is what you like to do." How did she know that was the plan?! I sighed, fixing my cap. "Fine, after this, you can choose what we do." She smiled victoriously.

"We'll go to the arcade then, and I'll beat you in a dance competition." Oh, it is so on! Right after we watch this movie, of course. I sat down, grabbing a handful of popcorn happily. She rolled her eyes as the movie started. "The adventures of Riolu man!" I cheered along with the announcer. Misty groaned in annoyance, covering her face in embarrassment. The movie went on and on, filled with action and friendship. I loved it! Misty, however..

"That was horrible. It was a kids movie Ash." She growled. I shrugged, ignoring her as I headed towards the arcade. "Well then, let's go! I'll beat you Mist!" She smirked, running ahead. We made it to the dance machine, and immediately started to play. "Sorry Ash, but when this is over, you'll realize who the true Master of dance is!" She sneered. I glared, trying my best.

I lost. Again.

"Come on Misty! Can't you let me win for once?!" She laughed, walking over to a gun game. "Sorry Ash, no can do!" I glared as she grabbed the toy gun, pointing it at the screen. "Fine then, the first to kill a thousand zombies win!" I grabbed a gun, shooting like crazy. Me and Misty shoved each other as we tried to gain the upper hand. In the end, I finally won. "YES FINALLY!" I yelled. People glared as they passed, Misty slamming me in the head. "Good for you, you won. Just don't be so loud like that!" She yelled.

I smiled sheepishly, sighing. "Now what?" She shrugged as we headed out of the place. Now I don't know what to do. I looked around, the smell of food reaching my nose. I smiled, running towards it like a dog. Misty shrieked in surprise as I dragged her along, throwing her at the table. "Food!" She slammed me in the head with her mallet, breathing heavily. "I was almost killed, just for food?!" I nodded, earning another smack to the head. I grabbed as much chicken as I could, people staring at me in fear. "Ash, they think you are going to eat them.." Misty mumbled.

I ignored her, tearing into the food happily. How I love food~ Misty sat there, watching me with a raised brow. "I'm disgusted right now, you know." I pouted, cleaning up some of the mess before eating once more. "Sorry Misty! This is to good!" She got up, looking around as I ate. "How about we go star-gazing?" She asked. I nodded, finishing my food. I followed her to the ocean.

We lay on the sand, staring up at the sky. "You know, you should appreciate Riolu man more. He saves lives." I said. She rolled her eyes, "He is a fictional person, Ash. I'm not going to appreciate some guy like that." How dare she insult him! I glared, seeing her get up. "Misty, you will pay for what you have said!" I shoved her, watching her fall into the water. "A-Ash Ketchum!" She yelled.

Uh oh. "T-this water is c-cold! How d-dare you push me in!" She got out, throwing me into the water next. "COLD! COLD COLD COLD!" I cried. She smiled darkly at me, bringing out her mallet. "If you even try to escape, I'll slam you in the head with this!" I whimpered, praying to Arceus that I'd survive. Pikachu and Azurill stood on a rock, eating the remaining popcorn as they laughed at my misery. I was betrayed by my own starter.

"Please Misty! Have mercy on me!" I cried. She ignored me, checking her pokegear. "Such a nice night.." Please, someone save me! Riolu man, anybody! "P-Pikachu!" I cried. He rolled his eyes, shaking his butt at me. How dare he! "Mist, p-please.." She sighed, moving out of the way. "There, payback." She said happily. I glared, taking off my cap. "A-all my clothing are wet now!" I sneezed as she rolled her eyes. "You'll live." She grumbled. We spent the rest of the night star-gazing, talking about our journey. The time read eleven at night when we were done. "Well then Ash, I had a good night." She said, smiling. I nodded, watching her head into the dorms. I turned, heading towards the boy dorms. I smiled as I remembered the day I spent with Misty.

"Wait Ash!" I turned, my eyes widening as I felt something soft on my cheeks. My face exploded, Misty heading back inside. "Goodnight Ash!" She called, a soft blush on her face. I nodded dumbly, feeling my cheek.

Did she just kiss me..?

There is chapter 16. I'm sorry I updated so late, but internet was acting up.

-Pichu!