A/N- Yo! Chapter 3 of Hell's Outcasts! Enjoy! \m/

I do not own pokemon or any of the songs I mention.

Ash saw Harley pin May against the brick building in the alley, and he saw him take out a knife. He turned his hat around and snuck around the dumpster and climbed on top. He grabbed the skateboard and jumped from the dumpster, and hit Harley mid-air.

"Ah! What the hell Ketchum?!"

"Like I said before, piss off!"

Harley grabbed his knife and aimed it at Ash's face. Ash lifted his skateboard up to block it, and the knife went straight through. Ash pushed the skateboard back into Harley's face, and Harley fell down with a bloody nose. Ash removed the knife from the skateboard and ran over to Harley. Harley quickly grabbed a wine bottle and smashed it. He took one of the glass shards and stabbed Ash's side. Ash let out a painful scream, and slashed Harley across the face with his own knife, leaving a scar on his cheek. Harley kicked Ash back, and gained another shard of glass. Ash stood up, with his knife ready. Harley ran toward him, and Ash ran toward Harley. But instead of Ash stabbing him like Harley thought, Ash punched Harley's face while he was air borne. Harley fell, unconscious, with blood leaking from his nose and mouth.

Ash looked over to see an unconscious May. 'Well, I guess I'd better take her home.' And with that, Ash picked May up from the ground and began to carry her. He quickly walked down the street and looked up at the stars. They were beautiful, and it made Ash feel so insignificant, and tiny. He noticed the moths buzzing around the street lights and noticed how they looked a lot like the people at school, hurrying to get to class, just as he was hurrying to get May to her house before Harley woke up. He reached May's home in about fifteen minutes. 'Holy shit, that's big.' He approached the front door and knocked weakly. Blood had been dripping out of his side, mouth, and nose the entire time and he was about ready to faint. Just then a idle aged women answered the door.

"Hello, how may I- OH MY GOD! Bring her over to the couch!"

"She's fine, just unconscious." Ash said as he placed May down on the couch.

"What happened?"

"She was attacked by a kid from our school."

"And you…you saved her? Oh, thank you so much! I have no idea how to thank you! Would you like to stay for dinner?"

I'm sorry, I have to get home to mom." Ash replied grimly, tilting his hat down so the woman couldn't see most of his face.

"Okay… well, at least tell me your name?"

"Ash Ketchum." And with that, Ash fell to the ground gripping his side in pain. He used one arm to support himself as he kneeled down, but that arm was shaking like crazily.

"Oh my God! Norman! Come quick!"

"What is it? Jesus Christ! I'll go get some bandages!"

"I'm f-fine…" Ash lied. He saw Norman walk in with bandages. Ash took them and immediately put them on. After about five minutes, he walked over to May's parents. "Thnak you for the bandages Mr. and Mrs. Maple. I have to head home, my mom will start to get worried."

"Okay, thank you so much for what you've done! We're forever grateful!" Ms. Maple said.

Ash nodded, and walked out.

"What a strange kid." Norman muttered. Caroline slapped him upside the head.

"Wh-what happened?" May asked, waking up in her bed.

"Oh! You're awake!" Her mother exclaimed.

"Yeah… what happened to me?"

"Well… someone attacked you, but then somebody came jumped in and saved you."

"Oh my gosh…."May began to remember being attacked, but couldn't picture who had saved her.

"By the way, I met one of your classmates today."

"Who was it?"

"Ash Ketchum."

May chuckled. "You mean the basket case?"

May's mother gave her a puzzled look. "What do you mean?"

"That kid is a freak. He hangs out with weird people, listens to scary music, and just acts creepy. He's anti-social, really. It's social suicide just to sit at the same lunch table with him. He's such a little creep."

"May Maple! I don't ever want to hear you talk like that about Ash ever again! Do you understand?"

"What's the big deal?"

"Ash was the one who saved your life! Not to mention he was hurt very badly in doing so!"

May just sat there, shocked. 'Why would Ash do that?' She thought. 'I've always been a bitch to him, and now he saved my life? What reason would he have to do so? Maybe I should talk to the creep tomorrow…'

"C'mon May, dinner is ready." Her mother said.

"Okay."

Meanwhile…

"What took you so long, Ashy-boy?"

"I got caught up in something. Anyways, let's start playing."

"Agreed!" Brock exclaimed.

"Alright," Gary said, "'Burnout' by Green Day, from the top. One, two, three, four!

"I declare I don't care no more
I'm burning up and out and growing bored
In my smoked out boring room
My hair is shagging in my eyes
Dragging my feet to hit the street tonight
To drive along these shit town lights

I'm not growing up
I'm just burning out
And I stepped in line
to walk amongst the dead

Apathy has rained on me
Now I'm feeling like a soggy dream
So close to drowning but I don't mind
I've lived inside this mental cave
Throw my emotions in the grave
Hell, who needs them anyway

I'm not growing up
I'm just burning out
And I stepped in line
to walk amongst the dead."

They repeated the last verse a few more times, and Ash played a powerful chord, ending the song. The band-mates high-fived each other, complimenting one another on their awesome work.

"We fucking rock!" Ash screamed, playing the chords for the next song.

A/N- End of chapter three! I hope you enjoyed it! I thought 'Burnout' was an appropriate song for a story like this. Anyways, peace out! \m/