A/N- Chapter 4 of Hell's Outcasts! \m/

I do not own pokemon or any songs I mention.

Ash walked outside into the brisk fall air. The leaves fell softly against the ground as a soft breeze blew against his raven hair underneath his signature cap. His ear buds were in, and he was playing music by Pink Floyd. He whistled along to the song 'Us and Them' as he walked down the cracked sidewalk enjoying the weather. All of a sudden he felt someone pat his back.

"Hey, Ashy-boy, are we having practice tonight?"

Ash turned towards Gary and smirked. "Of course!"

"Alright! I was thinking we could spend the time writing our own music. I don't really want to be a cover band."

"That sounds like a good idea. Okay, sure; let's write our own music."

Gary beamed. They walked the rest of the way to school in silence. Gary was thinking up song lyrics, and Ash was just enjoying the sweet sound of progressive rock.

Meanwhile…

May walked with Dawn into the school. She didn't tell her about what happened the night before, fearing that people would make fun of her for being saved by the social outcast. They opened the doors to the school and May was all of a sudden paralyzed in fear. Harley stood in front of her with a big smirk on his face. A scar showed up on his right cheek.

"Well, well, well. Hello, May, darling. I would've finished our talk last night but you're little friend interrupted. Allow me to pick up where we left off!" And with that, Harley ripped out a knife, and held it at May's throat. A crowd of people started to form around them. "Nobody come close or I'll slice her precious little neck open!" Everyone took a step back. Well, almost everyone. A raven haired boy with a backwards baseball cap jumped forward and punched Harley's face, causing Harley to fall back and fall on top of his own knife, which pierced his side. Ash dove for him, kicking him in the face. Then, he yanked Harley's hair back and whispered something in his ear that nobody else could hear. After he was done, Ash slammed Harley's head against the ground, knocking him unconscious. Ash stood up, his hat still backwards, and started walking down the hallway with his hands in his pockets looking down towards the ground. Nobody paid any attention to him; they all crowded around May to make sure she was okay. May pushed through the crowd and caught up to Ash.

"Um…Ash?"

"Hm."

"Why did you save me?"

"I needed to get to class and the crowd was blocking me."

"Well, then why did you save me last night?"

"Because, Harley was undressing you. After that, he would've killed you. I had to do something."

"He was?"

"…Yeah…"

"May!" Drew called, "Are you alright? I was about to help but I couldn't get there in time."

Ash rolled his eyes at this. "Oh, please! You were crying like a baby."

"What was that?" Drew screeched, pushing Ash against a locker."

"Drew, get off of him!" May yelled.

Drew looked at May, guiltily, and then stormed off.

Ash flipped Drew off as he walked away.

May let out a small giggle. "Well…I just wanted to say thank you."

"You don't have to." And with that, Ash walked off into the crowd.

Ash sat down at his usual lunch table, but Gary, Brock, and Paul had not arrived yet. After about a minute of sitting alone, someone took the seat next to Ash. It was May.

"Hi, Ash."

"Oh…um…hi…"

"Bahahaha!" A voice belted out behind them. "Sorry, sweetheart. Ashy-boy's never been very good with talking to girls."

"Gary, shut the fuck up…" Ash moaned. Gary laughed and took the seat across from Ash.

Dawn had wondered where her friend had been at lunch, then she looked across the cafeteria and saw May sitting with Ash and Gary. Dawn marched straight over to the three of them.

"May!"

"Oh, hi Dawn…"

"You can't sit here, with them!"

"Is there a problem with us?" Ash asked, looking at Dawn with an annoyed look.

"Well…uh…yes…I mean…um…no….May, can I talk to you?"

"Yeah, sure. Be right back, Ash."

"Don't hurry back." Gary shouted.

Dawn pulled May into the hallway and began to question her.

"Why were you sitting with Ass Ketchum? He's the biggest loner in school!"

"His name is Ash," May scolded. "And I'm sitting with him because he's not such a bad guy. He did save my life, twice."

"What do you mean, twice?" Dawn asked.

May explained what happened the night before.

"Oh my God….You like him don't you?"

May blushed. "What? No! I thought you hated him a minute ago."

"Well, yeah. But it's obvious you like him now, so I'll set you up with him."

May blushed even more. "I don't like him!"

"Really?" awn pressed.

"Okay, maybe a little…"

"I knew it!" Dawn exclaimed.

Meanwhile…

Paul and Brock sat down next to Gary and Ash, with Gary snickering and Ash blushing.

"Hey, guys! You just missed the show." Gary exclaimed.

"Shut your fat mouth, Oak." Paul muttered. Gary stuck his tongue out.

"So, Gary and I were thinking we should get together tonight and start writing songs." Ash said.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Brock said.

"Whatever." Paul said.

"Awesome." Ash said clenching his fist. "Let's rock and fucking roll!"

A/N- End of Chapter four! Well, this chapter was a little short, but I'll make up for it one day. And I'm also sorry I didn't reference as many bands as I usually do. I'll try to make up for that next chapter. Peace out! \m/