A/N- Welcome to chapter eleven of Hell's Outcasts!

I do not own pokemon or any songs I mention.

The gang was at the record store, and was checking out a bunch of CD's and vinyl's.

"Guys! Look over here!" Ash called. "It's Black Sabbath- Paranoid!"

Samuel Oak walked over and smiled. "I remember when I was your age and I heard my first Black Sabbath song. Ha. I practically fell in love with Tony Iommi's guitar playing."

"Yeah, he's amazing." Brock said.

Ash bought Black Sabbath-Paranoid, Gary bought Led Zeppelin IV, and May bought Green Day- Dookie (Ash recommended it to her).

"You guys are welcome to stay out in the back room and listen to your CD's and hang out." Samuel said.

"Thanks, Gramps!" Gary said.

Ash, Gary, Brock, Paul, Serena, Clemont, Dawn, and May walked into the back room.

"Gary, fire up some Zeppelin!" Ash said.

"Will do, Ashy-boy." Gary replied cheerfully. He popped the Led Zeppelin disc in a boom box and the song 'Black Dog' came on.

Ash and Gary started to head bang, and the rest of the friends laughed at them. Even Clemont was laughing. The night before he had to leave the band to focus on his studies, but now he seemed as happy as ever.

May looked over at Ash, who was still headbanging. She giggled to herself. He was something else.

"This is a good song." Dawn whispered to May.

"Yeah, it is." May said. "Who are these guys, again?"

"Led Zeppelin. My mom listens to them, sometimes." Dawn replied.

"You guys wanna headbang?" Gary asked.

"No, make fools of yourselves without us." Dawn said, cheerfully.

"You're missing out." Gary replied.

The group walked out of the record store twenty minutes later. Ash and Gary's hair was all over the place due to excessive headbanging.

May, Dawn, Paul, Brock, and Serena couldn't stop laughing at the way their hair looked.

"At least I don't have some stupid bandana tied around my stupid head all day." Gary told May.

May was slightly hurt.

"Don't worry, May. It looks cute on you." Ash assured her.

"Thanks, Ash!" May beamed.

"Ooh woo hoo!" Gary exclaimed. "Ashy-boy is becoming May's sweetheart!"

"Alright. Now I'm pissed." Ash said, chasing after Gary. "Get your ass back here, dildo!"

Everyone began laughing at the scene in which Ash and Gary began pinning each other to the ground.

"Wow." Paul said. "That looks really gay."

Ash and Gary turned to see the awkward position they were in and immediately got up, both of them blushing.

"Let's let the two lovers be." Dawn joked.

"Go fuck yourself." Gary muttered. "Anyways, are we set for band practice tomorrow?"

"Gary, remember what tomorrow is." Ash said.

"Oh, that's right. Sorry, Ash."

"It's alright."

"We're here for you." Brock said.

"At least you have your mom." Paul said. "I'm stuck with my stupid brother."

Ash chuckled. "Yeah…. But I'm sure you love your brother."

Paul scoffed. "No way!"

Dawn looked at him. "I can see right through you, Paul. You love your brother deep down, don't you?"

"Uh… I plead the fifth?"

"You're hopeless." Dawn said.

"You're stupid."

"You smell funny."

"Your hair is weird."

"Look who's talking!"

"Hey," Ash called. "Hurry up, love-birds!"

Dawn and Paul looked over to where Ash and the rest of the group was sitting. Dawn and Paul were at least fifty yards behind them. They blushed and caught up with the group.

The group arrived at May's house, where she said they could hang out.

"Nice place." Gary said.

"Thanks." May replied. "Let's head down to the baseme-"

"Hi, May. Hi Dawn!" Are these your friends?" Caroline asked.

"Y-yeah. You've already met Ash."

"Oh, how could I forget?" Caroline said, looking over at Ash. "It's our little hero." Ash blushed, causing Paul, Gary, and Brock to snicker. "Who are you three?"

"Oh. That's Gary, Paul, and Brock. They're friends of Ash." May said.

"Nice to meet you." She said, sweetly. She turned to May and whispered, "You know you're not supposed to have boys over without permission. Your father will kill you!"

"Well, these are my friends now. I don't care what dad says."

"Okay… any friend of Ash is a friend of mine." Caroline said.

"Okay, guys," Gary said. "We need to come up with a plan on how to sneak out of school and get to the AC/DC concert."

"Yeah! I wanna see one of Angus Young's epic solos!" Ash exclaimed.

Gary shushed him. "Keep your God damn voice down! May's mom is in the other room."

"Hold on you guys! My cousin Max is pretty smart, I can ask him." May whispered. She ran upstairs, and came back with her cousin thirty seconds later.

"I hear you guys wanna go see AC/DC." Max smirked.

"Yeah, could you please help us?" Ash pleaded on his knees.

"I wanna hear Brian Johnson's crazy vocals!" Gary exclaimed.

"I can assure you, you will." Max said. "Just listen to what I have to say."

Over the next thirty minutes, Max told everyone what his plan was for sneaking out of school.

"Max…that's brilliant!" Ash complimented the boy.

"I know." Max said in a cocky tone, which earned him a smack on the head from May.

"Guys, we better get out of here. May's dad is coming." Gary whispered.

The six teenagers bolted out of the door of May's house, leaving Max dumbfounded in the living room. They ran to the same basketball court they had just been the other day.

"Hold on." May wheezed. "Let me catch my breath."

"Aw come on, that was nothing." Ash laughed.

"Yes it- pant -was!" Dawn said, hands on her knees.

"Heh. Sissies." Gary muttered.

"I gotta bounce. My dad wants me home to help with some chores." Brock said.

"I gotta go too. Walking Dead starts in a few hours." Gary said.

"Yeah, I don't wanna miss that." Paul said, walking away. Before he could go any farther, Dawn pulled him back. "What the hell?"

"Walk me home?" Dawn asked with puppy dog eyes.

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"PWWWWWEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEE?"

"Holy fucking shitballs! Fine, I'll walk you home! Christ…"

"Yay!" Dawn said, jumping into the air, as she began dragging Paul down the street.

May and Ash stood together awkwardly, then decided to sit down on a park bench. Ash started whistling 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin. May began to sway to the tune, and shut her eyes. Ash's humming made her sleepy and she drifted off to sleep. It was a sleep that was peaceful, thanks to Ash's humming. She woke up a few minutes later.

"Hey, May." Ash greeted, staring into the sunset.

May realized she had fallen asleep on Ash's shoulder. She quickly sat up and began blushing. Ash didn't take notice of it, though.

'Thank God he's so dense.' May thought.

"Sleepy today?" Ash joked.

"Shut up." May giggled as she lightly slugged him in the arm.

"So… how's life?" Ash asked.

"You ask that question a lot, don't you?"

"Yeah, well, life tends to change. It tends to throw you a curve ball every now and then. I think it's good to know what your friends are up to."

May giggled. "You think too much."

"Whatever."

There was a silence.

"Can you walk me home?"

"Yeah, sure." Ash replied.

Paul and Dawn…

"You can't be such a jerk all the time." Dawn said.

"I can and I will." Paul scoffed. "You can't be so cute and preppy all the time."

"I'm not- wait… you think I'm cute?"

"Lots of people think that." Paul said, not making eye contact.

"Yeah but… I mean… I thought you were asexual."

"Pfft! Whatever."

A silence passed for a few minutes. It wasn't awkward, but it wasn't necessarily comfortable.

"So…." Dawn vamped. "Excited to see AC/DC?"

"Yeah. What about you?"

"Yeah."

They reached Dawn's house, and they stood in front of her front door.

"Bye, Paul." She stood on her toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek, and walked inside, leaving Paul stupefied. It took him a few seconds to comprehend what happened, but when he did he calmly stepped off of the porch and began walking down the driveway. When he got to the end he jumped up and clicked his heels. Little did he know, Dawn was watching from her window, as she let out a small giggle.

Ash and May…

Ash and May were both laughing in the middle of the street, earning some annoyed looks from people.

"Y-you really used a masterball to catch a Rattata?" Ash laughed hysterically.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't rub it in." May said, wiping a tear from her eye. "Come on, I'm sure you've had your share of noob moments when playing Pokemon."

"Well…" Ash began. "I forgot to save the game before I attempted to catch Lugia, and I ended up accidently killing it." May started laughing so hard no sound came out. "And… I also taught Raikou the move 'Flash'…" By now, May was on the ground, unable to control how hilarious it was for her to hear this.

"Th-th-that's the fu-funniest th-thing I've ever-"

"If you think that's funny, wait 'til you hear what Gary did. He caught a Nidoran and named it 'Pointy'."

"Bahahaha!" May bellowed.

"And he thought that Pokémon was a platformer."

May was having trouble breathing.

"It's hard to believe a smart ass like you is the only one who can make me laugh like this."

"Oh, shut up!" Ash said playfully, lightly punching May in the arm. He looked at May's sapphire eyes. Damn, she wasn't like other girls. Usually, most girls weren't opened to heavy metal, liked to play Pokemon, and actually took the time to get to know him.

"What are you lookin' at?" May asked, smirking. She looked into Ash's brown eyes. Usually most boys would get a little scared when they found out about her odd personality. She was grateful for Ash. He did save her life after all. Not to mention, he was hilarious.

"Ash… I'm tired."

"What are you implying?" Ash asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Carry me?"

"Wha- NO!"

"Come on! Pweeeaaaasssee?" May asked, with puppy eyes that rivaled Dawn's.

"Ugh, fine." And with that, May jumped on Ash's back. Both of them blushed.

"Thanks Ashy." May said as her feet dangled by Ash's side.

"No problem May- what the actual hell did you just call me?"

"It's your new nickname."

"Oh, hell no!"

"Oh, hell yes!"

"Whatever." Ash rolled his eyes.

May giggled. "Oh come on, it's not as bad as Ashy-boy."

"You have a point there…" Ash grumbled.

Ash and May continued to giggle and laugh at each other's odd personalities as they strolled down the road. Little did they know they were being watched. In the bushes sat two teenagers. One had long purple hair and dressed in a Cacturne outfit, and the other wore a purple jacket with green hair. It was Harley and Drew.

"He is going to get it…big time!"

Soon enough, Ash and May reached May's house. May hopped off of his back.

"Well, seeya, dude!" May said.

"Seeya!" Ash waved. He walked down the driveway and pulled out his skateboard from his backpack. He threw it on to the sidewalk and hopped on. He kicked off and started rolling down the street. All of a sudden he was tackled to the ground, and then punched in the face.

"I thought I told you to stay away from her!" Ash heard a head of green hair say."

"Drew…?"

"Yeah… that's right, punk!" Drew spat onto Ash's shirt and then rubbed it in.

"Whadd'ya want?" Ash coughed.

"I told you to back…the fuck…off!" Drew spat.

"She's my friend, and she deserves a lot more than an ass like you…"

Drew landed a punch into Ash's gut. "Strike two, Ashy. I don't ever want to see you with May ever again! You don't want to know what happens if I do. But I swear to Christ, if you tell May about any of this, I will hurt you, Brock, Gary, Paul, Dawn, Clemont, Misty, Serena, Barry, and any other outcast friends you may have! May is mine!" And with that, Drew pulled a hood over his head and ran away into the night.

"Holy crap, Ash! What happened?" Ash turned around and saw Max holding hands with a blonde girl that looked around his age.

"Oh, hey Max. And… Bonnie?"

"That's me!" The girl said.

"Well, if you really want to know… Drew just pounded my ass in."

"That dude? Oh, I hate him! May used to hang out with him a lot before they adopted me and-"

"I thought you were cousins?" Ash asked.

"Oh, well, you see, uh…"

"You were lying."

"Yeah…. People at my old school made fun of me for being an orphan, and so I began to hide"

Ash chuckled. "You're a pretty good liar for a seventh grader."

"Uh, thanks?"

"Anyways, yeah. Drew is an asshole."

"Mhmm. He used to bully me a lot. I told May about it but she said he was just 'teasing'. Complete and utter bullshit…"

"May deserves better than him." Ash stated.

Max was silent, and after a few seconds he decided to speak. "Y'know Ash, I hope you and May get together."

"What?"

"Yeah, I mean, you two both have weird personalities that you both accept, not to mention you have a lot in common! You both like Pokemon, and get good grades in school. May seems to be supportive of you in your band. And you seem to be supportive of May in… whatever the hell she does. You're one of the few boys that likes May for May, and not for her body."

"Wow… thanks Max."

"You bet. Good luck with Drew." And with that, Max walked away, still holding Bonnie's hand.

Ash went home, and walked through the door. He saw his mom sitting in front of the TV on the couch watching some sitcom. Ash snuck up to his room where he quickly arranged a Skype call with Gary, Brock, and Paul.

"Hey, Ashybo- HOLY HELL! What happened?" Gary exclaimed.

"Drew happened…" Ash explained.

"That dumbass beat your dumb ass?" Paul asked.

"Haha, very funny." Ash groaned.

"Why does he hate you even more than usual?" Brock asked.

"He doesn't want me hanging out with May."

"That's bullshit!" Gary exclaimed.

"Yeah, I know. This is the second time now. First he beat me up after our gig, now he beat me up outside of May's house."

"And nobody noticed?" Gary asked.

"Well, Max and Bonnie walked by after Drew beat me up. I told them what happened."

"Hmm… Max and Bonnie… interesting…" Gary thought out loud.

"Gary! Stay on topic!" Ash said, frantically.

"Okay, okay. Jesus…"

"Why don't you just tell May?" Brock asked.

Ash sighed. "He told me not to tell her about it. If I do, he said he'll hurt all of us." Brock, and Gary frowned, while Paul was already frowning (as usual). "I won't tell May what Drew did, but I will stay friends with her. She deserves better than a piece of shit like Drew."

Brock gave Ash an uneasy look. "I don't think it's a good idea, but I trust you."

"Me too." Gary said.

Paul stayed quiet, but the three boys could tell that he also agreed.

"Well, I'm gonna head to bed. Seeya guys in two days."

"Two days?" Gary asked. "Why not tomorr- Oh, wait. Sorry."

"It's cool, don't worry." Ash assured Gary with a smile. He hung up and walked over to his bed. He pulled the sheets passed his neck, took out his iPod and turned on Pink Floyd and slowly began to drift off to sleep. "I miss you dad…" He whispered as he fell asleep. "You always knew how to take care of douche bags like Drew."

That night, Ash had a dream…

He was sitting in a room while there was a record playing. It was 'Stand By Me' by Ben E King. Ash slowly started to sway to the record. His dad walked in with his mother, and they began to sway to the song too. Then, his dad blew away into the air, as if he were made out of sand. All of a sudden, the record changed into a much darker song. There were no lyrics, just very dark, low, and heavy guitar pickings. He saw his mother crying, and she eventually blew away into the wind as well. Then, he saw Giovanni's evil smirk staring at him, haunting his memories and devouring every last one of his sweet dreams. The record stopped, and a love song started playing. A silhouette of a girl cam into Ash's vision, but it quickly disappeared as the music began to turn back to the dark and heavy sounding instrumentals, and the silhouette turned into Drew who began punching Ash repeatedly.

Ash woke up, covered in cold sweat. He walked downstairs and got a drink of water. He looked over at the clock, which read 7:49 AM. Well, the day was here. The day Ash's dad died. Every year he and his mother would stay at home simply to mourn the loss of his father. Past years they look at old photo albums, and told stories of what kind of man he used to be. But this day, he didn't want to do anything. He just wanted to lay in bed, think about life, and play guitar…alone.

As the day progressed, Ash began to wonder about what the dream was about last night. Who was the silhouetted girl? What was the purpose of that dream? What was that dark and heavy song in the dream? Ash quickly ran over to his guitar and started to play the chords that he had heard. After an hour of practicing, he had perfected it. He played it over and over for the rest of the day, just sitting in his room playing the same riffs over and over again. The song was strange. It was depressing, yet uplifting at the same time. Ash had heard a lot of songs like that before, but this one really set the mood. It was as if Jimmy Page wrote it, but here it was, coming to Ash in a dream. After a while, he went downstairs and got another drink of water. He looked over at the clock which read 9:02 PM.

Ash walked up to his room, and pulled the covers over his head, protecting himself from the outside world, which was about to become scarier by the day….

A/N- Thanks for reading! Remember to review. Please. PLEASE REVIEW!