Chapter 6
A/N: Hi guys, I know I haven't updated in a long time and I'm sorry for that. I was learning how to ride a bike and I learnt I'm a really bad driver. I broke my right hand and three fingers. I had to write this chapter with my left and that's why I split it in two. Anyways, the plaster is soon going to be cut and hopefully I can go back to schedule.
*Midnight, Coast of Pacifidlog Town*
Ash and co. had just landed in a silent beach at the edge of Pacifidlog town. Everything was dead silent, until Dawn decided it was too much for her. "Ash where are we?" she asked Ash, then continued, "I know you mentioned Hoenn but why here exactly?"
"Just wait a little Dawn, it should be here any minute. I kind of have an internal compass for it." Ash said being mysterious. Brock though had a hunch, though. If they were going to take revenge from May, someone had to be there. They had been waiting for no longer than two minutes when a temple suddenly appeared leaving Dawn amazed.
*Next day, Giovanni's Office*
"So you're saying that his little electric rodent took down four of our best pokemon, out of which one resisted his Type, and two were flat immune to it" Giovanni thundered, staring at the scared grunt standing in front of him. "And then he simply exploded and wiped everything leaving just a giant crater behind". "Yes Sir" the grunt squeaked.
"Alakazam" Giovanni called as a brown and yellow pokemon teleported itself into the room. "Yes master" he said telepathically to Giovanni. "Show me what this spineless grunt has seen" he commanded the pokemon. Alakazam then made a mental link to the grunts mind and broadcasted the scene in Giovanni's mind.
After a few minutes, Giovanni said one simple word to the grunt "Leave", and settled down in thought, mentally giving Alakazam a command to go back to what he was doing earlier. He then picked up the landline on his huge desk and dialed a number. As the other man picked up the phone, Giovanni said a simple sentence and hung up. "Tobias, I have another mission for you".
*Few days later, Petalburg city*
May was sitting in her room on the second floor thinking to herself. She had returned back home from a tour a few days ago and was taking some time to relax. The people of Petalburg had extended her a very warm welcome, as if she were a celebrity. They had even organized a contest tomorrow to see her skills in front of their eyes, the first one in Petalburg. She had no doubt she would win though. Drew posed some challenge, though she could still beat him.
Lost in her thoughts of how to perform tomorrow, she mysteriously fell asleep, and got carried by some telepathic power to outside her window. When she woke up, she was tied to a chair. Standing in front of her, was the one person she dreaded meeting. Ash Ketchum looked at her with bloodshot eyes and a snarl that defied his actual personality. Standing next to him was a Lucario with his hands folded.
They stared at each other for a good long minute, until Ash broke the silence. "So May, are you enjoying the life you got, after ruining mine?" "Ash...I...I" May stammered, unable to say anything. She felt for her pokeballs but remembered she had given them to the local nurse Joy. "Lost for words" Ash said, "Same thing happened to me when I saw you betray me. But why May, why?" Ash shouted the last word with such ferocity that May was taken aback.
"Ash...they were going to kill me. What could I have done?" May broke down crying, trying to earn some sympathy from Ash. "May, you do know I have Aura powers right? I can easily see when someone is lying. So stop these fake tears. They won't do you any good" Ash said, easily spotting the change in May's aura when she lied. May immediately stopped crying realizing that this was not going to work. She switched to threats instead.
"Ash Ketchum, If you do not let me go this instant, I will make sure there's no place in hell you can hide. I will kill you." She said trying her best to look menacing. "You're lying again. I can easily see it. And anyway, you are in no position to make threats. I on the other hand..." Ash drifted off into silence.
"May, you were one of my best friends. Why? Why did you betray me?" Ash asked, his patience getting lesser by the second. "Because you are a loser, Ash Ketchum. You are a freak. I liked you but you never paid attention to me, only that slut Dawn. So when I got a chance to get back on you, I took it. I got paid more than you can even begin to imagine though. And also I got two Mega stones from the Pokemon League. So I did it for money, my benefits and personal satisfaction."
"You mean to say the League asked you to do it?" Ash said with fake wonder. He already knew the answer but he needed May to say it. "Yes Ash Ketchum, the Pokemon League asked me to do it. The hate you. They always have." May said, a devilish smile on her face.
"Thanks that's all I needed." Ash said and smiled, as Brock came out of the shadows, a video camera in hand. Before May could say anything else, she fell asleep again, and Mewtwo, who had joined the gang the previous day, wiped her memories of this interaction. It would serve as a nice surprise. He then lifted her again telekinetically and took her back.
*The next day, Outside Petalburg Contest Hall*
A girl with sapphire blue eyes and matching hair was sitting along with two other people on a bench outside the Petalburg Contest Hall. One was a tan skinned man, wearing a long leather jacket and denims while the other was wearing a long black coat with a hood. The hood was dropped over his head while he was wearing sunglasses and had a Pikachu on his shoulder. Normally, the trio would have attracted quite some attention but today everyone was already pretty excited to see their own Princess of Hoenn, star of Petalburg win in front of their eyes.
"Dawn, are you sure you can get in the contest without attracting any attention to yourself?" Ash asked, a little concerned by what Dawn had in mind. "For the hundredth time, yes Ash. My mother told me a way that is going to help a lot. Just wait and watch" she said as she went on to get herself registered. The contest basically consisted of an appeal round with two Pokemon, and then double battles between eight co-ordinators.
"Ma'am" Dawn went and said to the nurse registering the contestants. "Yes dear" she replied pleasantly, not having the slightest idea that this girl was among the top wanted people. "I just arrived in Hoenn region, and I don't have a Hoenn upgrade in my pokedex yet, but I really want to compete in this contest. Can you do something about this." she said, making a really sad face.
"Well we don't really do this, but since you are a guest, we can make an exception. I'll manually enter you into the contest. What would your name be" she said, smiling at the stranger girl in front of her. "I'm Sky, Sky Highflier" Dawn mentally cursed herself for not thinking of a name earlier. Well she won't be using it much anyway. "All done Sky. Enjoy Hoenn" the nurse said, without a hint of doubt at the girl's fake name.
'And I'm in. You better beware May, you're going down.' Dawn thought to herself as she walked to where the others were still sitting.
*An hour later, Contest Hall, Petalburg City*
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the First annual Petalburg Pokemon Contest, organized in honor of the Princess of Hoenn - May Maple. Our judges for today are Mr. Contesta, Mr. Sukizo from the Pokemon fan club and our own Nurse joy. And how can I forget me. I'm Vivian and I'm honored to be your MC today" Vivian announced loudly over the Mike.
"The first round is the Appeals round where a co-ordinator will use two pokemon to show off their skills. Eight co-ordinators will go on to the second round which consists of double battles between the contestants. So let's kick off the first round by our very own Pride of Petalburg, May Maple." Vivian announced as the crowd went nearly nuts.
"Glaceon, Delcatty, Take the stage" May called as she came running to the stage. Apparently ball capsules had found their way into Hoenn as Glaceon and Delcatty came out in a shower of petals.
"Delcatty, Assist" May called out as Delcatty sent out a powerful Flamethrower. "Glaceon, face it with Ice beam". Both attacks collided in a huge burst of steam. "Now Blizzard" May called out and both of her pokemon complied, refreezing the moisture in air to a statue of a Delcatty and a Glaceon. "Now Swift" Both pokemon sent out a volley of stars that broke the statues in sparkles. Where Glaceon's statue stood, Delcatty emerged and from Delcatty's statue, emerged Glaceon. Both pokemon went back to where May was standing and bowed as the crowd went wild. May was given a near perfect score of 29.5 marks.
Other performances were pretty good, though none lived up to the standard May had set, until. "Our last contestant for the day is a someone starting her first contest in the Hoenn region. Give it up for Sky" Vivian announced on the mike and a certain someone came up to the stage.
Dawn was wearing a pure white gown along with sapphire necklace and bracelet on one hand, Her hair was left open and was dangling till her waist. She also had a veil dropped in front of her which didn't allow anyone to get a good look of her face. It was pretty important since all three of their faces were on the news every second day.
She came to the stage and everyone looked baffled as to where her pokemon were. She then whistled and as she did, a white blur sped raced across the sky from behind her. Just as it passed Dawn, another Pokemon jumped up pretty high from her back onto the blur. As it settled in front of her, everyone saw an elegantly landing Togekiss, and perched on its back, a Glameow.
Togekiss shot an Aura Sphere straight up and took off after it. When she had reached halfway, and the Aura Sphere was at its apex, Glameow jumped from her back and caught the downward heading Aura Sphere in her tail. Then facing it to the ground, began to descend. Meanwhile, Togekiss had done a full loop and was now heading straight up with Sky Attack.
Both attacks collided in a burst of sparks. What emerged was a Togekiss still heading straight up, and balanced on her using her tail, Glameow. Togekiss then used Safeguard and Sky Attack, while Glameow got on her back and used stretched her tail straight and sent a thunderbolt through it. The moves combined in a most amusing way.
Togekiss concentrated her energy into her wings, similar to Piplup using Peck, and brought out two large white wings. Glameow's tail sent out many streams of thunderbolt to the back, making the impression of a huge tail. At the same time, Safeguard prevented Togekiss from taking any damage from Thunderbolt and instead developed a greenish hue around them. Soon it almost looked like a huge bird with greenish-white wings and a huge sparkly tail, which left the judges mesmerized.
Finally, the pokemon did a whole loop and came straight for Dawn. Just before they reached close though, Glameow used Fake Out and disrupted the attack just before it hit Dawn. Both Pokemon then landed in front of her and most of the crowd, including the judges stood up from their seats. When the scores were shown, Dawn had received a perfect 30.
As Dawn was sitting in the waiting room, May came up to her. "Listen here you bitch" May snarled angrily at her with a scowl. "Your disgustingly weak Pokemon have no chance against me. This is my contest, my city, my people. And you are just an outsider. You should quit while you are ahead, else I'm going to wipe the floor with your ass." As if on cue, the screen flashed just then, showing it was May vs Dawn in the quarter finals.
A/N: So nothing much happens. It is kind of a filler chapter. But next chapter, Dawn vs May, Ash vs Max and Ash vs Drew. Tell me what pokemon they should use. I have a couple options, but I think I could use some suggestions. Writing next chapter begins as soon as my plaster is removed. Now to the reviews.
TravellingMan93: I am thinking of the same thing.
Ash latios: Latios doesn't always, but he will after the O-ball.
All others: Thanks!
Finally, I got an idea while reading MCRasengan's betrayal story. There is going to be a war in Alto mare. Should it be destroyed to fuel Ash's rage even more or not. Something tragic has to happen, right. Anyways, hoping to update soon, and not ride a bike anytime soon. Bye!