Decided to update today as thanks to you guys for your support, enjoy Chapter 2. We'll discuss more about this fanfic at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 2: Everything You Want
"What gives, who did that?" Ash started opening his eyes when the dirt finally dispersed.
The sounds of laughter continued as everyone panicked. "Whoever they are, they don't sound friendly," May said as she took note of the menacing tone in the laughter.
Professor Juniper and Oshawott walked over to the trio, "Are you guys ok?" The professor had a worried look on.
"Yeah, thanks professor, but who attacked us?" the raven-haired teen assured her that they were fine.
"Pikapi!" Pikachu yelled and pointed to the lab.
Everyone looked at Pikachu, what was the mouse pointing at. "What's the matter Pikachu?" May asked the Electric-type, but she felt a cold feeling travel through her spine when she saw it.
Professor Juniper and Oshawott became alert when they saw it too. Ash grinded his teeth, the scene was all too familiar, "No…" the auburn-eyed teen mumbled.
On the roof of the laboratory stood 12 figures dressed in black coats with black hoods covering their faces. They all had a different stature, but they all stood menacingly, even though the gang couldn't see their faces; they knew that their attackers were staring at them.
"There's so many of them…" May murmured with a frightened look, she was all too familiar with the group that loomed over them. She recalled the horrible experience Ash, she and her friends had with these men over a week ago, but felt like it had occurred years ago.
On the middle of the field appeared a figure in a black coat. They were all shocked to see the enigmatic man stand before them, he stood motionlessly in the middle of the field, looking down at the ground, was he responsible for what just happened.
The man raised his head and looked at everyone there, then let out a laugh. "Sorry for being late," the man's sinister voice echoed in everyone's ears. May and Misty were unsettled by the man, they weren't sure what to expect.
Ash and Drew frowned at him, giving the man a deadly grin, Roserade and Pikachu got very serious at his presence. They could also sense the man's intentions, they were nothing, but disturbing.
"You, you've been hiding for so long and now you show your face again, what to do want?" Ash snarled at him aggressively, this man has been a source of his troubling nightmares; he was going to answers now.
"No!" the black-haired teen yelled with all his might and got between May and the Dragon Pulse. He got hit full on by the Dragon Pulse and all of his Pokémon as well as his friend's Pokémon were shocked. When the dust quickly cleared, Ash was still standing, but his clothes were torn and he had mortal wounds, he got on his knees and dropped on his back.
"May, if I don't make it…" the boy spoke weakly, but then got cut by May.
"Ash, don't say that!" May squealed and grabbed his hand as she got on her knees, "No Ash, you can't leave us like you just can't. You mean so much to all of us please, don't go!" The brunette yelled and began crying furious tears. All the Pokémon were crying except for the man's own, Typhlosion, Charizard, Pikachu, Roserade, all of them approached the boy.
"May, we've had our good and bad times, but even in the worst times I was always thankful that they were there, you changed my life more than anybody. When I first started out my journey I didn't know what love felt like, but that changed when I met you. I want to thank you for that, for giving me a chance at love and even though things didn't go the way I intended them too, I still love you, in a way much greater than that of a friend, I love you for who you are and I never thought of spending my life with anyone, but you, you are the world to me, goodbye May…"
"What do you want from us, I was beginning to think that we had seen the last of you?" Ash spoke to the enemy violently.
The group of 12 laughed again and then one of them walked in front of the others, this one appeared to be the leader. "That's very impolite, here I thought that we could set our differences aside and become friends." His minions laughed again, the one that had just spoken was the same man who attacked them last time. His voice could be recognized very easily.
"Please just tell us what you want and just go," May tried to be brave and glared at them, but deep down she could feel her greatest fears breaking her.
The man ignored May, "I don't we ever introduced ourselves." The enigmatic man turned his head to his acquaintances and spoke, "Let's show them who we really are." They all nodded at him and all of them dropped their hoods, revealing themselves to the couple.
Ash, May, and Pikachu's eyes widened when the enigmatic figures revealed themselves. These faces brought many memories flashing into the trio's minds. Among the figures dressed in black were Brodie, ex-member of Team Magma, Hunter J, the mercenary from Sinnoh, the Iron-Masked Marauder or Vicious, the man who tried to capture Celebi in Johto, Grings Kodai, the wealthy criminal who tormented Zoroark and Zorua in Sinnoh, Zero, who tried to capture Giratina, Charon from Team Galatic, Annie, one of the girls that tried to capture Latios and Latias in Alto Mare, and Phantom, the pirate that tried to steal the Sea Crown. The others were faces they had never seen before; including the leader's, but it was still a state of shock.
The teenagers stood frozen as all of these faces smiled at them sadistically. "You remember us, don't you Ash?" Hunter J gave the boy a malicious glare.
"What about you brat girl, you foiled my plans when I tried to become King of the Sea," Phantom stared fiercely at May.
"When you destroyed our plans, we lost everything. We became nothing, but prisoners or low-class petty thieves," Brodie spoke to them; the criminal remembered the many times Team Magma's plans were foiled by the meddling kids.
"Until I found them and gave them purpose," the leader spoke. He had a fierce look that gave Ash and his friends' chills down their spines. The man had orange eyes and tanned skin; his eyes were filled with malevolent intent. His hair was silver and long, reaching mid back. His hair had bangs and it was spiky at the top. The man also had a monotone voice as he spoke.
"But how, some of you were even taken to prison in front of my eyes," Ash grinded his teeth.
"Does 'prison break' answer your question punk," Vicious spat at Ash aggressively, still holding a grudge against the young boy.
"You may have grown up and gotten a girlfriend young man, but your still as dim as ever," Charon taunted him and laughed manically.
"Ash, how do you know everyone, aside from Brodie and Phantom?" May asked him with anxious eyes.
The boy looked at her, "I met some of them while traveling in Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh, when I traveled with Misty, Brock, and Dawn. The fact that their plans got thrashed last time hasn't changed their attitudes though. I don't know all of them though." Ash stared at some of the unknown members.
Professor Juniper also appeared frustrated, how do innocent kids get tied up with crooks like these?
The leader took notice of this and smiled, "That's right; you don't know some of the others." The orange-eyed menace told the four unknown members to come forward.
The first one to come up was a man around the same age as most of the adults in the villainous group. He had turquoise hair that matched his turquoise eyes, his gaze clearly spelled bad news for the teens as he formed a half-smirk. "His name is Archer," the leader looked at the turquoise-eyed enemy. Archer took a step back as a much younger looking male approached.
"This one is Silver," he introduced the boy who appeared to be slightly older than Ash and May. He also had long, red hair that reached mid-back. Silver gave the teenagers a cold look and chuckled. "His name is Cloud," the man introduced a boy with bright blue eyes and spiky blonde hair. Cloud seemed to be around the same age as Ash and May, but the boy gave the trio a blank look.
Before the leader could introduce the other, the member personally introduced himself. "My name is Genesis," the man spoke with a monotone voice as well. Unlike the others though, his face remained an enigma because he wore a red helmet that completely covered his face, the only thing that was exposed were his gray eyes.
"And I'm Omega. Together we compose the organization known as the Majestic 12!" the leader continued to speak in his monotone voice and extended his arms outward.
Ash quickly got tired of the intros and yelled, "You know what, I stopped caring so I think it's best if you just let us get on our way!"
Omega chuckled at Ash's remark and then became serious, "You're not going anywhere, Genesis, take care of them."
Genesis nodded and jumped from the roof and landed in front of the trio. The gray-eyed man got up from his kneel position and stared at the trio malevolently. Genesis grabbed a Pokeball and threw it, "Rapidash, initiate!"
Ash and May weren't certain if they could win, Genesis appeared to be threatening force, but they had to try. "Pikachu, you're up," Ash commanded and the mouse leaped in front of him.
"Blaziken, help us out!" May threw Blaziken's Pokeball and the Hoenn starter emerged from it.
"Rapidash, use Flare Blitz," the man demanded and the horse rushed towards the duo at a fierce speed.
"Pikachu, use Volt Tackle to counter it," Pikachu began running and charging up strength for the electric attack while Rapidash dashed right at him as well.
"Now use Double Team," Genesis calmly instructed and multiple Rapidash appeared using Flare Blitz. When Pikachu used Volt Tackle on the Rapidash in front of him, it turned out to be an illusion.
One of the other Rapidash headed straight for Blaziken. "Blaziken, defend yourself with Blaze Kick!" May told Blaziken to counter. The Blaze Pokémon kicked Rapidash in the face as the Fire Horse clashed with it using Flare Blitz. Blaziken eventually overpowered it, but it turned out to be another illusion.
"Where's the real Rapidash," Ash frowned as Pikachu attacked multiple copies of the horse, but turned out to be copies.
Genesis crossed his arms, "Look up."
The couple looked up and saw Rapidash using Bounce, the horse was aiming for Blaziken. "Blaziken, dodge that!" May yelled out, unsure if Blaziken had enough time.
"Pikachu leap up and stop it with Thunder!" Ash commanded, ready to protect his girlfriend's Pokémon.
"Have it that way," Genesis closed his eyes as he spoke with a calm tone.
Pikachu unleashed a powerful Thunder, but they were amazed when they saw Rapidash break through the electric move with ease and hit Pikachu with its leg, sending the mouse crashing to the ground.
Genesis chuckled, "Now use Inferno on Blaziken!" Rapidash shot out a spiraling stream of blue fire from its horn that aimed for Blaziken.
"Stop it with Flamethrower!" May instructed and her starter released a stream of pure fire.
The two attacks clashed, but luckily Flamethrower over powered Inferno and hit Rapidash. At first May and Ash smiled, thinking that they inflicted a good amount of damage, but when the attack faded Rapidash calmly stood in front of them.
The horse glowed red for a moment and then prepared to charge at its opponents like a bull. "Flash Fire has activated, Rapidash's powers have increased. You're in for it now," Genesis warned his opponents.
"Genesis, finish it off," Omega calmly stated.
Genesis nodded, "Finish this with Overheat. Extinguish all of them!" The man wearing the red helmet commanded.
Ash and May grinded their teeth, they knew that they had to use their most powerful attacks if they wanted to survive this clash. "Pikachu use your most powerful Thunder!" Ash extended his arm to the left.
"Blaziken, you use a full power Overheat!" May extended her arm to the right. The couple smiled at each other momentarily, they were going to overcome this together.
Pikachu released a mighty Thunder that could be on par with Zekrom's while Blaziken released an Overheat that was just as strong. Rapidash's Overheat however, proved to be even more powerful since it broke through and canceled out the combination attack.
Ash, May, Pikachu, Blaziken, Juniper, and Oshawott were all terrified to the very core by this power. None of them knew what to expect now, but suddenly an Aura Sphere came from nowhere that canceled out the Overheat.
"Not again," Omega frowned and searched for the location from which the attack came from.
That's when a Dialga crashed down in front of Ash, May and the others. The Temporal Pokémon roared at the Majestic 12 viciously and used Fire Blast to frighten them.
Do the surprises ever stop? May had her jaw opened as she wondered. Ash and the rest of the gang were also at a loss for words.
Dialga roared again and the Majestic 12 stepped back. "We have to retreat; this wasn't part of the plan. Disperse now!" Omega commanded and all members of the Majestic 12 ran into the woods at an incredible speed, the speed of an Arcanine.
Genesis returned Rapidash and opened a portal from nothing. He took a look at the group, "Expect to meet us again," and Genesis walked into the portal, disappearing. Dialga flew after the other members that escaped without looking back at the group it saved.
"May, you saw Dialga too, right?" Ash couldn't believe what just happened.
"I saw it Ash, what was that about?" May tried to get her composure after seeing what just transpired.
"It seems that Dialga arrived just in time to save us, from where, is the question," Professor Juniper was the first to get herself together.
"Do you think someone sent it?" Ash looked at the professor with a puzzled stare.
"May be, but by whom?" Professor Juniper was also unsure.
May looked at the sky and remembered the hero that saved them from the man in black last time, "I think I have an idea, but we don't know who he is."
Ash caught on with what May thought and asked, "You really thought it was that guy again, May?"
The brunette nodded. "Pikachu pi!" the mouse also spoke out of the blue, the Kanto Pokémon agreed with May.
"You agree too, pal?" Ash began to wonder if it really was that person, that guy who appeared to have self-proclaimed himself as their guardian angel.
Professor Juniper spoke to them, "Well it doesn't matter right now. You're all safe and that's what counts."
The group nodded and May spoke to her Blaziken, "Blaziken, you did great out there? Even though we were losing, you held your own. Those guys aren't the average Team Rocket battlers."
"Yeah, Pikachu you did great too. These guys seem to be at a level that matches the Elite Four and Champion, I'm real proud of you," Ash congratulated Pikachu as well. The trainers petted their Pokémon, relieved that all of them remained in one piece.
May returned Blaziken into its Pokeball and Pikachu got on Ash's shoulder. The trio had smiles on their faces. Professor Juniper realized what that smile meant, "So, you guys ready to go this time?"
"Yep, I don't think we'll run into anymore interruptions," Ash confirmed the professor's belief.
"Alright then, you three, be careful okay? Watch out for those people, they seem to be extremely dangerous. I'll notify the police to be on the lookout when I get back in the lab," Professor Juniper informed them, a little worried about their security.
"Thank you professor, we promise to be careful," May assured the older female.
"By the way, the nearest gym and Pokémon contest are held in Striaton City, so you might want to make that your first destination," Professor Juniper also informed them about where to go next.
"Thanks professor, so I guess Striaton City here we come," Ash smiled confidently and looked at May, who followed his lead and grinned just as confidently.
The teenagers and Pikachu now knew where to go next and they also knew that they'd run into the mysterious Majestic 12 again, but unlike the previous times, next time they would be ready. The trio got on their way as they waved goodbye to the professor and Oshawott, who just waved goodbye, but an idea struck the sneaky otter Pokémon.
Ash, May, and Pikachu found themselves walking through Route 1. "Talk about bad luck for the beginning of a journey, we ran into problems with Team Rocket, Zekrom, and a shadowy organization in one day," May complained.
Ash smiled sheepishly, he wished that they had gotten a smoother start, but what happened, happened. "Don't say that May, I'm sure we'll be luckier tomorrow. It's all over for now, let's just enjoy the calm moment."
May smiled at him and pecked him on the cheek, "This is why I love you," the girl gave him a tender look, making the auburn-eyed boy blush.
All of a sudden, the trio heard rustling among one of the bushes and spot a mysterious figure behind one of them. "Hey, I wonder what that is," May stared at the bush questionably.
"May be it's a Pokémon, let's check," Ash reached for his Pokédex and see what the machine had to say.
"Axew, a Dragon-type Pokémon. Its large tusks have a tendency to break, but each time they grow back, they grow in harder and sturdier." Ash and May analyzed the picture of Axew on their Pokédex; the thing was green and had red eyes.
"Axew huh, it looks strong. I think I'll catch it," Ash smiled and reached for a Pokeball. Just when he was about to throw his Pokeball, his attention was caught by May.
The auburn-eyed teen looked at the frowning sapphire-eyed girl and asked, "What's wrong May?"
"Aren't you going to ask if I want to catch it?" May crossed her arms and glared at him.
Ash, suddenly remember one of the most important rules that existed in a relationship, ladies first. The Pallet boy laughed nervously, "I'm sorry May. I guess I just got caught up in the moment. Do you want to catch Axew?"
May smiled at him and squeezed his hand, "No, you catch it Ash; you seem pretty excited about it. Besides, I never really had any intention of catching it; I just wanted to see if you remembered that you have a girlfriend and even though you forgot at first, I love how you were so considerate in the end." The brunette leaned towards him and gave him another quick peck, but on the lips.
Ash smiled at her charmingly, making the brunette giggle. It's so typical of Ash to forget about the world when it comes to Pokémon, but at least I crossed his mind when he was about to catch Axew. He's still not use to the couple thing, but as we travel through Unova, he'll get used to it, Ash can't stay dense forever, May giggled again when she thought about how Ash's density regarding couples still hadn't completely faded.
"Alright Axew, you're mine!" Ash threw a Pokeball at the figure, but when it hit, the trio heard what sounded like a girl.
The figure got up and revealed itself, the latter turned out to be a girl. "Hey, what's the big deal?"
Ash, May, and Pikachu were all embarrassed when they figured out that the weird-looking Axew was a girl. "Do I look like a Pokémon to one of you?!" Iris screamed at the trio.
"We're so sorry, it's just that we thought that you looked like an Axew," May explained the reason for the mistake.
"An Axew?" the girl frowned at her. "This is an Axew," the female called out a small, green Pokémon from her hair.
"So that's where Axew was," Ash solved the mystery.
"Yeah, now do you know the difference? I can't believe that you guys thought I was an Axew; you must be a bunch of kids. You have a lot to learn if you're confusing people for Pokémon," the brown-eyed girl teased them a bit. Then the girl's dirty look changed into a nicer looking one, "By the way I'm Iris and you've already met Axew." Iris was around Ash and May's age, she had purple hair that reached to the midsection of her legs and she had bright brown eyes.
"Axew!" the little dragon greeted the group and Iris smiled.
"Hi, I'm May from Petalburg City in the Hoenn Region," the brunette introduced herself.
"And I'm Ash from Pallet Town in Kanto," Ash also introduced himself.
"Wow, you guys live really far from here," Iris crossed her arms, surprised at how far they traveled to get here.
"Yep, and this is Pikachu," Ash introduced his yellow pal.
"Pika," Pikachu smiled at Iris and greeted her.
"A Pikachu, it's so cute!" Iris snatched the mouse and began hugging it to no end. As Iris hugged Pikachu to the point where little sparks started to form on its cheeks, she asked, "So what brings you to Unova?"
"I'm here to compete in the Unova League," Ash answered with an enthusiastic tone.
"And I'm here to compete in the Unova Grand Festival," May answered with the same enthusiastic voice as Ash.
Iris looked at them with amazement, "The Unova League and Grand Festival here are really tough. I'm impressed with the fact that you're willing to compete in competitions that strenuous."
Ash and May smiled while bobbing their heads. I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment or not, May wondered, but decided to just take it as one.
If the Unova League is as tough as everyone says it is, then I definitely can't wait to compete in it! Ash was in his own world as well.
"I still can't believe how cute you are, I can just eat you up," Iris continued squeezing Pikachu until the mouse Pokémon could no longer take it anymore and shocked her, in the process he also shocked Axew because the dragon remained in her hair.
Iris let go of Pikachu, who ran up to get on Ash's shoulders. "It's strong too," the girl smiled with a silly expression.
"Ax…" the Dragon-type agreed with its master, still suffering a bit from the electricity.
Ash and May laughed at the silly sight while Pikachu just crossed his arms, he never did like it when people treated him like a stuffed teddy bear.
The trio walked with Iris as they talked about how Ash and May's arrival was. The couple decided to leave out the details concerning Team Rocket and the Majestic 12; they only talked about the cloud they came across.
"You ran into trouble with a dark cloud, what's that like?" Iris raised an eyebrow, confused by the statement.
"It wasn't exactly a cloud, Professor Juniper told us it was Zekrom that lurked inside the cloud," May tried to clear up the explanation for Iris.
Iris clasped her hands together, "Oh wow, you saw Zekrom. Please tell me what that was like. Back in the Village of the Dragons, Zekrom is very scared to us!"
"We didn't really see Zekrom, the image was too vague, but it did give us a lot of trouble. It somehow managed to disable Pikachu's ability to use electric attacks and then it was responsible for a discharge in Professor Juniper's room that left it in a mess." Ash recollected everything that dealt with Zekrom.
"Well, I'm sure it happened for a reason," Iris assured them that Zekrom meant no harm.
"Hey look!" May pointed and ran in front of Ash and Iris.
"Hey May, wait up!" Ash ran after her with Pikachu on his shoulder, wondering what May saw.
"I guess I have to go with them," Iris followed them with Axew popping out of her hair.
When the gang finally arrived at the spot May was pointing at, they spotted multiple deer-like Pokémon. May reached for her Pokédex, "I wonder what Pokémon is this."
The screen of her white Pokédex showed a deer that was mostly pink with a cream-colored underside and a floral tuft on its head. "Deerling, a Grass-type Pokémon. Their coloring changes according to the seasons and can be slightly affected by the temperature and humidity as well."
"That sounds interesting. I bet Deerling could be a useful partner for my contests. I think I'll catch it," May grinned confidently and threw a Pokeball. "Go Pokeball!"
"May wait," Ash had gotten so caught up staring at Deerling that he forgot to remind May to weaken one first.
May's Pokeball hit a Deerling and the Season Pokémon became trapped inside. "Gotcha," May grinned, but then Deerling quickly popped back again.
Iris stood behind her and reminded her, "May, you have to weaken Deerling first if you want to capture, how could you forget that?"
May laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head like Ash would do, "Right, I got overexcited. Here, let me try again."
"Tepig, I need you," May released her Unova starter and the pig-like Pokémon appeared with a joyful grin.
"Tepig, I need you to use Ember on Deerling," May commanded and the Fire-type released a fiery ash-like attack that aimed for Deerling.
When the other Deerling took notice of Tepig, they began panicking and escaped in large numbers. "Hey wait, I want to catch one too!" Ash stood in front of the Deerling in an attempt to stop them, but only got trampled over.
"Pretty stars," was the only Ash got get out of his mouth as he lay on the ground after getting stepped on.
Iris face-palmed herself, "He's such a kid."
The Deerling, May attacked had no choice, but to stick around and fight. "Tepig use Tackle!" May demanded and her Pokémon nodded, charging towards Deerling.
The Season Pokémon used Sand-Attack and blinded the pig. After blinding Tepig, Deerling proceeded to using Double Kick on Tepig. Deerling used its hind legs to send Tepig flying against a tree.
"Oh no, Tepig please get up," May begged the pig Pokémon to get up.
Deerling charged at it with an all-out Tackle. Tepig also dashed at it with its own Tackle and they resembled bullets aiming at each other. The pair built up more speed to use against each other and May was uncertain with how to proceed then an idea struck her, "Tepig, sidestep!"
Tepig moved to the left and avoided Deerling's Tackle just in time, catching the pink Pokémon by surprise. Deerling was no longer able to control its speed and crashed into a tree. "This is your chance Tepig, use Ember!" the sapphire-eyed girl smiled and made her final command.
Tepig released Ember, hitting Deerling head on and weakening the Season Pokémon. Deerling struggled to get up after being burnt and running into a tree. "May, now's your chance!" Ash yelled. The boy had finally gotten his composure after being trampled.
May nodded at him, she knew what to do, "Right, go Pokeball!" The coordinator threw the red and white Pokeball at Deerling and the deer-like Pokémon was captured in it. For a few moments the ball shook sideways continuously until it finally stopped and made the sound that assured the trainer that the Pokémon had been caught.
May picked up the Pokeball and cheered, "Yay! I caught a Deerling!" May showed her new Pokémon in a style similar to Ash. Then she winked at Tepig, "It was all thanks to you Tepig!" The fire starter blushed when she thanked him and the brunette returned him.
"Way to go May, you caught your first Pokémon in Unova," Ash walked up to her with a smile. The black-haired teen leaned in to kiss her on the cheek and hugged her.
The Hoenn girl returned the hug, "Thank you Ash, but I got that kind of experience from you." The two separated and the brunette gave her a wink, Ash also returned the wink.
"Awww," Iris smiled from a distance, admiring the adorable love between the two, now Iris acknowledged the relationship between the two. She also had more respect for May, having caught Deerling with such clever tactics.
All of a sudden, the stomachs of the lovers grumbled and the two blushed at the simultaneous grumbling. "Guess we're both hungry," May giggled and Ash gave her a sheepish smile. Pikachu laughed at how similar his friends' attitudes regarding food were.
"I'm on it," Iris informed them with a bright grin.
That sunset, Iris had taken the trio to an area nearby where there were plenty of apple trees. Ash, May, and Pikachu stood under a large tree with the most apples. Ash tried to reach for some, but they were too high, "It's too high!" The boy jumped up and down continuously.
"Try climbing it," May suggested.
The boy nodded, but before he could, a bunch of apples dropped down on the trio. Iris jumped down from the tree with a grin, "Dinner is served!"
"Oh goodie," May glared as she felt the apples squashing her, Ash and Pikachu. She felt a little aggravated because now her hair messed up, but when she noticed the abundant amount of apples, her eyes glistened along with Ash and grabbed as many delicious-looking apples as possible.
Iris just stared at them strangely with Axew and Pikachu. "Pikachu, are they always like this?"
"Pi," the mouse nodded at Iris, more than you think.
Later that night...
They got together by the campfire that Ash had built, Iris decided to just stay on the tree branch and talk to them from there. "So, tell me what made you guys decide what you wanted to be in life," Iris spoke to her friends.
May was the first to speak, "I didn't really like battling or Pokémon when I first started my journey, but when I started traveling with Ash, we went everyone and one day we attended a Pokémon Contest. When I saw the presentations and unique battling styles of all those people, I knew that I wanted to become a coordinator. You remember, right Ash?" the brunette looked at her boyfriend.
"Yep, it became obvious the moment the contest started and can I say that you've become very good at it," Ash placed his arm around May and brought her closer.
"Awww, thank you Ashy," the sapphire-eyed girl giggled and placed her head on his shoulder.
Iris smiled at their love again, she didn't mind seeing them display their affection like Max, she always dreamt about seeing love like that in reality. "What about you Ash," Iris asked Ash about how he decided what he wanted to be.
"My dream of becoming a Pokémon Master has been around for as long as I can remember, I wasn't the only one though. All the kids in my town dreamt about being the strongest and becoming Pokémon Masters, but what inspired me the most was my dad," Ash spoke gently until he said "dad", which seemed to make him slightly uncomfortable.
"He was the most powerful guy I had ever known in my entire childhood. He traveled everywhere, he beat the Elite Four and Champion of at least four regions from what my mom use to tell me," Ash talked a little bit more about his father.
"Where is he now?" Iris asked him. May on the other hand always questioned if Ash ever had a father, he never talked about it with Ash out of respect. Once she had a personal conversation about it with Brock, the former gym leader told her it was best if she never brought it up in his life.
She followed Brock's advice and never did; she was shocked to hear that Ash decided to talk about right now. Ash looked at Iris and then at May, "I don't know," the raven-haired teen responded with a blank look on his face.
Iris caught on and saw that the subject was making Ash uncomfortable. May was tempted to ask Ash more about his father, but thought it was best not to, it seemed like a sensitive topic to the boy. Pikachu and Axew had fallen asleep during the whole conversation so there was no reaction from them.
"So Iris, what made you decide that you want to become a Dragon Master?" Ash asked the purple-haired girl with a smile forming on his face again.
"Well, there's this guy that visited my village once. He's the Gym Leader of Opelucid City, his name is Drayden. When he visited my village, he talked to all the children about the wonders of Dragon-type Pokémon and how they are involved in many things. He even showed us his most powerful Pokémon, after hearing so many things about dragons, from their power to how they're involved in mythology, I decided that I wanted to learn the ways of the dragon and become a Dragon Master," Iris gave a detailed explanation about how she came to the decision of becoming a Dragon Master.
"That's a really humble beginning Iris," May grinned at the girl, she always wondered what life in villages were like.
"Thanks May," Iris smirked at the brunette in a friendly fashion.
"So, now tell me how you guys became a couple," Iris brought up another topic.
Ash and May blushed and recalled all the moments they shared that ultimately led up to them becoming a couple. "I guess we can start by telling you about how we met," Ash told Iris.
"It was the first day of Pokémon journey and I was just going to fetch my starter Pokémon. On the way I ran into the professor, who had run into trouble with some Poochyena and once we fixed that problem we went in search of Ash, but I still hadn't met him yet. When I saw how much he was struggling to keep Pikachu safe, I couldn't help but feel sorry. Pikachu bit him and I still remember Ash screaming because of the pain. Soon after we got into trouble with some crooks known as Team Rocket that tried to capture Pikachu, but Pikachu packed a Thunderbolt that sent them flying however, my bike did get destroyed in the process." May turned to Ash and gave him a quick glare, which provoked the boy to smile guiltily.
"So since my bike was destroyed and I really wasn't comfortable walking alone, Ash offered me to travel with him because he is such a sweetheart," May winked at him and the couple laughed. "That's how we started traveling, and then there was this other guy named Drew."
For almost half an hour May and Ash took turns blabbering about the events that occurred that caused them to fall in love with each other and in the end caused them to become a couple. "As soon as I woke up I kissed May without saying a word, that's when we officially became a couple," Ash finished the story and turned to Iris, who had apparently fallen asleep sometime during the story.
Ash and May sighed at the sight, but then grinned at each other. They decided to lie on the grass; May placed her head on Ash's chest along with her arms and embraced the boy. Ash had one arm behind his back and the other one wrapped around May's waist, his head leaned on May's head for support.
"Hey Ash, I have a question for you," the sapphire-colored coordinator spoke to Ash.
"Yeah May," the boy looked at her with his sweet eyes.
"Why do you love me?" May questioned him as her eyes shined with anticipation for an answer.
"I guess it's because you're different from all the other girls I've ever met in my life. When I traveled with Misty, I didn't understand love too much and it didn't help when she hit me whenever she got furious about something. When I started my journey, I was only a kid that focused on Pokémon so I didn't have time to understand love whenever Misty or Brock tried to explain it. When I traveled with Dawn, I still hadn't fully acknowledged what love was, but I knew more somehow. Nonetheless, I felt that what Dawn and I had, was more of a sibling thing; we just looked out for each other. Besides, I would be too caught up with the Sinnoh League and battling Paul to notice Dawn or any other girl," Ash recalled the various moments in his journeys in Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh when his knowledge on love came to question.
May continued to look Ash, her question hadn't been answered, but the boy hadn't finished talking, "With you though, it was different. For starters I didn't have a rival like Gary or Paul in Hoenn and it was up to me to guide you during our journey because unlike, Misty or Dawn, you were unsure about what to focus on. You didn't want to be a Pokémon Trainer and you didn't like Pokémon, I guess it seemed like you were lost. As I guided you, I noticed a lot of things about you that I hadn't seen or may be realized when I traveled with Dawn and Misty, like the fact that you cared about your brother more than anything. Even though Max is your brother, you acted more like his mother, you looked out for him when he grew attached to Jirachi and you were willing to give up the Pacifidlog Town contest just to keep your promise that you'd keep Max safe. I had never met someone who would take that kind of plunge. I felt like I was falling for you even more when we met Manaphy, you were its mother. You nurtured it, you gave it the affection it deserved, when it was in danger I could only feel my heartbreak because I couldn't stand to see you in pain, it was like a mother losing her child. The best way I can explain this May, is that on a subconscious level, you were always my priority."
May was unable to speak, she felt like her heart was clogged in her throat, the only thing she saw that could express her emotions for Ash were by placing her face above his and kiss him with all her passion. She caressed his cheeks with her hands, but she didn't tongue kiss him this; this was one of those kisses where it was serious. Ash ran his fingers through her hair and caressed her cheek with his other hand as they kissed.
The two eventually split apart from some air, but their eyes caught each other. Ash stared into her sapphire eyes that shined marvelously under the moon, he felt like he was melting bit by bit as he stared into them. May felt a warm, tender feeling heating her up on the inside as she stared into his auburn eyes; they were inexplicably beautiful to her.
"Ash, I love you more than anything, I don't ever want to lose you. Please promise that no matter what happens in the future that our connection will never break, I don't know what I would do without you."
Ash saw that tears streamed down May's face, he understood where those tears were coming from. She feared the feeling of living a life without him; she couldn't afford to lose the most important thing in her existence. He sat up and placed her head on his chest when she continued talking, "When I thought you died that day in Pallet Town, when Omega cornered us. I felt like my heart and world had shattered into glass, everything felt cold and everything appeared dark. I knew then that I was in love with you because no one feels like that for no reason. That feeling only comes when you have entrusted the person with everything about you, that person that's always believed in when nobody else did, that person who is willing to place your life before his, a person who makes you their priority." The brunette looked up at her lover with glistening, loving, and innocent sapphires.
"May…I promise that I will never leave you. I'll stick with you through the best and the worst, you're not just my friend, you're not just my girlfriend, you're also the thing that hold dearest in my heart and I feel like I would collapse without you. We share a bond that is unbreakable, a bond based on love, I won't ever let that bond split, it's the promise I'll keep till the time when it's time for me to go." May sniffled and pushed his head toward her lips, she placed both her hands on the back of his head while Ash caressed her cheeks, wiping away the tears and filling her heart with love.
From a bush, a noisy little water Pokémon had seen it all. "Oshaaawott…" the starter's glistened with admiration; it was true love what he was watching.
Morning...
The sun shined brightly over Unova as Ash slowly got up. He took a look at May, who lay peacefully next to him. After their passionate moment, they had gotten sleeping bags, but May decided to share hers with Ash and she kept insisting that they share, so for the rest of the night May clung on to him and so did he.
Ash rubbed his eyes and saw that the fire had completely worn out. He looked around and only saw Pikachu sleeping in his tiny sleeping bag. "Where's Iris?" the boy questioned himself.
He figured she must have gone off somewhere, so he decided it was time to wake up May and Pikachu as well. "Hey May, time to wake up," the boy nudged the girl, but slapped his hand.
Ash sighed, maybe this will work. The boy leaned in and kissed her; he let his tongue go into May's mouth and tickled the roof of her mouth. The girl giggled and opened her eyes to see her boyfriend kissing her.
"About time you woke up sleeping beauty," Ash separated from her lips and grinned at her.
"You know you enjoyed it. Besides, I was actually waiting to see how you'd wake me up. I didn't expect you to kiss me on the lips, you're becoming quite the romantic Ashy," May winked at him and giggled.
May sat up and looked around, "Hey where'd Iris go?"
"I don't know, but she couldn't have gone far," Ash stated.
"Well, in the meantime we'll bathe by some nearby lake and have breakfast," the brunette said with ease in her voice.
Ash blushed and became uncomfortable, "You want to bathe together?"
May looked at him with a raised eyebrow, "I don't know about you, but I don't think we're ready for that." The girl gave him a grin after saying that.
Ash let out a sigh of relief, "Good, cause I'm not really comfortable with that yet," the boy gave her a sheepish smile.
"Don't worry Ash, the time will come," May got up and giggled.
Ash nodded with a smile until he realized what he just nodded at, "Wait what?!"
May giggled and ran off to the lake that was nearby, "I'm kidding Ash. I'll see you later."
The raven-haired teen got up and frowned, but then he sighed and formed a grin across his face, "Someone's in a playful mood this morning."
After bathing and breakfast…
Ash, May and Pikachu were back on the road, but Iris hadn't shown up. "You think Iris will eventually show up?" May asked, showing concern for their new friend.
"I don't know, she seems like a pretty unpredictable person," the black-haired teen responded.
"Kind of like you," May laughed and grabbed her boyfriend's hand to show that she's just being playful.
The boy squeezed her hand as a sign of affection. "Pikachu, do you hear or smell Iris to know if she's nearby?" Ash asked his best friend.
"Pi," the mouse shook his head sideways.
Ash wondered where Iris could have gone until his mind was caught by something else, "Hey look May," the boy pointed to a small bird flying over them.
The bird was mainly gray and had large oval eyes with golden irises. It had a short, black beak, with a bulbous pink cere. The bird heavily resembled a pigeon.
"Let's follow it," Ash said excitedly and pulled May as they ran after the flying bird.
When they reached the spot where the bird landed, they found many more. "Who's that Pokémon?" Ash wondered and took out his Pokédex for an answer.
"Pidove, the Flying-type Pokémon. This very forgetful Pokémon will wait for a new order from its trainer even though it already has one," Ash gave the machine a dismayed look.
"That didn't help much, but I'll catch Pidove anyway!" Ash cheerfully announced.
"Go for it Ash," May encouraged her boyfriend and beamed him a smile.
"Aren't you going to catch one May?" the boy asked her.
"I already caught Deerling, so I don't find necessary. It's your turn to catch your first Unova Pokémon, Ash," May continued to beam a smile at him.
Ash nodded as a thank you and prepared to catch a Pidove. "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" The boy pointed towards one of the Pidove and Pikachu shocked it.
The Pidove dropped to the ground in pain after being hit. Ash reached for a Pokeball, "Great, time for me to catch it," but before Ash could, the entire flock ganged up on him.
The entire flock used Air Cutter on Ash and distracted the boy, giving all of them a chance to escape. May sighed as she saw all of the Pidove leave, "Come on Ash, you can catch one, I know you can!"
Ash frowned and saw that all the Pidove were gone; "They all got away," the boy looked down at the ground in disappointment.
"Pikapi!" Pikachu yelled out and pointed at one Pidove that had remained on the pasture.
"Yes, way to go pal, we're catching this one for sure," Ash declared proudly while May smiled at one of the things that made Ash, Ash, his unwillingness to give up.
"Pikachu, use Quick Attack!" Ash commanded and the mouse rushed at full speed towards Pidove.
Pidove noticed the incoming attack just in time and dodged it. "Quick, don't let it get away, use Thunderbolt!" Ash extended his arm forward.
Pikachu released a strong bolt of electricity that hit Pidove directly. The bird squealed in pain, but shrugged it off and used Air Cutter. The mouse barely managed to dodge the incoming barrage of Air Cutter, but was caught off guard when a strong gust sent him flying.
"Amazing, it's strong and fast," Ash admired the Pidove's extraordinary battling capabilities. "Pikachu use Iron Tail!" Ash demanded and the mouse leapt into the air to hit the bird.
Pidove quickly dodged it with a variation of Quick Attack and prepared to attack Pikachu from the side. "Quick Pikachu, use Iron Tail again to defend yourself!" Pikachu again, turned his tail into iron and sent Pidove flying.
The pigeon Pokémon managed to get its composure and used a full power Air Cutter. "Ok Pikachu, jump on top of every Air Cutter, Pidove releases and get close enough to use Volt Tackle!"
Pikachu did just that and jumped from one Air Cutter to another until he got close enough to use Volt Tackle. The mouse charged up enough power to hit Pidove directly and sent the bird crashing against the dirt.
"Perfect," Ash smiled and got his Pokeball. The boy turned his hat around and threw the Pokeball, "Go Pokeball!"
The Pokeball captured Pidove inside and the ball shook sideways for several moments. Ash stared at the ball intensely until the ball stopped moving and made the usual noise when a Pokémon was caught.
Ash formed a smile on his face and extended his arm upward with the Pokeball in his hand. "Alright, I caught my first Unova Pokémon!" Pikachu leapt in front of him to further show the happiness of the moment.
May approached him and hugged the boy, "You did it Ash. You caught Pidove."
"Yep, thanks for your support earlier, May," the auburn-eyed teen grinned at him and held her in his arms.
"Hey that wasn't bad," Iris dropped from a tree and congratulated Ash. "Of course, that was just a Pidove."
"It doesn't matter, I caught Pidove and it's mine now," the boy smiled at the Pokeball.
Suddenly, two long mechanical arms reached for Pikachu and Axew. "Hey, what's the big idea?" Iris turned around and saw the Team Rocket trio using a contraption holding Pikachu and Axew.
"You again?" Ash grinded his teeth when he saw Team Rocket.
"Again, is the question? So twerpish indeed!" Jessie was the first to speak.
"The answer to come as we feel the need!" James followed up.
"Bringing the blinding white light of evil into the future!" Jessie posed and swung her arm violently.
"Thrusting the hammer of justice down onto the black darkness of the universe!" James also swung his arm in a violent fashion.
"Carving our names in the Rock of Eternity!" Meowth used his claws to cut through the air.
"The fiery destroyer, Jessie!" Jessie proclaimed.
"And wit," James was about to declare, but was interrupted.
"I don't care who you are, give me back Axew!" Iris yelled at them with a demanding voice.
"Why, how dare you interrupt our motto?" James glared at Iris intensely.
"I've heard enough about you guys from the news, your Team Rocket. You've caused enough trouble around here, so give me Axew and get lost!" Iris spat at them again.
"Wait, Iris. Team Rocket has been here before?" Ash asked the purple-haired girl.
"Yes, they've been around for a few months causing trouble," Iris explained to them about her prior knowledge regarding the Rockets.
May frowned at them, "So now you pop up wherever you feel like?"
"We have business here twerpette, stay out of it," Meowth warned May.
Iris gasped when she realized that the Meowth could talk, "Wait, you can talk?"
"Of course I can, I have such a brilliant mind that I am able to talk," Meowth spoke arrogantly about himself.
"Whatever, Pidove rescue Pikachu and Axew," Ash summoned his Flying-type.
"Deerling, you do the same!" May also released her Grass-type Pokémon for battle.
"Bring it on!" Meowth declare and leapt onto the battlefield.
"Pidove, use Quick Attack!" Ash demanded and Pidove hit Meowth fast enough to prevent the cat from attacking.
"Deerling, you use Double Kick!" May commanded.
Before Meowth could get up, Deerling sent him flying with a Double Kick. The cat Pokémon landed in front of Jessie and James, "You know what? You guys can take it from here." Meowth clearly was unable to battle from the look on his face.
"Alright, go Woobat!" Jessie released her new Unova Pokémon.
Ash and May would've taken out their Pokédex to see what Pokémon is that, but there was obviously no time.
"Quick, Pidove use Air Cutter!" Ash called out.
"Dodge that Woobat and show them a real Air Cutter!" Jessie retaliated. Woobat swiftly dodged the Air Cutter and used a much stronger version that sent Pidove and Deerling flying.
May stared at Team Rocket angrily; Pidove and Deerling were unable to battle. "Bub-bye now," Jessie laughed with an evil tone.
"Ta ta," James waved goodbye, smiling at the group as they escaped in a new balloon with the Team Rocket insignia.
"Not so fast," Ash ran up to a tree and climbed all the way to the top. From there the boy jumped toward the balloon, but was unable to reach it and fell back. The boy held on to a tree branch to smoothen the fall and dropped from there.
The three teens gave Team Rocket dirty looks, as the crooks stuck out their tongues at the young trio. All of a sudden, a shell shot through the balloon and sent the Rockets crashing down. In the process, Pikachu and Axew jumped off and fell into the arms of their respective trainers. They all look to see where the shell came from and see an otter Pokémon standing proudly while holding its shell.
"Oshawott," the Unova starter grinned slyly.
"When will you kids learn to give up? Woobat, use Air Slash!" Jessie now looked upset and called for her Pokémon.
Pikachu and Axew tried to counter Woobat, but the blue spirals came at them too fast and were unable to fight back. Oshawott stood in front of the group and glared at Team Rocket, "Osha oshawott!"
"Scram kid!" Meowth demanded aggressively.
Oshawott frowned at the cat and used Water Gun against Team Rocket, including Woobat and sent them crashing against their machinery, causing an explosion. "Pikachu, send them flying with Volt Tackle!" Ash instructed, but when Pikachu shot through the cloud of smoke, there was nothing.
They look up and see Team Rocket flying off on jetpacks, into the distance. "They got away," Iris stated in disappointment, she wished they could've been brought to justice.
"Ash, we have to take our Pokémon to the nearest Pokémon Center," May told her boyfriend in a worried voice.
"Right," Ash nodded and rushed off with the group. As they ran they yelled out thank you to Oshawott, especially Ash, "Thanks a lot Oshawott, we really owe you one!"
Oshawott gave the group a puzzled look as he stood there alone.
When they finally arrived at the Pokémon Center, they were surprised to find a Nurse Joy that looked very different from the one Ash and May, were use to, but there was no time for thinking about stuff like that and pleaded the nurse to heal their Pokémon.
Nurse Joy placed Pikachu and the Pokeballs in a machine that operated by another new Pokémon. "Audino, use Heal Pulse," Nurse Joy calmly instructed.
Heal Pulse was transferred to the machine, which then showered all the Pokémon with a mystical energy. The trio of teenagers admired the working of the Audino; they had never really seen a Nurse Joy heal Pokémon in front of them before.
When Audino finished, Nurse Joy released all the Pokémon and smiled, "All done." Pidove, Pikachu, Axew, and Deerling all felt refreshed after being healed. Pikachu leapt into Ash's arms and hugged his trainer.
"Glad to see you're ok buddy," Ash smiled in relief.
May and Iris also happily embraced their Pokémon as everyone in the room displayed joyous faces. "You know, with trainers as caring as you three, I'm sure your Pokémon will grow extremely well. Feel free to stop by a Pokémon Center whenever you need to."
"Thank you, Nurse Joy," Iris grinned at the pink-haired nurse.
Something then crossed May's mind, "Hey, you know without Oshawott we probably wouldn't have retrieved our Pokémon."
Ash remembered Oshawott's heroic deed from earlier and spoke, "Yeah, we were in such a rush that we never got to thank him properly, but I'm still grateful for his help. He saved our Pokémon from Team Rocket," the boy spoke fondly of the valiant Oshawott.
May and Iris nodded in agreement, but little did they know that the little Water-type Pokémon was watching them from a window, smiling at them. "Oshawott!" the otter Pokémon embraced itself in a personal hug.
That was a really long chapter I know, I'm sorry. I'll try to figure this out problem for future chapters, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway. As for the questions I got from some of you guys. Ash will get all the Pokémon he has from the anime, but he won't get any additional Pokémon and I will only follow episodes that contain major elements such as any episode where Ash gets a new Pokémon. Don't expect every episode from the series to be followed. I will also contact the people who volunteered to help with that Serebii soon, as soon as I find time to do so lol. Well I'll catch ya guys soon, Chapter 3 will be up pretty soon too.