A/N well here it is a new chapter of Resident Hybrid infection thanks for all the reviews once again man more girls are to show up in the chapter as for lemons well they will be coming I just don't want to rush into anything okay as I want to take my time with this.
I also would like to thank both EmperorDraco7 and Wolfpackersson09 who are my co writers in this story, which helps me get the chapters up a lot faster as well.
Chapter 5 Ash's worries
Professor Samuel Oak frowned, having hoped Tracey knows what he's doing by preparing himself to help Misty in looking for Ash… even more so due to the virus spreading throughout Kanto and onto other regions. Making him worried that it's only a matter of time before the entire planet became infected, something he couldn't afford to allow happen. "I can only hope you know what you're getting yourself into, Tracey." he muttered to himself, aside from Professors Ivy, Elm, Birch, Rowan, Juniper and Sycamore, there was also Oak's cousin Samson Oak and Professor Kukui of the Alola region aiding in hopefully coming up with a cure for the damn infection soon.
"Professor, are you in here?" A voice called out.
Oak turned to see that his friend Delia Ketchum was checking up on him, especially with Mimey looking after the house in her absence cause she feared for her only son's safety and he didn't blame her for feeling that way. "What are you doing here?" he asked, having hoped she would have stayed indoors for her own safety. "It's better if you had remained at your house, we don't know the full extent of the virus."
"I know that, but I'm worried." explained Delia, she had no idea on what was going on since she feared that with the virus spreading like wild-fire, she hoped Ash and his friends would be okay though he know how to break it to the older woman as of yet.
"So am I, that's why the other Professors are doing everything in their power to aid me in creating a vaccine but it would take time before we complete it," Oak replied with a stern expression on his face, he had a lot on his mind and he knew he didn't want to hurt Delia by telling her the bad news on those who were already infected. "Even our old friend Spencer Hale is contributing along with my cousin Samson."
There was nothing but silence from Delia, she hadn't heard from Spencer Hale since the events regarding Entei and the Unown in Johto but if there's anyone who can help it's him. "I just hope he's keeping young Molly safe." she spoke, knowing she had no ill-will towards the little girl and didn't want harm to come to her from the virus or otherwise.
"She'll be fine, besides she's with her mother in the Hale residence for their safety. Spencer on the other hand, he already mentioned that a lot of people had succumbed to the virus."
"I see…" she said, then again aside from Ash and his friends, there was also the matter of Norman, Caroline, Max, Johanna and even Grace due to the fact May, Dawn and Serena may have already become victims of the virus turning people into hybrids… Not only that, things were already hellish enough when they learned Tracey was going to the Cerulean City Gym but the older man learned Misty wished to head out on her own despite the protest of her older sisters made him worry more than ever. "You got in contact with the Cerulean Gym right?"
"Yeah, with hopes that Misty wouldn't do anything too rash although she knew Ash longer than anyone else besides Gary," said Oak, thinking about his grandson and how the brown-haired young man turned researcher was travelling himself. "I've been trying to get word from Gary and so far, I haven't gotten any response so I know how you feel when it comes to our respective families. At least Cousin Samson is okay."
"Samson?" she wondered, shocked at the fact Oak mentioned his cousin though it dawned on him that he and Gary never brought up the notion to Ash or the others beforehand, unfortunately there wasn't enough time to explain it to them due to circumstances beyond his control. "I didn't know you had a cousin, Professor."
Oak only nodded at this as he looked over to Delia and knew she was still worried for her son and the others as well that was in the town. "I'm sure that they are fun Delia."
Delia simply nodded she was still worried but her son had helped people in the past and saved the world as well. "I know professor I know."
Speaking of Ash at that very moment he was resting on the bed yet he was not alone as next to his left and right was May and Serena both girls were sleeping right now and so was Ash. Anyone watching would think that this was strange, but the three were no longer human anymore, all three had been changed.
Ash soon started to wake up, and he looked to see that both May and Serena sleeping next to him and he could small something was in the air yet he didn't know what it was and it confused him to what it was. 'What's that smell anyway?'
Ash soon turned his head as he looked at May and he was not sure but it was coming from her, his mind was telling him to wake her up so that they could mate. But he quickly shock that off as he got off from the bed he had been sleeping on and held onto his head. "I need to get out the room." Ash said as he left the room and closed the door and headed out side for some fresh air. "What the hell happened in there?"
"It's your mating drive." A voice said as Ash looked over to see Sherry as she had her arms crossed over her chest.
"Mating drive?" Ash asked, unsure what she meant. He knew Pokémon had kids, but wasn't sure on the exact mechanics, as that was something for the breeders like Brock. Sherry shook her head a bit before explaining.
"The mating drive is something everyone technically has, you're old enough to have hormones and see the opposite sex as attractive. May is basically in heat." When she saw that Ash didn't quite understand she decided to explain. "People and Pokémon have kids through sex, and May being in heat is causing you to smell things that wouldn't be seen. This means that she wants you to father her child."
Ash was a little shocked by this as he was now very concerned by this as he looked at Sherry and knew that both she and Serena may soon go into heat, if that happened Ash was not sure what he would do. 'The again Serena said she felt her mind was going as well last night does that mean she is going to end up like May as well?'
If this was true then it would just make thing a lot harder if Serena became like May. "Sherry, last night Serena told me she felt like her mind was going." Ash said as he moved closer to Sherry as he wanted to know just how long Serena had left. "I need to know Sherry how long does she have left before she ends up like May?"
Sherry just gave a sigh know Ash did have a right to know this after all they would all end up losing their humanity sooner or later, and she knew Ash needed to know this. "Damn that bastard for doing this to everyone."
Sherry soon looked at Ash and saw that he was still waiting for an answer from her and she knew she had to tell him. "Well that's hard to tell Ash as some people are different." she said as she looked at Ash and then to where May was.
"Oh? How so Sherry I think we need to know?" Ash asked as that way he could tell Serena when she woke up.
Giving a small sigh, Sherry needed to better explain the details to her since it involved something the virus was doing that made them start thinking like the Pokémon that they became the hybrids of so to speak. "Right now the process is slow but the longer we remain like this, the more we may in fact lose our complete humanity…" she spoke, knowing it would shock Ash big time but it needed to be said. "To make matters worse, even with the cure it might be too late if we completely succumb to our new natures."
Suddenly they started to feel small drops of water hitting their respective bodies and soon enough, rain started to pour down from the cloudy skies. "Looks like we'll have to find a place to stay until the rain stops…" she said to herself as she and the others ran to find somewhere in order to keep from getting completely soaked.
"Great… just when I thought we didn't have enough to worry about…" he muttered as he followed Sherry close behind, silently cursing at the fact sooner or later their minds will deteriorate to the point that they wouldn't be themselves anymore which meant that if there was a cure out there, they needed to find it soon. "Brock, Clemont, Bonnie… I hope you guys are staying safe because I don't want you to get dragged into this too…"
At the Pokémon Center, there was nothing but heavy rain pouring down and Brock's group was still worried for Ash and Serena since they weren't exactly sure on where to start looking even with Cilan and his Pansage present. "Looks like we won't be going anywhere anytime soon… not that we had somewhere to go anyway with the current problem," said the green-haired Pokémon Connoisseur with a frown, though he can't help but wish he had stayed with Ash… sure meeting Brock in Johto was great and all yet things seemed to be getting worse and worse by the minute. "Still, I wish we can head out there to find Ash and Serena."
"Yeah, I know how you feel since I already let Misty and her sisters at the Cerulean City Gym know about the virus…" added Brock, just as concerned for Ash as Cilan was plus there were also the fact Max, May, Dawn and even Iris, a friend of Cilan's who originated from the Unova region like he did, had to be warned before it was too late… Not knowing that May had already become a victim herself. "I'm having no luck in reaching Max, May or Dawn but hopefully the Petalburg City Gym will get my message soon."
Cilan remained silent, it seems that no matter where they go, whether with Ash or otherwise, bad stuff happen and made him think of the encounters with the Team Rocket trio in Unova along with how they and their leader Giovanni tried to use Meloetta to get control of Tornadus, Landorus and Thunderous for their own evil plans. "I never got in touch with Iris yet, but Clair mentioned that she was at the Blackthorn Gym earlier for the match they had." he explained to Brock, hoping the dark-skinned girl and Axew were alright.
"I see, it has been a long time since Ash, Misty and I ever seen Clair," commented Brock, the moment he heard the name of the female Blackthorn Gym Leader who he, Ash and Misty encountered back in their travels through Johto but never expected Cilan to be familiar with her let alone Iris since the two met her during the Decolore Islands. "How's she doing?"
"She's doing great, been raising her Dragonite and shiny Druddigon… On the other hand…" Cilan remembered how the female Dragonite felt when the flowers she was enjoying were ruined by Iris' male Dragonite at the Decolore Islands. "It seemed her Dragonite didn't look thrilled when Iris' Dragonite ruined flowers she was looking after the first time we met Clair."
Brock remained silent, it sounded like the same Dragonite that Jessie, James and Meowth once tricked into thinking Ash and his friends were the villains after stealing the Dragon Fang and that sometime following his, Brock and Misty's departure from Blackthorn City, Clair must have somehow caught her if this was the Dragon/Flying-Type whom Cilan was mentioning though what surprised him was the fact Iris also had a Dragonite. "I heard the news, seems the rain will be lasting for quite some time," came Clemont's voice as he and Bonnie came to check up on Cilan and Brock, both showed their own share of concern over everything that occurred up till now.
Bonnie was scared at what was going on as she had seen firsthand what happened out there something that no child should see. "How's your sister doing?" Brock asked as he looked at the little girl who he noticed was looking around in fright.
Clemont looked to his sister and was as she was holding onto his hand tightly. "Not going good with what's going on." He said and gave a sigh as he looked to Brock. "So do we have any word on anyone else that survived this mess?"
Brock was about to answer when he and the other in the Pokémon center all heard banging on the doors outside with voices yelling at them. "Let us inside!" A female voice from outside yelled banging on the doors once more as everyone inside was silent with fear.
Hearing this Bonnie gave a light sniff of fear as she looked at her brother. "Clemont I'm scared." Bonnie said as she hugged her brother as he saw tears run down her face as many other people were also sacred as well.
"Oh no they're going to get in." One woman said as like others she too didn't want to become like the ones outside.
"Mummy, please make the monster go away." A little boy said as he hugged his mother hearing the banging that was going on.
Brock and the others all looked at each other wondering why they had come here but soon heard the voices outside once again talking to all the people that were inside the building. "Sweet heart it me." A male voice from outside said.
A young teen girl in the room looked up as she looked towards the door with tears in her eyes at the voice she had just heard. "No it can't be?" She asked in disbelief hoping it was who she thought it was.
"Hey don't you know they are trying to get you to come out then they will infect you." Brock said as he looked back to the door which was still banging.
Everyone else in the room was all still scared at what was going on as the hybrids outside were still trying to get in and knew that sooner or later this would happen. They knew that they needed to work something out and they may even need to fight their way out of here soon.
"Well we do have a few weapons that Officer Jenny had before…" Nurse Joy said with a frown on her face as many of the police officers had fallen in the attack.
A few of the people all nodded at this as they all knew what they needed to be ready and would need to learn how to use the weapons as well as most had families that they wanted to keep safe from the creatures that were currently outside right now.
Back at the hideout Ash and Sherry had gotten back to the house as Sherry and Ash didn't get out of the rain in time as their fur was now all wet and Ash could tell that Sherry was a little cold and knew that they needed to go to the fire to warm up.
"Sherry, are you okay?" Ash asked as he looked at her seeing she had her arms wrapped around herself as even her yellow cheeks were sparking, which made sense as she electric type after all.
Sherry looked up to Ash as she smiled at him a nodded. "Yeah I'm fine nothing more than a little rain right?" She asked looking at him and they both headed to the living room of the house. "Beside nothing more than a nice warm fire can fix."
Ash nodded as he looked at the forest and saw that they had some logs still left which was a good thing, it was just too bad that Serena was sleeping or she could use her fire to start them a fire maybe. "Yet it's best that she is left to rest up for now."
Sherry however found that there were some matches as well which made her smile as she lit the fire and gave a happy sigh feeling the heat of the fire and soon sat down her eyes focused on the fire right now.
Before long Ash sat down next to her as she continued to look at the fire while Ash was looking at her wondering what was wrong with Sherry at the moment. "Is everything alright Sherry?" he asked as he was worried that something was wrong with her.
Once she heard Ash talking to her Sherry looked away and then to Ash and smiled at him knowing that he must be worried about her. "He is kind, but I need to know who I am and not let my emotions take over unless I'll end up like all the others," She knew full well on how the virus worked and what it was doing to her and Ash right now.
She already knew that right now Serena didn't have that much time left before she ended up like May then it would be her or Ash, after that. Well that was something she had no idea on as she had some information on the virus before she escaped. "Still it's too late after what they did to me."
Shaking her head Sherry soon looked over towards Ash. "It's okay Ash I'm fine just thinking is all right now."
Ash just gave a smile as she saw Sherry shiver a little as he wasn't sure why he did it but pulled Sherry into a hug, which left Sherry shocked by this but she didn't care right now and neither did Ash and both knew why this was as well but they would work this out later.
"Ash, I…."
Sherry didn't know what to say, especially as she found herself giving a slight flush when she felt Ash holding her in his arms while the former raven-haired human felt this was a new experience holding a girl before. "If only we had a PokéGear or a PokéNav, we'd be able to contact the others without needing to worry about possibly risking them getting infected," he commented, reflecting on the fact Brock had a PokéGear from his travels in Sinnoh and Max had a PokéNav from the events of Hoenn and the Battle Frontier. "Still, I'm worried about Brock, Clemont, Bonnie, Tracey and Misty… While Brock, Tracey and Misty used to travel with me, they're still my friends never the less."
"I don't blame you, since you mentioned May having been your travelling companion throughout Hoenn and the Battle Frontier or at least what I remember hearing from you," responded Sherry, reflecting on what Ash told her concerning his travels from prior to Kalos and the fact that he had friends from different regions made her smile lightly. "Kinda funny that with Misty, May and Dawn, your Pikachu accidently destroyed their bikes while Bonnie and this Iris girl were directly shocked by him."
"Don't remind me…" he muttered, surprised that May and Dawn didn't demand he pay them back for their bikes like how Misty did constantly up until the Johto League concluded and the fact the Tomboyish Mermaid's bike had long since be restored didn't make her feel better due to having to run the Cerulean City Gym while her sisters travelled around the world. "Still I do miss them a lot."
Sherry wasn't sure on what to say, especially as she was seeing a side to Ash that she never knew existed even after having met him. "Oh?" she asked, becoming really curious on what exactly he meant by those words but at the same time, realized it made sense as she'd feel the same way he did when it came to her friends.
"Yeah, if I hadn't met Misty at Route 1 on the day I first became a Pokémon Trainer, Brock at the Pewter City Gym, Tracey when I decided to participate in the Orange League, May at Littleroot Town, Max at Petalburgh City, Dawn when I decided to take part in the Sinnoh League, Iris when I started my journey in Unova, Cilan when I took on the Striation City Gym that he and his brothers Chili and Cress ran, Clemont and Bonnie at Lumiose City or Serena after losing to Viola the first time I challenged her Gym… maybe I wouldn't have become the Pokémon Trainer that I am or was right now…." he began to reflect on the moments that led to his fateful meeting with the people he had become friends with during the course of his career as a Pokémon Trainer along with the adventures he had with them in Kanto, the Orange Islands, Johto, Hoenn, the Battle Frontier, Sinnoh, Unova, the Decolore Islands and recently Kalos following that as if it was fate.
"Sure I met Serena before back during our childhood days at Professor Oak's Pokémon Summer Camp but Clemont, Bonnie and I invited her to travel with us after I won my first Gym Badge in the Kalos region. Though I feel responsible as well because my friends had to deal with the same three Team Rocket members harassing me and Pikachu since I first arrived at Viridian City to get Pikachu to the Pokémon Center, all because of my idiocy in angering a flock of wild Spearow's at Route 1 and nearly getting him killed in the process."
"Oh my god…" muttered Sherry, shocked at how much Ash is starting to open up to her and the fact that three members of Team Rocket were chasing him and Pikachu for this long, though she had heard about Team Rocket in general and what they've done in the past. "That must have been terrible for you to go through this."
"Tell me about it, unfortunately those three continued to follow me and my friends since we defeated them for the first time at Viridian City and trust me it's a pain to have to deal with them almost every single time…" Ash cringed at the amount of times he and his friends dealt with the trio, yet the three continued to come after them or more specifically him and his Pikachu as it seemed they weren't going to give up at all after so long. "By almost I mean there were rare instances where we didn't encounter them at all and by rare and I do mean rare as it feels like almost a miracle to get our minds of those three."
"Sounds like you have some persistent opponents from what you just mentioned," said Sherry as she still had a bit of trouble processing everything Ash mentioned and gave a small sigh, wishing she had met him, May and Serena as a human rather than as a hybrid. "I wouldn't have to burden you with them seeing me as a possible target."
"I know how you feel, since nobody what we do, they keep showing up at just the right moments whether it was to steal our Pokémon or to steal something else that they think is valuable." he continued, feeling worried that Pikachu could end up as an easy target at this point.
Sherry frowned, wishing there was something she can say to help him feel better over the burden of being a primary target of the Team Rocket trio and their intentions of taking his Pokémon away from him. "Its okay, try not to dwell on it too much…" she reassured him, knowing it would be best not to think about the times the trio came at him and Pikachu. "Besides, I think we should find some towels to dry ourselves off."
"Okay." With that in mind, the two headed to the bathroom to find the towels to dry themselves as well as May and Serena after both girls were well rested, yet the two new friends started to flush a big at the fact they were becoming closer together much like how May was starting to experience an attraction towards her friend ever since becoming a hybrid before their reunion. "I just hope you're doing well without me, Pikachu…" he said to himself, worried for his male Electric-Type buddy right now and wished he'll be able to find him soon enough before the Team Rocket trio took advantage of the situation.
Speaking of Pikachu, both he and May's Glaceon were making their stay at a cave for the time being and had checked in case there were any hostile wild Pokémon residing there. 'I can't believe that a storm had to take place at the most inconvenient moment,' muttered the male Mouse Pokémon with a frown forming on his face. Sure it wasn't the first time he had been separated from Ash; this was starting to feel worse than the previous moments before this. 'I'm starting to get really worried.'
'I know that feeling well, May raised me since I hatched from the egg she received back in Kanto and she's like a mother to me,' commented Glaceon, showing her own care of concern for Ash and May because it felt as if she wished she and her trainer never parted ways with Pikachu and Ash either at the end of their travels together after Ash defeated the Battle Frontier or following the Wallace Cup in Sinnoh. 'Sometimes I wish things had been a bit different.'
Hearing the female Ice-Type say that got Pikachu's attention, noticing the hint of sadness on her face which differed from the disappointment in having barely lost against Dawn and her Piplup in the final round of the Wallace Cup. 'What do you mean?' he asked her, becoming a bit worried for her despite their reunion.
'Think about it, while it was a good idea for May to say she wanted to take on the contests in Johto, part of me wished that she never went through with it… no offence, she is a good Coordinator and all and she did end up gaining the title of Princess of Hoenn but still…'
Tear slowly started to form in Glaceon's eyes, since parting ways with Pikachu not once but twice in a row made her wish she told him how she felt instead of trying to act like something she wasn't because if she did then maybe it would've been enough to convince May to stay with Ash even if it was for a bit longer. 'Glaceon, are you okay?' she heard Pikachu ask her and she glommed onto him with the tears flowing from her eyes.
'Pikachu, I'm so sorry! I know you shouldn't see me like this but I really regret not telling you beforehand…' she spoke, while fate was kind enough to bring her and Pikachu together again, she wished it had been in a better situation than this plus there were things she needed to be briefed on but it'll have to wait until everything was sorted out and the virus was stopped. 'You might think I'm crazy for telling you though, or even worse, you might not feel the same way I do…'
'What exactly are you talking about?' wondered Pikachu, normally he didn't like being pounced on but with how upset Glaceon was over events that could've been different, he'd rather not made her more upset than she already was plus it reminded him of the times Togepi cried whenever she became upset in a way and Misty's former Pokémon daughter was a baby at the time…. Then again, he missed her even after she evolved into Togetic during the confrontation with Colonel Hansen and how she was released into the Togepi Kingdom in Hoenn after his defeat. 'Hey, if you have something to tell me, and then do so please…'
Glaceon looked at Pikachu, there were still tears in her eyes and the Mouse Pokémon saw that they showed pain combined with the regret that filled her entire body and continued to build up inside of her unless she finally got it out of her system. 'I love you okay?' she spoke, finally finding it in her to tell him how she truly felt as if those words had to be said before she lost her second chance.
'Glaceon…' began Pikachu, finding himself flushing at the fact he heard her tell him and it was an entirely new experience to hear d a Pokémon belonging to one of Ash's previous travelling companions feel that way towards him since it's not everyday that a female Pokémon would even develop feelings for him specifically. 'Is this true?'
'Yes, I know it sounds absurd but I'm not just saying it… I really mean it…' said Glaceon as she started lowering her head again, feeling as if he wouldn't show the same feelings and to her surprise, Pikachu had his paw on her chin and raised her head so he can wipe a small tear from her eye and she noticed a smile forming on his face for being willing to tell him then he started holding her close to her. 'Pikachu…'
Pikachu simply hugged her at hearing this as he was unsure what to tell her, but he knew that he cared for her a great deal, after all he was not like Ash when he was younger and knew all too well on the matter of love. But what he did know was he did care for Glaceon and he wanted to make sure that he kept her safe from harm as well. 'Glaceon I love you too.'
Glaceon looked up at Pikachu when he said this to her and she felt so happy to hear it as well as she nuzzled her head into Pikachu. 'I'm so happy to hear that Pikachu.' Pikachu just continued to smile at Glaceon as she looked at Pikachu. 'You know May also loves Ash the way that I love you.'
Pikachu looked at her and nodded she had a feeling that this was true, but knew May was not the only girl to like Ash either. 'Well she's not the only one then it seems, as I know that Dawn and Serena like Ash as does Misty she was just always hiding it from him.'
Glaceon nodded as she knew that this would be hard for Ash to pick which girl he liked but she then knew that there was this virus that was changing humans as well. 'Unless they have all mated together, we still not sure what happens to them, May once changed acted strange.'
Pikachu was still worried by what he had been told but knew that there was not a lot that he could do right now, yet he knew that there was one thing he was going to do and that was to keep Glaceon safe from harm. 'Glaceon we'll work this out okay for now we not only need to make sure we find our friends but keep safe ourselves as we won't be able to help them.'
'Your right Pikachu but we need to wait out till the rain has stopped.' Glaceon said as she looked outside but she knew that she was happy, after all she had told Pikachu how she felt and that made her feel happy.
With a smile Pikachu just held Glaceon close to him as she could tell that she was going to sleep and he was starting to go as well he just hoped that this was all going to be over, plus he knew Glaceon would be asking May to stay with Ash once they found him.
Meanwhile back with Ash and the others Sherry was drying off her fur as she passed the room which May and Serena were sleeping in right now and she was worried for Serena after what Ash had told her. "Best I go see how she is doing."
As she walked into the room she watched as Serena began to wake up and noticed that Sherry had come into the room. "Oh hey Sherry how's it going?" the Fenniken hybrid girl asked with a smile on her face.
"Well I came to check on you since Ash told me what's going on with you." Sherry said as she crossed her arms over her chest looking at Serena.
"Yeah my head is feeling funny," Serena said as she gave a frown at what was going on and knew this was bad but she looked up to Sherry. "I mean I think I'm even starting to like my body as well, but I know it's also wrong."
"I knew this would happen," Sherry said with a sigh as she sat down next to the girl while being careful as not to wake May up as well. "I already told Ash what this means but you don't have that much time left I fear before you end up like May."
Serena looked in shock as she heard this from Sherry and knew that this was not lie and wondered just one thing that was on her mind. "So how long do I have then I mean I have seen what May has been doing, meaning that will be me."
Sherry saw the look Serena had right now and wished that there was something she could do. "I'm sorry Serena but at most you have maybe two weeks before you become May maybe less. Then it will happen to me and Ash."
Serena gave a sigh at this and looked down at the ground and then her transformed hands and the over to Sherry and could smell Ash on her. "I can smell him you know."
Sherry just looked at Serena and tilted her head at what she was saying. "What do you mean Serena?" She asked yet she had a feeling what Serena was talking about as she remembered how Ash was hugging her not that long ago. "She can smell Ash on me."
"I have no idea, yet I can smell his scent on you for some reason," commented Serena with a slight frown on her face though that wasn't something she'd normally do as a regular human being, especially a Pokémon Trainer. "Guess it must be an after effect from becoming a hybrid."
This news made Sherry secretly relieved as she didn't want to cause a wedge between herself and Serena due to them having become friends. "Yeah, still how do you like my place so far?" she asked, hoping to change the subject before the Kalos-born girl got the wrong idea.
"It looks pretty nice, reminds me of my house back home," responded Serena, a bit worried for her mother Grace right now and the possibility of her getting infected by the virus when they least expect it. "I really hope she's alright."
"She'll be fine, the news is alerting everyone in the world to keep protected from the virus as we know it's spreading like wildfire and we don't know the full extent of what it's capable of," explained Sherry with a frown on her own face, even her own parents weren't safe nor were her Pokémon, the former because of the virus and the latter after hearing about the fact the three members of Team Rocket chasing him might try to take them. "Even if she does go out, she'll know to be prepared at the very least."
"I just hope you're right, my mom is a well known Rhyhorn Racer and…"
"Oh, I never knew that fact," began Sherry before Serena could finish her sentence, finding herself smiling a bit at hearing the news from her new friend and in a way, she did look pretty cute like May but felt it's the side-effects of the virus kicking into her own body. "Sounds pretty cool all things considered, I guess you're determined to follow in her footsteps then huh?"
"Well actually, no not really, yes she is an amazing Rhyhorn Racer but in honesty, I'm hoping to follow a dream I wanna achieve," said Serena as she wished to find something she really enjoyed and focus on doing whatever she can to be great at that. "I mean from what I heard, Ash hopes to become the World's Greatest Pokémon Master. I hope he achieves that goal."
Sherry stayed silent; it's understandable there would be those who would want to accomplish a different goal than the one their parent or parents achieved. "I see, thanks for telling me," she spoke, wondering what May's goal was since she never mentioned it to the three at all as of yet. "I'm starting to hope he achieves it too but for now, we need to focus on stopping that virus."
"Oh yeah, I nearly forgotten about that notion…" muttered Serena as she too was worried, not just for her Pokémon and her mother but also for Brock, Clemont and Bonnie, the only three humans in the group who weren't infected by the virus as of yet. "I don't know how things can get any worse…"
"Be glad that you didn't get turned into a Pikachu," came Ash's voice, having come to see how the girls were and glad to see Serena had gotten up from her rest though the moment he brought up the fact he had been turned into a Pikachu made him cringe a bit. "Trust me; it's no picnic having to be a Pokémon for a while."
"Wait, is that true?" asked Serena in surprise, having not noticed Ash until he spoke up and Sherry never could've guessed the raven-haired male had been transformed from a human to a Pokémon with part of her surprised something like that was possible.
"You bet it is; only it wasn't a virus that did it either…" answered Ash while frowning, remembering the day that he, Brock and Misty met the sorceress named Lily during their Johto Journey and how one of her spells transformed him into a Pikachu… though he was glad that the spell wasn't permanent, having become a hybrid more or less was like a repeat of what happened with Lily. "In fact, there was another instance where Brock and Misty were turned into dolls by the Saffron City Gym Leader Sabrina all because of me."
His thoughts soon drifted to when he allowed the doll that Sabrina had which resembled her childhood self transform Brock and Misty into inanimate dolls, something she also did to her own mother prior. "If not for Haunter coming back when I tried to challenge Sabrina a third time then I would've become a doll too" he continued, feeling that the Haunter he befriended with at Lavender Town was in good hands with Sabrina and her family due to making her and Kadabra laugh causing her true self to surface.
"Oh man and I thought being turned into a Hybrid was bad…" began Serena as she and Sherry couldn't help but laugh a bit at the fact Ash was turned into a Pikachu and how Brock and Misty were turned into dolls. Causing Ash to silently sigh, going onto his knees the moment he saw the girls laugh. "Sorry, we didn't mean to make fun of you or anything but it was amusing to hear what you and Brock got turned into."
"Even so, this isn't like those times because so far we haven't returned to normal yet and now we know about what could happen to us if we don't become human again."
Sherry and Serena had to agree, there was a chance the effect could become permanent unlike the transformations Ash, Brock and Misty had gone through during the events at Saffron City and Johto respectively. "I'm not sure what to say at this point, but once the rain stop… we'll see about looking for the others and our Pokémon" recommended the former, wishing there's more she can do to help her new friends right now. "For now, you're both my guests here as is May so you should make yourselves at home."
Ash and Serena both smiled at Sherry as they thanked her once again for what she was doing for them, knowing that it was still a danger for them. "Again thanks Sherry." he said with a smile on his face.
"Hey it's the least I can do." Sherry replied smiling at the two knowing that they were going to still want to look for their friends she just knew that it was not the right time right now for that.
"Well once the storm in over, we need to find the rest of our friends and our Pokémon." Ash began knowing that if any of them were not infected like them, the least that they could do was make sure that they didn't become infected.
Serena nodded at what Ash was saying as she too wanted to find their friends and their Pokémon as she knew hers were in her Pokéballs and was most likely in the same place that she had changed into a hybrid. "Still I can't believe what's happened to us," As she blushed knowing that in a way she was naked right now and right next to Ash. "No I need to keep those thought away from my mind right now."
Serena just shook her head thinking that they would need to be careful which is what Sherry had told her. "That's fine and all but we need to be safe you two." Sherry said as she looked outside the window, already thinking on what they would need to do.
Ash just looked at Sherry and knew that the longer they waited the more danger that they could be in and he was not going to wait till he lost his human mind. "Sherry the longer we wait the harder it will be for us to help our friends, I mean I just don't want to infect them and they become like us is all."
"Besides, we both know the danger Sherry and we can just act like the rest of them long enough to save our human friends," Serena said with a frown on her face not going to be talked out of this no matter what Sherry said. "Look, we know that you're worried for us Sherry I'm worried as well what will happen to me that I will become a wild thing. But this is still something that we need to do for our friends and our Pokémon."
Looking at the two Sherry knew full well that she was not going to talk them out of it and simple gave a sigh, but she knew that they were right she was only worried what would happen if they got caught. "Okay then we'll go but we still need to be careful when we go out there. There is just one thing what should we do with May I mean she has lost her human mind and could be a risk taking her with us."
Both Ash and Serena looked at each other and then down to the sleeping May who was smiling in her sleep as both knew Sherry was right. "Well when she wakes up I'll tell her what she is doing she won't attack me after all as she sees me as her mate after all."
Sherry nodded at this as she looked at the sleeping girl and hoped Serena would be okay with it as she could tell that she liked Ash as well. "But we shall deal with that later." She thought as she knew she was going to need to talk to Serena.
Serena gave a nod while she felt a little jealous at the girl she knew that now was not the time to be thinking like this. "Well, let's just wait then while we make a plan then till the rain stops." she said looking at both Ash and Sherry, as they too nodded.
Meanwhile just outside the Pokémon Center, a group of hybrids were still trying to get inside most were types that didn't mind the rain that much as they all had one goal in mind right now, and that was to get the ones inside.
"We need to get inside I can smell the humans that are inside." A said Pikachu with a growl as he punched the door in anger as he soon looked over to the others that were with him.
"We will and then they will all become like us, but we need to be careful got it." Another hybrid a Beedrill said as he crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the door while thinking.
Many other hybrids of all kinds agreed with this wanting to get in as well as many had family and loved ones inside, the leader of the group however who was a Murkrow hybrid smiled at this looking at the others. "It doesn't matter for we shall get in and they will know that it's better to be like this." He said with a mad like grin on his face.
The others all looked at him and nodded. "You're right Jack O Loonturn but they may have weapons on them right now so we need to be careful when we get inside." A male Vaporeon said with a smirk on his face as he looked away.
What they weren't aware of was the fact they were also being watched by three familiar thieves from Team Rocket. "What you look at that, Jess?" asked James, shocked to see the hybrids outside of the Pokémon Center but were glad their protective suits were doing their job in keeping him and Jessie from being infected while on the outside.
"I know, right?" Jessie replied back, just as shocked as her purple-haired male partner in crime was at the sight of the small group of hybrids and made the two humans along with Meowth a bit worried as it would be insane to try and confront them directly plus they wouldn't make good gifts for their boss since they weren't real Pokémon. "I'm not sure if Wobbufett, Pumpkaboo and Inkay would even last three seconds against them."
"You're telling me, besides we always had trouble with the twerps ever since we started following them after we've lost to that Pikachu."
"All the more to wait till the right moment before making our own move," suggested Meowth, more so as he hoped that luck will be on their side this time after all the past failures all leading up to this and were surprised they hadn't seen their rivals Butch and Cassidy anywhere after their last encounter with them back at Sinnoh. "Provided Butch and Cassidy don't show up to ruin our day."
"You don't remind me!" snapped Jessie, not wanting to think about her or James' rivals even if they were fellow Team Rocket members and yet, the trio kept their distance in order to avoid being spotted by even one of the hybrids. "Just once, I'd like to make Cassidy eat her words about us!"
"That's right and don't forget Bitch as well!" added James, purposely referring to Butch by the wrong name and knew that the green-haired Rocket member wouldn't be able to hear them from all the way in Kanto. "Now that I think of it, we haven't seen the twerp, that new twerp girl or Pikachu at all lately."
"Well they couldn't have gone too far, but if those two were infected with the virus then there would be some serious trouble especially as we didn't already have enough to worry about whenever a plan of ours goes wrong just when we think we're in the clear," remarked Jessie with a scowl on her face, they didn't want to take any chances so they decided to hide the Meowth-Head Balloon somewhere and went to the Pokémon Center by foot.
"And if any of the hybrids do happen to find us, I got a fool-proof plan to keep them from getting any closer," said Meowth, referring to one of their classic plans… the pitfall being in different parts of their location should they be spotted and targeted by the group outside the Pokémon Center. "Boy will they be in for a real surprise."
"You know something, I've been thinking…" began James, getting the attention of Jessie and Meowth the moment he started to speak up as it's not that he had anything against the constant use of the pitfalls in almost every plan, there seemed to be a flaw that eventually screws them over in the end regardless of its success. "No offence, but isn't the pitfall thing starting to get to the point where it's… you know, been there, done that? Sure it worked with the twerps but even then…"
"Well right now, there isn't really much we can do because we're already on a tight budget as it is!" scowled Jessie, referring to the fact they end up spending all their money as quick as they got it and thus, they needed to do something… even if it meant using the exact same plan over again, as redundant as it sounded. "Plus don't think I've forgotten that you used the advance on my salary to buy that stupid Magikarp on the St. Anne and because you kicked that Magikarp off the raft the three of us and the twerps were on, causing it to evolve into Gyarados, when we finally caught that salesman in Johto, we couldn't get my money back as a result of your stupidity!" Jessie fumed knowing that she may be killed or turned and then she would never get any of her money back if she became a hybrid.
"Jessie has a good point there, James!" added Meowth, just as pissed at James as his female partner in crime was and the fact it was a blessing in not seeing the Magikarp Salesman in Unova, the Decolore Islands or Kalos after the last time they crossed paths with him at Sinnoh still didn't change the fact it added to some of their problems. "It would have been better off if you never met that guy on the ship as it nearly got us killed, even if I had eight more lives to spare!"
James wasn't exactly thrilled to hear them bringing up that fact and wanted to make a counter response. "Oh, I nearly got us killed did I?" he asked with a darkened glare at his two partners in crime for reminding him about the Magikarp Salesman and the events leading to what they've brought up. "Well, who were the ones who made me say goodbye to my Victreebel in Johto?! Yes he tried to eat me almost every single time following my reunion with him at the Breeding Center Butch and Cassidy ran but nevertheless!"
"And yet the Weepinbell we got from the Salesman in Johto in exchange for your Victreebel eventually became a Victreebel which tried to eat me and I had Arbok get rid of it not long afterwards!" snapped Jessie, a vein slowly starting to form on her forehead in sheer anger and she felt herself tightening her hand into a fight at the moment Victreebel was brought up. "Need I also remind you that you chasing that Magikarp Salesman beforehand cost me my Lickitung and got me Wobbufett! So I'd say that would make us even!"
"Not really, because you still have Wobbuffett and especially despite leaving him in Team Rocket HQ before we went to Unova!" James started gritting his teeth in his own anger, causing him to have his face up to Jessie's, a sign the two members of Team Rocket were about ready to get into a heated fight fairly soon. "In fact, after we gave Woobat, Frillish, Yamask and Amoongus to the boss since we failed to acquire any new Pokémon for him before heading to Kalos, you decided to bring Wobbuffett with us. Me, I lost not one Victreebel but two!"
"Wobbuffett!"
Meowth decided not to say anything even after Wobbuffett popped out of his Pokéball, more so as it was never a good idea to piss off Jessie but at least she didn't lose a huge chunk of her hair this time…. or at least, not yet. "Why do I have a bad feeling this is not going to end well?" he asked himself, knowing he and Wobbuffett best not stick around to see what's going to happen next due to James' big mouth. "Look we need to stop fighting and stay together we're all stressed after all since we have not had that much sleep."
Both Jessie and James nodded as they knew that Meowth was right they were tired and in need of some much needed rest right now. "Fine but I say we just leave getting Pikachu is not worth this much trouble." James said closing his eyes and going to sleep as both Jessie and Meowth did the same.
Meanwhile Ash was sitting down next to May who had woken up from her sleep as she was confused at what was going on. "Ash why are you all here?" She asked seeing Serena and Sherry to unknown girls she still didn't know that much about, but she would not attack them as Ash seemed to care for the two.
"Well May we are going to see if we can find our friends and our Pokémon." Ash said with a smile knowing that a part of her must still be worried for them.
May on the however just gave a smile. "Oh that's good Ash then they can become like us." She answered with a smile on her face at the thought of her friends becoming just she and Ash. May even took hold of Ash's hands into her own as she looked at him.
The three in the room looked at her with a worried look as Sherry knew that May was thinking like many others that had been infected, but was best that she didn't say anything right now as she didn't know her like Ash did.
"May don't worry we shall find a cure then you will be back to being human once again." Ash said with a smile on his face knowing that someone must be working on one at least that was what he hopped for right now.
Hearing this May tilted her head at this looking at him. "But why…?" She began to ask not sure why Ash and the other two girls had such a problem with this. "Why do the three of you have such a problem being like this, it feels so good and feels free as well to be like this I wish you could all understand." May giggled as she rubbed her brown fur.
While all Ash, Serena and Sherry could do was look at her as she did this with a worried look as they knew that her human mind was now long gone, and Serena was the most worried as she knew that this would happen to her. "This is getting bad…" Sherry thought with a sad frown as she looked at May. "She is starting to lose herself even more."
Ash just looked at May and knew this was bad and he wished that there was something that he could do to help her and what was going on with her as well, but he soon remembered what Sherry had told him about the virus and what it was doing to Serena as well. "May, I wish this didn't happen to you." he thought as he looked to Serena, and saw that she was worried as well for May.
"Oh man, this is getting worse than we thought," Serena whispered to Ash and Sherry, wanting to make sure May doesn't hear them because it seemed the brunette from Hoenn was starting to become more and more into her new form as a hybrid. "I wonder what we can do?"
"Not sure right now, however we can't just leave her behind," added Sherry in a silent tone, just as concerned herself and the fact there was a risk of being attacked whether it be by May or by any opposing hybrids they'd come across. "Even when the rain stops, we're going to have to take her along so she wouldn't infect anyone else."
"Sherry's right, besides I knew her longer than the two of you so it's for the best we don't risk anyone either attacking her or becoming infected," Ash replied in a silent tone himself, wishing there's a chance he could keep May from completely losing her humanity long enough to get her and themselves back to normal. "I should never have allowed her to leave to Johto…"
"Huh?" wondered Serena as she and Sherry had their expressions change to surprise the moment he even brought that up but the latter didn't blame him for feeling that way due to having travelled with May before. "What do you mean?"
"I mean had I brought her to Sinnoh rather than allowing her to participate in Pokémon Contests at Johto then maybe she wouldn't have become like this," explained Ash, feeling completely responsible for the virus turning May into the hybrid she was now and that the longer she stayed like this, the chances of the damage being unfixable increased dramatically. "Yes, Brock and I saw May again during the Wallace Cup in Sinnoh but again, I had a chance to keep her from leaving and I never took it… like a complete moron."
"We're all human, couldn't have known something like this would happen Ash nor did you know she would come here to relax so don't blame yourself for this," reassured Sherry, not liking the idea of Ash beating himself up for not knowing that May would eventually become a victim to the virus that infected them and had been succumbing more than they did. "I mean, the only God I know is Arceus and I highly doubt he'd ever make you do things you didn't want to do."
Feeling Sherry's hand on his shoulder, it did help him feel a little better though he's still worried about May since it was in a way his fault for not keeping it from happening. "She made a good point, I mean May would have been infected anyway even if she was with you," came Serena's voice, though she wondered more about Ash's connection with the brunette due to him mentioning how he knew her longer. "Plus, how do you think Pikachu would feel if he saw you like this?"
"You had to bring that up…" said Ash, also worried for his buddy since the male Electric-Type would be able to handle himself though not sure how long before eventually he succumbed in a battle without proper treatment… especially if he was to be seriously hurt in battle without Ash there to keep him safe.
"Plus your friends Misty and Dawn are safe at least Ash." Sherry said with a smile as Ash told her about them both and wished she could meet them at least as a human.
Ash nodded and knew that it was the same with his mother as well he just hopped that this was as far as it got and that no one else would die and be infected by this thing, but he did look at Serena and he held her hand and rubbed her fur and looked into her eyes. "Serena look I know you're worried as well but we shall save you and May," Ash began and looked at to Sherry. "You to Sherry we will find a cure for everyone."
Both Sherry and Serena looked at Ash and smiled at him knowing that he was worried, not just for them but everyone he cared for and what would happen to them as well. "Don't worry Ash we'll fix this I know we can." Serena said with a smile on her face as she moved closer to Ash and hugged him knowing that he needed it right now.
Sherry nodded at what Serena was saying and smiled at the two. "She's right, and even if we fail I have a feeling that we may be together." Sherry thought as she moved over to them and she hugged them as well.
Watching the hug was May as she smiled at them she was not sure why they wanted to become human again but she would wait for soon they would know, they would know that it was better this way and she knew they would thank her. "Then Ash will be my mate, as will the girls as well." May thought with a smile on her face hoping Ash would see it soon.
A/N well another chapter has come to an end and I hope that you all liked it as it shows more interactions with Ash and the girls and I know not many others have been shown but I do want to make it slow and build it up so he gets to know Sherry first the others that you have asked will show up as for
Jack O Loonturn is the creation of my friend Luckenhaft.
As you can see May has lost who she is and likes what she has become as well, this will start to happen to Serena, Sherry and later Ash as well but the three shall be keeping their human minds for at least a while now Dawn will be showing up soon as well I was going to have it in this chapter but I had a lot to cover and Ash and Sherry moments as well, as they are getting closer, so that is all I can say right now so till next chapter please leave a review to let me know what you all think of the chapter.