Sorry about the long update period but I've just started a new job and I don't get as much time to write as I'd like.
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Here's Chapter 4 Enjoy.
Chapter 4
Rock and Rollout
Waking early the next morning Ash saw it was 5:30 so he decided to get his morning exercises out of the way before anyone else woke up, he saw that Pikachu was still sleeping and decided to let his partner get more rest. He quickly got washed and changed before quietly leaving the house and jogging into the city. As he made his jogged along Ash thought about which Pokémon he should use for his gym battle I could go for type advantage but Brock probably has a strategy for that, I could repeat history and use Pikachu but I don't think he'll want to fight Brock. What am I going to do? He also thought about what Brock had said last night, how he had felt different after what had happened, like a part of him was missing, even though he didn't know his memories were blocked and how he felt complete now. Ash had felt the same and now wondered if Misty felt like that as well. Shaking those thought from his mind Ash continued his jog returning his thought to the gym battle, once he reached the Pokémon Centre he turned round and jogged back towards Brock's house.
When he was close to the gym, Ash turned and jogged into the nearby woods. He found a small clearing to begin his other exercises, the jog was his way of stretching before he started doing press-ups. After 20 minutes he stood up and walked to a tree at the edge of the clearing, he then grabbed hold of a branch and started doing chin-ups. Ash proceeded through his work-out routine for the next couple of hours as he was still deciding how to battle Brock. Ash was lost in thought as time passed quickly while he trained. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice a hooded figure watching him through the trees. Eventually the figure moved into the clearing, seeing this movement Ash quickly dropped into a defensive stance ready to defend himself.
I mean you no harm. The figure said. I only wish to talk.
"Who are you?" Ash asked staring at the figure, who wore a full body cloak with a hood hiding their face. Ash knew that something wasn't right as he could hear the figures voice in his head, as if the person couldn't talk with their mouth.
We have met before. The figure said as he removed his hood. Ash then noticed that the figure was floating slightly above the ground and his hand only had three short round fingers. Ash relaxed his stance when he saw the figures face. The figure had purple eyes and his skin was a pale purple. He had two horn like protrusions on the top of his head.
"It's been a while hasn't it Mewtwo. How have you been?" Ash asked.
I have been well. I've travelled the world trying to find a place in it for me. Mewtwo answered.
"Have you found one?"
I'm still looking Mewtwo said sadly But I have a reason for talking to you now.
"What's that?"
I know that you remember our first meeting and that you have given your friend his memories back. Are you going to do the same with your other friend?
"If she wants me to then I will. How did you know I remembered?"
It was my psychic powers that blocked your memories, when you removed the block I sensed it. I am curious though how did you remove the block?
"I have the ability to use Aura and underwent training so I could use it. During that training I had to meditate and learn to use Aura instinctively, while I was meditating I felt a barrier in my mind, I used my Aura to break the barrier down and the memories of New Island flooded back to me. I remembered that you blocked our memories to protect yourself and that when we met again at Mt Quena you mentioned something about knowing me already."
Mewtwo looked at Ash and smiled slightly.
You have changed greatly yet you are still the same person I met all those years ago. The reason that I have come to talk to you now is that I wish to try and make amends. On New Island you died to stop the fighting, I was my power that killed you, for that I am eternally sorry, I know I have no right to ask for forgiveness and that you are under no obligation to give it I should have given you your memories back after the events at Mt Quena, as you proved that you would do all in your power to protect Pokémon on matter their origins. Mewtwo reached inside his cloak and pulled out a Pokéball This is a small offering in relation to what transpired that day but I hope that it will go some way to earning absolution. Mewtwo gave Ash the Pokéball. Mewtwo continued solemnly Inside is a dear friend and I told her what I planned to do and she has agreed. Take good care of her and she will prove to be a grand addition to your team. The two of you have met before but only briefly and she was impressed by your attitude towards Pokémon and how you battled. I have already registered her as one of your Pokémon on your trainer profile.
Ash looked at the Pokéball in his hand then turned his gaze to Mewtwo. "Mewtwo I made my choice that day and if I had to I would do it again. There's no need to you to seek forgiveness as I don't blame you for what happened. You don't need to give me anything there's only one thing I can ask you for and that is your friendship." Ash offered the Pokéball back to Mewtwo.
The Psychic type chuckled softly shaking his head I have not met many humans but I wish that they were all like you. Keep the Pokéball she will be happier with you then she would with me. Now tell me what do I need to give for this friendsh… Mewtwo stopped and quickly turned to look into the trees Someone is coming. They are looking for you. Mewtwo floated to stand between Ash and the trees I will take care of them. His body became enveloped by the blue light of his psychic powers as he formed a Shadow Ball between his hands. Ash used his Aura to try and find out who was coming towards them, Ash reached out with it and recognised the life force of the approaching person.
"Mewtwo stop its okay. It's a friend."
Mewtwo dissolved his attack and moved to the side but remained ready to fight if he needed to.
From the tree line came a small yellow mouse with a lightning bolt like tail. Pikachu saw his trainer and ran to him but quickly stopped when he saw Mewtwo. Following behind Pikachu was May and as she entered the clearing she stopped when she saw Mewtwo, May slowly reached for a Pokéball but Mewtwo saw the movement and levitated her into the air.
"Mewtwo put May down I told you she's a friend." Mewtwo looked at Ash before nodding and lower May back to the ground.
"Ash what's going on? Is that one of your new Pokémon?" May asked worry evident in her voice.
"No May. This is Mewtwo, he's an old friend." Ash replied. "We met during my journey in Kanto." Ash turned to the Psychic type. "Mewtwo this is May. She's one of my best friends, we met when I when to Hoenn."
May walked into the middle of the clearing and stood next to Ash. "Nice to meet you Mewtwo."
It is nice to meet you too.
May jumped upon hearing Mewtwo speak. "Y-You can talk."
Yes I can.
"How did you two meet?" May said after composing herself. Ash looked at Mewtwo to see I he should tell May the truth. Mewtwo nodded his head thinking to himself If he trusts this girl then she can be trusted to keep my secret, like his other friends have for the last ten years..
"May let's sit down this story might take a while." May nodded and sat on the ground with Ash next to her. Ash then told May the truth behind Mewtwo's origins and his meeting with the Psychic type. When May heard how Ash, Brock and Misty braved the storm and found that they had been invited to New Island by Mewtwo only to have their Pokémon taken from them she gasped and glared at Mewtwo. Seeing the look on her face Mewtwo looked away from the pair with a shameful look on his face. May started crying when Ash told her how the pokemon started fighting tooth and claw, he had to stop and comfort her when he said that he had died trying to stop the fighting. Ash continued the story when May had stopped crying and told how the tears of the Pokémon had brought him back to life. May was amazed to hear that the tears of Pokémon had the power to bring people back to life, even after all of the things she had seen during her adventures with Ash. Ash also told May about how Mewtwo had moved himself and the cloned Pokémon to Mt Quena, how he met them again whilst he travelled through Johto and helping Mewtwo and the clones battle against Team Rocket.
Ash and his friends saved my life twice, first he showed me that all humans are not the evil I thought they were and he stopped my path of destruction and vengeance. The second was at Mt Quena as he has just told you, he risked his life again to save myself and my fellow clones without his memory of ever meeting us before. After the battle I allowed Ash and his travelling companions at the time to retain their memories of what happened that day and erased it from the minds of Team Rocket. He is truly the best human I have met and shortly before you arrived, my first human friend.
May looked at Mewtwo and slowly approached him before stopping in front of him. She smiled, looking him in the eyes as she raised her hand offering it to the psychic type saying "Well then let me be your second human friend." Ash smiled hearing May say this and seeing the shocked look on Mewtwo's face. Mewtwo lifted his own hand and took May's shaking it.
I would like that.
"May why did you come looking for me?" Ash asked.
"Oh yeah. Brock asked me to tell you that it was time for breakfast and straight after you can have your Gym battle."
"That's great but isn't it a little early for breakfast and a gym battle?"
"Ash it's 9:30. How long have you been out here?"
"Well I left the house at 5:30 and jogged into town then came to this clearing to exercise. I didn't think that I'd been here that long. Mewtwo do you want to come and see my gym battle?"
Thank you for the offer but I must decline. I only came to talk to you and try to make amends. I leave you now and wish you luck in your battle. As Mewtwo started to float higher into the air he stopped and turned to look at Ash. Be careful on your journey, as you know there are many dangers in this world I have a feeling of foreboding. I know that there is a tendency for you to become involved in these matters.Ash laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head.Goodbye and good luck my friend.
Mewtwo continued to float higher into the sky before flying west and disappearing from sight.
Ash and May sat in silence staring at the sky after Mewtwo had gone before being interrupted by a deep groaning noise. Ash dropped his head and put his arm across his stomach.
"Heh guess I'm hungry." He said sheepishly while May giggled until her stomach groaned as well.
"Guess I'm hungry too." May said blushing. As they stood up May noticed the Pokéball in Ash's hands. "Ash where did you get that Pokéball?"
Ash looked at it, he'd forgotten about it while he told May about his history with Mewtwo. "Mewtwo gave it to me. I don't know what type of Pokémon is in here but I'm going to find out in the Gym battle."
"You're going to use an unknown Pokémon that you've only just got against Brock, a gym leader who has travelled with you for most of your journey and knows your battling style. ARE YOU INSANE?" May exclaimed.
"Calm down May." Ash said cowering slightly. "I know what I'm going to do is stupid and even though I don't know what Pokémon is in this ball I still believe that I can win the battle with her help." May stood looking at Ash in awe of the passion he had spoken with until her stomach groaned again.
"Let's go and have some breakfast." Ash said shrinking the Pokéball and putting it in his pocket as they walked back to the house. They walked in silence and didn't realise that their shoulders kept rubbing and their hands linked up.
When they got back to the house and walked into the kitchen Brock was stood flipping pancakes whilst checking on the bacon and eggs. Lucy was sitting at the table reading a newspaper the headline saying U.F.O.? with a picture underneath that looked suspiciously like Team Rocket blasting off. Ash saw this and chuckle slightly drawing Brock and Lucy's attention.
"There you are Ash. When you weren't in your room we were worried. Where did you go?" Brock asked.
"Sorry to worry you. I just went out to exercise and lost track of time." Ash replied.
"Since when do you get up early and exercise? You never did that when we travelled together Pikachu used to have to wake you up."
"While I was away I wanted to get as much training in as possible so I started to get up earlier and I started sparring with my fighting type Pokémon, to keep up with them I needed to get stronger and faster so when they were training I trained with them."
"It's true." May said "When we were in Viridian Forest I woke up and saw Ash exercising." She blushed slightly at the memory of Ash topless. Ash and Brock didn't see her blush but Lucy did and made a note to ask her about it later. "Ash was doing some press-ups then started to do them whilst doing a handstand. He managed to do a couple before I distracted him by clapping, then he fell on his head." May finished laughing at the memory.
Brock raised his eyebrows at how much his friend had changed. "That's impressive until you fell on your head Ash." Everyone laughed at that and Ash told them about the exercise routine he had created over the past three years that let him spar with his Pokémon and kept him in peak condition. Brock nodded knowing that by sparring with your Pokémon was one of the best ways to train them, it was extremely hard to do but worth the effort. "It must be hard to keep in that sort of shape. Just how fit are you now?"
"It is hard work but the results are worth it. If I wanted to I could probably run most of the way back to Pallet Town before needing to take a break." Ash explained earning amazed looks from his friends.
Both May and Lucy thought That's not the only result of his training as they could see the shape that Ash was in, muscular but not too the extreme and toned to perfection.
When Brock had finished cooking breakfast they all sat down to eat and saw that even though Ash had changed a lot while he had been away he'd kept his appetite, and it had grown as much as he had because he shovelling food into his mouth like he hadn't eaten in months. May was also eating a lot of food but not to the extent that Ash was, while Pikachu sat next to Ash drinking happily from a ketchup bottle.
"This is great Brock! You should try Ash's cooking it's as good as yours." May said between mouthfuls. Brock nearly choked on his breakfast and Lucy had to pat him on the back.
"Ash can cook?!" Brock said, sounding shocked, after he recovered turning his gaze to his friend. "Since when can you learn to cook? Can I try it? I want to know how good your cooking really is."
"When I was travelling on my own I knew that I would have to learn to cook so before I left home I asked my mom to teach me. It's not as good as yours Brock I told May that but she wouldn't believe me." Ash said "If you want I'll cook lunch after the gym battle but it won't be as good as your cooking."
"I'll take you up on that offer Ash and I'm sure your cooking will be great."
"If you say so Brock."
They continued eating their breakfast making small talk and reminiscing about old adventures. Once they were finished Ash helped Brock clear the plates and listened to the others talking but didn't join in as he was trying to work out what Pokémon could possibly be in the Pokéball Mewtwo had given him. He said it was a female Pokémon that I've met before and has seen me battle. This Pokémon has been with Mewtwo for along time as well. Who could it be? The Pokémon that Mewtwo had with him the first time were all clones. He wouldn't give me one of the clones, would he?
"Ash…ASH! Are you listening to me?" May asked snapping Ash out of his thoughts.
"Sorry May I was trying to figure something out." Ash said "What did you say?"
"I asked if you were excited about your Gym battle?"
"Yeah I am. Brock you'd better watch out I've got a few new tricks up my sleeve and I've perfected some of my old ones." Ash said looking at one of his oldest friends.
"You're not the only one who has come up with some tricks over the past couple of years." Brock replied.
"What were you trying to figure out that had you so distracted Ash?" Asked Lucy.
Ash had been hoping that no one would ask him that, thinking quickly he said "Nothing important."
"If you were that distracted by it that you didn't hear May shouting it must have been important. So what was it?" Lucy said pushing the issue.
Ash's mind whirled trying to think up anything that he could say to stop Lucy's questions, just when he was about to say he was thinking about what to make for lunch, It's a stupid answer but I need to say something. He thought but before he could open his mouth May interrupted saying "He was just thinking about where he was taking me for dinner tonight." Everyone's head snapped round to look at May, a slight blush across her cheeks, their mouths hanging open. "Before the final yesterday we made a bet if Ash won I had to set up camp for the next two weeks and if I won Ash had to take me on a date to celebrate the win and to keep people believing that we're a couple." She lied as she assumed that Ash had been thinking about the Pokéball that Mewtwo had given him and he'd frozen up not knowing what to say. What did I say that for? I could have said he was thinking about the gym battle. May thought to herself. Just when May thought she would die of shame she heard Ash's voice.
"That's right, I didn't want to say anything because I wanted to surprise May." This time everyone turned to look at Ash. May's heart did a little somersault when she heard Ash agree to her idea I can't believe he agreed to take me out on a date but it's not fair I made it his only way to avoid Lucy's questions. I'll tell Ash he doesn't need to take me out. She thought sadly.
"How come you're taking May out on a date? You both won the contest." Lucy asked.
"I only entered the contest for a bit of fun. May entered to win it and she did, it might have been a draw but she still won so I'm taking her out to celebrate." Ash answered earning a surprised look from May, at how quickly Ash thought of an answer.
"I'm going to set up camp for a week because of the draw." May said.
"You don't have to that May." Ash said back.
"It's only fair after all we both won the contest."
Lucy and Brock watched the back and forth between their friends before Lucy spoke up saying "Are you two sweet. You really are a cute couple." Ash and May blushed and looked away from each other in embarrassment while Brock smiled and Lucy giggled.
"Hey Brock, Where's Croagunk?" Ash asked changing the subject. A smirk formed on Brock's face and Lucy started to laugh. Ash and May looked at each other in confusion.
"Croagunk has taken to following Forrest, now that I've found love." Brock said looking at Lucy, who blushed and kissed Brock on the cheek. "Forrest has taken after me slightly when it comes to talking to beautiful women and Croagunk…Well he's being Croagunk." Everyone laughed at Forrest's predicament.
When they stopped laughing Brock looked at Ash and said "We'll have the Gym battle in a few hours I've got to go and run a few errands."
"That's okay Brock I need to get a couple of Pokémon transferred from Professor Oak's Lab for the battle anyway. I need to call my mom as well to let her know how we're doing, I did promise to call her a lot."
After the breakfast dishes had been cleaned and put back in the cupboards Ash went to have a shower, get changed into his travelling clothes and collect his egg. While Brock, Lucy and May waited for him they talked about which Pokémon Ash might use for the Gym battle, May knew that he was going to use the Pokémon that Mewtwo had given him but didn't say anything about it. When Ash was ready he put his egg in his bag and the group walked into the centre of Pewter City they then split up Brock and Lucy went to do their errands, May went looking for the clothes shops and Ash went to the Pokémon Centre to change his Pokémon after which he was going to find May and go shopping with her. Why do I always fall of puppy dog eyes? How much power do they have? I bet that if May used them and asked me to give her Pikachu I would. Ash thought before brushing that idea away. Nothing would make me give up Pikachu he's my best friend…. No he's more than that he's like my brother. I know that we started out badly but after so long nothing can separate us we'll be together for ever. Ash looked at Pikachu, who sat on his shoulder, and said to him "Pikachu, we're more than friends aren't we?"
"Pika" replied the electric type happily.
"Pikachu, what would you think if I said that we were more like brothers?
Pikachu looked at Ash for a few seconds before jumping from his shoulder into his arms hugging his trainer tightly while squeaking in happiness, Pikachu had seen Ash as his brother for years but to hear Ash say it out loud made him happier than he had ever been before.
"I'll take that as a yes shall I?" Ash chuckled as he held Pikachu in his arms. When they arrived at the Pokémon Centre Ash asked Nurse Joy to check the egg and walked over to the Vid-Phones to call Professor Oak but first decided to call his mother. He dialled the number and waited for a minute for his mom to answer the phone.
"Hello?" Said Delia when she appeared on the screen. "Oh Ash It's so good to see you how is your journey going? How's May?"
"Hi mom. We got to Pewter City yesterday and there was a contest so both of us competed in it and we drew. May's doing great she's just gone to look in some clothes shops. I'm going to battle Brock for my Gym Badge in a few hours. I going to ask Professor Oak to send me a couple of my other Pokémon there's a technique I've been wanting to try out in a battle to see if it works, it worked in training but a proper trainer battle is different." Ash then proceeded to tell her what had happened whilst he and May travelled between Viridian City and Pewter City, leaving out Mewtwo and dialling down the threat from Team Rocket as she would worry.
"I'm sure that your technique will work brilliantly dear. Do try and keep each other safe you know I don't like it when you get into trouble. Oh before I forget Professor Oak called earlier this morning he wanted to know if I had talked to you today. He really wants to know what happened this morning, something about a Pokémon that you caught. I'll let you go now so that you can call him. Give May my love and remember to change your underwear everyday. I love you Ash."
"I love you to mom. I'll tell May and there's no need to remind me about that I do it anyway." Ash said blushing slightly in case someone had overheard her. "Bye Mom"
"Bye Ashy and good luck to both of you on your journey." His mother said hanging up.
Ash sat there for a few minutes before calling Professor Oak.
"Hi Professor, can you send me some of my Pokémon please?"
"Ash how were you able to catch a D..." Oak started to say before Ash interrupted not wanting to know what the Pokémon Mewtwo gave him was yet.
"It's a long story Professor I'll tell you about it one day." Hopefully he'll forget so I don't have to tell him about it. Ash thought.
"I'll hold you to that Ash. Now tell me which Pokémon you need.
May walked through the shops looking in all the windows searching for more clothes shops. She had already bought a new skirt and a dress she could wear for a contest if she needed to. May was still thinking about how to tell Ash that he didn't need to take her out for dinner I'll tell him when he's finished at the Pokémon Centre she thought whilst staring in the shop windows. It would take roughly half an hour for Ash to finish in the Pokémon Centre and find her so May decided to stop and get a drink, when she walked into a nearby café and ordered an ice tea. She sat at a table and was waiting for her ice tea when she heard a voice that she really didn't want to hear.
"May how nice to see you here. Congratulations on your win." The voice said. May sighed in defeat knowing that Ash wasn't around to help her.
"Thanks Drew but I didn't win I tied with Ash and if the battle had been a bit longer I'm sure that Ash's Gardevoir would have gotten back up and he'd have won. I'm lucky that I managed to last that long in the battle." May replied trying to be polite, even though she really didn't want to talk to him. "What are you doing here?"
"I just stopped in here to get a drink and saw you sitting here and thought I'd join you." Drew said pulling out a chair and taking a seat. "Here this is for you." He continued as he held a red rose out for her.
"Thanks but no thanks. I've got a BOYFRIEND now so I won't be taking roses from you anymore sorry." May said putting emphasis on the word boyfriend. Drew's face darkened slightly when May said that but then he brighten his smile and tried to charm May once more.
"Now May someone as beautiful and intelligent as you only deserve the best, so why do you insist on being around that simple trainer when you could travel with me again and learn how to be a true Co-ordinator."
May didn't like the way Drew referred to Ash. "Now listen here Drew." She said her anger boiling inside her. "Firstly Ash isn't a simple trainer he proved that yesterday by beating you easily during the contest, secondly other the last few years when ever we've battle I'm the one that has gone through to the next round not you and lastly I already am a true Co-ordinator, I've got my own unique battling style, I've placed high in all the Grand Festivals for the past four years. Now please leave me alone."
Drew was taken aback slightly by the anger in May's voice and decided to take a different tactic. Drew saw that May's voice had gotten the attention of nearly everyone in the café. He got out of his chair and turned to leave when he stopped and looked over his shoulder at May.
"Did Ash tell you what happened between us before his appeal? Did he tell you that he attacked me?" Drew said before flicking his hair and walking out leaving May in shock.
Ash attacked Drew? No that can't be right Ash would never attack anyone he's too sweet and gentle Drew must be lying. I'll ask Ash when I see him. May thought as the waitress placed her ice tea on the table. May thanked her and became lost in her thoughts.
Ash collected his Pokéballs from the transfer machine and clipped them to his belt. As he walked back to the main desk to collect the Pokémon egg he turned to look at Pikachu.
"Do you think I made the right choice bringing him for the Gym battle? I've only had him for a few months and I don't have much experience with him."
"Pika Chu Pikapi." Squeaked Pikachu.
"Yeah your right Pikachu we'll do are best and that all we can do. I can't wait for the battle now Brock needs to watch out doesn't he?"
"Pi Pika Chu Kachu." Pikachu sweatdropped at how his trainer could change from worried to over confident in seconds.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Pika ChuPi"
"I guess your right I need to be careful Brock knows how I battle." Ash said. Nurse Joy looked up from her computer when Ash stopped in front of the desk.
"How can I help you today?" She asked.
"Hi Nurse Joy I left an egg with Chansey a few minutes ago. Can you tell me how it is?"
"Of course I can just bear with me a minute and I get your egg for you." Nurse Joy walked through a door and a minute later she came back out carrying the egg. "Here's your egg, everything is fine and it should hatch in a couple of days. Would you like any advice on how to look after a Pokémon egg or would you like to know what Pokémon is inside the egg?"
"No thank you Nurse Joy I've had a couple of Pokémon eggs in the past and I want the type of Pokémon to be a surprise, I'll be happy no matter what Pokémon it is."
"That's a nice thing to hear from a Pokémon trainer, there have been a few trainers that came here with Pokémon eggs and when they've been told which Pokémon is inside the egg they've left it behind." Nurse Joy said barely holding her anger back as she spoke. Ash then had an idea he was about to ask Pikachu what he thought about it, as Ash turned to his best friend Pikachu nodded his head Wow he thought Pikachu already knows what my idea is. I shouldn't be surprised about it, we've been together so long that we know what the other is thinking.
"Nurse Joy do you have any abandoned egg at the minute?" He asked
"As a matter of fact there is one here. Why do you ask?"
"Would I be able to give it to a friend of mine? I'd be willing to pay for it if I need to, it's just that my friend loves Pokémon nearly as much as I do and I know that she'd look after the Pokémon no matter what."
"That's an incredibly generous thing for you to do. There's no need for you to pay for the egg, I would have had to release the Pokémon a few weeks after I had hatched. I would like you to do one thing for me though, could you contact me every now and again just to let me know how the Pokémon is getting on?" she asked.
"Not a problem but are you sure that I can just take the egg?"
"Of course you can. I'll get it for you now." Nurse Joy turned and walked through the door again before coming back carrying an egg. Most of the egg was a pale yellow while the top and a stripe down the side were black with a single yellow spot on the stripe.
"Would you like to know what Pokémon will hatch from this egg?" Nurse Joy asked.
"No thanks you I want it to be a surprise. Thank you for doing this Nurse Joy is there any way I can repay you for doing this?"
"It's nice of you to offer but as I said before just let me know how the Pokémon is doing every so often."
"Okay if you're sure." Ash said taking the egg from Nurse Joy "Do you have a bag I can put it in? I don't want May to see it yet."
"I'll just get one for you now." She said reaching under the desk. "Is there a reason you want to surprise your girlfriend?"
"There's no reas… Wait May's not my girlfriend we're just friends travelling together." Ash said turning red. "And there's no reason, this Pokémon need a home and I know that May will take good care of it." Ash said taking the bag and placing the egg inside. "Thank you again for everything Nurse Joy. Goodbye"
"It's not a problem. Goodbye and good luck on your journey."
Ash left the Pokémon Centre holding his egg in his arms with the other in a bag. I need to find May now. I wonder where she is? He thought.
May had finished her ice tea and shopped a bit more when she decided to make her way to the Pokémon Centre to meet up with Ash with Drew's words still circling in her head. 'He attacked me. He attacked me. He attacked me.' The same words repeating over and over again.
"No" May said out loud "Ash wouldn't attack Drew unless there was a reason to, Ash is the gentlest person I know. If he did Drew must have said something to him to make him lash out." As she walked towards her destination May wasn't completely focusing on where she was going and ended up walking into somebody, while she didn't fall down the collision did make May drop her shopping bags.
"Oh I'm so sorry I didn't mean to walk into you. I was thinking about something so I wasn't looking where I was going. Are you okay?" She asked as she bent down to collect her bags.
"I'm fine are you okay May?"
"Yes I'm okay….Wait how do you know my name?"
"Well I have known you for nearly ten years and we are travelling together now." May looked at the person she had walked into and saw that it was Ash. "So what were you thinking about?"
"Well…" May said looking down at her bags "I stopped to get a drink and ran into Drew." Ash's face darkened slightly "I eventually got him to leave but as he left he said that you attacked him. His voice has been going round and round in my head since. I know that you wouldn't attack him so can you tell me that and I can get rid of his voice." May said.
"May the truth is that I did attack him." A look of shock covered May's face "But it was in self-defence. He threw the first punch I dodge it grabbed his wrist, held his arm behind his back and told him to leave you alone." Ash explained. The shocked look on May's face vanished as she once again dropped her bags and threw her arms around Ash hugging him.
"What's the hug for May?"
"It's for being you Ash. I knew that if you did attack Drew for any reason it would be a good one. Why did he try and punch you though?" She said releasing Ash from the hug.
"It was during the contest as we passed in the tunnel before my appeal I congratulated him on a great appeal and he told me that I should just leave because I didn't stand a chance. I said that he'd see what I could do and carried on walking. Before I got to the stage I told him that if he got a haircut he would be able to stop flicking his hair. Then I felt something coming towards my head from behind with my aura so I dodge it and saw that it was Drew's fist. You already know the rest." Ash looked down feeling slightly ashamed of how he had acted.
"I'm glad that I know the truth now." May noticed that Ash was carrying a bag. "Ash what's in the bag?" Ash looked at the bag before turning his gaze to May. Ash smiled and handed the bag to May.
"It's a surprise for you." May's smile beamed as she took the bag and looked inside. She lifted the egg out and stared at it before hugging Ash again.
"Ash thank you I love it." She squealed causing Pikachu to jump off Ash's shoulder to save his hearing. "Where did you get it?" she said releasing Ash.
"I got it from the Pokémon Centre, Nurse Joy had it because a trainer abandoned it not wanting the Pokémon inside the egg. When Nurse Joy told me that I knew that you would be the best person to look after the egg, so I asked Nurse Joy if I could take it and she said yes."
"Nurse Joy just let you take it?"
"Yeah I offered to pay for it or do something to earn it but Nurse Joy said I didn't need to and the only thing she asked for was to called every so often on how the Pokémon is doing."
"Oh. I have one more question to ask you though Ash."
"Okay what is it May?"
"Is there a reason that you're giving me the egg?" Ash rubbed the back of his head and laughed nervously.
"Not really, it's just when Nurse Joy mentioned that some Pokémon eggs are abandoned you were the first person I thought of who could give the Pokémon a loving home. You're the kindest and most loving person I've ever met so I knew that you love this Pokémon no matter what." He said sheepishly. May's eyes started to tear up as she heard Ash's words. "May that Pokémon needs someone to teach it, to nurture it, to love it I can't think of anyone better suited to do that then you."
"Ash that's very sweet of you." May said before reaching up and giving Ash a quick peck on the cheek, causing both of them to blush. "Thank you." They stood there before collecting their bags and starting to walk to the shop that they would meet Brock and Lucy outside of. They walked with an awkward silence surrounding them before May broke it by saying "So what did your mom say when you called her?"
"She said to stay safe, to give you her love and wished us both luck."
"What Pokémon did you get for your battle?"
"I called Professor Oak and got one of my Sinnoh team and a Pokémon I only caught a few months ago but he's really strong. Professor Oak knows what Pokémon Mewtwo gave me as well but I stopped him before he told me. I want to be surprised when I see her."
"How does Professor Oak know what type of Pokémon it is?"
"When Mewtwo gave me the Pokéball he said he had already added her to my trainer profile. Since Professor Oak's lab is where I started my journey he has access to my profile, which tells him which Pokémon I've caught, where I caught them, their vital information, the move they know and a lot of other stuff. So when Mewtwo registered the Pokémon on my profile there would have been put a message on the profile to say that I'd caught a new Pokémon."
"Ash, why do you keep calling the Pokémon her? How do you know that it's a girl?"
"Mewtwo told me that she was a dear friends of his, I'd met her before but only briefly and that she would be happier travelling with me. When I called Professor Oak I heard the first letter of her name before I stopped him, her name starts with a D."
"Do you know who it might be?"
"I have a vague idea but I can't be sure." Ash said before stopping in front of the shop. They talked for a few more minutes as May tried to get Ash to tell her which Pokémon he was going to use for the gym battle.
"Ash," May said nervously "You know earlier when I said you were thinking about where you would take me for dinner, well I assumed that you were thinking about the Pokémon that Mewtwo gave you and that was why you couldn't give Lucy a straight answer. I wanted to help you out so I said the first thing that came into my head. There's no need for you to take me out for dinner." Ash looked at May for a minute before laughing gently. "What's so funny?" she asked
"Nothing it's just I was looking forward to seeing you set up camp for the next week." May punch Ash playfully, trying not to laugh. "I owe you for helping me so I will take you for dinner tonight, to say thank you. That's if you still want to."
"Well if you're sure Ash, then I'll take you upon that offer." May said smiling brightly.
"What offers that?" Ash and May turned to see Lucy walking towards them.
"Just this egg Nurse Joy gave me." Ash answered. "Because I already have one I asked May if she would look after this other one." He said showing Lucy the bag. "Where's Brock?"
"He's talking to one of the people he met during his studies, he said to back to the gym and he'll meet us there a bit later." With that Ash, Lucy and May started making their way back to the gym.
About half an hour after they arrived at the gym Brock came in and told Ash that it was time for their battle. Lucy stood at the side of the battlefield acting as referee while Ash and Brock stood opposite each other with Pikachu sitting on Ash's shoulder.. May sat off to the side of the gym so she could watch the battle easily.
"This is a battle between the Pewter City Gym Leader Brock and the challenger Ash Ketchum. It will be a 3 on 3 gym battle with no time limit, substitutions are only allowed by the challenger, the winner of the battle is the first person to knockout all of their opponents Pokémon. If the challenger wins they will be awarded with the Boulder Badge. Trainer are you ready?" Lucy said looking to both Ash and Brock, they both nodded. "Release you first Pokémon."
"Go Golem." Brock said throwing his Pokéball. When the ball opened it released a large, round bipedal Pokémon covered in a rocky shell.
"I choose you Infernape." Ash said releasing his dual fire and fighting type Pokémon. Infernape was a large monkey with brown fur on his face, arms, upper legs and tail with his lower legs and chest covered in white fur. A large flame blazed on top of his head and he was bouncing on his toes, itching for the fight. "Hey Brock is that Geodude?"
"Yes it is. While we were in Hoenn and Sinnoh Forrest was training him and he evolved into a Graveler, about a year or so later he told me he wanted to evolve so I traded him with Forrest, he evolved into a Golem and then traded back. I see that Infernape has gotten stronger now let's see what he can do, shall we?"
Lucy raised her arms saying "The challenger can make the first move. Trainers begin!" Lucy dropped her arms and the battle started.
"Infernape use Hone Claws." Infernape's hands glowed white as he scratched them along the floor sharpening his nails.
"Golem use Stone Edge." Two rings of white energy circle Golem before the energy faded revealing multiple sharp stones orbiting the Megaton Pokémon before they flew towards Infernape.
"Wait for it." Ash said to his Pokémon as the stone got closer and closer, Infernape kept his eyes on the attack trusting his trainer's plan. "Now counter with Close Combat." Infernape jumped into the Stone Edge his limbs a blur as he punched and kicked the stones into dust before landing on the ground again as if nothing had happened.
"Impressive Ash but I don't intend on losing this battle. Golem use Rock Polish then use Rock Blast." Golem glowed white then three of the rocks above Golem's head glowed orange and his forehead glowed silver. After a couple of seconds multiple silver rocks were fired towards Infernape.
"Infernape dodge it with Dig." The fire type dived to the ground evading the stones.
"Now Golem Earthquake!" Brock shouted as Golem jumped into the air.
"Infernape get out of there" Ash called but it was too late Golem landed on the ground sending shockwaves through the battlefield. As the Gym stopped shaking there was an eerie quiet before Infernape burst out of the ground underneath Golem knocking the rock type Pokémon into the air. Infernape moved back to Ash's side of the battlefield waiting for his next instruction.
"Golem Rollout." Golem started to spin in the air and when it hit the ground it shot towards Infernape. This is what I've been waiting for. Ash thought.
"Infernape get ready it's time." Infernape nodded and braced himself for what was about to come. Everyone else looked at Ash in confusion, as Golem grew closer and closer it looked like Ash wasn't going to anything. "Now Mach Punch." He said calmly. Infernape's fist glowed white as he sped forward and hit the rolling Golem causing a cloud of dust to cover the battle field. A few seconds later Golem flew out of the cloud. "Yes it works." Ash said before noticing that everyone was staring at him he decided to explain what had just happened. "Before I started training I thought back to all of the battles that I lost and tried to think up ways of overcoming those situations, one of the first one that I remembered was battling Whitney and her Miltank kept using Rollout. So I thought about now I could stop it took a while but one day I saw Infernape and Donphan training together and Infernape tried to stop a Rollout but it didn't work. That's when I realised that if he hit the right spot he could stop the Rollout. We've been working on it ever since, this is the first time it's been used outside of training."
"Ash I'm amazed that you thought of that but Golem isn't finished yet. Golem use Steamroller." Golem was panting but was still able to battle, it withdrew its head, arms and legs into its shell and started spinning rapidly as it became outlined in white energy speeding its way towards Infernape.
"Infernape lets finish this Mach Combat." Infernape grinned and disappeared for a second before reappearing next to Golem, his hands and feet glowing with white energy as he launched into a high speed attack which forced Golem to stop and threw it across the gym floor. Golem slid to a stop in front of Brock with spirals in it eyes.
"Golem is unable to battle, Infernape is the winner. Brock release your next Pokémon." Lucy said as Golem was returned to it Pokéball.
"Great battle Ash. Go Steelix." Brock said calling out his first Pokémon. Steelix was a large grey snake with a shovel like head and spikes sticking out of its sides.
"Infernape you did great return." Ash said recalling his Pokémon. "I choose you Gyarados." As his Pokémon came in to view everyone saw that it was different from most of its species. This Gyarados was nearly twice the size of a normal Gyarados and it was a different colour as well. Most Gyarados are blue and yellow, shiny Gyarados although rare are known to be red but Ash's has black scales instead of blue, the yellow was replaced by red, the crest on his forehead was a deeper shade of red, finally his eyes and whiskers (AN I don't know what else to call them) were coloured gold.
Gyarados roared making everyone except Ash shrink back slightly. Why does he always have to do that? Ash thought before his Pokémon turned to him and lower his head to look his trainer in the eye. Ash smiled and rubbed Gyarados' crest.
"Okay this is your first Gym battle give it your all. Hey Brock shall we start the battle?"
"If you insist but after the battle I want to hear how you two met and I want to examine him if that's okay with you."
"Fine by me let's do this. Gyarados use Ice Beam on the field." Gyarados roared again before firing an icy blue beam flew from his mouth making the battlefield difficult for Steelix to manoeuvre.
"Steelix break the ice with Earthquake." Steelix slammed his tail onto the ground causing the ice to splinter and fly around the field, while Gyarados was hit by both the ice and the attack.
"Gyarados hang on and use Flamethrower to melt the ice and attack Steelix." Gyarados reared his head back and released a torrent of fire from his mouth melting the ice and flowing towards Steelix.
"Steelix beat it back with Flash Cannon." Steelix formed a silvery ball of energy in his mouth and fired a metallic beam that stopped the Flamethrower for a few seconds before slowly making its way towards Gyarados.
"Gyarados dodge it and use Flamethrower again." Gyarados stopped its attack and dived below the Flash Cannon and launched another Flamethrower aiming underneath Steelix's jaw. The Flamethrower found its mark causing Steelix to roar in pain.
"Use Dig to get away!" Brock shouted. Steelix dove into the ground evading the fire type attack.
"Gyarados Earthquake." Ash said to his Pokémon causing him to slam his tail to the ground causing the gym to shake once more. As the shaking stopped Steelix emerged from the battlefield and attacked Gyarados with Crunch.
"Gyarados use Dragonbreath." Gyarados roared in pain and followed his trainers commands.
"Steelix you use Dragonbreath as well." Both Pokémon fired a beam of energy at each other, Gyarados' a green beam while Steelix's was blue. The two attacks collided in the middle of the field causing an explosion covering everything in a cloud of dust and smoke no-one could see the Pokémon, when the cloud eventually cleared they saw that Steelix and Gyarados were coiled around each other using their immense strength to wrestle the other into submission. Ash and Brock looked at each other and nodded in understanding, it was time to end this battle.
"Gyarados/Steelix use Flamethrower/Thunder Fang." They shouted together. Gyarados once again released a pillar of fire from his mouth hitting Steelix in the back, while Steelix's mouth crackled with electricity as he bite into Gyarados' side. The Pokémon stayed like that for a few minutes using all of their power to win the battle until they separated and glared at each other before falling to the ground in exhaustion.
"Both Pokémon are unable to battle. This battle is a draw, trainers send out your final Pokémon." Lucy announced.
"Well Ash this is it Go Ludicolo." Brock said sending out his dual water and grass type Pokémon. "I know I'm supposed to be a rock type Gym Leader but I need to surprise my opponents every now and again."
"Well Brock you're not the only one with a surprise. Pikachu...will you go sit with May please." Pikachu nodded jumped from Ash's shoulder and ran over to May and settled himself in her lap. Brock and Lucy looked at Ash in confusion they were sure that Ash would have use Pikachu in the battle. "Now I choose you…." Ash threw the Pokéball and in a flash of white light revealed the Pokémon that Mewtwo had given him. The Pokémon stood taller than Ash. She had a long thick tail on her arms and feet were three claws, a small horn sat on her head along with a set of cream antenna and a set of green wings on her back. Her body was tan in colour and her belly was cream. "D-D-Dragonite!" Ash said in shock and he wasn't the only one Brock, Lucy May and Pikachu all stared with their mouths hanging open. Ash quickly got over his shock and looked at his Pokédex to check on what move Dragonite could use. Once he had looked over the moves he was ready to start the battle.
"Ash when did you catch a Dragonite?" Brock asked.
"Not too long ago. I'll tell you about it later."
"Trainers are you ready?" Lucy asked. Brock and Ash nodded again. "In that case begin."
"Ludicolo use Ice Beam." Ludicolo fired an icy blue beam at Dragonite.
"Dragonite dodge with Extremespeed then use Dragon Dance." Dragonite blurred as she easily moved out of the way of the ice type attack and a red aura formed around her body fuelling her with new power. "Now use Dragon Rush." Dragonite surge forward surrounded in a blue aura and slammed into Ludicolo sending the carefree Pokémon flying across the field.
"Ludicolo are you okay?" Brock asked his Pokémon. Ludicolo got to his feet and nodded at his trainer. "Right use Hydro Pump." Ludicolo released a blast of water towards the dragon type.
"Dragonite get into the sky and use Thunder on the Hydro Pump." Dragonite launched herself into the air as electricity formed around her antenna. When the electricity was powerful enough she fired it at the Hydro Pump. The electricity surged down through the water and shocked Ludicolo throwing him back once again. Ludicolo lay still for a few moments before rising to his feet once more.
"Ludicolo use Blizzard over the whole field." Opening his mouth Ludicolo blew out one of the strongest ice type attacks known. Dragonite was pelted by the icy gale until Ash thought of an idea.
"Dragonite use Flamethrower in front of you full power." Dragonite trusted in her new trainer, opened her mouth and blew out a river of fire that proceeded to protect her from the Blizzard. "Now use the Flamethrower to get in close and finish with Thunderpunch." Dragonite flew towards Ludicolo using Flamethrower to forge a path as electricity formed around her hands.
"Ludicolo get out of there." Brock shouted but it was too late as Dragonite slammed both of her fists into Ludicolo causing the electricity to crackle across his both. The Blizzard stopped as Ludicolo fell back with swirls in his eyes.
"Ludicolo is unable to battle. Brock is out of usable Pokémon the winner of the Pewter City Gym battle is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town." Lucy announced as Brock sighed and recalled Ludicolo thanking him for his hard work, while Ash had run on to the field to thank Dragonite and was about to tell her what was happening but decided to do it later when they were alone.
Brock walked over to Ash as he recalled Dragonite and shook his friend's hand.
"Ash that was an amazing battle. You've earned this." Brock turned and took a box from Lucy before turning back to face Ash. Lifting the lid Ash could see that inside the box sat a Boulder Badge on a blue velvet cushion. "For winning the battle I hereby present you with the Boulder Badge." Ash reached into the box, picked up the badge and went into his usual victory pose.
"Alright I won the Boulder Badge!" He cried.
"Pi Pikachu." Everyone smiled but thought that Ash should be over the victory pose by now.
"Congratulations Ash." May said. It was then that everyone heard Ash's stomach growl, everyone sweatdropped.
"Well I guess it's time for me to cook lunch." He said.
Returning to the house Ash and Brock went into the kitchen while May and Lucy sat in the garden and talked about the clothes that May had bought and all the Pokémon played together in the gym.
"Ash, we need to talk about the memories." Brock said shakily.
"I know Brock, I know that it's a big shock for you it was for me too." Ash replied as he cut some vegetables ready for the stew he was making. "I saw Mewtwo this morning." He confessed seeing the shocked look on Brock face.
"Why was he here? Is he going to block the memories again?"
"No he said that he had felt that the block had been removed from both of us and wanted to know how I did it and if I was going to do the same for Misty. I said yes if she wanted to remember." Ash then when on to explain the rest of his conversation with Mewtwo that May now knew the secret and how he came to have Dragonite.
"If May knows does that mean that I can tell Lucy?" Brock asked hopefully.
Ash sighed "Honestly Brock I don't know. I know that you don't want to keep secrets from Lucy but I would either keep it secret or try and find a way of asking Mewtwo. If you trust Lucy to keep this to herself then I don't see the harm of telling her but like I said I don't know. The decision is up to you." Silence passed between them as Brock thought about his options and Ash continued to cook. Eventually Ash decided to break the silence "Brock I've been meaning to ask, where's your family?"
"They decided to have a week away from home and Forrest went out training so that Lucy and I could have some time alone together." Brock answered as he came out of his thoughts. When he saw the meal that Ash had made he was stunned. There was a bowl of stew, bread rolls and a large bowl full of noodles with a thick red sauce covering the top. Ash had also made some Pokémon food. "Ash where did you learn to cook like this?" he exclaimed.
"Well I've watched you cook meals for years and before I went travelling on my own I asked my mom to teach me how so that I didn't have to keep relying on Pokémon Centre travel packs, although they are nice having them all the time could get dull. It might look nice but it won't taste as nice as your cooking."
"Well we'll just have to see about that." Brock helped Ash carry the food to the dining room and then called everyone in for lunch
Everyone enjoyed Ash's cooking and said it was a great as Brocks even though Ash denied it. While they ate the topic of Gyarados came up along with Dragonite, so Ash started to tell how he caught Gyarados while trying to think up a story for Dragonite.
"It not a very exciting story but here it is. A couple of months ago I was at the Lake of Rage in Johto for a few day training with some of my Pokémon who had a weakness to water, trying to work on their resistance to water type attacks. Gigalith and Emboar were having a mock battle went their Rock Blast and Flamethrower collided causing a big explosion, Gyarados came flying out of the water and attacked us with Hyper Beam. He knocked Emboar and Gigalith out straight away and kept attacking, eventually Pikachu was the only one not knocked out and he used Thunder at full power again and again for about five minutes before Gyarados started to slow down." All eyes were on Ash as he paused for a drink. "Pikachu got hit by an Ice Beam and was frozen when Gyarados looked right at me and charged up another Hyper Beam. Then I heard a very familiar roar, Charizard came diving down hit Gyarados with Dragon Rage grabbed me and took off again, I'd called Liza and asked her to send Charizard to where I was. It took about ten minutes before Gyarados was knocked out and while Charizard used Flamethrower to get Pikachu out of the ice I caught Gyarados. When I let him out of the Pokéball after I took all my Pokémon to the Pokémon centre, he'd calmed down and I started to train with him. It was a few days before he actually started to listen to me and now he's one of my most loyal Pokémon."
"What about Dragonite?" Lucy asked.
"Dragonite I've had for about a year now." Ash lied. "I was training on Mt Silver when I saw something crash into the snow not far from me, I ran to see what it was and saw that it was Dragonite and she was hurt badly so I started getting medicine out of my bag when Pikachu warned me that something else was coming. I turned around and saw it was a Salamence I sent out all of the Pokémon I had with me and while they battled Salamence I healed Dragonite. Eventually the Salamence flew away and I finished healing Dragonite, I stayed on Mt Silver for about two weeks and Dragonite was always close by, she even helped Lucario and Lapras learn Dragon Pulse." Brock looked at ash when he heard about Lapras.
"You caught another Lapras?" he asked
"No it's the same one I met in the Orange Islands, I was in Olivine City and saw a pod of Lapras close to the beach so I walked over and Lapras recognised me I told her what I had done since the last time we met and how I was taking some time to train, it was starting to get dark so I said goodbye when Lapras nudged my shoulder and asked if she could travel with me again I asked about the pod and she said that they were strong enough to protect themselves without her so I said okay and caught her. Now back to Dragonite, when I was leaving Mt Silver Dragonite followed me down and at the bottom she tapped one of the Pokéballs on my belt and caught herself. She's been one of my strongest Pokémon since." They finished their lunch and the conversation then turned to what Ash and May were going to do next.
"So where are you two going on your date?" Lucy asked. Ash and May looked at each other before looking away quickly and blushing.
"Ash's cooking has filled my stomach so I don't think we'll go out tonight we'll do it another night." May answered avoiding Lucy's eyes. "If it's okay with Ash I'd like to start making our way to Cerulean City in the morning. When I was shopping I heard that there was a contest taking place at Mt Moon in a few days and I want to compete and win my first official ribbon."
"It's not a problem with me. I can't wait to get my next badge and show Misty how strong I am now." Ash said. "And it will give Lucy and Brock sometime together." Lucy shot a look at Brock who cowered slightly while May looked confused. Seeing this Ash decided to explain. "Brock's family went away for the week because Brock and Lucy haven't had much time alone together." May nodded and the conversation then changed to general chit chat. After cleaning the dishes and playing with the Pokémon it had gotten late so everyone decided to go to bed.
The next morning May woke to find a note from Ash saying that he was in the clearing again exercising. May got dressed and told Lucy that she was going to get Ash. Walking to the clearing she heard grunts and the sound of something being hit, May increased her pace until she could see into the clearing. Ash and Lucario were sparring, trading punches and kicks May looked on in amazement that Ash seemed to be not only holding his own against the fighting type Pokémon but giving Lucario a hard time. Ash was wearing his jeans but had taken his t-shirt off, it was hanging on a branch at the other side of the clearing, May blushed seeing Ash's bare chest again. Creeping a bit closer May saw that Ash's brown eyes were now shining blue He must be using his aura she thought, as Lucario was thrown to the side he rolled and stood up while forming a Bone Rush, Ash saw this and moved to a tree and picked up a fallen branch and face Lucario. They jumped at each other their makeshift staffs clashing over and over again, after a few minutes Ash managed to flip Lucario onto his back, they then stopped and bowed to each other. Ash's eyes returned to their usual brown as he stopped using his aura.
"You can come out now May." Ash said May blushed and walked into the clearing. "I didn't introduce you to Lucario did I?"
"Actually no you didn't." May answered.
"Alright then. May this is Lucario, Lucario this is May one of my closest friends."
"It's nice to meet you Lucario."
It is an honour to meet a friend of my master. Lucario said. May wasn't shocked by the fact that Lucario could talk because of her encounter with Sir Aaron's Lucario.
"Lucario I've told you to call me Ash not master."
You have told me that hundreds of times but it will not change the fact that you are my master and I shall call you such.
"Lucario I am not your master I am your friend."
You are both my friend and my master.
"I give up." Ash sighed while May giggled slightly.
"Ash how did you know I was watching?" She asked.
"I could feel your aura when you got close to the clearing." Ash's stomach growled, he smiled sheepishly "I guess it's time for breakfast." Ash, May and Lucario then walked back to the gym.
After they ate breakfast and packed their bags Ash and May said goodbye to Brock and Lucy and made their way onto route 3. After an hour of walking a cloud of gas covered their path and they heard some familiar voices.
Jessie: Prepare for trouble!
James: Make it double!
Jessie: To protect the world from devastation!
James: To unite all peoples within our nation!
Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
James: To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie: Jessie!
James: James!
Jessie: Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
James: Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Wobbuffet: Wobbu Wobbu
"Where are you?" Shouted Ash coughing from the gas while May had taken her bandana off and covered her mouth with it. Suddenly a steel hand came flying through the gas and grabbed May before retracting taking her with it.
"If you want your girlfriend back twerp give us Pikachu. You have till tomorrow to hand him over or you'll never see her again!" Jessie shouted. "Meet us here at noon."
"Dragonite I choose you. Use Hurricane to blow away the gas." Ash cried throwing a Pokéball. The dragon type appeared and started flapping her wings, which glowed blue, summoning powerful winds that cleared the air but it was to late May had gone. Ash fell to his knees in defeat as he saw that May's bandana was on the ground, holding it sorrow over took him then he heard another familiar voice.
"I can help you get her back."
Some of this chapter may seem a bit rushed that's because I wanted to get this finished as I've had a lot of ideas for the next chapter. If Dragonite's battle looks a little short that's because she has been with Mewtwo since New Island so she's going to be very strong.
Please keep your suggestion coming in about which Electric Pokémon Ash should catch, along with any other Pokémon you think Ash and May should catch.
Until Next Time
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