Here we are again, Chapter 12.
Current teams are
Ash:- Pikachu, Lucario, Krookodile, Sandshrew, Meowth and Grimm (Absol)
May:- Glaceon, Blaziken, Munchlax, Beautifly, Wartortle, Mawile
Enjoy!
Chapter 12
First 'Date'
May was walking through the Cerulean City Gym on her way to check on Ash, it had been a couple of hours since she found him asleep and left the food in his room. May was carrying Ash's hat in her hands, she wanted to give it back to him and ask why it was his favourite. As she approached his door she smiled at Gary, she had asked him to keep an eye on Ash as she didn't trust Misty's sisters. Gary was sat on the floor next to the door working on his laptop, he looked up when he heard her footsteps.
"Hi Gary, is he still asleep?" She said.
"Hi May, I think so I've not heard anything from inside." Gary replied.
"Thanks for looking out for him."
"No problem. He's a little freaked out about how Misty's sisters are acting around him and other girls." Gary said muttering the last three words under his breath. "Do you want me to give you some privacy while you're in there?" May's face turned bright red, her mouth dropped open in shock and she started to get angry when Gary asked that. Gary realised what he had said and quickly rephrased what he meant. "I mean to you to talk with him privately or do you want me to keep watch?" May calmed down a little at that but was still bright red.
"It's okay, you can go if you want." May said. Gary got off the floor and started to walk away. He turned back just before May walked through the door.
"Does Ash know his girlfriend's got a dirty mind?" he asked with a teasing grin. May glared at him and was about to chase him when she smiled, Gary was confused by her smile and slowly turned around. The last thing he saw was Misty's mallet flying towards his face, Gary bounced off the wall and fell to the ground, Misty dragged him away smiling at May. May giggled a little then walked into the room slowly closing the door behind her. She walked up to the bed quietly and saw that Ash was still asleep, but knew he'd woken up at some point because the food she had left had been eaten. May smiled when she saw how peaceful Ash looked while he was asleep, she put a hand on his shoulder and gently shook him.
"Five more minutes." Ash groaned, as he turned over facing her. May giggled and shook him again, this time a little harder. Ash's eyes flew open as he grabbed her wrist and turned pulling May over him and turning so he was kneeling over her holding her wrists in his hands above her head. Taken by surprise May squealed in fright, as she found herself trapped under Ash's bodyweight. Even though the sudden shift in position had scared May, the thing that scared her more was how she felt being held like this by Ash, she felt safe and a near overwhelming sense of passion. Ash could see in May's eyes that she was scared by what had happened and he was as well he could've hurt her, Ash was about to get off of her and apologise when he became lost in the glistening sapphires that were her eyes, not knowing why, he found that he was starting to lean forward towards her lips. May notice Ash's actions and felt that she should stop him but she didn't want to and became lost in the moment moving her lips to meet his.
"May, what's going on?" Misty said as she ran into the room wielding her mallet in defence. When she saw how Ash and May were positioned her face flushed, Misty tightened her grip on her mallet and swung at Ash. "Ash Ketchum, what do you think you're doing?!" she yelled. Ash reacting off instinct rolled off the bed taking May with him so she didn't get hit, as he landed on the floor he jumped up standing over May in a defensive stance ready to fight.
"Misty, what are you doing you could've hit May!" Ash yelled. Misty lowered her mallet but kept it pointed at Ash.
"What were you doing on top of May?" Misty said angrily.
"I reacted. When I was doing my Aura training Riley would test my reaction at random times, when May shook me my reactions took over and I trained to get on top of whoever was shaking me. Then you came in and attacked me, what did you think I was doing?"
"Well I...er...I thought you were hurting May." Misty said as she turned a brighter shade of red.
"Why would I hurt May, she's my friend?" Ash relaxed his stance offered May his hand, she took it and Ash helped her off of the floor.
"I don't know but that's what it looked like."
"Just calm down both of you, it was my fault I shouldn't of woken Ash like that. Ash just reacted that's all." May said trying to resolve the situation. Misty put her mallet away (AN wherever it is she gets it from) and walked a little further into the room.
"Sorry Ash, are you feeling any better now?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm used to being shocked." Ash said with a laugh, Misty and May joined in with the laughter.
"So, you alright?" May asked.
"I'm fine look," Ash said waking his arms around, "see everything still works." Ash got out of the bed and turned to May. "Sorry for…you know…" Ash started, his cheeks tinted slightly red. May blushed and looked at the ground bumping her fingertips together.
"That's alright Ash, It's my fault I shouldn't have woken you up like that." She replied quietly. Misty smirked at the way they were reacting around each other, she decided to try and ease the situation.
"Hey Ash, do you want to see how your Pokémon are getting on with their training?" She said.
"What'd mean Misty?"
"While you've been resting all you Pokémon have been training non-stop they haven't even eaten their lunch yet. I think they want to show you what they can really do, especially Meowth he's training the hardest. May's had her Pokémon helping out as well, right May?" Misty said looking at May. May kept staring at the ground to hide her blush but nodded her head.
"Thanks May. Let's go see how their doing." Ash said rushing out of the room. Misty and May were left looking at the place were Ash was standing seconds before, they both sighed knowing that the only thing that Ash loved more than food was his Pokémon.
"You okay May?" Misty asked softly. May lifted her gaze from the floor and looked at the Gym Leader, Misty was able to see the blush that covered May's face.
"I'm fine, it's just…" May started shyly.
"It's okay May, you don't have to say it I know what you mean. You got lost in the moment didn't you?" Misty said, May looked at the floor again and nodded. Misty put a hand on May's shoulder in an attempt to comfort her. "Just give it time, he'll come around. I know he likes you he just need time to realise it, come on let's go see the Pokémon." May nodded again before crouching down to pick up Ash's hat and then both May and Misty followed Ash to the room the Pokémon were training in.
Ash stood in the door way of the room his Pokémon were training in and he was amazed at what he saw. Meowth was still practicing his aim with Krookodile as the target, Lucario and Blaziken were helping Mawile increase her strength and stamina, Pikachu was busy teaching Iron Tail to Sandshrew and Grimm and the other Pokémon were working helping out where they could. Ash saw the bowls of food still full sitting at the edge of the room. Ash smiled when he saw a familiar yellow Pokémon holding their head in the middle of the room, Psyduck was trying to help out where possible by moving swimming floats around the room for the other to use as targets to practice what they were learning.
Ash took a step into the room and was tackled by a yellow blur.
"PIKAPI!" Ash was knocked a couple of steps backwards before he regained his balance and walked into the room.
"It's good to see you to Pikachu." He said, all the Pokémon in the room stopped what they were doing and looked at Ash. "I'm okay guys, Misty and May told me you've been training hard and haven't eaten your lunch yet, so take a break." The Pokémon nodded and did as Ash said, stopping their training they walked over to the bowls and started to eat. Pikachu stayed in Ash's arms settling himself against his brothers chest.
"Hey Ash." Ash turned around to see Meowth stood behind him, "I'm sorry about what happened, you've done a lot for me and all I've done is let you down and now I've hurt you. If you want to turn me over to Officer Jenny I'll understand." Meowth said while wearing a look of shame. Keeping hold of Pikachu, Ash knelt down to Meowth's level.
"Meowth, you've got no reason to be sorry. When we were in Rota you saved me from a Fire Blast. I'm not going to turn you in to Officer Jenny, I meant what I said before all you need to do is work on your aim and you're close to Pikachu's level power wise."
"Yeah about that, the last few times I've used Thunderbolt it's not as strong as it was before. I think it's because of the amount of Thunderbolts I've taken over the years the electricity had built up, now I've used that power I'm down to my normal power level." Meowth said.
"That's alright we can work on it, you'll have it down in no time and then we can work on the power. If you want to."
"Yeah I want to but I really am sorry about what happened." Ash put a hand on Meowth's shoulder and smiled.
"Come on, let's work on that Thunderbolt." Ash said. He then stood up and walked over to Psyduck. "Hey Psyduck, long time no see." The Duck Pokémon looked at Ash blankly, "Don't you remember me Psyduck?" Ash asked.
"He won't remember you Ash." Ash turned around and saw Misty and May entering the room, "That's not the Psyduck you know," Misty said, "This is." Misty took a Pokéball from her belt pocket and threw it into the air. The ball opened and released a bright white light when the light coalesced Ash was shocked.
"Golduck!" Standing in front of Ash was a blue duck-like Pokémon with webbed hands and feet, a small round red jewel set in his forehead.
"Psyduck evolved!" Ash said in surprise, Misty nodded.
"That's right. Not long after you left on your solo journey, I was in the middle of a Gym Battle with a really powerful trainer. I was about to send Gyarados out onto the field and Psyduck jumped out of his ball, I thought that the battle was over then. I tried to call Psyduck back so he wouldn't get hurt but he kept running around so the beam kept missing. The trainer hit him with a Hyper Beam knocking him into the water, after a few seconds he didn't surface and I was about to dive in to get him out when the water started glowing, then he reappeared as Golduck. I asked him if he wanted to continue, he said yes and we won the battle. Since then he's been one of my strongest battlers."
"Then where did you get this Psyduck?" Ash asked. Misty laughed nervously before answering.
"Heh heh I sort of caught her the same way I caught Golduck. I was doing some training just outside of the city about a year ago and a ball must've fell out of my bag, when we stopped for a break I saw Psyduck walking towards it and peck it. She was sucked inside it and that's that, She's not much more of a battler then Golduck was but at least she knows how to swim." Golduck sweatdropped, Misty saw him and smiled, "Sorry but you know it's true." Golduck smiled back and gave her a thumbs up.
Ash laughed and then introduced himself to Psyduck and was about to start training when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning round he saw May stood behind him shaking her head.
"Oh no you don't." She said, "You've been asleep for most of the afternoon and you need to…er…get ready."
"Get ready? For what?" Ash asked in a confused tone. May paused slightly before speaking, gathering her nerves.
"For our…you know…date." She replied quietly.
"Oh yeah," Ash said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head, "I forgot about that. What do I need to do?"
"All you need to do is dress up a little, you know put a shirt on stuff like that. Oh and you need to be ready in a couple of hours, so no training I know that you lose track of time when you train. See you in a couple of hours, I'm going to get ready."
"Now? You said we've got a couple of hours."
"Ash, you should know by now that it takes a girl time to get ready." Especially for their first date. May thought to herself as she turned and walked to leave the room, a light blush caressing her cheeks. "One last thing Ash," she said without turning round, "You can't wear you hat." May left the room with Ash watching her retreating form, Misty followed behind her after noticing the way Ash watched May leave. Glaceon followed May out of the room after taking one last look at Pikachu.
Ash stayed where he was for a minute until a small shock from Pikachu brought him back to reality, he turned to all the Pokémon.
"Everyone that's enough training for today, get some rest." Ash returned his Krookodile, Sandshrew and Grimm before he left the room with Pikachu on his shoulder and Meowth walking with Lucario behind him.
"So Ash, where are we going?" Meowth asked. Ash didn't answer, he kept walking but closed his eyes and concentrated his Aura, after a minute he opened his eyes and started to walk a little faster until he came to a door. Ash opened the door and found Gary propped up against a water filtering tank, kneeling down Ash could see the imprint of Misty's mallet on Gary's face. Shaking Gary awake Ash helped him up.
"Hey, Ash," Gary said groggily, "What happened? Last thing I remember is getting my first Pokémon from Grandpa. Why do you look old?" Ash held his hand behind Gary's head and let his Aura pool in it, once his hand was glowing blue he put in on the back of Gary's head and concentrated. After a couple of minutes Ash took his hand away and leaned against the tank sweat slowly trickling down his face. Gary shook his head and looked at Ash, "You alright Ash? You look like you've just ran a marathon, twice." He asked. Ash nodded his head too tired to speak, while Ash couldn't heal serious injuries like Riley did with his shoulders, Ash was able to heal smaller ones, cuts and bruises mostly but he could also heal concussions though it took a lot of his energy to do so. Lucario walked up to Ash and placed a paw on Ash's chest and used Heal Pulse. When the light from Heal Pulse died down Ash was feeling a lot better, he turned to Gary and was about to talk to him when he started to laugh.
"What's so funny Ash?" Gary asked, Ash couldn't stop laughing and simply pointed at Gary's face. Gary turned, looking into the reflective surface of the filtration tank and saw why Ash was laughing. His face was covered with a large red circular mark from Misty's mallet.
"L-Lucario, u-us-use Heal P-Pu-Pulse on Gary." Ash laughed, the Aura Pokémon did as he was asked and soon the red mark on Gary's face was gone. It took Ash a minute to stop laughing and he turned to Gary, "Gary, I need help." He said, "I need to get ready for this thing with May and I don't know what to do."
"Alright I'll help," Gary said seeing the desperation in Ash's eyes and also seeing an opportunity to help his friends realise his feelings, "What are you doing on the date?"
"May said something about a movie, dinner and then maybe a walk. She said I need to dress up a little and wear a shirt, she's not letting me wear my hat either."
"Right I know what you'll need to wear, that won't take long. First we need to get you prepared for what you need to do."
"What I need to do? What'd you mean by that?"
"Ashy boy, you're going to make this the best date May's ever had." Gary put his arm over Ash's shoulders and started to tell him the sort of things he would need to know. Ash paled slightly when Gary mentioned the kiss at the end of a date but soon recovered when Gary told him that was what happened on normal date but didn't have to happen on his. When they got to Ash's room they went inside so Gary could help Ash pick the clothes he'd need.
May was standing in Misty's room with the clothes from her bag all over Misty's bed and now she was searching Misty's closet for something to wear, as soon as she had left the Ash alone in the room she started to stress about the date. Misty was trying her best to calm May down but having little success, Glaceon would have helped but she was currently buried under a pile of Misty's dresses.
"What am I going to wear?" May said.
"May, calm down," Misty said, "take a deep breath and relax. We've still got time to find something," Misty pulled May away from the closet and sat her on the bed. "You sit there and try on whatever I give you." May nodded and waited. She was really nervous about the date she knew it wasn't meant to be a real date, even though she wanted it to be. Misty had closed the Gym for the rest of the day when she saw how agitated May was getting about the date. May sat on the bed hundreds of different scenarios flooded her mind, she saw ones where Ash returned her affections, ones where Drew appeared and took her away from Ash by force, ones where Ash walked of with someone else and every other possible outcome, she was snapped out of her trance when a blouse landed over her head.
"May, try that on with these." Misty said, May took the blouse off her head just in time to see a pair of jeans flying towards her.
"Right, now that you know what you're wearing, I'll tell you what you need to do." Gary said as he looked at Ash.
"I thought it would've taken longer to choose the clothes." Ash replied.
"It took longer than I thought it would, you really need to get some new clothes Ash. A guy doesn't need more then five minutes to pick their clothes for a date unless it's a fancy one."
"Fancy one?"
"Yeah like going to a posh restaurant or a wedding stuff like that then you need to take a little longer to pick what you're wearing cause you need to look your best. Anyway first thing you need to do is give May some flowers preferably roses."
"No, not roses. May doesn't like them." Ash said. Gary's eyebrow rose when he heard the confidence in Ash's voice.
"Really, I would've thought she'd love roses. What flowers does she like?" Gary asked. Ash shrugged his shoulders
"I don't know, should I ask her?"
"No, you need to surprise her with the flowers."
"Surprise her? Why?"
"Do you like seeing her smile?"
"Yeah." Ash said uneasily as he felt his face heat up.
"Then give her the flowers. She'll smile, trust me."
"Okay but what sort?"
"You're mom's the gardener so think about May, how she acts, what she's like, what she likes. Then think about what type of flower's she'd like." Ash was quiet for nearly five minutes before he spoke.
"What about Tulips?"
"Your date, your choice."
"I'll get her Tulips."
"No, I'll get her the flowers later when you're getting changed. There's other stuff you need to know first."
"Like what?"
"Like you need to..."
An hour later both May and Ash were getting themselves ready for their date, Misty was waiting to help May with her hair after she got out of the shower and Gary had gone to get Ash flower for May and something to make it a special evening. Misty saw Gary walking down the corridor with the flowers in hand.
"Is he going to go through with your idea?" Misty asked.
"Yeah, just went to get what he needs. Arceus help them but it's all up to Ash now." Gary replied as he walked past giving Misty a high five, when they found out about the bet they decided to use it to help Ash realise his feelings for May and for May to confess how she felt.
Half an hour later and Ash was ready, he was waiting by the doors of the Gym for May to finish getting ready, his hand was behind him back so May wouldn't see the flowers. He could feel his heart racing as the seconds ticked by, Ash had been trying to use the calming exercises that he used while meditating on his Aura but nothing was working. Gary put a reassuring hand on Ash's shoulder to try and help calm him. Ash had left Pikachu, Meowth and Lucario in his room and told them to listen to Misty while he was gone. Lucario had only agreed to stay if Ash took his other Pokémon with him and call for help through his Aura if he got into trouble no matter how big or small.
"Remember what I said, just be yourself and you'll be fine." Gary said, "Oh and don't mention her sister or her mom." He added with a grin. Ash laughed a little and managed to calm himself down a bit. A couple of minutes passed when he heard footsteps coming towards him, Ash looked in that direction and saw Misty walking down the corridor. Ash was about to ask where May was when Misty moved to the side and he saw May walking behind her. May was wearing a red blouse, dark blue jeans and her blue trainers, she had a dark red handbag on her shoulder, she was carrying a blue jacket and Ash notice that she was wearing his hat.
"Hey Ash, ready to go?" she asked, as she looked over what Ash had on. Ash was wearing his jeans and a black short sleeved shirt with the first button undone, his shirt showed off some of his muscles. He was also wearing his trainer and his leather jacket, May notice that he had tried to comb his hair but had little success as it made his hair look even more wild then usual although she thought it looked good on him. Gary nudged Ash and pointed to the hand May couldn't see, Ash nodded and brought his hand from behind his back revealing a small bunch of light blue Tulips. It was only at that point that Ash realised that the colour of the Tulips matched the colour of May's eyes. May's eyes lit up when she saw the flowers, she smiled and took them from Ash. I guess Gary was right she did smile. Ash thought.
"Oh Ash you didn't need to, how did you know that Tulips are my favourite?" she said as she smelt the flowers.
"Lucky guess." Ash replied, Misty took the flower from May telling her that she'd put them in some water. On impulse Ash pulled one Tulip from the bunch cut the stalk short and placed it in May's hair, just above her ear. Gary and Misty were shocked seeing Ash do this and May started to blush.
"Why'd you do that Ash?" she asked.
"I don't know, I just thought it would look good on you. If you don't like it I'll take it out." Ash said reaching for the Tulip.
"No, I do like it," May said pulling away from Ash's hand, "I just wondered why you did it." May could feel the looks that were coming from Gary and Misty, "Come on Ash let's go otherwise we'll miss the movie." May linked her arm with Ash's and together they walked out of the door. Once they were out of sight Gary and Misty turned to face each other and grinned.
"I think we did it." Gary said holding his hand out to Misty.
"Yeah, I think we did." Misty said back, shaking Gary's hand. As they shook hands on a job well done, neither of them notice the slight blush on the other cheeks.
"So what movie are we going to see May?" Ash asked once they left the Gym.
"There were two movies I thought we might go and see one is Spiritombed Away and the other is Sleepless in Saffron."
"Which one do you want to see most?"
"Well, Sleepless in Saffron but you probably won't like that one."
"Why not?"
"It's more for girls than guys."
"I don't mind. I still owe you for saving me from that Flamethrower in Rota so we'll see that movie and I'll pay."
"Misty's sisters said they'd pay for it, it was part of the bet."
"I talked to them and told them not to. I said that I wanted to treat you to a night out." May turned her face away from Ash to hide her blush. Ash and May walked in silence till they reached the movie theatre, they went inside to but their tickets but were told that the movie would be delayed for about an hour as during the previous screening a group of people had started a food fight and it would take time to clean up. Ash bought the tickets and picked up a brochure of movies that were coming soon, on the front cover was and advert for Kung Foo Pancham.
"What are we going to do while we're waiting for the movie?" Ash asked.
"There's a bar down the street, let's go get a drink." May suggested, Ash nodded and they linked arms again as they went to the bar. Ash bought their drinks, he got a Pepsi and May got an Iced Tea, they sat at a table and started to chat about what they were going to do next. May had heard of a contest being held in Drummond Town which was on they way to Vermillion City, they continued talking and after a few minutes May saw that a Karaoke machine had been set up on the small stage inside the bar, she pointed it out to Ash.
"Hey Ash, why don't you get up and sing something?" she said. Ash looked at her and was about to say no but when he looked into her eyes he felt his resolve crumble, he sighed.
"What do you want me to sing?" he asked. May thought for a minute before replying.
"Something with a good beat." She said.
"I don't know that one," Ash said smiling, "I'll tell them to pick one at random." Ash was about to stand up when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Hi Ash, what are you doing here?" asked a female voice, turning round in his seat Ash saw a group of girls behind him and the one with her hand on his shoulder was the girl he'd met earlier in the day.
"Hi Jenny, I'm just here getting a drink before going to see a movie." He replied.
"Ooo, I love a good movie mind if I come along?" Ash was about to reply and tell her he was out with someone when May interrupted.
"Ash, who's this?" she asked trying to hold her anger back, she wanted this might to be between the two of them and was annoyed by this girl intruding on their time together. May could see that Jenny's hand was rubbing Ash's shoulder and she was trying to discretely flaunt her body to Ash but with Ash being Ash didn't notice.
"This is Jenny, me and Gary met her this morning when we were coming back from the Pokémon Centre." He answered.
"Who are you?" Jenny asked May, finally noticing that Ash wasn't alone at his table.
"Hi, I'm May, Ash's girlfriend." she said emphasising her connection to Ash. Jenny looked over May and sneered, "If you don't mind we're on a date and we'd like to be alone."
"I think it's Ash's decision not yours." Both girls looked at Ash for an answer, Ash could feel sweat rolling down his spine under the fierce glare from Jenny and the almost pleading eyes of May. He looked between them and said.
"Jenny, would you mind leaving us alone. It's been a while since it's just been me and May, we want to spend sometime together so its just the two of us." May tried to hide her smile but had little success as Jenny took an involuntary step back, her friends covering their mouths in shock. Jenny had never not gotten what she wanted, being the daughter of Cerulean City's Mayor she always be able to get anything she wanted.
"You choosing her over me?" she said shocked, "Why? I'm better looking, smarter and I have lots of money, why are you staying with her?" Jenny pointed a finger at May as her voice was getting louder and louder, May was about to start shouting as well when Ash stood up and glared at Jenny.
"You're not better looking or smarter then May and I don't care how much money you have. May is my girlfriend and I won't leave her for anyone else, now please leave us alone so we can enjoy our date." Ash said in a calm and even tone. May's could feel tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes as they sparkled when she heard Ash's words.
"How dare you! I will have your Gym Badge taken away from you. Now leave her and come with me! I am the Mayor's daughter I own this town and I will not be denied." Jenny nearly shouted, drawing the attention of the people at the surrounding tables.
"You can take my badge away?" Ash said sounding slightly worried. Jenny was about to start shouting again when May interrupted.
"No she can't. The Pokémon League rules state that once a Gym Badge had been rightfully earned it can only be taken away by a majority ruling from a Pokémon League Committee, once they've heard the reasons why the Badge is to be revoked. The Mayor of the town or city the Gym is situated in has no influence in the giving or revoking of a Badge." She said.
"How'd you know that?" Jenny asked angrily
"I'm the daughter of the Petalburg Gym Leader, I've learnt a lot about being a Gym Leader from hearing my brother going on about it for the last few years." May replied, "Now like Ash said leave us alone so we can enjoy our date." Jenny frowned and stormed off with her friends following her, May turned to Ash crossing her arms over her chest. "How do you know her?" she asked angrily, Ash could feel the anger rolling from her with his Aura.
"After the Gym Battle when I took my Pokémon to the Pokémon Centre on the way back, she came over and started talking to me. Gary said she was flirting with me but I told her that you were my girlfriend, then I left and went back to the Gym. If you don't believe me ask Gary, he told me not to say anything because you'd be angry and I didn't want you to feel like that." Ash explained. May stayed quiet for a minute just staring at Ash before giving him a small smile.
"It's okay Ash, I believe you I just wish you'd told me before now. You can make it up to me by going and singing." May said, Ash smiled in response, he walked up to the stage and spoke to the man by the Karaoke machine.
"My friend has asked me to sing something with a good beat. Can you pick something for me please?" Ash asked.
"That your friend?" the man replied pointing at May, Ash nodded. "Don't worry kid, I got you covered. Just go to the mic and I'll set it up." The man jerked his thumb in the direction of the microphone, Ash thanked him and walked up to the mic. As the music started playing and the words appeared on the screen Ash took the microphone from the stand, he then noticed that May had moved from their table and was standing in near the edge of the stage waiting for him to start singing. He took a deep breath and relaxed as it came to when he had to start singing.
(Oo, oo, oo, oo) x4
My heart is racing,
She puts her hands on mine,
I feel them shaking,
I look into her eyes,
And I tell her that it's gonna be alright,
And I'm never ever gonna make you cry,
I'll fix your broken heart,
I'll make it beat again,
I'll never let you down,
on me you can depend,
And I tell her that we'll always be this way,
Everyday she's the one that makes me wanna say,
Ash could feel his nerves getting to him, he took the mic from the stand and started to walk around the stage to calm himself. He tried to focus on the music, to become lost in it so that nothing else existed. May could see Ash was nervous and started to regret asking him to sing but as the song continued she saw that he saw starting to relax into it.
(Oo oo, oo, oo)
You're taking over me!
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
I'm in ectasty,
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
I just can't believe the love, the love, the love,
It's taking over me!
The love, the love, the love,
It's taking over me!
Ash saw that people were starting to look to the stage and a couple of them had started dancing, he decided to put on a little bit of a show and walked up to the edge of the stage. He started to tap his foot and move with the beat.
If I close my eyes,
I can see your smile,
I can hear the laugh,
I love and I can't get enough,
I can pull you closer in a moment,
just like this,
I can stop the world,
with only just your kiss,
As Ash said the last line his eyes locked with May's causing both of them to look away and blush.
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
You're taking over me!
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
I'm in ecstasy,
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
I just can't believe the love, the love, the love,
It's taking over me!
The love, the love, the love,
It's taking over me!
(Taking over me) x4
Ash kept singing and moving around the stage, a couple of time he made May giggle as he spun on the spot. He was starting to have fun and smiled as he sang. May could see some of the girls in the bar had come closer to the stage to get closer to Ash, she could feel her anger rising. She knew she was jealous but she had no one to blame except herself because she asked Ash to sing.
Touch my skin with your body,
Love is taking over me,
Touch my skin with your body,
Love is taking over me!
May blushed again and had to push aside the mental image of holding Ash while in a loving embrace.
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
You're taking over me!
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
I'm in ectasty,
(yeah, yeah)
(Oo, oo, oo, oo)
I just can't believe the love, the love, the love,
It's taking over me!
It's taking over me!
I'm in ecstasy!
I just can't believe the love, the love, the love,
It's taking over me!
The love, the love, the love,
It's taking over me!
Ash stopped moving round the stage and slowly walked up the front, he stopped just out of arms reach from the edge of the stage.
Touch my skin with your body,
Love is taking over me,
Touch my skin with your body,
Love is taking over me!
As Ash finished the last note he noticed that everyone in the bar was now looking at the stage, applauding and cheering for him. He saw May in amongst a group of girls who were staring and reaching for him, a wicked glint appeared in Ash's eyes he walked over to the man by the karaoke machine and spoke to him. No one could hear what he said over the crowd, the man smiled and nodded. He took the mic from Ash.
"Ladies and gentlemen please give this young man a round of applause for such an amazing performance. Please sir take a bow." The man said, Ash shrugged his shoulder and walked to the front of the stage, as he bowed saw May clapping and reached out to grab her hand. May was shocked and didn't resist when he pulled her onto the stage.
"Now it's your turn." Ash whispered in her ear sending a shiver down her spine. Ash took the mic from the man and gave it to May, the man quickly selected a song and played it, Ash moved to the side of the stage and watched her. Before the music started playing May gave Ash a dirty look before turning to the crowd and waiting for the music. A guitar riff started playing and when the words appeared she started to sing.
Guess this means you're sorry
You're standing at my door
Guess this means you take back
All you said before
Like how much you wanted
Anyone but me
Said you'd never come back
But here you are again
May stole a glimpse of Ash as she relaxed into the song, being a Co-Ordinator made it easier for May to perform on a stage then Ash.
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
May was really starting to get into the rhythm of the song, she began to dance around, moving with the beat. Ash could almost feel himself being hypnotised by May's hips as he watched them swaying from side to side.
Maybe I was stupid for telling you goodbye
Maybe I was wrong for trying to pick a fight
I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way I found out
I'm nothing without you
During the last line May looked directly at Ash, hoping that he understood just how much he had influenced her life.
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Being with you is so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you
But I can't let you go
Oh, yeah
May walked over to Ash and tried to drag him on to the stage with her but he resisted and gently took his wrist out of her grasp, so he didn't hurt her.
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
While May singing Ash notices crowd getting bigger and realises that crowd had been bigger when he finished singing than when he started. May more at home on stage than Ash and she dances while singing.
When May finished her song she took a quick bow and saw Ash smiling and clapping for her. The man at the karaoke machine handed Ash another mic and pushed him onto the stage as he started playing another song. May saw the words on the screen first and started the song, it wasn't usually a duet but it had been sung as one before.
There's a fire startin' in my heart
Reachin' a fever pitch and it's bringin' me out the dark
Ash joined in for the next part of the song, he was nervous again but May took hold of his hand and he started to calm down.
Finally, I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare
See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reachin' a fever pitch and it's bringin' me out the dark
As Ash sang he started to notice that he once again felt that warmth in his chest he could always feel now he was around May. He started to wonder what is was but pushed it aside and focussed on the song.
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinkin' that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feelin'...
May decided to join in with the chorus and a backing vocals track kicked in.
We could have had it all (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Ash let May take the next part of the song. They weren't dancing with the song but they were swaying back and forth while holding hands. Both were smiling and could see that a few couples had started dancing slowly to the song.
Baby, I have no story to be told
But I heard one on you and it's gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Makin' a home down there as mine sure won't be shared
Ash took the lead again, as he started to settle into the song
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinkin' that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feelin'...
We could have had it all (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it with a beatin'
On an impulse Ash twirled May around, making her giggle and start to blush.
Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold]
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Yeah, we could have had it all (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Yeah, it all, it all, it all (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You could have had it all (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep (Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands (You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played and you played and you played
And you played it to the beat
The crowd in front of the stage had grown even bigger once they finished singing and were cheering wildly, Ash and May took a bow and walked off the stage. May glanced at a nearby clock and realised what time it was.
"Ash, if we're going to get to the movie we need to leave now." She said, Ash looked at the clock and nodded. He went to the bar to pay for their drinks when the man from the stage walked up to them.
"I'm the manager of this place and after a performance like that I can't let you pay for your drinks, they're on the house."
"Thank you but there's no need to do that, we had fun." Ash said still reaching for his wallet but the man put his hand on Ash's arm stopping him.
"You've done me a favour by singing here tonight. People were coming in to see who was singing and that's nearly doubled my profit, I heard your girlfriend say you're going to be late for a movie so don't stand here trying to pay for those drinks and go see your movie."
"Are you sure?" asked May. The man nodded, Ash and May thanked the man and promised him that next time they came to Cerulean City they'd come and sing again. They left the bar and made their way to the movie theatre. They made it with time to spare so Ash bought May some popcorn, they then went to find some seats and wait for the movie to start. As the movie started May linked her arm with Ash's and lent against him slightly
Ash was fighting to stay wake during the movie and nearly fell asleep a couple of time, the only thing that stopped him was the fact he didn't want to upset May. He remembered something Gary had told him to do during the movie, to keep May from getting to cold. Ash lifted his arm out of May gently and put it across her shoulders, when May felt Ash moving his arm away from hers she was going to ask if anything was wrong but stopped when he put his arm around her. She just smiled and snuggled closer to him resting her head on his shoulder and blushing slightly. Ash could feel a now familiar warmth in his chest when May moved closer to him and wonder once more what it was. Once the movie ended Ash and May walked to a nearby restaurant to have something to eat, once they were seated and ordered their food they started talking again.
"Ash, where did you get Jolteon and Zorua?" May asked.
"I found them both together." Ash replied. "I was in Unova for a little while and spending some time in Castelia City. Burgh, the Gym Leader asked me to help him clear out some Venipede that had stayed around since the last time I was there. I was walking round the sewers and found a staircase, I went up and found a small park hidden behind some of the buildings. I was about to go back into the sewers when I saw an Eevee lying on the ground and she looked hurt, I ran over but a Dark Pulse stopped me getting to close. That's when Zorua appeared, he jumped in front of Eevee and asked why I was running at her."
"Wait, Zorua can talk?" May asked, Ash nodded.
"I'll tell you how I met Zorua the first time later. Now where was I...Oh yeah, I told Zorua who I was and that I only wanted to help Eevee. As I got closer I saw that Zorua was hurt as well, I asked what happened and he said that a group of Grimer and Muk had come out of the sewers and attacked them for the food they had. While I took care of their injuries Zorua told me how he met Eevee after he decided it was time to leave home, it took about an hour to finish tending to their wounds and Eevee woke up not long after that. Zorua told her I only wanted to help and that I healed them, Eevee was still nervous around me but she calmed down a little when I gave her some food. I was about to leave when Zorua tackled me, I was going to ask why he did it but then I saw a Sludge attack go flying past. I turned around and saw the group of Grimer and Muk that Zorua had been talking about, Pikachu jumped in front of Eevee and used Iron Tail to stop another attack from hitting her. I released all of the Pokémon I had with me and tried to fend off the attacks. I had Bulbasaur, Gible, Haunter, Quilava, Corphish and Pikachu obviously, they went straight into defending Zorua and Eevee, after a while we'd knocked all of the Grimer out and there was only Muk left. My Pokémon went on the attack and I stayed back making sure that Eevee and Zorua didn't get hurt, just before Muk was knocked out he sent a Sludge Bomb at Eevee, dove in between them, grabbed Eevee and took the hit. It knocked me out for a few minutes and when I woke up all the Pokémon were round me and Eevee was curled up on my chest, I healed my Pokémon and spent a bit more time with Eevee and Zorua before it started getting late and I needed to go. As I started to walk away I felt something pull on my leg, I looked down and saw that Eevee was pulling on my jeans, Zorua told me that Eevee wanted to come with me and so did he. I caught both of them and that's it. I found out a few months later that Eevee was the smallest of her litter and had been abandoned, Pikachu looked after her and sort of became her dad that's why she wanted to evolve into a Jolteon, about a year later we found a Thunderstone and she evolved. Zorua could evolve now if he wanted to he's strong enough but he said he's not ready yet."
"That's a nice story, I'm glad you were able to give them both a home, I have a question though. Why is it that most of your Pokémon choose to come with you instead of you just catching them?" May asked. Ash thought for a minute before answering.
"I don't know I didn't really notice before now." May sweatdropped but let it go. The waiter came over with their food and while they ate Ash explained how Samurott had evolved.
"I was training in the Orange Island and saw that Lorelei was giving a lecture, I waited till it finished and asked her for some advice on how to get the most out of my water and ice types. She offered to give me some training and we spent the next couple of days working with my Pokémon during that time Oshawott evolved into Dewott. That was about six months after I left home, he evolved again during a battle in Unova defending an old friend but that's a story for another time. Since he evolved into a Dewott he became more willing to battle and now he'll take on anyone." Ash said, May tried to get Ash to talk more about the battle when Samurott evolved but he wouldn't say anything about it other then they were helping an old friend. May then asked a question that she'd be thinking about since the Contest in Pewter City.
"Ash, why have you been training with the people like Wallace and Lorelei?"
"When I started travelling again, I knew I wanted to train my Pokémon to be the best that they could be, not for me but for themselves. I realised that the best way to do that was to train with the best. I've met most of the Elite Four for the regions I've competed in and I've met the Champions as well so I thought that if I ran into them again I'd ask for their help, they all said yes. Some helped train my Pokémon, other just gave me some advice but all of the ones I asked helped me in some way, a few of them wanted to see how committed I was to my Pokémon and gave me some tests to complete. Lorelei made me memorise the members of each Elite Four and the Champions along with their Pokémon then recite it back to her three times without stopping or making a mistake before she agreed to help me and Wallace want me to show him I could battle in a Contest style before he helped. Lance and Cynthia didn't ask me to do anything though they just got straight to the point and battled me to see where I needed to improve, I didn't manage to beat them when we battled but I was able to knock out a couple of their Pokémon before the battle ended. Now I take all the advice and experience they've given me and I'm going to win each League I've competed in already, starting here in Kanto."
"Wow, you really thought about it didn't you." May said, Ash smiled sadly and looked down at his plate.
"Yeah I did, I realised that I'd been making mistakes since I started only taking Pikachu to the different Regions and neglecting my other Pokémon," Ash said sounding ashamed of himself, "I'm just glad that my Pokémon forgave me, I made them a promise that I'd never do anything like that again, that I'd keep rotating my team around so that they all get a chance to travel with me. I'm a bad trainer for doing that, I should've known better" Ash stopped when he felt something touch his hand, he looked up and saw it was May's hand his gaze continued upwards and until he met her eyes, he saw tears in the corners of her eyes and an angry expression on her face.
"Ash Ketchum, don't you ever say anything like that again." she said angrily, "You're not a bad trainer, if you were I wouldn't be a Co-Ordinator, Brock would still be the Pewter City Gym Leader, Dawn wouldn't be as strong as she is. Everyone who's travelled with you wouldn't be who they are if you were a bad trainer so don't you DARE say that again or you'll have to answer to all of us." Ash could feel the angry rolling off May in waves, he nodded nervously and saw the angry fire in her eyes die down. "Now that's sorted, lets finish our meal."
Ash could tell he'd messed up, even though she had calmed down he felt the anger inside of May through his Aura.
"I'm sorry May." he said softly.
"What do you mean Ash?"
"I know you're still angry."
"I'm not angry."
"Yes you are. I can feel it."
"Feel it?" May asked. Ash's eyes glowed blue, that's when May realised that Ash felt her anger through his Aura. "Oh, I don't mean to be angry but I don't like hearing you talk down about yourself, you're the greatest trainer I've ever met and I don't want you thinking otherwise"
"Don't worry May, I'll make it up to you somehow." After that they finished their meal and once Ash paid they went outside, it was dark out and the sky was clear so they could see the full moon and the stars.
"So what now?" asked May. Ash smiled and took a Pokéball from his belt and threw it into the air.
In a flash of white light a majestic bird appeared. "PIDGEOT" he cried into the night sky. Pidgeot circled a couple of times before landing in front of Ash and May, Ash climbed onto the flying types back and held his hand out towards May.
"Now we fly." Ash said, May slowly took Ash's hand and climbed onto Pidgeot's back, sitting in front of Ash. "Pidgeot, let's go." Pidgeot flapped his wings and quickly took to the skies, flying out from Cerulean City. The sudden take off threw May back into Ash's chest but once Pidgeot had levelled off and was flying smoothly she didn't move, simply enjoying the view and the warmth she could feel from Ash. Ash had his arms resting on Pidgeot's back until May took them and wrapped them around her waist.
"Why'd you do that?" Ash asked.
"I don't want you to fall off." She said not looking back at him, hiding her blush. They flew on in silence and watched the night sky twinkling with celestial light, after a while Pidgeot started to slowly drop down for a controlled landing. They had landed in a clearing near Cerulean Cape, Ash thanked Pidgeot and returned him to his Pokéball telling him to take a rest. May linked her arm around Ash's and rested her head on his shoulder as they walked to the Cape, they looked out over the water and watched as the moon's reflection rippled in the small waves.
"Ash" May said quietly while looking over the water.
"Yeah May." Ash replied.
"What do you think of ...the view?" May asked mentally kicking herself, she had wanted to ask what he thought of her but couldn't bring herself to say it.
"It's beautiful." Ash said, just like you he thought. They walked around in silence enjoying each others company until Ash spoke again. "May, can I ask you something?"
"Sure Ash, you can ask me anything you know that."
"Well I was wondering..."
"Wondering what?"
"Can I have my hat back?" he asked with a grin, May hit his arm playfully as she laughed.
"Don't you think it looks good on me?" May asked.
"May, you look good in anything." Ash said, causing May to blush and look away.
"You can have it back when we get to the Gym."
"Okay." Ash and May spent a little while longer walking around the Cape before deciding that it was time to go back. Ash released Pidgeot from his Pokéball and climbed onto his back before helping May get on. Just before Pidgeot took off Ash put his arms round May's waist, "I don't want to fall off." He said. May just nodded, kept looking forward and leaned back against Ash as they flew into the sky. As Pidgeot turned towards Cerulean City he noticed a school of pink heart shaped Pokémon leap from the water, the two people on his back however didn't see them as they were staring at the night sky wondering what tomorrow would bring. May watched as the moonlight shone across the landscape and thought that despite the rocky moments this evening had gone well and even though he didn't know it the flight was very romantic. She saw a star that twinkled brighter then the rest and made a silent wish that Ash would return her feelings and that they would always be together.
Pidgeot landed right in front of the Gym and Ash thanked him for all his hard work, as they had stayed up in the air for a while to look at the moon and stars. May took Ash's hat off and placed it on his head, she took a couple of seconds to adjust it before taking a step back to admire her work.
"Feel better now?" she asked. Ash grinned and nodded.
"Yeah." He replied, "May, did you have fun tonight?" he asked.
"Yeah I did, did you?"
"Yeah, sorry for making you angry I..." Ash stopped talking when May placed a finger on his lips.
"Ash we had a great time together, don't ruin it." She said, May then gave Ash a quick peck on the cheek and walked to the doors of the Gym, Ash was about to follow when he saw a small flicker of light from the corner of his eye. He turned to see what it was but couldn't see anything, May noticed that he'd stopped and was peering into the night.
"What is it Ash?" she asked. Ash took on last look into the darkness before turning to May.
"Nothing, just my imagination." He said and followed May into the Gym. Ash went straight to bed while May was interrogated by Misty had waited for them to get back so she could lock the Gym's doors. Misty wanted to know every little detail of what happened that evening, she was surprised to hear that Ash had a good singing voice and decided to have a little talk with the Mayor about his daughter's attitude. Eventually Misty and May went to sleep, knowing that Ash and May were leaving in the morning and had a long day ahead of them. Gary had left not long after Ash and May went out, wanting to get to Mount Moon before it got too dark.
Ash had woken up early again and was doing his usual exercises when he heard the phone ringing, knowing that May and Misty were still asleep he ran to answer it.
"Hello, Cerulean City Gym." He said answering the phone and activating the screen.
"ASH KETCHUM, WHAT HAVEN'T YOU BEEN TELLING ME!" came the familiar and angry voice of Ash's mother through the speaker of the phone.
"What are you taking about mom? And why are you shouting?" Ash asked.
"Explain this!" she replied showing him a copy of Pokémon Trainer magazine, when Ash saw the front cover his eyes widened. There was a large picture of him and May outside the Gym with May kissing his cheek underneath was a headline saying 'Princess of Hoenn has found her Prince'. "Why didn't you tell me that you and May were in a relationship!" she shouted, "I know you're still upset about the letter and everything but that's no reason to keep this from me." Ash tried to find the volume control on the phone so that no one would wake up.
"Ash, what's all the noise?" Ash turned round and saw May stood behind him wearing a large t-shirt and a pair of shorts, the t-shirt was long enough to cover nearly all of the shorts so it actually looked like May was just wearing the t-shirt, the collar of the t-shirt had slipped to the side showing one of May's shoulders, she hadn't brushed her hair which was a perfect example of bed head. When Ash's mom saw May she got the completely wrong idea seeing her dressed like that and Ash sweating slightly from his exercises.
"ASH KETCHUM, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! You know I wanted grandchildren but you need to respect May." Delia said. While Ash looked confused, May realised what she meant and became really embarrassed.
"It's not like that Mrs Ketchum. I thought Ash told you what's going on." May said before quickly explaining about the favour and how Ash was helping her.
"Well how do you explain the picture?"
"What picture?" Delia showed May the magazine, May blushed a bright red and quickly explained that to keep up the appearance of her and Ash being a couple they went on a 'date' and to say thank you she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Okay, I understand now but I wish you'd told me sooner. Just in case I was asked about it." Delia said calming down, "May, can I talk to you privately?"
"Okay." May said nervously. Ash walked back to the pool to let them talk in peace, "What did you want to talk about?"
"Tell me everything that's happened between the two of you and don't leave anything out." May nodded and quickly summarised everything that had happened since they met up in Viridian City, once she finished Delia nodded.
"I see, so you really care for Ash don't you." It wasn't a question but May answered anyway.
"Yeah, I do." She said softly with a small smile as she looked down and the ground.
"May, look at me." Delia said kindly, May raised her head and looked at the screen. "I want you to stay strong and never doubt you feelings for Ash. It might take him a while to realise it but he cares for you as much as you care for him."
"How do you know?"
"I saw it in his eyes when I showed him the magazine. It's all there but he just doesn't know what it is, if you ever want to talk about it just call me." May nodded, "Can you get Ash for me please, and don't worry I won't tell him about how you feel." May nodded again and ran to get Ash, before going to get washed and dressed. Ash came to the phone and smiled at his mother.
"Hi Mom, what did you talk to May about?"
"That's something just between us girls, now about that picture. With everything that you're doing for May you need to keep up the image more so now."
"Why?"
"Because now everyone will think you're in a relationship with May not just the people that have seen you together. I'm surprised that you haven't heard from Dawn about it yet, you need to make sure that it looks like a real relationship otherwise the whole thing will fall apart." Delia paused so Ash could focus on what she was about to say, "If it comes out that it's all fake then a lot of hurtful thing will be said and done to May. I know that you don't want that to happen so look after her."
"I will mom you don't have to worry about that."
"That's good, I have a couple more things to ask. How was you date?"
"Apart from the thing with Jenny and May shouting at me for doubting myself it went okay, we had a good time."
"That's good to hear. The other thing I want to ask is have you forgiven me yet?" Ash's face darkened slightly.
"I'm still a little mad but I do forgive you. I know why you did it, I understand that. It's just that it took so long for the truth to come out, it hurt me but I'm getting over it. I've got to go now but I'll call you when we get to the next town. I love you mom."
"I love you too Ash." They then ended the call and Ash went to finish his exercises and get changed before making breakfast. When he was getting changed he realised that the flicker of light he saw last night must've been a camera. While Ash was making breakfast he was talking to May about how long it would take to get to her next Contest and a few combinations he could help her with. Misty came into kitchen and asked why she heard shouting, May explained what had happened and Ash told them both about the light. Misty nodded and said that if anyone called the Gym about them she wouldn't say anything about them other then they were her friends. The conversation turned to other subjects one being an explosion that Misty had heard over a week earlier coming from Mount Moon, Ash sweatdropped and told her that the explosion was probably him explaining what had happened with Team Rocket and using Nature's Fury. Misty nodded in understanding and was grateful that Ash didn't use any attacks like that during their battle.
After they finished their breakfast all three of them along with Pikachu, Lucario and Meowth went to the Pokémon Centre to get their Pokémon healed and Ash wanted to rotate his team again, he sent Pidgeot and Grimm to the Lab and called for Donphan and Sawk, keeping Sandshrew with him. Ash had a basic training plan set out for Meowth, Sandshrew and Grimm to increase their strength, stamina and speed while also helping them learn some new attacks. He was going to pair the Pokémon up, having Meowth work with Pikachu, Sandshrew with Donphan and Sawk with Lucario, this would allow them to get stronger at a steady pace, it would take them a few days to get to the next Pokémon Centre and by that time Ash had a feeling that he would be able to switch his Pokémon around giving the ones he currently had a rest and allowing him to call for some more of his new Pokémon so he could start their training. May called her parents telling them about the magazine so that they were ready if anyone contacted them and asking them to tell Max next time they heard from him. She then called Brock and told him, Brock understood the situation and said he'd do the same as Misty and not tell anyone anything. Finally she called Professor Oak so she could swap her Pokémon around, she sent Munchlax and Wartortle back and asked for Venusaur and her Teddiursa that she caught in Johto.
Once Ash and May were ready and bought some supplies they said goodbye to Misty and promised to keep her up to date on how their journey was going. Misty promised that if she couldn't make it to the Grand Festival or Pokémon League she would be at the Gym cheering loud enough for them to hear her. As they left the Pokémon Centre May took Ash's hand smiling as they walked through the city but underneath the smile she was worried the situation had gotten out of hand with the magazine, May knew that she had a small fan base thanks to her success as a Co-Ordinator, just like Dawn does, but she didn't want something like this to happen unless it was real.
"Miss Maple, Miss Maple." She heard someone shouting, both she and Ash turned around to see a man with a camera in his hands. The man started to take pictures "Do you have anything to say about your relationship with this man? Who is he? How long have you been together? Are you getting married?" he asked while taking pictures. Ash was about to ask the man to leave them alone when Lucario stepped forward and took the man's camera away, Pikachu jumped onto Lucario's shoulder. Meowth moved in front of May just in case.
"Please leave us alone." Ash said to the man, "We don't want to answer any questions and we don't want our picture taken either." Pikachu put the tip of his tail on the camera and sent a couple of sparks into it erasing everything on the memory card. Ash knew he shouldn't but he needed to make a point, using his Aura he added power to his words, "Let anyone else who might bother us know that my Pokémon are very protective and will do whatever's necessary to keep us safe." Ash started to turn away when he stopped, "and if I see that in a magazine then I'll know who did it. Understand ?" The man was now sweating bullet and nodded quickly.
"Yes sir, I understand." He said, Ash dropped the effect of his Aura.
"Good, Lucario please give him his camera back." Lucario did as Ash asked, "Come on lets go I want get started again." Ash walked away still holding May's hand, with Lucario and Pikachu following behind them and Meowth walking alongside May. The man left out a sigh of relief and passed out.
"Ash, did you mean what you said back there? About your Pokémon doing whatever's necessary?" May asked. Ash shook his head.
"No, I just wanted to make a point that we wanted to be left alone." He replied.
"Where did you learn to speak like that it didn't seem like you. It scared me a little." Ash could see the slight look of fear in May's eyes and stopped walking to give her a hug.
"I didn't mean to scare you May, I'm sorry." Ash said as he enveloped May with his arms, "When Riley was teaching me he said the greatest weapon I had was my mind and the words can win more battle then attacks. He taught the sort of things I could say to stop things happening, I won't work all the time but it never hurt to try. Lucario will keep a look out for anyone else who might bother us and warn me." May nodded her head as she rested it on Ash's chest, feeling safe in his arms. They ended the hug and linked arms, Pikachu jumped back onto Ash's shoulder and they made their way out of Cerulean City and onwards to the next stage of their journey.
And that's it for now
Songs used are Taking Over Me by Lawson, My Life Would Suck Without You by Kelly Clarkson and Rolling in the Deep by Adele
Disclaimer :- I don't own any of these songs. I just like them.
Current Teams are:-
Ash:- Pikachu, Lucario,Meowth, Sandshrew, Donphan and Sawk
May:- Glaceon, Blaziken, Mawile, Venusaur, Teddiursa and Beautifly.
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