Return of the defeated (on hold)

/Part 10/

"Lucario, Pikachu you have to go help Ash." May urged the two pokemon next to her.

Pikachu jumped into the clearing lanlanding next to Dratini but before Lucario could enter Ash called out to him, "Lucario keep May say if he tries anything." Lucario replied with a nod and low a growl as he took a defensive stance in front of May. The poacher quickly released his pokemon in hopes of dealing with the two small pokemon in front of him.

"Really a Pikachu and Dratini are your saviors, what can an electric rat and tiny snake do against my Ursaring, Machoke,

and Ariados." he said with smug laughter.

"We'll show what we can do, Pikachu keep them busy for moment." With that Pikachu launched into Iron Tail volleys spring boarding back and forth. "Dratini can you help me clear my eyes out?" the young dragon responded my creating a very small Whirlpool that allowed Ash to rinse his eyes with. "That's better, thank you Dratini. Now what do you say we join this fight." With a gentle rub of her head Dratini shot towards and unsuspecting Ursaring with Iron Tail sending the hibernatorpokemon backwards. May stood in shock and awe at how Ash's pokemon fought and how he called attacks all while defending himself against the poacher's punches.

Pikachu made quick work of Ariados and was pushing Machoke into a corner wearing down the superpower pokemon. Dratini using her speed and flexibility was hitting Ursaring with all she had even though it was much bigger she was winning the battle. The poacher had been knocked to the ground once more and slowly pushed himself up, a small trickle of blood came from his lip as he lunged at Ash getting a lucky shot and taking him to the ground, May tried to run to his aid but Lucario prevented her from doing so.

"Master Ash asked me to keep you safe and I intend to do so. Pikachu, Dratini help Master Ash quickly!!" Lucario called through his aura so that only they could hear him. Pikachu turned to run towards Ash, but stalled when a bright light shone in the clearing, when it faded they saw Dratini had evolved into Drgonair. She hit Ursaring with a powerful Dragon Tail attack then sped across and struck the poacher with Iron Tail knocking him off of Ash and out cold. Knowing Ash was safe Pikachu struck Machoke with a Thunderbolt bringing the pokemon to the ground.

May seeing that there was no more danger she rushed past Lucario to Ash's side. He was sitting up when she reached him, knocking him back to the ground in a tight embrace. "Ash are you crazy?" She asked yelled at him with tears forming in her eyes. "You just rushed him, you didn't know what could have happened." She pulled away seeing his face clearly, his right eye was slightly blackened and his bottom lip had begun to swell. "Look at yourself you're a mess and beat to hell."

Ash looked down slightly with shame, suddenly he chuckled making May angrier. "May I am sorry for acting quickly like that but I seeing him act how he was sent me over the edge. Its like when Drew slapped you, if it hadn't been for the wedding I would have beaten him for it. I'm ok, I promise I've taken worse beatings than this." He stood up, gently pulling May to her feet as well.

"Ash you need to think about your actions and consequences of them." she said sternly. "We all just got you back in our lives, how would everyone react if they heard something happened to you while fighting a criminal?" Ash opened his mouth to respond but she didn't give him time to respond "They'd be heart broken, you have touched so many lives in so many ways that you don't even know. Ash Ketchum I'll be damned if I let anything happen to you on my watch. I may not be a fighter but I can take care of myself why did you tell Lucario to stay by me instead of having him fight along side you?"