Return of the defeated (on hold)

/Part 15/

An hour later later Ash heard May lightly breathing, he looked down and seen she had fallen asleep. He carefully lifted her into his arms and carried her to her bed, Lucario seeing this rose from his position and pulled back the covers so Ash could lay her down. Once she was covered Ash thanked Lucario, the aura pokemon returned to his spot and Ash gave May's forehead a soft kiss and whispered goodnight to her before climbing into his bed and quickly fell asleep.

The morning came and found the young couple outside in the fresh forest area working together to help refine May's appeals. They were working on multiple appeals so she could have a range to choose from so no one could try strategize against her. They decided to go explore they area once they finished their morning training. They walked through the gated entrance and they saw the beauty of the area beyond it. There was lush deep green grass, foliage of all kinds and berry trees of every type growing everywhere.

They walked towards the center of the village, when Ash last visited there was just one small building but now there were numerous others. They housed the sick or injured pokemon and the volunteers that came to the Hidden Village. Ash saw the person he was looking for, "Melanie its great to see you again."

"Oh hello, please forgive but I can't seem to put a name to your face." Melanie said turning towards May and Ash.

"I think this might help." Ash said pulling out Venusaur's pokeball. "Come on out."

With a flash of light Venusaur appeared and shook his head, when he opened his eyes they landed directly on Melanie. He immediately recognized his old friend, his vines quickly extended and picked her up and sat her on his back. She gave a small surprised yelp but quickly giggled once she was sat down.

"Aren't you a friendly pokemon." She said rubbing his head getting a happy 'Saurr' in return.

"He would be, seeing that you two have a good past together." Ash said smiling at the reunion.

Melanie looked at Ash then back to Venusaur, "Wait your not the little Bulbasaur that I took care of many years ago? That would make you Ash. Oh my its so good see both of you again." She said sliding back to the ground and wrapping her arms around Venusaur hugging her old friend tight.

They sat in a shaded area where Ash introduced May to Melanie and he told her of the adventures Venusaur and him had shared. He told them that after leaving Rota while trianing Bulbasaur finally chose to evolve into Ivysaur, and while traveling up Mt. Silver Ivysaur evolved into Venusaur.

"We hadn't been there all that long when a rather angry group Ursaring attack us by surprise. We managed to hold them back but they were very territorial and attacked everything in sight. Some how a young Aipom got caught in the cross fire and as one of the Ursaring went after it with a double Hammer Arm. Ivysaur threw himself in front of the attack and used a quick powered Solarbeam defend, but the Ursaring started pushing through it. The rest of my pokemon and me were blocked in and couldn't break free to help. Suddenly Ivysaur began to glow and i immediately knew what was about to happen. He evolved and gaining extra strength from doing so launched the Ursaring back towards the others and sent them flying with a full strength Solarbeam." When Ash finished telling the story, Melanie and May both looked at Venusaur with an impressed expression.

"I always knew you'd be a very strong pokemon old friend and I am beyond proud of all you have accomplished." Melanie said beaming with pride.

"I agree Venusaur, you're quite the heroic pokemon jumping into danger to save another pokemon like that." May complemented.

Venusaur sheepishly rubbed his head with one of his vines (even Ash's pokemon picked up some of his habits.). They talked a while longer before Melanie had to return to some of the pokemon she was watching over. The group returned to the Pokemon Center to do a little more training before the day was over. May wanted to make sure everything was perfect before the contest began in two days. Once they felt comfortable with how the pokemon preformed they had Nurse Joy check them all out before getting some dinner and feeding all their pokemon. As night fell the retreated back to their room and spent the evening similar to the one before hand. They eventually called it a night and crawled into their beds and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.

They chose to sleep in and relax the day prior to the contest so that all of May's pokemon were well rested. They were currently sitting under a tree enjoying the cool air and watching the pokemon of the Hidden Village play with one another. Ash told May he was going to grab is bag from the room and he'd be right back, so she stayed there feeling at ease. Until she heard a voice she'd been dreading to hear.

"Why hello May, you look beautiful as ever." May turned to face the speaker, she felt a ball of anger form in her stomach.

"Drew leave me alone, I want nothing to do with you after you slapped me. You're slime and to be honest I always felt that way." She said standing incase he tried anything.

"Look I apologize about that, I got caught up in the moment and lost my cool." He said taking a step towards her. "How about I take you out for a nice dinner and we forget all about that. I mean after all we're meant to be, the two best Coordinators."

May scoffed, "First I'll never forget that, second I have a boyfriend and third I would never be with you even if you were the only man on earth." She held her ground and Glaceon stood defensively next to her trainer.

In his arrogance Drew let a sarcastic laugh out, "You're playing the I have a boyfriend game? I'd of heard about that if it were true, but I'll humor you. Who might this supposed boyfriend be?"

"That would be me." Came a deep angry voice from behind Drew, who spun to face the speaker only to realize the man was a fair bit taller.

"Who the hell do you think... Wait you're the man from the wedding." Drew paled slightly when he noticed Pikachu on his shoulder with his cheeks crackling it hit him. "Ketchum is that you?"

"Yes it is, and if I were you I'd leave I restrained myself last time more than you deserved. I won't do that again, do you understand?"

Drew took a small step back and his hand instantly went to his pokeballs. Pikachu immediately jumped in front of Ash, Lucario and Meowth both stood by his side ready for whatever.

"If I were you Drew, I'd look at your situation, and remember out last meeting it didn't end well for you." Ash's tone was menacing but seemed to almost dare Drew to try him. Drew's eyes darted from Ash to May to Ash's pokemon and he finally turned on his heel and quickly walked away.

"Are you ok May?" Ash asked as he walked to May.

"Yeah I am. Thank you, although I could have handled him."

"I know you could have with no problem other than you would have been disqualified from the contest." He said with a light chuckle, "Plus it was fun to scare him off."

May giggled, "It was funny to see him turn white."

"May, if you face him tomorrow wipe the arena with him." Ash said looking into her eyes.

Her eyes stared back into Ash's burning with passion and hunger for battle. "I have every intention of that." With that the couple went and found another area to relax for the remaining part of the day. They decided to call it a night when the sky began to turn purple, they chose to go straight to bed instead of watching tv that night to make sure they got plenty of sleep.

"Goodnight Ash thank you again for today. Sleep well" May said stifling a yawn.

"You're welcome my love, I'd do anything in the whole world for you. Sweet dreams. I love you May." He replied.

"I love you too Ash." May said as the lights turned off.

As always thanks for reading and Feel free to leave any comments or reviews. Until next time.

Ash's pokemon: Pikachu, Lucario, Meowth, Ralts, Sandshrew, Krookodile, Gardevoir, and Venusaur.

May's pokemon: Blaziken, Glaceon, Sewaddle, Venusaur, Florges, Wartortle, Swanna, and Ralts