Chapter 3: You and I

"What's going on here?" Brock frowned when he saw Meowth and Pikachu.

"Yikes, cova's blown now!" Meowth felt his hairs stand up when he saw Brock and Max.

"Get over here, Meowth!" Max yelled and ran over to the cat.

Meowth formed a quick smirk and spoke, "You can try!" The Normal-type then suddenly pulled down a lever on the long panel of buttons that controlled the light effects of the contest. When the cat furiously pulled it down, the lever instantly broke.

The whole building became dark, including the room. "He's turned the power off!" Brock said as he, Marshtomp and Max tried to rely on their other senses to get around.

In the stadium, people began to panic and question the cause of this abrupt incident. Millian's face became concerned as the two battlers in front of her also stopped. She looked around and muttered, "Something's not right, first that sudden shake and now this. Security must be investigating right now."

"Meowth, get back here!" Max tried to capture the cat with Brock and Marshtomp as they ran around the dark room for him, relying on the sound of Meowth's paws to determine his position. Meowth proved to be exceptionally fast though, years of running away from cops, twerps, and Pikachu's Electric-types finally paid off.

Among the darkness of the room, Pikachu struggled to free himself while Meowth was busy with Brock and Max. The mouse was becoming impatient and felt nothing but anger towards Team Rocket for tying him up like this; he could only wonder what they did to his trainer. Thanks to the mouse's better vision and sensitive hearing, it could make out the difficult time Brock and Max were having pursuing mouth in its mind and Pikachu began charging up electricity as it flex its muscles and threatened to use all its power to break free.

"Pi…ka…chuuuuuuu!" Pikachu exclaimed, alarming everyone in the room. With that the mouse felt the rope tear as he shot out a Thunderbolt, lightning up the whole room, Brock and Max narrowly dodged the attack and much to the pair's relief, it hit Meowth.

The rope snapped and broke, thanks to the electricity which burned the rope and made it easier for the mouse to break through. "Pika!" Pikachu cheered gleefully now that it was free.

"I'm barbacued Meowt," Meowth felt tremendous pain inside him as he lay on the floor, his whole fur was black thanks to the blast from Thunderbolt.

"Great job, Pikachu, I'm sorry we couldn't arrive earlier," Brock told the mouse.

"Pi pika," Pikachu answered happily; glad his friends were here now.

"So what's the big idea, Meowth, where's Ash and my sister?!" Max glared at the cat who still lay on the floor.

"Pi?" Pikachu looked at Brock.

"Ash, May, and you have been missing for over an hour, we searched everywhere for you and we wouldn't have found you without Marshtomp's help," Brock looked down at Marshtomp and grinned.

"Marsh marshtomp," Marshtomp grinned at Brock and Pikachu.

"Sadly, we haven't been able to find Ash or May yet. May got disqualified from the contest because she hadn't shown up for her battle with Harley and since we found Meowth with you, I believe Team Rocket has a hand in this," Brock stated the obvious.

Pikachu frowned and looked down at Meowth from Brock's shoulder, Max also stood angrily in front of Meowth. "Tell us what's going on Meowth!" Max ordered.

"I'm not tellin," Meowth gave a stubborn answer.

"Piiiiikaaaaa," Pikachu spoke with a threatening voice and emitted sparks from its cheeks.

Meowth's eyes went wide when it saw Pikachu and replied, "Ok ok, I'll tell ya, jus don't shock me."

"Good, then you might as well tell us while we search for Ash and May," Brock pulled out a flashlight from a bag lying on the floor with a large red "R".

The spiky-haired teen lit it up and they all nodded in agreement.

Harley chuckled when the power went out and spoke sinisterly, "Looks like our cover has been blown. The other two must have found Meowth and proceeded to Plan B."

"What's Plan B?" Ash asked with a stern tone and frowned.

All of a sudden, back in the stadium two lights turned on and focused on two individuals who stood on a scaffold. Everyone became frightened when they saw the magenta-haired woman and the periwinkle-haired man.

"Welcome everyone!" Jessie extended her right arm happily.

"We are today's entertainment!" James extended his left arm eagerly.

"Team Rocket!" people in the audience screamed and murmured at the presence of the notorious criminal organization.

"So, you crooks must be behind the whole disturbance going on," Millian frowned when she saw the pair above her.

People in the audience quickly stood up and tried to run to the exit, shouting in fear, many of the people there were aware of how dangerous the villainous syndicate was.

Jessie and James chuckled as they tried to escape, "If you dare leave this building, we can assure you that we'll blow this whole building up!" Jessie shouted.

The people turned to Team Rocket with wide eyes and stood where they were. "That's more like it, Jessie smirked.

James raised an eyebrow and whispered, "But Jessie, we never planted bombs in the building."

"Shut up James, as long as we have fear on our side, this people won't dare to defy us. Making them believe they have their lives on the line will ensure victory for Team Rocket," Jessie laughed maliciously as she looked down at the audience while James sighed, still not sure if they could win if their biggest weapon was a bluff.

Back with Ash and May, the pair looked at Harley with uncertain gazes, not knowing what to expect. Harley reached for a Pokeball and spoke, "Let's see how strong the Champion of the Battle Frontier is, can he defend his princess from the destined winner of this battle?"

"I don't have any Pokémon," Ash gritted his teeth after responding.

"Oops," Harley chuckled and threw his Pokeball.

"Harley, stop this!" May yelled when she realized what Harley's intentions were.

The Pokémon that emerged from Harley's Pokeball was Banette. It was a black, humanoid, doll-like Pokémon possessed with pure hatred. It had three spikes on its head and a long zigzag-shaped ribbon hanging down from its head. It had a zipper-like mouth. Banette grinned and showed his long, three-fingered hands and stood on its short, stubby legs. It also had a yellow, brush-like tail, which resembled a needle stuck into its body.

"Banette, use Shadow Ball!" Harley pointed at May through the darkness.

Since fighting in the dark was its specialty, Banette had no issue shooting the attack. "Baneeee!" Banette cried and released Shadow ball.

The pair had a hard time seeing the black-colored energy attack through the darkness, but Ash quickly determined its aim and yelled, "May, look out!"

"Huh?" May didn't see the Shadow Ball coming and the only thing she saw was Ash getting in front of her. A second later, the sound of a blast could be heard and she could hear Ash groan in pain as he slightly leaned his body forward.

"Ash!" May screamed in horror.

"It's alright, I'm fine, it just stung a little," Ash chuckled and stood up straight again, wincing from the pain he felt.

Harley grinded his teeth threw the darkness, "I'm not only mad at the fact that you made it out that room in one piece, but also because now I doubt I'll be able to get my ribbon. May, you always ruin everything, and for that you'll pay dearly!" Harley extended his left arm forward and made a command, "Try this on for size. Banette, use Thunder!"

"Ash, don't!" May shouted, trying to stop the boy from defending her, but Ash pushed her away and took the Electric-type attack.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!" Ash yelled in pain as the electricity ran through his body.

May's eyes became horrified when she saw Ash, and thanks to the light of Thunder, she could also see the evil in Harley's eyes as Banette shocked Ash. When Banette stopped, Ash dropped to his knees and shook from the pain. The room became dark again, but Harley could tell where May was and made another command, "Banette, show May how much frustration we've held back with Shadow Claw!"

"Fine Harley, if it's me you want, then come get me!" May shouted, ready to take the attack.

"Water Gun!" a voice called out and a powerful stream of pressurized water shot Banette against wall before it could hit May, knocking it out in the process.

"What the…" Harley said, but before he could finish the voice spoke again.

"How dare you hurt my friends like that," and before Harley could turn around completely a powerful punch sent the man against the wall and knocked the coordinator out.

May was surprised to see who it had been that punched Harley and saved her and Ash from his Banette. "Brock," the brunette looked at him, the anger in his eyes was something she had never seen before, out of the four, Brock was always the calmest, never rushing into arguments and violence, and he never broke his barrier of a pacifist until this moment. The one Harley forced him to break.

"I'm sorry you had to see that, May," Brock grinned sheepishly as the flashlight pointed at her, the anger in his eyes was quickly fading.

"Ash, are you alright," Max ran over to the boy who had been quiet and remained on his knees.

"Pikapi," Pikachu looked at Ash with a sad gaze.

"Boy, this is some mess," Meowth could see the broken door and smudges caused from Electrode's blast thanks to the flashlight. The cat had been forced to become a prisoner of Brock and Max and follow them here.

Brock walked over to Ash and helped him up while May also rushed over to him as well. "Ash let me help you up," Brock reached his hand to his friend.

"Ash, are you alright," May felt tears swell in her eyes; the brunette couldn't stand to see her friend hurt like this. She couldn't ignore the injuries he had and the fact that he smelled like something that had been burned.

Ash lifted his head and gave them a smile; he grabbed Brock's hand and pulled himself up. "I'm ok guys, don't worry. We're just glad to see you." but the flinch he did after saying that worried his friends.

"We're glad to see you guys again too," Max became relieved when he saw Ash and his sister again.

Brock gave Ash a stern look and spoke; "It was thanks to Marshtomp that we were able to find you in the nick of time, but now I think we should head back to the stadium, something tells me this isn't over, right Meowth?" the tanned boy looked down at the cat.

"Now why woulda say tat?" Meowth laughed nervously.

"Team Rocket has been helping Harley ensure his victory; we got knocked out by them and Harley and were taken captive. We escaped, but then Harley showed up," May explained everything to Brock.

"They won't get away with this," Max gritted his teeth.

"Let's go, we don't have time," Ash stood up straight, feeling slight pain the process.

They all agreed and ran in the direction that led to the stadium, leaving Harley and Banette behind. Meowth, of course, had no choice, but to follow them. On the way, May spoke to Ash, "Ash, you could've gotten seriously hurt back there, what were you thinking," May frowned at him.

"Sorry if I worried you, but I knew it was you that Harley wanted so I defended you. If I hadn't been paralyzed by Thunder, I would've stopped Shadow Claw too," Ash told her, grinning sheepishly.

"Why do you always have to play the hero?" the sapphire-eyed girl sighed and smiled sheepishly as well.

"I'm just looking out for you," Ash winked at her, making the girl blush slightly.

I just hope you always come back to me after you do something like that; May gave the boy a worried smile as they ran. She recollected the moments Ash defended her from Harley and comforted her in the room they got trapped in, she just couldn't afford to lose him, he meant more than he could imagine to her. Such a valuable friend can't be found again and May just kept thinking of how Ash almost always took the leap for her.

When they entered the stadium they all gasped when they saw the fearful audience and Team Rocket looking over them. "Team Rocket, what do you think you're doing?!" Ash yelled at them, alerting everyone in the room since he came from nowhere.

When Jessie and James saw Ash and the gang, they couldn't help but let their eyes get wide in surprise, "It's the twerps, and they're free!" they screamed simultaneously.

The audience became confused when they saw the gang, but were surprised when they saw May among the group, wondering exactly what was going on.

"Give us back our Pokémon and give up!" Ash spat at them.

Who is this boy, Millian wondered and when she looked up at Team Rocket, she could tell they were afraid of him.

"Everyone, this contest has been a setup done by Harley and Team Rocket. They have been working together to make sure May lost and Harley would win. They took May hostage this whole time, that's why she didn't show up in the Battle Round, they are also responsible for the tremor from earlier and the fact that there are no lights working!" Brock revealed to the crowd while shouting.

"Let's stop them here once and for all. Harley's already been taken care of, now help us stop Team Rocket!" Max stood beside Brock and in front of the audience, screaming at them as well.

As the pair spoke, the audience quickly began to frown and threatened to take out their Pokeballs to attack Team Rocket. Everyone, including Millian became infuriated by the revelation.

"Hold it, remember about the bombs!" Jessie yelled at them, using her triumph card to keep them under control.

"What bombs?" May raised an eyebrow.

"Don't rememba tat bein in da plan," Meowth touched his chin, confusing the gang.

"You try to attack us and we'll blow up this whole building with the bombs we planted," James smirked.

"Marshtomp, try to detect the presence of any explosives around the building with your gills. I'm sure you will sense any if there are any," Brock was suspicious of Team Rocket's statement.

Ash was also skeptical about their statement; even he knew Team Rocket wasn't sophisticated enough for something like that, even with Harley's help. "We've got you twerps in a knot now," Jessie smiled sinisterly down at Ash and his friends.

"Jessie, James, mind tellin me wen we planted bombs?" Meowth ran past the gang and asked them.

Jessie and James's pupils shrunk and tried to speak as softly to him as possible. "Meowth, there are no bombs, we're just bluffing so they don't attack us," James said.

"Now shut up, before you screw up this part of the mission too," Jessie added.

Thanks to his sensitive hearing, Meowth managed to hear it, but Pikachu also heard it and grinned sneakily. Marshtomp also stopped trying to detect the presence of explosives and grinned, "That's what I thought," Ash and Brock spoke in unison after hearing the news from their respective Pokémon.

"What's up Ash?" May looked at him puzzled.

Ash smiled at May and began to yell at the audience, since he would explain it to May in the process. "Everyone, there are no bombs in the building, thanks to my Pikachu's sensitive hearing, we managed to hear Team Rocket that it's all a bluff to protect themselves."

"That's right and my Marshtomp has confirmed that there are no explosives, since it wasn't able to sense anything with its gills," Brock added his comment into the mix.

"Well what do you know," Max laughed and grinned mischievously at Team Rocket.

"Lying has always been their best way to get around," May grinned mischievously as well and looked at Team Rocket.

"Uh-oh," Jessie, James, and Meowth said at the same time.

The audience roared in anger and they dropped their fears and began to take out their Pokémon to attack Team Rocket. "Not again," James spoke fearfully as he hid his face behind his hands.

"Looks like we to fight. Go Seviper!" Jessie yelled and threw her Pokeball.

James nodded and called out his Pokémon, "Go Carnivine!"

"If that's how they want," Ash smirked and Pikachu understood his words, the mouse jumped onto the ground and smirked as well.

"Marshtomp, get ready too," Brock ordered and the Water-type nodded.

Seviper, the snake-like Pokémon emerged from its Pokeball and glared at his common opponents while Carnivine emerged, but first embraced James happily and bite the Rocket's head. "Carnivine, bite them, not me!" James managed to get out while being stuck in Carnivine's bite.

"Car," Carnivine let go and got beside Seviper on the battlefield, frowning at his opponents.

"Seviper," Seviper also stood menacingly.

"Ready when you are, Brock," Ash smiled at his longtime friend.

"Ready," Brock grinned.

May and Max stepped back to let the two older figures handle Team Rocket while the audience decided to watch.

"Let's end this quick, Seviper, use Bite on Pikachu!" Jessie ordered.

"Carnivine, use Bullet Seed on Marshtomp!" James commanded.

"Marshtomp, counter with Mud Shot!" Brock demanded.

"Pikachu, dodged and then use Quick Attack!" Ash instructed.

Seviper lunged itself at Pikachu, but the mouse's superior skill allowed to easily sidestep and bashed itself against the snake, sending it flying against the ground. Carnivine shot out a barrage of small energy bullets while Marshtomp easily countered with the thicker barrage of mud that shot out from its mouth. The two attacks clashed and cancelled each other out.

"Now Marshtomp, use Tackle on Carnivine!" Brock pointed at James's Pokémon.

"Pikachu, you use Iron Tail on Seviper!" Ash instructed.

"Carnivine, fight back again with Bullet Seed!" James countered.

"Seviper, you counter with Poison Tail!" Jessie demanded.

"Marshtomp, use Protect while charging," Brock smiled after easily countering.

Marshtomp formed a barrier in front of itself and avoided the Bullet Seed. The Ground-type then easily bashed Carnivine and sent it flying. As Meowth watched it spoke, "Tis is gettin dangerous, I should move outta way before I get hit."

Unfortunately, Carnivine dropped right on top of the cat as he tried to move away. The larger weight of Carnivine left Meowth stuck on the ground with Carnivine knocked out on top. "Too late," Meowth mumbled, feeling his body getting squashed by the much larger Carnivine.

Pikachu and Seviper charged at each other and used their signature tail attacks. At first they entered a standstill and a small spark could be seen forming between the two attacks, in the end though, Pikachu added more power and overwhelmed Seviper, sending the snake flying toward the scaffold the Rockets were in.

"This is not good!" Jessie and James held each other seconds before Seviper hit the wooden scaffold and the trio fell right on top of Carnivine and Meowth. As they fell, the bag of Pokeballs Jessie had shown earlier flew into the air.

"I got it!" May ran over to the dropping bag and caught it perfectly, the girl grinned proud of herself. She turned to Ash and the auburn-eyed teen gave her a thumbs up, both of them became relieved to have their Pokémon back.

A small cloud of dust formed around Team Rocket and when it cleared, it revealed the swirl eyes of the 5 members. The audience couldn't help but laugh while Ash, May, Max, and Brock smiled.

"The jig is up," Max crossed his arms as he stared at them with his friends.

"I don't think so," an evil voice said and the next thing heard was the scream of a girl.

Ash, Max, Brock, and the rest of the people in the room turned to the source and saw Harley with his arms wrapped around May, one of them wrapped itself around her arms and body and the other arm covered her mouth. The bag of Pokeballs also dropped to the floor near their feet and beside them was Banette.

"You kids have foiled my plans completely, it has all broken apart and now my rep as a coordinator has been tarnished, all because of you," Harley looked from the gang to May when he said the last comment.

"Harley, stop this!" Ash shouted, anger filling up inside him while the audience and Millian quickly acknowledged the fact that Harley had gone nuts.

"Let go of my sister!" Max yelled beginning to shake from the fear of what Harley might do to May.

"This is where it stops!" Brock gritted his teeth.

"Not until the fat lady sings!" Harley spat back.

"Let go, you'll be stopped anyway when the cops arrive," Millian glared at him and reached for her cell phone.

Harley smirked and spoke, "If any of you try to call the police, I'll make sure the girl is left at the mercy of my Banette. It is recommended you don't do anything, here let me show a demonstration. Banette, Frustration!"

Harley lifted the arm covering May's mouth and Banette charged at her stomach and bashed at it with his head, the Ghost-type began punching, stomping, and kicking, making May squeal in pain. When Banette finished, Harley covered her mouth again.

The brunette could only cry in pain as everyone watched in horror. Ash then had an idea strike him out of the enormous amount of anger building in his head. He raven-haired teen sneaked away from the center with Pikachu as Harley was distracted from the amusement he saw in watching May get attacked.

"I've tried everything; I trained to my fullest to come out on top of my May, that didn't work. When I tried to use mind tricks that didn't pull through either, I even tried to turn a new leaf, but my grudge against May wouldn't let me. I had to defeat her one way or another; I trained even harder, nothing again. In the end, my last resort was teaming up with a bunch of clowns I actually thought I could rely on, now I know why they were never successful at capturing Pokémon," Harley snarled at the crowd as he spoke, his anger building up more and more.

"I'm tired of this series of fateful defeats by some amateur brunette!" Harley yelled and squeezed May to hurt her slightly, but the brunette held the pain in.

"He's…lost it," Max felt tears fall down his cheeks as Brock pulled him close and watched in anger along with everyone else.

"Game over," Harley chuckled.

"For you," the voice of May's greatest friend was heard behind Harley and the next thing he felt was jab that caused him to let go of May. Before Banette could react, an Iron Tail swung against the Ghost-type and made him crash against the ground as dust rose.

Harley moved away while placing his hand on the back part where he got jabbed, the coordinator felt tears swell up from the pain he felt in his back, but he continued his aggressive attitude.

Ash grabbed May and pulled her close, the brunette was surprised to see herself in his arms, but she felt the pain from Harley's aggression being replaced by Ash's protection. The girl had tears streaming down her cheeks as Ash looked at Harley with a glare.

"Just because Romeo saved Juliet doesn't mean it's over, I'll make you feel my wrath!" Harley reached for 4 Pokeballs to attack with.

"Has that guy lost it," Jessie had been looking on with James, Meowth, Seviper, and Carnivine the whole time.

"Even we know when to give up," James commented.

"Uh-oh, look out!" Meowth yelled.

"Pikachu, Thunder, send Harley and Team Rocket out of here!" Ash yelled.

Pikachu jumped into the air and screamed, "Piiiiiikaaaachuuuuu!" And with that, a powerful blast of electricity shot at Harley before the male coordinator could react. He was blasted towards Team Rocket and when they made impact, a large explosion was produced and the villainous group blasted off through the roof and into the sky.

"That hurt," Harley whined with his purple hair all frizzy.

"You're telling us?" Team Rocket asked sarcastically with their eyes shut.

"Blast it!" Harley shouted.

"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" Team Rocket yelled as Harley and Team Rocket shot off in opposite directions.

The crowd cheered in happiness as the sunlight found its way into the dark stadium while Brock, Max, and Ash became relieved with how the situation turned out. "You alright May?" Ash looked down at May, who was still hiding in his chest.

May gently lift her head up and wiped the tears from her cheeks away and put up a gentle grin, "Now that you're here, I'm."

With that Ash hugged the brunette and she did as well while the crowd cheered for them. Only Max, Brock, and Pikachu were puzzled by their actions, but after a long day, there was no reason why the two shouldn't be hugging.

Later that day, Ash watched the sunset on a cliff with Pikachu. "All's well that ends well, huh Pikachu?" Ash mentioned.

"Pi," Pikachu simply nodded, still surprised by how come Ash was after a day of mayhem, the mouse had never seen his best friend so mad before, but all the yellow creature could think was that was over and everything turned out fine.

"Mind if I join you?" May's voice was heard and the pair turned around to see a girl smiling.

"Of course not," Ash grinned at her as May sat down.

May, too smiled as she stared at the sunset and Pikachu could only assume that, like Ash, she was glad it was over. "I want to thank you again Ash, for comforting and saving me throughout that whole situation," May spoke softly.

"No need to thank me May, I'm just glad you're ok, I never expected things to get so out of control, but you pulled through. Everything worked out in the end and the contest got moved to the day after tomorrow, so now you can participate without any interruptions," Ash remarked.

Completely ignoring the second half of his statement, May replied, "Ash you're a hero."

Ash became surprised by her comment and couldn't help but blush, "Gee I don't know about that," he grinned sheepishly.

"You are in my mind. I admire you more than anyone because of what you do, you always seem to put a grin on my face when there's no hope, you pull through every difficult situation and come back better than ever, you're not afraid to risk yourself for others. When you saved me from Harley, I was afraid and upset, but I know you did it because you care about me like your other friends. When you renewed my hope while we were in that room, I couldn't think of anyone else who could have renewed my spirits like you did. To be honest it felt like you were being a protective boyfriend when you hugged me after Harley got blasted off and how upset you got when he was hurting me, but thank you for that, for looking out for me and helping me. And I'm not just talking about today," May's face became red and grinned at him with an embarrassed expression.

Ash turned as red as a tomato when May finished speaking and smiled at her nervously. He stared at the sunset for a moment and then turned back to May, he knew why he had been so defensive of May today and he knew why he was blushing after May said all that and the only words that came into his mind were, now or never.

"May…there's something I have to tell you," Ash said to her.

May gave him a baffled look and asked, "Sure, what is it Ash?"

Ash sighed and let his courage take control, "May, I've had feelings for you some time now, feelings like love and lately, all I've wanted to do was tell you that. I love you, May, that's why I got so mad when Harley attacked you, because I couldn't stand seeing the one I love be treated like that. Throughout this whole time we've traveled together, I've encouraged you; I've helped you with whatever you needed. Moments like the Terracotta Contest, moments when you were uncertain about yourself and needed my encouragement, helped build these feelings and I fell in love with you. I didn't tell you this earlier because I was always afraid of what you might think, I'm not the first person you think of when it comes to love because I didn't understand it until these feelings for you grew from our moments together a-," the boy got interrupted by the brunette.

"Stop right there, Ash," the girl told him, her response worried the boy because he couldn't tell if it meant something good was about to happen or if something bad was about to happen.

May giggled and felt a red tint slowly appear on her face. She reached for Ash's hand and grinned, "This is my response," then she leaned her face closer to Ash's and without wasting another second, they kissed.

At first, both were surprised by how this turned out; nonetheless, it was an amazing feeling. May never imagined she'd be kissing the person in her life that least understood love, for months she had tried to get over it, but now all she wanted was this moment to last.

Ash never pictured sharing a moment, he had feared that he would be beaten to it by Drew or she just couldn't accept it out of fear of ruining their friendship. But here they were now, they were sharing a tender kiss neither wanted to end, the squeezed each other's hands softly and let time pass by.

Pikachu only watched with wide eyes, the mouse had been completely forgotten about by the two humans and couldn't help but laugh nervously as the pair kissed. Pikachu also thought, he'd never see the day.

Harley came off a bit more evil than I intended, but whatever. If any of you were wondering in what period does this take place in the anime, there is no exact period, it's up to you. You can believe its during the AG Series or even after AG or DP series since James has Carnivine and Ash and May already competed in the Terracotta Contest. Honestly though, this chapter felt rushed and I know I could've added more detail and stuff, but it's only a short story, nothing like One Love, One Heart or AW, but let's hope you guys liked it. One other thing I have to be honest about though, this story wants to make me write a whole new lengthy fanfic where Ash and May get together, but I'll save that for when I'm done with Advanced Wishes. Remember to review, pm etc. I recommend you stick around for next weekend, because Advanced Wishes will be back and I'm more than excited to get back to it. I have tons of new ideas thanks to some help from readers and well through thinking when I'm bored lol. Hope you guys enjoyed this short fanfic and come back next week for Advanced Wishes!