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Chapter 8 – The Power of True Love

Since Nurse Joy was unable to help them, Brock and the pokemon decided to gather outside the battle arena in the centre of the island, thinking the others would take the initiative and meet back there as well.

"I hope your trainers haven't gotten lost." Brock said to the pokemon with a concerned tone. The pokemon just murmured and exchanged worried glances in response. Brock looked up and instantly, he could see figures approaching them. Two were holding hands, two were riding on a Flygon and one of them was giving a piggyback to the other. As they came closer, Brock recognised them as his six friends: Ash, Misty, May, Drew, Dawn and Kenny.

'So that's where Flygon went.' Brock thought to himself.

"Hey guys!" Brock called out as he waved to them. The pokemon cheered and jumped up and down excitedly.

"Hi Brock!" They all called back. Each person's pokemon started to run up to their trainers. Ash let go of Misty's hand as Pikachu ran towards him.

"Pika Pi!" Pikachu shouted as it jumped into Ash's arms.

"Hey buddy, did you miss me?" Ash asked. Pikachu just nodded in response.

"Azu!" Azurill called as Misty picked it up from Psyduck's arms.

"Oh Azurill, I was so worried about you!" Misty responded as she nuzzled Azurill. Drew got down and helped May off of Flygon as their pokemon ran towards them.

"Beautifly!" Beautifly called out as it flew and landed on top of May's head.

"Hi Beautifly, it's great to see you." May whispered as she was still recovering.

"Roserade!" Roserade shouted as it ran towards its trainer. Drew knelt down and petted his pokemon on the head.

"Hey Roserade, are you alright?" Drew asked. Roserade nodded in response. Dawn got off of Kenny's back as Piplup ran towards her.

"Piplup!" Piplup cried as it jumped into Dawn's arms and started to well up.

"No need to worry, Piplup. I'm OK." Dawn reassured Piplup as she comforted it

"Empoleon!" Empoleon shouted as it ran up to Kenny and picked him up in a crushing hug.

"I'm glad to see you too, Empoleon." Kenny managed to get out before Empoleon put him back down.

"I'm so glad you guys are all OK." Brock said as walked over to them, but then he looked over at May. "Uh, well most of you. What happened to you, May?" Brock asked. The others looked over at May and saw that her body was wrapped in bandages, although some of them were hidden under her clothes.

"Oh nothing much. Just got attacked by a vicious Charizard, fell off a cliff and almost died, the usual." May said casually as she tried to keep a straight face.

"Oh, okay…wait, WHAT!" Everyone, except Drew, screamed. May burst out laughing at her friends reactions.

"I told you they'd react like that. You owe my five bucks." May said to Drew as she kissed him on the cheek, causing him to turn a slight shade of pink.

"So, I guess you two finally confessed and by the way the rest of you came in, I'm guessing you confessed too?" Brock asked as he smirked knowingly at them all. The rest of them exchanged glances, then looked back at Brock and nodded as they all started to blush.

"Finally!" Brock replied, exasperated, as he threw his hands up in the air. They all started to discuss what had happened with each of them when they were disturbed by a sudden rumbling sound.

"Who's there?" Ash shouted.

*Cue Team Rocket music*

"Prepare for trouble, it's a blast from the past!" (Jessie)

"And make it double, you can't get rid of us so fast!" (James)

"To return and make your day much worse!" (Jessie)

"To never leave you alone just like a curse!" (James)

"To stop at nothing to get all your pokemon!" (Jessie)

"And don't think you're safe, coz we'll never be gone!" (James)

"Jessie!" (Jessie)

"James!" (James)

"Team Rocket, blasts off at the speed of light!" (Jessie)

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!" (James)

"Meowth, that's right!" (Meowth)

"Wobuffet!" (Wobuffet)

"Ugh, not you guys again!" Brock groaned.

"Well, give us your pokemon and we'll stop bothering you." Meowth replied.

"No way!" Ash shouted.

"Then I guess we'll just have to take them by force." Meowth responded as he pushed a button on the remote it was holding. Six pink claws shot out and grabbed Pikachu, Azurill, Blaziken, Roserade, Piplup and Empoleon.

"Oh no!" Their trainers cried.

"Don't worry, I'll handle this." Brock reassured his friends.

"Sudowoodo use double edge, Croagunk use brick break and Chansey use pound!" Brock ordered. The pokemon complied with their trainers and launched their attacks on the claws. Sudowoodo freed Pikachu and Azurill, Croagunk freed Blaziken and Roserade and Chansey freed Piplup and Empoleon.

"Alright, now I'll leave the rest of it up to you guys." Brock said to his friends as he stepped aside.

"OK guys, let's show those clowns the power of true love!" Misty shouted. Everyone nodded in agreement as they all looked back and smirked at Team Rocket.

"James, why are they looking at us like that?" Jessie asked, worried.

"I don't know, but I'd prepare for a blast off!" James squealed.

"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" Ash ordered.

"Pika-chu!" Pikachu shouted as it built up energy and released a powerful stream of electricity.

"Azurill, use bubble!" Misty instructed.

"Azu!" Azurill shouted as it released a barrage of small bubbles. The bubble merged with the thunderbolt and the electrified bubbles flew towards Team Rocket.

"Blaziken, use overheat!" May called out.

"Blazi-ken!" Blaziken shouted as it focused its energy and released a white hot beam of fire.

"Roserade, use solar beam!" Drew commanded.

"Roserade!" Roserade shouted as it pointed its flowers toward the sun to gather energy and then shot out a blinding beam of light. It mixed with overheat, creating an overwhelming attack of opposing energies that was headed for Team Rocket.

"Piplup, use whirlpool!" Dawn demanded.

"Pip-lup!" Piplup shouted as it created a massive whirlpool and released it at full speed.

"Empoleon, use hydro cannon!" Kenny decreed.

"Empoleon!" Empoleon shouted as it built up energy in its beak and released a glowing ball of water. The attack fused with the whirlpool and made a brightly glowing, dynamic whirlpool that was directed at Team Rocket.

The three combination attacks were launched and struck Team Rocket, causing a massive explosion that sent the three of them flying.

"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" The three of them cried out.

"Alright!" They all exclaimed. The pokemon cheered and jumped around as well.

"So, what should we do now?" May asked. The guys all looked at each other and smirked knowingly. Each of them had already discussed their plans for the girls earlier.

Flashback

After their tag battle, May and Dawn went off to talk to Misty while they discussed how girls were better than boys. The boys hung back and Brock decided to have a little talk with them.

"Alright you guys, out with it, what do you have planned for them?" Brock asked.

"What are you talking about, Brock?" Ash asked nervously.

"Oh come on, Ash. You've known Misty since the very first day you started your journey, Drew, you've known May since her very first contest and Kenny, you've known Dawn since nursery school. Are you really trying to tell me that you are still denying the feelings that you all clearly have for them?" Brock questioned as he smirked knowingly at them. The boys exchanged glances before sighing in defeat.

"Fine." They said in unison

"So, what are you planning to do?" Brock inquired.

"Well, that's a secret I'm afraid." Drew replied.

"Yeah, we'll tell them when the time is right." Kenny added as he looked over at Drew and Ash. They nodded in agreement and Brock agreed with them as well before they went to catch up to the girls.

End Flashback

The three boys nodded at each other and looked back at the girls.

"Misty/May/Dawn, will you be my girlfriend?" The three boys asked in unison as they revealed a present they had for them. The three girls gasped as they took their present from their respective guy.

Misty's present was a blue and white pokeball with her name engraved into it. She released the pokemon and out popped a cute, pink luvdisc.

"Do you like it?" Ash asked, hopeful.

"Like it? I love it!" Misty exclaimed as she hugged Ash tightly.

"So, is that a yes?" Ash asked.

"Of course, you idiot." Misty replied as she planted a long kiss on Ash's lips.

May took her present from Drew's hand. It was a rose, but this one was different. It was a sparkling, ruby red rose and it had to be the most gorgeous rose that May had ever seen and received. Her eyes shimmered with awe as she closed them and breathed in its delightful scent. As she pulled away, she noticed something gleaming in the sunlight. She carefully took it out and was rendered speechless. It was a silver promise ring carved into the shape of a rose made out of sapphires and emeralds.

"This is my promise to you that I will always love you and never leave your side again." Drew spoke softly as he placed the ring on May's left hand.

"Oh Drew…" May whispered as a few tears silently slid down her cheek.

"Don't cry, May. Just answer the question." Drew whispered as he brushed away May's tears with his thumb.

"Yes, I will be your girlfriend." May replied.

"I knew you couldn't resist me." Drew said as he smirked at her.

"You're so arrogant, you know that?" May asked, slightly annoyed.

"Yeah, but that's why you love me." Drew answered in a matter of fact tone.

"Unfortunately." May teased as Drew pulled her in to a passionate kiss.

Dawn took her presents from Kenny and it was love at first sight. Kenny gave her two Piplup plush dolls. One of them was wearing a white hat and pink scarf just like Dawn and the other one was wearing a green striped t-shirt just like Kenny to represent the two of them since they both started their journeys with Piplup as their starter pokemon when they were ten years old.

"They're so cute!" Dawn squealed.

"I remembered that you've always loved pokemon plush dolls, so I thought this would be an appropriate present." Kenny said.

"Oh Kenny, you're so sweet." Dawn replied as she kissed Kenny's cheek.

"Can I take that as yes?" Kenny asked.

"Absolutely!" Dawn responded as she wrapped her arms around Kenny's neck and kissed him. Kenny wrapped his arms around her waist and held her tightly.

Brock smiled and was happy for each of the newly formed couples. He looked out of the corner of his eye and spotted a beautiful girl walking along.

"Wow!" Brock shouted as he raced over to the young woman. "Hi. The name's Brock. If you looked up beautiful, gorgeous and amazing in the dictionary, your name would be next to every single one of them…AARGH!" Brock confessed before Croagunk hit him in the side with another poison jab.

"But my picture would be next to pain…" Brock finished as he fell to the ground and Croagunk dragged him away. The three couples exchanged glances before bursting out into laughter along with all of their pokemon.

Pokemon Isle will never be forgotten for it is the place where true love was finally realised by all of our heroes. Well, almost all of them.


Hope you enjoyed it! This is the end of the story! I can't believe it's finished already! I had a lot of fun writing it and I hope that you all liked it! Please R&R!

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