The sun was shining brightly throughout the Sinnoh region, as it meant another adventure for our young heroes. As the radiant sunlight passed through the closed glass windows and passing through a light curtain in the room the gang was sleeping in.

Immediately, a tall man with spiky brown hair quickly woke up and raised his body in a sitting position as he rubbed his eyes before leaving his bed.

Then, a young male with messy black hair rose up from his sleep as he stretched his arms wide and gave out a big yawn. His trusted pokemon also woke up and stretched his limbs and also gave out a yawn.

He looked around the room and quickly saw his best friend changing his pajamas to his usual wear every day.

"So today's the day, right Brock?"

His tall friend finished removing his pajamas and put on his dark green shirt and his khaki-brown vest.

"Heh, you're right."

Brock replied as he put his dark khaki pants up his legs followed by his shoes. Then he went towards a mirror and began fixing his hair.

"You better get changed Ash, before you wake up Dawn."

Ash nodded as he walked towards the restroom while scratching the back of his head. Pikachu then jumped to his pillow and curled himself as he went back to sleep.

Ash closed the door slowly so that Dawn won't wake up. Brock finished combing his hair and proceeded to Dawn's bed to wake her up.

"Psst, Dawn, wake up."

Brock tapped her shoulders a bit as she turned and covered her face with her blanket.

"Five more minutes, Mom…" Dawn mumbled as she turned to the other side.

"May is coming back…" Brock went closer and whispered to her ear.

The blue-haired girl wearing yellow pajamas quickly jumped out from her bed and was surprised, she remembered that their friend called them that she was coming back to Sinnoh, and that was today.

She quickly ran towards the mirror and shrieked as she saw her hair standing at every direction.

"Oh man, not another bad hair day…" She sighed as she began combing her long blue hair thoroughly and vigorously.

"My hair needs some water." Dawn walked towards the restroom door while combing her bangs.

"Hey, Dawn –" Brock quickly realized Ash was inside the restroom and tried to stop Dawn from entering the restroom.

She twisted the knob, causing the door to open and went inside.

Her eyes quickly widened in surprise as she saw a half-naked Ash about to remove his underwear.

"AAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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The three waited eagerly for the return of their friend for another visit to Sinnoh, well, except for the two of them, Ash and Dawn.

"What did I do to deserve this…" Ash mumbled to himself as he rubbed his cheek that had a big red hand mark present on it.

Pikachu also helped rubbing his swollen cheek with his paws as he stood at his shoulders, trying to comfort his trainer.

"Well, if you only locked the door in the first place, nothing of this would have happened." Dawn replied as she was now wearing her usual get-up. A white bonnet with a pink pokeball design on the side, a black sleeveless shirt and white undershirt underneath. Her pink mini skirt and matching boots that reached below her knees.

But instead of their faces happy and eager as they await for the arrival of May, Ash's face became miserable while Dawn's face was red and about to explode as she crossed her arms in anger.

"Really guys, it's early in the morning. It's just an accident…" Brock tried to comfort the two as he patted their shoulders.

"Yeah, you're right… May doesn't like it when she sees us angry with each other rather than be happy at her arrival."

Dawn went towards Ash and raised her hand. Ash stared at this for a short while before shaking hands with her.

"Yeah, you're right. Let's put the past behind us."

Ash said with a smile as they shook hands together. Pikachu cheered while Brock smiled and put his hands on his waist as they watched the two forgave each other.

"Just remember to lock the door next time, okay?"

"Will do, and no more slaps to the face."

Both of them shared a laugh as they released the handshake.

"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!"

The gang was shocked by a loud horn sound that came from the sea as they by the pier of a small town the locals would call Coralgreen town.

The coral represents the blue seas that gave a beautiful and calm view from the harbor they were at, and the green represents the vast forest covering the entire town.

There they await an approaching boat that maybe where their good old friend, May was aboard.

"Hey Ash, Dawn, and Brock!"

Yep, it's her all right as the gang looked at May who was waving at them at the deck of the large ship called S.S. Chatot.

She wore a green bandana on her head as her brunette hair swayed magnificently by the wind. She wore a sleeveless orange shirt that reached to her thighs, with her green fanny pack now acting as a belt and still had her white mini-skirt and black shorts back in their Hoenn adventures along with matching sneakers in her new outfit.

And along with her was a small blue fox pokemon who was also very happy to see them again.

"Pika, Pika!"

Pikachu jumped on top of Ash's head and stood up and waved with both of his arms while trying to maintain balance while calling out to them.

"Glaaee!"

Glaceon noticed this and replied while also waving one of her paw to Pikachu while making a faint blush on her face.

The gang stopped as they all ran towards the port where the boat will stop. Pikachu leapt from Ash's head and proceeded towards the boat ahead while Ash and Dawn ran fast as she held her bonnet with her hand just in case with Brock followed them behind.

Glaceon put her paw back to the floor and looked down, shewas smiling happily as her blush grew bigger.

May noticed Glaceon and knelt down beside her and stroked her head.

"You miss Pikachu, don't you?"

That question quickly surprised her Ice-type pokemon as she gave out a bigger blush on her face as May was getting suspicious and gave her a smile.

"Glaee…"

"You like him don't you?"

Glaceon quickly shook her head as her face was now literally red in embarrassment.

"Don't worry Glaceon, I like Ash as well."

She looked up to her trainer as May began stroking her big pointy ears, comforting her.

"Now that will be our little secret."

May gave her a wink as she carried Glaceon with her and stood up as Glaceon's blush faded away, feeling comfortable in her strong, warm, and caring arms. She knew she can trust May in keeping her crush on Pikachu a secret. The two proceeded to depart from the ship.

The gang made their way towards the crowd who were also excited to see either their family, friend, relative, or even their loved ones.

Pikachu leapt back to Ash's shoulders in order not to get lost nor be trampled by the feet of the huge crowd they were in.

After a few minutes of struggling through the rough yet eager crowd, they made their way in front of a set of rolling portable stairs that connected the door of the ship's hull to the port where streams of passengers departed.

The gang gave a look out for their brunette friend as Pikachu jumped to Ash's head and gave a sharp look to the passengers coming out from the ship.

"Pika! Pikachu!"

Pikachu called out and caught the gang's attention, as he pointed to a passenger that just came out from the ship while they tried to find May to the direction Pikachu was pointing.

"Hey! There's May!"

Ash finally saw May and began waving at her as Dawn and Brock also saw May and waved as well, hoping she would notice them from the huge number of people in the way.

Finally, May saw all of them waving at her as she quickly made her way through the line of other passengers, giving a few bumps and exchanging "sorry" to whoever she bumps into.

"Hey, guys! Great to see you again!"

May finally met with the gang as her face was getting sweaty by the force she had to exert passing through the crowd while the warmth of the crowd really got to her with Glaceon who was now uncomfortable by the constant bumps she also took.

"So how are you guy-"

May was cut short when someone accidentally bumped her from behind.

"Sorry about that, I really should watch where I'm going…"

May and the rest of the gang looked at a man who just bumped her as he had silver hair reaching to his neck, bright crimson eyes, black fitted shirt that clearly revealed his well-toned upper body, dark brown jeans with a black belt and a gold buckle to go along with it, and black hiking boots.

"No, it's okay really…"

"Well okay then, name's Luke by the way. I'll be seeing ya."

The silver-haired man quickly got the message and bowed lightly to the gang as he sped off along with some of the rushing passengers.

"Well, that's fast…"

Ash said as he looked at Luke who was getting farther and farther away, and eventually that silver-haired man vanished in the crowd.

"So guys, why don't we discuss this else where?"

Brock suggested as the gang cheered as they totally agreed with the idea, and followed pace with the huge crowd coming back to town.

Glaceon looked at Pikachu who was still on top of Pikachu's head, but now his belly was lying on his head as he enjoyed the ride on his trainer's head.

She could only stare at Pikachu as memories from the past entered her mind. The day where May first introduced her in her new evolved form to everybody. Although she was excited to be with Pikachu again, it was short lived at the end of the Wallace Cup where she lost to Dawn's Piplup.

She didn't have any time for Pikachu during that trip. She sighed in May's arms but soon a new determination fueled her heart at the beginning of this trip, she was going to tell Pikachu how she really feels.

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The gang made their way back to town from the harbor. May let her Glaceon on the ground while Ash let Pikachu on the ground also to be reacquainted with each other as they walked ahead of the group as they chatted along, much to Glaceon's delight of course.

"So May, how many ribbons have you won?"

Dawn asked as she got really excited and got closer to her with those sparkly eyes of hers.

"Oh, you'll be surprised to see how many ribbons I've got."

May said with a wink as she opened her green fanny pack that was strapped on her waist and then pulled out a case.

As she opened the case, everyone's eyes widened in surprise, well except for Brock though.

"Wow! Five ribbons already?!"

Dawn shrieked in sheer excitement and surprise as she and the rest of the gang glanced at the five ribbons that were shining magnificently in May's ribbon case.

"Yeah , it was really hard but I finally won my two remaining winnons, thanks to my pokemons of course."

May blushed lightly in embarrassment.

"Man, May, you're really one amazing coordinator."

Ash gave May a thumbs up as she looked at his wide and encouraging smile that made her blush deeper.

"Y-yeah."

"So you're eligible to enter the Johto Grand Festival now, am I right?"

Brock asked her as May closed the ribbon case and placed it back to her fanny pack.

"Yep, but the festival starts in three months from now, so I have a lot of free time training."

May put both of her hands to the back of her head and leaned on it while giving them her usual smile.

"So I went back here to see you guys again, and after the Johto festival will be over, I'll be doing contests here in Sinnoh, so I can start training here."

May added as they continued their way back to the pokemon center.

"Oh yeah I completely forgot, May do you want to see the ribbons I've won?"

Dawn suddenly remembered as she got excited all over again.

"Sure."

May replied as Dawn looked inside her yellow backpack and rummaged through its contents, and then pulled out a case that was similar to May's.

"Wow! That's four ribbons Dawn!"

May was amazed as she stared at the four contest ribbons Dawn had in her ribbon case, including the Aqua ribbon she won by beating her back at the Wallace Cup competition in Lake Valor.

"So you're just one ribbon away to enter the Sinnoh Grand Festival."

"Yeah, I'm so excited."

The girls shared a laugh as they continued to walk. But now, it was May who just remembered something.

"Oh yeah, how many badges have you won Ash?"

May called out to Ash who was ahead of them as he turned to look at her with a wide grin on his face.

"Thought you'd never ask May."

Ash pulled out a silver case that was very slim. He opened it to them causing May to be shocked as she covered her mouth with her hands.

"Wow, seven badges already?! That's amazing Ash! You're also one badge away in entering the Sinnoh League!"

"I know, Dawn and I have been restless lately so we've decided to stay here for a while and train before we head to Sunyshore City."

The gang continued their walk towards the Pokemon center, but Ash noticed a clear open field just near to the center and clearly one thing came to his mind.

"Hey, that's a good spot to train."

He pointed to that field and started to run, the rest of the gang looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders and proceeded to follow them.

"Hey everybody, come on out!"

Ash grabbed all of his pokeballs from his pocket and threw them in the air as each of the balls popped open and revealed his pokemon.

Buizel, Grotle, Gliscor, Staravia and Chimchar yelled out their names and looked at their trainer with a confused look on their faces.

"Okay, guys, time for training, you know the drill!"

Ash instructed them as they understood clearly what he meant and nodded their heads in unison.

Chimchar used a series of Flame Wheel attacks at its partner, Grotle as it practiced in dodging attacks and for it to get used in its new weight since the last time it evolved.

Buizel unleashed a barrage of Water Gun and Sonic Boom attacks at its partner, Staravia who practiced dodging each attack and try to counter attack when there's an opening with either its Aerial Ace or Brave Bird attack while Buizel also tried to intercept it with either its Water Pulse or Aqua Jet.

Pikachu knew right away that it was training session as he told Glaceon that he'll be practicing for a while and sped off to his partner, Gliscor who was waiting for him with its tongue sticking out.

Pikachu and Gliscor pretty much did the same routine with Buizel and Staravia, as Pikachu unleashed a series of Thunderbolts at Gliscor while Gliscor try to dodge every one of them and countered with X-Scissors whenever it got close to Pikachu.

Glaceon felt a little bit heartbroken when Pikachu left her to go train, but still she was doing progress as she went closer to Ash and watched Pikachu train.

Glaceon thought that to get closer with Pikachu, she must first befriend with his trainer Ash, as she rubbed her head against his legs as Ash looked at her and knelt down.

"Hey Glaceon, what's with you today?"

Ash asked her nicely with a confused look on his face as he stroked Glaceon on her head as she cooed in affection.

May and the others caught up with Ash as they looked at the training session Ash planned for his upcoming Gym battle.

"Wow, your pokemon look very determined."

May said as she went closer to Ash and knelt down, and also stroked Glaceon on the back with her soft, and gentle hand.

"Oh yeah, I need to get some training too."

Dawn quickly remembered that she needed some training too for her upcoming contest as she threw her pokeballs to the air, and revealed her five pokemon to the field.

Piplup, Buneary, Pachirisu, Ambipom, and her newly caught pokemon, Swinub yelled out their names.

"Wow, a Swinub, it looks so cute!"

May quickly went closer to Swinub and stared at it closely with a very excited look on her face while Swinub stared at her blankly as she opened her pokedex.

"Swinub, the pig pokemon. This Pokémon is known to use its hardy and reliable nose to sniff out food. Occasionally, it will come across hot springs while scouring the ground. When a Swinub finds an attractive smell, it will run desperately to find out the source of the aroma."

A mechanical voice said from the pokedex. Swinub quickly went to Dawn and yelled, like it was begging for something.

"Swinub, you want some poffins, don't you?"

Dawn quickly understood what Swinub was trying to tell her as she smiled and pulled out a bag containing Poffins that Dawn made and gave Swinub one as it quickly nibbled it and consumed it very quickly and begged for more.

"You really are a glutton, aren't you?"

Dawn gave her another one as Swinub quickly took it from her hands and started devouring it immediately.

"Heh, it reminds of me of Munchlax."

May mumbled as she let out a chuckle while continuing to stroke Glaceon's back.

"Hey I know, why don't we battle May?"

Ash said in a loud manner which caught everybody's attention including their pokemon.

"Uh sure, why not?"

May thought at bit before she agreed and stood up to her feet as she looked at her Glaceon with a determined look on her face.

"Glaceon, are you ready for a battle?"

She called out to her ice-type pokemon as Glaceon quickly nodded in response as they went to the other side of the field and looked back at Ash.

"Hmm, now who should I pick?"

Ash looked at his pokemon who were all eager to battle against his friend's Glaceon as they all raised their hands and waved at him, hoping one of them would get picked.

"Okay, Buizel, I choose you!"

Buizel let out a yell as it was very happy to get picked among the others who let out a sigh and went to the sidelines and watched the battle.

"PIKA! PIKA!"

Glaceon heard Pikachu cheering as she stared at him but was surprised to see that another pokemon was with him.

It had long furry ears while one of it was toppled over, and it looked like a rabbit. As the pokemon who was beside Pikachu was resting her hands on his shoulders, making her angry.

Buneary noticed her to be glaring at her as she immediately knew that Glaceon was also after Pikachu's heart. She stuck out her tongue at her and continued to be in very close contact with Pikachu, but now with her head was leaning against this.

Glaceon saw her clinging onto Pikachu as she became more furious. Buizel, her opponent noticed all of this and called out to Glaceon.

Glaceon looked at its opponent with annoyed look on her face, as Buizel said something in pokemon language and in a low tone so that only the two of them were able to hear it.

"Glaceon, are you ready?"

Glaceon heard her trainer calling her as she looked at her and quickly nodded and quickly looked back with her opponent with a wide grin on its face.

Brock went to the side where a referee usually stays so they can get a good view of the battle as he announced:

"I will be the judge of this battle. This will be a one-on-one match between May's Glaceon and Ash's Buizel. There will be no time limits and the match will be over when either of the two is unable to battle."

"Are the trainers ready?"

The two trainers looked at each other with great determination to win the match and nodded together.

"Let the match begin!"