Well after reading other peoles fics for quite a while I felt inspired to write my own. As this is my first story it may not be the greatest and constructive critiscism is always welcome. Please don't flame the shiping though.

Superhulk2007 doesn't own Pokemon.

The stars shone brightly above as three young men lay on the forest floor below illuminated only by the moon and the flickering of a slowly dying fire. Two of the three appear to be sleeping peacefully. However the third, a dark haired boy lying with a small yellow creature is stirring in his sleep.

Ash was sitting in some bushes looking out as a young girl dressed almost entirely in red and a boy with green hair and a purple jacket stood in a clearing in front of him.

"May" the boy began "I would like for you to leave Ash and the others and travel with me through the rest of Kanto."

"I don't know Drew." The young girl replied. "I really can't leave Max."

"Max will be fine. He has your friends Ash and Brock to look after him." Drew replied as he pulled a rose from his jacket. "I really like you May and want to get to know you better."

"Drew I like you too." May said with a small smile as a light blush came to her cheeks. After giving it a minute of thought she replied. "Alright, I will go with you."

"What!" Ash thought from his spot in the bushes. "No I can't let her leave with him. I can't believe this is really happening."

As May finished Drew took her hand. "We need to leave as soon as possible to make it to the next contest." He said.

"I've got to stop this." Ash thought as he ran out of his hiding spot and leaped into her arms seemingly without having complete control of his body.

"May don't do this. I need you still." But all that came out of his was a string of "Pikas."

"Oh, hi there Pikachu. How long have you been watching us?" May said releasing Drew's hand as she caught him.

"What? No May it's not Pikachu, its Ash don't do this." He yelled his voice still coming out in a series of Poke babble.

"I'm sorry Pikachu, but I'm leaving to travel with Drew now. You'll tell Ash and the others where I've gone won't you?" She said as she put him back onto the ground and took Drew's hand again. The pair turned and began to walk away. Stopping quickly May turned her head and said "goodbye Pikachu maybe we'll meet again someday." And resumed walking.

"No May don't do this!" Ash shouted as he ran as fast as his little Pokémon legs would carry him to catch up. But no matter how fast he ran they just seemed to get farther away till they disappeared entirely.

Ash bolted awake from his sleep flinging Pikachu off him as he shouted "No! Don't leave me!"

After the small flight he took the small yellow Pokémon shook the remainder of sleep from himself. "Pika, Pikachu?" He questioned his best friend.

"Sorry Pikachu." Ash replied with a sigh as he rose from his sleeping bag. "Just having that nightmare again."

Pikachu nodded understandingly.

"Come back and lay down again." Ash said as he wriggled out of his sleeping bag knowing he would have another short night of sleep again.

"Pi, Pika." Pikachusaid as he crawled into the now vacated bag.

"I'll be back in a bit." Ash said as he started walking towards the lake near where they were sleeping. Pikachu just rolled over and fell back asleep as he watched his friend walk away.

When he reached the lake Ash sat down on a rock to do some thinking. "May. I hope your still doing well. He hadn't heard from her since she left to travel with Drew almost a month ago.

"I wish I had told her how I felt about her, but I wasn't even sure of my feelings myself till I found out she was leaving." He grabbed a stone and skipped it across the water as he continued thinking.

"If only she would come back I would tell her exactly how I feel and how much I need her with me." He said to himself.

After she had left everything he loved from Pokémon training to winning the frontier symbols lost meaning to him.

"Heck, I haven't even won a battle since she left. I really miss having her cheer for me." As he thought this a small tear came to his eye and slid down his cheek. Not only that, he had been haunted by the same nightmare he had just experienced earlier since she had left.

"Please come back May!" He shouted to no one. Or at least he thought it was no one. As it turns out one of his other traveling companions had heard him yell in his sleep and seen him walk away from their campsite earlier. Brock had then followed him to make sure Ash was alright and sat listening to what he was saying without making his presence known. He himself had a pretty good idea of what current slump in battles and his sad demeanor was about, but after what he had just heard and seen knew for sure that he was right.

"Ash." Brock said quietly to get the young trainers attention as he sat down next to him on another rock.

Ash jumped slightly and quickly wiped the tears from his eyes before turning to face his longtime traveling companion and good friend.

Putting on a fake smile he replied. "What's up Brock?"

"I saw you leaving and was worried about you."

"Thanks for caring so much Brock."

"Listen, I heard everything you just said."

Ash blushed realizing that he had just let his biggest secret slip to his friend.

"Ash, I think that eventually May will see Drew's true colors and come back to us. When she does I think you should tell her how you feel and I'm willing to help you by giving you some love advice." Brock said, adding. "I might not have the best luck with the ladies, but I do know a few things that should help you tell her your true feelings." Brock added with a slight frown at the thought of past failures.

Ash laughed at Brock's last statement and knew that Brock had no luck at all with women. But he also knew that he trusted him completely and was sure that his help would prove to be invaluable.

"Thanks a lot Brock." Ash replied. "I know that with your help I'm sure to make May fall in love with me if and when she returns to us."

After he finished they both sat in silence looking at the stars.

"Wow, I'm glad I have great friends like Brock to help me. I doubt I'd even be as far as I am without him being with me since the beginning."

"He's grown a lot since I first met him. Misty would be surprised to see him now." Brock smiled as he thought of the impatient trainer who had challenged his rock Pokémon with a Pikachu and had won. Even if it was because of his own sprinkler system that had allowed that to happen. "I saw something in him that I had never seen in any other trainer I had battled. A fire that seemed inextinguishable." He knew that this trainer was going places and that he had wanted to be there to see it.

"Well Ash." Brock said as he stood up. "We're both going to need our sleep if we're going to deal with this issue properly."

"Alright, I'm coming." He said also standing, as he felt sleep beginning to overtake him. "Thanks again for all your help."

"No problem." Brock replied.

And with that the pair walked back to their campsite moving quietly so they wouldn't wake the third younger member of the group. They both slipped into their sleeping bags and allowed sleep to finally come to them, knowing morning was just a few hours away.

The sun shone gently through the windows of the Pokémon center onto May who was still sleeping.

"Come on May. You need to wake up the next contest is in less than an hour." Drew said, shaking her gently.

"Alright, Alright, I'm getting up." She replied sitting up, stretching, and yawning. "I wish you would have woken me earlier." Giving him a small kiss she rushed into the bathroom to get ready for the upcoming contest so she would look her best.

"Why does he always wait until the last minute to wake me?" She pondered as she brushed her hair. "I know he says he loves me but it's like he's trying to make sure I'm not totally ready for the contest, seeing as he did the exact same thing last time."

As she continued she reflected on her last contest, in which she had lost to Drew in the final round. "I hope I fixed most of the mistakes I made last time. Normally I would be sure if I had Ash helping me, but with Drew I'm not sure he's giving me the best advice he can." She sighed as she thought about her best friend Ash. "I hope he's still doing well. I haven't heard from him since I left."

Recently she had begun to doubt her decision more and more. While Drew was nice in a romantic way, Ash was always more willing to help her than he was. "Oh well, it's probably all in my head. Drew loves me, he wouldn't try to slow me from reaching my goals. Would he?"

"Finally ready to go I see." Drew sneered as she stepped out of the bathroom.

"Yeah I'm ready." She sighed pushing those thoughts to the back of her mind and grabbing her pack and pokeballs as they both left the room.

They quickly made their way to the stadium so as not to be late. Upon arriving May looked around at the turnout for the small contest they were about to enter. Harley and Soledad were there as well as some other trainers she didn't recognize.

After registering they went to the locker room to prepare for the upcoming battles. Given the turnout there would only be one round of appeals and then a semifinal match leading to the finals.

Looking slightly nervous May plopped down on a bench to wait for her name to be called to make her appeal.

"Relax May. Just remember everything we went over after the last battle." Drew said handing her a rose.

She took a deep sniff before replying. "I know Drew. But this time I'm going to beat you." She said grinning.

"That's what you think." He replied already fully in battle mode. "I'm not going to go easy on you just because I love you. However even if I weren't trying my hardest I'd still win just as easily as last time." As he added the last part he gave a flick of his hair as if to add more emphasis to what he said.

"Why does he always act so different right before a contest? I mean I know were rivals, but still you think he could try to be nice and support me." May wondered. She was shook from her thoughts as a voice came over the loud speaker

"Drew please report to the contest field for your appeal."

"Alright I'm off. Wish me luck." He said as he turned and headed for the field, but not before giving May a small kiss on the cheek.

"Good luck." She said blushing.

The appeals round went perfect for them with both of them making it to the battle rounds. Soledad and Harley also had good appeals and made it through. Now they all sat in the locker room waiting for the announcement about who they would face in the coming rounds. After seemingly a lifetime the same voice from earlier came over the loud speaker.

"In the semifinals the trainers going against each other will be May and Drew first. Followed by Harley and Soledad." The voice boomed.

Both of them looked at each other both sporting equally determined looks.

"Now don't go easy on me just cause were dating." May said

"I wouldn't dream of it. I'm going to win against you and whichever one of the others I have to face so I can get my next ribbon. Don't fall to far behind getting ribbons or you won't be able to enter the Kanto Grand Festival." He added this last part with a taunting sneer.

This only made May angry. She knew she was letting him take advantage of her temper and she should just ignore the last comment but she shouted a reply as he headed for the field anyway. "I am not falling behind! I'm not going to lose to you again!"

"Someone needs to put him in his place and show him he's not the greatest thing to ever walk the Earth." May thought angrily as she walked to the field as well. "Guess all have to be the one to show him."

"Get ready for a great battle everyone!" The MC Vivian shouted as May and Drew stood at opposite ends of the field. "This will be a one on one battle and the first trainer to lose all there points or whoever has the most points at the end of the time limit will be declared the winner. Now send out your Pokémon."

"Go Absol." Drew shouted as he threw his pokeball.

"Take the stage Beautifly." May shouted as she tossed her pokeball onto the field.

From Drew's pokeball came a dark type Pokémon with light gray fur and from May's came a small butterfly looking Pokémon.

May smiled as Beautifly did its entrance perfectly despite its small break from contests when it had stayed behind in Hoenn. Deciding she needed to surprise Drew somewhat she had Beautifly transferred back to her before the contest began.

"Begin." Vivian yelled.

"I think I'll start this off." Drew said confidently. "Absol razor wind."

Absol flung its head forward as a silver colored band flew from the scythe on top of its head.

"Beautifly, dodge that." May replied. But her Pokémon was just a bit to slow as it caught the full force of the attack knocking it to the ground. As it hit May's points dropped by about 1/4.

"Now Absol move in and use bite."

"Come on Beautifly. Get back up and try to use string shot." Beautifly once again took to the sky's firing a silk thread from its long appendage on its face. Absol taken by surprise at the attack was tripped up in his run as the thread wrapped around its legs, causing Drew's points to drop.

"Quick use silver wind before he can get up Beautifly." As it began flapping its wings it sent bands of silver spores flying at Absol who was still struggling to get up. They hit him directly in the side sending him flying across the field back towards Drew.

"What a stunning combination." Vivian yelled as the crowd roared from seeing the clever strategy.

As she listened to the crowd May suddenly felt a bit of sadness well up in her. "Ash." She thought. "You were always cheering the loudest for me. I hope you're still cheering from wherever you are now."

"Absol, we need to knock it out of the air!" Growled Drew after seeing his points take another drop to just below May's. Now with less than a minute left in the battle he knew he had to think fast or risk losing. "Try a hyper beam." As energy began flowing towards his Pokémon's mouth to form a ball.

"Beautifly go in for tackle before he gets his attack complete."

Beautifly charged towards Absol but it was too late already. Absol fired his prepared hyper beam hitting Beautifly right in the stomach and with this it plummeted into the ground. As the dust cleared it was clear May's Pokémon wasn't going to be getting up.

"May's Beautifly is unable to battle, which means Drew is the winner." Vivian said.

After hearing the decision May called her Pokémon back to it's Pokeball. "Thanks Beautifly you did a great job she whispered." She took one last look at the cheering crowd as Drew and Absol celebrated their victory before heading towards the locker room. "Just great, now all I'm going to hear about for the next few days is how he beat me in this contest too."

May was sitting on a bench by herself thinking about her loss as Drew walked into the locker room clearly pleased with himself.

"That's was some great battling." He began.

May was slightly taken a back at him actually being nice after beating her. "Thanks, you did I gre-"she began before she was interrupted.

"By this guy." Drew said pointing to himself.

"That's it Drew!" May shouted still slightly angry from his earlier cocky comments. "I'm done being your girlfriend. You act all nice sometimes but all you really care about is yourself. I never should have left my real friends. In fact I think I'm going back to travel with them."

"As if traveling with that second rate trainer Ketchum going to make you a better coordinator!" Drew said beginning to yell as well.

That was the last straw for May. "Goodbye Drew. Maybe someday you'll find a girl who likes your cocky attitude, but I'm done dealing with it."

With this she walked out of the locker room leaving Drew standing in a state of shock.

Please write a review. Tell me what you liked or didn't like as this is my first fic as I said before I will always accept criticism. Also if you have any tips regarding how to write decent battle sequences that would be awesome as I don't really feel like I did this part very well. Thanks I will probably updtate in a week or so, I want to get a few reviews before I do.