Sorry that I hadn't updated for a while, one of my close relatives has passed away so it some time to get over it. Anyway...thanks to those people who reviewed my last chapter and congratulations to those who got the questions right. I'm not really good with battles so no flames on this one okay!

ASH'S POV

It was dark outside but the battle field was illuminated thanks to the lampposts. The atmosphere was really tense because there was not a single sound that could be heard except for the rustling of the leaves from the nearby trees. I can now see why Misty chose this place for a battle; it felt like I was in the middle of the Indigo Plateau stadium with obviously the grass-type arena. The battle was a one-on-one with no substitutions; Misty had already called out her Golduck and was waiting for me to choose a pokemon to battle with and I knew just the one to choose.

"I choose you Meowth!" I announced as I threw a pokeball on the ground, a flash of light enveloped form the ball which eventually formed Meowth. May and Misty were both stunned to see the same Meowth that continuously followed us from region to region in order to capture Pikachu was under my ownership.

There was an awkward moment of silence, May and Misty was both angrily staring at Meowth with pure hatred. Meowth had grown a lot since he was in Hoenn; he gained a lot of muscle after some intense training with Ash and not to mention a scar on his right eye. His face was plain with no expression; his only objective? Beat his opponent to a pulp. May was the first to talk and she asked me how I Meowth to become a part of my team. I knew this question was bound to come but I remained quiet because the answer would be very depressing and not to mention hurt Meowth. Meowth twisted his head towards me so his eyes could meet mine, then he slowly nodded his head signifying that I could answer May's question. I sighed and shifted my attention towards May and Misty.

"A year ago Giovanni dismissed Team Rocket from their mission to capture Pikachu, he was furious that they weren't able to complete their mission in four years so he executed Jesse and James but Meowth luckily escaped. Meowth found our group not long after that and asked me to train him so he could have his revenge and ever since that day he has been a vital part of my team." I answered with a very sad tone, I noticed that Meowth was trying to hold back his tears and both May and Misty's face had turned very pale due to fear. There was another silent moment but I had to break it for Meowth's sake.

I put a hand on Meowth's shoulder and told him "Meowth why don't you handle this battle on your own, like how we trained." Meowth said nothing but silently nodded his head. May who still had a pale face announced the battle to begin.

"Golduck use fury-swipes!" Commanded Misty. Golduck ran towards Meowth with claws stretched wide but unfortunately Meowth was faster, he used double-team to make copies of himself which reducing the chance of being hit. Golduck was now confused as he was now surrounded by ten Meowths.

"Golduck, use hydro-pump on all of them!" Yelled an irritated Misty. Golduck obeyed as he released a powerful blast of water on all of the copies of Meowth, unluckily all of them were fake and the real one was not in sight. Suddenly Meowth jumped out of a nearby tree and head butted Golduck on his head, Golduck flew backwards and slammed into a nearby tree.

"Golduck shake it off and show him what a real head butt looks like!" Cried Misty who was now very annoyed that Meowth hadn't received any damage yet. Golduck shook his head and stood up, he quickly looked at his target before charging at him using Zen head butt. Meowth easily dodged his attack by and slammed Golduck back to the same tree with another head butt. Meowth gave no mercy to Golduck as he continued his assault with a thunderbolt. Golduck was badly damaged now and was struggling to stand up. Meowth smirked as he ran towards Golduck while he enlarged his claws (I know this sounds like fury swipe but I think that cats can't forget how to use their claws right? So this doesn't count as a move.)

"Golduck, stop Meowth in his track by using confusion!" Shouted Misty who was now really desperate now. As soon as Meowth heard Misty's command to Golduck he stopped his attempt to attack Meowth. Golduck's eyes were now glowing bright blue and he raised his hand to towards Meowth to try and lift him in the air but his attempt had failed. Meowth was laughing as he finished Golduck with one more thunderbolt.

"Golduck is unable to battle therefore Ash and Meowth are the winners!" Announced May in a loud voice.

MISTY'S POV

I quickly walked towards Golduck and re-called him, I then walked over to Meowth and asked him why did Golduck's confusion attack didn't' work. Meowth looked at me like he expected me to ask him this question.

"Golduck had used three moves so far so I knew your last attack would be confusion. I charged at him which instantly made you think that I was wide open. When you told Golduck to use confusion I stopped in my tracks and quickly froze my feet on the ground sealing your attack." He replied as walked over to Ash to get congratulated by him and Pikachu. My jaws dropped, I got outsmarted by a pokemon!

It was getting late and the hotel I was staying at was going to close soon so I told gang good-bye and left quietly hoping I would reach my hotel in time.

MAY'S POV

Before we headed back to the pokemon centre we came across an Ice-cream shop (a shop open this late? That was really weird!), anyway Ash bought me and Meowth an ice-cream but gave Pikachu a bottle of ketchup. We were now sitting in the shop and enjoying our ice-cream, Ash was talking to Meowth about new combinations while I thought about his previous match with Misty. I completely bewildered at Meowth's strength, if Ash had made a Meowth (who I used to believe was the weakest pokemon seeing how we blasted him off into space for like a million times) this strong, then I really don't want to know how strong his other pokemon are.

"So Ash, you said you were going to enter contests you know there's only ten contests left before the grand festival, do you think you can make it?" I asked as I continued consuming my ice-ream.

"Are you doubting me May?" Ash asked as he raised both of his eyebrows raised so high they were practically in orbit.

"Um no Ash, please don't get this the wrong way but you aren't exactly an experienced co-ordinator." I answered with an awkward expression on my face.

"Battling is not much different then co-ordinating except for the appeal, in contests coordinators tend to use combination moves and in battling trainers use single moves other than that they're the same. I'm even sure I can beat Solidad in her own game." Said Ash matter-of-factly. I really don't think he could beat Solidad in a contest, I mean it took me five tries to finally beat her and with Blaziken! He thinks he could just waltz by and defeat her on his first try, I mean how big-headed could you get, but that was another thing I liked about him. My thoughts of Ash suddenly ended when I noticed Ash had some ice-cream smeared on his right cheek.

"Ash, you've got ice-cream on your cheek." I said as I pointed to his right cheek. Ash nervously rubbed his left cheek with embarrassment. I sighed and stood up, got out a tissue and started rubbing his right cheek. When I was done rubbing of the smear I noticed he was quiet I slowly looked at his eyes and realized how close we were. My body automatically started to get closer until my lips were a few centimetres away from his. All of a sudden a bottle fell on the floor and ketchup spilt everywhere which caused me and to jump back with surprise. I shot a murderous glare at Pikachu, who was now sweat-dropping until he got slapped at the back of his head by Meowth.

"What's wrong with you? Why did you had to ruin the moment!!?!" Shouted Meowth as he extended his right-hand claws. Meowth's comment made me and Ash blush; there definitely was bad side to having a pokemon that can talk.

"Pika pi Pikachu! (I'll make up for it, I swear!) "Replied Pikachu, hoping he won't get sliced and diced into noodles. Ash quickly got out Meowth's pokeball and recalled him preventing him form causing anymore trouble.

"Sorry about that, Meowth could get a little bit too violent sometimes." Stated Ash sheepishly has he scratched the back of his head nervously. I think Meowth was much more than a little too violent, if he was like this to his teammates then I feel really sorry for his opponents. It was getting really late, so we headed back to the pokemon centre. As I walked back to the pokemon centre I couldn't stop thinking about my almost kiss with Ash. I wonder, do you really think he would want to kiss me? I mean does he feel the same way?

ASH'S POV

May showed me the room in which we were going to stay and even though I was uncomfortable about sleeping in the same bed, I didn't refuse. Pikachu was already curled up on the bed and asleep, I could the gentle sound of his snoring. I told May that while she puts on her pyjama's I'll be downstairs talking to Brock on the phone, that's If he's still awake which I hardly doubt. I dialled his number and waited for a minute and then he finally picked up the phone.

"Ash, is that you?" Questioned Brock in an exhausted voice.

"Yeah it's me, what happened to you? You sound like you were running a mile." I replied calmly.

"More like running around the mall!" Said Brock in an annoyed voice.

"Oh! Dawn's blackmailing you right, so how much did you spend?" I asked in a curious voice.

"Ash you got to help me, the girl's evil! I spent a thousand pound so far and she just won't stop, she threatened me she would show it to Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny and then post it online!" Pleaded Brock desperately.

"Gallade's resting right now so he might be able to teleport you out of there in the morning." I answered.

"Thank you Ash! You're my saviour! Said Brock enthusiastically.

"Yeah, anyway I just called you to say sorry that I left you while you were asleep and I'm at the pokemon centre in violet city." I swiftly said

"That's okay, so I see you there tomorrow?" He whispered.

"Yeah, so bye" I replied. I went back upstairs to see if May was done changing but I didn't find her in the room. I searched the room thoroughly until I heard some sound coming from the bathroom. I pressed my ear against the door and understood that May was taking a shower. I lied down on the bed and I felt something hard behind the pillow. I carefully pulled out a small book behind the pillow. It was small and red, I guessed it would be May's but it had no name on the cover. I curiously flipped over the pages to see what kind of book it was. It was half-filled which I found really weird so I read the last page:

'Dear diary'

I gasped, this was May's diary! I know I shouldn't read it any further but my curiosity got the best of me so I carried on.

Sorry about this chapter being short, I planned to write about double this amount but something came up and I had to post-pone it. I haven't mentioned the pokemon Ash would give to May but I will in the next chapter. Once again I thank those people who reviewed my previous chapter. Do think Ash should get caught reading May's diary or get away with it?

Until next time! (Oh by the way what did you think of Meowth?)