Ash's Secret Love Affair

First off, I should say this story is not going to be a quick PokeFanfiction story. Where the characters meet, and feelings develop in one chapter, I believe it makes for a better story if you get a feeling of how our boys develop these feelings. Of course it won't be a boring, drawn out thing. It just gives the story depth… So please enjoy!

Our story begins when Ash was competing in the Pokémon League, so it is quite far back from where he is now, but I feel, for my interpretation of how this story should have happened, this is a perfect starting place for us. Let's begin..

As Ash approached the terminal to register his pokedex he was feeling nervous, he had never competed in a competition quite this large. He knew everyone from Pallet Town would be watching him, he knew he could not let them down. He could not lose, he was scared of how let down everyone would be, especially his mother. Although Ash always looked confident, deep down he was in fact quite insecure, he didn't know if he could win this competition, he glanced to Pikachu and noticed he was watching him. Ash gave him a smile, there was something about Pikachu that has always affected Ash, as soon as Pikachu leapt off Ash's shoulders that day to save him from the Spearow, he felt something more than a simple trainer – Pokémon bond with Pikachu was born, from that day Pikachu, by simply looking at Ash, could pull him from these moments of insecurity.
"May I see your pokedex please?" asked the lady as they approached the terminal, snapping Ash back from his thoughts
"Uh sure! Here you go!" Ash said as he handed over his pokedex.

As the lady began scanning his pokedex Ash glanced around the room, to him it felt he was being watched, Misty and Brock were standing beside him and Pikachu was on his shoulder so it wasn't them. After scanning the room Ash decided it was just his nerves, so he looked back at the terminal to see the lady finishing his registration.
"Here you go Ash, your registration is complete. Your first match will be in the Water Field at 3. Don't be late!" explained the lady behind the desk cheerfully.
Ash had a sudden urge to go exploring and grabbed his Pokedex, and ran off in no specific direction, not watching where he was going, ran directly into another trainer.

"Hey! Watch where your going..!" came a very familiar voice
Ash looked up and recognised the boys face instantly, "Gary! What are you doing here!"
"To win of course, but you wouldn't know anything about that would you Ashy boy" came Gary's reply

Gary had always been that one step ahead of Ash in every aspect of being a Pokémon Trainer. There was something about him that, every time Ash saw him, would make ash angry, but there was always something else deep inside ash that made him feel strange when he saw Gary, something he never really thought about. He only ever felt it with a few people in his life. Although Gary made me angry at times, he was always secretly excited to see him, though he would not admit it to himself.
"Out of my way, loser" Gary said as he pushed past Ash,
Ash always tried but he never could come up with anything to say to him when he pushed Ash around, so once again he let Gary walk over him.

Ash just sat there feeling confused at why he lets Gary treat him that way when Misty and Brock finally caught up to him and helped him up,
"Hey forget about Gary, lets go get something to eat" offered Brock. Brock always had a way of making Ash feel normal again, from the moment they met Ash always felt calm around him, he was like the big brother he never had. He guessed it was the fact Brock has so many brothers and sisters that he can't help but look out for Ash, which Ash liked, it made his feel safe knowing Brock would always be there looking out for him.

As they entered the nearest restaurant, they sat at a booth by the window, Brock of course was already talking to the waitress, and so it was just Ash and Misty at the table.
"I don't know what I want," said Ash glancing at the menu. Once again Ash felt like someone was watching him, but he could not put a finger on it, so he decided to just order his food and forget about it once again. Although across to the other side of the room, there was, in fact someone watching him, with great curiosity.

"Man that food was great!" Ash exclaimed as he walked out of the restaurant.
"Do you want to go find out where we will be staying?" Asked Misty.
"That's a good idea, I'm exhausted" said Brock. So the three made their way to the nearest cabin.

The cabin was nice; it reminded Ash of home, which comforted him, knowing there was some place he could go to if he was feeling scared or nervous. As they walked through, admiring the main room, Brock headed over to the counter to see if there was a vacancy. Moments later, Ash was pushed back into Misty by a trainer hurrying in the opposite direction.

"I'm so sorry!" exclaimed the brunette boy as he hurried to pick up his books and poke balls.
"That's fine! Really, it's okay, let me help you" Ash offered as he bent down to help the boy pick up his things. Ash was gathering up the remainders of his books as his hand gently brushed the back of the other boys hand, almost instantly, a strange spark went straight through Ash's hand and he jerked his hand back quickly, not knowing what he just felt, or if he offended the boy. He looked up to see if the other boy had a similar reaction and noticed that he was looking right into his eyes. The first thing Ash noticed was the boy's blue eyes, he didn't know why, but he just wanted to keep looking at them, they were so clear and so big.

The boy quickly looked away and muttered nervously
"uh.. Thank you.. Ash," he then hurried off.
"Well, that was a bit strange. Did you know him Ash?" Asked Misty.
"No I have never met him before, how did he know my name?" replied a very confused Ash as he got to his feet.
"No idea, was he from Pallet Town?" asked Misty."Nope, I've never seen him before" Ash replied, so many thoughts were going through his head. Who was that boy? How did he know his name? What was that strange feeling that ran though his hand the moment they touched? Ash then noticed on the ground, the boy had forgotten one of his poke balls before he hurried off.
"Oh no! That boy forgot his poke ball!" Ash exclaimed looking around for the boy, but finding he was already gone.
"Well maybe we should give it to Officer Jenny then" said Misty.
"No! I want to find him, so I could give it to him" said Ash quickly, he wanted to find out the boy's name, to figure out what that feeling he felt was, and to see why he felt that way around him.
"Well how are you going to find him then?" asked Misty, feeling slightly confused.
"Well it's too late now, I'll go out early tomorrow morning looking for him, I'm sure he will be around here somewhere!" Ash explained quickly.
"Well, were all checked in. Let's go find our room" came Brock's cheery voice as he returned from the desk.

They eventually located their room and found it to be quite comfortable, the beds were large, they each had their own wardrobes, and it had a wonderful view of the streets. To Ash, it felt like home. He put away his things and placed the photograph of his mother and himself on his bedside drawers and crawled up onto his bed staring at it. He felt worried and nervous, but he had to be a man now, everyone expected it of him. Then came the thoughts of the boy again, all he could remember was those eyes; there was something about those bright blue eyes he could not forget. Ash glanced at the boy's Pokeball to make sure it was still there; he needed a reason to find this boy again. He needed to know his name.

Well I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this story, I promise you there will be some real emotional stuff in the near future, but like I said, this was just a foothold on starting the story. I would really appreciate it if any of you would let me know what you think so far though! I would love to know if I'm on the right step here as this is my first story I've ever written. Email me any comments, ideas, characters you would like to see, all that jazz at FanFictionStories . Thanks a lot!

Oh and by the way, in the future I may bring in a few characters that Ash had not yet actually met in the anime at that point in time. I shall explain how they met in this story as to stop confusion. It will only be a couple of characters though!