The Easter Orienteering (Advanceshipping)

Chapter 6: Hullabaloo or Monkey Mayhem?

Ash held his nose after May tackled him into the cliff and Pikachu, Beautifly and Eevee surrounded the trainer to see if he was alright while Aipom was still chasing the fleeing Mankey, which stole the egg container of the group.

"I'm sorry, Ash! ... I'm really, really sorry for that!" May said multiple times.

"It's not your fault, May and at least, I had my first real kiss ... although it was with a cliff ..." Ash rubbed his forehead before he looked up.

"How ... how does it come that you think about kisses in such a situation?" May said, slightly shocked.

"Well, somehow it was the first thing that crossed my mind for some reason, but we shouldn't talk about such small things right now!" Ash clarified before he already looked for a way to follow Aipom, Mankey and their egg.

May looked for a short moment to Ash's lips before she turned away, blushing.

However, this time Eevee noticed that and the small fox tilted her head.

"I just can't see an end to the cliff, no matter if I look to the left or right side!" Ash explained before he examined the cliff in front of him.

"Shouldn't I send Beautifly after them, Ash?" May, who broke away from her trance, suggested.

"Actually, Beautifly could help us to get past this cliff." Ash said enthusiastically before he started quickly to climb up the wall in front of him. However, May became worried, because it was a very huge cliff.

"ASH! What are you doing?" May said worriedly.

"I'll quickly climb to the top of the cliff before Beautifly uses her string shot to form some kind of rope with that you can follow me." Ash shouted loudly when he reached a higher point.

"Be careful!" May said very worriedly.

The female coordinator then turned to Beautifly before she whispered to her bug Pokemon. "Beautifly, please make sure that Ash doesn't fall to the ground! I don't know what I would do if something happens to him."

The butterfly understood and soon, she flew exactly behind Ash to assure that the trainer wouldn't risk too much. Apparently, Ash wasn't too surprised to see the bug-type close to him and the raven-haired trainer continued to climb.

Unexpectedly, Ash lost some of his balance and almost fell, but he could find his balance early enough again.

"ASH!" May grabbed her heart and once again, she realized that she felt something more for Ash than just friendship. Nevertheless, she was still confused about it and it would need much more time for her to figure out how to deal with it.

Pikachu and Eevee hoped for the best.

Eventually, Ash reached the top of the cliff and the trainer immediately motioned to Beautifly to use her string shot to create a rope for him that he let down to his friends and Pokemon.

"I'll wrap the string shot around a tree, May! Take Pikachu and Eevee with you okay?" Ash yelled.

"Of course!" May responded after she had sighed in relieve that her friend was okay.

The two Pokemon jumped onto May's shoulders before the brunette started to climb the cliff up as well with the help of the string shot and fortunately, there weren't any incidents until the coordinator reached the top of the cliff as well where Ash already gave her a helping hand.

With a smile on her face, May accepted the help and at least, everyone was on top of the cliff now.

"Let's going!" Ash said after he helped May to her feet.