When does ash first meet may?

Answer 1

when ash was in the ship headed to hoenn team rocket tried to stole pikachu again then pikachu stucked into a magnet which the other day pikachu was ill then come prof. birch the day pikachu was ill was also the day may will get her starter Pokemon then prof. birch and ash split to look for pikachu prof. birch met may and ash saw pikachu then thanks to team rocket's robot they sucked all of pikachu's unneeded electricity then may's bike got barbequed then may went to prof. birch's lab may chose torchic then the other day may and ash woke up then as ash was starting on his journeymay reacted may sounded like this "hmmm now i have to walk alone and my bike's barbecued thx to ur pikachu now how am i supposed to walk on fot safely i know why don't we travel together I'm sure it wil be great then ash said ok then may turned back on ash and may said "yes" as if she realy wanted ash to come with her so that's how ash and may met