He is my "POKEMON CHRISTMAS" gift to fanfiction dot com. This oneshot is based off the song "Under the Mistletoe" which is a song on the "Pokemon Christmas Bash" CD and is a duet featuring Ash (Veronica Taylor) and Misty (Rachael Lillis).

Pokeshipping - Under The Mistletoe

Christmas at the Ketchum's. Every year Delia Ketchum would go out of her way to invite everyone she and her son knew, whether the lived in Pallet Town or not. This year that list included everyone Ash had met on his journey through the Kanto region, and I mean EVERYONE. Ash really didn't mind, but it made the house rather crowded. He was glad to at least see his friends Brock and Misty, but with so many people it kind of made his plan a bit hard to pull off.

"This place sure is crowded, right Pikachu?"

"Pika!"

The young trainer sighed and smiled at his little yellow friend. "I wonder if she'll even notice." He looked up at the mistletoe he had hung in the arch that separated the main room from the Kitchen, where his Mom was busy baking a fresh batch of cookies. "Christmas cookies?! Let's go get some Pikachu!"

"Pika!"

Almost as soon as Ash left the area of the mistletoe, he nearly runs right into Misty!

"Hi Ash!"

"Oh, hi Misty."

"Great party, huh?"

"Yeah, we were just going to get something to eat." Ash really wanted those cookies, so much so that he forgot about the mistletoe.

"Hey, did you see Nurse Joy?" Misty wanted to try and draw out the conversation, hoping that one of them would tell the other their true feelings for each other.

"Yeah, maybe you should tell Brock!" chuckled the hungry air-head.

"Maybe not…" mumbled the annoyed water-trainer.

"Anyway, could we squeeze by you? We're pretty hungry…"

"Oh, sure…"

After a bit of shuffling around, Ash and Pikachu were able to get by Misty and to the cookies. Misty just stood under the arch and sighed, "When will I get my chance to tell him?" She continued to mumble, "That darn Ketchum," to her self until she looked up and saw the mistletoe. "Maybe I DO still have a chance." She thought to her self as she saw Ash and Pikachu leaving the snack table, with smiles on their faces. Ash has to pleased with his full belly to notice he was walking back to the mistletoe, with Misty eagerly waiting underneath, until it was to late.

"Hi Ash! Did you get something to eat?"

"Um, yeah."

"Um, Ash? Did you realize that we're standing under the mistletoe?" asked Misty with a blush.

"Huh?" At this point Ash finally looks up and sees that he had just fallen into his own trap!

How did he respond?

Did he happily kiss her?

Did he blush and give her a slow kiss?

Nope. "WWWWAAAAHHHH!!!!!" Ash Ketchum, future Pokemon Master, ran.

"Ash?! Where are you going?!"

"Uh…I'm getting some Christmas Cookies!"

"But you just got some…LOOK OUT FOR…"

"WWWAAAHHH!!!" *CRASH* In his rush to escape, Ash ran right into the snack table.

"Oh never mind." sighed Misty, going to help him up.

At this sight, I just chuckle to myself. "Even after all his adventures; Ashy-boy is still that absent-minded kid I grew up with." I smiled at the sight of Misty trying to get ranch dip out of Ash's hair while he tried to clean his hat, and Pikachu just sat on the ground and happily licked the dip out of its fur. "Typical Ashy-boy." I thought to myself as I gathered my stuff to head up the hill to Grandpa Oak.

END

Have a MARILL Christmas and a HOPPIP New Year!!