Chapter One: Love is like a Fever...it Makes you...Throw Up?

A/N: Okay, I'm driven. I own nought. This is based on the real Pokémon. It's set when Ash only has the eight Kanto badges and hasn't been to anywhere else yet. It has Ash, Brock, Misty and Gary. There is NO May, Max or Dawn. There are a few slight changes though, Ash is fifteen, Brock is sixteen, Misty is fifteen and Gary is fifteen, clear? Ash is STILL trying to become the champion, Misty still refuses to let her togepi evolve, Brock is still a good cook and Gary is still a sore loser. (Yes, if you're wondering. This is set before togepi evolves.) Now, Ash finished getting Kanto's badges and defeated the elite four when he was about twelve-thirteen. Now, he's doing it again before he goes to another region.

OKAY. Here we go!

"Okay...you can do this, Ash, you're a champion."The trainer reassured himself in front of the mirror but he wasn't so sure.

Ash swiftly ran his hands through his hair and stuck his cap back on. It was nice to stay in a building every once in a while. Even though he'd been there and done that, Ash and his friends Brock and Misty were back in Kanto. Ash had decided to try and retrain himself. He'd gotten the idea when his Pikachu fell asleep in battle once.

So at the moment they were staying in a hotel in Caledon City

For months, years even, Ash had had this...feeling...at first it had just been small and it was doing a cancan in the back of his sub-conscious mind but now...it was nagging at him, eating his mind away from the inside out, it was a question. Something he had to ask.

Ash almost jumped out of his skin as he felt a small shock go through his leg. He looked down. Pikachu.

"Pika...?"He gazed up.

He bent down and picked up his friend, "Hey, guy. You hungry?"

The Pokémon gave a slight nod before nuzzling against his cheek.

"You stink, too, I'll give you a bath later." He put him down.

The Pokémon looked up at him, indignantly.

He smiled and looked around his small hotel room. A bed, a light, a dresser and mirror, a mini bar fridge and his stuff in the corner. Ash opened the fridge and pulled out a box of pika-chow (check it out this stuff really exists in the Pokémon episodes.)

He looked around for the bowl but Pikachu was already dragging it over. He set it down and Ash poured the food into it. He scratched Pikachu on the ears and he settled down to eat.

He returned to the mirror and repeated himself, "You are a champion."

Again, he took off his hat and he messed up his dark hair. He took off his jacket and looked at his black t-shirt, sort of tight, sort of loose around his reasonably toned stomach. He flexed his practically non-existent muscles on his arms and sighed.

Ash flipped out his trainer card and admired his badges. All eight of them. He put the symbol of his experience back in his pocket and put his jacket back on.

The teenager looked over to Pikachu who was still eating and he whispered down to his feet, "Just ask...Ash, do it, you can do anything."

He steadied his breath and opened his door, slightly. He glanced out into the 'mini lounge suit' that had been a deal that came with them renting out three separate rooms.

Brock was sitting with a slightly bored expression on his face, in a lounge in the corner, throwing an empty poke ball into the air and catching it.

Misty was playing with her Togepi. She threw occasional glances to the blow up pool in the corner in which her Horsea frolicked. Ash watched as the continuous bobbing up and down of her bright hair made him dizzy.

...

Misty looked up, in surprise as Ash ran past with his hand over his mouth, headed to the bathroom to vomit.

Brock shook his head, "He's fine, just recovering still, and we only got here a day ago. He's not used to 'luxury'."

Mist walked over and smiled vaguely, "Well, he better be okay,"

Brock nodded, "He will be."The Pokémon breeder reached out and squeezed Misty's pale hand. She squeezed back and smiled at him.

A/N: Hey, did ya like it? I'm sorry if it's taking too long to get to the point. :D Maybe a few reviews would influence me to write more...

Thanks for reading : )