All right, this is the first one-shot in my Ash and Iris prank series. Now, this isn't exactly meant to be an April Fools one-shot (I'm pretty late for that now). This will be updated over time, and I will eventually add more pranks to the series.
Also, there's one thing that I want to make clear before the story. In the story, both trainers and Pokémon will be able to understand each other, and Pokémon talk will just be written as normal dialogue.
Anyway, here's the first prank. Enjoy!
Prank #1: Orange You Glad You Have Such a Krafty Friend?
Iris's POV
After a long morning of walking and talking, Ash, Cilan, and I had finally found a nice clearing to take a break and eat lunch.
It was a beautiful day. The sun shone brightly in the southern sky, and there were barely any clouds in the skies. A cool, slight breeze blew through the warm summer air. It was the perfect day to be adventuring outside.
First, as usual, Ash asked the question that he asked so frequently that I just rolled my eyes whenever he asked it.
"What's for lunch, Cilan? I'm starving!"
"Oh, I'm going to be cooking up some apples again," Cilan replied.
"Awesome!" Ash yelled. "Those are so delicious!"
I simply rolled my eyes at the raven-haired boy's excitement. "Really, Ash? You're that excited about cooked apples that we have all the time? What a kid!" I was expecting Ash to yell back at me claiming that he's not a kid, but instead, he simply rolled his eyes. I even heard Axew quietly scoff from within my hair. Probably because I called Ash a kid numerous times on a daily basis.
"Anyways," Cilan began, "Ash, you and Pikachu go into the forest and pick some apples. I will begin to set up here for lunch. Iris-"
"I'll make some orange juice for all of us!" I quickly piped up. At this point in time, I had to try really hard to keep a straight face.
Cilan gave me a bit of a weird look. "Really? Orange juice? We've never had that before."
"Yeah," Ash added, "we usually just have water."
I quickly made a face at that comment. "No, you usually have soda!"
Ash looked pretty offended. "Hey! I like soda! Do you have a problem with that?"
"No, but I think-"
"Guys!" Cilan yelled quickly. "Goodness, you two fight about everything."
"Whatever, I'm going to go make the orange juice now," I quickly blurted out before I grabbed my bag and went into the edge of the forest. Suddenly, a mischievous grin spread widely across my face. See, what Ash doesn't know is that I had previously read about a neat little prank that you could pull with orange juice. In my bag, I still had a box of macaroni and cheese along with a carton of orange juice and a bottle of water. My plan was to grab the cheese powder from the box of macaroni and cheese and mix it up with some water to make an odd cheesy drink that would look like orange juice to prank Ash. Then, I would just pour some regular orange juice for myself and Cilan.
Quickly, I darted my head in the other direction to find out how much time I had to initiate this prank. Luckily, Cilan had barely progressed at all with setting up the eating area. Unfortunately, Ash and Pikachu were already well on their way to getting a bunch of apples to cook. Knowing my luck, Ash was going to come back here in the two minutes it would take to set up this prank.
Well, I better get started, I thought.
I immediately ripped open the box of macaroni and cheese and took out the cheese packet. I was planning to save the raw noodles for another time as a quick snack. Next, I grabbed the water bottle and poured some of the water into an empty bottle, along with the cheese packet.
"What are you doing, Iris?" Axew suddenly said.
I must have leapt about five feet in the air. It had only been about a minute, and I completely forgot that Axew was in my hair.
"Axew, you gave me a heart attack!" I said.
"Sorry, Iris!" said the Tusk Pokémon while he giggled. "I just want to know what you're doing!"
"I'm pranking Ash! I'm going to give him fake orange juice!"
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Axew said nervously.
"Well, not really, but I've always wanted to prank him!"
I grabbed the mixture of cheese powder and water, put the lid on the bottle, and I shook it vigorously. The mixture was orange like orange juice, which was exactly what I wanted. Then, I poured orange juice into two more empty bottles from my bag for me and Cilan. The colour wasn't exactly the same, but of course, Ash, being the little kid that he was, probably wouldn't notice.
I looked behind me again, and I was delighted by what I saw. Cilan was getting close to setting up our table for lunch, and Ash was coming back with the apples.
"Iris, Pikachu and I got the apples," said Ash.
"I've got your orange juice ready!" I said while trying to hide the mischievous grin that was fighting hard for control over my face. I handed Ash the 'orange juice' that was a slightly different colour than the other two bottles. Of course, Ash likes to save his drink for when we begin to eat. Now, all I had to do was play the waiting game.
I only had to wait about five minutes before the table was set and it was only a matter of time before Ash fell for my prank.
I tried really hard to keep a straight face as I grabbed a cooked apple and bit into it. I also made sure to take a big gulp of my orange juice to make sure that Ash didn't know I was up to something. I've never actually pulled pranks on him before, but I wanted to be sure. Like people say, it's better to be safe than sorry.
"Oh, I can't wait to get to Castelia City!" Ash exclaimed. "I'm itching for a Gym Battle!"
"You're always excited for a gym battle," I said.
Ash simply ignored my comment. "So Cilan, what does the next gym specialize in again?"
"Well, the gym leader is Burgh, and he specializes in bug-type Pokémon."
"Awesome!" Ash exclaimed. "This gym will be a piece of cake! Right, Pikachu?"
"Right!" Pikachu happily yelled.
I had to resist the urge to call Ash a little kid again.
The raven-haired boy began to treat himself to Cilan's delicious cooked apples. Cilan and I also began to eat a lot of apples, and I had already drank a decent amount of my orange juice. But I was beginning to grow quite impatient waiting for Ash to drink his 'orange juice'.
Unfortunately for me, I accidentally snickered thinking about the prank that Ash was about to fall victim to. Even worse, Ash and Cilan heard me snicker, and they were now giving me strange looks.
Great.
"What's so funny?" Ash asked.
Obviously, I couldn't tell him the truth, which is that I was thinking of how Ash will react when he drinks the fake orange juice.
"U-Um..." I stammered. My palms began to sweat as my mind raced to find an excuse for why I would have snickered back there.
"Um, I w-w-was thinking about... when you fell out of that tree!" I blurted out.
"Hey!" Ash yelled, instantly offended. "That wasn't funny!"
"It was kinda funny," said Pikachu before the mouse Pokémon burst into laughter.
"Pikachu..." Ash groaned.
"Well, it was pretty good," said Cilan as he snickered a little bit.
"Yeah!" I yelled. "You claimed that you could beat me at a tree-climbing contest! Right when you said that you were the 'best tree-climber in the world', you slipped and landed in a mud puddle!"
"That wasn't funny!" Ash yelled again. "That was humiliating! And I could have been seriously hurt!"
"Ash, you're such a kid," I said for the zillionth time. "It was like a metre or two. You wouldn't have gotten that hurt."
"All right, all right," said Cilan. "I get that that was funny, but we should probably move on now."
"Gladly," Ash grumbled as he bit into another cooked apple.
I was quite relieved that I managed to save myself back there, but I continued to grow antsy as the minutes crawled by. The apples were almost completely gone, and Ash still hadn't touched his drink.
Come on! I thought. Ash, will you just drink the juice already? I can't wait here forever!
As if on cue, my ears picked up a couple sentences that almost made me cheer enthusiastically. "Man, I'm so thirsty after all those apples! And this orange juice looks so good!"
This was it. This was the moment that I had been waiting for (well, besides the moment when Ash finally confesses his love to me, since I still don't have the guts to do it myself). Ash grabbed his 'orange juice', and then he took a massive gulp.
Suddenly, his face twisted into a rather disgusted expression, and he spat all of the cheesy liquid out onto the table. Then, I completely lost control. Laughter erupted from my mouth like an erupting volcano that was dormant for hundreds or even thousands of years. Axew, Pikachu, and even Cilan began to laugh.
"Eww!" Ash cried. "This orange juice tastes so weird!"
"O-Oh m-m-my god!" I yelled while I continued to laugh hysterically. "Y-You think th-that's orange juice! It's cheese powder mixed with water!"
"That's disgusting!" Ash cried out before he looked around with an angered look as Axew, Pikachu, and I continued to laugh. "This isn't funny!" the raven-haired boy exclaimed.
"It's pretty funny," Pikachu said before he burst into laughter again.
"Yeah, Iris got you good!" Axew laughed.
"But I want orange juice!" Ash whined.
I reached into my bag and poured the whiny Ash a glass of 'real' orange juice. "Okay, okay! Jeez, you don't have to act like a little kid! It was just a joke." I handed Ash the glass of 'orange juice'.
"Are you sure you didn't do anything to this glass?" Ash said suspiciously.
"I swear, I didn't do anything to that. It's real orange juice!" I said.
"Are you sure?" Ash asked again.
"Yes! I'm sure! Just drink it!"
Of course, Ash, being the little kid that he was, took another big gulp of the liquid. And then, the same thing happened. Ash spit out the cheesy liquid onto the grass below the table as I began to laugh like a little schoolgirl again. Pikachu and Axew were practically killing themselves laughing.
"HEY!" Ash screeched. "YOU PROMISED THAT YOU WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THIS GLASS!"
"Hey, you didn't make me swear on Mew," I said before I started laughing again.
"Ash, you know it's really your own fault if you fall for a trick twice," Cilan stated.
"I don't care!" Ash yelled. "I'm getting my own orange juice!"
"No, I'll pour you another glass!" I said.
Ash simply gave me a death glare in response. If looks could kill, Ash would be murdering me right now. "I don't trust you anymore. You made me drink disgusting cheese powder! Twice!"
"It was your own fault the second time!" I rebutted.
"Says the girl who's trying to make me fall for this trick a third time! I'm getting my own glass, and that's final!" The boy quickly reached into Iris's bag and poured himself his own glass of orange juice from the bottle without saying another word.
However, what Ash didn't know is that he was pouring himself even more of the cheesy liquid, and not the real orange juice.
So what did you guys think of the first prank? Good? Bad? In-between? If you guys want, you can suggest more pranks for Ash and Iris to pull on each other (or for Ash and Iris to pull on Cilan). This will basically be a series of one-shots. I will add more prank one-shots to this collection over time. If you want to suggest a prank, you can send suggestions via either a review or a PM.
Anyways, that's all I have for now.
