Hey guys! Chapter 1 of the A-Z of Unexplored Pokemon Ships is here!

I think I'd like to call this ship FlashfloodShipping, if it doesn't already have a name.

I don't own Pokemon.


Adrenalin Junkie

Completely bored, Misty sat on the edge of the pool in her swimsuit. Her legs were hanging over the edge, her feet submerged in the pool's water.

Her hair was down because she was considering going for a swim. It had grown a bit since she'd traveled. Now it was just past shoulder length. She was lucky. When she got her hair wet, it didn't go crazy. She knew some trainers, usually female trainers, to be very aggressive when it came to the subject of getting their hair wet. They were afraid of the frizzies, something she herself had never had to deal with.

Her swimsuit was light blue, and a bikini. It was rather plain, since she didn't like patterned swimwear. It drew unnecessary attention to both her chest and her behind. Ever since she had turned thirteen, she felt especially uncomfortable with people staring at those areas. Now she was sixteen, and she still didn't like that kind of attention.

Sighing with boredom, she decided that she would go for a swim.

BANG.

She looked up at the source of the sudden sound. She could see a figure standing against the sunlight. She couldn't see any of their features, only that this person was maybe just a little taller than she was. And that this person had thrown the gym doors open with great force.

"I'm here to challenge you to a gym battle!" The newcomer announced, jogging closer, letting the doors slam shut behind them.

The newcomer's voice told her that this new challenger was male. As he stepped out into the gym's lights, she could better see him. He was tall and blond with big, orange eyes. He was dressed in an orange and white horizontally striped polo shirt, and light tan coloured pants.

In a flash, she was standing up, balancing so precariously close to the edge of the pool that her toes were hanging over the edge. She could see the newcomer was slightly surprised, possibly by how fast she'd moved. But she was a gym leader that trained with her Pokemon. She was a great swimmer, and extremely quick on land, since she was used to movement being slowed down when in the water.

"I'm Misty Waterflower, the fourth Sensational Sister, and Leader of the Cerulean City Gym!"

"You're the Gym Lea-"

SPLASH!

And he fell into the water, because he was too busy staring at her to watch where he was going. As if by instinct, Misty dove into the pool, and grabbed the boy's shirt when she reached him. Then, she pulled him to the water's surface. He spluttered, and looked angry as he pulled himself up onto the poolside.

"I can swim, you know!"

"Didn't look like it to me."

"I don't need to be saved like some damsel in distress!"

"Alright, feel free to resume what you were doing before I saved you." A smirk crossed the redhead's face. "And that would be flailing at the bottom of the pool."

"GAH!" The challenger said something that wasn't a word, rather just a collection of letters. The teenage boy looked defiant. "I will show you who needs saving when I beat you at a Gym Battle!"

"Yeah, I'd like to see you try."

"I will! I will! I will! I will!"

"What are you, five years old?"

"Sixteen, actually."

"Me too. But that doesn't mean you'll beat me in a gym battle. I'm Cerulean Gym's Leader, I do not lose!"

"Until today."

"Fine, I accept your challenge!"

"Then let's get to Battling!"

"Not yet."

"WHY?"

"Because you haven't introduced yourself, and my Referee is off today."

"I'm Barry from Twinleaf Town in the Sinnoh Region!"

"Sinnoh?-"

"Make your Referee come to referee our battle! I want to battle today!"

"I had a friend who traveled in the Sinnoh Region. Ash Ketchum, made it to the Suzuran Conference. The Semi-finals."

"You know Ash Ketchum?"

"Heck yes! I traveled Kanto and Johto with that boy!" Misty put her hands on her hips. "How do you know him?"

"I've battled him a couple of times. Do you know Brock and Dawn too?"

"Brock, yes. Dawn, no."

"Well, Dawn's a Coordinator. She got to the Semi-finals of the Sinnoh Grand Festival."

"I know, I've heard a little about her from May, and watched a re-run of the Sinnoh Grand Festival on TV. She's pretty good."

"Now, I WANT A GYM BATTLE!"

"You don't need to shout at me. I've already told you that it's not going to happen today."

"ARGH!"

"So now you're a Pirate?"

"GAH!"

"If you're going to speak, say something that is actually a word!"

"YOU'RE INHIBITING MY PROGRESS!"

"I'm sorry, in the future, I should ignore labor laws just to give some whiney challenger a Gym Battle."

"No need to use that sarcastic tone with me."

"Yes there is, you were just YELLING AT ME!"

"YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL AT ME!"

"THEN STOP YELLING AT ME!"

"I WILL IF YOU WILL!"

"YOU STARTED IT!"

"YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE!"

"NO, YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE!"

"STOP YELLING AT ME! I MEAN IT!"

"YOU STOP YELLING AT ME FIRST! I MEAN IT!"

"YOU AREN'T THE BOSS OF ME! YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!"

"YOU AREN'T THE BOSS OF ME EITHER! YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!"

"Like Misty, like what's with all the like yelling around like here?"

"Yeah, like can't a like Sensational Sister like get any like sleep around like here?"

"THEN TELL HIM TO STOP YELLING AT ME!"

"You don't like need to like yell at at like us."

"I'M NOT GOING TO STOP YELLING UNTIL I GET A GYM BATTLE!"

"WELL YOU'RE NOT GETTING A GYM BATTLE TOMORROW! I HOPE YOU LOSE YOUR VOICE!"

"YEAH? WELL, I HOPE THAT YOU LOSE YOUR VOICE!"

"Misty, can't you like take your like romance like elsewhere?"

"ROMANCE?"

"WITH HIM?"

"WITH HER?"

"GROSS!"

"You two would like make a really like cute couple if you two would like be more like quiet."

"THAT'S DISGUSTING!"

"I HAVE PRETTIER, NICER FANGIRLS THAT I'D RATHER DATE!"

"I HAVE HANDSOMER, NICER FANBOYS THAT I'D RATHER DATE!"

"Oh, like come on you two, I can like feel the chemistry like between you two from like miles away."

"Like feel the chemistry? I can like hear the chemistry between these two from like miles away."

"Yeah, because you can like hear the yelling from like miles away."

"And I can like smell the chemistry between these two from like miles away."

"THERE IS NO CHEMISTRY BETWEEN ME AND HIM!"

"I ACTUALLY, AGREE WITH HER! WE HAVE NO CHEMISTRY!"

"We like disagree."

"Like denial."

"Yeah, like the both of you."

"Well, we'll like leave you two like lovebirds to your like lovefest."

"I DO NOT LIKE HIM! WE HAVE NO CHEMISTRY!" Came Misty's yell.

At the same time, Barry yelled, "I DO NOT LIKE HER! WE HAVE NO CHEMISTRY!"

"Su-ure." Came the the three oldest Sensation Sister's sarcastic voices as they turned and left, wiggling their fingers in a flirty little wave.

"Well that wasn't at all awkward." Misty commented sarcastically after a moment of silence.

Another moment of silence followed, which lasted nearly twice as long. They stood for nearly ten minutes, mentally denying that the two of them made a good couple.

"So, I'm not going to get that Gym Battle today, am I?"

"NO! I ALREADY TOLD YOU-"

"You don't need to yell at me. I was only asking a question."

More awkward silence followed. Finally, after about five minutes, Barry spoke again.

"Well. . ." His cheeks got one shade of pink darker with each word he said.

"Well what?"

"Never mind."

More awkward silence. Barry's blush faded.

"H-hey Misty?"

"Yeah?"

"Do. . . . do you. . . ."

"Do I what?"

"I dunno."

And more awkward silence.

"M-Misty?"

"Yes?"

"Do . . . you. . . I dunno. . . . wannacatchamovie?"

"Say that again, slowly this time."

"Never mind."

"No, tell me!"

"No, you'll laugh at me!"

"Why would I do that?"

"I dunno. . ."

"C'mon Barry, just tell me what you said!"

"Alright. I said 'doyouwannacatchamoviewithme?'"

"Slowly please."

"Do you wanna catch a movie with me?" Barry's cheeks and ears were bright red with embarrassment.

Misty's cheeks turned the same shade as Barry's. She nodded shyly. "Y-yeah, I'd like that."

Barry smiled, still blushing. "I guess your sisters were right. You do like me."

"Pfft. Not as much as you like me." Misty smiled too.

"Aw c'mon! You are totally in love with me!"

"Then you must pretty much worship me." Misty responded. "Wait a minute, I'll go put something more on than just this bikini."

"Alright, but don't take too long. I don't like wasting time."

"I see. So that's why you're such an adrenalin junkie."

"Adrenalin Junkie am I?"

"Yep."

"That's what she said."

"You're such a loser."

"Can't be too much of one, because I don't think your the type of nice girl who'd date a huge loser."

"I said yes to you, didn't I?"

"Ouch. Hurry up and get changed! I don't want to stay around here all day!"

"Do you want to change too? I mean, your clothes are still soaked from your little dip in the pool."

"Yeah, movie theatres can be pretty cold. . ."

"Hey, why don't we hang out at my place and just watch one of those movies that you can buy through your satellite provider?"

"Nah, because I'm really not sure I'd like your sisters observing our date, which I have the strangest feeling that they would."

"Right, well let's both go to my place to change clothes at least. I don't know about you, but I like to be dry when I'm not in the water."

"Lead the way."


Well, do you like Adrenaline Junkie?

Is FlashfloodShipping a good name for Misty & Barry / Kasumi & Jun? (If it doesn't already have an official shipping name, of course).

Well, Now I have to think up a pairing and fic for the letter 'B'