Hi! Thanks for the reviews. So…here's chapter 2!

CHAPTER TWO

Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Pikachu were all sitting around a campfire enjoying another one of Brock's special dishes. They sat quietly while eating taking quick glances at one another from time to time. The chirps from kricketots were all that could be heard around the campsite until the silence was broken by Brock. "So, do you guys like it?" asked Brock. "It's a new recipe I'm trying out."

"It's great!" replied Dawn as she continued to eat. "I still can't believe how much of a great cook you are, Brock!"

Brock held his hand behind his head. "Thanks." Brock, then, looked at Ash. "How about you, Ash? Does it taste okay?"

Ash didn't reply, for he was thinking about something else. "How can anyone be so cute?" muttered Ash quietly.

"What was that?" questioned Brock.

"Huh?" said Ash as he came back to his senses. "Oh, uh, it's nothing. The food's great! Right, Pikachu?" Ash started to chow down like the pig he normally was.

"Pikachu!" agreed Pikachu munching.

"I wonder what Ash is thinking about." thought Brock.

Silence entered the scene once again as they sat there. After a couple of minutes, all four of them finished their meals. Brock spoke again, "You guys go on to bed. I'll get these dishes cleaned."

"Okay." replied Ash and Dawn in unison as they headed off to their own tents.

Dawn took notice of Ash's strange behavior. He usually would be talking nonstop by now bragging about how great of a trainer he is. Instead, he looked like he was deep in thought. Dawn started to speak, "Hey, Ash. Is something wrong? You haven't been yourself lately. Are you sick or something?"

Ash looked at Dawn. He started to develop something inside him that kept him from speaking. Just looking at Dawn made him feel queasy to his stomach and before he knew it, his face turned red.

As Dawn continued to stare at Ash, she couldn't help but think about how Ash looked when he was in this state. "He's so cute when he acts like this. I wonder what his problem is, though." It was then that she realized that she wasn't getting an answer to her question. "Um, Hello? Ash?" questioned Dawn waving her hand in front of his face.

Ash snapped back from his thoughts and immediately replied, "Oh, uh, nothing's wrong. I just have a lot on my mind about the upcoming gym battle. Heh heh."

"Oh, okay." replied Dawn.

"We better get some sleep." said Ash. "I'll see you in the morning, Dawn. Good night." With that, Ash ran to his tent to join Pikachu.

Dawn stared at Ash's tent, sighed, and slowly made her way back to her own tent. As she tucked into her sleeping bag, she began to think about Ash. "I wonder what Ash was really thinking about. Could he have been thinking about...me? His face did look like it turned red." Dawn blushed at the thought. "No! No! We are just friends! He must've really been thinking about his gym battle." Dawn continued to lay there thinking until she fell into a deep sleep.

Meanwhile, back at Ash's tent, Ash could not sleep. He was busy thinking about Dawn. He thought about how much of a kind and caring friend Dawn was. He thought about how she helped him save Pikachu. He thought about how much he liked the way she looked when she talked to him. He laid his hand on his sleeping, mouse-like friend and dosed off. It was, then, that he realized the cause of his unusual behavior…he was in love.

Brock slowly crept to his tent. He went in his sleeping bag and thought about Ash. "I wonder if Ash was thinking about Dawn." said Brock. "I guess I'll investigate tomorrow." Brock, then, fell asleep.

Darkness continued to overtake the camp with only the moon glowing in the night sky. All became quiet as the chirping of kricketots filled the air once again.


And that was chapter 2! Sorry if it is too short. I'll start the actual Eterna Forest part on chapter 3. The chapters will be longer starting then. Thank you!