A/N: Here's chapter 2 now. Hope you like it. It is a little shorter than chapter 1. Sorry about that.
Chapter 2:
Ash and Misty explained in brief what had happened the night before and this morning to Brock once they were aboard the ferry. Brock didn't say much about it, he was happy not knowing all the details and Ash and Misty weren't exactly going to tell him anyway.
Pikachu was lay on the same sun bed as Ash, not really interested in the conversation and so was watching the other passengers with their Pokémon and the limited scenery that was going by. He was watching a Plusle and Minun bouncing together on the deck when the Minun stopped and stared up at Ash. Pikachu, curious also looked towards Ash and back at the Minun. As far as he could remember they had not come across this particular Plusle and Minun pair and so Pikachu hopped down from the bed and scampered over to the two.
"Pika." – Hello
"Mine." – Hi
"Plus." – Hi
The smaller electric Pokémon gestured towards Ash. "Mine mine un mine?" – is that your trainer there?
"Pika." Pikachu nodded his head and the little Minun smiled.
"Minun mine." The blue and white Pokémon ran off, is red and white companion closely behind him and Pikachu also following. The smaller electric Pokémon lead the yellow Pokémon around the ship's deck and down a level before running up to a human who Pikachu assumed to be their trainer. He had a blue, green and black hat, a green jacket with a black shirt underneath and dark blue jeans, with green and grey shoes. Pikachu guessed he would be smaller than Ash.
"Plusle, Minun there you are." The two small Pokémon jumped up to their trainers arms. It was then that the trainer spotted Pikachu. "Hello. Have you lost your trainer, or have these two kidnapped you?"
"Pika?" Pikachu looked at the trainer and two Pokémon confused until Minun jumped down from the trainer's shoulder.
"Mine mine." Again the small Pokémon ran off, Plusle jumping down and following him with Pikachu and the trainer behind. The little Pokémon lead Pikachu and the trainer to the deck again and headed back to the other side, but stopped when they ran into another trainer.
"Pika pi." Ash had come looking for Pikachu, with Misty and Brock close behind him.
"Pikachu, there you are." Pikachu ran up to Ash's arms and climbed upon his shoulder. "I told you not to run off again."
"Pika pi, pikachu." The yellow Pokémon pointed to Plusle and Minun but Ash was looking at the trainer.
"Jack?"
"Ash?"
The two boys just looked at each other, more in shock, then embraced each other in a hug. Pikachu saw his guess was right and that he was shorter than Ash. A whole head shorter. "How have you been Jack? Amii still giving you a hard time?"
"As if. If anything I'm the one giving her a hard time. Though it's become difficult now that we're on different continents." The two boys laughed while Pikachu, Misty and Brock were left confused, and Plusle and Minun were sat smiling happily up at their trainer.
Ash looked back to Misty, Pikachu and Brock and realised they had no idea who this new person was. "Sorry guys. Brock, Misty this is Jack. He's..."
"I'm his little brother." Shock doesn't really describe the expression on Brock's, Misty's Pikachu's face. Though the two boys began laughing.
"I've told you to stop saying that. People outside Pallet keep taking you seriously."
"I know that's why it's so much fun."
"Wait I'm confused." Misty interjected. "You have a little brother?"
"And a little sister." Jack added.
"What? A little sister too? How?" Bock was the one to ask this time.
"I'm not really their older brother. I guess I just kinda acted like it for a while." Jack nodded and the Plusle and Minun laughed, obviously in on the joke. "You see we, Jack, his sister Amii and myself all grew up in Pallet town together. We were neighbours for...four years?" Ash looked to Jack for confirmation and the younger boy nodded.
"Yeah, my mom sister and myself moved to Pallet when we were three and Ash was six. His mom kept making him play with us all the time because we were neighbours."
"But they moved away just before I turned ten and started my journey. I haven't seen them in seven years." Ash turned back to Jack. "It' great to see you again bro. How is Amii anyway?"
"She's doing fine. The World's Greatest Pokémon Master in her opinion."
"Sounds like someone else we know." Misty stage whispered to Brock loud enough that Ash could hear it. Ash just gave Misty a look before turning back to Jack again.
"How's your mom?" Ash asked in a grave tone and Jack's head fell forward slightly, his hat hiding his face somewhat.
"Still drinking. It's better than before, but let's just say Amii and I are glad to have started our Journey. Speaking of which..." The boy raised his head, his voice more joyful now. "How about you meet my two favourite Pokémon."
"Plusle." "Minun." The two Pokémon jumped up onto their trainer's shoulders and called out their name, holding out paws to shake with Ash.
"Nice to meet you two." Ash held out his hands to shake the little Pokémon's paws.
"Pikachu." Pikachu jumped up on to Ash's shoulder holding out his own paws to shake with Plusle and Minun.
"This is Pikachu." Ash said and the small Pokémon shook paw-hand with Jack.
"Nice to meet you Pikachu. You'll love Amii's Pokémon then." Jack said, as the three electric Pokémon jumped down from their trainer's shoulders.
"What do you mean?"
"You'll see. I'm supposed to meet her at Porta Vista when we dock. Then we're gonna head home, see if mom's o.k. and everything."
"Sounds cool. I can't wait to see her too."
Jack and his Pokémon came and joined Ash, Misty and Brock back at their sun beds while Pikachu, Minun and Plusle played at the front of the dock. Ash was happy to see that Pikachu was having fun on the trip home and actually had Jack to thank for it, because of his Pokémon.
When they arrived and Porta Vista the group headed to the Pokécentre so they could all call home and because this was where Jack said he'd meet Amii. When Ash called his mother and she found out that he had met up with Jack Delia insisted on Jack and Amii making a detour to Pallet town s se could see them again. After all, it had been even years since she had seen them as well.
They didn't have to wait too long for Amii, because not five minutes after the group had finished calling home did she walk through the doors of the Pokémon centre.
"Little Sis." Jack called over to Amii as she looked around for him. She smiled upon seeing him but glared upon being called Little Sis.
"I've told you Jackie, we're twins. I'm not your little sister." Amii, now fuming stormed over to her brother.
"O.k. I'll let it slide this time. But you are his little sister." Jack pointed over to Ash, who Amii had not noticed. Upon recognising him, she squealed, loudly, and jumped at, giving him a huge hug and almost knocking him over if it wasn't for Brock's hand propping him up.
"Nice to see you too Amii." Ash mumbled as he tried to breath for Amii was squeezing him so tight.
When she let go she was beaming with delight and then turned to Jack and punched his arm. "Ow."
"Why didn't you tell me he was coming?"
"I didn't know myself. I only met him on the ferry over." Jack shouted and stormed off to the front desk.
"It's nice to see you again Amii." Ash said once the younger boy had stormed off. "And apparently you are coming back to my house first. My mom's orders." This sent the little girl bouncing up and down.
"Oh yay, I get to see mommy Ketchum too." She was clapping her hands excitedly, looking like a little girl at Christmas who had gotten just what she wanted.
"I see you haven't changed at all." Ash said once she had stopped clapping and bouncing. "By the way this is Brock and Misty." He gestured to his two friends, well his friend and new girlfriend and upon doing so noticed their scared and confused looks.
"Um...hi." They both said quite timidly. Amii waved and said hello also hugging them, though not quite as enthusiastically as she had Ash.
Due to the early time and the fact that they had all had some sleep on their travel home, they decided to head off towards Pallet town soon after their greetings. Needless to say the trip was not uneventful. Amii had calmed down and Ash explained to Brock and Misty that she was an energetic person and slightly scary upon first meeting, but that was just the reunion, mostly.
A/N: There you go, chapter 2. Now on to chapter 3.
