AN: Here is the fabled and long awaited third chapter of my story. I know guys. I FINALLY wrote it. But its a reeeally good one! And its my longest one yet! I think it was worth the wait. At least I hope so... ^-^;


Special recognition: Omegafoxy, Nyislandersgirl, and PplusAforever. GO. READ. THEIR. STORIES. They are all awesome! Love you guys.


Disclaimer thingy majigger: I don't claim to own Pokemon, the Pokeball (patent pending), or the characters Ash, Misty, Brock, Gary, etc. I do however own my personal thoughts, ideas, and original characters. If you want to sue me, just know that I am a poor college student.


"Family Reunion"


It was mid afternoon in Viridian City as Rachael stepped out of the inn and stretched in the warm sunshine. Rachael closed her eyes and took a deep breath trying to take all of this in.

"I cannot believe I am on my journey…" From behind her Rachael heard a soft trill as her Eevee brushed against her leg. "Hey there Vee!"

Rachael bent over and picked up her Eevee then started walking into the town. As Rachael was walking through the main street of the town, a teenage boy literally ran into her, knocking her down. She fell to the ground with an "oof" as the boy apologized.

"I am so sorry. I wasn't paying attention and i… Rachael?" Rachael looked at the boy with surprise that he knew her name, then she gasped as the mental light-switch turned on.

"Tobi? Is that really you?" she asked with excitement.

Tobi smiled his trademark flashy smile that Rachael knew all too well. "The one and only, or so I hope." Tobi joked. Tobi pulled Rachael up off the ground and into a hug.

"What are you doing in Viridian?" Rachael asked as she pulled back to look at the boy.

Tobi stood there with his father's trademark tan skin, brown hair and a cheesy smile so big that you could even see it in his teal eyes.

Tobi brushed the bangs out of his eyes as he said, "I was sent here to keep an eye on you and Miley so that I can help you on your journey."

Upon hearing this Rachael started to get really annoyed. "So they sent you here to babysit us, is that it?"

Tobi began to start back peddling rapidly. "No not at all! I volunteered to come help you both. Honest."

Rachael eyed the boy carefully still not very happy with her family. "It is good to see you again Tobias", Rachael said with a sigh.

Tobi looked around and asked, "Where is Miley? Wasn't she leaving with you?"

Rachael looked at Tobi with a smirk, "She's STILL asleep. I got bored with waiting on her, so I decided to go for a stroll." Shortly after that a familiar voice sounded from around the corner.

"Rach? Rachael? Ray Ray?" Miley walked around the corner to find both of her cousins standing there. "Tobi? What are you doing here in Viridian?" Miley asked as she gave her male cousin a hug.

"He's here to join our venturing party. Our parents sent him." Rachael said as she shot Tobi a playful glare.

"Hey! I voluntered to come when I heard that you were both leaving Pallet. Honest." Tobi said defensively in indignation.

"Fine. We'll believe you this time, but you're on thin ice mister." Rachael said as she tried, and failed, to keep a straight face.

Tobi looked both of the girls over in awe. His cousins had both grown up so much since he had seen them last. "It seems like it only last week when we were all together over at Uncle Gary's lab having fake pokémon battles with the our borrowed pokémon. Now look at us, we all have Pokémon of our very own." Tobi said, caught up in a moment of nostalgia.

Rachael and Miley wrapped Tobi up in a bear hug.

"Are you done being all sappy yet?" Rachael asked while still squeezing the poor boy.

In an attempt to conserve his breath, Tobi nodded his head enthusiasticly until Rachael let him go.

"So how is Uncle Brock's breeding center doing Tobi? Have there been any cute, baby Pokémon born lately?" Miley asked.

Tobi's father, Brock, had gone off to become an extremely successful Pokémon breeder after he had met the love of his life and mother of his three kids, Daisy. Since then, Brock had managed to write two books on breeding and start up the finest Pokémon breeding facility in all of the regions. Tobi was very proud of his family's success, but who in their family wasn't proud of their parents accomplishments.

"His work is going great! He thinks he may have found a new Pokéblock ingredient that will help to really bring out a Pokémon's coat." Tobi said as he flashed a proud smile. "How about Uncle Gary. Anything new in the Pokémon professor business?"

Gary had taken over the Oak family Pokémon lab in Pallet town and with it, had assumed the position of Pokémon professor. With the wife of his two chilren, Lily, at his side, Gary had managed to increase all of the labs research sucess rates by 20% last year alone.

Miley shrugged her shoulders slightly. "You know I don't pay attention to all of dad's high tech, numbers, and math talk. I barely follow what he says half the time. Let alone know what any of it means."

Tobi chuckled for a moment. "Yeah I forget that you get lost easy with all of that stuff. Sorry." Tobi appologised and then turned to Rachael. "How about your parents Rach?"

Rachael was probably the proudest kid a parent could have. Her parents were her heroes. Her father, Ash, had gone on to become the new Kanto region champion, a title he had held for some time now. He had more badges and trophies than they had room to display them at the house, that and Ash's wife didn't want to let the success go to his head. After dating for a number of years her dad had finally asked his long time girl friend, Misty, to marry him. When Rachael was younger she used to always ask her mother to tell her the story of how Ash had proposed. Now her mother was a stay at home mom and even though she was pregnant, worked harder around that house than Rachael had seen most women do.

"Oh you know, mom is still pregnant and dad is always all over the place fufilling his duties as champion. Trainer battle here, guest appearance there, the usual stuff." Rachael replied.

Tobi looked at his watch. It was a little after noon by his watch. "So is there anything else you ladies need to do in Viridian before we head out?"

"Well, we were going to go to a tour of the Viridian Pokémon center for new trainers in about an hour. Would you like to join us?" Miley looked at Tobi with her most helpless expression.

As soon as Tobi heard the words "Pokémon center," his body automatically started to go on the defensive. "Oh no. You are NOT dragging me in there. Anywhere but there." Tobi began to instinctively look over his shoulder for the "pink haired devil" as he referred to her.

The girls looked to each other for answers, but found nothing besides more questions in the other one's eyes. They turned their questioning stares to their male cousin in hopes of some answers.

Tobi let out a sigh and then began to explain. "My father and I refer to it as the 'Curse of Brock.' You remember hearing all of Aunt Misty's stories about how my dad used to hit on any pretty girl within a 20 mile radius and would ALWAYS get shot down in the end? In my case, I don't have that problem, the pretty girls always hit on ME. And... well you see... I get kind of nervous and flustered and then I start to freak out." By the end of this, Tobi was blushing and staring at his canvas sneakers.

Rachael began first. "So let me get this straight. All of the cute girls that your father always tried and failed to get, you manage to get, but you don't want them?"

Tobi twisted his shoe on the ground awkwardly as he nodded. "Yeah that is about it."

The girls laughter was interrupted as a rogue Pidgey crashed into a wooden post with a loud "thud," next to where they were standing, startling all three of the teenagers.

"Oh Milotic! Is it going to be alright?" Miley asked as Tobi began to examine the bird for serious injuries.

Shortly after, the Pidgey stood up and shook out it's feathers like nothing out of the ordinary had happened. As the bird began to chirp at the teenagers, it became apparent that there was a letter pouch straped to it's back.

Rachael bent over and slid the note out of the pouch on the Pidgey's back. As she unfolded the note, Rachael noticed that it was printed on her father's trademark letterhead. She then began to read it aloud:

"Dear Rachael,

If you are reading this letter, then that means Pidge managed to find you, hopefully with all of his feathers still intact. I am sorry that I wasn't able to see you off from Pallet town a few days ago, but as you know, duty calls. To make it up to you, I want to take you to dinner tonight to celebrate. I also have a few surprises for you. Meet me in front of the Pokémon center at 5:00 for dinner. I will see you tonight.

Love,

Dad

P.S. If this note is found before it reaches Rachael Ketchem, please stick this letter back in the pouch and tell the bird "Go find Rachael in Viridian City." Thank you,

Signed,

Ash Ketchem, Kanto League Champion"


AN: Please take the time to review this chapter. Yes I really did manage to marry Brock, Gary, and Ash together using Cerulean City's Sensational Sisters. You will find out in the future who the fourth sister is married to. Look for the next exciting chapter, "Dinner date with the Pokemon league champion."


AN: If you have any questions about the characters, feel free to ask them. I am doing my best to explain them as the story moves along.