Chapter three: Relocation
"My house!" Ash screamed. "What the hell happened?"
Charizard and Infernape began pointing at one another trying to explain to Ash what exactly happened. "I told you two not to fight!" Ash yelled, not an angry yell but rather a disappointed yell. "Damn it what's Mom gonna say when she sees this?"
Misty suddenly appeared with her Starmie and Gyrados. "Well we managed to put the fire out," she said. "But…."
"But…?" Ash already knew what she was gonna say before she even said it.
"The house is completely destroyed," Misty sighed patting Ash's shoulder. "After we put out the fire barely anything remained and even that crumbled to the ground."
Ash let out a frustrated yell and slammed his head on the desk in Prof. Oak's office. "I'm dead, when Mom's sees this I am so dead." Ash groaned. "This is all my fault, Charizard and Infernape don't get along when I'm with them, I should've never left the two of them alone."
The two guilty pokemon hung their heads in shame. Misty sat next to her best friend and patted his back. "It's gonna be alright Ash," Misty said. "I'm here for you, whatever you need."
Ash looked up at her with delight. "Really? Then can me and my mom-"
"Sorry," Misty said seeing where this was going. "I would but I don't think you or me could take the teasing of my sisters."
She knew they would never leave her alone if she brought a boy home to live with her, and a cute one at that! Damn it Misty! She thought. Stop calling him that! It's Ash Ketchum for God's sake. Ash sighed as Prof. Oak suddenly appeared.
"Um Ash, you might want to come out here." He said.
"Huh? Why?"
"Delia's back." The color drained from the trainer's face.
"Ashton Ketchum!" Delia talked loudly.
She wasn't yelling at him, Delia wasn't the type to get angry often, but she was extremely disappointed and anyone who knew Delia Ketchum would rather her be angry at them than extremely disappointed.
"I can't believe you were so irresponsible with two pokemon you new were dangerous! Don't you realize that you could've gotten someone hurt?"
"Yes Mom," Ash said hanging his head. "I should've taken one of them with me, I'm sorry."
Delia looked at her son sternly before her expression softened. "Well at least you're not injured," she said. "That's all that matters to me, of course now you know that there aren't any other houses around here. And it costs too much to build anything so you know where we have to go."
Ash thought about it before his eyes got wide. "N-No, we can't." he said. "Anything but that!"
"Sorry but we don't have a choice," Delia said. "As much as you and I dislike the idea, we're going to have to move with….my sister."
Ash looked as if someone told him he's was gonna die tomorrow. "Mrs. Ketchum you have a sister?" Misty asked.
"Aww sweetie how many times have I told you," Delia said kindly. "You can call me Mom."
"Umm…okay?" Misty said. "Anyways, you have a sister?"
"Yes," Delia sighed. "She lives very far away, almost on the other side of the globe."
"What?" Misty asked. "B-But that means-"
"Yes I'm sorry dear," Delia said. "Ash is moving, far far away. I wish we didn't have to but there's nowhere else to go."
"B-But you can live with me!" Misty offered. "The gym's big enough, and I only live with 3 sluts and they won't be around the house a lot."
Delia looked at Misty kindly. "I don't want to be a burden on you, you don't want some old lady mooching off you during the best years of your life right? Besides I don't think Ashy should live with three…well people like that." Misty was gonna protest further when Delia interrupted her. "Don't you think you should be talking to Ash instead of me?"
Misty turned to Ash who had walked all the way up to the hill that looked over his house…..when it was still standing. Beside him were Pikachu and Alora, Pikachu looked as if it were trying to comfort his best friend while Alora just looked rather aloof.
So the guy's house burned down, Alora said. The lady he called 'Mom' said they had somewhere to go, so why is he acting like a b-
"Pika!" Pikachu yelled angrily. Alora just rolled her eyes and went back to watching the clouds. Ash let out a deep sigh and he stared down at the remains of his home which he'd lived in all his life.
"Halfway across the globe," he said. "How can I become a pokemon master when I'm halfway across the globe?"
He groaned and fell backwards staring up, what he expected to see were the clouds but what he ended up seeing were blue and black panties. It took Ash a second to realize where he'd fallen and it took about that much amount of time to get whacked in the face with a mallet.
"No fair Mist," Ash said. "You could've warned me before I fell in between your legs."
"Right, like you didn't plan to look up my skirt," Misty, who's face was crimson, growled as she glared at the boy and plopped down next to him. They sat in silence for what felt like agonizing hours before Misty spoke up.
"So, moving." She said.
"Yup."
"Across the globe I hear."
"That's correct."
The two sat in more silence before Ash said "Well at least you won't have to deal with my perverted acts eh?"
Misty rolled her eyes and looked at Ash. "And here I thought you were actually gonna stay for a while." She said sadly. "I mean you only got back just today and already you're leaving me." She sounded on the verge of tears as her best friend tried comforting her.
"Come on Mist you know I would stay if I could but whaddya want me to do?" he asked her. "I can't just tell my mom that I won't leave and move into some run down apartment by myself in Cerulean or something like that can I?"
"Yeah I mean….wait…." Misty perked up all the sudden. "Ash you're a genius!"
"Huh? Wha?" Ash asked confused.
"You could live on your own! In Cerulean!" Misty said.
Ash thought about it before he broke out into a huge grin. "You're right," he said. "And you can come live with me!"
"Yeah-…wait huh?" Misty asked. "I-I never said-"
"It's perfect, just me and you!" Ash cheered. "Two best friends living on their own! No rules whatsoever!"
The idea was appealing, Misty had been thinking of leaving the Gym to her sisters and moving on her own because she was almost 18 and she didn't feel like putting up with them anymore.
"The thought sounds good," she said. "But I don't know."
"Come on Mist," Ash pleaded. "I would do this on my own but I don't know the first thing about bills and stuff."
Misty agreed with that one, she could see him being evicted in the first week. "I guess I could, but wait you're a pervert. You can't be trusted."
Ash rolled his eyes. "Aw come on I'm just your best friend," Ash said. "I value our friendship and I won't make any advances towards you, that is unless you want me to."
He gave Misty a wink that sent chills down the redhead's spine. "R-Right," she said. "But just in case I think I'll ask someone else to move in with us."
"Like who?"
"You let me worry about that." Misty said. "For now let's go see what your Mom thinks."
"It's a wonderful idea!" Delia cheered. "Oh why didn't I think of it sooner? My baby's been traveling since he was ten, if he can manage that then I'm sure he can live on his own. Though I do agree that you might need Misty's help dear."
"Hey wait," Ash said defensivly. "If I wanted to I could live on my own without any help!"
"Sweetie," Delia said. "You burned down a house within the two hours you came home."
Ash sweatdropped. "Whatever," he said. "So you're okay with it? I mean you'll be all the way overseas and I won't be seeing much of you."
Delia smiled at her son. "There comes a time when all mothers must let their babies go," she said softly. "You're getting to be a big boy now, plus a man needs he privacy with the one he loves."
Ash looked confused. "Huh? What're you talking about?" Misty rolled her eyes, Ash was still a dense idiot even if he was a perverted one.
"But you know if you need anything I'll be there in a heartbeat." Delia added.
"Thanks Mom," Ash said hugging her. "Okay so now that's settled!"
"Actually, it's not." Misty said. "We still need to find an apartment, and of course we need money for the deposit, not to mention it has to allow pokemon. We've got a lot of work ahead of us."
"I've only got about $300 for my Ashy-kins." Delia said.
"And my savings can probably contribute to that," Misty said. "Of course that's only the deposit, we'll still need to figure out how we're going to pay rent."
"Well first we need to find a place," Ash told everyone. "Got any recommendations?"
Misty gave Ash the 'when did you learn that word' look and shook her head saying "Well I did see a nice place not too far from the gym, it has a beautiful view of the ocean." Misty explained. "But I think the price was a bit too hefty for us."
"Hmph, this might take longer than I thought." Ash groaned. "Well crap, um Prof. Oak is it alright if we crash here for a bit?"
"Sure, I don't mind." Prof. Oak said. "You can help with my research on Alora."
Alora, who everyone thought wasn't listening, was leaning agaist the wall with her arms folded while glaring at the humans. No one's doing anything with me, She muttered walking off.
One week later…
"Jesus why can't I work with you?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You're impossible you know that? You really are, I mean Psyduck is easier to work with, at least I can't understand him and therefore he can't annoy me as much!"
"Well you're being picky!"
"I am not! I'm just making sure our apartment doesn't look like someone just walked in and pissed all over everything! Even you could smell that!"
"But it had a flat screen! How many apartments are we gonna find that come with a TV?"
"It smelled like piss! Pure, foul, wretched piss! I don't know about you Ash but I don't like rolling around in urine."
This argument had been going on for the past hour and even Delia herself was finding it hard to not forcefully shut them up with her two bare hands. Ash, matching Misty's glare, took and deep breath and continued.
"Even so, you basically went through 14 apartments and found something wrong with them." He said "The one across from the pokemon center looked too brittle, the other right next to that resturant's rooms were too small, and the other one before that had ugly walls! We can paint them Mist!"
Misty looked appauled. "Well excuuuuuse me for not wanting brown walls, I'm not even sure that was paint." She said.
"Misty we have a limited budget," Ash explained. "Don't you think we should just take what we can get? I mean I'm sure we can get rid of the pee smell….somehow."
"No! Just because you're a lazy ass who doesn't mind living in a smelly house doesn't mean you get to run this show," Misty said.
"So we're name calling now?" Ash asked. "Really Mist? Well two can play at that game you musclebound tomboy! I mean seriously you're manlier than me!"
"Well that's not all that manly then!" Misty retorted. "Since you're such a fairy."
"Really? I'm a fairy?" Ash asked. "Well at least I'm not some freak that's supposed to be a 'female' but wouldn't surprise me if she had a dic-"
That earned him a hard WHACK from Misty's trusted mallet, followed by a few hard punches. As Misty pummled the trainer both Pikachu and Alora were watching the scene enjoying a bottle of ketchup, which Alora found strangely addictive.
How did you put up with this? She asked the yellow mouse.
"Pika pi chu pika pikachu," Pikachu explained.
I see, so where is this Brock fellow that usually calmed them down? Alora asked.
"Pika pi chu pika chu pi pika chu chu," Pikachu explained.
Well let's hope he gets here soon, I don't think I can take much more of this pointless arguing, Alora said sucking on the ketchup bottle some more. This is good, really good.
"Pika!"
"I'm gonna kill you!" Misty growled as her hands wrapped around Ash's neck choking him until his face began turning blue. Just then the door opened as a man that looked in his early twenties stepped inside.
"Oh Lord," he groaned. "They're already at it?"
"Pikachuuu….." Pikachu sighed.
It started off as a simple conversation, Alora explained. Then somehow it ended being a huge fight to which Ash said something to Red and she got so pissed off that she basically beat the living hell out of him, it's quite comical.
"Well guess it's time to resume where I left off," the man said as he placed his hands around his mouth. "ASH! MISTY! SHUT THE HELL UP!" Both trainers turned and looked at the loud voice.
"W-Wait…..Brock?" Misty asked loosening her grip.
"Brocko!" Ash cheered pushing Misty off him and onto the ground. "What's up buddy?"
"Apparently you wouldn't have been had I not showed up," Brock said. "What'd you do this time Ash?"
"He insulted me," Misty said simply as she dusted herself off. "He called me a man!"
"Well you started it," Ash accused childishly. "All I wanted to do was have a civilized con-"
"Oh you don't even know what civilized means!"
"See? There you go again. Always calling me stupid, that cuts me Mist. That cuts me real deep."
Just as they were about to resume their argument Brock stepped in between them. "Well I dunno about you two," he said. "But I'm starving! Let's go see what Mrs. Ketchum is making in the kitchen."
Brock walked into the kitchen as both Misty and Ash glared at one another. "This isn't over," Misty stated. "I'm still gonna brutally murder you."
"Yeah right," Ash said flipping her off and heading into the kitchen.
As the trio (along with Delia, Pikachu and Alora) it was anything but silent, Ash and Misty would argue for a few minutes then Brock would say something about his new 'girlfriend' and of course Ash and Misty would start arguing again.
"Well at least nothing's changed," Brock said.
"Yes it's almost exactly like 6 years ago," Delia said.
"I dunno about that," Misty said. "Even Ash wasn't this annoying."
"And I can't remember Misty being that muscular." Ash retalitated. "What do you bench, the house?"
"Why you little-" Misty slammed her hands on the table but immediately sat back down not wanting to show her 'other' side to Delia who looked rather unfazed by the sudden outburst.
"So," Brock began trying to change the subject. "Anyone gonna introduce me to the new face around here?"
Ash had almost forgot about Alora, who was doing fine just being quiet. "Oh yeah," Ash said. "Brock this is Alora, she's a new type of pokemon that was found on the beach a week ago."
"Ah, so this is her? She's been all over the news and the magazines." Brock said. "She's a weird looking one alright."
Ash chuckled as Alora glared at the pokemon breeder. "She's also got that feisty attitude," Ash said. "Like a pokemon version of a certain redhead I know." Misty just stuck her tounge out at him. "She can also talk."
"I know, I spoke with her when I got here." Brock said. "So, what else can she do?"
Ash opened his mouth to answer, but then he realized they'd never seen any of her attacks. He then turned to Alora. "What can you do?" he asked.
Alora looked at all the eyes that were on her, she then gave them a dark look and said I've been told my powers are vast and quite destructive, they say I cannot be tamed once I tap into my full potential. I can command the oceans, the fires, the skies and the earths. Nothing can rival my amazing awesome power. I am Queen, no, I am a GOD compared to other pokemon. Everyone was looked rather afriad by Alora's reply, well besides Ash who looked delighted.
"Wow….is that true?" Misty asked.
Pfft. No. Alora said. I have no idea what I can or can't do, I don't remember anything from before I woke up in the Pokemon Center. Everyone fell over.
"Well she has a sense of humor at least," Brock laughed wiping the back of his head with a hankercheif. "Anyways, Ash I hear you're looking for a place to stay."
"Yeah, Charizard and Infernape burned down my house," Ash explained.
"Well I've got just the place," Brock slammed a piece of paper down on table. Everyone leaned in and read the description.
"Nice two bedroom and one bathroom place right across from Cerulean's finest resturants." Misty read.
"No extra charge for pokemon," Ash continued. "Comes with dishwasher, garbage disposal, and a patio."
"Only $497 a month? That's actually pretty good." Misty said. "But there has to be a catch."
"There is," Brock said. "In order for you two to live here you have let me as well."
Everyone looked at Brock. "Well alright, but I gotta ask, why?" Ash said.
"I'm tired of my siblings," Brock sighed. "Especially since they're getting older now. Plus….well Lucy kicked me out."
Misty cocked an eyebrow. "But wasn't that your-"
"Yeah that's what I said to her," Brock said. "But then she threatened to cut my throat in my sleep if I stayed and since she was paying the bills…..well you get the idea."
"So you left the gym with no leader," Ash said. "Left your younger brothers and sisters with a deranged lunatic and you let a woman pay all the bills to your house?"
Brock let his head fall on the table. "I fucked up didn't I?" he asked.
"Pretty much," Misty, Ash and Delia said at once.
"Well at any rate, you're welcome with open arms Brock." Misty said.
"Great, because I already paid the deposit." Brock announced.
"Really, thanks Brock you're so generous!" Delia told him.
"Oh don't thank me, Misty paid most of it." Brock laughed.
Misty froze for a second. "Come again?" she asked.
"Well, I figured you wouldn't turn down the place so I paid for it already. With your money." Brock said.
"H-How-"
"Misty it's not hard getting in your account," Brock said. "In fact a idiot could do it."
"W-Wha-"
"He's right, I've done it plenty of times." Ash said.
"Me too." Delia piped up.
Misty glared at the pokemon breeder making him almost wet himself. "Brockkkkk…." She growled.
"H-Hey why are you mad at me?" Brock asked. "They stole money out of your account too! Misty I'm…wait what're doing with that knife?"
"Nothing," she said grinning evilly. "Just gonna see how well this thing can cut."
She threw the knife at Brock purposely missing him and having it stab the wall. "Oh my!" Delia said. The knife had gone at least 3 feet deep into the wall as Brock slowly turned to the redhead.
"Mabey you should run." Ash suggested.
"Good idea," Brock said sprinting towards the door and having Misty right behind him. Delia and Ash watched Brock and Misty from the window as they ran out of sight, they then continued to enjoy their meal like nothing had happened.
These humans are rather different than the ones I've seen. Alora said to Pikachu.
"Pika pi pika," Pikachu said patting her shoulder.
I see, please pass the ketchup.
A/N: Well that's chapter three, oh and by the way at the end Pikachu said "You have no idea my friend." Well gimme a review or Misty will come after you next!
