Awkward issues

Ash's POV

"Dad! Wake up already."

I groaned and flicked away the persistent hand that was poking my check.

"Come on dad. We gotta get going. Mum and the others are already awake and ready."

Please stop, I said in my head, I was having a good dream.

"We've already all eaten breakfast and if you don't get up, I'll hit you with my mallet!"

I opened my eyes at the word breakfast. Food! That was great! Wait…Dad?

I looked at the girl in front of me and my eyes widened. Yesterday wasn't just a dream?! It had actually happened? My kid from the future was actually sitting in front of me?

I jumped up and quickly bolted out the tent. I spotted Misty.

"Misty!" I yelled.

"What?" she asked, looking slightly agitated.

"Hit me with your mallet," I said.

"What? Why?" she asked.

"Jay, your dad's insane if he wants to get hit by that."

Alex Hayden? He was real too!?

Alex smirked at me and flicked his hair. Yup, that was definitely Drew's kid.

"I guess it's too late to tell me I'm dreaming then," I said.

Jay laughed.

"Is it that unbelievable that I'm your kid?" Jay asked.

"Nah, it's more unbelievable that-" I gulped, "-That you're Misty's as well."

I felt my face heating up. That was just embarrassing.

May laughed at me.

"Hey!" I exclaimed, "it's not just me! Alex it your kid! And Drew's!"

May's face instantly went red.

"You know, maybe we should forget the fact that you're our children for now," Drew said, "It's kinda making everyone uncomfortable."

"Yeah," I said, "So don't call me dad all the time. Just call me Ash."

"That'll be weird for us though," Jay said.

"We're not used to calling you anything else but that," Alex added.

"Can you try?" I asked.

"We may as well," Alex said, "I mean you guys are helping us get back."

"Which reminds me," Jay said, "We've got to head to Mt Pyre. Get moving guys, we're heading out!"

Drew's POV

We were all walking towards the dock where we'd be able to use water Pokémon to take us to Mt Pyre. I couldn't help but notice that May was especially keeping her distance from me. Every time we got close, she'd move away again. If I brushed up against her, she'd jump and put more distance between her.

Was it that Alex was our son that uncomfortable for her? I would admit that it was shocking, but it wasn't really against my wishes to one day end up with May. It made me sort of sad that she didn't seem to feel the same way. Would this mess up any chance I had?

NO! I was sticking strong. If Alex was here, that was proof that she would one day fall for me. I wasn't going to give up. HA! Since when did Drew Hayden give up? I can't believe I'd even been thinking about it.

"Are we almost there?" May whined.

"The answer is the same as it was 5 seconds ago May," Alex said.

"Come on May, stop whining," Misty said, "you're as bad as Ash."

"Stop picking on me," May mumbled.

"Yeah guys, don't pick on May," I said, "She's just nervous because she's on a trip with her future husband."

May's face paled.

"I thought we weren't talking about that," May said, "I don't even want to think about that."

Don't even want to think about the possibility of marrying me? Oh come on May, I understand if you're a bit freaked out, but honestly, not thinking about it at all? That's a little harsh. I wasn't that bad. I mean, I know I teased her all the time, but I gave her red roses didn't I?

Didn't that make it really obvious? Solidad had always told me it was obvious.

May's POV

"Finally!" I exclaimed. We'd finally arrived at the pier we needed to get to. From here, we could use the water Pokémon to surf across to Mt Pyre.

I looked over at Mt Pyre. It was a really eerie place.

"Well this is awkward," Alex said, "I don't have any water Pokémon."

"Neither do I," Drew said.

Both of them turned to me.

"Hey, you'd help out family wouldn't you?" Drew asked, smirking.

Alex shot me a pleading look.

"I can take Alex with me but we can very well leave Drew behind," I said, blushing.

I swear Drew was getting super arrogant now that he knew we had a kid in the future. It wasn't that I didn't like Drew, he was a good friend. To think of me and Drew as a couple is weird. Especially since I know Alex is apparently my kid. And he said he had an older sister too, who was 2 years away. What did that mean?

If I worked that out right, it would mean that we'd be getting married next year. But that meant that he'd have to propose at least at the end of this year. And if that was right, then Drew would be making some kind of move on me soon. And that kind of made me nervous. What was I going to say? According to the future, I'd say yes…But I didn't have feeling for Drew…Did I?

I looked at the green-haired man, who was smirking for reasons I didn't know yet.

Nope, the only feelings I had towards him were friendship, rivalry and sometimes annoyance.

AH! That was way too confusing.

"Well, anyone who doesn't have water Pokémon can use one of mine," Misty said, "I have enough for everyone actually, but Ash and May can definitely use their own."

Oh that's right. There was that problem.

Well, it was solved now. I released Wartortle and dived into the water, holding onto him tightly so I wouldn't sink. The others did the same, Misty lending out Pokémon to those who didn't have one and we set off towards Mt Pyre.

Paul's POV

These guys were more stubborn than I thought they were. I'd forgotten Misty had crazy amounts of water Pokémon. Of course she'd have enough to lend some out. No-one would be sharing that way like Dawn had hoped.

I swam up the front where she was, speaking in a low voice so no-one else could hear us.

"What's your next plan genius?" I asked sarcastically to Dawn.

"Well, all we're doing is making May uncomfortable," Dawn said, "Maybe we should focus on Ash and Misty."

"Will this even work?" I asked, "I mean, they're all a little freaked out."

"They just don't want to admit to each other that they'd like that possibility yet," Dawn said.

I rolled my eyes.

"When would they ever?" I asked.

"Why don't we ask Misty and Ash about their relationship. Surely they'd get to a point where they'd realize it would have to happen for me to exist," Dawn said.

"What happens if they ask us how they got together and stuff?" I asked.

"Well…I'm sure we can make something up," Dawn said, "We'll wing it. Leave most of Ash and Misty to me though. Your focus is Drew and May."

"Why do I get that stubborn couple?" I asked.

"Well…they're all pretty stubborn," Dawn said, "But doesn't it make more sense for Alex to focus on his own parents."

"Hey, what if I make Drew jealous?" I asked, "That boy gets so jealous easy."

"Do you think he'd get jealous of his own son? Wouldn't that be weird?" Dawn asked, "Or better yet, wouldn't it be weird for you to do anything for him to get jealous of."

"Hmm, that would be a problem," I said.

"hey, Mt Pyre is kinda spooky," Dawn said, "Maybe the girls will get all jumpy and cling to the boys instead."

"Of anything, that would be you," I said, "And if those couples were to do that, it would be Ash clinging onto Misty if anything. And you know that May would do all she could not to cling onto Drew while he'd be making arrogant comments."

"Stupid stubborn couple," Dawn muttered.

"Well, we'll find out now won't we," I said, noticing that we were basically on the shores of the mountain.

I climbed up and pulled Dawn after me as we returned the Pokémon and gave them back to Misty. For the sake of not giving ourselves away by having the same Pokémon as what we usually do, we'd just pretended not to have any Pokémon with us at the moment. I'd told them that when we were teleported, they'd all been left behind. They were gullible enough to believe that.

"This place is kinda creepy," May said.

"Aw, May, wanna hold my hand?" Drew asked.

May jumped away from him.

"Please don't use pick-up lines," Ash said, "you're sounding too much like Gary."

Drew snorted.

"I was not," He said.

"Yeah," I said, "It's kinda weird for me to see my parents flirting. Can you not use pick-up lines? Especially ones as lame as that one."

Drew's mouth opened.

"Ooh, how do you like that burn?" Misty said, "Owned by your own son."

"I thought we weren't going to bring that up!" May shrieked, covering her face with her hands.

"Shut up would you," Jay said, "Let's just get up this mountain."

Me: WOO! I finally got off my lazy behind and decided to write another chappie...Sorry it's been a while.

Drew: you think?

May: Be nice!

Drew: Why should I?

May: There are kids around.

Me: *facepalm* Oh May...Never mind...

Hope you guys like this! :D I know it's been ages and I'm sorry for that. Next chapter is getting written by the amazing Katz!

Oh, and for all of you who might have been wondering, Ash mentioned last chapter that May died. That was the time in 'Lucario and the mystery of Mew' where May, Ash and all their friends get swallowed by the orange blobby blood cell thingys from the tree of life. Technically that counts as dying, and then Mew brings them back :)