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Chapter Four: The Fourth Chapter

Ash was on his way home with Dawn and Misty (the others had stayed for some reason). Carl was being irritating, as usual.

"You really are a dumbass, you know that?"

"Look, there's hiding from you the fact that I love her, you're in my mind. You probably already know that."

"Well, I don't have to be in your mind to know that."

"But what if she doesn't love me?"

"Dude, she's nuts for you! Have you seen the way she's been looking at you?"

Ash turned and looked at Misty, who had been looking at him like some kind of hero, amazed at how well he was taking the whole person-being-in-his-mind thing. She knew that if she were him, she'd be freaked out.

Then she noticed Ash was looking at her, and immediately turned her face away, blushing.

"I rest my case."

"I dunno, Carl…"

"You're right. You should probably wait till Dawn's gone."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, she obviously likes you too."

Ash looked at Dawn this time. She was looking at him with a look of concern and worry.

"Ash, are you sure you're alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Okay, maybe not as obvious as Misty, but you can still tell."

"Who made you the expert on love?"

"I'm not the expert-you're just the idiot. Everyone who's in love is an idiot about it. It's natural."

"You're a weird guy, Carl."

"So are you. You know, I think I'm gonna try some of this stuff out."

"Like what?"

Then, without knowing what he was doing, Ash ran up a tree and did a full backflip.

"Woah!" He said, after he landed. "What the hell was that?"

"Something really cool. Let's try again!"

Ash did another backflip.

"Awesome!" He said. "I didn't even know I could do that!"

"Yeah I didn't either."

"Huh?" Ash looked at Misty and Dawn. They were staring at him in shock.

"Ash, how did you do that?" Said Red-head.

"Yeah, that was amazing!" Said short-skirt.

"I dunno. Carl made me do it. I wasn't trying."

"Yup. Let's try this!"

Ash scratched his nose. He scratched it again.

"Oh. Well, that's not much. Ooh! This looks promising! But I should probably save it till later."

"Wait…so Carl can make you do stuff?" Dawn said, now looking even more concerned.

"Well, yeah, kind of, but he can't really control me or anything…right?"

"Control you? I wish!"

"Nope. He can't. Doesn't know how."

"You know, Ash," Misty said, looking serious, "you can't exactly trust someone who's living in your mind. We don't know what he's capable of."

"She's right...I am far more powerful than you could imagine. And soon I will use you…to take over…THE WORLD!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Woah, you can do that?" Ash said aloud.

"No."

"Oh, okay."

"Ash, you should really be careful," Misty said. "If you feel anything weird, tell me right away."

"Wait," Dawn said, turning to Misty, "why should he tell you?"

"Well, I've known him the longest."

"You haven't even seen him in like, 5 years!"

"And you're 5 years younger than him! Besides, I'm his best friend."

"What!?!"

"Guys! Guys!" Ash said, getting in between them. "Just calm down! I'll go to whoever's closest, okay?"

"Okay," Dawn said, glaring at Misty.

"Sure," Misty said, glaring at Dawn.

The two of them just kept glaring at each other. Ash just looked at both of them, not knowing what to do.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW SNAP!"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Inside joke."

"Whatever."

And so, after a 2 hour glare-off between Dawn and Misty, everyone finally went inside.

"What did he say?" What's-her-face said with concern.

"Well, we don't know how to get him out yet, but we're gonna try to figure it out."

"Well, I hope you get it out soon. I'm real worried about this."

"Yeah, I am to," Misty said. "I mean, what if we can't get him out? What if he's stuck in there forever."

"Yeah, that would be an interesting wedding night."

"Carl, do you even have enough willpower to stay quiet for 5 minutes?" Ash said aloud.

"Ash, is he saying something?" Ash's mommy said, coming closer.

"Yes. I just don't choose to use it."

"Nothing. He's just being annoying."

"What, this? This isn't annoying. You wanna see annoying?"

"Oh, no! No, no, please no!"

"What? What is he saying?" Dawn said.

"Oh, i-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!..."

"Carl!"

"Yes, master?"

"Shut up."

"No. Oh, i-dee-di-dee-"

"What the hell is that from, anyways?" Mommy Ketchum would have scolded Ash for that use of language if she wasn't so concerned about his mind being an occupied lot.

"It's the Irish drinking song. Now let me finish."

"No way!"

"Oh, i-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di-dee-di!..."

"Stop!"

"Ash, just tell us what he's doing!" Misty insisted.

"Fine, I'll switch to something else. Cumbiaaaaaaaaaaaaa, my looord…"

"Rrgh!" Ash marched up the stairs.

"Ash, where are you going?" Misty yelled after him.

"Upstairs!"

The three girls watched Ash go up the stairs and out of sight. Dawn turned to the others.

"Do you think we'll ever be able to get him out?"

"I dunno," Misty said, "but it's worth a shot."
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Ash looked himself in the eye in the mirror. He was in the bathroom, with the door closed and his hands on the sink. Carl had stopped singing now.

"Are you sure you have no idea how to get out of my head?"

"Nope. Sorry."

"How did you get in that vase anyways?"

"I dunno. Some guy named Gregory came up to me with the vase. He gave it to me, and said that when a kid with a red hat and sloppy black hair came along that I should go into his mind, which I would be able to do."

"My hair is not sloppy!"

"Uh, yeah it is. Anyways, he said that I would be able to help him. I'm starting to get what he meant."
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Misty walked up the stairs to look for Ash. Then she heard him talking in the bathroom.

"What do you mean?"

Misty opened the door just a bit, but made sure Ash didn't notice. He didn't.

Ash was standing right in front of the mirror, looking into it. He seemed frustrated.

"I know! But how can you help me with that? It's not like you can go into her mind or something! Can you?"
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"Nope, I'm afraid I can't."

"Then how can you help!?!"

"Ash, I know how much you love Misty. You remember every detail of the day you met, you think she's beautiful, and you want to marry her, and have kids with her, and you want them to be boy and girl twins and you want to name them both Alex which by the way is not a good idea because one day you're gonna be all like "Alex! Come to me!" and then they'll both come running to you and you'll be all like "No, not Alex, Alex!" and then they'll be all like "But I am Alex!" and you'll be like "No, you're Alex! You're Alex!" and then they'll be all like "But which Alex was the Alex you wanted when you told Alex to come to you?" and you'll be all like "Alex!" and then the Kool-Aid guy will come blasting in through the wall and he'll be all like "OH YEAH!!!!!" and then he'll start giving everyone Kool-Aid and it'll be that cool invisible kind where you can't see the flavor, but you can taste it and it's really good!"

"………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..What!?!"

"Yeah, I know, I never got how that Kool-Aid guy can get away with crashing through peoples walls. I mean, I can tell you right now that if some giant bowl of fruit punch came crashing through my wall in tights screaming "OH YEAH!!!!!", I'd sue him faster than you can say "sorry"!"

"How does that help me out with Misty?"

"Listen, Ash. I think I'm here to help you muster up enough guts to just tell Misty you love her!"

"But what if she doesn't love me back?"

"Well, you can ask her right now. She's right behind you."

"Huh?" Ash turned around and opened the door. Sure enough, Mist was standing there, looking embarrassed.

"How long have you been here?" Ash asked."

"Not long," Misty replied. "What do you mean 'help with me'? Is there something wrong with me?"

"Oh, no! No, no, no! There's nothing wrong with you! You, uh, you look great!"

"Say you love her! Say you love her!"

"So, uh, any idea what's for dinner?"

"You realize that if I was a physical being I would be punching you right now."

"Well, I think I heard your mom say salmon…"

"That's it! I've been wanting to use this thing since the minute I saw it, and now I finally get to try it out!"

"Try out wha-" Then, without even knowing what he was doing, Ash pulled Misty in close and planted a serious kiss on her. But here's the special thing: she didn't fight it. She actually put her arms around him!

Then, of course, Ash noticed what he was doing and pushed away from Misty.

"Oh my god!!!" He said, his face about as redder than Mario's hat. "What the hell was that!?!"

"YES!!!!! Yes, yes, yes!!! It worked! Boo yeah!!!"

"Misty, I-I'm so, so, so sorry! I-I wasn't t-trying to! It was Carl! H-he made me do it! I didn't-oh boy…"

Ash walked into his room and locked the door behind him, his face burning.
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Misty couldn't believe it.

He had kissed her. Ash Ketchum had actually kissed her. It was a dream come true.

But he hadn't meant to. It wasn't really a kiss. Carl made him do it.

Misty was starting to like this Carl.
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Alright! That was chapter four! I hope you liked it! Please review!

-Fwingsnitch=D