Chapter 4: Showboat
After Officer Jenny dropped our heroes off on another island, they decided to see if there were any ferries leaving so they could give their Pokemon some rest. There was one ferry, which was a showboat.
"C'mon guys." Marie said. "Let's go check it out."
"Sure. Why not?" Aaron said.
"There isn't a deadline for the Orange League." Misty stated.
"What are we waiting for?" Ash said as he headed towards the showboat.
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"You can't beat me." The Machoke said
"Watch me. I fight for the love of Clefable." Hitmonchan told the other fighting pokemon
"Be careful." The female Fairy Pokemon told her "lover".
Andy, Brock, Marie, and Aaron were watching the talking pokemon wide-eyed. Ash and Misty smiled at each other knowingly.
The Hitmonchan knocked out the Machoke with a focus punch. The Machop counted and Hitmonchan was declared the winner. The Clefable ran to Hitmonchan and they held hands.
"I love you so much Clefable." The Hitmonchan told her.
"And I you." She replied.
Brock started to cry at this point. When Ash and Misty saw him, they laughed quietly. They looked at the others and saw that Andy was joining Brock in the waterworks and Marie was really getting into it. Aaron was indifferent.
Just then, a Raichu came onto stage carrying a bouquet of flowers.
"These are for the winner of the competition. Congratulations."
"Thank you young Raichu. I would like to present these flowers to the love of my life: Clefable" the Hitmonchan announced.
"Oh Hitmonchan." The Clefable sighed as she hugged him.
Brock and Andy were now sobbing.
"Why can't I find love like that?" Brock sobbed.
"We've got to hook him up with someone." Ash whispered to his girlfriend.
"Yeah. In fact, we need to keep an eye out for her."
"What do you mean?"
"Remember when we went into the future? Well, the older me told me that Brock will get a girlfriend in the next three years. I think I said her name was Christine." Misty told him.
"Do you know how weird you sounded just now?" Ash asked.
"Yeah. Very. Time travel is confusing." She whispered.
"Thank you for coming." The Raichu announced to the audience.
Just then, a whole line of pokemon that were in the show came out and started dancing.
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After the show, the gang hung around the boat and looked around. Ash and Misty, having already been on the boat, decided to stay on the deck.
"Do you think we'll see Kay again?" Misty asked.
"Well, we saw her Raichu." Ash stated.
"Rai Rai" (Hi guys)
"Pi Pikachu" (Hi Raichu)
"See." Ash pointed at the Raichu.
"Raichu! There you are." A red head with pigtails came running to the two electric pokemon.
"Hi Kay." The two lovebirds stated.
"Hi guys. It's been a while." Kay said recognizing the two.
"Yeah. It's been, what, almost three years" Misty said.
"I heard you two got together." Kay said.
"Don't tell us you were in on the bet too." Ash whined.
"You heard about it?" Kay asked nervously.
Misty nodded. "My sisters accidentally blabbed."
"Oh well. How's Tracey?"
"He's fine. He's now Professor Oak's assistant." Ash told her.
"That's great." She said. "So what brings you two back to the Orange Islands?"
"Just training with Aaron." Ash said.
"A new friend?" Kay asked.
"I think when you see him you'll understand." Misty said.
"There you two are." A voice came from behind Kay.
"Hi Aaron. How'd you like the boat?" Ash asked.
"Very nice. Whoever owns it does a good job keeping up with it." Andy said.
Kay turned around and almost screamed.
"Aaron. This is Kay. She's the one who plays the voice of Raichu. Kay. This is my twin brother Aaron." Ash introduced.
"Twin?"
"I thought there were humans backstage." Marie spoke up.
"Hold on." Kay said. "What's going on?"
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It made more sense to Kay once the story was relayed.
"Ok. That explains everything." She said calming down.
"I love your Raichu." Marie said.
"Thanks. Now that I'm no longer scared of it, we perform perfectly."
"You were scared of your own Pokemon?" Aaron asked.
"Yeah." She admitted
"But she got over her fear." Ash mentioned.
"You know, I'm beginning to see a pattern." Misty said.
"What?" Ash asked.
"Whenever a pokemon doesn't trust a trainer, the trust comes when the trainer saves the pokemon's life."
"Like how I saved Raichu." Kay said.
"And Ash saved Pikachu, Charizard, Chikorita, and then again when it was a Bayleef, Primeape, Squirtle, Phanpy, Lapras, Larvitar,…" Misty continued.
"I think they get the point." Ash interrupted.
"That is a very interesting theory." Marie said. "I'll look into it one day."
"Hey Kay. Think the showboat can give us a ride to the next island?" Andy asked.
"Sure." Kay said.
"Has anyone seen Brock?" Misty asked.
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Brock had been found declaring his love for a girl who was in the audience. Misty walked up to him and dragged him away.
"C'mon Loverboy. We've got a ride to the next island."
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