Okay, so this is totally the first chapter for this in, like, two months. I've been distracted XD

I really debated what to call this. Had another name for it, but I decided that would expose what lies within to those who haven't already read it, and it'd be an epic spoiler. So... I went with "Rain Rain Go Away."

Disclaimer: I don't own Ash, Gary, Delia, or anything from Pokémon.


Rain Rain Go Away

Drip. Pa-ploomp. Plop. Plop.

Raindrops fell simultaneously to the earth, some hitting the muddy ground while others hit right into puddles, creating an uneven beat.

The day was cloudy. Gray clouds hung high in the sky, barely distinguishable from the gloomy colored sky itself. Rain was already falling and a storm would be coming soon. Cold breezes swept across the terrain every now and again. Things weren't that bad yet, though. After all, two wandering children could handle these conditions.

"Plop! Plop! Plop! Plop!" Sang young Ash Ketchum, age five and a half, as he purposely stepped into the rain puddles already forming on the ground with his bright yellow galoshes. He wore a matching yellow rain coat, the hood of rain protective rain gear pulled up to cover his little head.

"Pah-loshh!" Cried out Ash as he made a big leap, jumping into a large puddle and sending water flying everywhere. The boy squealed. He loved rain, mostly for the puddles. Only this kind of rain, though. If it got any harder Ash wouldn't be so happy and carefree. His companion and best friend, however, didn't like rain to begin with.

"Ash!" Came six year old Gary Oak's voice. Dressed in some small tennis shoes, pants, and a long sleeved shirt, the only thing he had to protect him from the rain was a blue umbrella he held above his head.

"Quit splashing!" The brunette scolded, causing Ash to glance back at his friend. A frown spread over Ash's face, but he quietly obliged. He knew Gary didn't like rain.

"M'kay..." Ash murmured quietly and grabbed a hold of Gary's hand. The only slightly paler hand, in return, closed around Ash's small hand. From then on, the two walked in silence, listening to the sounds of bushes being rustled as well as tree leaves, and the rain still making horribly uneven plopping sounds into the puddles around them, which Gary made it a point to go around.

Several minutes later, the rain had gotten a bit harder and the two boys were closer to their destination - the Ketchum house. They'd be there, soon.

Ruuummbleeee.

A low rumble of thunder sounded overhead. Gary sped up, bringing Ash with him. The sooner they got to Ash's house, the better.

"Rain, rain, go away..." Ash quietly began to sing. "Come again another day..." There was a cold breeze and Ash shivered. He latched himself onto Gary's side and looked up at his friend.

"You gotta sing with me, Gary!" Ash exclaimed. He was a kid who still believed in the song, "Rain Rain Go Away," and it's power to, well, make the rain go away. Ash would believe in anything you told him.

Unfortunately, Gary wasn't like that. He knew a silly song wouldn't make the rain stop.

"I don't wanna sing, Ash." The brunette protested, rejecting the request. Ash frowned.

"But if you sing with me maybe he'll stop the rain!" The black haired, brown eyed boy exclaimed. Gary raised an eyebrow. "He?" He repeated. What he? The weather was usually said to be caused by Mother Nature, wasn't it? Gary didn't know if that was really true or not, but still, where was he getting a he from? Gary couldn't help but wonder.

He got his answer, however, when Ash jumped away from him and threw his arms up in the air. "The giant Blastoise in the sky!"

There was silence between them. Both had stopped walking, prolonging their arrival at Ash's house. Gary stood, staring at his friend and still holding the umbrella over his head to protect him from the falling rain, and Ash still stood in the same position, on his tip toes with his arms raised.

"...The giant Blastoise in the sky?" Gary repeated. Gary Oak was only six, but being raised around his grandfather, the great Professor Oak, he was much wiser than most kids his age. He knew the Boogey Man didn't exist. Neither did the Tooth Fairy or the monster in his closet. He still believed in Santa Claus and the Easter Clefairy, however; no one had dared to spoil those for him. Believing in those such things was too important in childhood to ruin. But what about this Blastoise that Ash was saying was giant and lived in the sky?

"Yeah! He's bigggg like this!" Ash stated, standing so tall on his tip toes with his arms stretched above his head that Gary almost worried he might topple over any second. "Three times bigger than a normal Blastoise!" He added in.

Gary continued to stare on, giving Ash a funny face.

"Uh-huh.. And what does this giant Blastoise have to do with the rain?" Gary asked, his curiosity being poked at at this point.

"He makes it rain, of course! He sits on a big, big cloud and his super cool cannons spray water everywhere! Duh!" Ash exclaimed to Gary, as if he knew some vital piece of information that Gary should have known, too, it was so obvious.

Gary stared.

Was this some story Ash's mother had told him, or could Ash have thought of it himself and convinced himself it was true? ...Or was it some sort of unspoken truth in general? What if there really was a giant Blastoise in the sky?

At that exact moment, Gary glanced up at the gray sky. Could a giant Blastoise really be sitting up on one of those gray clouds somewhere where he couldn't see, spraying water everywhere and making the rain fall? ...It couldn't be.

...But what if it was?

"Maybe if two of us sing he'll stop the rain sooner! C'mon, we have to try!" Ash exclaimed and quickly grabbed Gary's hand again.

"Rain, rain, go away!" He gave a big swing of his arm, pulling Gary's along, as he started skipping. "Come again another day!" He glanced at Gary, who was slightly stumbling behind him. "C'mon! Sing with me, Gary!"

The brown haired Oak boy bit his lip, but once he caught up with the skipping Ash - he refused to skip himself and settled for walking - quietly started to mumble.

"Rain, rain, go away.." Gary said quietly under his breath, hardly audible with the rain falling.

"Come again another day!" Ash sang much louder.

"Rain, rain, go away," Gary sang a tiny bit louder. "Come again another day!" Ash chipped in.

They walked like this for a while, singing, and Gary came to a conclusion very fast. The rain wasn't going away; more of it was coming. He didn't point this out to Ash, however. The boy was still skipping along, strong in his belief that their song would make the giant Blastoise in the sky that he was so sure was there stop the rain. Gary might question some of Ash's beliefs, but he hardly had the heart to crush them and turn them to dust.

By the time they had reached the house, the winds had died down, though the thunder had done the opposite and picked up. By this point even Ash had latched himself onto Gary and stopped singing. The rain was still coming down and Ash's wet rain coat pressed against him soaked Gary, but the house was very close so he didn't complain.

Reaching the mail box, Ash broke away from Gary and cried out for his mother. One of his galoshes accidently hit on the single step of the front step and he squeaked, stumbling. Mrs. Ketchum, however, opened the door right about then and he quickly composed himself, getting over his stumble. Neither boy noticed the rain starting to let up.

"Oh, Ash! It's about time you got home! You got out of school forever ago!" Mrs. Ketchum exclaimed, crouching down and hugging her son tightly. Ash had gotten out of school over an hour ago. There hadn't been anything about rain on the news and when it started raining Delia Ketchum could only be grateful she made Ash keep a pair of galoshes and a raincoat in his cubby at school, just in case.

Finished hugging her son, Mrs. Ketchum pulled back a bit and looked to Gary, who still stood just a step or two short of the doorstep.

"Oh, Gary, you're soaked!" She exclaimed. She, inwardly, noted that she didn't recall being told Gary would be coming over today after school. Had Ash not let her in on it or was she just forgetting? Gary came over so often... Not that she minded.

In truth, Gary wasn't supposed to come over today. He was supposed to go straight to his grandpa's lab. But when it started raining, well... He couldn't just leave Ash to walk home alone. No one knew how bad things might get! The image of Ash stumbling home in the rain alone had made a shiver run down Gary's spine when he'd first thought of it back at school.

"I'm fine," Gary assured. "Mommyyy! The Blastoise must be in a bad mood today!" Ash exclaimed to his mother. Her eyebrows raised, much the same way Gary's had when he'd first heard of Ash's Blastoise in the sky.

"Blastoise?" She repeated after Ash. The boy gave a dragged out sigh. "Come on, don't you guys know these things?" He whined a bit, referring to his mother and Gary. "I'll explain!" Ash exclaimed and ran on in out of the cold. His mother stared after him before glancing at Gary to see if he had some sort of explanation for what her son was talking about. Gary just gave a shrug.

Mrs. Ketchum turned to head in, beckoning Gary to follow her and leaving the door open for him. Stepping onto the door step, Gary slowly lowered his umbrella, closing it. It was at that moment that he heard the last Plop. Plishh. Plo...

The boy glanced out at the rest of Pallet. The rain was gone. His mouth fell open a bit.

Stepping back a bit, Gary glanced at the sky. It was as dark as ever, but the rain had stopped. He scowled.

"Why couldn't you make it stop when we were out in it?" He asked the sky, as if there really was a giant Blastoise sitting on a cloud up there like he said. He was just irritated, and he hadn't expected any sort of answer, but...

At that moment, there was a loud boom of thunder that topped all the booms and low rumbles of thunder he'd heard today. It eerily sounded like the battle cry of a Blastoise. Gary jumped out of his skin at the boom and, even though he still doubted the Blastoise was real, hurried inside, slamming the door behind him.


THE END.