Chapter 7 is here. This chapter is dedicated to Pearlshipping, so if you don't like that but still want to read this fanfic, then you should go ahead and ignore this chapter, which is the last part of the story :P Sorry for late update . I finished this around late Feb or Early March but I always forgot (or is busy) to upload. This is the last chapter, so yeah…
That night, Dawn woke up from her sleep, it took her a while to fall asleep, so she decided to go to the balcony to get some air.
"Hmm, the night air is nice," She said to herself. Piplup, who also woke up, went near her.
"Oh, hi Piplup, I just got up from bed, I'm gonna go back in a few minutes"
The little blue penguin nodded and hopped to her arms. "I'm excited about my next Pokémon contest," Piplup smiled and hopped down from Dawn's arms and pumped its chest proudly, telling Dawn that it will do its best "I'm excited about Ash's next Gym Battle too, I'll cheer for him and give him support," she giggled, blushing
Piplup saw that Dawn was blushing and smiled at her, realizing her trainer's feelings.
"Oh, haha, you saw me blush, didn't you" Dawn smiled "Oh well, back to bed,"
Entering their bedroom, Dawn and Piplup heard Ash sleep talking
"No need to worry, Dawn, I'll protect you..." he mumbled. This made Dawn blush some more.
"He he, He'll never know that I heard him say that, I can't believe Brock wasn't joking about that," Dawn giggled.
It took Dawn a few more minutes to sleep; she giggled as she listened to various sleep talks from Ash and Brock, until she finally fell asleep.
The next morning, Brock got up earliest, so he went down the Pokémon Center and asked Nurse Joy if he can cook in the Kitchen, which of course, comes with flirting. Nurse Joy smiled at him and allowed him.
After half an hour, Brock went up to see that Dawn and Pikachu just got up.
"Good Morning, Brock. Ash is still asleep," She greeted
"Oh, Good morning Dawn, Good morning Pikachu. Breakfast is ready downstairs, so let's go and eat," Brock said. "Go and get the Pokémon, I've also prepared their food."
They went down and they ate Brock's delicious cooking. After eating, Dawn and Brock left some food for Ash.
"That was delicious, Brock, thanks. I'm gonna and take the food upstairs to Ash,"
"No problem, go ahead, I promised to help Nurse Joy here in the Pokémon center as thanks for letting us stay,"
"Oh, okay" Dawn smiled, then she went upstairs with the tray of food.
Dawn entered the room, she saw Ash has just gotten up "Morning sleepy head, here's your breakfast" she grinned.
"Good morning Dawn," Ash smiled. "I'll eat the food, gimme a few minutes to wash,"
"Okay," Dawn said, still thinking of what she heard last night.
After a few minutes, the door opened, and Ash fell out of the Door.
"Ash!" Dawn ran towards Ash, helping him get up.
"Ha ha, sorry, I ran out of energy," he said, not realizing he was sick.
"You shouldn't stress yourself," Dawn said. "Now, eat your food to get energy"
"Oh no, you don't really have to spoonfeed me, I can do it myself" Ash said, before coughing
"You sure about that? Well, okay, but I'm here to take care of you for today,"
"What! You don't have to take care of me! I can take care of myself, I'm not a baby," he said, then he coughed some more.
"You're not a baby, but you are sick, now eat up,"
"Sigh, fine"
After Ash had finished eating, he lay on his bed, burping.
"You sure had no problem finishing that, unlike how a sick person will have trouble doing so," Dawn giggled.
"Very funny Dawn," Ash said sarcastically
"Hmph, Whatever," Dawn got up, taking the tray downstairs.
When Dawn took the tray downstairs, Brock talked to her.
"So, how was Ash?" Brock Asked
"He's still sick, but he sure had no problem finishing the food," Dawn smiled
"Good, I'll help Nurse Joy the whole day, so you'll have chance to hit on him" Brock teased
Dawn ignored Brock, she went up the stairs and entered the room they borrowed, she saw Ash lying down the bed, but he was not sleeping
"By the way, Ash, thank you for protecting me yesterday," Dawn blushed.
"Oh, it was no problem, Dawn" Ash smiled
Just then they noticed three figures outside the door to the balcony, eyeing them, but seeing that the two saw them, they hid.
"Let me take care of this," Dawn said calling Piplup.
Meanwhile, outside the three figures-who you probably already figured out because of obviousness-are talking to each other.
"Maybe we should leave them alone, the twerp is sick, it would be rude to attack them while he's sick" James said.
"Are you kidding? We should exploit the enemy's weakness, and while the enemy is down, Pikachu will fall on our hands!" Meowth said.
Then, Dawn got out, startling the three.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you feel guilty attacking us while Ash is sick! Go away now! Piplup, use Bubblebeam!"
"Listen! Is that a twe-wwaaaahhh"
"Team Rocket's Blasting off again!"
"There you go, it's okay now Ash" Dawn said
"Wow, you're scary when you're mad" Ash laughed.
"I'm gonna go down and get some drinks" Dawn said
As Dawn went down, Nurse Joy approached her "Dawn, take good care of Ash, here's his medicine," Nurse Joy smiled, giving her Ash's medicine.
"Oh, I see, thanks Nurse Joy," Dawn smiled. She went to the vending machine.
"I'm here Ash! Here's your drink," Dawn smiled
"Thanks, Dawn" Ash said, coughing.
"Well, we'll have to stay here 'till tomorrow,"
"I know, I know, but we really shouldn't be wasting time here, my badges and the Sinnoh league aren't gonna be waiting for me," Ash said
"Aww come on Ash! My Ribbons and The Sinnoh Grand Festival aren't gonna wait for me either!"
"Aw, fine," said Ash in an annoyed tone.
After that, Brock went up to the room and called Ash and Dawn for lunch
"The food is ready, bring your Pokémon too," said Brock.
"Oh, okay, can you walk, Ash? I'll help you" Dawn said. Brock grinned
"What's that big grin for Brock?" Dawn asked
"They look cute together," Brock said to himself, then to Dawn "Oh, it's nothing, Nurse Joy is just happy because I'm helping her,"
"Oh, good to hear, seems like you have a chance on this one" Ash joked.
They walked down the stairs. When they reached the first floor, Brock saw Nurse Joy and started flirting (as usual). Dawn laughed and said "Let's go ahead Ash" Ash Agreed. Then, Croagunk went out of its Pokéball and Poison jabbed Brock, dragging him to the Cafeteria.
"It's delicious like always! I bet you can make yourself a 5-star restaurant with these" Ash smiled
"Thanks Ash, you should eat up so you can recover from sickness faster," Brock replied
"Oh, by the way Ash, Nurse Joy gave me your medicine, drink these after eating" Dawn said.
"Ha ha, thanks Dawn," Ash grinned.
Ash drank the Medicine after eating, and went up to the room with Dawn.
He turned on the TV and ended up in the Mail Order Catalog. A weird, catchy music rang and the man in the TV said "Heeellooo dear viewers! This is Tanaka's Amazing Commodities! Today, we are selling a 'Macca Leaf pack' guaranteed to rid you of sickness! It contains 500 grams of Macca Leaf and a Mew doll! These products are all the rage of people right now so we can only allow each to buy once!" He said.
"Hey Ash, why don't we buy that?"
"Yep, sure go ahead"
Dawn dialled the phone "Hello...yes, I would like to buy the Macca leaf Pack...yes…oh, great…ok, thanks bye."
"What did the guy say?"
"He said they have a branch in Pastoria City and they will be here in an hour and a half"
"Ohh…I see"
And so Ash and Dawn waited for the medicine they ordered. After half an hour they decided to go outside and have a few practice matches.
"Okay Piplup, Spotlight!"
"Go Pikachu! Use thunderbolt!"
"Dodge and counter with a bubblebeam!"
Piplup was barely able to dodge the thunderbolt, but it was able to do so and landed a critical hit on Pikachu. Piplup smiled and did a backflip.
"Are you alright Pikachu? Alright, use volt tackle!"
This time Piplup was not able to dodge, it was tossed a few inches away and landed flat on the ground.
"Pikachu, jump above Pikachu and finish with a thunderbolt!"
"Wah! Piplup quick, whirlpool then run away!"
As Pikachu jumped over Piplup, the latter quickly stood up and shot a whirlpool upwards then it ran. Pikachu did not notice this so it attacked with a thunderbolt. But the whirlpool didn't stop, so it hit Pikachu, the thunderbolt hit the whirlpool, so the whirlpool obtained an extra electric damage. Pikachu was defeated by Piplup
"Yay! We did it Piplup! Ahaha!" Dawn laughed.
They kept practicing. Piplup fought turtwig, Turtwig won. Ambipon fought turtwig, Ambipom won. Buizel fought ambipom, Buizel won. Buneary fought Buizel, Buizel won. Pachirisu fought Buizel, Pachirisu won. Finally, Pachirisu fought Pikachu, and it was a tie. After that, the Package came, Dawn took the package and read the instructions. It said "Intake the Macca leaf after eating, there is 80% chance to cure sickness."
The time was 5:00 so they decided to pass time by playing a truth or dare. They got Brock too since Nurse Joy said she could take care of the dinner.
"Alright, me first!" Dawn said "Ash, truth or dare?"
"Truth,"
"Okay Ash, what would you prefer? Get a Wailmer or get a Slugma?" Dawn laughed.
"I'd prefer the Wailmer," Ash said "Okay Brock, truth or dare?"
"Dare"
"Don't come near Nurse Joy until 8:00 pm"
"Aww…Dawn, truth or dare"
"Truth"
"Would you prefer Kenny? Or…Ash?" He grinned
"I-I-I…" Dawn said, blushing "…pref-f-f-fer…K-kenny" Dawn Stuttered. Brock was easily able to identify Dawn was lying because she was too ashamed to admit it to Ash, but Ash was oblivious. An hour and a half later…
"Dawn, truth or dare" Brock asked.
"Dare"
"I dare you to tell the truth. Do you prefer Ash, or Kenny?"
"Uhh…I already s-"
"No lying…"
"Alright…the truth is…" there was a long pause and an uncomfortable silence "…Ash…"
Ash, the dork, thought that she was just joking and he carried on.
"Truth or Dare?"
"Truth"
"Whom do you prefer, Misty or May" Dawn grinned.
"I-I-I…" he stuttered like Dawn
"Tell the truth!" Brock and Dawn said in unison
"I prefer…you Dawn" This is real, Ash really seemed to like Dawn. After that, Nurse Joy went up and called them for dinner.
They ate and Ash took the Macca leaf after dinner. After a while, Ash started feeling better and they headed to Pastoria the next day…
I'm finally done with this chapter xD Sorry for the wait, you know, stress caused by school and all…oh and btw next chapter is the finale lol. I hope you liked this chapet, this is my longest chapter yet xD.
