This chapter is dedicated to my friend, AK1028, for putting my request into her story. Thanks a bunch! :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, but I do own, Steven, Ashley, Daughter, Tonya, and Aaron.

Chapter 10: It's Time For The Baby!

Last time, Ash's water broke and he was starting to have contractions when he woke Ashley up to tell her that they needed to head to the hospital.

Ashley started to get her clothes on while she called Steven from her cell phone.

"Steven, it's time. We'll be there in 10 minutes." said Ashley as she got done getting dressed.

She hung up with Steven and then, she called Mrs. Ketchum to tell her it's time.

"Ok. I'll be right there with the car." said Mrs. Ketchum as she was grabbing the car keys.

She was parked right in front of their house when she came in to get his suitcase and helped Ashley put him in the backseat where she sat with him to comfort him.

She called Professor Oak real quick and let him know that they were picking him up on their way to the hospital.

When they got there, he climbed into the car as fast as he could and then, they left Pallet to get to Viridian City.

When they were on their way, Ashley was calling everyone that was at the party, to tell them that Ash was having the baby.

Tracey, Misty, and Kevin said that they would pick up Brock and Daughter on their way to the hospital.

May and Dawn said that they would pick up Drew, Max and Molly, Professor Hale and Tonya, Kenny, Angie and Tyson, and Paul and Zoey in their private jets and would be there in 30 minutes tops.

While Ashley was doing this, Ash was moaning from all of the contractions hitting him one after another.

(10 Minutes Later)

They had just arrived at the hospital where Steven was waiting for them with a wheelchair.

He helped Ash into the wheelchair and took him into the Maternity Ward where there was a room that was reserved for him only.

Ash was in so much pain that he could hardly move, but with Steven's and Ashley's help, he was able to put on a hospital gown and was placed in the bed.

Steven had brought in the bigger ultrasound machine into the room and poured the gel on Ash's stomach and checked where the baby was.

He had dropped into Ash's lower abdomen with its head leading the way.

"The baby's doing great and it's starting to get ready to come out, but it could get out of the position at any time though." said Steven as he was cleaning off Ash's stomach.

"Please don't move anywhere, baby." thought Ash and Ashley in unison in their minds.

"That's great, Ash." said Ashley as she was trying to comfort him.

"Let me see how far dilated and we'll judge the time from there." said Steven as he was placing himself at Ash's feet.

"O-ok." said Ash, a little scared while he spread his legs apart.

"Good. You're 5 centimeters dilated which means that it might be a half hour to an hour before you're fully dilated to 10 centimeters. I'll come in to check on you in a half hour. See you then." said Steven as he was leaving the room.

Ashley was just about to leave too, but Ash grabbed onto her arm before she left.

"Ashley, will you please stay with ME?" asked Ash as a contraction hit him even harder.

"Sure, Ash. Whatever you want." replied Ashley as she grabbed a chair and sat next to him on his right side.

He held onto her hand and squeezed it very often when a contraction hit him hard.

(In The Waiting Room)

Everyone was in the waiting room as they were waiting for news about how Ash was doing.

"I just wish that I could find out how Ash is doing." said Mrs. Ketchum, looking at the door that goes into the Maternity Ward.

"Don't worry, Delia. Ash is probably doing just fine in there." said Professor Oak, trying to comfort her.

That did calm her down a little, but she was still worried about her son.

(30 Minutes Later)

They were in the waiting room when they heard a blood-curdling scream come from the Maternity Ward.

They all knew that scream very well along with who could scream like that and that was the only person that was in the Maternity Ward that they knew: Ash.

(Back With Ash And Ashley)

Ash had just finished a blood-curdling scream because he was in so much pain from a contraction that hit him the hardest and feeling something wrong within him.

Steven came running into the room when Ash screamed.

"Ash! Are you ok?" asked Steven as he stood on Ash's left side.

"I think there's something wrong with the baby!" yelled Ash as he squeezed Ashley's hand hard.

Steven lifted Ash's hospital gown and poured the gel onto his stomach and before long, he had the wand moving quickly over Ash's stomach as he was trying to locate the baby.

"Oh no…" said Steven, trailing off when he found the baby.

"What is it, Steven?" asked Ashley as Ash was squeezing her hand extremely hard now.

"The baby has turned around and now, instead of lying up and down like normal, he's lying sideways in there and its kicking Ash as hard as it can. What makes this worse is that the contractions are non-stop so that must be why he gave out that blood-curdling scream. I need to see how far dilated you are so that we know when we take you for a C-Section." said Steven, putting the ultrasound machine away.

Ash just nodded since he was in so much pain and spread his legs apart so that Steven could check him.

"You're fully dilated to 10 centimeters so let's go ahead and give you the shot that will numb the lower half of your body and get you into the operating room. Unfortunately, Ashley, you'll have to leave for a couple of minutes while prep Ash for surgery and then, you can be with Ash while we're busy getting the baby out, ok?" asked Steven, looking at Ashley,

"Ok." said Ashley as she let go of Ash's hand and started to leave.

"DON'T LEAVE ME ASHLEY!" yelled Ash as a contraction hit him even harder than before.

"Don't worry, Ash. I'll see you in a couple of minutes." said Ashley as she left to go back to the waiting room to tell everyone what's going on with Ash.

She heard Steven's voice call for a numbing shot before she walked through the doors that led to the waiting room.

(Back In The Waiting Room)

They were all waiting for news on Ash, when Ashley came out through the doors.

"Ashley! What's happening?" asked Mrs. Ketchum as she stood up to talk to Ashley.

"Well, Ash is going to have a C-Section because the baby is sideways in him instead of the normal position. They're getting him ready by giving him a numbing shot so that he won't feel a thing when they perform the C-Section." replied Ashley as she looked back through the doors to the Maternity Ward.

"Oh, Ashley." said Mrs. Ketchum, hugging Ashley.

Just then, they heard another blood-curdling scream come from the Maternity Ward.

"Ash!" said Ashley, about to run through the doors as she recognized his scream, but she was stopped by Mrs. Ketchum and Brock.

"Ashley, don't worry about Ash. He's in good hands." said Brock, trying to calm her down.

As soon as he finished saying that, a nurse came out to tell Ashley that she could go ahead and get ready to be with Ash for the birth of their baby.

"I'll see you later with the baby in my arms." said Ashley before she went through the doors.

Once she was through the doors, she went right back to a room where she put on a pair of scrubs, a surgical cap, and shoe protectors and then, she put on a surgical mask as she was on her way into the operating room to make sure that her beloved Ash was alright.

(In The Operating Room)

Ash was lying down on an operating table, all ready to begin the surgery when Ashley went in.

"Ashley, I'm so happy to see you again." said Ash as she sat next to his head on a small stool.

"I'm happy that you alright. I almost came running back to you when you screamed." said Ashley, thinking about earlier.

"Sorry about that. They gave me the shot in my back, which hurt so bad and it didn't help that I was already in pain." said Ash, trying to comfort her.

"That's ok, Ash. At least I'm here for the birth." said Ashley, giving him a kiss on the lips.

"Are you two ready to have your baby out here with you?" asked Steven, coming into the operating room with four nurses behind him and took their positions to begin the surgery.

They just nodded their heads as Steven picked up the scalpel.

He slowly put the scalpel onto Ash's stomach and slowly cut through his skin as he started to cut through the muscle tissues to get to the baby.

Once Ash's stomach was opened to where the baby would be, Steven gently cut into where the baby was and slowly lifted the baby out of Ash.

He gave the nurse that was helping him with the surgery, the baby so that he could open up his airways and cut the umbilical cord.

Then, the nurse gave it to another nurse that had a towel in her arms and she took the baby to a little table where they could take care of him.

"Congratulations, Ash and Ashley. It's a boy." said Steven, putting Ash's stomach back together.

Both of them gave a sigh of relief when they heard their little boy cry for the first time.

As soon as Steven got done with outing the stitches into Ash's stomach, he took Ash back into the room where he was before to get some sleep before they brought the baby in, but before Ash left, they decided on a name for the baby.

"Welcome into the world, Aaron Ketchum." said Ash before he left to go back into the room.

Ashley went over to watch what they were doing to Aaron.

They weighed him at 5 pounds and 5 ounces and they even put down the time that he was born: 9:00 A.M.

Once they got done with making sure that he was ok, they handed him to Ashley so that she could take Aaron to see everybody.

(Back In The Waiting Room)

Everyone had been waiting by the doors that led into the Maternity Ward when the doors opened to reveal Ashley holding Aaron in her arms.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet the new addition to our family, Aaron Ketchum." said Ashley as she was showing Aaron off.

"Oh, Ashley. He looks just like you and Ash combined." said Mrs. Ketchum as she came over to see Aaron and she was right.

Aaron had Ashley's hair color and blue eyes along with Ashley's features.

"Thanks, Mom." said Ashley as she was starting to blush really big.

"So how's Ash doing?" asked Misty, looking at Ashley with Tracey right behind her.

"He's doing just fine. He's resting after the surgery so hopefully by the time that I get back in there, he'll be awake and wanting to hold Aaron as much as I wanted to sine the day that I found out that he was pregnant." replied Ashley as she was looking at Aaron.

"I guess you should go back and see if Ash is awake, Ashley." said Daughter as she gave Ashley a hug.

"Ok. See you later." replied Ashley as she walked through the doors to the Maternity Ward proudly with her son in her arms.

(Back In Ash's Room)

Ash was just waking up from a nice nap when Ashley and Aaron came into the room.

"Hey, Ash. Someone wanted to see you." said Ashley as she was walking over to the bed with Aaron in her arms.

"Well, it's nice to finally meet you after you gave me a lot of pain, Aaron." said Ash as he was handed Aaron to hold.

"Well, hello, you three. So how's the proud parent and child doing?" asked Steven as he was standing next to the bed.

"We're both doing great. So when will we be able to leave?" asked Ash as he was making a question of his own.

"You and Aaron will be able to leave tomorrow. I'll be in to help you get home as soon as possible. Bye and congratulations." said Steven as he was leaving.

"Thanks and bye." said Ash and Ashley in unison.

"I love you, Ash." said Ashley as she was looking at him.

"I love you too, Ashley." said Ash as they kissed on the lips.

Aaron was fast asleep in his arms, which they were watching for a little while they talked about certain things.

(Later That Same Day)

Ashley went into the waiting room to let everyone know what's going on with Ash and Aaron and told them when the three of them would be able to leave the hospital.

Then, she stayed the night with Ash and Aaron at the hospital while everyone stayed at a hotel close by, except Mrs. Ketchum and Professor Oak, who went back to Pallet to take care of the pokemon at the lab and the Pikachus and the Pichu too.

(The Next Day)

Everyone was excited because this was the day that Ash and Aaron were coming home, even the Pikachus and the Pichu were excited because they get to see Ash and Ashley along with Aaron.

Once they had gotten home, they put Aaron to sleep in the crib and as soon they got dressed for bed, they fell fast asleep with the baby monitor, which Ashley bought four months ago, on.

After having Aaron and bringing him home, Ash and Ashley are going to be surprised at what Brock and Daughter have up their sleeves.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 10! You finally get to meet Aaron! Yay! This will be the last update for a couple of days as I have exams later this week. I forgot to mention that if you want to use any of my OCs in any of your stories, you can let me know so that I won't get mad if I see them in another story that isn't mine. Thanks for doing that! See ya later!

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