AKCC: Hi there! I know I usually update on the weekends, but since I have a four day weekend (where I live), I'm kicking it off with an update!
Dan: When are we suppose to come in?
Hood: You didn't forget about us, did you?
AKCC: *sweatdrops* Of course not! *turns to readers* This is Dan and Hood! They're characters in my newest story, The Power That's Inside or TPTI for short. If you want to read more about Team Rocket, then check it out!
Dan: Back to this story?
AKCC: Hey! You guys were the ones who wanted to get some screen time in this Author's Note! *turns to readers* Anyways, as some of you might notice, the usual gang isn't here. Yeah, I shipped them all the way to Kanto since that's where they should be right now.
Dawn and May: Hey there~!
AKCC: What are you doing here?! You're in this chapter! Get back to Kanto! *grabs box and duct taped Dawn and May*
Hood: *sweatdrops* Isn't that illegal?
Dan: *shrugs* She's the boss here.
AKCC: *ships Dawn and May to Kanto* There. That's taken care of. *turns back to readers* Sorry about that. Where was I? Oh yeah. In this chapter, there is major fluff between Ashley and Keith! So major Stylershipping!
Dan: That's a horrible name.
AKCC: I'm not good at making up shipping names, okay? *turns to readers* If any of you have any other suggestions for the AshleyxKeith shipping name, then just tell me in a review or just PM me. But for now, let's get on with story. Hood?
Hood: AKCC have not, does not, and will not own Pokemon or any of its characters. Only Ashley, Dan, and I. Adn the other OC characters in her other stories, who are basically the same person.
AKCC: Don't question my method!
Chapter Ten
Ashley's POV
I was laying in the grass under the shade of the tree, where I talked with Ash all those years ago, with several of my pokemon relaxing next to me. Earlier, my class had an assignment where we had to observe a pokemon and answered questions about it. Since I know all of my pokemon so much, I was the first one finished, even Isaac wasn't done. I sat up to see everyone scattered across the field with my pokemon roaming around or are being observed by the students. I could see Isaac writing things down about my Porygon, Rhythmi was busy observing the Pichu that came from the egg my Pikachu had with Ash's Pikachu, while Keith chose my Charizard for his choice.
"When was the last time we were up here alone?" I turned around to see Ash sitting next to me. No one else was finished and Professor Oak and Tracy were busy taking care of the pokemon so it was just Ash and I up here, out of earshot of everyone, but in clear view of everyone.
"Must have been about four years. When we first met each other." I replied.
"Right. It was before I was heading off towards Johto." he said.
"Yeah, but it was after I had to save you from your own rampaging Tauros." I laughed.
"Hey, is it my fault that they are always too excited when they see me?" Ash asked.
"Yes, it is." I answered."If you were a better Trainer, then they wouldn't be this way. But at least they aren't like your Muk."
"So you mean when Muk does this?" Ash grabbed me around the waist and started to wrestle me.
"Okay, I see your point!" I cried as Ash let me go.
"So how had ranger school been?" Ash changed the subject.
"Good." I sent him images of my school life so far. I saw him get angry either at the Seviper incident or the Halloween incident. "Ash, just leave it alone. I got Luana, Lucas, and Brendan breathing down my neck about the Seviper incident." his face softened when he heard me say that, but he was still upset. "And I also got Lucas and Brendan ready to beat that redhead up for that Halloween prank while Lucario wants to give him a piece of her mind."
"And do you want me to do the same?" Ash asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"I'm telling you what I told her, no." I said. "At least not yet."
"Well if you need someone, you know who to call." Ash said as he placed his arm around my waist and pulled me a bit closer to him.
"I can take care of myself." I pouted. "But I guess some extra hands wouldn't hurt." I placed my head on his shoulder.
"I know that, but I just don't want my little sister to get hurt." he said as he played with my hair.
"Hey!" I lifted my head up from his shoulder and he released his hold on my waist. "How can I be your little sister when we're twins?"
"Because I was born two minutes before you." he pointed out.
"You always have to bring that up don't you." I pouted.
"But it's the truth though." he smirked.
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that. It's the other way around though." I grumbled.
"But to me, you're still the younger sibling and thus, my little sister who I need to protect." my 'dear' twin brother said.
"I hate you." I glared at him.
"I love you too." he placed his arm around my waist again while I placed my head on his shoulder again.
We stayed way for a couple of minutes. Ash continued to play with my hair while I kept a hand around my Mega Locket. Even though I'm not a Trainer anymore, I still have my Key Stone since it makes me feel closer to all of my pokemon who has a Mega Stone.
Ash decided to break the silence right then. "You know, Dawn, May, Misty, Brock, and a couple other of our friends are coming to the lab tomorrow."
"What!" I shot up. "Why?"
"They're coming here to demonstrate the different skills pokemon can have in different ways." He explained. A shadow covered the sun for a moment and we looked up to see a Togekiss carrying two people on its back. "Speaking of which, here's two of them right now." Ash muttered.
We stood up and ran down the hill as the Togekiss landed. When we got to the bottom, a girl with dark blue hair and a brunette were getting off the pokemon. Everyone from the ranger school were done and now they were surrounding the Togekiss and the two newcomers.
Keith's POV
I was just turning in my paper when I saw Ashley and that guy from before sitting under a tree on top of a hill. They were too far away for me to hear anything, but I could see that guy with his hand around Ashley's waist. I could feel rage building up in me when I see her with him.
"Jealous, Keith?" I turned around to see Rhythmi and Isaac walking up behind me.
"Yeah, like I'm jealous that she's dating a guy like him." I said.
"You know, last night, she told me that she's not dating anyone so Ash isn't her boyfriend." Rhythmi pointed out.
"She's not?" I perked up suddenly. Then I realize that I sounded so stupid and desperate.
"See I told you, he really does like her." I heard Rhythmi say to Isaac as I tried to hide the blush on my face.
A shadow passed the sun and I looked up to see two figures riding a pokemon. I recognized it as a Togekiss, but only because there was a Togekiss at the lab.
As the Togekiss got closer, I could see that the two figures were girls. When they landed, I ran over to them and I saw a girl with dark blue hair and a brunette climbing off the Togekiss. The bluenette recalled the Togekiss into a pokeball, indicating that it was hers.
"May! Dawn!" I looked around to see the guy who was with Ashley earlier, Ash I think that was what Rhythmi called him, walked up to the two girls. "What are you doing here a day early?"
"Hey there Ash." The brunette said. "The photo shoot for Dawn's Lopunny finished early so Dawn and I wanted to surprise you."
"And I guess we did surprise you." the bluenette, Dawn I think, said. "So these are the kids from the ranger school?"
"Yeah. And they didn't expect you guys to come this early since it was a surprise." Ash said.
"Oh!" the brunette, May, I believe, gasped. "We didn't know!"
"It's okay May." Professor Oak walked up to them. "Students," he turned to face all of us. "this is Dawn and May. They are known as Coordinators here in the regions."
"Top Coordinators." Dawn corrected.
"Right, Top Coordinators." Professor Oak said. "Tomorrow, they and some other very talented Trainers will be visiting the lab to talk to you about how pokemon can use their skills in different ways." Professor Oak explained.
"But for today," Ms April added. "since all of you handed in your papers, you can have the rest of the day to yourself." The entire class cheered.
Ashley separated from Ash and joined up with Rhythmi, Isaac, and I.
"Hey May," Dawn tapped her friend on the shoulder. "Doesn't that girl look like Ashley?" she pointed to Ashley.
"Yeah, she kinda does." May replied. They started to walk towards us.
"Hey there." Dawn said.
Ashley jumped a bit before turning around to meet the speaker. "What? Oh hi." she said casually, but I could see some worry in her eyes. "Dawn right?"
"Yeah that's me. And you are?" Dawn asked.
"She's Ashley." Rhythmi butted in. "I'm Rhythmi, the redhead over there is Keith, and the other blond is Isaac." she introduced us.
"Nice to meet all of you," May smiled. "but Ashley, don't you remember us?" she asked Ashley.
"Um, I never seen you guys before. Sorry. Should I?" Ashley looked nervous.
"Yeah you should!" Dawn exclaimed. "We've known each other for years!"
"Hey, I only met you guys like five minutes ago." Ashley backed away a bit.
A loud noise drew our attention away and we all turned around to see a herd of Tauros stampeding.
"May! Dawn!" Ash ran up to us. "I need your help calming my Tauros down!" they nodded before running off to help the Tauros.
I saw Ashley taking a breath out of the corner of my eye. Why was she so worried about? And why did those girls keep insisting that she knows them?
I shook those thoughts away in my head as I walked up to the Charizard I was observing earlier. Even though I only met him a little while ago, it was already felt comfortable with me. As I petted Charizard, it moved its neck lower to the ground.
"Looks like it wants you to ride it." Isaac appeared next to me.
"What?" I looked at him.
"Charizard feels so comfortable around you that it trust you enough to ride it." Isaac explained.
"Oh." I said. I continued to pet Charizard until an idea popped into my head. I smirked as I whispered into Charizard's ear. He gave me a grin to show me that he agrees with me and I walked up to Ashley. She was too busy looking at a Gardevoir and a Gallade to see me walking behind her. With one swift move, I picked her up and carried her bridal-style.
"Keith!" she yelled. I walked back towards Charizard with her in my arms. "Put me down!" she yelled.
"Okay." I set her down on Charizard and quickly climbed on behind her. I grinned at Charizard who grinned back before taking off into the sky. I could hear Ashley scream as she held onto me as we ascended into the clouds.
Ashley's POV
I grabbed onto Keith's shirt as Charizard shot into the sky. Once I could feel that Charizard was flying straight ahead. I opened my eyes and saw that we were high above in the clouds. I looked up and I saw that Keith was smirking. I noticed that I was still holding onto him. I felt myself blush and I let go of his shirt. I heard Keith laugh at my reaction.
"That was not funny, redhead." I growled.
"Oh really? I would say otherwise." he smirked.
I turned around so I was facing forward. Now that we weren't rocketing into the sky, I could see that it was actually really beautiful up here. I felt Keith wrap his arms around my waist and I felt my face blushing like crazy again. Charizard looked back and smirked at my reaction. I glared at him and I started to get a bit angry at him. I can't believe my own pokemon schemed with Keith to get me up here with him. Alone. Once we're back on the ground, Charizard will pay for this.
"Beautiful up here, huh?" Keith said.
"What?" I snapped out of my anger at Charizard. "Oh, yeah. It is." I looked down to see everyone at the lab looking up at us. I saw Rhythmi holding up an object and a flash of light occasionally appeared from it.
"Great, now Rhythmi will never let us live this down." I groaned.
"What?" Keith asked. He looked down and saw the exact same thing as I did. "Well, at least it's worth it."
I blushed when he said that. What did he mean by that? Why am I blushing at that? Am I falling for Keith?
Keith's POV
"Well, at least it's worth it." I said. I still had my arms around her and her ponytail was blowing in the wind. I couldn't imagine her and I anywhere else. Up here, it was peaceful with no one to bother us. I smiled as I looked at the back of her head. Oh man. I am falling for her.
Several minutes passed before I told Charizard to land. With a loud roar, he flew down to the lab and landed with a soft thud. I took my hands away from Ashley's waist and climbed down. I held out my hand for her and helped her down.
"Keith Dazzle," Ashley started. "that was a very sneaky move you made." she glared at me.
"I try to do my best." I grinned.
She rolled her eyes and walked past me. But before she could take one step, she tripped and fell on top of me, her legs on either side of mines and her hands on my chest.
I opened my eyes and I could see Ashley blushing as much as I was.
"Sorry." she said.
"It's okay." I said. With another flash of light, we looked up to see Rhythmi holding up a camera.
"Aw, you two look so cute together." Rhythmi squealed.
"RHYTHMI!" we yelled.
I grabbed Ashley's waist with both of my hands and I sat up with her still on me. Another flash of light went off.
"We have to keep Rhythmi away from cameras." I muttered.
"I know." Ashley sighed. "Keith, can you let go of me now?"
I looked at her and I saw that I still had my hands on her waist. I quickly let go and she got off of me. With a final glare at Rhythmi, Ashley walked off.
I stood up and brushed the dust off of my clothes.
"That was quite a move you made on Ashley." Isaac nudged me.
"What are you talking about?" I asked him.
"Come on, we all know that you like her." Rhythmi said.
"Yeah, so what?" I shrugged.
"So you do like her!" Rhythmi gasped.
"Yeah, I like her." I looked towards the direction Ashley went. "But it doesn't matter. She doesn't even like me back."
Ashley's POV
I walked towards a small cave near the lab and when I walked in, I already saw that Gardevoir, Gallade, Lucario, and Charizard was already in there waiting for me.
"Alright, who planned all of that?" I demanded.
"Why are you asking us?" Gallade asked due to Gardevoir allowing us to read each other's minds. "Wasn't it Charizard who allowed that redhead to ride him?"
"Hey! It wasn't my idea!" Charizard defended himself. "Lucario and Gardevoir told me to."
"You guys were behind this?" I looked at the both of them.
His aura was burning bright with passion for you. Lucario said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"What she means is that Keith likes you." Gardevoir explained.
"Wait, Keith likes me?" I asked, they nodded. "No, that is not possible. He does not like me."
"But he does. Trust me. I read his emotions. He likes you." Gardevoir confirmed.
"Okay, let's say he does like me." I started.
He does. Lucario interrupted.
I ignored her. "What was with that whole trip incident?" I demanded while I was looking at Gardevoir.
"Why are you looking at me?" she asked. "That was Gallade. Not me."
"Wait, Gallade." I looked at him. "You made that Grass Knot that made me trip?"
"Well, someone has to get you two together." Gallade grinned.
I facepalmed. "Listen guys, I know that you are just looking out for me, but I do not want you butting into my love life." I explained.
"We know, but right now, you actually need some help with your love life." Charizard said.
"Who asked you?!" I shouted.
"Just saying." Charizard raised his claws up in defence.
We'll try our best, but we make no promises. Lucario grinned.
"Why do I even try with you guys." I sighed. "Come on. Let's get back to the lab before someone starts wondering where we are."
Gardevoir and Gallade transported out while Charizard flew out through an opening in the roof of the cave. I walked out with Lucario, but we went our separate ways. On my way back to the lab, I couldn't stop thinking about what Lucario and Gardevoir said.
His aura was burning bright with passion for you.
What she means is that Keith likes you.
I shook my head. No, he can't possibly like me. Can he?
Dan: Looks like you got a package.
AKCC: Ohh! From where?
Hood: Kanto.
AKCC: Uh-oh.
Dan: Is it me or is the box moving?
*box opens up to reveal the cast covered in ripped duct tape*
Keith: Get her!
AKCC: Eep! *runs away*
Dan: Um, so I'm guessing we're ending the chapter for her?
Hood: Looks like it.
AKCC: Ack! Mew! Do something!
Mew: I want sugar. Oh! Candy!
Ashley: NO! Get it away from her!
Rhythmi: Why do we even have leftover Halloween candy lying around? It should be hidden!
Hood: Um, do we have to say the whole review thing or do they just do it automatically?
Dan: I think we have to say, 'don't forget,'
Cast: Review, please!
AKCC: And give me a shipping name for AshleyxKeith! Eek! *runs away form mob* Oh! I finally found how to put that line in my stories! And people said I'm the smartest. P.S I just updated all of my stories to include the line break. Nothing big. Just that.