Hello everyone! Toadettegirl2012 is back with a new chapter of Give Me Your Hand! Ugh I can't believe I'm on chapter ten and the fanfic is not even close to being over. But it does take me back to the day when I was writing Sick with Now Cure and how happy I was when I got my 50th review…Ahhh what wonderful memories! Anyway go one and read this chapter…it's really funny if I do say so myself. Enjoy!

Chapter 10: Bathroom Issues

Ages: Ash: 12, Iris: 12, Cilan: 14

Disclaimer: I have no ownership to the Pokémon Company

"It's the cook! The cook has to be the thief!" Cilan said muttered to himself as his green eyes greedily read the pages of the mystery book in his hands. He chuckled to himself, as he added, "my detective skills are never wrong and all the clues are pointing towards-Ow!" suddenly the connoisseur felt a dull pain hit the side of head. Looking up from his book Cilan looked to his side to see a blue rubber ball sitting beside him.

(Sorry Cilan) came the voice of Emolga as she scurried up to retrieve the ball that she, Axew and Scraggy had been playing with.

"It's fine, nothing's hurt too badly," Cilan said, gently rubbing were the ball had struck him, "just be more careful,"

(Okay, no problem) the electric/flying type said taking the blue circle object and rushing back to where her friends were. Setting the blue ball down she shook her head at the fighting/dark type in front of her, (Scraggy, it's Aipom in the middle, if you're in the middle you're supposed to try and catch the ball not Headbutt it!)

The orange and tan Pokemon just shrugged (Hey, you threw the ball right at my face, it was just a reflex) he defensively said.

(Yeah, Emolga, you gotta throw it higher if you want to get the ball over to me!) called Axew who stood on the other side of Scraggy.

(But I can't throw that high,) Emolga complained as she set the ball down and kicked it over towards Scraggy. (Here, how about I be the Aipom in the middle instead? I'm better at that,)

(No way, that won't be fair!) Axew said with a pout.

(Yeah, you'll just use your flappy membrane thingies to float up and grab the ball when we throw it!) Scraggy said, remembering how easily the Sky Squirrel pokemon was able to nab the ball from the air, thanks to a gust of wind that blew by.

(Well it's not my fault my extra skin helps me fly,) Emolga stated as she raised her arms to show off her extra folds of skin that was attached to her arms. She then poked Scraggy playfully in the stomach (all your baggy skin does is sit there, Scraggy)

(Sit there?!) Scraggy repeated, he narrowed his eyes, felling insulted. (My skin does a lot more than just sit there, it helps me in battle! Plus it makes me look awesome!) the fighting/dark type grabbed his extra stretchy orange skin that rested at his waist, and yanked it up so it reached his chest, (See?) but as he let go the skin limply fell back to it's normal position.

Upon seeing this Axew and Emolga couldn't help but laugh at their friend, but of course Scraggy, being the slightly hot headed Pokemon that he was, grew upset and started to run after them. The three abandoned their game of Aipom in the middle and settled instead on a game of chase, running all about on the large field that all the rest of their friends were dispersed on. Since it was a lovely day outside, Cilan had decided it be best to let the Pokemon go outside to get some exercise, plus it would keep them out of his hair until lunch, which gave him just enough time to read a few chapters of his mystery book.

Overall everyone was enjoying the nice sunny weather, Unfezant had taken to the skies with Charizard to have a flying race, Levanny was practicing sewing leaves together with his String Shot underneath the shade of a nearby tree. Excadrill was having a contest with Krookodile to see who had the most strength by shoving each other, Oshawott and Pignite, along with the assistance of Pansage, were collecting apples to snack, while over in a sunny spot Stunfisk was sleeping on top of snoozing Crustle's back. And off towards a more secluded area of the field, slight hidden by some bushes, sat a certain grass Pokemon who was accompanied by a little yellow mouse looking creature.

(So Ash said all of that to Iris?!) Snivy gasped.

(Yeah, I didn't think Ash could be so mean when he's mad) Pikachu stated with a nod.

(What did Iris do?) asked the grass snake.

(Well at first she just stood there and a few seconds later she started crying…) Pikachu said, thinking back to the conficlt from the day before, (Iris even tried to hit Ash, but that's when Dragonite butted in…)

Snivy sat listening to Pikachu describe what had happened last night. She was too shocked at Ash's actions; normally their trainer wouldn't be so mean! But the mean words that Ash had said to Iris was nothing compared to how Iris reacted when Dragonite made an attempt to hurt Ash. That's what shocked her the most.

(I-Iris said th-that…D-Dragonite would r-regret it if he hurt Ash?) Pikachu said as he looked sadly at the ground, feeling a bit bad for the dragon type that had a bad relationship with his raven haired trainer.

(Regret it?) Snivy repeated the last part slowly, (…W-What do you think Iris meant by that?)

(Maybe she would have punished Dragonite,) Pikachu suggested.

(Probably, but what would she do? there isn't much that really frightens Dragonite or anything Iris could take away from him,) Snivy pointed out.

(You gotta point there…) Pikachu said as he looked at the slender grass type.

Snivy placed her small hand to her chin and her eyes seemed to be concentrating on the question that was lingering between them. Even though Pikachu was supposed to be thinking of an answer as well, he became distracted and became memorized by Snivy's red eyes that stood out against her green skin, he didn't even noticed the smile growing on his face, well not until Snivy suddenly gasped and sat straight up.

(Y-You don't think I-Iris would…) Snivy began staring at Pikachu, her expression tense, but her voice unsteady and worried.

(Would what?) the electric type questioned.

Snivy then looked sad, (No…Iris would never do that…)

(Do what?) Pikachu asked, wanting to know.

(Iris wouldn't…) Snivy swallowed hard (R-Release Dragonite back into the wi-wild…she wouldn't do that...right?)

(What?! No! W-Well I mean…maybe…I hope not…I-I'm not really sure) Pikachu stammered out in one breath before his voice fell silent.

Both Pokémon sat, thinking about the punishment that Iris could bring upon the dragon type. Would Dragonite ever cross the line so bad that it would drive Iris to release him back into the wild? Could Iris even muster up enough anger to do that? What would happen if Iris really did release Dragonite? Would things ever be the same? Would anyone see Dragonite again? Would this hinder Iris from reaching her goal of becoming a Dragon Master?

(Well at least it makes sense to why Dragonite didn't want to come out and play with us) stated Snivy, breaking the silence between them.

There was no verbal response for her statement, only a nod would do. Which Pikachu in fact did, he just nodded and thought back to when Cilan had let everyone out to play. The whole gang was happy to be outside in the bright sun and to stretch and run about on the field, except for Dragonite. Who just sat with a pensive expression on his face, his pale green eyes staring at the ground. Even though Pikachu wasn't really good friends with Dragonite, he did feel a bit bad for him; besides Iris had yelled at him last night. So being the kindhearted Pokemon Pikachu was, he had taken it upon himself to see how Dragonite was doing, but since he didn't know what mood the large orange Pokemon was he approached cautiously, the last thing he wanted to do was to Dragonite mad, but as soon as Pikachu was spotted by Dragonite, his eyes burned holes at him and he growled. The electric type didn't even get to ask if anything was wrong before Dragonite approached Cilan and demanded to be returned to his pokeball, which the connoisseur did without question.

(Do you think he's still mad about last night?) Snivy asked.

(I wouldn't be surprised,) Pikachu stated with a shrug, (I guess Dragonite just wanted to be alone, you know to think things over…)

(I hope things work out for Dragonite) Snivy said quickly (I mean Dragonite can get under people's skin sometimes…but….I'd feel horrible if Iris were to release Dragonite just because he ticked her off…that be awful wouldn't it?) Snivy asked as she messed with a blade of grass.

There came no response from the Electric Mouse Pokemon.

(Pikachu did you hear…) the Grass Snake Pokemon started saying as she looked up, only to see Pikachu was staring at her, with a smile on his face. She blinked as stared into his black eyes, and felt a flutter in her stomach and a blush hit her face. Snivy had to shake her head to keep herself from staring any longer at the adorable electric type. (Pikachu, hey earth to Pikachu?) she waved her small hand before his face.

(Huh? What?!) Pikachu asked, he had been snapped from a daydream he had been having about the green grass type that was before him. Sweatdropping Pikachu gave a sheepish smile (Sorry w-were you saying something, Snivy?)

Snivy giggled lightly, (Your so clueless, just like Ash!) she stated.

Pikachu gave a small frown. He wasn't like his trainer; he wasn't childish…was he? But before Pikachu could answer himself the two Pokemon were suddenly interrupted as three of their friends crashed through the bushes.

(MY SKIN IS NOT BAGGY!) screamed Scraggy as he chased Axew and Emogla who were laughing like maniacs.

Snivy who hated rude interruptions stood up and glared at the younger Pokemon (Hey, guys what are you-AH!)

But in their frenzy of running the three rammed hard into Pikachu and Snivy and sent them flying from the privacy of the bushes and they tumbled over each other until they stopped in the middle of the field, were everyone could see them.

(Ow…) Pikachu groaned as he shook his head, and blinked his eyes open. Slowly he made an attempt to sit up but found that there was weight on top of him preventing him from doing so, (What the-)

But Pikachu stopped midsentence as he saw that the weight was Snivy! Snivy who was lying right on top of him! Her big crimson eyes looked down at him; a red color tinted the green skin all over her face, the female Pokemon's mouth slightly agape. Pikachu could feel his face burn with embarrassment. Shakily a smile wobbled on both of the blushing Pokemon's faces, when they became aware of each other's smiles, they quickly looked away.

(Well what happened here?)

Suddenly two figures loomed over Snivy and Pikachu, looking up they saw Pignite, who was who also was accompanied by Oshawott, the two of them grinning as they survived the position the two had fallen into.

(Aren't you gonna answer?) snickered Oshawott

(Uh um n-nothing happened!) stammered a more than embarrassed Pikachu as he squirmed under Snivy's weight.

(Nothing? It looks like a lot more than nothing is happening here,) Pignite reasoned his grin of amusement widening.

(We said it was nothing you two!) Snivy snapped, flashing her signature glare of intimidation at the fire and water type as she pulled herself off of Pikachu, (It was just an accident,)

(An Accident?) chirped Unfezant, she had witnessed the whole scene from the sky seconds before, and was now descending to get in on the conversation.

(Yes an accident) Pikachu confirmed as he stood up and shook the dust from his yellow fur. (Axew, Emolga and Scraggy came running through those bushes and rammed into us! An-And um…that's how we um ended up in that position) Pikachu finished in a rushed manner, as he eyed the grass, trying to ignore his embarrassment.

(Oh, alright but even if that did happen…what were you two doing behind those bushes?) Unfezant teased as she poked the Grass Snake Pokemon with her wing.

(Talking!) both Pikachu and Snivy shouted at the same time, causing each other to glance at each other before feeling heat rush to their faces.

The two's reaction caused Unfezant, Pignite and Oshawott to laugh.

(Right "talking") Oshawott repeated, putting air quotes around the word talking with is stubbing little hands.

(For Arcues sakes yes!) Snivy snapped swinging one of her vines in the otter Pokemon's direction. (What? Do you not believe us?) she questioned.

(No, no Oshawott didn't say anything like that,) Unfezant stated, pushing the vine away from the water type.

(Then what makes you think we're lying?!) demanded Pikachu as he tapped his foot.

Pignite snickered and nudged the electric type (Well, you two were behind that bush for some time...plus you're faces are kinda red so…)

(Th-That doesn't have to do with anything!) Pikachu shouted, his cheeks sparking with electricity.

(So stop questioning us!) Snivy finished, intensifying her glare.

Pignite, Unfezant and Oshawott stared at the grass type with an intimidating glare and electric type who's cheeks were sparking with enough electrical energy to zap them into to next week, and wondered if they could go farther into instigating them. But before the three could make up their minds the conversation was interrupted.

"Hey everyone! It's time for lunch!" called Cilan.

(Great, time to eat!) Pikachu said, his tone changing from upset to happy rather quickly.

(Yeah guys let's go eat!) Snivy added, in a rushed voice.

Without any other word coming from the other three, Pikachu and Snivy rushed out of the awkward situation they want so dearly to get out of. Each of them trying hard to ignore their racing hearts and burning faces.

(TG2012: I hadn't added any SinvyXPikachu for a while now and really felt the need to do so XD)

"Come on, Ash hurry up, already," Iris sighed, she gave an impatient tug on her hand that was linked to the raven haired boy's hand, who was taking forever at the water fountain.

"Iris…just hold…on," Ash responded, between breaths as he took sips from the cool water from the water fountain he stood in front of.

"You gotta hurry up, intermission is already over," Iris indicated to the people that were heading back into the theater, "if we don't go now, we'll lose our seats!"

"Okay, okay," Ash said, straightening up and wiping his dripping mouth with his free hand.

"Good, you're finally done," Iris started to race towards the theater door, dragging Ash behind her.

"Hey, slow down Iris," Ash said, he didn't even have time to get his footing before Iris had taken off like she did.

"Oh come you little kid, if you hadn't take so long at the water fountain we wouldn't have to be rushing," Iris reminded him, with a smile as they entered into the theater that was alive with the murmuring of the audience.

"Sorry, all that popcorn made me thirsty," Ash said defensively.

"Well you did eat most of it anyway," Iris stated with a roll of her brown eyes, as she and Zigzag face carefully maneuvered their way down the theater isles to get to their seats.

"I was hungry, we had to skip lunch because of this show-"

"Ballet,"

"Right, ballet,"

As the two sunk down into the soft red cushions of the theater's seats, Ash couldn't help but turn his attention toward the girl with purple hair. He didn't say anything, he just watched the Tree Fairy. The girl he loved, the one that kept calling him a little kid, was now acting like one herself! Iris was practically bouncing up and down in her seat, her dark brown chocolate orbs were aglow with excitement and anticipation for the sho-ballet, and a happy smile was vividly evident on her beautiful face. This is what she looked like through the entire thing, all happy and unimaginably psyched.

'Who knew going to see a people dance around in tutus would make the Tree Fairy act like a little kid a candy store,' thought Ash as he shook his head with amusement. 'But at least going to see this ballet thingy made Iris happy again,' a smile widened onto his face, 'I'm glad the Tree Fairy's not mad at me anymore or I-'

"Ash it's gonna start! It's gonna start!" squealed the dark skinned girl as she gave a cheeky smile as the lights dimmed and the beautiful sound of classical music drifted through the room.

Along with the music the ballerinas elegantly tip toed out onto the stage and started the performance for the second half of the show-er ballet. The two watched and every so often Ash would ask questions about parts he was confused on which Iris quickly whispered the answer before hissing for him to stop talking along with her playful line of 'little kid'. And as they watched Iris would gasp, squeal, going starry eyed you name it, she was just having the time of her life, and it made Ash smile seeing his friend so happy again.

Watching the ballerinas dance elegantly across the stage in decorative outfits was rather entertaining, and even Ash had to admit that the "girly" play wasn't as bad as he assumed it was going to be. The classical music was soothing and matched the way the dancers moved about on stage, the soft lighting illuminated the life-like decorations on the stage as well. Even the plot line to Swanna Lake wasn't half bad, the ballet was about a prince who needed to find a bride at the ball being held at the royal palace, but during the ball the prince doesn't find and girl he likes so he gets bored and leaves to go hunt Swannas. He finds a flock of Swannas at a lake, but when he about to shoot the biggest Swanna it transformed into a really pretty maiden. (Tg2012: I used Wikapiedea for that because honestly I know very little info on ballets) Well that's how far Ash had comprehended at least, before he started to get a bit distracted.

As the ballet continued Iris could pull her eyes away from the lovely stage and the dancers. It was as if the ballerinas had cast a spell on her as she watched and was lulling her in deeper and deeper the more she watched.

'The ballerinas…oh they're all so pretty!' Iris thought as she watched on leap gracefully in the air and land with ease, 'I wish I could dance in a gorges costume like that... but I wish they didn't have to cake some much makeup on their faces, they look like clowns!' but her thoughts about the pretty ballerinas and their crazy amount of makeup was interrupted by her friend.

"H-Hey Iris?" she heard Zigzag face whisper to her.

"Not now Ash, I'm trying to watch," Iris quickly whispered back.

"But Iris-"

"Shh! Ash you gotta be quiet!"

"But Iris uh…ugh fine,"

Iris resumed watching; smiling and completely oblivious to the growing problem Zigzag face was dealing with at the moment. She didn't notice how he gnawed at his lower lip, and was squirming in his seat and how every few minutes he kept trying to get her attention.

'Maybe drinking all the water wasn't a good idea…' thought a worried Ash as he tried to ignore the uncomfortable sensation in his bladder.

Taking a small breath Ash leaned over to the Tree Fairy, "Um, Iris do y-you happen to know when this things over?"

"I don't know, now shush! It's getting good!" came his response to the memorized girl.

"D-Do you think it'll last a bit longer?"

This time instead a verbal response from Iris se just gave him a sideways glance, it was a glance displaying annoyance that was mixed with a touch of sadness, "Ash, I know you probably think this ballet is boring and stuff," Iris started in a surprising calm tone, "but I chose this event to do today, and it'll mean a lot to me if you'd just stop distracting me until it's over okay," she turned back to the stage.

Ash opened his mouth, wanting to tell Iris the reason why he was bugging her, but then he just stopped and thought for a brief moment: On one hand he didn't want to upset the Tree Fairy by being a nescience, but on the other hand his bladder issue was important as well. His mind fought with itself for a while: Suffer for a little bit and keep the Tree Fairy happy or Upset the Tree Fairy again just because of a bodily function.

Ash cringed at the thought of Iris being mad at him, he hated it when she was mad, 'Well I guess I can wait for a bit longer,' he reasoned with himself. 'For the Tree Fairy that is…'

So for what seemed like forever, Ash sat in his seat trying to focus his attention on the Swanna Lake ballet, but he was finding it harder and harder to do so as time passed. The discomfort he was feeling was quickly increasing and his bladder wasn't hesitating to send nagging signals to his brain, reminding him about having to go, badly. Biting hard on his lower lip, the raven haired boy drummed his fingers on his knee as he repeatedly kept reminding himself that it'll all be over soon, but he found that he was continuously mistaken.

'How much longer is this thing gonna last?' thought Ash who was now squirming in his seat, while fighting the urge to shove his free hand between his legs. The last thing he wanted to do was embarrass himself in front of Iris, but he hadn't noticed that he had already done so.

Iris had noticed Zigzag face's squirming. She had noticed how he would mumble to himself every time a new act of the ballet would start. But she had ignored the distractions, which was now a bad idea because now Ash's movement were becoming annoying and it was constant! It was driving her up the wall by how much of a nuisance his squirming was becoming.

Iris sighed as the right side of her body was jolted roughly to the right for the umpteenth time as Zigzag face once again started to squirm. Feeling that she now had enough, she whispered in the calmest voice she could muster, "Ash, will you please stop squirming? You're messing up my view,"

Ash glanced over at Iris, who was trying to adjust her gaze of the stage, he bit his lip as he felt his cheeks grow warm, "Um…sorry Iris, I-I'm trying bu-but I can't," he softly said.

"You can't?" Iris repeated, as she looked away from the stage for the first time and looked at Ash, she arched an eyebrow in confusion, "What do you mean? I'm just asking you to sit still,"

"I-I know…um but…er…"

Iris blinked she could tell just by the sound of his voice that Zigzag face was becoming embarrassed, "But what?" she questioned.

Ash felt his face burn even more; it burned even worse than all those times he had gotten hit in the face with Charizard's Flamethrower. He was already embarrassed enough, and he'd rather bury himself in a deep, deep, deep hole instead of telling Iris the reason for his nonstop squirming, but it was obvious to him that she was absolutely oblivious to his dyer need to use the restroom, so he had little to no choice but to tell her.

"Ash what? What's the problem?" Iris asked. Even though she wanted to continue watching, she knew she had no chance if Ash kept squirming around, it would be too distracting, "Just tell me what the problem is so we can fix it!" she hissed, trying hard to hide the irritation that threatened to show in her voice.

"Um…well it's just that…er well y-you see um,"

Iris stared at Ash, and even in the dark she could tell that Ash's face was crimson red, he was embarrassed, but why? Wanting to find out the answer Iris whispered, "Spit it out already,"

"I-I um…I have to go…" he quickly let the words fly from his mouth in embarrassment.

But when Iris received the words, she didn't comprehend, "G-Go?" she repeated, a frown collected on her face, "No way Ash, we can't go! The ballet's only isn't even over yet!"

"No, not like that!" seeing that Iris misunderstood him, Ash quickly try to clarify what he meant, "I mean...er I-I have to go," he put emphasis on the last word in hopes the Tree Fairy would get it now.

But Iris remained oblivious and only grew more upset at what Ash said. She couldn't believe it, why did Zigzag face want to leave? This was her day to choose an activity and going to see the Swanna Lake is what she wanted to do! And Ash seemed like he didn't care!

"Ash if you can sit through the first part of the ballet, I'm pretty sure you can sit through the other half," Iris whispered in an upset tone to her raven haired friend.

Ash bit back a groan as he felt another signal that his bladder was giving his brain, it was more than uncomfortable and he could barely stand much more of it, "But Iris…th-this has nothing to do with the play-"

"It's a ballet, and we're not leaving until it's over! And I don't care-"

"Iris," Ash cut in, with a desperate look on his face, "I don't mean I have to go as in leave, I-I mean…um," he swallowed hard, "I have to go as in…you know…" he looked away, more embarrassed than ever.

Iris opened her mouth and then immediately shut it, she didn't know what was keeping her from understanding before but now it all clicked. The purple haired girl, flushed red as she realized that she had misunderstood Ash, but as she fought off the urge to face palm herself she managed to utter out in a soft, barely audio able voice:

"Ash…y-you don't mean…"

It was confirmed with a stiff nod of Zigzag face's head.

Iris sucked in air as her brain started to fight with itself. Should she be mad? Embarrassed? Worried? Disturbed?!

But before she could make up her mind words formed in her mouth and before she could think twice about them they escaped from between her lips, "Ash...you have to…pee?"

The raven haired boy cringed at hearing the word, but glance up at the Tree Fairy, mumbled, "Yes," before return his attention to the dark floor.

"You have to go now?"

"Mmhmm,"

"As in right now?"

"Yes, Iris now,"

"Well…c-can't you just wait?"

"But I have been waiting…and Ihavetogoreallybad,"

"Ash, can't you-"

"SHHH!" was the sound that interrupted their conversation.

Both of them turned to see a little girl, who sat next to Iris with a large bucket of popcorn on her lap, frowning at them with her butter covered lips, "Stop talking, I'm trying to watch the show,"

"It's a ballet," Iris corrected.

"I don't care, you two are being loud, and that's rude!" she licked her buttery fingers, "Now if you're boyfriend has to go potty, let him go potty!"

"H-He's not my boyfriend!" Iris stammered out to the girl as she jammed more popcorn in her mouth.

"But I do need to go potty-I mean to the bathroom," Ash reminded Iris as he stood up.

"Ash no sit down," Iris said tugging on the hand that held them together.

"But Iris, I have to go," Ash muttered, trying hard not to sound like he was whining as he squirmed a little.

"Ash, stop that!"

"Stop what?"

"The squirming…it's embarrassing!"

"I can't help it!"

"Just stop!"

"Then get up, please, I gotta go besides it'll be really fast, I swear!"

By now the two's bickering could be heard thought out the theater and many of the other members of the audience around them were "shh"ing them and complaining about them blocking their view. Iris sat there, not know what to do, she was already mortified enough and now those other people were making it worse. And as much as she tried to fight it, Iris had no choice but to get up and walk out of the theater, besides she didn't think Zigzag face could wait any longer, especially when they started the screen with the pond that had splashing water and everything.

"Oh Arceus, that was mortifying," muttered Iris as Ash lead the way out of the quiet darkness of the theater and into the bright and noisiness of the mall. Iris had to shield her eyes from the bright lights, but also to keep the passing people from seeing her red face.

"It wasn't that bad," Ash said, trying to be optimistic even though he knew what he said was a lie, as he looked at the Tree Fairy, who only looked away with an aggravated huff. Sweatrdropping as he turned away, scanning the area around for bathroom signs, Ash added under his breath, "It could have been worse,"

But his words were picked up by the dark skinned girl's ears, and she responded, "Worse?" she asked, sounding as if she had just been told the punch line to the corniest joke ever, "how could that not have gotten any more worse? I mean you were squirming around like a Magikarp out of water,"

"Well what did you want me to do?" Ash asked, and then cringed at how a little child was playing in a large spraying fountain nearby, splashing and making a mess with the water before a disapproving mother pulled the child away.

"You could have at least tried to not act like such a little kid," even though he could tell that Iris was bit annoyed with him, he could tell the Tree Fiary was smiling as she stated the remark that was expected of her.

"Sorry…I couldn't help but squirm," Ash apologized with a blush as he realized how embarrassing that was for the both of them.

"T-There's no need to apologize," Iris said. Surprised at this, Ash turned back to see the big dark chocolate brown eyes of the purple haired girl were aglow with playfulness, but the large orbs of dark chocolate turned away as she softly added. "It's just that…w-was all the squirming really that necessary?" She asked the questioned out of her own wonder and embarrassment.

"Well, did you want me to pee my pants?" he had asked the question without thinking and the second the words left his mouth, Ash instantly flushed deep pink and mentally kicked himself for letting those specific words form that one retarded question.

"…Um w-well, no I-I wouldn't w-want that t-to happen," came Iris's answer to Ash's question, with a small giggle.

Stealing a glance back at the Tree Fairy, Ash could see his question had even embarrassed Iris. He saw that she was trying to stifle his laughter behind her small hand as she kept her big deep brown eyes gazing at the ground to avoid eye contact.

"Anyway, let's just get to the bathroom so you can do your business," Iris quickly said to the blushing boy that she trailed behind.

"Right," Ash agreed, as he turned away and approached the doors to the bathrooms. "And er…Iris d-don't tell anyone I-I said-"

"Don't worry, your slip up is safe with me, little kid," Iris said playfully, with a grin. "Now hurry up, and make it quick, I don't want to miss anymore of Swanna La-" but Iris cut herself off with a gasp and a sharp yank on their link hands, forcing Ash to stop in mid-step.

"W-What was that for?" Ash asked who had to balance out his weight because of Iris's sudden stop. He looked back to see Iris had stopped dead in her tracks, a look of shock now expressed on her face, "What?"

But instead of an answer, Iris just asked a question of her own, "What are you doing?"

"G-Going…to the bathroom," as if it was the most logical answer, giving a tug on Iris's hand as well.

"No you're not!"

TUG!

"But…But I-I gotta go…p-pee!"

TUG!

"I know…b-but you can't g-go in there!"

TUG!

"Of course I can it's a bathroom!"

TUG!

"But it's a men's bathroom!"

TUG!

"Yeah, I know that's why I'm going in!"

TUG!

"A-Ash I-I can't go in th-there!" Iris warned as she planted her feet firmly to the ground, resisting Ash who was, successfully, pulling her forwards with each struggled step he took.

"Iris, what is the problem?" Ash asked, seeing he was having little progress pulling Iris forwards, "I gotta now!"

"But, you…I mean I…uh we can't go in there!"

"What are you talking-"

"It's a guy's bathroom, Ash!" her finger pointed at the image of a male stick figure on the sign, and then she pointed at herself and finished, "And for the love of Mew Ash, if you haven't noticed, and I'm pretty sure you have, I am not a guy!"

Now that Ash was enlightened about on the issue at hand, the raven haired by couldn't help but panic a bit! Iris was right! She wasn't a guy! She couldn't go in the men's bathroom! And since Iris couldn't go in, he couldn't go in because if he did, Iris would have no choice but to follow!

"Iris I-I really gotta go!" Ash cried as he hopped lightly from foot to foot to illustrate his desperation, "a-and I don't think I-I can w-wait for much longer!"

Now it was Iris's turn to panic! What was going to do? On one hand, she knew she couldn't-no refused-to go into the men's bathroom. But weighing down her other hand, the dragon type trainer, defiantly didn't want Ash to wet his pants!

'Okay, Ash wetting his pants isn't an option,' thought Iris as she watched Zigzag face fidget around, 'But if I do go in there…' Iris then flushed pink, '…I might get scared for life! UGH! No, no, no! I can't go in there. I can't, I can't, I can't!'

But before Iris could verbalize this fact to her raven haired friend, she let out a yelp as Ash yanked her inside the men's bathroom!

"Ash no!" Iris squealed in horror as she was dragged into the restroom. Instantly when she was forced inside she brought her free hand up and covered her face with her hand and the droopy fabric of her shirt sleeve and braced herself for the worse.

"Sorry, Iris I couldn't wait any longer!" she heard Ash quickly say, "and beside…no one's in here!"

A huge sigh of relief rushed from Iris's chest as she dropped her hand to her side, only to cringe at the sight of the men's bathroom, with all the urinals that lined the back wall.

"What? Haven't you ever seen a urinal before, Iris?" Ash asked, grinning slightly at Iris's grossed out expression.

"Yeah, but I never thought I'd have to get this close to one," Iris answered in disgust as Ash lead her up to one. She looked at the white contraption males peed it. It made her left eye twitch somewhat, even though she had seen them before, being this close was just…weird!

"Okay…so I-I'm gonna do my business," Ash quickly muttered.

"T-Take your time," Iris quickly scooted over as far as their link hands would allow and planted herself in front of the urinal that was next to the one Ash going to use, and made sure the wall did it's job of blocking everything out.

"It wouldn't take that long," Ash stated, but then heard a small whimper from Iris. He rolled his eyes, it was obvious that Iris was severely uncomfortable being in the men's bathroom, and he knew he wouldn't be able to do his 'business' if she moved around or started to freak out or something. So knowing he couldn't wait much longer, he reached up and removed his Pokemon League hat and held it out to Iris, "Here,"

"Your hat?" Iris asked, surprised. Just like her hair, Iris knew Zigzag face didn't like others touching his Pokemon League hat it was his prized possessions!

"Take it; you know to cover your face. If…it makes you feel more comfortable that is…"

"Oh…um thanks,"

Iris took the hat that Ash held out, turned her head as far away as she could and pressed it over her face so all she could see was darkness.

"You can't see anything right?"

"Yup,"

"Good…I mean I-I wouldn't want-"

"Trust me; I wouldn't look even if my life depended on it! Now hurry up, Ash! Do what you gotta do!"

With that being said, Iris focused on the darkness, and tried to ignore the awkward sound of urine hitting the urinal. Even though she couldn't see anything, Iris still felt utterly embarrassed and her face grew hot as she continued to wait, and wait and wait for Zigzag face to be done.

"Did you drink a lake Ash? Why is it taking so long?" Iris muttered after what felt like forever.

"I just finished, geez," came Ash's response as the trickling sound stopped, and the sound of Ash adjusting his pants could be heard. "Okay you can look now,"

Ash saw the Tree Fairy hesitate, which he assumed was normal, he gave a small laugh as he reached for his hat, and pulled it away.

"Ash!" Iris shouted, her eyes were closed and her face was red with blush.

"I said I was done, Iris, you can open your eyes," Ash said, now laughing.

"It's not funny," Iris pouted as she blinked open her eyes, "besides you'd be nervous too if you were in the girls bathroom!"

"Well were not, so-"

But before Ash could finish, a sound cut through the air. It was a horrible sound. A dreaded sound. It was the creaking sound of the bathroom door opening! Someone was coming in!

Oh no, what will Iris and Ash do?! Will some spot them in the bathroom! Find out in the next chapter of Give Me Your Hand!

Sorry for leaving you guys at a cliff hanger, but I just help myself XD! But no need to worry because the last part of this chapter is pretty much complete so it'll be out really soon! So until next time:

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