Thanks for the reviews guys. I got to update a lot quicker this week because I didn't really write a lot of exam papers.
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Anyway I had to split this plot up into two chapters or else this chapter would have stood at about 11 000 – 12 000 words, which is not nice to read I know.
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Changing Ways: Chapter 8: "Confessions":
"Misty wake up…yoohooo Misty hellooo! It's time to get up!" a familiar voice was yelling as banging noises could be heard from the outside of Misty's room against the door.
"Uhhhh…" Misty groaned as she turned onto her stomach. She looked over at her Staryu-shaped clock which read 6:30 in the morning. "6:30…come on Ash you've got to be joking." Misty sighed as she buried her face in her pillow.
Ash banged his fists repeatedly against the door again. "Misty come on! Wake up wake up wake up!" he yelled through the door.
Pikachu had joined him in the meantime. "Pikachupiiiii pika pikaaaaa" Pikachu also yelled at the door as he banged with his paws against it.
"Ugggh…guess I'm not sleeping again…" Misty said into her pillow as she willed her body to sit up, but her face was still buried in the pillow.
"Mis-"
"I'M COMING!" Misty yelled at Ash, which was followed by a loud thud.
"Ouch…my head" Ash mumbled as he sat up after he fell backwards because of the fright. He rubbed the back of his head in disgust.
The door slowly opened and Misty poked her head out. "Uhmmmm…what just happened out here?" she inquired as she looked down at Ash sitting on the floor.
Pikachu went to Misty and stood next to her as he crossed his arms and frowned as he shook his head in aggravation.
Ash glanced up at Misty with one eye as he slowly stood up. "Sjeesh…was it necessary to yell like that Misty…" he mumbled bitterly.
"Well I wouldn't have yelled if you hadn't BANGED ON THE DOOR FOR TEN MINUTES!" Misty exploded as she fully opened the door and stood in the doorway.
"…I uh…wow…" Ash mumbled as he stared wide-eyed at Misty.
There, in the doorway, stood Misty...wearing a white t-shirt that exposed her midriff slightly accompanied by a pink pair of panties…
Misty tilted her head to the side as she watched Ash's sudden dimwit behavior. "Uhm…what wrong with you?" she asked as she took a step closer to him.
Ash yelled and reversed back a few steps and ultimately tripped over his own hands and fell down on his back, trying to focus his eyes anywhere except on Misty, who unknowingly hasn't noticed anything about her choice of clothes as to yet.
"Ash, are you okay?" Misty inquired as she frowned at the clumsy trainer. She then felt a small paw poking her leg. "Huh," she looked down. "Oh hey Pikachu…what's wrong…"
Pikachu was standing with his other paw closing his eyes and he even looked the other way. "Pika Pika Pikachupi…" he said as he pointed up at her.
"What? What's wrong now?" Misty said as she looked around her. "Ser-"she stopped midway through that sentence when she caught a glimpse of her own body…and what she was wearing…and then she froze.
"Uh…Misty…" Ash squeaked out as he took a peek at her. "Are you ok-"
"WHOOOOOOA, LOOK AWAY…NOW!" Misty yelled as she jumped back into her room and slammed the door shut.
Ash and Pikachu stared at the shut door as they sweat-dropped and then turned to face each other.
"Uhm Pikachu, what just happened?" Ash asked his yellow friend.
"Pika Pikachu…" Pikachu shrugged his shoulders and looked just as puzzled as Ash.
Both of them turned their faces to the door again and both gulped simultaneously.
"This could be bad…" Ash mumbled as he walked carefully to the door. He knocked softly on the door. "Uhm…Misty? Can I come in?" he squeaked against the door.
"NO!" Misty yelled on the other side of the door with her cheeks a bright pink color as she sat on the bed. 'How could I let that happen! Oh this is so embarrassing!' Misty thought as her blush intensified.
"Please Misty." Ash pleaded on the other side of the door.
"What do you want Ash!" Misty shouted as she folded her arms over her chest and stared at the door.
"Well…I wanted to wake you up so you could finish up. I really wanna get to the Pokemon Center to see how Totodile's doin. I'm really worried…" Ash trailed off as his expression saddened.
Misty stared sincerely at the door as she bit her bottom lip. 'Poor Ash...He must be worried sick about Totodile and I bet he could hardly sleep last night.' Misty thought as she slowly got up and started making her way to the door.
Ash backed away from the door. "I guess we'll have to wait Pikachu…" Ash sighed sadly as he turned around and started making his way to the living room.
Pikachu looked sympathetically at Ash as he started following him, but the turning of a doorknob behind him caught his sensitive ears' attention. He turned around to find Misty's head poking out.
"Hey Pikachu…" Misty whispered at the yellow mouse.
"Pikachupi…" Pikachu smiled and then turned around to where Ash was walking. "Pikapi Pika Pikachu" he exclaimed.
Ash turned around to where Pikachu was calling from. "What is it Pi-"Ash started, but he stopped when he saw Misty's head sticking out of the door. "Misty…" Ash mumbled as he made his way over to her door.
"Okay Ash…I'll finish up so we can go see Totodile kay?" Misty smiled as she watched Ash's expression lighten up considerately.
"Alright, come on let's go!" Ash said as he turned around to run to the Pokemon Center.
"Hold on Ash!" Misty yelled, which caused Ash to trip over his feet and fall face first onto the ground. Misty giggled at this. "I'm taking a shower first and then we can have breakfast AND THEN we can go see Totodile. Now go wait in the living room," Misty looked down at Pikachu. "That includes you too Pikachu." she said as she banished them to the living room area.
"Hmph…fiiiine…" Ash sighed as he and Pikachu made his way down the stairs to the living room area.
Misty aggravatedly sighed at Ash's one-track mind and closed the door behind her and made her way over to her closet. Rummaging through the closet she picked out some clothes and made her way back to the door. Opening the door slightly, Misty poked her head out again and looked around for any sign of Ash or Pikachu. When she was sure that they were nowhere near her, she took her chance and darted down the hall and into the bathroom, making sure to lock the door behind her.
"Phew…" Misty sighed in relief as she put her clothes down on the sink and opened the taps of the shower. She took off her t-shirt and threw it on the laundry pile in the corner. Next she removed her pink panties and, as she looked at it, a blush formed on her cheeks as memories of earlier ran through her mind. "Uhhh…" she stuttered out as she looked at them. Quickly shaking her head to get the nasty experience out of her head, she threw the panty on the laundry pile. Misty stepped into the shower and relaxed almost instantly because of the hot, soothing water flowing over her…
Meanwhile Ash and Pikachu were sitting on a couch in front of the television. There was currently a rerun of this year's Indigo League showing and Ash was now mesmerized in it. Pikachu was taking a nap on the spot beside Ash on the couch.
"Wow look at that Steelix! And that kid's Arcanine!" Ash exclaimed like a little kid in front of a candy shelf in the store. "Man I would love to have a battle against those guys…right Pikachu?" Ash said as his eyes glimmered because of his thirst for pokemon battle. "…Pikachu?" Ash called out again as he turned to his loyal companion, only to find him sleeping soundly next to him. Ash pouted in annoyance and hmph-ed as he turned the other way. He found himself looking straight into a photograph of four girls.
Ash unconsciously smiled at the photo. 'Misty…' he thought as he stood up and walked to the photo to get a better look.
It was a photo of Misty and her three sisters; Daisy, Violet and Lily, which looked as if it was taken just before Ash and Misty met. All four of them looked happy with Misty in front in the middle of the picture.
'Wow…' Ash was staring intently at the photo as he stood in front of it. "Misty sure is pretty…she's prettier than her sisters in my eyes…" Ash mumbled without knowing that, in the meantime, Misty had walked into the room and had heard the last bit of the sentence.
"What about my sisters?" Misty asked him.
Ash cringed at hearing Misty's voice. 'Uh-oh…' Ash thought as he turned to Misty, but his face full of fear was soon replaced by one of utter amazement.
There stood Misty, wearing a light yellow sleeveless hoody with a dark blue pair of shorts and long, white socks accompanied by brown snickers. She stood with her hands on her hips and had an aggravated look on her face.
"Wow Misty…I like your new look…" Ash said as he stared dumbfounded at Misty. "You look so pretty…" as soon as those words left Ash's mouth; he shut it with both his hands.
Misty's eyes grew wide as she heard Ash's statement. "I…uh…" Misty stuttered out as her face grew increasingly pink. "Uh…breakfast! We've got to finish up so we can go see Totodile!" Misty staggered out as she fled to the safety of the kitchen.
'Wow…did I really just say that?' Ash slowly let go of his mouth as he watched Misty disappear around the corner. "What's wrong with me! Why in the world would I say something like that about Misty?" Ash wondered out loud as he felt his head for any signs of fever or delusionality. Sadly there were none and this admiring of Misty was freaking Ash out. Sighing, Ash made his way into the kitchen and he saw Misty already seated and busy pouring some milk over her cereal. Ash made his way over to the chair opposite of Misty, trying to dodge eye-contact with her as much as possible.
Misty, who now had a blush because of Ash's presence, slowly propped a spoon full of cereal into her mouth as she looked up at Ash, who was staring intently into his own bowl of cereal. Misty sighed and frowned at him as she propped another spoon full of cereal into her mouth.
Ash kept eating quietly, but, to be honest, he was as hungry as a Snorlax. He looked up at Misty, only to find her staring weirdly at him. He was taken aback by this and glared at her. "What are you looking at?" he asked a bit harshly.
Misty's frown quickly turned into a glare of her own. "What? I can't look where I want in my own house?" she retorted back.
Ash frowned. He wasn't really in the mood to argue with Misty right now. To be honest, looking at her was starting to make him blush slightly. "Well I uh…I didn't say that…" he mumbled out as he went back to eating his cereal.
Misty stared at Ash in disbelief. 'Did Ash just back off from an argument?' Misty thought to herself as she slowly continued eating her cereal.
Things were now pretty uncomfortable between the two, with Ash experiencing weird thoughts and lapses of concentration when he looks at Misty, and Misty not quite understanding Ash's weird behavior.
Misty drank the milk that was left in her bowl and stood up. She made her way over to the sink and started rinsing her bowl.
Ash looked at Misty out of the corner of his eye while he slowly started drinking his leftover milk.
Misty sighed aggravatedly as she put the bowl down. The silence was really beginning to irritate her. Swallowing her pride, Misty turned to Ash with a smile on her face. "You ready to go Ash?" she asked.
Ash looked up at her with his mouth full of milk and quickly nodded as he got up and started rinsing bowl out. "Yeah let's go Misty!" Ash yelled as he finished swallowing the milk and put the bowl down next to Misty's. Then he went into the living room. "Pikachu, come on buddy we're going to the Pokemon Center."
Misty face palmed. "Ugh…Ash is such an idiot! He completely forgets about everything around him as soon as he hears anything related to pokemon!" Misty grumbled as she made her way to the front door.
Ash emerged from the living room area with Pikachu on his shoulder. "We're all set to go Misty, aren't we Pikachu?" Ash smiled as he scratched Pikachu behind his ear.
"Pika…" Pikachu yawned as he was still waking up from his nap.
Misty giggled and ran her fingers through Pikachu's fur. "Well good morning Pikachu." She smiled at him.
"Pika Pikachupi" Pikachu saluted her as he yawned once more as they walked down the road to the Pokemon Center.
Ash was walking considerably faster than Misty because of the fact that he would be able to see Totodile pretty soon.
"Ash please walk slower…Totodile isn't going anywhere!" Misty aggravatedly expressed as she grinded her teeth together.
"Awh chill out Misty…I just wanna see Totodile real bad!" Ash exclaimed as he started going into a jog, but it was ended as soon as Misty's fist connected with the top of his head.
Ash pummeled into the ground clutching his head, which now bore a bright red bump. Pikachu stood next to his master on the ground and patted his back in understandment and agreement of the punishment. Misty looked down on Ash as she smirked.
"What was that for!" Ash yelled as he got back to his feet and glared at Misty.
"Don't you have manners Ash Ketchum! You don't run off like a maniac and leave a lady on her own!" Misty yelled as she balled her fist in front of Ash's face.
"Well no one said you couldn't just run after me! There's nothing wrong with your le-"Ash said before he was cut off by a fist connecting with his head again.
"Excuse me! I will NOT run after you like some pet! Now we will walk at MY pace, do you understand Ash Ketchum?" Misty snarled as she swung her fist in the air just in case Ash decided to counter with another statement.
"I-"Ash began, but Misty tightened her fist at him. "Fine…" he mumbled as he carefully got up under Misty's glaring eyes.
"That's what I thought." Misty said as she clapped her hands against each other satisfied. She then turned around and started walking towards the Pokemon Center again.
Ash sighed as he watched Misty slowly making her way down the road. "Come on Pikachu…" Ash mumbled as he gestured for Pikachu to get on his shoulder.
Pikachu obeyed as he jumped on his master's shoulder.
Ash dragged his feet as he walked after Misty. "Sjeesh, the Pokemon Center is on the other side of town!" Ash complained as he noticed Misty disappearing in the distance. "Me? Running after a girl? Ridiculous." Ash snorted as an idea stuck into his head. "She said we aren't allowed to walk fast, right Pikachu?" Ash inquired with his yellow mouse friend.
Pikachu nodded as he turned his head in confusion at Ash. "Pikapi Pikachu?" he asked him.
Ash smirked maniacally at his friend. "Well Misty didn't say anything about flying…" he said with a mischievous look as he took a pokeball from his belt…
Meanwhile Misty was starting to slow down a bit when she noticed that Ash hadn't caught up to her yet. She stopped and turned around to see if Ash was closing in on her yet, but sadly there wasn't any sign of him. Misty frowned as she looked around for any sign of him. "Hmph…I must have been too fast for them. Oh well who needs th-WAAAAAAH!" Misty yelled half way through her sentence as she was scooped up from the ground and found herself looking down at it far below her. She then looked up to find herself sitting on a Pidgeot, behind ASH.
Ash turned his head to Misty and grinned. "Hey Misty how are ya?" he yelled as he smirked knowingly at her.
Pikachu's head popped out over Ash's shoulder. "Pi – Pikachu!" he exclaimed as he showed Misty a peace sign with his paw.
Misty's look of utter surprise soon turned to one of utter annoyance. "Ash Ketchum…" Misty said dangerously.
Ash gulped. 'Oh boy…better get myself out of this.' "Alright Pidgeot, take us up so we can get a nice view of the town!" Ash ordered his flying-type.
Pidgeot obeyed and soon started gaining altitude as it started flying on an upward angle.
Misty's eyes grew wide as she threw her arms around Ash. "Ash w-AAAAIIIIT!" she yelled as they went through the clouds. Misty held on firmly to Ash in fear of falling off.
Ash and Pikachu laughed because of the thrill while Misty was screaming with her eyes closed. Pidgeot stopped ascending and was soon flying constantly again.
"Misty…" Ash whispered as her eyes were still shut. "Misty you can open your eyes now…" he grinned at her.
"N-NO!" Misty stuttered out as she closed her eyes tighter and her grasp around Ash intensified out of fear.
"Awh come on Misty, you've gotta see this view." Ash reasoned wile Pikachu had made his way onto Ash's shoulder and looking at Misty.
Misty slowly peeked through one eye and sure enough, the view was breathtaking. "Wow…" she mumbled as looked at everything below her with an awestruck expression.
"What was that Misty?" Ash asked as he turned his head to look at Misty. "I could have sworn you just admired something." Ash said as he looked at Misty with a teasing expression on his face.
Misty looked up at Ash and a glare instantly found its way onto Misty's face. "Ash Ketchum what do you think you're doing!" she yelled, which caused both Ash and Pikachu to instantly look in front of them. "Don't you dare look away from me!" she yelled again.
"Uhm Pidgeot I think we need to go a little higher 'kay?" Ash said to Pidgeot as he winked at him.
Pidgeot smiled as it obeyed and slowly started flying in an upward angle again, until…
"OH NO, YOU AREN'T DOING THAT AGAIN ASH!" Misty yelled as she put her fingers in Ash's mouth and started pulling his mouth wider and shaking him around.
"O-kay okay p-please just stop you're hu-hurting me!" Ash managed to get out in between Misty's torturing. "Pidgeot don't do that. Just for-forget I said anything!" Ash screamed in pain.
"That's better." Misty said as she let go of Ash's aching mouth. "Now take us down," Misty stated sweetly. "Or else!" she added harshly as she held her fist to Ash's cheek.
"You heard her Pidgeot! Take us down!" Ash yelled nervously as he kept a watchful eye on Misty and her fist.
"Pidgeeeo" Pidgeot nodded as it slowly dived down towards the ground again.
Pikachu sighed at his master's fear of Misty and shook his head.
Misty inwardly sighed out of relief as she visibly relaxed.
Ash also sighed because he was now out of the dog box with Misty.
As they got under the clouds they could see the Pokemon Center below them.
"Alright there it is! Take us down to the Pokemon Center Pidgeot!" Ash yelled excitedly.
Pidgeot flew down and landed elegantly in front of the Pokemon Center.
Ash jumped off almost immediately and made a run for the doors.
"Wait, Ash!" Misty yelled after Ash.
Ash stopped, turned around and jogged on the spot. "What is it Misty?" he asked impatiently.
Misty was still sitting on Pidgeot's back. "Well, aren't you gonna help me off?" Misty asked Ash sweetly.
"Awh come on Misty I wanna see Totodile real bad!" Ash moaned as he looked expectantly at Misty.
Misty tilted her head to the side and pouted like a little girl wanting something from her daddy. "Pleeeease Ash, help me get down." Misty asked as she made puppy eyes at Ash.
Ash sighed. How could he say no to that face? He hastily made his way back to Pidgeot and held his hands out for Misty.
Misty smiled and took his hands and carefully climbed off Pidgeot's back. As soon as she was safely on the ground, she smashed Ash's face with her fist.
"What did you do that for!" Ash yelled as he clutched his head.
Pikachu and Pidgeot both looked on in confusion.
Misty dusted her hands off against each other and smirked satisfiedly. "That'll teach you to never, ever do anything like that to me again! Because next time I will NOT be so nice." She said venomously.
Ash got to his feet as Misty started walking to the Pokemon Center.
"Well, are you coming or not?" Misty asked Ash as she glared at him over her shoulder.
"Yeah I'm coming!" Ash retorted as he grumpily dusted himself off and took Pidgeot's pokeball from his belt. "Thanks you Pidgeot it was a lot of fun, return." Ash said as he recalled his loyal bird pokemon. "Come on Pikachu let's go see Totodile!" Ash said as Pikachu jumped on his shoulder.
"Pika Pika" Pikachu exclaimed from Ash's shoulder.
Ash hastily made his way to the front doors and went in. Once he was inside, he made a run for the reception counter where he found Misty talking to Nurse Joy. "Good morning Nurse Joy, where's Totodile? Can you take me to him right now please?" Ash hastily said.
"Ash, show some manners! You're so rude!" Misty hissed at Ash.
"But I wanna see Totodile noooow" Ash whined.
"Ash-"Misty said before Nurse Joy cut her off.
"Oh it's quite alright Misty. I understand that Ash is just worried about how Totodile is doing. It's no problem at all. Now follow me please children." Nurse Joy smiled sweetly at the duo of kids and Pikachu as she came from behind the counter and started walking down a corridor located on her left.
Ash hurriedly ran after her to catch up with Pikachu on his shoulder while Misty followed a few feet behind.
Nurse Joy stopped at a random door and then turned to Ash, Misty and Pikachu. "Totodile is fine Ash, you guys can go in and see it now." She said while smiling friendly. "Now if you will excuse me, I have to get back to the reception counter." She excused herself as she walked back down the corridor.
Ash burst through the door with excitement and there, in front of him was Totodile, peacefully napping on the bed.
Ash sat softly on the bed and gently shook his sleeping pokemon. "Hey Totodile…" Ash whispered as he shook Totodile a bit harder. "Wake up buddy." He whispered again.
Totodile slowly started stirring and pretty soon his eyes were fluttering open. "Toto…" it looked around groggily until it saw Ash sitting on the bed. "Toto-dile!" it exclaimed as it jumped up happily and danced around on the spot for a while before lunging at Ash and biting down on his head.
Ash laughed at Totodile's silly antics. "Haha cut it out buddy, that kinda hurts you know!" he laughed as Totodile kept dancing, causing more pain to Ash's poor head.
Pikachu scratched the back of his head and laughed half-heartedly while Misty giggled at the scene playing out before her.
Ash managed to get Totodile off of his head and was now hugging it against him while both of them laughed happily. "So buddy, you ready to come back to the Gym with us?" Ash inquired with Totodile after they both were satisfied with the greeting.
"Uh, wait Ash! Shouldn't you ask Nurse Joy for permission to take Totodile back with us first?" Misty asked Ash nervously.
Ash turned to Misty and then stared blankly at her for a while. "Yeah, I guess you're right Misty. Let's go ask her then!" he yelled as he got up from the bed. "Pikachu, keep Totodile company until we get back 'kay" Ash told Pikachu as he darted to the door followed by Misty, leaving Pikachu and Totodile alone in the room…
"Nurse Joy!" Ash yelled as he came to a screeching halt in front of the counter Nurse Joy was sitting behind. Misty stopped next to him after a while, out of breath after trying to keep up with Ash.
"Yes Ash? What is it?" Nurse Joy asked innocently as she looked up from the computer screen.
"Can Totodile come back to the Gym with us! I mean he looks fine, what do ya say Nurse Joy, can he?" Ash pleaded at a rapid pace.
"Well I don't see why not…" Nurse Joy smiled at the boy's enthusiasm.
"Yes!" Ash yelled as he fist-pumped the air. "Come on Misty; let's go get Totodile and Pikachu!" Ash yelled as he darted towards Totodile's room again.
"Just a moment Ash…" Nurse Joy stated calmly, which caused Ash to come jogging back to the counter again.
"Yeah Nurse Joy, what is it?" Ash asked Nurse Joy with a confused expression on his face.
"Well, I will allow you to take Totodile back with you, but I want it to take it easy for a while. It still needs to recover a bit. So just let Totodile relax by swimming freely in the pool or other fun activities." Nurse Joy lectured the two kids.
"That's a great idea Nurse Joy." Misty said. "It can play with all the pokemon of the Gym in the water and around the Gym!" she continued.
'Other pokemon…' Ash thought as he listened to what Nurse Joy and Misty were discussing. "Hey Misty," Ash said as he turned to Misty. "Do me a favor and go fetch Pikachu and Totodile okay?" he continued.
Misty looked at Ash with a confused expression on her face. "Why Ash, where are you going?" she asked him.
"I just gotta make a call to Professor Oak 'kay? I won't be long!" Ash yelled as he headed towards the video phones.
"Uhm…okay…" Misty stated as she sweat-dropped and headed to Totodile's room.
Ash sat down in front of one of the video phones and dialed Professor Oak's laboratory. The Professor's face appeared on the screen soon after that.
"Why hello Ash, this is unexpected. How are you?" Professor Oak asked with his usual friendly mood.
"Hey Professor, I'm doing great thanks. Professor the reason I called is because I really need a favor." Ash said in his usual happy-go-lucky demeanor.
"Sure Ash, what can I do for you?" Professor Oak inquired.
By this time Misty had went and fetched Totodile and Pikachu and was now approaching Ash from behind.
"Hey Ash-"Misty started but was soon cut off by Ash, who yelled out of surprise and fell off the chair. "Hm, Ash what are you doing down there? Oh hey Professor Oak!" she continued once she saw the Professor's face on the screen.
"Hello Misty, hello Pikachu how are you?" Professor Oak greeted them.
"I'm fine thanks Professor." Misty smiled happily.
"Pika Pika" Pikachu added from Misty's shoulder.
"Why did you guys sneak up on me like that…"Ash mumbled as he got back onto the chair.
"Well, I went and got your pokemon like you asked from Totodile's room, so I came here!" Misty said innocently. "Oh yeah, here's Totodile." Misty said as she gave Ash Totodile's lure ball.
"Totodile's room, did something happen you two?" Professor Oak asked sternly as his gaze was fixed on the two and Pikachu.
Ash, Misty and Pikachu all scratched the back of their heads sheepishly.
"It's a long story Professor. I'll tell you all about it when I'm home again. But don't worry! Everyone's fine!" Ash assured Professor Oak.
'When he's home again…does that mean that Ash wants to go back home already?' Misty thought as she frowned and looked down at the ground, deep in thought.
"Anyway Professor, I was hoping that I could send all my pokemon except for Pikachu and Totodile back to the lab, if that's okay with you." Ash said to the face in the screen.
"Well sure Ash, I have no problem with it, but why do you want to do that?" Professor Oak asked as he frowned in confusion.
"Well I don't want them to be kept in their pokeballs the whole time I'm here at the Gym. They'll be able to be out in the ranch there by the lab and be able to talk and communicate with the other pokemon. Oh yeah, would it also be possible to send Kingler to me? I want it and Totodile to have some fun here at the Gym. It's got a large pool and all of Misty's pokemon are here to play with." Ash explained to the Professor.
"Well sure Ash, good thinking my boy. I'll go get Kingler immediately." Professor Oak said as he disappeared from the screen.
Ash suddenly remembered something while he was waiting. "Bayleef…oh boy…" Ash sighed as he got up and took Bayleef's pokeball from his belt. "Come on out Bayleef!" he yelled as he threw her ball into the air.
Bayleef appeared in front of Ash. "Bay" she exclaimed as she looked around.
Ash kneeled in front of Bayleef. "Hey Bayleef, listen I was thinking. I'm gonna send you and all my other pokemon to Professor Oak's for a while until I get back home. Is that okay with you?" he asked as he rubbed over her leaf.
Bayleef seemed to be deep in thought. Memories of the weird room and the old man in the lab coat were coming back to her. Upon realizing what Ash was talking about, Bayleef negatively shook her head and moved closer to Ash. "Bay-Bay" she cried as she vigorously shook her head in disapproval.
Ash sighed at his pokemon's fondness of him. "It's okay then Bayleef, you can stay with us then." He smiled at her.
"Bay" Bayleef happily cried as she pushed Ash down on the ground out of approval.
Ash laughed as he slowly got up. "Okay so it's settled, Bayleef return." Ash ordered as Bayleef was sucked back into her pokeball. Ash clipped the pokeball back to his belt.
"Hello? Ash, are you still there?" Professor Oak's voice called out from the video phone.
Ash jumped to the seat in front of the video phone. "Here I am Professor!" he called out to Professor Oak's image on the screen.
"Right, anyway I have Kingler's pokeball here with me ready for transfer." Professor Oak said as he showed Ash the pokeball in his hand.
"Great, I'm going to send you Noctowl, Cyndaquil and Pidgeot Professor Oak." Ash said into the screen.
"I take it that Bayleef will be staying with you? She does seem very fond of you Ash." Professor Oak stated.
Ash laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. "Yeah, a little bit too much." Ash added.
"Well let's get started Ash." Professor Oak moved on. "Before I can send Kingler to you, you need to have a spot open and since you currently already have six pokemon with you, why don't you send Noctowl, Cyndaquil and Pidgeot over here first." He suggested.
"Sure thing Professor." Ash said as he placed Noctowl's pokeball in the transfer holder. "I'm sending Noctowl over now Professor." Ash said as Noctowl's pokeball converted into light blue static and disappeared.
"I've got it Ash." Professor Oak informed Ash as he held Noctowl's pokeball in the screen to notify him.
"Okay, next up is Cyndaquil." Ash said as he repeated the procedure and Cyndaquil's pokeball disappeared next.
"Cyndaquil made it safe and sound Ash." Professor Oak said as he held Cyndaquil's pokeball in the screen.
"And the last one is Pidgeot." Ash said as he put Pidgeot's pokeball in the holder and watched as it disappeared.
"There, all three of them arrived safe and sound. Now I'm sending Kingler over as we speak Ash." Professor Oak informed Ash.
And to the truth of Professor Oak's words, a pokeball appeared in the transfer holder next to where Ash was sitting.
Ash picked the pokeball up. "Thanks Professor I got Kingler." Ash said as he held the pokeball up to the screen for the Professor to see.
"Anytime Ash, goodbye Misty, Pikachu, you take care now." Professor Oak said as the screen turned black.
Ash got up from the chair and clipped Kingler's pokeball next to Totodile's lure ball. He then turned to Misty, who was still deep in thought. "Hey Misty, are you okay?" Ash asked her.
Misty looked up and snapped out of her thoughts as she saw Ash waving his hand in front of her face. "Huh, what?" she asked as she blinked a few times.
"I said I'm all done so what are we gonna do now?" Ash repeated his question for Misty.
"Oh uhm…I don't know? What do you feel like doing?" Misty asked as she put a kind smile on her face.
"Oh…well uhm…" Ash began as his stomach began growling. "Hehe…I guess I'm ready for lunch." Ash said as he laughed sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.
Misty smiled half-heartedly at Ash's normal behavior. "Well there's a nice restaurant down the street if you want to go eat…" Misty said to him.
"What are we waiting for! Come on let's go!" Ash yelled as he made his way to the door. "Goodbye Nurse Joy!" he yelled as he went outside.
Misty sighed and followed him. "Bye Nurse Joy; thanks for everything." She said as she waved to Nurse Joy.
"Goodbye you two, have a nice day!" Nurse Joy bid them farewell.
Misty got outside and saw Ash impatiently hopping up and down on one spot.
"Come on Misty hurry up." Ash said to her.
Misty nodded and started walking down the street.
Ash walked next to her and pumped the air with his fist. "Oh yeah, lunch here we come!" he yelled.
"Pi-Pikachu" Pikachu added with his own fist pump as the three of them walked down the street to the restaurant…
Yeah there isn't a lot of action happening in this chapter, and I doubt there will be a lot of action in the next chapter neither, but remember to review and please pm your team.