Won: Wow! Look at all the great supporters! I feel loved!

Someone mentioned that there weren't any flaws in this, I think. -bows to the commentor that said it- Thankyou grasciously. Really. You have no idea how good that feels.

Well, until I here from my fans again, read on! Ja!

Gary opened his eyes to hear voices at the front door, downstairs. He groaned, eyeing his clock. Who would be hear this early? The sun was high in the sky, though...

His heart sank. The clock numbers were flashing. They must've had a power outage last night and it had screwed over his alarm clock. He jumped out of bed and ran to his dresser, trying to jam clothes on. He panicked as he heard Tracy tell someone he was upstairs. He nearly fainted when he heard Ash answer back.

'Damn! I'm not even dressed yet and he's coming upstairs! Fuck thunder-storms!' The auburn-haired boy thought, hopping around trying to get in his pants.

There was a knock at his door. Gary fell over.

"What are you doing in there? Knocking things over?" Ash asked from the other side. The doorknob rattled.

"Uh, don't come in!" Gary called.

"Why not?"

"I'm, ack!" He fell over again, "I'm getting dressed!"

He heard a groan on the other side of the door. "You overslept!"

"Duh. Not my fault. That would be the storm's fault!" Gary growled, fumbling with his shirt.

"I'm coming in. I've seen you undressed." Ash grumbled.

"But, -fuck!- but I have to find your present!" came the muffled reply as the green-eyed boy struggled to make his bed.

"Present?"

"YES! Now be patient! I'm in a rush, here!"

He heard Ash giggle.

"This is not funny."

"I think it's hilarious, but whatever." Ash admitted.

The older boy growled again and looked on his nightstand. His face paled.

The box was gone.

"FUCK!"

Ash jumped. "What was that about!"

Gary tore through his room, throwing things everywhere. "I-I know I had it! It was right here!" He rushed out of the room, almost knocking over Ash.

"Hey!" The dark-haired boy pouted, "Thanks a lot!"

Gary ignored him. He ran to the bathroom and looked on the sink and in the medicine cabinet. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, FU-UCK!"

Ash hurriedly got out of his way when he zoomed off to another room. "What the hell is wrong with you!"

"I CAN'T FIND THE FUCKING THING!"

Ash shook his head. "What thing?"

"The present I had for you! I can't find iiiit!" Gary whined.

The younger boy slapped his forehead. "That figures..."

Gary grabbed his hair. "Where the hell is it! Wait..." He glared.

From downstairs, where Tracy was examining a very pretty necklace in a velvet box, there could be heard a very loud and angry yell.

"TRAAACYYYY! GIVE IT BACK, YOU MOTHER FUCKING WHORE!"

Tracy knew he was in trouble. In seconds, Gary had pounced on him.

"You idiot! Why did you take it!" The auburn-haired boy glared daggers at the older.

"I wanted to see it." Tracy said coolly. He handed the box over. "Here. I'm done with it."

Gary looked in it, seeing if the present was still there. He smiled.

"Thanks. Now then." He got off of Tracy and went to go find Ash.

Said Ash was waiting in the living room, looking very bored and extremely pissed off. He glared at Gary when he came in.

"Knock me over again. See what happens." The younger boy warned.

Gary shook his head, sitting down next to Ash, box behind his back. "I didn't mean to knock you over. Really. Now, you want your present?"

Ash looked at him flatly. "No."

The older boy blanched. "Wha-?"

Ash shook his head, looking away and crossing his arms. "Not until you apologize."

"Oh, I'll give you an apology." Gary murmured. He grabbed Ash's face and kissed him viciously. Ash seemed to have been expecting this, because his arms automatically locked themselves around Gary's neck.

After a few minutes of this, they finally broke apart for air.

"So," Gary said, gulping more precious oxygen, "Apology accepted?"

Ash nodded. "Yep."

The older boy took the box out of the pocket he had stashed it in and handed it to the other boy, who was straightening his clothes.

Ash's eyes widened slightly. "Oh, that kind of gift..."

"Yeah, this kind."

Ash took the box, eyed Gary suspiciously, and flicked open the lid.

"..."

Gary cocked his head. "Well...?"

Ash tapped the side of the box absent mindedly. "This was...your sister's..."

Gary nodded. "I thought you might want it."

The gold chain sparkled innocently in the box, a little gold Poke'ball hanging on the end of it. The button on it was a little red ruby. It was minute sized; about as big as a small marble. Tiny and easy to hide under a shirt, if you wanted to hide it.

Ash bit his lip. "Look, um, this is nice, but..."

Gary waited.

"...I can't take it. It was you sister's. You should keep it." He pushed it back at Gary.

But Gary gave it back, clasping Ash's hands around it.

"I've got a room full of stuff Sis left behind. One necklace isn't going to kill me. I trust you with it. And..." He smiled, "...I think she'd really want you to have it."

Ash looked down at it. "You're sure?"

"I was sure when I found it." Gary replied. Ash sighed in a defeated way.

"Okay. I'll keep it. Just don't be mad if it gets lost." He muttered.

Gary fastened the clasp around the other boy's neck. "Then don't take it off."

Ash shrugged. "I could do that." He fingered the links of the chain, "I like it."

Gary laced the fingers of one of his hands with Ash's. "Glad you do." He cupped the boy's cheek in the other hand, "Now here's the other part." He pressed a chaste kiss to the younger boy's lips.

"I love you."

"No," Ash said softly, "Au Shiteru." They both smiled. The two of them shared a few more brief kisses before Gary sprawled out on his back, Ash lying contently on his chest.

"I'll miss you." The older boy whispered.

"I know." Ash whispered back, "I'll miss you, too."

Gary reached up, running his hand gently through Ash's hair. "Well, how long are you going to be there?"

"A few hours."

"No, I mean Japan. How long is your dad going to keep you?"

"Oh," Ash closed his eyes, a light yawn escaping him, "that. For a month or two. Maybe half a year, from what I've heard."

"Well, then you can visit me! Your dad does live in Tokyo, right?"

"Yeah."

"Than you can visit the campus, sometime!" Gary said, "And Tokyo's real nice at night. You'll love it. I'll swing by your place after school and pick you up, huh? How's that sound?"

Ash chuckled. "Sounds nice. I'll have to remember to call you to tell you where it is."

"Done! A date in Tokyo it is!" They both laughed softly.

"And then we can come back here." Ash added.

"Uh..." Gary cringed, "...Not quite. You may get to come back, but I have to stay there for another, um...seven months."

Ash's face fell. "Oh...Well, then what am I supposed to do until then?"

"Call me, write me, e-mail me, the list goes on." Gary said, ticking them off on his fingers. Ash sighed heavily. "Cheer up; At least we'll be in the same place together for a few months." Gary said.

"I know, but," Ash sighed again, "what about the rest of them?"

"Like I said, you can always reach me. Might take a while, but you can reach me." Gary heard Ash sniffle, "Aw, come on, don't cry..."

Ash hid his face in Gary's shirt. "I-I wanna be where you are...always. Or at least just be able t-to see you..." He sniffed again.

Gary wrapped his arms around the boy. "Don't worry. We'll see each other. I promise."

Ash just sighed and prayed that he was telling the truth.