All right guys, here is a little trick-or-treat gift for you. Yesterday I was looking through this chapter and found that it was so unintentionally fitting for Halloween, that I just couldn't pass up on posting it today.

As such though, I have something I have to attend to in about an hour, so I had to sorta rush through the second round of revision. So I'm sorry if there are any errors. If there are, I'll fix them as soon as possible.

As for the rest of the chapters, expect for the next two to be posted on Friday, though it may be a little late, I'm guessing around 6-7 P.M.

Well, enjoy!


"Hello Gainesboro!" Misty screamed at the top of her lungs, throwing her arms into the air as she did so. Ash looked over at her and chuckled at her enthusiasm. The city itself was a massive expansion of buildings and skyscrapers, much like Crestpeak City. However, while Crestpeak City sported the more unique structures, Gainesboro had the much more standard, blocky skyscrapers and office buildings. There was one structure that stuck out to the two teens though, it was Gainesboro's world famous "Metropa-Mall". The building itself stood at least thirty stories tall, but its most noticeable features were the arches that spiraled around the outside of the building. Ash couldn't tell for sure, but the arches almost looked like…

"Rollercoaster tracks?" The trainer squinted his eyes to see if that was indeed what they were, as it was hard to tell with daylight vanishing as the sun set behind him.

"Sure is." Misty answered. "There's a rollercoaster inside of the mall."

Ash's eyes lit up as though he was a little kid on Christmas morning. "You mean there's a rollercoaster inside of the mall?!"

The gym leader nodded.

Ash knew that he had to get his next gym badge, but there was no way he could pass up the chance to ride on a rollercoaster that went inside of a mall. "We've got to go check it out!" He exclaimed, an excited look shinning on his face.

Misty seemed a bit hesitant to respond to that. She looked down at her red tennis shoes and scratched the back of her head. "Well don't you have to get your next gym badge?"

A puzzled look crossed the trainer's face. Back in Fluressa City she was practically dying to go shopping before going to Koga's gym. He found her change in attitude slightly odd. "That didn't stop you from talking me into going to Scarlett Town with you."

Misty bit down on her lip, tying to come up with a response. "T..that's why we shouldn't waste our time in a stupid mall!" She tripped on her words. "We wasted a whole day in Scarlett Town, so we should go get that gym badge now before we fall behind schedule."

Ash narrowed his eyes. "What's going on?" He leaned towards Misty, trying to figure out what she was hiding. "I thought you loved going shopping?"

"I do love shopping!" She raised her voice. "I just don't feel like going shopping right now." She was still hiding something.

"Uh huh?" It wasn't hard to tell that Ash didn't believe her. "I bet I know what it is…."

Misty rolled her eyes, expecting him to give some half thought-out answer. "And what would that be, Ash?"

"You're afraid of rollercoasters!" He pointed an accusatory finger at the wide eyed redhead.

Of course when I think he's too dense to figure me out, is when he finally gets it right!

"N..no I'm not!" Her voice shook. She wasn't going to allow the trainer to know anymore of her phobias. Carrots, peppers and bugs were far more than she wanted him to know.

A mischievous, crooked smile crossed Ash's face. "You know what," He said impishly. "I know you're afraid of rollercoasters."

"You can't prove that!" She snapped.

Oh no, why did I say that?

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"Why am I doing this?! Why am I doing this?! Why am I doing this?!" The redhead screamed as the safety bars of the rollercoaster's front car lowered over her and Ash. She had been talking a big game the whole time they were in line, but now that she was onboard this Gyarados shaped rollercoaster, not only was she terrified by the rollercoaster, but her old fear of Gyarados' began to resurface. "Why did I let you talk me into this?! I want to be in the daycare center with Pikachu!"

Ash began to laugh. "What's wrong Misty? I've seen you ride carnival rides before?"

Misty shook her head frantically. "Nice little rides like merry-go-rounds and spinning swings are fine, but the second it involves high-speed rollercoasters, it freaks me out!" She confessed. "There! I admit I'm afraid of rollercoasters! Now get me of this…" Before she could finish her plea to get off, the operator hit the green button, launching the Gyarados rollercoaster car down the track at blinding speed. "Ahhhhh!"

As the high-speed ride shot through a tunnel at near deathly speeds, the redhead felt a lurch in her stomach. Once the car exited the narrow tunnel, she found herself three hundred feet in the air as the rollercoaster began to spiral around the outside of the mall, causing her face grow a whiter shade of pale.

Ash had taken notice of this and began to feel that maybe this little idea of his wasn't the exactly a wise one. "Misty!" He shouted over the wind. The gym leader slowly turned her head towards him, revealing her pale complexion. Misty wanted to shoot a look at him, more than that she really wanted to hit him, but it took all of her willpower just to keep herself from puking… And that power was diminishing quickly.

Her face began to turn a slight shade of green as the rollercoaster made a hard left turn, then a little greener when the ride jerked downward, and when the ride finally reentered the mall, it wasn't a matter of if she was going to puke, it was a matter of when. Fortunately for her when the ride came to a stop, the safety bars raised quickly, allowing for her to run to the nearest trashcan.

Ash was quick to follow her, knowing what was about to happen. The second he saw the redhead throw the lid off of one a nearby black trashcan, he ran to her side, grabbing her long red hair and pulling it behind her head as she bet over the bin.

"Bgleeeh!"

The black haired trainer looked off in the other direction as her whole body shook with each hurl. Despite how unpleasant it was, he still kept hold of her hair with one hand, while gently patting her on the back with his other. "Uh.. Just let it all out." Ash tried to sound comforting, but it was hard to be soothing when you were holding someone's hair back while they were vomiting.

After a while, it seemed like she had finally stopped upchucking everything she had eaten that day. "Are you feeling better now, Misty?" He decided to turn back to the his redheaded friend, still holding her hair just incase. She began to pull herself up, but stopped midway through. "Misty?'

"Bgleeh!"

"Oh, that's nice." Ash turned his head away once more as she spat up whatever was left in her stomach. After a few more dry heaves, she was finally able to lift herself back up. Ash released her hair, but continued watching her closely. She turned to him, her eyes darkened and her skin still a little pale. "Uh.. Are you feeling better?" After he asked this, the trainer from Pallet felt a sharp pain in his left cheek as the fiery Cerulean Gym Leader smacked him across the face. He would have probably made a vocal retort for her doing that, but he knew deep down that he deserved it.

"If you ever make me get on one of those things again, I'll kill you, Ash Ketchum!" She screamed, fury filling her voice.

Ash began to speak, but stopped to make sure Misty didn't have anything else she wanted to add to that. After seeing she didn't, he finally spoke up. "I'm sorry Misty, I deserved that."

"You better believe you did!" He braced himself for another slap, only to be slightly relieved when he found out she wasn't going to hit him again.

"So," He seemed a bit hesitant to speak. "do you think we should head over to the gym?"

The redhead nodded, anger still fuming in her eyes. "Yeah, that might be a good idea." She didn't even try to hide her resentment towards him.

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The tension between the two teens as they made their way to the Gainesboro Gym was so thick, it could be cut with a dull knife. Ash had done many things that left Misty miffed at him. He had awaken her up by holding a Weedle up to her face, he'd made her come running out of the ocean screaming by just saying "Is that a Gyarados over there?", among countless other pranks. Never before though, had he ever made her throw up.

"So," He finally spoke up. "I just wanted to say I'm sor-"

"Save it Ash." She snapped. "Say that to me when I get the taste of puke out of my mouth, and maybe I'll forgive you."

"Oh c'mon Mist," He pleaded. "I'm really sorry!" The redhead paid no mind to his apologies.

Pikachu, seeing that Misty was clearly upset, decided to jump over from Ash's shoulder and onto Misty's. He started licking her on the cheek, hoping to maker the gym leader feel better. "Not now, Pikachu." She growled, causing both Ash and the yellow mouse to be taken back by her even snapping at the cute, electric rodent. Pikachu's ears lowered as he trudged back to Ash, his eyes a little watery.

"Pika." He moped.

Ash looked down at his sad, little friend, who was scurrying up his leg. "It's alright Pikachu." He said. "She just needs some time to herself."

Misty continued to pay no mind to the two, stomping with each step she took. It was like she was going out of her way just to be angry at the two, and poor Pikachu didn't even do anything wrong other than try to make her feel better. The redhead knew she was being impractical and was more than likely overreacting, but she was just too angry to really care.

Once the two trainers arrived at the Gainesboro Gym, they both stopped to examine its gothic structure. The architecture resembled that of an old cathedral. Giant stain glass windows, pointed spires, and gargoyles of various Pokémon surrounding the building. Ash felt a cold chill run up his spine as he realized that he'd have to go through the big wooden doors before him, and enter the ominous structure.

"Well, good luck Ash." Misty said, not showing any real care as she started to walk down the street.

"Huh?" The black haired trainer was thrown off by her leaving. "Where are you going?"

Misty stopped and turned her head to him. "I'm going to go relax at a Pokémon Center while you go get your badge."

Ash was dumbstruck by her willingness to just leave and let him fight this battle alone. "Y..you mean you're not going in there with me?"

"Nope." She said plainly as she continued down the darkened street.

Ash and Pikachu felt a cold sensation, realizing that they would have to venture through this challenge alone. The trainer gulped and approached the giant wooden doors, hoping that the gym had closed. It was nightfall after all, and most gyms never stayed open after sunset.

The door creaked open as Ash pulled the handle.

Shoot.

He contemplated as to rather or not he should enter the eerie gym. The inside looked to be a dark hallway lined with candles that barely lit the room. At the end of this hallway looked to be a heavy metal door with a Gengar door knocker. To top off the spookiness of the gym, the air that rushed out from inside the gym was cold and brisk, giving the trainer and his Pokémon goosebumps.

"A..are you ready for this Pikachu?" He turned his head towards his loyal friend. All he responded with was a tentative nod. Ash began to slowly creep along the hallway, feeling the cold air from the cobblestone floor run up his arms. Step by step he felt the uneasy feeling that filled his body grow more and more intense. Once he reached the heavy door, Ash began searching for a door knob, only to find that there wasn't one there. "Huh?" The trainer tried pushing the door, but it came to no avail. "Well Pikachu, I guess there's no way to get into the gym." He said, sighing in relief. "Let's go meet Misty at the Pokémon Cente-"

"Pika pi!" The mouse pointed towards the door.

"What are you pointing at, buddy?" His eyes followed the little mouse's tiny hand to see that he was pointing towards the Gengar door knocker. "Uh.. You want me to knock?"

"Pika." He nodded.

Ash made another gulp as he reached for the knocker. He took grip of the metal bar hanging from the Gengar's mouth, and slowly banged the bar against the door. This caused a loud metallic "clank" that echoed throughout the cobblestone hall.

There was no answer.

The black haired trainer shrugged. "I guess we'll have to come back tomorro-" With a sudden "whoosh" all of the candles in the hallway went out, blackening the entire hallway. As this happened, Ash and Pikachu both felt a cold chill shoot up their spines as a gust of cold wind filled the room. The trainer wanted to yelp, but the sudden chill left him speechless. Instead all he could do was let out a very faint gasp.

After a moment of standing in sheer darkness, the metal door began to slowly creak open, revealing a dimly lit, cobblestone battlefield with gargoyles of Charizards on each corner of the field. It was easily the creepiest league official battlefield he'd ever seen, but what was even creepier was the voice that came from across the field.

"La..la….la..la….lala lala, la lalala…" The voice made his blood run cold.

"Show yourself!" He tried to sound brave. "A..and stop singing that creepy song!" He heard a chuckle from across the field. From what he could tell the voice must have belonged to an old woman, though he wasn't entirely sure.

"What?" She cackled, seemingly making fun of Ash's anxiety. "It's just a lullaby my mother would sing to me when I was growing up in Lavender Town." Upon saying this, the lights lit up, though only just enough for Ash to see the other side of the battlefield. Before him stood an old woman wearing a purple dress, holding a wooden cane in hand. Her hair may have been a dark shade of blonde, but her facial features gave away her true age.

"Agatha?" Ash was stunned to see the nice old lady he met back in Viridian City to be acting so… creepy.

"The one and only." She gave a crooked smile. "It's good to see you again, Ketchum."

"What's with the act?" The black haired trainer asked. "I don't remember you acting so creepy before."

She chuckled. "You're not fighting that nice old lady that toyed with you in Viridian City, you're facing a member of the Kanto Elite Four!"

Toyed with me? Ash thought back to the friendly little battle the two had three years ago when her Gengar beat his Pikachu. If she was toying with me then, I'd hate to see what she's like when she gets serious.

Agatha grinned upon seeing the concern in Ash's face. "Are you going to battle or not, Ketchum?"

Ash was shaken back into reality by the question. "Y..yeah! You better believe it!"

She snickered. "Good." She reached for a Poké Ball. "The rules are simple, one on one, first to defeat their opponent wins." She then tossed the orb onto the field. "Go Gengar!" Upon the ghost Pokémon's release, the purple monster let out a mischievous laugh.

If I knew I'd be fighting ghosts, I'd have brought Noctowl with me. Oh well, too late for that now.

The trainer looked down at Pikachu, seeing if his buddy was ready. "Are you up for a rematch, Pikachu?" The little mouse gave a serious nod, all sense of fear and uneasiness from before no longer apparent. "Great!" Seeing Pikachu's confidence brought a sense of reassurance to the trainer. "Let's do this!" He shouted to Agatha. "Go Pikachu!"

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Misty spat out the mouthwash Nurse Joy was kind enough to let her borrow. It took a while, but the taste of her own vomit was finally gone. The redhead then took a sip of water and gargled before spitting again, getting rid of whatever excess mouthwash didn't come out the first time around. She looked into the mirror and saw that her complexion had finally come back. Her hair was a mess though, but that may have been because of the rollercoaster, or Ash holding her hair back while she was tossing her cookies into a trashcan that reeked of half eaten cheeseburgers and whatever other filthiness happened to be in there.

She let out a sigh and walked over to the bottom bunk of the bed she had rented out for the night, and fell flat onto it, allowing herself to bounce when her limp body hit the mattress. It certainly wasn't as comfy as the bed from the hotel in Scarlett Town, but after the day she had, she could care less.

As she laid on the bed, the gym leader began to think about the events that transpired earlier. Though Ash probably thought that she was mad at him because she threw up after going on the ride, that wasn't it at all. What she was so upset about was that he deliberately edged her on to do something he knew she didn't want to do, and he seemed to be getting a kick out of it the entire time.

However, after looking deeper into it, Misty realized that he wasn't entirely to blame. At any point she could have easily said "No, I don't want to do this". Instead she tried acting tough and did it anyways, just to prove to him that she would. So how could she entirely blame him when at any moment in time she could have easily just said no? These were questions that she was too tired to think about, deciding to instead just sleep on the question till tomorrow.

Misty pulled the blanket over her, and turned off the light. As her eyelids began to close, she could hear some chattering between Nurse Joy and someone else over the phone. She didn't mean to eavesdrop, but because Joy's naturally cheery voice carried so well, Misty couldn't help but listen in.

"Yes Doctor Carter, I know that your hospitals don't specialize in Pokémon, but trainers coming from Agatha's gym have been bringing in entire teams of Pokémon that are all in critical physical and psychological condition."

"I know it's a big favor to ask, but if you could jus-"

"Alright, I understand, we'll make due until then." After that, Misty could hear Nurse Joy hang up the phone.

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Pikachu flew back as Gengar delivered a shadow punch to the yellow Pokémon. For the most part this battle had been pretty one sided. From the very get-go Gengar hit Pikachu with a confuse ray, rendering the poor Pokémon prone to attack, and unable to fight back. Fortunately, after taking a hard hit from Gengar's shadow punch, Pikachu was knocked out of his confusion. However it was quite apparent that the damage had already been done.

"Pikachu!" Ash cried out, sweat trickling down his forehead. "Hit Gengar with a thunderbolt!" The little yellow mouse began to charge up as his red pouches began to spark.

"So predictable." Agatha snickered. "Gengar, use double team!" immediately, Gengar shifted into two, then four apparitions of itself. Not being able to tell which one was the real Gengar, Pikachu unleashed his thunderbolt at random, hoping to hit the real Gengar; It didn't work. Agatha chuckled at Pikachu's failed attempt. "Gengar, use shadow ball!" After hearing her command, all four of the Gengars began charging up a dark ball of energy, and eyed Pikachu menacingly.

"Pikachu! Use agility!" The electric rodent nodded, and started to sprint across the battlefield, zigzagging across the cobblestone floor. When all four of the Gengar unleashed their shadow balls, the Pokémon swerved between each incoming dark ball of energy, evading the attacks completely. After the attack, the four Gengar rejoined with the original.

"Impressive." Agatha's nodded, acknowledging Pikachu's nimbleness.

"Now! Use volt tackle!" Upon hearing the command, Pikachu zeroed in on Gengar and charged towards the ghost type as an electric shield surrounded him.

"Pika! Pika! Pika! Pika! Pika!" The yellow rodent cried out, dashing closer and closer to his opponent, who was still getting his bearings straight after shifting out of double team. Pikachu smashed into the ghost, sending it flying across the cobblestone battlefield.

"Gar!" The Pokémon cried out as it flew across the field. Before the purple ghost collided with the ground though, he was somehow able regain his balance and landed on his feet. If that wasn't enough, judging by Gengar's expression, the direct hit from Pikachu's volt tackle did little more than annoy the ghoul.

"How did he?" Ash couldn't believe what he was seeing. Pikachu's volt tackle hit with full force, and the Pokémon did little more than brush it off like it was nothing.

"You'll have to do better than that!" She cackled. "Use dark pulse!" The wraith fired a spiraling beam of darkness towards Pikachu, who was still catching his breath from using volt tackle. Being unable to move out of the way, he took the blunt of the attack. The blast sent him flying back to Ash's side of the field, rolling and bouncing on the cobblestone floor until he finally was able to land on his feet and skid to a stop.

"Pikachu," Ash's voice was filled with concern for his Pokémon, not sure if he'd be able to continue to battle. "are you alright?"

"Pika!" Though he was breathing heavily, he sounded sure of himself.

Agatha shook her head. "You're little mouse doesn't stand a chance." The crooked smile returned. "Let's end this! Use hypnosis in combination with nightmare!" Gengar's eyes locked with Pikachu's, his eyes glowing red. The little mouse tried to look away, but the hypnotic spell Gengar put on him made it impossible to avert his eyes.

"Pikachu!" His trainer cried out. "You've got to look away!" His demands were unheard as Pikachu's eyes began to close. Shortly after this, the electric rodent fell to the ground, asleep. Not wasting a second, Gengar began hovering over Pikachu, waving his arms over the sleeping Pokémon. "No!" Ash cried out, watching helplessly as Gengar induced a nightmare upon his loyal friend.

"Pika!" The Pokémon cried as he twitched and began to spasm. Just by taking one look at the mouse's face, it was easy to tell that the poor Pokémon was in an immense amount of pain. Ash called and pleaded for his starter to snap out of it, but all the begging and pleading was in vain.

"I'll stop if you forfeit the match." Agatha chuckled. "You might want to hurry up and do so before Pikachu suffers serious psychological damage."

Ash glared at the old woman. "I know he'll snap out of it! Just you wait!" Though he wished he could believe his own words, he knew he was lying to himself. Gengar's powerful hypnosis spell was too powerful for Ash's Pikachu to overcome. Not even the most strong willed of Pokémon could awaken from this deeply induced slumber. "Pikachu, you've got to get up!" He pleaded, feeling a pain in his side every time he watched his friend twitch in pain from the dreadfully induced nightmare. "Please Pikachu." His tone began to lower to the level of begging. Yet even so, Pikachu remained locked in this deep slumber.

This was it, there was no way Ash could wake his friend. He was left with no other choice than to forfeit the match. If he let it continue, his friend could suffer permanent psychological damage from Gengar's nightmare. "I'm sorry Pikachu." Ash felt a tear run down his cheek, feeling his eyes burn from watching his loyal starter face so much mental torment and anguish.

"Do you give up?" Agatha sounded as though she wanted to end the match, having no intention to severely hurt Pikachu.

Ash nodded. It hurt him to have to forfeit the match, but it hurt him even more to watch his best friend suffer like this. "I for-"

"Wait!" The metal door behind Ash flung open. The black haired trainer turned to see who the unexpected guest was, feeling a warm sensation in his stomach upon seeing who it was.

"Who are you? And what are you doing here?" Agatha snarled, seemingly infuriated with the interruption.

"I'm Misty Waterflower!" She shouted. "And I'm here to cheer on my friend!" Ash felt the warm sensation in his stomach begin to bubble as he heard those words come from her mouth. Misty looked over at Pikachu, who was still under Gengar's sleeping spell. "Pikachu!' She cried out upon seeing the twitching Pokémon. "I'm here to cheer you on! You've got to get up!" After saying this, Pikachu's ears began to perk up.

"What?" Agatha couldn't believe what she was seeing. As a gym leader, she could call this an interference and disqualify Ash, but if his redheaded friend could somehow manage to bring Pikachu back to consciousness, then she'd be more than willing to continue the battle.

As Pikachu's ears began to perk up, Ash's smile began to perk up as well. "Pikachu! Can you hear us?" He cried out to his waking friend. The yellow mouse slowly wobbled onto two feet, and gave a weary nod to both Ash and Misty, still shaken by the nightmare. "Pikachu, do you think you can keep going?"

"Pika." He nodded, shaking himself back into reality.

"I must say," Agatha started. "not many Pokémon have been awoken after being put under Gengar's hypnosis." She smirked. "He's a tough little rodent."

"You think that's impressive?" Ash snickered. "Just watch this!" He pointed directly at Gengar, who was seemed to be surprised by Pikachu's recovery. "Pikachu! Use flash!" The yellow mouse's cheek pouches flared, releasing a blinding light that caused both the ghoul and its trainer to cover their eyes. "Now that its blinded, use double team with agility!" Pikachu began to run circles around Gengar, and then began to create apparitions of himself, much like the ghost type did earlier.

Once Gengar regained its vision, it became confused by the sight of two different Pikachu's circling around it. Agatha couldn't be much help either as she was still trying to regain her own sight. Without his trainer to guide him, Gengar turned back and forth between the two Pikachu's unsure of what it should do.

"Pikachu, use thunder!" Both apparitions of Pikachu began to emit powerful amounts of electricity as they continued circling around Gengar. The ghost type, confused, couldn't do anything more than brace itself for the attack. The two powerful volts of electricity zapped the ghost and poison type, causing electricity to fill it's gaseous body.

"Go Pikachu!" Misty cheered on from behind Ash.

Agatha had finally regained her sight, but only to find that her Gengar was standing wearily between two circling Pikachus. "What's going on?!" She screeched. "What are you doing?!"

Ash cracked a grin. "I'm finishing the match!" He looked over at Pikachu who quickly came to a stop, ending the double team. "Pikachu, now that he's pumped full of electricity, use iron tail!" the little mouse's eyes lit up upon hearing the command. He dashed towards Gengar, his tail beginning to shine as a coat of iron overtook his tail. Once within range of the dazed Gengar, he swung his ironclad tail directly into Gengar, causing all of the electricity filling his gaseous body to conduct to the his tail, creating a small explosion upon impact.

"Gengar!" The ghost type shouted as the blast sent him flying across the gym's battlefield, landing on Agatha's side of the field. Once it hit the ground, it laid flat on its stomach, unmoving.

"I can't believe this!" Agatha was shocked by the events that just unfolded before her. "You actually won!" She looked up at Ash, who was now running onto the battlefield to pick up and congratulate his Pokémon, Misty right behind him.

"You did it Pikachu!" The trainer praised, full of pride in his Pokémon. He gave the little mouse a tight hug while Misty reached over his shoulder and scratched the rodent's ears.

"Great job Pikachu!" Her words were warm and sweet, strongly contrasting with her attitude from earlier.

Agatha looked down at her unconscious Gengar. "You did good old friend," She pulled out its Poké Ball. "now rest." She said, withdrawing the ghoul. "You've won, Ash." She looked back up towards the trainer, using her cane to walk as she approached him. "As such, you have rightfully earned this." She pulled out an oval shaped, black badge that had a single star in the middle. "You have earned the Night Badge."

"Oh wow," Ash gasped as Agatha placed the badge in his hand. "now I just have five more badges to go!"

The old lady nodded, cracking a sincere smile. "You have certainly earned this one."

The black haired trainer returned the smile. "Well, I couldn't have done it if it wasn't for Misty coming in and saving the day." He turned to his redheaded friend and gave her a wink.

She giggled. "It's not the first time I've saved Ash from losing a gym battle."

The ghost trainer looked towards Misty, keeping her smile. "If you were there when he was in the Sinnoh League, he might have even beaten Tobias." She let out a light chuckle.

The redhead looked over at Ash, giving him a snarky look. "I don't know, I may be a good coach, but I'm no miracle worker."

"Hey!" The trainer snapped. "Just you wait and see, I'll take down Tobias this time!"

Misty rolled her eyes. "Sure you will."

As the two continued bickering, Agatha couldn't help but think about the days her and Professor Oak would bicker with one another in a very similar fashion when they were younger. Of course he was Samuel Oak at the time, as he hadn't discovered his obsession with science and technology at that point. "Oh, what I'd do to be young again." She sighed.

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The two teens both took their respective bunks in the Pokémon Center's guest rooms. Both of them were exhausted from the strenuous day they had. From walking for six hours, to going on a world renowned rollercoaster, to taking on another member of the Elite Four. It was just another day in the life of Ash Ketchum and Misty Waterflower.

"So Misty, where are we heading next?" The trainer from Pallet asked as he laid his head down on the pillow of the bottom bunk.

The Cerulean Gym Leader thumbed through the Zerra tourist's guide, trying to see where the nearest gym was. "Oooo." She sounded quite interested in what she found.

"What is it?"

"Sunnyport Beach!"

"Cool!" Ash was more that up for a beach trip, especially with August coming up. "Do you think we'll be able to make it before the weather starts to cool?"

"If we keep a steady pace we will." The redhead closed the pamphlet and put it in her bag, which she kept at the foot of the mattress.

"Well," Ash paused to let out a yawn. "I'm gonna hit the hay."

"Me too." She yawned as well.

"Goodnight Misty." Ash said as he turned off the lamp on the desk next to him.

"Goodnight Ash."

There was a brief moment of silence as the two settled into their beds.

"Oh, and Misty?"

"Yeah?"

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry for earlier today."

Misty smiled, though Ash couldn't see it. "It's okay Ash. I forgive you."

Meanwhile, below her, Ash let out a smile as well upon hearing her forgiveness. "Thanks Misty, goodnight."

"Goodnight Ash." She said once again, this time much more sweetly than the first time.

"Sweet dreams." Both of them whispered, too quiet for the other to hear.


Well, Happy Halloween everybody! I've got a party to attend, and a few chapters to finish up afterwords. I hope you guys have enjoyed this chapter.

Until Friday, see ya!