Chapter 44: Let's Play A Game!


Day 19: 2:32 P.M.


"Good," Ashley said looking behind as she ran through the halls of the mansion, "No one is following me." She sighed a breath of relief and looked forward. Right in front of her was Alexis with a big grin on her face.

"Crap," Ashley frowned, "Why did I have to jinx it."

"Don't worry," Alexis said smiling, "We are both in the same boat."

"What do you mean?"

"We both are female counterparts of a certain boy," Alexis explained, "I'm the counterpart of that boy you made out with and you are the counterpart of Ash!"

"Interesting," Ashley said, "So are you going to turn me?"

"Of course not!" Alexis chimed, "As the AJ's official sister, it is my sisterly duty to make his life crazy. Same like you! You are Ash's sister so…"

"I have the right to mess with him as well!" Ashley said happily, "It sounds like awesome fun time! How do we do it?"

Alexis glanced at Ashley's hand and saw that she was holding something. "Hmm…" Alexis said as her smile grew even wider, "Is that a remote control?"


"Why did you have to go and get another remote control?!" AJ asked Melody as they and the rest of the residents explored the mansion for the missing girl, "That brings up bad memories!"

"We thought we could use it to cure Ash of his depression," Melody shrugged.

"Well you sure that a great job!" AJ said looking at Ash, who seemed a bit out of it, "Since you're such an amazing psychiatrist, why don't cure more crazy and insane people and then win a Nobel Prize while you're at it!"

"That sounds like a great idea!" Melody said. AJ just slapped his head in frustration seeing how dense she was.

"Speaking about crazy and insane people," Domino glanced around the area, "Where's Alexis?" Everybody looked around and saw that she was no where insight.

"Ah great," Sakura said, "Do you think Ashley kidnapped her?"

"I don't think so," May said, "Maybe she went to the dark side?"

"She was already on the dark side!" AJ said annoyed, "She has been an evil Sith Lord trying to kill me, the Jedi Knight, ever since she came into my life!"

"Oh come," Ash said, "Do you think she would join the bad side and try to help Ashley?"

"Greetings soon to be victims!" Alexis said over the loudspeaker.

"That would be a yes," Melody said, and then she paused before saying, "I didn't even knew we had a loudspeaker in this place!"

"Just focus!" AJ said, and then he shouted, "Alright Alexis, where the hell are you?"

"In a nice place with my new friend!" Alexis said, "Say hi to everyone!"

"Hello girls and totally cute guys!" Ashley's voice emerged over the loudspeaker.

"Ugh!" Ash said and then shouted, "Come on! This isn't nice! Just come back here and let's just go back to normal!"

"Back inside you?" Ashley said, "No way! I like being outside! The air is so much cleaner and now I don't have to clean up the mess inside of your head I made too! I won't go back… unless you can…"

"Can what?" AJ said.

"Well!" Alexis said interrupting Ashley, "Unless you can beat our little challenge! If you do, Ashley promises to return back inside Ash's mind and I will return the remote to you guys as well."

"Hmm…" Ash said to AJ, "We better find out what this little challenge is before we jump into it."

"Right," AJ nodded, "We'll here what they have in mind and we'll accepted it if we all agree to their terms!"

"We accepted!" all the girls said at once leaving the boys star struck.

"Really?" Ashley asked, "Don't you want to know what the challenge is first?"

"Yes!" the boys said quickly, "Yes we do!"

"No way!" the girls said louder than the boys, "We'll accept no matter what the challenge is! We brave and courageous!"

"More like stupid and thick!" AJ shouted at them, "What if the challenge could kill us and destroy our sanity?"

"Oh," Sakura said blushing, "We didn't think of that."

"Maybe we should hear what they have to say?" Domino said blushing as well.

"Too late!" the counterpart girls said in union, "Let's get ready to have some fun! Let the good times roll!"

"Shista!" all of them said as they all vanished one at a time. Soon, the hallway was empty and quiet, except for the giggling of the two girls on the loudspeaker.


"Hmm…" Domino said looking around, "This seems oddly familiar." She stood behind a podium with here name on it. On it, laid a buzzer that was attached to the podium by a cord. Across the room had a huge wall with tons of TVs built into it.

"You're right," Sakura said rubbing her chin at her own podium, "This is very familiar!"

"You are absolutely correct!" Alexis said appearing before them as if she beamed down from the Star Ship Enterprise, "This is very familiar! You want to know why? Because we are on my personal recreated set of Jeopardy! You two are about to play for points instead of cash in this game I set up. The one with the highest points wins a great prize instead of receiving cash!"

"And what is this prize?" Domino asked suspiciously.

"AJ of course!" Alexis said to them, "If you win this game, you get to keep him and no other girl is allowed to ever try and take him from the winner. Do you agree to these terms?"

Both girls looked at each other. Neither one of them wanted to lose AJ to the other. "We agree," both of them said strongly, "But where is he?"

"Here he is!" Alexis said to them, as she pulled out a remote control and pressed a button on it, "Here's your prince charming and prize!" A metal cage descended down from the ceiling with AJ inside it.

"AJ!" both girls squealed, "Are you alright?"

"I had worse days then this," he said with a shrug, "So yes, I'm alright."

"That's good to hear!" Alexis said to him, "Are you comfortable?"

"Would you be in this thing?" he sneered at her.

She looked at him for a moment and smiled, "Why yes I would! But let's move onto the game now! You two girls know the rules of the game and that you have to answer in the form of a question, but here's a twist to the game! You both love AJ with all your hearts, right?"

"Of course!" both girls sighed happily, "To be with him is like a dream come true."

"Those happy looks on their faces are rather creepy," AJ said looking at them.

"I'm glad you love him," Alexis said with a smile, then she grinned with a nasty look, "But since you love him, I suppose you know a lot about him, correct?"

Both girls' smiles disappeared off their faces. Come to think of it, neither one of them knew a lot about AJ at all. "Judging by the looks on your faces," Alexis said, "You two seem to know little about him. Let's hope he told you girls some things about himself, otherwise neither one of you'll win this game."

"Why?" Domino asked worriedly.

"Because all of these categories are about him!" Alexis said turning to look at the TV screens as the categories appeared, "Let's take a look at them right now! Here they are: AJ's Favorites, AJ's Dislikes, AJ's Family, AJ's Turn-Ons, AJ's Talents, and AJ: Fun Facts."

"Oh boy," Sakura said to herself, "We never really talked about each other's lives outside the game or about each other. I'm so clueless about him! We should have spent more time getting to know each other!"

"Since Sakura is AJ's girlfriend!" Alexis chimed, "She can pick first, what category?"

"Ah," Sakura said looking up at the screens, "I'll try AJ's Turn-Ons for 200."

"Alright!" Alexis said looking at the screen, "Here's the question, AJ prefers this type of color hair than any other."

"Umm…" Sakura said, "What is black hair?"

"Nope!" Alexis said. Sakura sighed sadly as she fell into the negative point's area. This could be a long game.

Domino pressed her buzzer and said, "What is blond hair?"

"Correct!" Alexis said. Domino smiled happily as she gained 200 points. She also ran her hand through her lush blond curls. It was great to have blond hair; she thought to herself now that she knew AJ like this type of color.

"You like blond hair more?" Sakura said to AJ as he swayed in his metal cage, "Does that mean you like Domino more than me!?"

"Blond hair really does nothing for me," he said to her, "Just look at Alexis. She has blond hair, but that doesn't mean I like her more than you. In fact, I hate her!"

"Ah," Alexis giggled, "You're just to shy to admit that you really like my beautiful hair and that you like me as well."

"Let's just keep this going," Domino said, "I'll take Turn-Ons for 400, please!"

"Fine," Alexis said, "AJ loves it when girls have this type of eye color!"

Sakura buzzed in first and said, "What is dark blue?"

"Correct!" Alexis said, "Now you're tied with Domino!"

Sakura was back out of the hole now and was really tied with Domino. "Ha!" she said to Domino, "I'm tied with you now!"

"So?" Domino said angrily, "I have dark blue eyes!"

"But so do I!" Sakura said.

"But do you have nice blond hair like me?" Domino said pushing up her hair. Sakura only growled in reply. "I didn't think so!" Domino said happily.

"Alright," Sakura growled angrily, "I'll show you what's for you stuck up princess; I'll take Turn-Ons for 600!"

"OK!" Alexis chirped, "AJ has a strong liking for this type of ability that a girl has."

Sakura buzzed in quickly, "What is cooking?!"

"Correct!" Alexis said happily.

"I have better cooking abilities than you!" Sakura taunted Domino happily.

"Oh yeah!?" Domino said angrily, "At least I didn't set the stove on fire when we made those pancakes!"

"You nearly poisoned my AJ by making eat that crap you called pancakes!" Sakura shouted angrily.

"Are you two playing a game or having a cat fight?!" AJ shouted, "Stop shouting and arguing!"

"But you're shouting and I think you're arguing with them as well!" Alexis said jumping in.

"I'm in a cage!!" he shouted at her, "I have every damn right to shout and argue! Hey… I just thought of something. We haven't talk about that disaster of a morning in a long time, have we?"

"You're right!" Sakura said to AJ, "But now's not the time to talk about that at the moment. I'm going to win you and finally have you as my own! I'll take Turn-Ons for 800!"

"Here's the clue," Alexis said, "AJ loves to sing and play guitar, but instrument would he love to see a girl play?"

Domino snatched the question away and said, "What is… umm… bass guitar?"

"Correct!" Alexis said, "You know, he once had a dream where he saw…"

"Shut up!" AJ shouted at her, "You have no right to talk about my turn ons and or anything about me! Why are you doing this!?"

"To make every girl here feel closer to you on a deeper and emotional level," Alexis chimed, "I would think that a mature young man like yourself would want to share these personal things about yourself to deeper and help develop your relationships with these nice pretty girls."

"That's definitely not it!" AJ said, "That's too deep of a reason for you to do this, plus you don't do anything that benefits me at all!"

"Alright," Alexis said, "Fine, I did this because I like watching you squirm sometimes! You be too adorable when you squirm! I feel so giggly and happy seeing you like that!"

"You need your head examined!" AJ said.

"This is going to be a long game," Sakura sighed sadly, resting her head on her podium.


"Hmm…" Melody said looking around the area, "This seems awfully familiar."

"I feel someone just said that not too long ago," May said to her, "But you're right. I'm getting a feeling that I have seem this before somewhere at some point." The girls looked around the area and nodded to themselves.

It sure was a familiar place. They put stood behind a long podium with a screen just below both of them with a huge, giant wheel in front of them with prices on them. Behind stood a large screen with a picture of their mansion on it and in front of them stood a familiar wall with tons of screens on it that were all green at the moment. (Its kind hard to describe these types of places, but you should already know what it looks like).

"I know this place," Melody said rubbing her chin, "But I just can't come up with a name! Also, what was with that strange sentence in the last paragraph with the quotation marks?"

"I believe they are called parenthesis," May said, "But that's not the point. I do agree with you! I can't come up with a name either!"

"Everybody ready?!" a strange and familiar voice said, "Get ready to play…"

"WHEEL… OF… FORTUNE!" an invisible audience said.

"That's it!" Melody said, "We're playing Hollywood Squares!"

"That's not what the audience just said!" May said, "You don't even have the right shape!"

"Who cares what we are playing!" Melody said, "Why are we here now and playing Whammy?"

"I believe you mean Wheel of Fortune," a figure stepped out into the open, "But the let me get to the point. You are playing for a very special prize here today ladies!"

"Ashley!" both of them said to figure.

"That's correct!" she said to them, "But do you two know your names?"

"Very funny," May said with a hard stare, "What is this prize?"

"Let's take a look at that shall we?" Ashley said pointing to a large beam that descended from the ceiling, "Let me present to you, the ultimate prize that every girl in this room wants, Ash Ketchum!"

On the large pole, Ash was tied up tightly. "You know," Ash said to Ashley, "Most sisters don't do this kind of thing."

"Well then," she said with a giggle, "I guess this makes me special!"

"Let him go!" Melody yelled at her.

"I will," Ashley said with a smirk, "But I will release him to who ever wins the game! Whoever wins gets to have Ash as a boyfriend!"

"That's not right!" Ash said horrified, "May! Melody! Ignore her and just untie me!"

Both girls looked at him, then at Ashley, and then at themselves. They both nodded and said, "We'll play!"

"I should have seen that coming…" Ash sighed, "Especially from those two."

"Alright," Ashley said happily, "The rules are the same as regular Wheel of Fortune. We'll add up the total money earned at the end of the game and chose the girl with the most to try their hand at the last word or phrase. If that person can guess correctly, they win Ash! If they don't guess correctly, well… that'll be a surprise!"

"We'll do it!" May said, "Bring it on!"

"That's the spirit!" Ashley said, "And here's one more piece of information before we get started here. Every category will be something about Ash. So if you know him, you should be able to answer some of this stuff."

"I have traveled with Ash for a long time," May said confidently, giving Melody a smirk, "I should know a lot of things about him."

"Brag all you want about how much you know about him," she said, "I was the first ever girl to kiss him and nothing you can brag about can ever compare."

"We are getting off topic here," Ashley said getting their attention so let's get this show on the road with our first toss up for $1,000, the category is Pokémon let's go!"

The screen showed 7 blanks and the music started. Letters began to appear slowly on the screen. ---r---x. S--r--x. S--rl-x.

Melody quickly buzzed in and said, "Snorlax!"

"Correct!" Ashley said as the word fully appeared on the screen, "Snorlax happened to be one of his Pokémon he caught out in the Orange Islands."

Melody smiled happily as the screen below her showed $1000. "Get ready!" Ashley said, "This time it will be a $2000 toss up. The category is Rivals, here we go!"

8 blanks appeared on the screen this time and letters slowly began to appear once again. ---r----. ---r---n. ---r-s-n. -a-r-s-n.

May buzzed in this time and said, "Harrison!"

"That's correct!" Ashley chimed as the word Harrison fully appeared on the screen, "Harrison, last time I heard, was completing in the Indigo League."

"I'm now in the lead!" May taunted Melody.

"Yeah well," Melody huffed, "Not by much."

"Ok!" Ashley said adding something onto the wheel, "We will now begin the regular round, but first! I'll add something nice onto the wheel! If you spin this, you get a free kiss from Ash!"

"Alright!" both girls cheered.

"That's not alright!" he said angrily, "You have no right to play for me or for a kiss from me!"

"Too late!" Ashley said, "Ok girls! The category is Things. Let's start this thing!" Twelve blank spaces appeared on the board and May spun the wheel. She spun $550.

"L!" May said.

"One L!" Ashley said. l . May's cash total was now $2550.

May spun the wheel again and got $900. "F?" May called.

"There is no F," Ashley said, "Now to Melody!" Melody nodded and spun the wheel. She rolled a $600.

"U?" Melody asked.

"One U!" Ashley said. --ul-- -----. Melody now had $1600.

"I'll buy an E!" Melody said.

"There are two E's!" Ashley said. --ule- ----e. Melody's now had $1350. She spun once more and got $400.

"Is there a k?" she asked.

"No K's!" Ashley chimed. May smiled and spun the wheel. She got $500.

"Is there a B?" May said.

"Two B's!" Ashley said. B-ul-e- B---e. May now had $3550. She spun the wheel once more and got a big number, $2,500.

"Is there any D's?" she said.

"There are two D's!" Ashley said. B-ulde- B-d-e. May's cash total was now $8550!

"I like to solve the puzzle," May said, "Boulder Badge!"

"You are correct!"Ashley said, "And this round goes to May!"

"I feel so happy!" she sighed hugging herself, "My only displeasure was that I was not able to get Ash's kiss this round."

"Don't worry!" Ashley said, "We still got plenty of more chances coming up! Right after we take this commercial break!"

"Or just flip over to see how AJ and the rest are doing," Ash said.


"Alright!" Alexis said, "And we are back! Are two contestants are in the second round have 5 more questions left on the board! Sakura's total is 7,800 points and Domino's total is 6,600 points. Let's get to them right now!"

"How are you talking to?" Sakura asked Alexis.

"Just our loving audience on the Internet," Alexis said happily, "They are such nice people for sticking it out! Anyhow, Sakura, your next question!"

"Right!" she said, "I'll take AJ on the Internet for 2000!"

"Here's it is," Alexis said, "AJ has made tons of videos, which can be downloaded off this site…"

Both girls looked clueless, but Domino buzzed in anyways, "Umm… What is Metacafe?"

"You are correct!" Alexis said. Domino's scored now totaled 8,600 points. She had now taken the lead from Sakura.

"I am so downloading every video of yours from Metacafe when I get my laptop again!" Domino called to AJ.

"Whatever," he said, "I don't see why we are still playing this. Can't either of you two girls just try and help me get out of here?"

"No!" both of them said, "I want to own you."

"I am a human being you know," he said getting annoyed, "Not some play toy."

"You're right," Alexis said, "You're not a play toy, you are totally awesome and so cute play toy!" All the girls sighed happily.

"I'm surrounded by airheads," AJ said banging his head against the cage bars.

"I'll take AJ the Criminal for 1600!" Domino said.

"Here's the clue," Alexis said, "AJ love McDonalds a lot and once had a small job there manning the grill at 13 surprisingly. But he was fired after the management discovered him sneaking this type of hamburger for himself."

"What is the Big Mac?" Domino said. Domino's score dropped down to 7,000.

"Wrong!" Alexis said.

Sakura buzzed in and said, "What is the Quarter Pounder with cheese?"

"Correct!" Alexis said. Sakura's scored jumped up to 9,400 points.

"With each passing question," she said to AJ, "I feel so closer to you!"

"With each passing question," he said, "The more I grow angrier at Alexis for talking about my history and what I have done in the past."

"I love you big brother!" Alexis said in her happy daze, "Sakura, next question!"

"Alright!" Sakura said, "I'll take AJ the Criminal for 1,800."

"At this clothing store," Alexis said reading the question, "When AJ was 4, he used to play with the girls' panties and launched them at people like a rubber band."

"What is JCPenny?" Domino quickly said buzzing in before Sakura.

"Correct!" Alexis said, "And Domino is coming back with a score of 8,800."

"I'm so going to strangle you when I get down there for telling them about that," AJ said angrily.

"But it was so cute!" Alexis said, "Your first experience stealing girl's underwear! That's like a shining moment for a boy!"

"You have a twisted mind!" he said to her.

"I'll take AJ the Criminal for 2,000!" Domino said.

"Here we go!" Alexis said, "When AJ was seven, he use fill balloons full of this liquid and use to throw them at girls!" Neither girl could come up with an answer, so the buzzer went off signaling the time was up.

"Alright," Alexis said, "What is soda. He did because after a while when the soda began to dry, it became rather sticky. Now here is the last question from the category of AJ the Pokémon Trainer. AJ has caught this impressive, rare dragon type Pokémon while exploring Hoenn region when he was 13."

"What is Bagon?" Domino said quickly.

"Correct!" Alexis said, "I remember it so vividly from inside his head. He received 12 stitches and a week in the hospital from the bite wounds of that Pokémon. Surprisingly, he didn't get any scars."

"It was still worth it," he said confidently, "I bagged myself a dragon type Pokémon. It wasn't easy, but now I'm part of the few people in the world to own a dragon type."

"Still," Alexis said, "If you caught a Dratini on the other hand, which would have been more impressive. Bagons are rare, but Dratinis are even rarer."

"Who cares," AJ said, "I'm just lucky to have a Bagon."

"He's so awesome," Domino said, "To tame a dragon, he's so cool!"

"So cool," Sakura sighed happily, "My boyfriend is a dragon tamer."

"Anyhow," Alexis said, "Here's the final category! AJ Habits."

"Can't we have a category that isn't about me?" AJ shouted at her, "You can't reveal anything like that!! That's way too personal of information just to give out!"

"And we'll see the final question," Alexis said ignoring him, "Right after this break, which happens to be us cutting to Ashley and her game show!"


"Welcome back!" Ashley said, "After a few puzzles, the scores are quite interesting! May currently has $12,350, while Melody has $12,150. Anything at this point can tip the balance in anyone's favor, let's get ready for the last puzzle!"

"Who are you talking to?" Melody asked confused.

"The same people that Alexis was talking to earlier," Ashley said, "But anyway, here's the last category! It is Time & Place!" There was 27 blank spaces on the board, making this the longest puzzle they face yet!

All of a sudden, a bell rang and Ashley said, "Well you all know what that is! It's time for the final spin! Let's give this a nice spin!" She spun the wheel quickly and it came up with $2000!

"That's nice!" she said warmly, "Consonants are totaled $3000, while vowels are worth nothing. As I said before, the category is Time & Place and we'll start with May! Good Luck!"

"Umm…" May said, "M?"

"No M's," Ashley said, "Melody?"

"Alright," Melody said, "R!"

"There are 2 R's," Ashley said. ----- ------ -----r -----r----. Melody's score for the round totaled so far $6000.

"Any T?" she asked.

"Just one T," Ashley said. --t-- -----------r -----r----. Melody now had $9000.

"G?" she asked.

"One G!" Ashley said. --t-- ---g-- -----r -----r----. Melody's score went up once more to $12,000.

She looked at the board for a little while, but couldn't come up with anything so she was buzzed out. "Alright," May said, "C?"

"Two C's!" Ashley said brightly. --t-- ---g-- -----r C----r--c-. May was now on the board with $6000.

"Are there any O's?" May asked.

"Quite a few actually," Ashley said, "There are three O's! Though you won't get zip for them at all." -ot-o ---g-- -----r Co---r--c-.

"Hmm," May said, "I'm guessing at this, are there any N's?"

"Two N's!" Ashley said. -ot-o ---g-- -----r Con--r-nc-. May now had $12,000, tying with Melody. May looked at the board for a while, but couldn't come up with anything.

"Alright," Melody said taking over, "Any L's?"

"Two L's!" Ashley said. -ot-o L--g-- --l--r Con--r-nc-. Melody had $18,000 now, taking the lead.

"Are there any E's?" she said.

"A boat load!" Ashley said, "There are 6 E's!" -ot-o Le-g-e --l-er Con-erence.

"I'll solve this!" Melody said, "Jotho League Silver Conference!"

"Correct!" Ashley cheered, "And with the final totals, May has $24,350 and Melody has $30,150 making her the contestant to move on to the final round in order to win Ash!"

"What happens to me?" May asked sadly.

"You get jack!" Ashley said, "See ya!" She pulled down a lever behind her and May disappeared down a trap door underneath her.

"That's one way to make an exit," Melody said looking down the trap door.

"We'll return to see Melody play for Ash in just a moment!" Ashley said, "Right now, let's return to Alexis and her game show as Sakura and Domino get ready to hear the final question!"


"And we're back!" Alexis said, "Let's here the final question! The category is AJ Habits, here we go! Whenever AJ is extremely nervous or is about to have a mental breakdown, he drinks this brand of soda that he rarely ever does. You all have 30 seconds, start that wonderful theme song, now!"

The familiar Final Question song started, the lights dimmed, and both girls started to write something down. Domino took a bit of time to come up with an answer, while Sakura came up with an answer right away. The music finally came to a stop and the room lit up once more.

"Alright," Alexis said looking towards Domino, "Let's see your answer first Domino. You wrote down, 'What is Coca Cola?' and that is wrong. What was your wager?"

Her screen revealed her wager, she bet everything but one point! "Oh…" Alexis said, "This is going to hurt, you got only one point now!"

"All I have to do is hope now that my answer is correct," Sakura thought to herself, "And AJ will be mine for good. Please be the right answer!"

"Let's take a look at Sakura's response," Alexis said, "She put down, 'What is Diet Pepsi?'."

"Please be right," she thought as she closed her eyes tightly.

"You are…" Alexis said slowly, "… Incorrect. And your wager was…. Everything! You lost everything!" Sakura's eyes opened up quickly, shocked by this turn of events. She got it wrong… she didn't win… she lost AJ. Domino won him…

"Domino wins the game by one point and gets to have AJ!" Alexis said as the invisible audience clapped. Domino smiled happily and ran over to AJ, who was just released from his cage.

Sakura looked down at the ground and collapsed to her knees. She lost her love. She had lost him forever. She began to tear up and slowly started to cry silently, in hopes that no one would see her despair.


"Here we go!" Ashley said, "We are back and just about to see if Melody will win this game and her love, Ash! The category is People. Are you ready play?"

"You bet!" Melody said giggly, "I am so ready to win this thing!" Both girls now stood in front of the board and watched as a number of blank spaces appeared on it. There was a total of 16 blank spaces!

"And of course we will give you the standard letters to help you out," Ashley said, "We will give you R S T L N E. Let's see here, there is actually 8 letters up there for you! That's cuts your problems by half! So give me 3 consonants and a vowel right now." --st- --ter--l--er

"Umm…" Melody said, "G… H… F… I…"

"Let's see here…" Ashley said, "Oh! You got two letters! Both the I and F work! Here you go! The category is People and you have 10 seconds!" -ist- --terfl--er

Melody looked at the board for a while, but sadly couldn't think of anything. "Oh well!" Ashley said when the buzzer rang, "You didn't get it! What was the Person? Misty Waterflower!"

"She still spites me even though she's gone!" Melody said glumly.

"And since you lost!" Ashley said interrupting Melody's pity party, "You don't get Ash!"

"Thank God I'm not going to be owned by anyone!" Ash sighed a breath of relief from the spot he is still tied up in.

"Also," Ashley said, "Now that we are all done, let's return back to the mansion! But you Melody will be taking the hard road to get there!" Ashley pulled on another lever, which caused Melody to drop through a trap door just like May.

"CCCCCCRRRRRRRAAAAAAAPPPPPP!" Melody shouted as she fell through the hole and to who knows where.


All of sudden, everyone was back in the mansion and in the living room. "Wait a minute!" AJ said looking around, "What just happened? How did we just get here?"

"I transported us back to the mansion using Rewind!" Alexis said holding up the remote control.

"Well that explains it," May said looking around, "Well I'm just glad to be back here and not falling down a never ending, spiraling tunnel."

"That is so true!" Melody nodded. Then everyone noticed Sakura. She was on the ground crying, still sad by the fact that she lost AJ to Domino.

"Sakura," AJ said softly, "Don't cry."

"Why shouldn't I?" she said in her tears, "I lost you permanently. I can never be with you again and what hurts the most is that I hope that we be together forever. Now it can never be."

"Don't cry," Alexis said to her, "Look, you haven't lost AJ."

"What?" Sakura said confused, "But what about…"

"It was just a game," Alexis said to her gently, "This game was just meant for fun. I never intended it to be serious. I just did all of this to have some fun!"

"So what you are saying is that I haven't lost him?" Sakura said rubbing her eyes and then standing up to meet Alexis at eye level, "And you did all of this for your own pleasure, not even considering how much the girl who lost, which is me, would be devastated and be an emotional wreck?"

Alexis smiled uneasy as she realized the real damage she had done and said, "Umm… yes?"

Sakura looked at for a few seconds. Then, with one swing, she brought her fist directly into Alexis' right cheek. She dropped to the floor in a big heap, knocked out cold. Everyone looked at Sakura and clapped.

"Well it's about time someone did that," AJ said, "I'm just disappointed that I didn't get to."

"Well," Sakura said taking the remote control away from Alexis' body, "I think it's about time to wrap this up. Ash? Would you do the honor and take care of our other problem left?"

"Certainly!" he said taking the remote away, "Oh Ashley!"

She gulped and replied weakly, "Yes, my special brother who would never do a thing to hurt his nice sister?"

"Say goodbye!" he said pressing the rewind button.

"Ah Shista!" she said. She was pulled by an invisible force directly into Ash. After she collided with him, she vanished into thin air.

"It's good to be whole again," he said.

"It's good to have Alexis' down for the count," AJ said.

"It's good to have my boyfriend back again," Sakura said hugging him tightly.

"It's good not to have to be on a stupid game show," Melody said, "Just a regular reality program."

"It's good to have a chance to win Ash over with my love again," May said hugging Ash tightly.

Domino, on the other hand, said, "It's not good to know I didn't win AJ… I guess it's back to doing it the old fashion way…"


Author Notice: And on that note, I like to say I'm back in action! Thanks for putting up with my long hiatus and I hope this chapter was worth the wait. I tried making it a nice long one. Did anyone prehaps get any of the Wheel of Fortune questions right before May or Melody did?

I already have the next idea for the next chapter planned out and I hope to get it finished by the end of the month! Don't expect it to be ready by next week though, I have other homework to attend to be before Spring Break. A research paper, an essay, and a French Menu done in French. I'll be a bit busy for a while.

Don't forget to check out my forums I made for this story, and now Pokémon WaterBlue. Besides the fact that I almost have the next chapter for that story, I have nothing else to say.

In the next chapter, wondering about what Ash and AJ are thinking about them, the girls decide to actually go inside the boys' minds to see what is up with them. Sakura and Domino are led throughout AJ's vast mind by Alexis, while May and Melody check out Ash's thought storage room. Things are going to get interesting for them when they discover the file that might actually reveal who Ash is in love with, while Sakura and Domino discover an on going battle that will determine who AJ like better! You don't want to miss this!


Next to Come: Chapter 45: Let Me Think About You

Date: 3/15/08

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