Here we are, the third and final installment of this three shot series! It is, of course, Elizabeth's first word. I have to say that this one is my favorite of the three. Hopefully you'll all like it too. Alot of you thought Elizabeth's first word would be either Aiden or Michelle's names. Were you right? Read and find out!

Elizabeth: 7 months old


Elizabeth's First Word

The Pokémon Master. Married to Misty with three children. Living in a gorgeous house in Cerulean City that was more often than not covered in toys.

For some crazy reason, Ash hadn't quite imagined his life to be like this by the time he was 27 years old.

Of course, he wasn't complaining about it.

He would, however, complain freely about having to clean up his children's messes. Ash didn't understand why he had to be in charge of tidying up the twins' toys up just because they had gone out with Misty's sisters and their daughters for the day. All of that on top of watching after Elizabeth while Misty was in a gym battle.

"Can you believe this?" Ash asked the baby girl in his arms. "I'm supposed to be the head of this house, and instead I'm the one doing everyone else's work."

Elizabeth smiled and reached up with her little hand, rubbing a finger against the tip of Ash's nose.

Sighing, Ash returned the infant's grin and concluded, "well, I guess it's just you me, little pumpkin. That's fine by me, I like hanging out with you. You're a pretty cool kid."

"Da!" Elizabeth shrieked, her light pink cheeks glowing as her smile widened.

Ash breathed out and admired his daughter's beauty. She may have been just a baby, but she was absolutely gorgeous. And Ash definitely wasn't saying that just because it was his baby. She really was stunning; like a living doll.

Not only was Elizabeth beautiful, but she was always happy. Sure, there were times when she could get a little cranky, but for the most part, Elizabeth was all giggles and smiles. Not to mention, now that she was older, Elizabeth was always babbling and making plenty of joyful noise.

Making his way down the stairs, Ash eventually entered the living room, sighing as soon as his eyes caught sight of the sea of toys that had covered the floor.

"Man," Ash groaned. He knew he wouldn't be able to get anything cleaned up if he kept Elizabeth in his arms, as much as he loved carrying the baby around. Sighing for what already felt like the millionth time that morning, Ash walked over to the pink and tan playpen sitting in the corner of the room and placed Elizabeth inside, kissing her on the head before walking away.

There were plenty of toys for Elizabeth to play with in the enclosure, but she didn't much feel like doing that. Instead, she chose to pull herself up and stand with her little hands gripping the side of the playpen, watching her father with a charming little smile on her face as he cleaned up her older sibling's mess.

As Ash was gathering several poke dolls in his arms, he turned around for a split second and noticed this, grimacing slightly at Elizabeth's happy, angelic little face watching him from the playard.

"You're having fun with this, aren't you?" Ash deadpanned.

"Geeee," Elizabeth slurred, tilting her head and lowering it until her cheek was resting against the top of the enclosure's front.

"Aww, you're way too cute to be mad at!" Ash let out a heartwarming laugh. He continued picking up the twins' toys, well aware that Elizabeth's eyes were following him around the room. After gathering a stuffed Mudkip into his hands, Ash decided to have a little fun with his chore. Smirking, he walked over to Elizabeth and held the toy in front of her, causing the baby's smile to turn into a little 'O' shape.

"Ma?" Elizabeth asked, pointing at the Mudkip.

"Yeah, close," Ash smiled at the baby. "This is a Mudkip. A water type."

"Ma…" Elizabeth grabbed the toy Mudkip by its face and tried to pull it out of Ash's hands.

"Don't be rough!" Ash tapped his daughter's hands. She released the toy and stared up at her father with wide, curious eyes. "Be gentle. Pretend this is a real Pokémon."

"Da?" Elizabeth blinked.

"Pet," Ash stroked the toy's head. "Look, Daddy is being gentle with the toy. I'm being nice. Can you be nice to the toy Mudkip, too?"

Elizabeth lowered her eyes from Ash onto the Mudkip, and then back up to Ash. Once again reaching out towards Mudkip, Elizabeth stroked the stuffed Pokémon's face with her fingers, glancing at the toy as she stroked it.

"Good girl!" Ash beamed. He couldn't believe how smart his baby daughter was. "That's exactly it! We treat things nicely."

Elizabeth turned her eyes back up to Ash and let out a delightful, squeaky laughter that brought a joyful smile to Ash's face. He just loved his little girl so very much.

"Da…" Elizabeth let go of the Mudkip toy and instead reached out for her father.

"Yeah, I'm Dada," Ash held Elizabeth's hand. "Are you introducing yourself?"

"Da," Elizabeth repeated.

Sighing, Ash gently played with Elizabeth's fingers and rambled on, "it would be so amazing if your first word was "Dada." I was really happy when your big brother and sister said their first words…I was so proud of them. But neither of them said "Dada." I would really love it if you did. You love me lots, don't you, pumpkin?"

"Da," Elizabeth cooed.

"Yeah, of course you love me," Ash smiled sweetly. "And I love you, too!"

Elizabeth let go of Ash's hand and instead touched his face, moving her hand towards his mouth and pulling at his lips with her little fingers. Ash just let her play for a little bit, grinning as well as he could with her pulling at his mouth. She giggled and squealed, greatly amused by her father's face.

"Okay, okay," Ash chuckled, prying Elizabeth's fingers away from his mouth. "Daddy's gotta' finish cleaning up your big brother and sister's mess. But don't worry, we'll play more after!"

"Da?" Elizabeth squeaked, watching after her father as he walked away.

Sighing, Ash continued to gather up toys, throwing them in the nearby basket where they all belonged. At least when he got done with this lame chore that shouldn't have even been his he could play with Elizabeth. He wondered what they would do. She was happy no matter what you did with her.

Maybe I'll teach her more about Pokémon, with all of her poke dolls, Ash thought, she likes that. Or I could show her those little baby movies she likes so much. With all of the colors and the little characters that sing songs about-

"Dada!"

Ash snapped out of his thoughts and dropped one of Aiden's toy cars on the floor. Slowly turning his head, Ash stared at Elizabeth with wide and shocked eyes, his heart pounding so loudly he could hear it in his ears.

Did I just hear what I think I just heard? Ash thought in disbelief.

He kept staring at the baby, waiting to see if she would do it again. Smiling, Elizabeth let out a soft giggle and continued to stare at Ash, acting as if nothing had happened.

"Elizabeth?" Ash asked, as if the baby would respond.

But, she did.

"Dada!" Elizabeth squeaked.

Ash raced over to the playpen, beaming at his youngest child. His smile was probably the widest it had ever been, his eyes filling up with the happiest tears Ash had never known.

"Oh, Elizabeth!" Ash lifted the baby into his arms and gave her a big hug. "I'm so, so proud of you, little pumpkin! You said your first word! And it was "Dada"! One of you finally said it as your first word! I'm so happy!"

"Dada!" Elizabeth shrieked.

Ash snuggled the baby and kissed her over and over atop her head. He was just so happy, he could hardly believe it!

"Oh, just wait until Mama hears your first word!" Ash cooed to Elizabeth. "I'm finally gonna' get a victory over her! I just knew I was your favorite, Lizzie."

"Why are you her favorite?"

Ash looked up and grinned mischievously. Misty had just walked through the door, her arms folded across her chest as she eyed her husband and daughter.

"Hi, honey," Ash greeted her in a sickeningly sweet voice. "How was your gym battle? Did you win?"

"No," Misty shrugged, "but it's alright. Part of being a gym leader, after all." Looking down at Elizabeth, Misty let out a small gasp and cooed, "and how is my beautiful little baby girl?"

"Baby Elizabeth is just perfect," Ash beamed at the infant, who was now reaching out for her mother. "She's been watching me clean up Aiden and Michelle's toys from her playpen, giggling and smiling the whole time."

"Yeah, you're a happy little angel!" Misty held her hand out for the baby to grab. "My precious little sprinkle."

"Oh, and there is a little something else that our baby girl did," Ash smirked.

Standing up slightly, Misty stared Ash in the eyes and asked, "In her diaper?"

"Huh? No," Ash raised an eyebrow.

"Then what did she do?" Misty inquired.

Beaming, Ash kissed the top of Elizabeth's head before informing his wife, "she said her first word."

Misty's jaw dropped before a frown graced her delicate pink lips. "And I missed it?"

"Don't be sad, beautiful," Ash chuckled. "Elizabeth will just say it for you now!"

Raising an eyebrow, Misty responded, "Ash, she's a 7 month old baby. She's not going to speak just because you told her to."

"Maybe not, but she's a good little girl," Ash held the infant out towards Misty. "Come on, Lizzie, tell Mama what your first word was!"

Elizabeth stared at her mother with wide, emerald eyes. Misty giggled airily and rubbed Elizabeth's cheek, murmuring, "its okay, baby. You can tell me whenever you're comfortable with it! You don't have to say it just because Daddy wants you to."

"Hey, that's not why!" Ash pouted.

"Elizabeth doesn't like to be pushed," Misty smirked.

"Is that supposed to be a joke?" Ash asked seriously.

"What do you mean?" Misty blinked.

"She wasn't born naturally," Ash explained. "They had to cut her out."

Misty made a really? face at Ash, which caused him to chuckle.

"You're not funny, Ash," Misty sighed, although the corners of her lips were beginning to tug upwards.

"Yeah, you think I'm funny," Ash showed off his lopsided smile. "Don't lie to me."

"Whatever," Misty huffed, playfully rolling her eyes.

Elizabeth let out a strange little noise, one that wasn't quite a giggle but certainly not a whimper. She was still holding her hand out towards Misty, and her brow was slightly furrowed.

"What's up, baby girl?" Misty frowned. "Is something bothering you?"

Suddenly, Elizabeth smiled and let out a sweet little giggle that warmed Misty's heart.

"What a cutie!" Misty beamed.

"Mama!" Elizabeth chirped.

Misty's happy expression snapped into one of complete shock. Ash was just as shocked, but he also couldn't help but to feel a little…betrayed.

"Oh…my gosh…" Misty breathed.

"Mama," Elizabeth repeated, smiling at Misty.

Misty grinned and snatched Elizabeth out of Ash's grasp, holding her close and showering her with tons of adoring kisses. "I can't believe it! My beautiful baby's first word was "Mama"! Ash, why didn't you just tell me that?"

His eyes as wide as could be, Ash stammered, "b…because that wasn't her first word! El…Elizabeth's first word was "Dada"! She said it before!"

Eyeing Ash over the baby's head, Misty rolled her eyes and gently chided, "now, Ash, don't get jealous! I know you're upset that none of the kids said "Dada" first, but that doesn't mean you have to make things up."

"I'm not making it up!" Ash cried. "She said "Dada" before you ever came in here! And she said it, like…5 times!"

"Mama," Elizabeth spoke from Misty's arms.

Smiling, Misty hummed, "that doesn't sound like "Dada" to me."

Ash grabbed at his hair and nearly yanked it out. He couldn't believe this! Elizabeth's first word had been "Dada"! He'd heard it himself, and he wasn't crazy! All of a sudden, Elizabeth had decided to learn her second word, and now Misty thought it was her first. Of freaking course.

"Oh, this is just incredible!" Misty kissed Elizabeth's head. "I have to call my sisters and show them that their baby niece's first word was me! They'll all be so jealous. Their daughter's first words were all "Dada"!"

"But…Elizabeth's first word was "Dada"!" Ash continued to argue. "She's saying "Mama" because that's her second word!"

"Ash, honey, I told you, there's no need to get so worked up over it," Misty smiled reassuringly at her husband. "In due time, Elizabeth will say "Dada." I promise."

"I…but I…she can say "Dada" already!" Ash wailed. "Just wait for it. She'll say it!"

Misty glanced down at Elizabeth and tilted her head. Sensing her mother's eyes on her, Elizabeth looked up with her own emerald orbs and let out an adorable little giggle. "Mama?"

"Oh, you're just the cutest thing!" Misty held her daughter up in the air before lowering her to kiss her on the nose. "I have to fix myself up before I call my sisters. That battle disheveled me a little, and I know my sisters will just make some obnoxious comments about it. Watch Lizzie for me, won't you?"

Ash furrowed his brow and didn't respond. Giggling, Misty simply handed the baby over to Ash, smiling as the infant squealed in delight. With that, the gym leader turned on a heel and darted up the stairs, her fiery red hair flying out behind her.

Once Misty was out of earshot, Ash sighed noisily and glanced down at his daughter. "Lizzie, what in the world was that?"

"Dada?" Elizabeth tilted her head.

Gasping, Ash looked up the stairs and yelled, "MISTY!"

Within seconds, the gym leader came running down the steps, her face looking clearly panicked. "What is it? What's wrong?"

"Elizabeth said it again!" Ash's eyes were wide. "She said "Dada"! I swear!"

Misty glanced down at Elizabeth, who was wiggling around in Ash's arms. "Ash, she's not saying anything."

"Just wait, she'll say it," Ash's voice was determined.

Elizabeth looked off to the side, into the living room, her little hands rising up into the air while she furled and unfurled her tiny fingers. "Mama…"

"What?" Ash was frantic. "N…no, Lizzie!"

"That just gets more and more adorable every time she says it!" Misty squealed before skipping back up the stairs.

Ash groaned and smacked his face with the palm of his hand.

Giggling, Elizabeth began to clap her hands together, happily crying out, "Dada! Dada!"

"You've gotta' be kidding me," Ash slumped forward.

Cooing, Elizabeth reached up with her hand and brushed her fingers against the bottom of Ash's jaw. "Dada!"

Ash moaned and complained, "I should've recorded you saying it…"

"Dada."


The only people who know that "Dada" was Elizabeth's first word is Ash and all of us :P Misty think it's "Mama," and everyone else is just going to be conflicted XD Or not, depending on who gets to them first: Ash or Misty :P

Were you guys surprised? I hope so. Elizabeth's a tricky little one, even as a baby! Leave a review and let me know. I'm DYING to know what you guys thought about this one :P