"Take it back!" Ash shouted.
"No! You dress like this all the time, what's the harm in letting people know!" Misty shouted.
"Arghhhh!" Ash shouted charging at her.
"What's going on?" Chloe asked running out.
"I don't know, Misty showed up with some pictures, and Ash just went ballistic." Goh said.
Misty quickly side stepped, as Ash fell on the ground.
"It's a memorable moment, like riding a bike for the first time. These are from your first dress." Misty taunted, holding a numerous amount of photos of Ash in the Ashley dress.
"How'd you even get those!" Ash shouted reaching for them.
"I asked Erika if there was any footage form then, and it took a bit, but I got them." Misty said,
Moving the photos to another hand.
"You promised you'd never tell anyone else!" Ash shouted jumping for them.
"Ash, what you're wearing is just as feminine as that dress. Besides, it's only your friends I've told." Misty said casually, as she handed the photos to Gyarados.
"So that's how you want it to be! Pikachu let's go!" Ash shouted.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed, sparks flying.
"I think I might have PTSD from that little guy." Goh said, shaking from seeing the sparks.
"Why are they fighting they're best friends?" Chloe said, worried.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
"Gyarados use Hurricane!"
The strong winds dissipated the electrical attack, blowing Pikachu away in the process.
"Pikachu use Discharge!"
"Gyarados use Hydro Pump!"
The attacks flew wildly hitting everywhere around them.
"Gyarados use Rain Dance!"
"Pikachu use Quick Attack!"
As the area began to grow cloudy Pikachu charged forward, hitting the much larger Pokémon.
"Pikachu use Thunderbolt"
"Gyarados use Hyper Beam!"
The attacks collided in a large explosion, greatly hurting both Pokémon.
"Stop it!" Chloe screamed, water beginning to fall to the ground. "You two are best friends! So she messed up! Forgive her, and deal with it in a peaceful manner!" Chloe screamed, her tears hid by the rain.
"Do you think you can forgive Goh for something he did wrong?" Ash asked.
"What?" Chloe said surprised at the sudden change in his tone.
"There's no photos of the day Ash first wore a dress, the gym burnt down that day." Misty said. "He asked for my help with making you realize you should forgive Goh."
"He hasn't said he's sorry yet." Chloe said stubbornly.
"You mean outside of daily, and every time he goes to therapy? Then yes he hasn't said it once." Ash said with a smirk. "What he said, is no worse than what I said Misty had done, that dress was terrible." Ash said honestly.
"So I should just forgive him for everything he did?" Chloe said angrily.
"Look, I don't know what he did, but I do know he deserves you to be friendly at least. When I met Ash, he destroyed my bike. At first I followed him until he could pay it off, but eventually it was no longer about the bike." Misty said. "Him simply trying his best to win, so he could buy me a new one, I knew I had a friend for life because of that."
"And if that's not enough, similar things happened with May and Dawn." Ash said counting off other friends. "Pikachu and bikes don't mix well I've learned."
"But Goh said you showed him a photo." Chloe said.
"Yep, I have plenty of embarrassing photos of Ash, just none of him in a dress." Misty said, pulling out more photos. "That's what our friendship is though. We started off together, so we made lots of silly mistakes."
"You don't need to patch things up completely, I haven't, but you need to try a little more than attending some of the group therapy sessions." Ash said. "Goh at least deserves that from you."
"I guess I haven't been much better to him than he was to me, have I." Chloe said.
"Probably not." Misty said.
"Don't you have a gym to get back to?" Ash asked.
"Nope, you're stuck with me today." Misty said with a laugh. "Now come on, our battle isn't over yet, and I still say you have yet to truly beat me."
"I beat you fair and square when my school visited." Ash argued.
"Who's to say I didn't let you win." Misty taunted.
"Okay, now I'm really going to win." Ash said, fired up.
In the private room in the lab
"So how's it going Goh? Any more outbursts?" Goh's psychologist asked.
"I've been calm, and working with the others…". Goh trailed off.
"Goh, you need to be able to talk with me if you truly want my help."
"It's Chloe, she still hasn't come around, I know I deserve the attitude, but I don't know if I can keep taking her hating me." Goh said.
Chloe was on the other side of the door, hesitating on going in, listening to what Goh was saying.
"It's like every time I slip up, or something goes wrong for me, it's just a joke to her." Goh said.
"Have you talked to her about this?"
"I've tried, but she shuts me out every time I say something."
"And what about Ash, you haven't talked about them lately."
"Ash and I are making progress, he even sat across from me this morning." Goh said.
"Good, good. Have you been making progress with the rest of the lab?"
"They weren't as hurt by what I'd done." Goh said.
"Goh, you know that's not the right answer."
"I'm trying, Chrysa and Ren understood what I was going through, but Eva, I started off terribly with her." Goh said.
"Tell you what, next group session, invite her, this is a judgement free zone."
"Okay Doc, I'll ask her." Goh said.
Turning and opening the door only for Chloe to fall through.
"I wasn't listening." Chloe said defensively.
"How much did you hear?" Goh's psychologist asked.
"Too much." Chloe admitted.
"Chloe, these are private meetings unless said otherwise."
"I know, I came by to apologize, and got sidetracked." Chloe said. "I'm still not thrilled at how you treated me, but you're my oldest friend, and I've missed messing with you."
"Can we keep it at least mostly professional?" Goh asked.
"Maybe, I still have a lot of payback for you." Chloe said. "Also, Ash has been having Impidimp steal all of your pens."
"It's Ash's fault I have to use crayons!" Goh shouted. "Okay." Goh said taking a breath. "I should talk to him, about how that makes me feel, right?"
Goh's psychologist smiled and nodded. Goh was on the fast path to healing.