If you want to laugh at my (me being S.R) insanity then read the authors section instead of skipping to the story.

S.R: I really didn't want to do this update just yet… But Someone glares at M.R twisted my arm into doing it.

M.R: whistles innocently I don't know what you mean about someone twisting your arm… But you still haven't told me why.

S.R: Because I was hoping to get another update in before this one.

M.R: Well why didn't you?

S.R: Have you seen the notebook I keep for my story ideas? The pages for Fairy Dragons are covered with crossed out notes and comments about reworking the timeline because I realized that in responses to reviews I promised like 4 different things happening in the next chapter. But a few of them have to wait until later because other events need to happen first in order for it to make sense, due to the fact that to make them happen in the next chapter I'd be cramming an arc and a half into one chapter which is a horrible idea.

M.R: Okay yeah, I can understand that... But why did you want to update that story before this one?

S.R: Because I was hoping that while I updated my stories you would get back into the habit of sitting with me while writing things, instead of just jotting down a rough draft of the chapter together at lunch. I'm mean this is supposed to be our story. Not a "hey we combined our ideas and now one of us does all the work" story.

M.R: I don't know if I want to groan over how corny that sounded, or kiss you for trying to be romantic.

S.R: I vote option 3.

M.R: Shutting up and getting to the story? Alright fine.

S.R: No option 3 was questioning why the hell I wrote this conversation down to use as a note for the readers before actually starting the chapter.

M.R: Too late we're going with what I said, though first of I need to point out we somewhat role played as Ash and Cynthia for this chapter so they are kinda flirty and teasing with each other.… NOW ONWARD OUR FAIR READERS!

ASH'S POV

I felt myself being gently shaken, so I woke up. Yawning I stretched my arms being careful to avoid hitting the person who woke me up. My eyes were still closed so I assumed it was Brock waking me up like he does on the days he wakes up before me. But then I heard a giggle that sounded very feminine. Upon opening my eyes I realized it was Cynthia waking me up.

"Mornin' Ash. Looks like you've got an extreme case of bed head" Cynthia said laughingly before trailing off and mummbling to herself "He looked really cute when he was still sleeping though" which I still heard. I opened my mouth to tease her a bit for the comment but was interrupted by a yawn as Conan woke up.

Conan slowly sat up and looked around, smiling once he saw me, then jumping up and towards Cynthia who caught him. Which surprised me, but not as much as what he cried as he jumped towards her. Luckily Cynthia doesn't have an aura bond with him otherwise she would have understood what he called her that caused me to go red in the face. Unluckily she noticed my blush.

"Why are you blushing Ash, did you realize something?" Cynthia asked with a teasing tone as I remembered that I hadn't yet told her I was able to use Aura.

"I'm able to use Aura. My dad gave me a bit of training with it. Because of that I was able to make an Aura Bond with Conan, which is why I can understand him and why I'm blushing." I said nodding at Riolu so she'd know his name is Conan.

"Why? What did he say that would make you blush?" - Cynthia

"Well last night when Conan hatched, after we made our aura bond, he called me daddy… and just now as he jumped towards you he called out the word 'Mommy'" I told her and watched as a light pink dusted her checks. Though she quickly recovered.

"You know it's mean to tease someone you barely know." Cynthia pouted at me with such an adorable face I could tell she was trying to tease me some more.

"I'm telling the truth on that and if you want I can prove it to you later after I've done my daily training. But you're pretty cute too. Especially when you blush so I'll make no promises about teasing you." I told her with a grin.

"So you heard my mumbling earlier?" - Cynthia

"Yeah"- Ash

"I'm not taking it back" - Cynthia

"Didn't expect or want you to" - Ash

"Oh really. Do you like to be praised?" - Cynthia

"Only when it's a cute girl doing it." - Ash

"Flattery doesn't get you everything you know." - Cynthia

"I'm being flattering? I thought I was teasing you." - Ash

At that there was a moment of silence before we both burst out laughing. Which woke Pikachu up. Once I noticed him wake up I realized we'd been talking a while.

"Any way we should get on with the day already. I need to eat before I do my aura training, and if we sit here too much longer Brock may get jealous." I joked as I stood up and stretched.

I went about my normal morning pre-breakfast routine before noticing she hadn't left the room yet and was still looking at me, with a far more noticeable blush than earlier. Looking at myself I caught on that she was blushing due to the fact I had just pulled my shirt off. Upon learning this I decided to tease her some more but not too badly.

"Hey don't you know it's rude to stare?" I called to her turning myself so that she could see better, before bursting in laughter as her embarrassment caused her face to go red enough to rival the top half of a regular Pokeball. She spluttered for a moment before spinning on her heel rapidly and walking away. Once she left I went back to going through my daily routine.

A short while later

After I had finished my shower and got dressed for the day I headed out of the cabin room to find the others and have breakfast. When I found them though Cynthia was quiet and kept her head down though I could still see a faint hint of blushing still. When I asked Brock and Steven about it (because Steven decided to hang out with us for a bit) they both said she was red in the face when she found them and wouldn't explain why.

I smiled at that with a small and quick snort of laughter before mentioning how she tried to tease me this morning only for me to turn the tables. I didn't give them any specifics though as I felt it wouldn't be cool to tell them when she didn't want them to know. They both smirked at hearing that I turned it around on her though Brock jokingly told me "real gentlemen" don't tease women. After that short conversation we wondered off to get some food.

Three hours later

I had finished my daily training and wondered around on my own for a bit before realizing that Cynthia didn't say anything after I offered to show her that using an Aura Bond allows a person to understand and speak to their Pokémon properly.

Following that train of thought I began making my way back towards the last place I saw her, Brock, and Steven. Unfortunately I didn't find them. Instead I walked into a show room to see Team Rocket stealing the Pokémon

"Don't just stand there and let them take your Pokémon. Fight back!" I cried calling out Charmander, and battled my way through the room. After winning a few fights against the grunts of Team Rocket and proving that they can be beaten the people began fighting back. Within a half hour we had battled through every Team Rocket member we found and recovered most of the stolen Pokémon.

Though we had yet to find my friends. Things were getting hectic as well, as we had sailed into a storm.'Conan I know you want to be out and help but things are going to get rough. You're still too young to properly battle and I don't want you to get hurt. I promise that I will let you out of your Pokeball as soon as I can but for now I need you to stay safe' I spoke to Conan who whined about it but eventually agreed.

I turned to Charmander and checked him over as well inquiring "I know you want to prove yourself buddy. However you only recently recovered from that ordeal with Damian. You've done amazing so far. But are you sure you can keep this up?"

Charmander looked at me for a moment before nodding. I chuckled at his positive attitude and told him the second he got tired to let me know. Standing up I made eye contact with Pikachu who just nodded his head. Smiling at the two I surged forward continuing to clear through Team Rocket. Eventually making it to the room they announced the raffle results in, which is where I found Brock, Steven, and Cynthia. They had teamed up and lead the trainers in the room against Team Rocket as well but struggled as the more experienced and stronger members of Team Rocket were sent to this room as I discovered upon joining the battle.

In between the fights I filled them in on what I had done and they explained that the basically holed up in this room and battled defensively. We dealt with the grunts for a little while, just barely making it through the onslaught of foes. It eventually got bad enough that I had to recall Charmander. Since the grunts were coming in teams of two I decided to give Pikachu a break since Charmander had done all he could for now.

In their place I brought out Squirtle and Bulbasaur who also battled admirably. Eventually we had gone through all of the grunts that could be sent to battle us. Sensing that things were about to get worse I returned Squirtle and Bulbasuar just as the Team Rocket member that was leading the attack on the SS Anne entered the room.

"You've all fought us off for long enough. It's time to stop playing around. I Admin Proton shall now take complete control" the man said with a crooked grin since he knew his team of fresh and ready Pokemon had a clear advantage over our tired Pokemon. Fortunately as he reached to his belt for a Pokeball the ship lurched and he was sent toppling over.

One of the grunts came running into the room after that. "Sir! The ship has been damaged and is going to sink!" they cried out. Proton laughed at that and calmly stood back up turning to the door. He looked over his shoulder at us and stated "Looks like you get a reprieve this time. Next time you won't be so lucky."

Thankfully the adrenaline running through us all after dealing with the situation hadn't faded out yet. The captain of the ship who was standing with us, due to wanting the be the first person the admin had to go through quickly and efficiently set about evacuating the ship. Working together we got the ship cleared.

The captain, Brock, Steven, Cynthia and I were the last people on bored. Brock and Steven hopped into the last life boat as the captain and I got it loose, so as to catch the rest of us as we jumped into the life boat. The captain wanted to be the last one off, but had gotten injured earlier so Cynthia and I made him jump first.

As Cynthia went to jump however a wave slammed into the ship, sending her tumbling overboard.

Not even thinking I jumped off after her and somehow managed to grab her. As I did so I turned and rotated so that we wouldn't hit the water head first. The water approached rapidly and I closed my eyes, hoping for a miracle.

I got one in the form of Pidgeotto freeing herself from her Pokeball and catching us with her talons. I opened my eyes in fear when I felt the talons grab us. When I noticed it was Pidgeotto I called out to her "Pidgeotto you don't have the power needed to keep us in the air! We're too heavy for you and if you don't let go we're all going to hit the water. Save yourself, we'll be okay!"

I was cut off however when she began to glow a bright white color. It was so shiny I had to close my eyes, but when I opened them I saw that Pidgeotto had evolved into a Pidgeot and was now easily supporting us. She slowly lifted us higher into the air and carefully made her way over to the life boats that had been pushed away by the rough water. Once we were safely on board I gave Pidgeot a hug for saving us. "You did awesome girl" I cheered, before shifting from my hug to rub her head affectionately.

I didn't have much time to praise my wonderful Pokemon as I was knocked over by a hug from Cynthia for saving her. Only to be helped up by Steven, before getting torn into by Brock for how dangerous that was all the while the captain was laughing at our antics. The captain quickly sobered up however, and asked if we trainers could call out any strong water or flying types to help moves us towards land.

I let Pidgeot stay out and she pulled our life boat for a while before getting tired just as the local coast guard for the area found and rescued us. At that point I recalled Pidgeot and just waited for the coast guard to get us back on land. Which only took fifteen minutes, though they called for ambulances to help with the injured it was all done on site as no one was allowed to leave until everyone had given their report on the situation we had just gotten out of.

In the time we sat waiting for them to let us go I had called mom to let her know we were okay, called Professor Oak to tell him about what happened, let Brock, Steven, and Cynthia use my upgraded national Pokedex to call her home and let them know they were okay. And chatted with my Pokemon enough to decide that after getting them checked out at the local Pokemon Center Pidgeot, Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander were going to the professors ranch for a well deserved rest.

Eventually they let everyone leave, and our group made its way over to the Pokemon Center. While our Pokemon were getting treated we made small talk, none of us really wanting to split up just yet. Unfortunately we had to, as with a small smile Steven told us he had to return to Hoenn quickly, as professor Birch his sponsor wanted his help on an archaeological dig.

"It's been fun but I have to get back. This cruise was just a vacation from work. It was nice, but I love my work and the professor wants my help so once I get my Pokemon back from Nurse Joy I'm heading over to the nearest airport to get home." Steven said extending his hand towards the rest of us.

After shaking hands he and I exchanged numbers as I commented I'd call him if I ever went to Hoenn. He laughed at that as he stated he'd be looking forward to it. Though once he finished speaking Nurse Joy called him over the intercom to collect his Pokemon.

"Well, like Steven said it was fun… a lot of fun. I wish I could stay but after my Pokemon are okay I have to go home so I can calm my mom down. She nearly had a panic attack when I told her what happened."

Cynthia's name was called shortly after that. But before she went to get her Pokemon she kissed me on the check, making both of us blush. Then she gave me her number and walked away to get her Pokemon. As she did Brock clapped me on the back jokingly calling me a lady killer.

"Well it may be earlier than intended and in a different city, but we're back on land. Any idea where to go next?" I questioned as Brock pulled out a map to show me where we were.

"I think we should stick around for a bit. The closest gym is in Saffron city, but Sabrina the gym leader there uses psychic types which as you know are weak to ghost types. We're currently in Lavender town which is home to the Pokemon Tower. A lot of ghost type Pokemon live in the tower." - Brock

"So stick around for a few days find a ghost type or two then head over to Saffron and challenge Sabrina?" - Ash

"Yup." - Brock

"Works for me." - Ash

Right after saying that Brock and I both were called up to collect our Pokemon from Nurse Joy, who upon seeing Brock got down on one knee and proposed to claiming his undying love for her only to have his Zubat come out of her Pokeball and sting him into unconsciousness. After that I asked if there was a room available for us to use. Thankfully there was.

Once we got to the room I let Conan out of his Pokeball only to be met with a flying hug. I chuckled and hugged him back, slowly calming him down before remembering I was going to send the others over to the professor for a well earned break. I did just that and then set about getting ready for bed, eventually falling asleep with Conan coiled up against my chest and Pikachu right below him leaning on my stomach.

S.R: Eh, this wasn't the best it could have been. But It also could have been a lot worse. Any who thanks for reading and don't be afraid to send me a pm on something you liked, or felt could have been done differently.

ON HAND:

1. Pikachu (m) 2. Riolu (m)

AT THE RANCH:

1. Gyarados(f) 2. Beedrill (m) 3. Nidorino (m) 4. Zubat (m) 5. Bulbasaur (f) 6. Squirtle (f) 7. Charmander (m) 8. Pidgeot (f)