Disclaimer: Unless you want to see my flaming fire types (I own all of the old ones on game boy plus most of the new ones) then don't try to sue me! I don't own them, ok? I only own the characters for Casey and Lupusa, and the plot for this fic. That's it. On with the story!
Author's note:
"Speaking"
Pokémon speech translated
*thoughts*
****Change in the point of view****
Friends to the End
By Ark9
Chapter Seven
Double Trouble
The next morning came quickly upon our heroes.
"Pi-ka-chu!" Pikachu shouted, shocking Ash awake.
"Quit that, Pikachu! Or else you won't have enough electricity to battle later!" Ash yelled, waking up with a shock. (AN: Ha, ha…oh, sorry. Bad joke, I know.)
"Pika." Sorry.
"Come on! Let's go before Misty wakes up," Ash said pulling on his clothes and running out the door.
"Pi!" Ok!
Soon they arrived at the pokémon center and went over to the video-phone.
"Hi, Professor Oak!"
"Pika pi!"
"Hi, Ash…Pikachu. I haven't heard from you for a while. Misty tells me that you two are having a double pokémon match."
"Yeah, that's right. That's mainly why I called you. I want to us Snorlax for the match. Is it awake?"
"Yes, it just woke up about five minutes ago. What pokémon are you going to switch for it?"
"Tauros."
"One more in the stampede. Great!" Professor Oak said sarcastically. "I'll go get Snorlax ready.
"Ok," Ash said, and put Tauros's pokéball in the transfer machine.
"Here it comes!" Professor Oak said, starting the machine.
"Thanks, professor!"
"No problem. Bye now!" Professor Oak said and then hung up the phone.
Ash hung up the phone and then turned to Pikachu. "We'd better get back, Pikachu!"
"Pika!" Right!
*************Back at the Hotel*************
"Are you ready, Misty?" Ash sneered.
"You bet!" Misty said, equally aggressively.
"Ok! Let's go!" Ash said as they all raced to the battlefield, with the exceptions of Togepi, who Misty carried, and Pikachu, who rode on Ash's shoulder to save its energy. (…Sorry, again.)
They burst through the doors to find an empty stadium, ready for any battles that participants might have. They both walked over to the trainers' boxes, which was just a white box at each end of the battlefield.
"As my pokémon, Misty calls upon Gyridos…!" Misty called.
"GOOOORRRRREEEEE!" it shouted.
"…and Golduck!" Misty finished.
"Gold-duck!"
"I thought that was who you would use!" Ash yelled triumphantly. "I choose you, Pikachu…!"
"Pika!"
"…and Snorlax!"
"Snore-lax!"
"Pikachu, thunder attack!" Ash shouted before Misty had time to respond.
"Piiii-kaaaa-CHU!!!" it shouted, and let the electricity go, almost fainting Gyridos.
"Golduck, psychic attack!" Misty called.
"Gol!" it said, once again ignoring her orders and used a confuse ray attack instead.
"Pikachu, watch out!" Ash shouted, alarmed.
Pikachu covered its ears with its paws and squinted its eyes closed. At the last minute, Snorlax jumped in front of Pikachu and used its reflect attack, with achieved the purpose but also sent it back the other way, which made both Gyridos and Golduck get confused.
Gyridos and Golduck both started attacking each other, until Golduck used its psychic and did a number on Gyridos. It screamed a horrible scream and then started to fall. Meanwhile, Snorlax fired a hyper beam and at the weakened Gyridos, but as Gyridos started to fall, the hyper beam whizzed over its head and kept on going into Misty.
"Misty!" Ash yelled, seeing what had happened. "Snorlax, return!" He ran across the arena. "Return, Golduck and Gyridos!" he shouted, glad that Gyridos was weak enough for him to recall.
"Prrrrriiiiiiiiii!" Togepi wailed, bursting into tears.
Pikachu talked to Togepi and got it to hold its tears in, so that everyone else could think. Ash carefully reached under Misty's knees and behind her back so that he could pick her up.
"Do you know where the hospital here is, Pikachu?"
"Pika!" it shouted with enthusiasm, and began leading the way.
Ash only saw a yellow blur as he raced behind Pikachu. The rain that was pouring down on him just seemed to add to the frustrating situation.
Recovery
*Where am I?* Misty thought, looking around the room. *Think, Misty! …a small room. There is a table at the other side, and a bed next to mine, but there is no one in it. What happened last? I was in a battle with Ash…I must be in a hospital!* She tried to sit up and get out of bed. *Ow! I can't sit up yet. It makes my head spin. There are voices outside my room. One is Ash, the other must be a doctor. I wish I could hear what they are saying…I'm too sleepy, anyway… * Misty thought as she drifted into sleep again.
*************A Little Earlier*************
Ash sat in the waiting room, thinking, and babbling to Pikachu. "Poor Misty …all my fault…stupid Gyridos…I hope we got her here in time, Pikachu."
"Pi-kaa." Me, too.
"It's my fault. I should have used a pokémon that I had longer. Then I could have helped it aim better. Snorlax is back with Professor Oak, though, and there isn't anything that I can do about it, now."
"Pika?" Think so? it asked, sadly.
The doctor came out of Misty's room.
"How is she?" Ash asked, the only thing keeping his voice down was the fact that they were in a hospital and there would be people who needed their sleep.
"Pikachu?!"
She smiled and answered, "She should be fine. You got her here just in time. My only question is how in the world did she get hit by a hyper beam? Pokémon don't usually try to attack people."
"Eh heh, heh," Ash laughed nervously. "That was my fault. We were having a double pokémon battle and her pokémon got confused. My Snorlax tried to hit one with a hyper beam but the pokémon fell under it and the hyper beam hit Misty, instead," he hung his head, waiting for the lecture that was sure to come soon.
"Oh! I see!" she exclaimed. "That's better than I thought it might be. I thought it might have been one of her pokémon that held a grudge against her, so it might happen again."
"No," Ash stated, "I guess that is a good side to this situation."
"Then she's with you, I assume. Are you her boyfriend?" she asked.
"No! Wait! I mean yes. I mean—" Ash struggled to answer her question, confusing himself more than anything.
"Whatever it is, is fine I'm sure. You can go in if you'd like," she said, relieving Ash of his embarrassing situation.
"Ok, thanks," Ash said, and walked in the door. He went over and stood next to the bed. "Misty?" he called, trying to see if she was awake. "It's no good, Pikachu. She's asleep."
"Pika, pika." Yeah.
"Will you ask the doctor if we can take her back to the hotel?"
"Pika!" Sure! Pikachu ran off and soon returned, still running its fastest sprint. "Pikachu!" We can! it cried, happily.
"Good. You bring Togepi back, ok? It's already scared so don't mention Misty still being out, alright? See if you can get it to take a nap or something." Ash said, starting to not like the egg pokémon so much.
"Pi." Ok. it said and ran out the door, still on its hyper-streak. Soon Ash could hear it chattering to Togepi.
Ash looked at Misty. *Why do I like her?* he wondered. *She's always yelling at me and teasing me, but somehow I do. It just doesn't make sense. Some day I'll work it out.*
But then he realized what was going on and picked her up and carried her back to his room. By now it was dark and he decided that he and Pikachu better get to sleep, too. He was about ready to say something about it to Pikachu, when he thought he saw her move.
"Misty?" he asked quietly, but there was no answer. *Wishful thinking, I guess…* he thought to himself.
Pikachu looked up. He thought that his trainer must be going crazy, or else was just tired. "Pikachu pika pi." Let's go to sleep. it suggested, jumping up on the top bunk.
"All right… just a minute," Ash replied.
"Pi." Ok. he said, laying down until Ash got up there.
"You can make it," Ash whispered, kissing Misty on the cheek, and then going up on the top bunk with Pikachu.
But he had been wrong. Misty was awake and wondering where she was. She wasn't sure if she was still dreaming or not, when he and Pikachu decided to go to sleep. *So Pikachu was right all along.* She thought happily, and then drifted back into dreamland with a smile on her face.
Surprise, Surprise…
*************The Next Morning*************
Misty woke up. She liked to wake up early. Well, she liked to wake up early compared to when they used to wake up when the old group was traveling. The only one who used to wake up before her was Brock. Brock just liked to eat breakfast early and felt his "older brother" role to make breakfast for everyone else as well.
She lay in the bed, remembering why she was there. *What a day!* she thought, remembering everything that had happened. *It was sweet of Ash to help me after I just yell at him all of the time.*
"Misty calls upon Starmie!" she whispered.
"Haiya!" it called softly, appearing out of its pokéball.
Misty grabbed on to Starmie and it took her into her room to get ready. Soon she had changed into different clothes (which looked the same), and brushed her hair and teeth. Then Starmie brought her back and put her on the bed.
"Thanks, Starmie!" Misty said, recalling it back into its pokéball. Then she decided that it was about time that Ash woke up. She inched up the ladder, trying to spread her weight so that her arms or legs didn't get all of it. Eventually, she made it up the ladder.
"Pikachu?" What's going on?
"Oh! Hi, Pikachu!" Misty said, surprised.
"Pikachu." I'll wake up Ash. "Piiii-kaaaa" it prepared to attack.
"No, that's okay. I'll wake up Ash," Misty said quickly, smiling at Pikachu. "Can you wake up Togepi? It's in my room and I don't think that I could walk over there, yet."
"Pika!" Sure! its face brightened at the thought of getting its buddy. It jumped down in one leap and then ran through the next door to wake up Togepi.
"Hey, Ash!" Misty called, shaking him awake.
Ash slowly opened his eyes and waited until they adjusted. "Misty? How did you…" Ash started, puzzled.
"I made it," she said with a mischievous grin.
"What?" he asked still confused, then realized what she was getting on to. He blushed, "You were awake?"
"Yep," she said and kissed him on his cheek. "Glad I was, too."
"Pika?" Huh? Pikachu wondered, coming in with Togepi. *This is one weird morning! At least they are finally together.*
"Toge prriii?" What's going on?
"Pikachu pi. Pikachu!" I'm not sure. Let's get something to eat!
"Prrrrriiiii!" Yeah! it said, as they both ran downstairs to the breakfast area in the hotel.
"Wait up, Pikachu!" Ash called. But they were already out the door. Ash hurried down the ladder. Then he looked back up at Misty. "How did you get up there, anyway? Can you climb down?"
"Uh…I think so…" Misty answered, and started to edge down the ladder.
"Well at that speed, maybe you will make it down here by noon," Ash said, laughing.
"It's not like you are helping anything!" Misty yelled back angrily.
"Okay, okay. Calm down," Ash said, pulling her away from the ladder and putting her on the ground. "Can you walk or do you want to stay here?"
"I can walk," she answered quickly. She took a step towards the door, but her knees buckled and she started to fall.
Ash caught her and put her on the bed instead of the floor. "Nice try," he said. He couldn't bear to look at her because she looked so sad at the thought of being left alone.
"Don't leave me here!" she pleaded.
"You win," Ash said. He smirked and then turned around. "Come on," he said. Misty climbed on his back. "If you would have told me that I would bother doing this before, then I wouldn't have believed you!" he said smartly and got hit in the head for it. "Hey! I'm the one helping you here!" Ash yelled, and then headed out the door towards the breakfast area to join the pokémon for breakfast.
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I hate homework! Ok, if I get 25 reviews, then I will put out another chapter. If I don't, then it might be a while until I decide to type one!