C. Cowboy: Howdy two chapters in one day! Who's the cowboy!! Now relax Angie, I've seen plenty of chick fights and some of them were pretty ugly. Take in mind Crystal (The more girly of the two) was the one Biting and slapping but Misty was the one who blacked Ash's eye, think of what she would have done if Ash hadn't gotten in the way! EWWWW!!! That fight was just Misty's way of warning Crystal to back off. The little conflict between the two will begin to grow even more in this one! But you know what, with this Hand Of Fate threatening him and his friends; does Ash really need two crazed females beating the crap out of each other? You be the judge, now on with the show.

CHAPTER 4: A 'NICE, PEACEFUL' ROADTRIP

"This is just perfect!" Ash said as he crumpled the piece of paper. "I'll call Officer Jenny!" Prof. Ivy said as she went for the phone. Then Crystal came running in, "Ash! Are you all right? I heard a crash! Did that hussy do something to you?" Misty's blood pressure sky rocketed, "What did you say, you little witch?" Ash then step in between the two, big mistake. "OK, girls! Lets calm down!" Misty and Crystal both shoved Ash out of the way and yelled in unison, "SHUT UP, KETCHUM!! SHE'S MINE!!!" They both went at each other swinging. Misty gave Crystal a knee to the gut, while Crystal returned with a right cross. Crystal then grabbed Misty's sideways ponytail and pulled hard. Bad move. Misty then grabbed Crystal by the throat and gave her a one-handed chokeslam. Unfortunately, Crystal still had a hold of Misty's ponytail in a tight grip, and Misty went down with her. Misty pulled herself back to her feet, but was knocked back down by a tackle from Crystal. Misty rolled back on top. She set on Crystal stomach and grabbed both sides of her head and began to repeatedly pound the back of her head into the floor. It took Gary, Ash, Prof. Ivy, her three assistants, officer Jenny, and five police officers to pull Misty off the badly beaten girl.

"I hope you two are happy!" Mrs. Ketchum lectured the two battered and bleeding girls. "Do you two have anything to say for yourselves?" they just looked at each other, and said in unison, "She started it." Ash rolled his eyes, "This is going to be a long trip." He then looked at Gary, "Want to call a truce till we meet in the tournament or we calm those two down?" Gary grabbed his hand, "Keep those two away from me, and we'll get along just fine!" 

Ash and Gary then walk over to Officer Jenny, and handed her the note. "Until they actually do something, we can't do anything." She said as Ash set down in frustration, "So in other words, it will take me or one of my friends getting shot at." Then he heard Misty and Crystal start arguing again, "Officer Jenny, may I please barrow your gun?" Gary laughed, "Look at it this way, Ashy Boy, at least they're not mad at you!" Ash just put his face in his hands. "Why me, God, Why me?"

Jenny said that it should be all right to go ahead with the tournament. Seems that most of the other Pallet trainers didn't have enough badges to go so it was just Ash along with Misty and his Mom, Gary, Crystal, and Prof. Ivy. They piled into Prof. Ivy's minivan, Prof. Ivy and Mrs. Ketchum set up front, Gary set with Togapi and Pikachu in the first seat, then behind them were Misty and Crystal with a frustrated Ash setting in between the two trying to keep the peace. (Note: TRYING)

The two continued to argue the whole way to the Indigo Plateau, while Ash held his face in his hands. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CANT BE A NATURAL REDHEAD??? YOU NEED TO TALK BLONDY!!!" "I'LL SHOW YOU, YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING BRAT!!" They both went to punch each other, but Ash rose up just in time to get a fist to both sides of his jaw, and a round trip ticket to Dreamland.    

                                     

"Piiii Toge Togapi!!"  (Ten bucks on Mommy) Togapi said to Pikachu. Pikachu thought for a second then looked at the little egg, "Pi, Pikapi cha Pikachu pika. Pika kachu!" (Na, Ash will snap and take them both out. You're on!) Pikachu then shook her little hand.

Ash finally came to as the minivan pulled into the main parking lot of the Indigo Stadium. Ash cleared the first seat and kissed the ground, and praised God.

"Hi Ash long time, no see!" Ash looked up to see almost his mirror image, "Richie, is that you?" Richie just nodded, "The one and only! Glad to see you are still alive and kicking! By the way, what happened to your eye and jaw? " Ash laughed as he shook Richie's hand, "I won't be 'alive and kicking' if I can't get those girls over there to stop fighting. Every time they fight, I end up the one getting hurt!" Richie laughed, "Don't worry, I'll help you all I can! But right now I've got some things to take care of. So, meet up with you later?" Ash smiled, "Sure, how's eight?" "Sound good, see you then!" Ash then turned back toward the minivan where he saw Misty and Crystal on the ground charred with Pikachu standing between them with his cheeks sparking, "I'll have to treat Pikachu with something later!"         

    

TO BE CONTINUED…

C. Cowboy: Well, is that better A*Mon? Ash has to make Misty and Crystal stop these mindless fights, before anyone gets badly hurt. And at this rate, it's more then likely to be Ash! With this chaos and this Fate character, can Ash's day get any better? But they did make it to the Indigo Plateau without any MAJOR injuries. BTW, Team Rocket (Jessie, James, and meowth) returns next chapter!!