Well hello everyone. It seems I didn't get to twenty five reviews. While this made me very upset with my readers, I realized that Christmas was coming. In the spirit of goodwill I am writing chapter six at last for all you good reviewers out there! I promise a little more of what has been developing, but the big moment is still coming. Get me to thrity reviews and I will put up chapter seven for Christmas! Anyway I want to also mention the fact that I have been re-writing my other original story Fusion for fanfiction.net during the pause in this story. I hope you will all take a look at it now. Anyway enjpy chapter six!

~Naso



"I'm trying to rid myself of my gentle nature."

-Zeches Merquiose/Gundam Wing-



Chapter 6- Red Alert! **I couldn't help myself!**

It had been an uneasy week since pikachu had died. Ash had been made to go back to school, and only once during the week had he gone to see Misty. It had been a difficult visit, but it promised better things. Ash had given Misty the pokeball with Gyrados inside, and he had asked her out to the dance a being held the next week. Thankfully she had agreed. This spared Ash anymore grief, and actually had made him smile.

Now it was a week before the dance at Pewter, and Ash was lounging with Brock in the Viridian forest. It was a Friday night, and the two normally went out into town. This night neither felt good about that, and they had opted for watching the stars. Brock and Ash had been talking strangely enough about pokemon, despite how sensitive the topic was. "So I hear Misty has the Gyrados you caught." Brock stated in his normal state of tact. Basically none whatsoever. Ash frowned, but he still answered Brock. "Yeah I gave it to her, but first I straightened it out a bit for her." Ash stated gruffly. Brock didn't like what that had suggested, so he pried. "What do you mean Ash?" Brock asked the young man.

"To put it simply, I took it out and gave it a proper ass-chewing." Ash said, "I told that big red son-of-a-bitch that I dispiesed it because it was a killer, and that it was being sent to Misty because she actually would care for it. I told it if it ever gave her trouble it would go back to me, and it didn't want me as it's trainer." Brock didn't know wheather to frown at this or grin from ear to ear. Ash realized that he wouldn't have been able to train the Gyrados, but that Misty would. Not only that, but he had cared enough to tell the Gyrados that. Ash may have been mean, but in the long run he had done the best thing.

Ash always had a love for pokemon, and he touched even the pokemon he fought in battles with his compassion. Many trainers had learned from Ash, and had helped their pokemon get stronger because of it. Brock fondly remembered when Kasey had given Ash the electabuzz a summer ago. She had thanked him for turning her towards the right path in her journey, and Ash had just denied doing anything but giving her a battle. Well now that they were into a sensitive topic, Brock may as well adress an issue with Ash that had been bugging him. He knew Gary had also thought of bringing it up, and Ash might not take it well coming from his former arch rival.

"Ash you haven't trained with Pichu or Pichtwo for a while now." Brock stated, "Wouldn't it be better for them if they trained to get their mind off what happened?" Ash shook his head at that. "No way. I'm not going to make them fight." Ash stated as if he never had wanted a battle again, "I'm not going to make them fight because their mother asked me to take care of them." Brock frowned, so that was the reason. He was afraid of that. "Ash." He stated clearly, "What about the other pokemon?" Ash frowned even deeper than before. He didn't want to talk about it. He answered Brock after sighing deeply.

"They already are fighters, and I can't give up battling as a master. It wouldn't be fair to them or my competition. I know that their mother was a great fighter, but I think that she gave more than enough. I don't need her kids gettign hurt for me." Ash had said all that with clear cut annoyance in his voice, and Brock picked up on it. Brock sighed and layed down in the grass instead of continuing to kneel. "Thanks for telling me Ash. I know it was none of my business." Brock told his friend. Ash layed down as he looked up into the stars that dotted the sky. "No problem Brock." Ash said returning to his normal tone of voice, "Thank you two." "Yeah, no prob." Brock said.

Meanwhile in Pewter Misty's three 'fabulous' **Can you like, gag me with a spoon for calling them that?** sisters were having coffe at the side of the pool as Misty trained with her new red Gyrados. That was a pokemon that was still under review for either being ugly, or kawaii. Misty had said it was important to train it up for her match with Gary, but her sisters were discussing something rather different. "So like, that Ketchup kid or whatever finnally asked her out!" Daisey said happilly. Lily smiled and sipped her tea. "Yeah, I thought she was going to become an old maid waiting for him tow." Lily said, "I was starting to wonder if he really liked her, or was gay!" Then they heard a splash as Misty, who had been riding on Gyrados, promptly face-faulted into the blue water of the pool.

As she surfaced she screamed at her sister. "Lily Ash is NOT GAY, and I will NEVER be an OLD MAID!" Misty shrieked at Lily, and Lily only smiled. Violet grinned sadonically at Misty. "It' no wonder ol' Ketchup took so long though Mist." Violet said as Misty cringed. Only Ash could call her that without her cringing. Then Violet continued with a sly smile as she asked her sister something that had been nagging her. "Do you even have a dress fro this dance?" Violet asked Misty, and her sister paled against the blue backdrop of the water. This made the orange of her hair, and that of the swimsuit Ash had given her stand out very well. "Well, uh, no, n-not yet." Misty stammered as she realized she was absoutely unprepared for the dance.

Not only that, but the dance was NEXT Friday! "OH MY GOD!" Her sisters shrieked when Misty confessed this, and then Daisey walked up and pulled Misty right from the pool. "Do you have anything arranged?!" Daisey asked and Misty shook her head meekly. This wouldn't be pretty. Before she knew it she was being drug out of the gym with a towel wrapped around her as her sister pulled her into the night. Gyrados was left to add water to the pool with it's BIG sweatdrop. Roughly three minutes later the 'Rocket Dress' shop in the mall was being stormed into by three well dressed girls as they dragged their startled sister into the store in nothing but her bathing suit. Not only was Misty now confused, wet, and slightly indecent, but she stood face to face with a suprising new addition to the fashion community. Misty was face to face with Jessie, James, and the well groomed Persian. "Uh, hello Misty. What brings you here?" James meekly quipped at the 'old friend' before him. Misty was now more confused than ever!

While Misty and her sisters were getting familier with the 'staff' at Rocket Dress in Ceruleon, Ash and Brock were crashing at the Pewter gym. Some old friends had been in the area since the small funeral Ash had given for pikachu, and those that were his best friends were still around. Bumping into a few of them on their way back into town had convinced Brock to hold a small late night party to cheer Ash up, and some ladies had showed up as well. Casey, Tracey, Gary, and a few other of Ash's younger gym opponents had been in town, and the familier faces of girls like Kasey, Duplica, Erika, and Sabrina had popped up amongst the crowd of girls. If you had been told that they were all gathered at this party because of a funeral for a pikachu would you believe it? Amongst the party that had been hastilly erected were some movies on a projecter the gym had always had, some large quantitys of junk food, and despite the soda and other normal beverages Ash was a little preturbed to see some achohal around.

Whilst most people didn't have a clue who brought it, Ash guessed instantly that Gary had brought it. Considering he and Gary had drank achohal just like it when they had sneaken into the good Proff. Oaks secret stash Ash knew very well what it was. While Ash didn't know just how well Snapps and Pucker went for getting someone drunk, he could easilly guess at how well some harder drinks that were there could get a person drunk. Ash recognized one of the clear liquids as Vodka. Just wonderful, well at least they were doing it in a secluded spot like a gym and not out in the open. No one would find them out here. Ash promised not to get out of his head with so many of his female friends around, and decided that the pucker was somewhat safe to be around. He grabbed a bottle of the watermelon kind, and refused the ice that was offered to him by Gary.

Ash couldn't figure Gary out sometimes. Pucker wasn't any worse than a wine cooler right? The party was finnally getting fired up after a pairing of Kasey's brought a large cd player with a vast array of cds. Ash felt a little light headed as he had the bottle almost half gone now, and he noticed Sabrina walking up to him with a slight smile playing across her features. "What's up Sabina?" Ash asked her, and he personally hoped that she didn't notice the way he had mispronounced her name. She did however, and her smirk widened somewhat. "Not much Ash, but can I talk to you over on there for a while?" She asked as she pointed to a couch in the large gym room. "Sure." Ash replied, and managed to walk somewhat normally with Sabrina over to the couch.

Meanwhile back at the Rocket Dress Misty had just refused another dress she had been offered as the nightime set in. It was past closing time, but the shop was still open to the sisters as Jessie helped them. James and Persian had been sent home so that the whole shop could be at the girls disposel. "Gosh Misty that is like, the twentieth dress you have said no to." Daisey pouted at her sister, "Can't you just do like I do and take all the dresses?" Misty frowned. "Not in good conscious, I care about the gyms budget." She said drly to her sister. "It's ok if she takes FOREVER Daisey." Violet said interupting, "Misty wants it to be perfect right sis'?" Misty looked a little surprised at Violet, but she smiled. Jessie also grinned, "Why else would I keep the shop open so late if not for the romantic ideals of the twerps?" She asked happilly as she added, "One must help twerpshippers any way they can."

Misty sweatdropped, but continued to smile at the kindly ex-team rocket member. "Thank you Jessie." She said, "And yes Violet's right, when I go to my first dance I want it to be special." Lily smirked. "I would two if I had only been asked to one dance in two years of them being held at my high school." She said in a teasing tone. Misty was about to manhandle her sister when Jessie shoved a certain packaged dress in front of her. "This is a special one I made a while ago with you in mind kid, go try it on, but don't show your sisters ok?" Given this advise Misty gave an understanding look to Jessie as she headed for the dressing room. Once inside she gasped at what Jessie had crafted. The dress was esquisit, and as Misty tried it on she wondered how Jessie had gotten her size. She had grown in MANY ways since she had last seen the woman. Then again Jessie and her friends never failed at spying on the twerps. Even if pikachu lived out her whole life without real fear of capture. Heh, that one made Misty smile as she changed back into her other cloths and returned the dress to it's packaging.

As Misty stepped out she gave Jessie a happy smile and said as straightforward as possible, "It's perfect!!" The sisters paid for the dress, and the accessories they had gotten earlier. Then they left and returned to the gym. Misty went to her gyrados to apologize as the other sisters went straight to bed, and Misty ended up telling the red demon all the naughty little secrets of the evening before heading to bed. The next morning though a different sort of demon was at work. It's name was Sabrina. She was alone in a waiting room with Ash as he slept soundly. He didn't stir as a lightflashed in his face either. Sabrina smirked as Alakazam handed her a revealing snapshot of her and Ash. "This is going to be perfect!" She said to herself happilly. She had wiped Ash's memory of what had happened last night, and at the perfect time, maby a month from now she would reveal the evidence. It would be perfect.

Then she heard a loud bump and Gary cursed from the office beyond. She mentally directed Haunter to occupy the boy as she got her cloths on, and prepared to escape. Meanwhile on the other end of the door Gary was wondering two things. Why his hangover was so bad, and if he was imagining the water canister for the office flying at him. As it bowled him over and soaked him to the bone he realized that it was actually a real object and not a figment of his imagination. He got up and turned around to see Duplica laughing at him in her chemise for nightware. He himself only had on his underwear and a t-shirt. "You were much more attractive last night, I must have been drunk." Duplica said laughing harder, and Gary frowned. He had only ever been caught so embarresed by two people, one being Ash, and the othe Duplica. "What about the other nights?" Gary asked her evilly. She frowned. "You must be imagining things, that was my first time with anyone let alone you." She said trying suddenly not to smile. Gary smiled plainly at her and she helped him up.

So they had never had a night other than the last one, but it had not been achohal and they both knew it. Gary never thanked Ash for introducing the two, but he would someday. Meanwhile Sabrina had escaped with her pokemon and the pictures.

Fin.~

Ooooohhhhh! Was that mysterious enough for you? Is Ash going to be in big trouble later? We'll see. Next time is the dance, followed by Misty and Gary's match! I hope you all are curious about the dress now. Hey I managed to get team rocket into the fic! I'm not done with them yet either, so remember, you asked for it! Also if I could get some attention to two things. I want THIRTY REVIEWS before I write the next chapter. I really don't care how short or miswritten they are, I just want them. I think that is fair enough. Also I promise a special bit of fan-service to my most faithful three reviewers if I can get those reviews before Christmas! The other thing is that this chapter was about a half page shorter than the others. Sorry about that, but I only had so much to put into this chapter, so it was hard writing as much as I did. Nice to finnally write another chapter for you all!

~Naso