Hello everyone! I'm afraid to say I had to take a short break from writing. It doesn't seem I was missed much however. From the evidence before me on my computer I have gathered two conceptions about this fic. The first is that there are a few authors (About four I'm thinking.) who would prefer to never see a single thing printed from me even if it was a fantastic story that they would enjoy. That being the case I have decided that it is prudent to finish this fic, and stop being a bother to the Pokemon section of fanfiction.net as I cannot seem to do any good. The other thing I have noticed is that I shouldn't ask for reviews if I want to post regularly. Due to the fact there have been quiet a good number of readers who have said that they enjoy this fic a good deal, and that I am an extreamly talented author, have convinced me to finish the fic first. I am sorry I couldn't have made a different impression upon all of, and I won't write anymore pokemon fics until I am no longer despised. Enjoy the final two chapters all you guys.

~Naso



"All boys have the right to dream."

-Opening Narrative/Outlaw Star-



Chapter 9- Battle With Two Losers

As Misty and Gary each waited for the other to issue a command, Hades made it a point to try and stare down Gary's zapdos. Misty made the descision to start first after she came up with a basic strategy. "Hades I want you to use dragon rage right now!" Misty commanded, and Hades quickly responded by sending It's typhoon like attack straight at zapdos. "Zapdos use your agility quickly!" Gary shouted as he saw the iminant doom headed in his pokemon's direction. Zapdos darted out of the line of fire in a blur of motion, but in the movement the pokemon was thrown off balance in the air.

"Hades don't allow zapdos to attack use bodyslam!" Misty ordered next. The red gyrados lunged at zapdos and tried to swat the large bird out of the air, but it once again missed the target as zapdos fell out of the way of the larger pokemon. "Zapdos use a thunder attack." Gary instructed the bird pokemon, and zapdos followed up with it's attack as the gyrados was landing back in the water. Hades took the full force of the attack, but it still managed to stand strong after the blow. "Gyrados dive low and harden." Misty said as she realized they were now on the defensive.

"No way THAT will protect it." Gary said, "Zapdos thunder attack gyrados into next week." The bird shocked the full pool with it's next attack, but Hades did not surface.

"Shock it again zapdos!" Gary ordered, "If you keep it up the gyrados will have to surface." The bird shocked the pool with another attack, and when no results were apparent it resumed the attack. Misty sat and waited as zapdos keyed off it's attack yet another time, and she prayed the strategy could hold water.

**I know, I know, bad pun right? I love em' so much though.**

Zapdos shocked the pool with even another thunder before it stopped again. The bird was out of power, and it panted with exaustion from it's efforts. "I can't believe this." Gary complained, "Misty you can't win by just playing defense." Misty laughed at Gary before she honered him with a reply. "I just did Oak. Hades use wrap now!" Misty ordered and Gary tried to warn his tired bird pokemon as the large red gyrados bolted from it's watery cover. The bird tried to dodge the attack, but in it's tired state it could not evade the fast strike of the gyrados. Gyrados did receive a slight shock as it wound up the bird, but as it crunched the electrical pokemon in it's grasp the bird was obviously in more pain.

Then came the clincher. Gyrados fell into the pool and immediately lept out onto the platform nearby Misty as the electric bird reacted to hitting the water. Zapdos cried out and pain and thrashed helplessly as it's own body shocked it and kept it from escaping. Gary called out for it in no avail, and after the slightest hesitation he recalled the poor bird. "I'm sorry for overworking you zapdos." Gary apologized to the pokemon as it was now encased in it's ball.

"You did good Misty. You used the water perfectly." Gary admitted to her with a nod of approval, "I can see why you are a gym leader." Misty smiled at Gary warmly, and then something went through his head. "Hey how did Ash ever beat you?" Gary asked curiously, and Misty laughed at him. "Ash never did beat me. I gave him a badge because he proved his skills to me." Misty said happilly, and Gary smirked with bittersweet satisfaction. "I guess I have one more thing I can grill Ash on now at the very least." Gary said, and having lost his match he now left the arena to get his pokemon cared for.

Misty herself remembered she still had not had her breakfast, but before she could even enjoy that she would most likely have to tell her sisters all about the previous evening. Then again, the FIRST thing she needed to do was deal with a certain miss Poppy M. Squirt!

**My cousin has a tiny lil' beagle pup she calls Polly M. Squirt, and I wrote this upon her request when she noticed Poppy was much like Polly. Eeash!**

"Ohhhh Poppy. Where are you darling?" Misty called across the gym, and she made sure that she put as much maniac glee as she could into her voice. In Misty's room Poppy sat on a box she had just hidden Misty's trusty mallet in. The pokemon chirped nervously as she heard Misty call her, and decided to go face her execution. She scampered out of the room to find her master. Both trainer and pokemon were going to get into trouble today, but at least Poppy could see it coming. As Poppy faced her trainer, Ash Ketchum eagerly waited with Proffesor Oak for Gary to come home and tell them how he had done against Misty. Actually they were watching college football, but that wasn't the point, was it?

Gary didn't wind up getting back to the lab to meet Ash and his grandfather until the game was nearly over. As he walked in the door he noted Ash had his face stuffed with nachos, and that bits and pieces of other foods were still stuck to his mouth from earlier. "Ash can't you ever use any manners?" Gary asked as he frowned and turned his head away, "You're really disgusting sometimes." Ash started to get upset when Gary insulted him, but then he realised something. "You lost didn't you?!" Ash asked as a smile suddenly broke out across his face. Gary was surprised by Ash's comeback, but he only let it show for a second. Then he decided it was time to ignore Ash. "Grandpa is there any food left that Ketchup didn't eat?" Gary asked as he ignored Ash and went into the kitchen.

"I believe there is some potatoe salad and some hot dogs." Proffesor Oak said as he temporarilly let his eyes stray from the post-game show, "So just how did you do Gary?" Ash looked at the proffesor and developed a blank stare. **You all know the clueless look of Ash's. Hell, I know it, and I barely watch the show.** "Proffesor didn't you say that there weren't anymore hot dogs?" Ash questioned, and Gary laughed. "Maybe he wanted some left for me when I got home Ash!" the young man said, "Speaking of witch, didn't you say there were only two babies in your pikachu's litter?" Ash contiued his blank stare TM. "Why would Proffesor Oak save you a hot dog when I was here?" Ash asked, and Gary stormed out of the kitchen and into Ash's face. "Can you forget about food for a second you nimrod?!" Gary shouted, "You told me there were two babies remember?" Ash managed to focus a little and remember briefly the lie he had fabricated when Gary had asked if Ash was going to let him have one of the babies.

"Eerrrr… Yeah I said that." Ash said, "So what's that have to do with your match with Misty." Gary sighed and backed off a little bit from Ash. "Oh my machoke just met the third baby that's all." Gary said angrilly, "It was an unpleasant SHOCK, to learn there were three babies. It was an even worse SHOCK to find out you lied to me!" Ash sweatdropped and tried to apologize. "I'm sorry Gary. It's not that you aren't a good trainer, but I was just looking for a good mother since Poppy was a girl." Ash said before he stopped to scratch his head, "Wait a minute…" Gary looked at Ash as the the young man suddenlly pondered something. "What is it Ash?" Gary asked the other young man. "How did you say you found out about Poppy?" Ash asked. Gary then smiled as he got an idea. "I said I found out when she beat my machoke in Misty and mine's MATCH." Gary said emphasizing the word match.

**Yes, I like my puns too much. Yes, Gary is evil.**

"I have to go." Ash said, and then he abruptly went to the door to get his shoes and leave. Gary didn't bother to stop Ash. He knew exactly where the young man was headed. "Gary what was that about?" Proffesor Oak asked his grandson. Gary only smiled as he watched Ash cross the window as he passed the front of the house. "Remember when Ash made the descision not to let pikachu's children fight anymore?" Gary asked his grandfather, and the old proffesor thought out loud as he considered this. "Yes he was saying something about that to me during halftime, but isn't Poppy one of pikachu's babi-… oh dear. Gary you didn't do that purposely did you?" Proffesor Oak said. "No, of course I didn't." Gary said, and he smiled a little as he went back into the kitchen.

"Ok, so that's when I went inside." Misty said as she wrapped up her story to her sisters at the Cerulean Gym. She was dressed now in a yellow sun dress, **Eva fans laugh now, or forever hold your peace.** and she had her hands wrapped around a cup of steaming coffee. "Come on Misty, you didn't tell us what the kiss was like." Daisy said as she teased her sister. Misty blushed and covered her cheeks with her hands in embarassment. "That isn't your business!" Misty shouted, and her sisters laughed. "Come on Misty it was you first kiss. Don't you want to tell your sisters about it?" Lily teased. Misty was quickly getting angry from her sister's teasing, and she clenched her teeth as she answered her sister. "Lily that WAS NOT my first kiss, and NO I do not want to share it with my sisters, and NO it doesn't matter how fabulous your advise is."

"Well I didn't say anything about advise, but I KNOW you haven't kissed anyone else." Lily said as she eyed her sister mischiefiusly. Misty suddenly looked surprised at what Lily was hinting. "What do you mean by that?" Misty asked, and her sisters all exchanged a knowing glance before Lily pulled Misty's diary from her lap. "YOU READ MY DIARY?!!" Misty shouted as she officially blew her top.

**Pardon me for a second folks as I get out my gauss rifle and put down the hentais that suddenlly popped up! BLAM! BLAM!........ BLAM! BLAM!....... BLAM!...... Damnit die, DIE! These guys are more resiliant than the aliens on Chamberts Moon!**

Misty's tirade was cut short however as the doorbell rang suddenlly. "I'll get it!" Lily said happilly as she jumped up to get the door. Daisy also rose to help Lily. "Heh, let me help you with that!" Daisy said as she sweatdropped when Misty gave her a deathglare. Violet also rose. "Hey it might be the cute new mail guy!" She said legitimately happy. The other sisters face-faulted at this. "I'LL get it." Misty said as she rubbed her forehead. She gave her sisters another deathglare as she walked from the kitchen on her way to answer the front door. She made her way through the gym, and Poppy watched her go as she scatched away at the gym floor with a soapy toothbrush. Misty opened the front door a few seconds later to see a very upset Ash at her door. "Umm, hello Ash." Misty said as she noticed his apparent anger. "Misty didn't you say we were going to decide together how Poppy was going to be raised?" Ash asked her impatiently as he stepped past her into the gym.

"Well hello to you to." Misty said, "Ash please keep your voice down my head hurts." Ash just looked at her in shock. He looked as if she had asked him to castrate himself at her feet. "No I will not be queit!" Ash shouted as he raised his arms over his head and wailed. Misty cringed as her head rang from his voice. "You never told me you were going to have Poppy fight in GYM MATCHES!" Ash continued as his anger failed to subside. At this point Misty was fed up with him. Ash had come over here only to freak out at her when he knew she wasn't feeling well. "Well you never said that you DIDN'T want her to fight!" Misty said, and she emphasized her point by poking her finger into his chest at the word 'didn't'. "I shouldn't have to!" Ash countered as he grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him. Her face was right in front of his as he continued his rant. "Misty her mother just died! How can you make her fight! Didn't you think?" Ash demanded, and Misty tried to pull away from him. "Ash let go jerk, you're hurting me." Misty said as she couldn't get free. Ash let go almost as if on reflex and Misty stepped away from him. "I want you to leave right now." Misty said, and she turned away from Ash. "Misty I'm not done yet. You didn't even explain yourself." Ash said, and Misty turned back to him as she still held her arm that he had gripped so tightly a moment before.

She had tears in both of her aqua blue eyes, and she looked like she was about to scream at him in desperation. "I want you to leave and never come back you insensitive jerk!" she half shouted at him, "You're the one who didn't think. You're the one who came here just to freak out over something you never even talked about! Get out of here, and I mean NOW!" Ash's mood suddenlly changed when he saw Misty's tears. What she said was true as well. "Misty I'm sorry." Ash said, and he tried to apologize further but she cut him off by yelling at him. "Ash leave right now!" Misty shouted as loudly as she could, "Leave and don't come back I don't want to see you anymore!" Ash took a look past Misty to where Poppy was, and in his own sorrow he turned and left.

As the young man fled the house and left quickly with his pidgeot he was watched by a long raven hared girl floating above the gym. Sabrina frowned as she reached into her coat and pulled the pictures of herself and Ash out. "I didn't think that I would need to use these so quickly." She stated as she considered her options, "Baka Ash, how am I supposed to manage things if you screw up this big after you first date?" Sabrina then realised that things were not completely going to plan. "Who can help with the Ash angle of this equation?" she asked herself as she contemplated her schemes.

~Fin.

Okkkaaayyy… this is most likely getting confusing for all of you, and it sure doesn't seem like it will end after another chapter. I ensure you all, I have the next chapter started already and it is the final one. I may be tempted to do a little follow up story however as a teaser for things to come however. I hope you all are enjoying this chapter. How soon should I post the next and final one? Man, I wish I could get more stuff posted. Unfortunately, I am focusing very hard on my studies and I don't have much time to POST even if I am writing. Fortunately, my grades have improved to the point I should soon be able to post more for you all. When I announce my full return it will be with an eight part saga about my crew of Msts, the End of Episode, fixes to all my other stories, and also two other fan-fics I refuse to tease you about at present. Wait patiently any fans I may have, and you will be rewarded. Sorry for being so morbid before the story, but I got seriously harrassed the other day. **Not by Arrow, don't worry Rinna I have behaved to an extent.** Next chapter expect to see a few suprises, and some stuff you all have expected most likely. Well, that's all for now.

~Naso