People whined quite quickly about the length of time between chapters. It's because I had writers block to the worst degree, but only for this fic. 4 others, on the other hand, got anywhere from their entirety to their first couple of chapters got themselves written and posted in the meantime. I'm still kinda stuck on this fic, but I put together some stuff from my hijacked brain (every anime girl in existence rules her own section) and a few suggestions in reviews, and thus have gotten this.

"I'm sorry, Vulpix, I can't tell you that."

"Because he told you not to, right? Tracey would be embarrassed if we knew he had a relationship with a pokémon, even though that was the point of his stupid wish in the first place," Vixie sighed, acting extremely stuck up at the moment.

"No, not that at all. Tracey isn't even the father, Vulpix! I'm only going to tell you who it is if you guess, and that's from my own choice. I don't want to ruin his reputation!"

"Reputation? The boy doesn't have a reputation!!"

"I told you, it's NOT Tracey. And what's gotten into you? You used to be the sweetest pokémon I knew? Now you… to be honest, you're a bitch, Vulpix," Chikorita said harshly, glaring at her friend.

Human? If Only…

8: All the revelations

(Or, "I would cry you an ocean")

"What happened to me? That idiot boyfriend of yours, that's what. I sort of wanted to be human, just for a day or two, just to see what it was like. And you know what? I hate it. there is nothing even remotely pleasant about being a member of this species. I don't know how you put up with it for two whole weeks… It hasn't been quite that for me and I've already gotten more than sick of it. Marril, oh, she's doing fine. She's recovered quite well from loosing her first battle, and has since turned into the spitting image of the average human girl. She actually wanted this, but she even said that she's getting tired of this by now. I never asked to be thrown into this mess, but no, Tracey and Brock wanted trainers. Your boyfriend and his stupid wish…" Vixie snarled, pacing around the smaller pokémon.

"I told you, I have nothing with Tracey! All I've been doing with him is teaching him how to use attacks!" Chikorita responded, tears welling in her eyes. She couldn't believe this… Vulpix, tormenting her like this… And acting like it was her fault that she was trapped in a human form. "I don't understand… what's happened to you?" she whispered, the tears now streaming down her cheeks. "I'll tell you, who… but you can't tell the others, alright? It was Celebi…"

Vixie stopped her circling and stared long and hard at her little friend and at the honesty and shame in her eyes. "You didn't honestly plan any of this, did you?" she suddenly realized, dropping to her knees beside Chikorita.

"No… I'm so confused now," she sobbed back. "I'm too young for this, I'm only a basic level… I, I didn't want any of this. I…"

"Should have thought of that before it all started. Look, I'm sorry for how I was acting… I didn't realize…" Vixie said softly, picking Chikorita up and hugging her gently. "The moment I'm out of the league, I'm wishing this whole mess never happened…"

"Watch what you say, though… most anything could happen if you don't say the wish right…"

"I'll think of something… Now, let's get you and the egg inside to some place warmer, huh? It's not that cold out here, but it could chill further overnight."

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"Oh, Ash you big party pooper!" Misty teased, wandering into Ash's room and seeing the boy, and the pokémon, all asleep on their respective bunks. Unbeknownst to her, Togetic had panicked at the last second and decided to simply pretend he was too tired to do… whatever, tonight. Misty sat down quietly on the chair by the door, flipping off the light. She stared gently off into the air, closing her eyes and rocking back and forth where she was sitting. "He wanders off, he's just lost without me… doesn't here a word I say…" she sang quietly. The familiar tune made the real Ash perk up slightly, and scooted closer to the edge of the top bunk to listen.

So that was the song… all along it was for me… he thought sadly, his vision blurring from the tears that were building up in his eyes. It seemed so… ironic, that although it had been over five months they'd been dating, he still hadn't heard the song that practically had brought them together in the first place. Yet now he was hearing it… and he wasn't even really him now. The song was soothing to him, after all the stress he'd been in the last day or two. He floated quietly over Misty, smiling at the love of his life… he felt so awkward, trapped in the body of a pokémon. He knew Misty would probably be at least a bit irritated at "his" lack of enthusiasm for her idea that night. He wondered if she'd also noticed the other minor changes in his actions the last day or so… Togetic, as him, had hardly even kissed her the whole day… maybe half a day, Misty wouldn't notice, but after a while it had to have gotten obvious that something was up. She had to have at least thought he was under a lot of stress…

He looked at her, staring at her face that he'd become so familiar with. It looked a bit strained, like she was trying to hold something back… There was a distinct sadness in her voice, in what should have been a relatively happy song.

"Just go off in your own direction, and see if anybody cares…" came the lyrics of the song. Ash froze as he heard the phrase… but only because of Misty's reaction to it, as she whispered the next line, or more accurately about half of it before she stared crying and ran from the room. Togetic had ignored her fully that day. No, not Togetic… Ash, as far as she knew. The boy who supposedly loved her more than anything, even his dream of being a pokémon master.

There had to be something he could do…

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"So no hard feelings Rita?" Vixie laughed, smiling as the little pokémon finished wrapping her egg in a blanket, in a small box on the counter.

"No, of course not," Chikorita responded, sitting calmly across from her now-human friends. "I know you were just stressed." Martha cocked her head to one side and set it on her hands.

"I'm still a bit confused," she admitted, curling a loose lock of hair around her finger. She blew a bubble and sent it flying into the air… just like ChikoRita had, she and Vixie had both retained some of their pokémon skills. "But I'm guessing I'll just have to stay that way. I don't need my head hurting for nothing again." A soft tap on the back door turned all their attention away from each other. Vixie shrugged, standing up and wandering over to the door to open it.

"Togetic?! What are you doing here… Misty'll be worried sick!"

"Cool it, Vulpix. I'm not Togetic. Ok, so I'm in his body, but I've been here for over 36 hours now," Ash whined, flying into the kitchen and plopping down exhaustedly on the table beside Chikorita. She in turn nervously backed up and made an effort for the egg to appear to be a pile of blankets.

"BACK UP!!!" Vixie scolded, storming back over to the table and dramatically swinging out her chair before sitting in it. "Who are you then?"

"I… am wondering what my Chikorita is doing here, and WHY she has an egg."

"Your Chikorita?!"

"Ash?! Ashy, is that you?!" Chikorita said in panic, taking an extra moment to realize what he'd commented on. "Oh, it's a very long story, please don't make me explain because I really don't want anyone to know any more than they do already."

"Alright, fine, I won't. I'm too tired and frustrated to care anyway, so long as you please tell me it was not either of the guys who should be humans."

She nearly face faulted. "You know about them?"

"Yes, now don't change the subject!!!"

"Don't worry, it's not!!" Chikorita smiled, relieved at her trainers confidence in her in comparison to her other friends.

"Well, you three chit-chat. I've had quite a long day, and am by now thouroughly confused. You two find out why Ash is in Togetic's body, and fill me in tomorrow either before or after the match," Vixie sighed, unconsciously sashaying as she wandered out of the room.

"Match?"

"I'm up against Gary, tomorrow. Wish me luck!"

oh man I'm baaaaaad. I was tempted to have Ash have a nosebleed while watching Misty sing… but I don't need this story going further odd than it is already. Review, please! Ja ne to heiwa, ai Lyra-chan!