Ages: 20-Ash, 20-May, 19-Grace

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"How far away is Pallet Town?" Ash asked.

"Um, thousands of miles!" May said, "It'll take days to get there!"

"I know." Ash said.

"Ash, we have to-" May suddenly collapsed to the ground. Ash hurried over to her.

"May, what's up with you?" Ash looked around. Jessie and James stood by a gray van.

"Nighty-night, twerp," Jessie said, taking a dart gun out and shooting it at him. He fainted, just like May did.

Half an hour later, the van bumped along the roads. Jessie and James sat in the front seat, talking. May and Ash were in the back, fast asleep. May woke up.

"Jessie, I feel bad for the twerp.but also for poor Grace."

"And why is that?"

"All she wants is a child of her own, but why him.?"

"How should I know!"

May frowned. 'Grace' wants a child, so she came to Team Rocket to get Ash.why?

She figured it out. Ash has no children, but Grace wants him to give her a child.! "Grace wants a baby.and she wants Ash to be the father!" May breathed.

"James, go in and tell Grace we're here!"

"Yes Jessie."

The doors were opened. May pretended to be asleep. Someone lifted her up.

"Who's the girl?" a feminine voice asked.

"The t-I mean, one of Ash's friends," Jessie said, remembering not to call him 'twerp' around her.

"Where is Ash?"

"He'll be brought in."

"I want him in my room, Jessie. Me and him have a little business to take care of, you know."

"Of course."

May opened her eyes a few minutes later. No one was around. 'Odd.'

Ash was on his stomach on the bed. Grace walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. He had woken up and was looking at her in confusion.

Grace had long blonde hair and blue eyes. She smiled at him. "Why am I here, Grace?" Ash asked.

"You, Ash, are here to give me what I want," Grace said.

"Which is.?"

"A child."

"A.child.! I am not!" Ash yelled.

"I want one, so you will give me one!" she said.

"If I agreed to that every time it was said to me, I'd have 6 kids already!" he said, "No!"

"You have to!"

"I'm outta here!" Ash got up.

"Guards!" Three guards pinned him down. "I'm so ever sorry, Ash. I have to do this."

She tied him to the bed (not very original, is it?). "Grace you-" (Ash said something that was very, VERY bad!) "-I don't know why I ever trusted you!"

"Ash, you got to watch your language!" Grace said, "But.now that you can't get away, you have to do what I say!"

"I'm tied down. I couldn't, even if I wanted to, which I don't!" Ash growled.

"When you agree, I'll untie you!" she said.

"I wouldn't agree to help you adopt a child, let alone this!" he snapped.

"Who said anything about adopting? Or.anything else?" Grace asked, faking confusion.

"Both of us know I have no children, and by the way you just had to tie me to this bed, you aren't going to adopt one!" Ash snapped at her, "Stop playing me for a fool."

"You're smarter then you appear, Ash." Grace said, "but, still, you're not getting the full picture."

"Full picture.! GRACE! HOW DARE YOU? YOU KNOW I AM NOTHING LIKE THAT!" Ash glared at Grace, who looked at him calmly.

"But I know how to get you to do what I want." Grace said. She fell silent. Ash could hear someone screaming down the hall. He knew who, too.

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MAY!" Ash snapped at her. She looked at him.

"My brother is.taking good care of her." she said.

"Keep him away from her!" he said.

"Say you'll do what I want, then I'll do it."

"Fine! Whatever you want! Anything! Just.don't let him touch her!"

Grace left silently. After a few minutes, she returned, with May following behind her like an obedient puppy. May looked at Ash. She ran over. "Ash! You're alright!"

"I don't care about myself, I care about you! Are you all right?" Ash asked.

"I wasn't, but now I am!" she said, "Ash, why are you tied up?"

"May, I got some VERY bad news," he said.

"What?"

"Er, Grace doesn't just want a baby."

"What does that mean Ash?"

"May, figure it out. She wants a child. I don't have any kids, and she doesn't want to adopt one."

May looked at him (by the way, she at first knew, but forgot in her flood of worry, LOL). Her eyes went wide. "Ash, no! You can't!"

"I have no choice!" he said, "I don't like it anymore then you do!"

"Grace?" May walked over to the other woman.

"What?"

"I have to inform you of something."

"What?" Grace asked again.

"Well, when you have a baby, you, ah, lose your figure."

"WHAT? REALLY!"

"Yep."

"Wait a minute.how would you know?"

"A friend of mine."

"What am I going to do now.?"

"You want a baby?"

"Duh!"

"Well, uh," May started, "Oh! Why don't you let, uh, let Ash have the child with someone else, and he let you adopt it?"

"That's an.odd idea, but logical, in a way. Well, let me think it over a few minutes. Go talk to Jessie or something for a few moments."

"Ash, I'll be back in a minute," May said. She walked out, Ash being extremely confused. Grace walked over and sat down on the bed next to him.

'She's right.but, maybe I'll tease him a bit before telling him he doesn't have to.' Grace thought.

"Ash, you have got to work with me!" she said. He looked at her.

"Bite me!" Ash snapped. Grace kissed him, teasingly, on the lips. He squirmed, wanting to get away from her.

"Come on, Ash. Loosen up a bit!" Grace said.

"I prefer not to, thank you very much!" Ash hissed. He glared at her.

"I have made my decision," she said.

"Huh?" Ash said, mystified. Grace looked at him.

"Ash, your girlfriend-" (Ash turned a bright shade of red) "-well, she can tell you."

Grace untied him. "You can go Ash!"

He looked at her. "You better not try this again," Ash said.

"I won't," she said. Ash stood up and stretched. Grace watched him.

"Ash!" May was with Jessie and James, sitting in the kitchen. Ash walked over, Grace walking behind him.

"Let's go," she said, standing up. They all went outside. Ash couldn't believe it. Night Breeze was in the yard. It grazed on the grass.

"Night Breeze!" he said. Night looked up from the grass. It trotted over.

"Bye," Grace said. Ash helped May up onto Night Breeze. He got up behind her. Night started galloping.

May leaned back against Ash. He put one arm around her, and held the reins with the other hand. "May, what did you tell Grace?"

"Oh, I suggested to Grace that instead of having the child herself, and if it's mandatory for you to be the one to have this child with her, that you have the child with someone else! And she fell for it!"

Ash looked at her thoughtfully. "One tiny problem though," he said.

"What?" she asked.

"Grace is going to pester me, saying 'Well, how's it going so far?' 'Is the baby ok!' 'Why's it taking so long?'" Ash said, imitating Grace. May laughed.

"I don't think that's what's bugging you about it," she said. Ash frowned slightly.

"Well, to be honest, it isn't." Ash said, "I teeny tiny part of me wants to have a baby."

"Oh, Ash, you want to be a father!"

"Well, DUH!" he said. She laughed and kissed him on the cheek. The forest came into view.

"Charmander!" Night had to stop to keep from trampling the Charmanders. May got down and got the pokemon to move. Ash got down too.

They went back to the camp.