Author's notes: I think I haven't seen my reviews. Well, here's the 2nd AAMRN installment, so please enjoy!!!!
***Start…***
Ash woke up, rubbing his eyes open. He stood up, stretching. He walked to his bathroom, getting a shower.
***Erika…***
Erika sat up, running a hand through her black hair. She stared down her green nightgown, thinking about Ash again. She smiled to herself, hoping that her day would be even brighter, just because of him.
She stood up, smiling. Erika walked to the bathroom inside the bedroom and got a shower.
After some minutes, she walked out, her body wrapped with a nice fluffy towel. She dressed herself, dried her hair and hurried to the door when someone opened it.
"Ash?" Erika said, staring at the man.
"Yeah. I was just going to call you for breakfast." Ash replied. His hair was a bit wet, which was a bit messy, but still to Erika it looked cute. He was wearing a white polo shirt, with pants. He was looking good, gorgeous in fact, to Erika.
"I was just going down." Erika blushed, noticing that she was staring at him.
"C'mon. Mom's probably waiting." Ash said, holding the door open for Erika to pass. Erika smiled, walking out of the room and went down the stairs. Ash followed her.
Meanwhile, down in the kitchen, Mrs. Ketchum was cooking pancakes. Pikachu was already eating Pokèchow when Ash and Erika arrived.
"Pi pika pi, pi pikachu!" Pikachu squealed, jumping onto Ash.
"Hey Pikachu!" Ash greeted, petting Pikachu. "Remember Erika?"
Pikachu sniffed Erika who was a bit surprised, and said, "Pi pikachu! Pika pika!"
"Nice to see you again, Pikachu." Erika said, petting it. Pikachu smiled and hopped off.
"Good morning Mrs. Ketchum." Erika said, taking a seat.
"'Morning mom." Ash said, sitting on the other side.
"Good morning. Got good sleep, I guess?" Delia Ketchum said as she put the pancakes on the plates.
"No, not really." Ash mumbled, pouring maple syrup on his pancakes.
"Why not?" Erika asked with concern. With that, the phone rang.
"Hello, Ketchum residence. Delia Ketchum speaking." She said, holding the phone to her ear. "Ash, dear, it's for you."
"Please take a message. I'm eating right now." Ash said, his mouth full of pancake bits. Erika giggled.
"Yes…well…Misty!! Nice to hear you! Yes…meet Ash in the city gym…Cerulean or Pallet? Pallet…yes… at 3 in the afternoon…and anything else?" Mrs. Ketchum asked. "That's all. Yes…I'll give it to him. Bye Misty."
"Misty???" Ash nearly choked. Erika looked at him. "What's wrong, Ash?"
"Nothing really." Ash said, swallowing the pancake bits.
"Then why did you choke?" Erika asked.
"I was just surprised."
"Misty Waterflower's your friend. You shouldn't be surprised."
"It's just that she never calls often." Ash lied.
"Well, can I go with you?" Erika asked. "That way I can catch more Pokèmon."
"I don't know. Maybe Misty wants me to go alone."
"That's okay. I can stay here and help your mom."
"Thanks."
***Meanwhile, in the Orange Islands…***
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN MY RIDE'S DELAYED????? I ASKED YOU TO PREPARE MY BOAT YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Melody cried.
"Calm down, Melody. Calm down!!!" her sister said, making her sit down.
"I can't…"
***Meanwhile, in Greenfield…***
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T GO TODAY????? WHY????????" Lara shouted, making her assistants shiver in fright.
"The Greenfield Gym Association asked you to stay."
***Meanwhile, back in Pallet…***
It was five minutes to three when Ash arrived at the Pallet City Gym. He was the Gym Leader, and also he achieved his goal of being the world's best Pokèmaster. He walked over to the counter where a girl was sitting, about the age of fourteen.
"Good afternoon, Ash." The girl said, looking up at him.
"Good afternoon. Has anyone come by to challenge me to a fight?" Ash asked.
"Yes sir. About 10 girls and boys came by and asked if they could get the badge. (I couldn't think of a name… sorry.) And many people came by and asked to see you, Ash."
"I see. Well, did you see Misty Waterflower here?"
"Yes, sir. She walked in with some guy called Gary Oak and asked me if you were here yet. I said you weren't, and they walked out of the gym."
"Gary Oak?" Ash asked, surprised. Then he realized that Gary took the chance and made Misty his girlfriend.
"Yes, sir. Grandson of Professor Oak at the Pallet Laboratory."
"Yes, I know." Ash answered.
"Here she is now, Mr. Ketchum. Ms. Misty Waterflower." The fourteen-year old girl exclaimed, pointing. Ash turned around, seeing the longhaired redhead standing in the center of the battlefield. Ash hesitated, and then walked to the girl.
"Hi Ash." Misty said a bit nastily. Ash winced. Misty was never nasty to him.
"Hello, Misty." Ash replied.
"So…what have you been doing lately?" she asked, with spitefulness in her voice.
"Nothing much." He simply replied.
"Still remember what we fought about yesterday?" she said meanly. Ash tried to control his anger. She already broke his heart yesterday and then she's going to do this to him????
"Yeah, I do."
"Then you should've known that I've broken up with you." Misty said unkindly.
"I know that…"
"Then you should've known that you're not my boyfriend anymore, right?" Misty added in the same tone.
"I know…"
"Then you should've known that Gary's my boyfriend now." Misty sneered, waiting for Ash's reaction. Ash balled his fists. He knows all these things, know them so much that it hurts, and then she's going to go here after their fight and rub it in his face?
"Can you just shut up?" Ash said quietly, too bad Misty heard it.
"What?"
"You keep asking me. Why do you ask so much anyway?"
"So, what's wrong about asking?"
"You said you didn't care." Ash said, his patience running low. He never got angry with her like this. "Then why are you asking so much about me if I'm not your boyfriend anymore??"
Misty staggered. She knew he had hit a nerve. He was never like this, even if he was angry. "Is asking against the law then?"
"You're showing it that you still care!" Ash said, looking at Misty right in the eye.
"I do not! At least I care about other people too, not only my Pokèmon!" Misty countered. Her heart was shrinking in fear. She knew that she loved Ash more than Gary; she never even loved Gary. She didn't want him to get hurt. But then, Ash already got hurt. Her mind was speaking more, saying that he didn't love her and everything negative against him, but her heart refused anything it had said.
"I cared, Misty! I cared about you!!!" Ash threw back. Before Misty could say anything to retort, Ash waved his hand, cutting her off. "Look, I don't want to fight anymore. You already broke my heart, what do you want then? To break my spirit apart?" he looked around and then back at her. "I've had enough. I'm leaving."
Ash walked silently out of the Gym, his secretary and all his fans staring at him. He stopped, smiled to his fans and waved goodbye, finally stepping out from the Gym and its gates.
Author's notes: Okay… I feel sorry for Ash… Then Gary comes along to piss Ash off once more!!! Wait for that part, okay? Now please review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! R-E-V-I-E-W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I don't really get the Tecnhi/Ranma part…
-A. Pikachu