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They walked out of the airport. Mrs. Oak suggested that they should go get their hotel rooms, then they could all do what they wanted. The group was now in the hotel of Goldenrod, trying to get rooms.

"There'za three rooms left, sir," the lady at the counter said.

"We'll take those then," Mr. Oak said. She handed him the keys. "Okay, let's get your stuff up to the rooms..." They walked up the stairs. Mr. and Mrs. Oak were having a little argument.

"I just don't think-" Mrs. Oak began.

"I don't care! I know those two! I know they can handle it..." Mr. Oak said hotly. Ash and May looked at each other then back to the fighting adults.

"But I don't think it's appropriate to-" Mrs. Oak began again.

"Nothing is 'appropriate' to you!" Mr. Oak raged.

"Well..." she started.

"It's my decision! I say they do!" Mr. Oak yelled, a bite of finality in it.

Mrs. Oak fell silent. Mr. Oak turned to the three of them. "Ok, Ash! May! Guess what!" They looked at him, but stayed silent. He continued, "You two are going to be sharing a room together!"

They gaped at him. "What?" he asked.

"Are you kidding?" May asked. He shook his head.

"No, not kidding," he said. He took the keys and unlocked three doors. "Me and the witch over there (points to Mrs. Oak) will stay in this first room. You two will stay in this middle room, and Gary the last room."

They opened the room doors. May peered inside her and Ash's room. There were three other doors, two dressers, a desk, and a full sized bed. "Dad?" May asked, "I think you should have a look at this room." He walked over and peered inside.

When he withdrew his head, he asked, "What's the problem?"

"'What's the problem?! " May yelled. Mr. Oak told her to quiet down. She did just that. She was talking to him in a very low whisper for a moment or two.

"Well..." Mr. Oak said awkwardly, "Erm, okay, let's get your stuff in your rooms..." They walked into their rooms. May shut the door behind them. Ash looked around their room. Some thing didn't quite look right... "Ok, why is there four doors? There should only be two at the very least. This one-rapped knuckle on the door they came through-and one other. What are the other two for?" he asked. May shrugged.

"Don't know and don't want to know."

Ash sighed. May had once again took out the laptop, but put it on the desk. "Come on. Let's go."

Ash opened the door and made a small bow. "You first, princess May," he said in a mocking way.

"Knock it off." she ordered. He stood up straight. They were just about to leave when Mr. Oak came in.

"Hello." he said to both of them, then he said to May, "I'm going to try and con your mom to go with me to see that friend of mine..."

"Good luck," she said.

"Yeah...I'm going to need it..." The three of them left the room. "Where are you two going?"

"Out to try and get a Pichu," Ash said.

"Good luck." Mr. Oak said.

"No, no, no.you keep the good luck," May said. He smiled.

"Alright, if you want." He went back to his and Mrs. Oak's room. They went down the stairs. The lady at the counter looked up.

"Where ya two gettin' to, eh?" she asked. They looked at her.

"Out to try and catch a Pichu." Ash said again.

"Justa one?" she asked.

"Ya,"

"But theres' ah two of ya,"

"It's for May."

"Ahhhh, getin' yer girlfriend ah Pichu?"

"Er, sorta."

"Gooda luck ta ya."

"Thanks," they said. The lady pulled Ash over to the counter.

"Listen, ya can getta Pichu by thata house on the outskirts of tha town."

"Thanks, ma' am."

"Na problem, and.if ya don't finda Pichu there, there's owney one other way ta get one."

"Ok, can you tell me the other way to get one, please?"

"Sure. The other way is pretteh simple...in that house lives a couple tha'll breed yer pokemon, go to tham. Give tham a male and female Pikachu. Leave those Pikachus there for a day or two, then go back. Tha couple should then have ah poke egg with Pichu in at."

"Thanks." Ash said quickly, "May! Wait up!" He ran to catch up to her.

Outside they walked to the edge of the town. Ash looked around for the house while they walked. After he spotted it, he asked May to follow him. They walked over by the house and stopped. "What's the matter, Ash?" she asked.

"The lady at the hotel said to look around here for a Pichu," he said. May nodded. They spent two hours looking for a Pichu.

"It's no use. There aren't any," May said sadly. Ash looked at the house and frowned. "What's the matter?" she asked.

"There's only one other way to get a Pichu."

"How do you know that?"

"She told me, 'if ya don't finda Pichu there, there's owney one other way ta get one.'"

"What's the other way?" she asked. Ash frowned even more.

"Pokemon breeding."

"What's that?"

"There's a couple that live in this house. You leave a one male and one female pikachu. They breed them."

"O.k. That's weird, but I guess its obvious." she said. He looked down at the ground to look at his Pikachu. It looked up at him.

"We better get back. It's getting late..." he said softly. May had a feeling he didn't like the thought of breeding pokemon, and said that to talk about some thing else.

At the hotel, when they stepped in, the lady looked up. "Whale, I say ya two are back. Any luck?"

"No." they said.

"Too bad. Well, there's only one other opinion..."

"I told her that already." Ash said.

"Well? Are ya goin' to do it?" May shrugged.

"Don't know yet."

"Tale me when ya do."

"Okay." They started up the stairs. When they got back to their room, Ash looked at May.

"Get Penny out," Ash said abruptly.

"Oh? Why?"

"You'll see." She sent it out. Penny looked at them.

"Pikachu! Come here!" Pikachu walked up to it's trainer.

"Look at them, May." She looked at the two Pikachu. Her eyes went wide.

"Oh, yes, well, ask them." she said.

"Pikachu? Penny? Can we ask you two for a favor?" The two Pikachus nodded their heads. He explained to them about it and they were in shock. His Pikachu looked at him.

It took a few minutes, but reluctantly they agreed at the end.

"Do you mind if I look at that program you were using on your computer?" he asked.

"Nah. What time is it?"

"7 O' clock."

"Thanks."

"Kids! Come on!" It was Mr. Oak. Gary, Ash, and May walked out and stood in front of him. "We're going out to eat." They nodded. Mrs. Oak walked up to them. They started down the stairs.

When they got down there, May mouthed to the lady at the counter, "We're doing it! Our Pikachus!"