- 13 -
It was half past ten by the time they woke up. Ash looked at the clock and almost fainted.
"We've got to get ready," he said.
"For what? We don't have to leave for the flight until 3," May said, highly confused.
"My dad wants to see us at 12," Ash said.
"Ok, I guess." she said, "There's only one little problem."
"What's that?" Ash inquired.
"We've been in this hug all night and still are and you nor I can go get ready." she said.
"Oh, yeah." Ash said, nodding. He let go. She climbed out of the bed and over to Pichu who was sitting near the desk.
"Where's my bag, Pichu?" she asked. Pichu pointed to the desk, ran over and jumped onto the chair. May walked over and pulled the chair out. Her book bag was under the desk.
She grabbed her clothes from it and went into the bathroom to get ready. Ash looked at Pichu, who was now running around at the bottom of the bed. It stopped eruptedly and walked up to him.
Pichu curled up next to Ash, keeping it's eyes on him. He smiled slightly. At that moment, Gary came in.
"Dad told me to give these to you," Gary said. He handed Ash two plane tickets.
"Why does he want us to have them now? The plane isn't 'til this afternoon," Ash asked.
"I don't know," Gary said, leaving. Ash frowned. He looked at the tickets in his hand. They had the flight number on them, with a few other things.
May came out and asked, "What are those?"
"Our plane tickets," he replied. She nodded and walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Go get ready," May said. He shrugged and hopped off the bed. The tickets on the desk, Ash went and got ready to see his father. He thought of how he had never seen him for over nine years, how he never knew what he looked like or who he was like.
He opened the door and walked over to the bed's end. "I'm ready," he said. May looked up.
"Ok, let's go," she said. She got off the bed and got her book bag. "We might as well bring our stuff. Who knows how long we'll be out, and we might not have time to come here, get our stuff, and get on the plane before it takes off."
Ash nodded and got his book bag from the side of the bed. They went down stairs and out the door. "Why don't we ride Red-Flame to the Park? She needs to get some exercise..." May suggested.
Ash smiled. "Ok," he said. May took out the pokemon's poke ball and let it out. A Ponyta appeared in front of them. She hopped up onto the Ponyta and Ash got up on it behind her.
"Ok, where in the park are we meeting him?" May asked.
"That secret path. At the dead end," Ash said. May nodded.
"Red-Flame, I want you to go at a gallop," she said. It whinnied in reply, but did not move.
"Why won't it move?" Ash asked. May shrugged.
"Don't know ," May said, "There's must be some thing wrong..." She jumped off and went in front of it.
"What's the matter Red-Flame?" she coed. It whinnied again. It seemed to be talking to her in it's language. She climbed back up after a few minutes.
"Okay, I found out what's up," she said.
"What was it?" Ash asked.
"Hang on," May said.
"Huh?" Ash said, slightly puzzled.
"You heard me." she said. Ash was stumped.
"What do you mean with 'hang on'?" he asked.
"I mean, Ponyta is afraid you are going to fall if it starts going into a gallop." she said.
"Oh, now I know what you mean." Ash said. He grabbed her around the waist and said to Ponyta, "Gallop Red-Flame!"
Ponyta whinnied and started to Gallop towards the park. People turned to look at Ponyta as it galloped through the city's streets, which was not a common sight.
When they got to the separating fence, May asked, "Is it ok if I have Ponyta jump the fence?"
"Yeah," Ash said.
"Jump, the fence," May said. Ponyta sprang up into the air and over the fence. It ran along the path until they hit the dead end.
"Come back Red-Flame," May said, returning it to it's poke ball after they had climbed down.
"Have you ever thought of having Ponyta evolving?" Ash asked sitting down at the bottom of one of the tree's trunk.
"No, not really," May said sitting down next to him. She shivered. "Is it just me or is it cold out here?"
"It's not you because I'm freezing. Goldenrod must be having another cold streak..." Ash said.
May opened her book bag and started going through it. She pulled a blanket out if it and shut it. May took the blanket and wrapped it around herself and Ash.
"How much longer until he gets here?" May asked.
"Thirty minutes," Ash said. May looked into the trees. After a few minutes of looking at trees, she looked at Ash.
He smiled slightly. "Well, at least it looks nice out here," he said.
May nodded. "I wish it would feel nice out here," she said gloomily. Ash nodded in agreement.
"I'm sure it'll get nicer," Ash said. May was about to reply, but Ash kissed her before she could say a word. They held it for a few minutes, then went into another. That's what they did until 12 o'clock.
They didn't hear some one walking towards them and stand a few inches from them. "Hello," the man that had walked up said. It was Mr. Ketchum.
They broke apart and looked at Mr. Ketchum. He was smiling.
"How are you two doing?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"Good," they said.
"Ash, how is your mom doing? She well?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"She was doing ok when we left for this trip..." Ash said.
"Wonderful. Would you tell her I said hi?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"Ok," Ash replied.
"May! How's that Pichu?!" Mr. Ketchum yelled.
"Pichu's doing pretty good." May said.
"Where is Pichu, May?" Ash asked.
"I had told Penny to take Pichu and stay with Mom and Dad. I'd say your pikachu went with," May said. Mr. Ketchum was looking at them.
"Um, what's going on in Pallet Town?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"Nothing really," May said.
"Oh, um, I caught a new pokemon yesterday!" he yelled.
"Which one?" Ash asked.
"A Marill!" Mr. Ketchum said.
"Aren't those a little rare?" May asked. Mr. Ketchum nodded.
"Oh yes. Is it really cold out here, because if it is, I haven't noticed..." he said. In answer, they nodded. Mr. Ketchum frowned.
"Ok, I guess I really haven't noticed...anyway, tell me, how did your pokemon training go, Ash.
"Let's see...in the Indigo league, I lost some time in there, then in the Orange Island League, I won against the four gyms and the league, and then in the Johto league I made it threw that one. I'm going to try again in the regular league some time...oh, and I had a Butterfree and I let it go, and a primate and I gave it to another trainer after it won in the p-1 grandpre. I right now have, in all, a Bulbasaur, Charizard, Squirtle, Pikachu, Muk, Taros, Beedrill, Pidgeot, Cynaquil, Chikorita, Tododile, Herocross, Sudowoodo..."
"Sounds like you had a nice journey there," Mr. Ketchum said. Ash didn't say any thing.
They talked about all sorts of things-like pokemon-until 2:30.
"Ash we have to get to the airport. It's almost 3 o'clock! We don't want to miss the plane!" she told Ash. He nodded.
"Put this blanket away and we can go to the airport. She nodded and let it go. The blanket fell limply to the ground. Ash stood up and walked over to Mr. Ketchum.
"We have to get to the airport so we don't miss the plane," Ash said. He looked over this shoulder. May was folding up the blanket and puting it away, then stood up and walked over to them.
"I'll go with you, " Mr. Ketchum said. May and Ash nodded. The group went down the path to the break. They climbed through it and went out of the park.
When they made it to the airport, Mr Ketchum turned to look at them.
"I got a question for you May."
"What is it, Mr. Ketchum?"
He said some thing to her that made her blush scarlet. She nodded. Mr. Ketchum then said, "Guess what side of the family gave him that ."
She shrugged. Mr. Ketchum then said smugly, "My side of the family. I'll see you two some other time."
He walked away. They looked around for Mr. and Mrs. Oak and soon found them-they were at the gate to their plane.
"There you two are! Come on! We have to get on the plane!" Mr. Oak cried. He hurried them onto the plane and down to their seats. They sat down and listened to the captain (again) announce the take off. Ash turned to look at May.
"What did he ask you?" Ash asked. She giggled.
"Oh, it's quite funny...he asked...he asked if you were a good kisser!" she said.
"Can I bet that nod you gave him was a 'yes?'" Ash asked. She nodded. He blushed.
"I can't believe he asked you that about me!" Ash said, a little too loudly. Gary looked at them.
"Huh?" he asked.
"NOTHING! NOTHING AT ALL!" they said quickly. He shrugged and went back to looking at a book in his hand.
They sighed in relief that he hadn't known what they were saying and went back to talking until they made it back to Pallet Town.
It was half past ten by the time they woke up. Ash looked at the clock and almost fainted.
"We've got to get ready," he said.
"For what? We don't have to leave for the flight until 3," May said, highly confused.
"My dad wants to see us at 12," Ash said.
"Ok, I guess." she said, "There's only one little problem."
"What's that?" Ash inquired.
"We've been in this hug all night and still are and you nor I can go get ready." she said.
"Oh, yeah." Ash said, nodding. He let go. She climbed out of the bed and over to Pichu who was sitting near the desk.
"Where's my bag, Pichu?" she asked. Pichu pointed to the desk, ran over and jumped onto the chair. May walked over and pulled the chair out. Her book bag was under the desk.
She grabbed her clothes from it and went into the bathroom to get ready. Ash looked at Pichu, who was now running around at the bottom of the bed. It stopped eruptedly and walked up to him.
Pichu curled up next to Ash, keeping it's eyes on him. He smiled slightly. At that moment, Gary came in.
"Dad told me to give these to you," Gary said. He handed Ash two plane tickets.
"Why does he want us to have them now? The plane isn't 'til this afternoon," Ash asked.
"I don't know," Gary said, leaving. Ash frowned. He looked at the tickets in his hand. They had the flight number on them, with a few other things.
May came out and asked, "What are those?"
"Our plane tickets," he replied. She nodded and walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed.
"Go get ready," May said. He shrugged and hopped off the bed. The tickets on the desk, Ash went and got ready to see his father. He thought of how he had never seen him for over nine years, how he never knew what he looked like or who he was like.
He opened the door and walked over to the bed's end. "I'm ready," he said. May looked up.
"Ok, let's go," she said. She got off the bed and got her book bag. "We might as well bring our stuff. Who knows how long we'll be out, and we might not have time to come here, get our stuff, and get on the plane before it takes off."
Ash nodded and got his book bag from the side of the bed. They went down stairs and out the door. "Why don't we ride Red-Flame to the Park? She needs to get some exercise..." May suggested.
Ash smiled. "Ok," he said. May took out the pokemon's poke ball and let it out. A Ponyta appeared in front of them. She hopped up onto the Ponyta and Ash got up on it behind her.
"Ok, where in the park are we meeting him?" May asked.
"That secret path. At the dead end," Ash said. May nodded.
"Red-Flame, I want you to go at a gallop," she said. It whinnied in reply, but did not move.
"Why won't it move?" Ash asked. May shrugged.
"Don't know ," May said, "There's must be some thing wrong..." She jumped off and went in front of it.
"What's the matter Red-Flame?" she coed. It whinnied again. It seemed to be talking to her in it's language. She climbed back up after a few minutes.
"Okay, I found out what's up," she said.
"What was it?" Ash asked.
"Hang on," May said.
"Huh?" Ash said, slightly puzzled.
"You heard me." she said. Ash was stumped.
"What do you mean with 'hang on'?" he asked.
"I mean, Ponyta is afraid you are going to fall if it starts going into a gallop." she said.
"Oh, now I know what you mean." Ash said. He grabbed her around the waist and said to Ponyta, "Gallop Red-Flame!"
Ponyta whinnied and started to Gallop towards the park. People turned to look at Ponyta as it galloped through the city's streets, which was not a common sight.
When they got to the separating fence, May asked, "Is it ok if I have Ponyta jump the fence?"
"Yeah," Ash said.
"Jump, the fence," May said. Ponyta sprang up into the air and over the fence. It ran along the path until they hit the dead end.
"Come back Red-Flame," May said, returning it to it's poke ball after they had climbed down.
"Have you ever thought of having Ponyta evolving?" Ash asked sitting down at the bottom of one of the tree's trunk.
"No, not really," May said sitting down next to him. She shivered. "Is it just me or is it cold out here?"
"It's not you because I'm freezing. Goldenrod must be having another cold streak..." Ash said.
May opened her book bag and started going through it. She pulled a blanket out if it and shut it. May took the blanket and wrapped it around herself and Ash.
"How much longer until he gets here?" May asked.
"Thirty minutes," Ash said. May looked into the trees. After a few minutes of looking at trees, she looked at Ash.
He smiled slightly. "Well, at least it looks nice out here," he said.
May nodded. "I wish it would feel nice out here," she said gloomily. Ash nodded in agreement.
"I'm sure it'll get nicer," Ash said. May was about to reply, but Ash kissed her before she could say a word. They held it for a few minutes, then went into another. That's what they did until 12 o'clock.
They didn't hear some one walking towards them and stand a few inches from them. "Hello," the man that had walked up said. It was Mr. Ketchum.
They broke apart and looked at Mr. Ketchum. He was smiling.
"How are you two doing?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"Good," they said.
"Ash, how is your mom doing? She well?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"She was doing ok when we left for this trip..." Ash said.
"Wonderful. Would you tell her I said hi?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"Ok," Ash replied.
"May! How's that Pichu?!" Mr. Ketchum yelled.
"Pichu's doing pretty good." May said.
"Where is Pichu, May?" Ash asked.
"I had told Penny to take Pichu and stay with Mom and Dad. I'd say your pikachu went with," May said. Mr. Ketchum was looking at them.
"Um, what's going on in Pallet Town?" Mr. Ketchum asked.
"Nothing really," May said.
"Oh, um, I caught a new pokemon yesterday!" he yelled.
"Which one?" Ash asked.
"A Marill!" Mr. Ketchum said.
"Aren't those a little rare?" May asked. Mr. Ketchum nodded.
"Oh yes. Is it really cold out here, because if it is, I haven't noticed..." he said. In answer, they nodded. Mr. Ketchum frowned.
"Ok, I guess I really haven't noticed...anyway, tell me, how did your pokemon training go, Ash.
"Let's see...in the Indigo league, I lost some time in there, then in the Orange Island League, I won against the four gyms and the league, and then in the Johto league I made it threw that one. I'm going to try again in the regular league some time...oh, and I had a Butterfree and I let it go, and a primate and I gave it to another trainer after it won in the p-1 grandpre. I right now have, in all, a Bulbasaur, Charizard, Squirtle, Pikachu, Muk, Taros, Beedrill, Pidgeot, Cynaquil, Chikorita, Tododile, Herocross, Sudowoodo..."
"Sounds like you had a nice journey there," Mr. Ketchum said. Ash didn't say any thing.
They talked about all sorts of things-like pokemon-until 2:30.
"Ash we have to get to the airport. It's almost 3 o'clock! We don't want to miss the plane!" she told Ash. He nodded.
"Put this blanket away and we can go to the airport. She nodded and let it go. The blanket fell limply to the ground. Ash stood up and walked over to Mr. Ketchum.
"We have to get to the airport so we don't miss the plane," Ash said. He looked over this shoulder. May was folding up the blanket and puting it away, then stood up and walked over to them.
"I'll go with you, " Mr. Ketchum said. May and Ash nodded. The group went down the path to the break. They climbed through it and went out of the park.
When they made it to the airport, Mr Ketchum turned to look at them.
"I got a question for you May."
"What is it, Mr. Ketchum?"
He said some thing to her that made her blush scarlet. She nodded. Mr. Ketchum then said, "Guess what side of the family gave him that ."
She shrugged. Mr. Ketchum then said smugly, "My side of the family. I'll see you two some other time."
He walked away. They looked around for Mr. and Mrs. Oak and soon found them-they were at the gate to their plane.
"There you two are! Come on! We have to get on the plane!" Mr. Oak cried. He hurried them onto the plane and down to their seats. They sat down and listened to the captain (again) announce the take off. Ash turned to look at May.
"What did he ask you?" Ash asked. She giggled.
"Oh, it's quite funny...he asked...he asked if you were a good kisser!" she said.
"Can I bet that nod you gave him was a 'yes?'" Ash asked. She nodded. He blushed.
"I can't believe he asked you that about me!" Ash said, a little too loudly. Gary looked at them.
"Huh?" he asked.
"NOTHING! NOTHING AT ALL!" they said quickly. He shrugged and went back to looking at a book in his hand.
They sighed in relief that he hadn't known what they were saying and went back to talking until they made it back to Pallet Town.