Author's Notes: First off, I noticed in a review about me saying about someone getting shot. I do not remember that. Please let me know where you noticed that so I can take a look please. Anyway, as I was unaware of the existence of another water/bug pokemon in sapphire/ruby versions, I doubt that my way of thinking of what Pottleti looks like will be the same as Surskit. Anyway, Pottleti won't be the only pokemon that I'll create in any of my fics, let alone elements and element combinations. Now, I was asked by a reviewer to ask people to review his fics, now I'm only doing this because I was asked. The reviewer's name is DJ. Now, the description of Pottleti is pretty much like a Spinarak, but it's legs end in small webs that it uses to walk along the water's surface, and does not have a horn on it's head. Pottleti also is not affected by currents or whirlpools. Pottleti also cannot swim, so therefore it can't breathe underwater. It is weak against fire, but strong against psychics like bugs. But also is weak against grass, though strong against steel. Also, I'm working on creating new moves that are multiple types in of themselves. Now, I am certain that most of the reviews I get that are funny are that way intentionally. Anyway, here's chapter 17!

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Misty was tired of having to raise her pokemon by battling the wild pokemon. Very few were actually worth bothering with and those that were, were often the ones that she did what she could to capture. At least I decided on a replacement for my Marill, Misty thought to herself. She had caught a Remoraid and tried using it and loved it when she saw how well it did. It even evolved soon after she got it into Octillery. Misty still was sore about how Gary had given her a win against her by declaring his pokemon to tired to battle but still strong enough to hike several miles that day. Misty knew that Gary let her win and wasn't too pleased with that knowledge.

At least I didn't have any trouble with the Azalea town gym, Misty thought to herself, wondering how easily the next gym would be. Misty would have begun challenging Gary again, but she had heard that there was a fortune-teller in Goldenrod and she HAD to have her fortune told to her. Gary, wasn't so optimistic about it though. Gary told her that it was probably just something that was to help people boost their self-confidence and nothing more. There shouldn't be any real power behind it all. Misty had begun to ignore Gary's comments like that. She just assumed that he had bad experiences with such people and was prejudiced against them.

They were within a day's walk from Goldenrod when they stopped for the night. Misty would have wanted to continue on, but she was just too exhausted from walking so much without as many breaks as they usually had. Gary didn't seem to be as tired as Misty. He must be used to it, Misty thought bitterly. If I hadn't heard about that fortune-teller, then I wouldn't have told Gary that we had to go as far as we could each day. At least we'll be there tomorrow, Misty thought to herself, relieved that the traveling ordeal was almost over.

In the morning, Misty woke up fully rested, only to find Gary still asleep. That's odd, Misty thought to herself, he's usually the first one up. Misty checked the sky. False dawn. Misty was now surprised that she had woken up so early. Well, then I guess that I could start cooking then, Misty said to herself, gleefully.

Misty then began going around and collecting some more firewood. However, when she returned five minutes later, Gary was already up and had a cooking fire already going. Gary looked up as Misty came near. "Good! More firewood," Gary greeted. "I was afraid that I was going to have to go gather some more."

"Ha ha," Misty replied, sarcastically. "I wanted to cook this morning."

Gary looked at her oddly. "What!?" Misty demanded.

"Did I hear you correctly?" Gary asked.

Misty stared at Gary. He really didn't think that she could cook very well. Of course, Misty admitted to herself, I only was able to cook that one time and it turned out horrible. Yet, although Misty had learned quite a bit about cooking, she still hadn't been able to test out her cooking ability. "Never mind," Misty replied.

By dawn they were moving again. Breakfast was eaten in silence. Misty's pokemon party now consisted of Rapidash, Vulpix, Houndour, Eevee, Octillery, and Phanpy. Misty was pleased with her Party. Though, she was thinking of eventually evolving her Eevee into a Flareon, but still needed to get her Vulpix a Firestone. Misty was brimming with excitement as they came in sight of Goldenrod city. They would be able to go to the fortune- teller's. Yet, when they got there, the fortune-teller's shop was closed. Misty was depressed by that fact, but not disheartened.

While Misty had gone out to find the shop, Gary had occupied a couple of rooms at the Pokecenter. Misty was grateful for it and went to sleep quickly so that she could wake up in time for the shop to open. Yet, Gary seemed to be grateful for the chance to be able to not have her around.

In the morning, when Misty woke up, she quickly got ready and ate a quick breakfast and rushed over to the fortune-teller's shop. When she went in, she had to admit, the interior was kind of creepy. The shop was dimly lit and there seemed to be a weird type of music playing around the shop. Misty ignored it and went over to the counter where there was a man waiting. "May I help you?" the man asked politely.

"Yes!" Misty exclaimed. "I want my fortune told!"

"Okay, come with me," the man offered, gesturing to a back room.

Misty followed him and sat at a table. In the room there were several psychic pokemon. That must be why this is a fortune telling shop, Misty thought to herself. The man then asked Misty a few questions about herself like what day she was born, her name, how old she was, her reason for being in Goldenrod, where she was from, and what she like to do. Misty answered the man promptly and then the man went into a trance and Misty waited patiently, but after a while when he didn't come out of it, she was beginning to get impatient. All of a sudden, he came out of the trance causing Misty to jump because of the suddenness of it.

The man sighed as he began. "What I saw for your future was much different than what I've seen before. There will come a common pokemon that will show you a new one. At sunset when light shall find you. I also saw that you would meet up with a loved one who had gone missing and is still alive. You have already met him since you lost him. Your road leads different than what you would want it to. You will fail in many things that you want, but succeed in many things that you don't want."

"Like what!?" Misty demanded.

"It's not my place to say. Anyway, this will cost 500. I usually charge more, but I haven't had a vision like this in a long time," the man replied.

Misty happily paid the man the 500. When Misty got back to the pokemon center, she saw Gary on the phone and decided to let him be on the phone. He's probably talking to his grandfather, Misty thought to herself completely forgetting about Ash and her questions of what Gary had been talking about when he had talked with Ash about his daughter.

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Ash was excited to be the first one to have experience with training a Pottleti. It was really friendly and seemed to like Misty, much like Ash's first Caterpie did. Although, Misty had gone through a lot of screaming with Pottleti trying to make friends with her. She had asked Ash why do bugs like her so much. Ash replied that he didn't have any idea why something so cute liked her so much. Although Misty didn't like Ash calling the bugs cute, she couldn't justify herself if she had hit him with her mallet because of that remark.

Ash had learned that Pottleti had a type of stringshot attack that was very similar to a water gun attack, but seemed to have combined both. Pottleti was very good at taking out fire-types, although it was a big risk because Pottleti seemed to easily be defeated with fire attacks. Ash wondered about how well it would do when it got more experienced. What other attacks will it have? Ash wondered. Pottleti also seemed quite agile and fast. Ash was surprised when it was able to surprise Pikachu as it showed that it could move silently as well.

One big things about Pottleti was that it wouldn't go very far away from water. About a hundred feet or so was the farthest it would go. It also seemed to have a natural instinct for where water was. Ash wondered what other pokemon there were that were like Pottleti was a few weeks ago. Undiscovered. Misty wasn't too fond of thinking of what other pokemon there were after seeing Pottleti.

Ash was in the middle of training Pottleti when Gary called from Goldenrod city. Ash quickly went to the phone and said hi to Gary. "How did you get there so fast?" Ash asked.

"Misty heard that there was a fortune-teller here and wanted to come and have her fortune told," Gary replied.

"Has she?" Ash inquired.

"Yeah, she's doing that now," came the reply.

"What do you think it'll be?" Ash asked, thinking that it would be that she would be able to make her dreams come true or something just as common.

"I think that it'll be that she'll be able to get what she wants," Gary said. "What do you think that she'll be told."

Ash told him what he thought. "Yeah, something like that at least. I mean, this guy would need to say things like that to keep people coming back," Gary continued.

They then began talking about how Misty would have tried to challenge Gary continually except for the fact that she heard about the fortune- teller. Ash was surprised to hear that she insisted that they push on and not take so many breaks so that they could make it. Ash commented that she must have got that attitude from Marin. Gary replied to that, "Actually, I think that this bit came from you." Ash started to protest, but Gary kept on talking. "Because you would do the same thing to catch pokemon. When you were that young, all you seemed to care about was catching pokemon and battling. I mean, you almost didn't get married because of that."

"What do you mean I almost didn't get married because of that?!" Ash demanded.

"Just what I said!" Gary cried. "You were so focused on training that you wouldn't have known that Misty had feelings for you if both of you hadn't been stuck in that elevator and began talking!"

"Oh yeah," Ash said, now remembering how they were talking and the conversation came around to who they both were interested in romantically. Ash never had been able to remember who had started the conversation to lead in that direction, but he knew that it eventually did go there and that's when they first realized that they both shared the same feelings for each other.

"It figures," Gary said.

"What?"

"Just that you don't remember what's convenient for you."

"That's not true!"

"Then why didn't you remember it just now?"

"I just didn't!"

"Uh-huh."

Ash sighed. Gary had maneuvered him into a corner and there was no way he could really get out of it. Ash decided then to not tell Gary about his fears of not loving Misty when he thought about his children and Marin. Ash had intended on telling Gary when Gary called from Azalea town, but Gary's call was cut short when Misty showed up.

"Well, I gotta go," Ash said. "I still need to train Pottleti."

"Good luck!" Gary said. Ash could tell that Gary meant this and was just teasing him about his 'selective memory.' Gary hung up and Ash went back out to train Pottleti some more. When he got out there, he was surprised to see Pottleti spouting water out of it's mouth, but being able to regulate it to be bouncing around. Ash began to wonder how that could be used to avoid being hit in battles. Several situations came up in Ash's mind.

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Author's Notes: So, how's this coming? I think that since the votes are at 10 ½ to 1 ½ now, I'll give out extra votes to those who can answer random trivia that I come up with. This trivia is what three-letter word is there in the English language (the only one like this) that has NO vowels? It means steep grassy hillside. Anyway, if you can get that, I'll add another point to whatever grouping you want. As long as someone gets it right, I'll give that side another point in the voting. Yet, if everyone knows what the answer is, then I'll basically have gotten the wrong question. But remember, right before the last chapter as in the ending, I'll wait an entire week before I post it. Please look forward to chapter 18!