Chapter 3- "Old Friends Meet Again"

"We're here!!" Ash screamed as he leapt in the air. He started to rush home only to be tackled from behind by Misty. "Lucky your housebroken!" Misty grunted, trying to keep Ash down from his restlessness. "Well he is excited to get home" Brock said "Ash, lets just go slow." Misty let go of Ash "Fine Misty.." Ash said defeated.

Ash wanted to get home, get to Pallet Town. He was deeply homesick, and yearned to go home. So that's why he decided, almost done with his Jhoto adventures, to visit home for a few weeks. They arrived at Ash's house quite speedily and Ash opened the door and yelled, "Mom! I am home!" It was quiet for awhile until Ash's Mom appeared at the top of the stairs in Ash's house. "Ash!!" She ran down like a blur and gave a huge bear hug to Ash, Pikachu was knocked off Ash's shoulder by the force of Ash's mother. "Mr. Mime..." Mr. Mime appeared around the corner and glared at Brock. "Are you still mad?" Brock asked. "Mime..." "Sheesh, I'm leaving!" and Brock walked outside without another word. Finished with her hug, Ms. Ketchum let go of Ash, only to see him and Misty standing there. "Are you two a couple now?" Ms. Ketchum smiled. "Err...yes Ms. Ketchum" Misty said nervously. "Please, call me Mom, you will when you marry my son!" Misty's face turned a bright red hearing this. "Oh, it only seemed like yesterday when I was changing Ash's bed sheets when he wet the be-" "MOM!" Ash yelled out in embarrassment, hearing Misty giggle to it. Pikachu and Togetic walked to a small couch in the living room. Ash grabbed Misty's hand and rushed her into his room, closing the door behind them. "Sorry Misty, My Mom loves to embarrass me.." he flopped onto his bed.

Being the first time in Ash's room, and girl, judging by his mother's reaction, she wanted to take a good look around the room. The wall across her had a few windows, including a sliding clear door to a balcony. On her left side was television with a desk and some bookshelves. On her right side was Ash's bed, including poster of the Elite 4 and pictures of his achievements, with a small drawer by his bedside and his closet. Misty took a closer look at Ash's small drawer by his bed, it had three pictures. One of which was Ash of two years of age. The next one was a picture of Ash and Pikachu, and the third...was a photo of her at Acapulco beach in her swimsuit? She picked up the picture and faced it to Ash. "Ash is this a picture of me at your bedside?" "Err...I'm going to train now!" Ash stuttered, as he gave a kiss to Misty on her cheek and ran right out the door. "Oh Ash..." She sat down on the bed, only to notice Ash's backpack by the door. She thought and decided that it would be a nice thing to do is place Ash's stuff back to where they belonged. (But we all know she was just curious what Ash had in there, heck we all do!) She first dug in and found some clothes. She took them into his closet and hanged them up. She emptied the rest of his backpack to find a small green book, with golden plated letters saying "Journal" she placed it on his desk. Then she noticed something, Ash's Pokeballs. She ran downstairs to see Pikachu and Togetic playing with Ms. Ketchum. "Ash wouldn't leave without his Pokeballs..." She said quietly. "Ms. Ketchum" she called from upstairs "Mom" She corrected "Right, Mom?" She felt silly to hear that, "Where did Ash go?" "He said that he was going to the newly opened PokeShop in town" "Thanks" with that she rushed out the door.

"Welcome to the Pallet Town PokeShop, what can I get you?" "Yeah could I get three Pokeballs?" "Ok" He walked into the stockroom and grabbed three penny sized balls. "Here you go, that will be $6.00" "Thanks, bye!"

He walked into the stock room again and let out a huge sigh. His friend, who sat in a chair, laughed and said, "Hard day Ash?"

Ash wanted to make it all up with Misty, so he decided to get Misty another bike. Before he just said to shush Misty's complaining, but this time he was true. He called up a bike shop and found a well priced bike, so he took a job at the local PokeShop.

"Hello? I asked, hardy day Ash?" "Shut up!" Ash yelled frustrated "Sheesh what's your problem" "Nothing, just thinking." "Hello? A voice called out. "I'm still on my break" He grinned and pointed outside. Ash walked out to the counter. "Welcome to the Pallet Town PokeShop, what can I get you?" "Ash?" Ash opened his eyes "Duplica?!?" Ash screamed out to see his old friend. The kid in the stock room peeked outside to see Ash and a young girl, around her 15's with...green hair? "Some fads these days" He grumbled. "What are you doing here?" "I should ask you the same!" "Well I live here, and I need some extra cash..."

"Oh I see, well there have been reports of a blue ditto here, and I want to catch it!" "Cool, now what can I get you?" "I honestly forgot...oh yes, could I get 5 Ultraballs?" "Sure" Ash went back and got 5 quarter sized balls. "That will be $60.00" "Boy they aren't cheap are they?" "They are twelve for one." "Ok" She handed the money to Ash. "Seya around!"

Ash and his friend was horrified of what she did next. Right when she reached the doors outside, she turned around, winked, and blew Ash a kiss! Ash, a bit scared by the entire thing went in the storage room.

"You lucky-" "SHUT UP." Ash said sternly. "Sheesh. Ok, let me get this straight. You have a girlfriend, and now this girl has an obvious crush on you, boy you have it made!" Ash glared at his friend, "Joey, it is a living heck, that is what it is." (You didn't expect me in the story now did you?) "Well I got bad news." "What?" "Your girlfriend is here." Ash peeked outside to see Misty walking towards the counter. "EEK!" "What?" "Hello?" Misty called out "Don't let her know I am here!" "Helloooo?" Misty called out again. "Why?" "HELLO?!?" Misty called out a third time. "No time to explain! Just get out there, and get rid of her!" "Fine Mr. Snippy."

Joey walked out and greeted Misty, "What can I get you?" "Service here is a bit slow, you know that." "Sorry" "Anyway, have you seen a kid named Ash go by here?" "Yeah he went to Pallet Forest."

"Where is that?" "About a tenth of a mile north from here." "Thanks." Misty ran off. "Problem solv-" He was suddenly choked by Ash's hands. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" He said angrily "I sent her away, now can I get my air?" "You IDIOT! Misty is scared of bugs!" "So?" "Pallet Forest is FILLED with them!" "Uhh oops?" Ash threw Joey to the ground, "Mind the store, I'll have to stop Misty!" Ash ran fast, really fast, it made the flash look like a snail. He rushed home instead of the forest and grabbed Pikachu. Then he ran towards the forest. He was making good time until suddenly he fell through a hole. Ash looked up to see a man, a woman, and a Meowth looking over him.

"Oh please, not now..." He groaned "To protect the world from devastation!" "To unite all people within our nation!" "To announce the evils of truth and love!" "To extend our reach to the stars above!" "Jessy!" "James!" "Team Rocket, blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight" "Wobba-" "Meowth! That's right!" "Alakazam, use your psybeam!" A large explosion took the place of where Team Rocket stood. "Were blasting off already!!!" "Woooobbbaaaaafffffeeeeetttt!" Joey now appeared above the hole.

"Gee, is your days always this exciting?" "Help me up!" "Yes, your welcome" Joey pulled Ash out of the hole, but Ash didn't calm down. "Who is minding the store?!"

The scene is cut off by a Aipom pelting people with purple poke-dotted pokeballs (Try saying that ten times fast) then it focused back on Ash and Joey.

"Don't worry, it's in good hands!" "Look, I need to get to that forest!" "Wait let me help! Alakazam, use teleport!"

Ash's view started to haze slowly, then the world around him dissolved away, he felt a pulsating system and the world started to fade back in, right in front of Pallet Forest.

"Go already! Head straight and you'll encounter Misty!" "Thanks!" Ash ran into the forest "Boy that kid is strange...huh Alakazam?"

Ash stopped dashing and started to walk, he indeed saw something in yellow above him and he walked into a clearing of Misty sitting by a small pool of water with Togetic frolicking. "There you are Ash." "Misty what are you doing here?" "I was looking for you, you left your Pokeballs and Pikachu behind." "Well I needed to get some Pokeballs, sorry." "It's ok." "Let's go home" "Ok"

They went home only to see Ash's mother watching television. "Oh Ash, Brock came over, he had a lady friend with him." "Oh who?" Ash asked. "Well umm, it started with a M....oh yes it was Gary's sister!" "MAY!?!"