Hey everyone! Time to start good 'ol chappy 8! I know this took a while, but I have an excuse!

Disclaimer- I do not own Pokemon.But that's ok, all I need is Ash and I'm good.

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Chapter 8- Lotsa stuff happeing in this one folks!

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"This is Ash's street, right?"

"How would I know? This is the first time I've been to Pallet."

"I know that, I was just hoping you would have an idea. All the streets here look the same..." Brock put his chin in his hand as he stared at the path in front of him.

"Brock...Are we lost?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Masato, I'm sure. Now, is this Ash's street?"

"It looks about right...Besides, if it isn't, we can just go back and try another. Pallet Town is pretty little, it shouldn't be too hard to find." Masato shrugged.

"Good point." Brock nodded as the two started off down the street.

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"Toge..."

"I know it's getting late." Ash sighed as he looked out his bedroom window watching a few Pidgys fly across the sky. "I wonder where everyone is..."

"Pikapi, Pika pikachu Pikachupi pi Kachupika?"

"Isn't time we start looking for Misty and May?" Ash translated, "I don't know Pikachu, do you really think they're in some kind of trouble?"

"Pi."

"Toge."

"Ok, we'll go look for them." Ash smiled. He jumped down from his bed, grabbed his hat and walked to the door...only to take a grand total of two steps before slipping and falling flat on his face. "WAAAA!"

"Pikapi!" Pikachu exclaimed, running over to it's trainer to make sure he was ok.

"Ow...What happened?" Rubbing his head he sat up to see what he slipped on. At his feet was a minimized pokeball, "Hey...I think this is Misty's..." he carefully picked it up and looked over at her bed to see her bag had fallen over and her pokeballs were spread all over the floor.

"Tic?"

"Pika?"

Counting only five including the one in his hand, Ash's eyes narrowed slightly, "Misty only took one of her Pokemon." Standing up, he stood on his toes to look over at the shelf at the head of his bed, and saw all six of May's pokeballs, "And May didn't bring any."

"Pika, chu ka, pi pika. Pikachu pi pika ka chu."

Ash nodded, "You're right Pikachu, now we really have to go check on them. Let me go leave a note for Mom and the guys, and we'll get goin'."

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"Hey look! Da tworp is leaven' the house, and Pikachu and Togetic are with 'em!"

"This is great!" James squealed, "Let's go follow him!"

Jessie smiled, almost wickedly, "The plan is soon going to be in action!"

"Plan?" James blinked.

"What plan are yous talken' about Jessie?"

"You just wait and see Meowth." she smiled, "The boss will be so EGGsently SHOCKED with us when we bring him Pikachu and Togetic!"

James grinned, "How EGGsiteing!"

"He'll get a real CHARGE outta it!"

"HAHAHAHA!"

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"...And ASH thought it was chicken with garlic sauce!" Misty laughed.

May fell backwards, cracking up, "Seriously?! Wow, why do we like that little idiot again?"



Misty grinned, "'Cause he's so darn cute when he wants to be?"

"Oh right!" The girls giggled again, "You know, you'd think the guys would have found us by now." May stated.

"You know them," Misty sighed, shrugging her shoulders, "who knows what they could be doing."

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"Brock, now I KNOW we're lost."

"What are you talking about? How could anyone get lost in Pallet Town?"

"You can't. Which is why were suddenly in Viridian." Masato pointed to the large 'Welcome to Viridian City' sign in front of them.

Brock put his chin in his hand, "Maybe I should have taken a right at Masara Street..."



Masato screamed loudly and fell to the ground, holding his head, "WHY did I agree to let you lead us back!? WHY!? WHY!? WHY!?"

"Brock? Masato?"

"Mime?"

"Huh?" The two boys looked up to see a brown haired woman and her pokemon staring at them strangely. "Mrs. Ketchum?"

"What are you two doing in Viridian?" She asked, her and Mimey's arms full of groceries.

Masato crossed his arms, "Brock got us los-" he was cut off by Brock grabbing him, and slapping his hand over his mouth, blushing lightly.

"ACTUALLY Mrs. Ketchum, Masato and I decided to come here and help you carry all those heavy bags home!" Brock exclaimed, rushing up the woman and ripping the bags from her grasp.

Mrs. Ketchum blinked, before smiling. "Oh, how thoughtful! Thank you boys!"

"No Problem!" Beaming, Brock shoved one of the three bags into Masato's arms and marched happily behind Mrs. Ketchum.

Shaking his head, Masato looked at the older boy, "Smooth Brock, real smooth."

"Hey, I do what I must!"

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"Pika..."

"Tic..."

"I know it's hot guys, but we'll be at the ocean in no time, ok? Just hold on a little longer." Ash said, trying to convince himself of that too. Why was it so darn hot? The sun was setting! Shouldn't it be taking the heat with it?

Wait...the sun was setting?! When did THAT start?! Had Misty and May really been gone that long?

{'Now we have to find them.'} he thought to himself clenching his fists. {'We have too...'}

"Pikapi?"

"Yeah Pikachu?"

"Pika, Pikachu Kakipi pi Chakachu?"

"Whatever happened to Brock and Masato?" Ash's eyes widened as he realized he had completely forgotten about them, "That's a good question..."

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"Ash, we're home! Ash? ASH? Where are you Sweetie?" Mrs. Ketchum placed her hands on her hips and looked around the living room, "Brock, is Ash in the kitchen?"

After he set both his and Masato's grocery bags down on the kitchen counter, he scanned the room, "Nope, not here!" He called Back.

"He's not upstairs either." Masato explained, walking down the stairs.

"Mime, Mr. Mime!"

"He's not outside either, Mimey? Where IS that boy?"

Masato sat on the couch when something caught his eye, "Hey, it's a note from Ash." He picked the flower bordered piece of parchment off of the coffee table and read it over, "He, Pikachu and Togetic went looking for Misty and May. What does he mean 'went looking'? Where did they go?"

"The girls went down to the ocean to do some pokemon training." Mrs. Ketchum explained, but noticing Brock and Masato's nervous glances, she narrowed her eyes, "What?"

"Errr...it's nothing." Brock sweatdropped, "When did they leave Mrs. Ketchum?"

She put on a thoughtful face, "I would say about a half hour after you two left."

"That long?" Masato gasped. "No wonder Ash went out looking for them!"

"Oh, you don't think they're in any trouble do you?" asked Mrs. Ketchum, a worried tone in her voice.

"Errr, of course not!" Brock exclaimed. He grabbed Masato's shoulders and led him to the front door, "But just to be on the safe side, we're going to go make sure they're ok!"

Masato blinked, "We are?" Brock glared angrily at him, "Oh, right, we are."

"Ok boys, Just be careful."

"We will! Be right back!"

Brock and Masato sighed as they stepped into the front yard. "Brock, do you think May and Misty are ok?" Masato asked the older boy.

"If they haven't killed each other by now, then most likely yes."

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Misty sighed as she absentmindedly counted the Beedrill, that were still stalking around the area by the way, in her head as she looked through the gaps in-between leaves in the bush.

"Haven't they left YET?" May whined, using her bandana to fan herself with.

"Nope, afraid not." Misty sat back down from her kneeling position and brushed the grass off her knees.

"Gaaaah...This is horrible, I'm starving." She whined. Plopping her Bandana on again.

Misty nodded. She and May hadn't eaten anything since breakfast. Being out there all day had taken its toll on Misty, and she was hungry, hot, and in short, not in a good mood. {'This day couldn't get any worse...'} She was broke out of her thought by a small gasp.

"M-Misty?"

"Yeah?"

"I think the Beedrill found us..."

"What do you me-" Sure enough, when Misty looked up, she was face to face with an angry Beedrill.

"Uh-oh..."

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My! There was a lot of scene changing in that one! lol! Anywho, there ya have it! I love torturing the characters, it's so fun ^.^

Ok, the reason why this took so long, and why all the rest are going to take a while is cause.... School started. I am now a Freshman in highschool, and I will be going to school from 7:25a.m. to 2:50p.m., and then work from 3:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. every weekday. But trust me, whenever I get a chance to work on this thing, I will!

Keep on reviewing my fans! I love each and every one of you!

-Car-

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