* big yawn *. . . I dunno how much the time is, I just know it's veery early. I don't have anything more to say, for disclaimer: take a look at the other chapters.

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About two hours later, Psyduck (Ash) was lying against a wall, almost falling asleep.

"Thanks, Joy." Misty said in a low voice.

"Don't mention it. Your Psyduck did a great job. I'll be back tomorrow." Nurse Joy said with a smile. She said good bye and went back to the Pokémon Center.

Misty went over to Psyduck and carried him into the living room. She put him gently on the couch and went into the kitchen.

"(Oh. . . my. . .god. . . I am a dead duck.)" Psyduck (Ash) thought. They had put different stick-plasters on him and suddenly he got this unbearable headache. He had to control his headache in some weird way and those darn plasters itched so he couldn't focus. Now it felt as he had been running up the hills in Pallet town all day.

He heard that Misty came back into the room and he felt the scent of popcorn. He opened one eye and saw five small popcorn bowls and glasses that were filled with something that reminded him of the lemonade he managed to smuggle into the trolley without Misty noticing yesterday in the market.

Corsola, Politoed and Togetic made their way into the living room and sat down on the floor, a meter or so from the television.

Psyduck (Ash) scanned the room to see if there was any clue of what they were going to watch. Misty had once again gone out of the room and when she came back she had a video tape in her right hand. "No!" Psyduck (Ash) thought, a romantic movie. . . .she was definetely trying to kill him.

All the other Pokémon seemed somewhat excited, Psyduck (Ash) sighed deeply and burried his head in a pillow.

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Psyduck (Ash) watched everyone tensing up when the bad guy locked the innocent girl into a tower that was supervised by mad Charizards.

What he didn't understand was that the girl had Pokémon, right? She had a father that used money as servetts. . . why didn't she fight against the so called bad guy?

"(Where can Anthony be????)" Togetic asked worried.

"(Don't you remember that the evil witch kidnapped him and locked him in the Dark Cave??)" Corsola reminded him.

"(I feel so sorry for Linda, being locked in the tower and everything.)" Politoed added.

"(Why would you feel sorry for anyone in this movie?)" Psyduck (Ash) asked, making Togetic, Corsola, Politoed and Misty to turn around and look at him.

"(C'mon, that girl has a bunch of Pokémon and she doesn't train them or make them battle against that guy that just locked her in that tower. That Anthony has lower intelligens than.. . . I have. . . I'll just shut up now." Psyduck (Ash) said as he put his pillow on his head to protect himself from any incoming attacks.

"Psyduck, don't you like this movie?" Misty asked.

"(. . . Um. . . will you kill me if I say what I really think?)" Psyduck (Ash) asked and looked up at her from under his pillow. Misty shook her head no.

"(. . . No, I don't like this movie. And to be honest with you I really don't see why you like it.) Misty raised her eyebrows and looked surprised at Psyduck, waiting for him to explain further.

"( I mean, you're not that type of girl who sits and wait for someone who doesn't show any kind of interest in you and if you're in any kind of trouble you don't wait to get rescued. You rescue yourself.)" Psyduck (Ash) said slowly.

All the Pokémon and Misty looked stunned. Was Psyduck being deep?!

Misty had to think a while to register what Psyduck had just said. He was right at that point. She didn't wait to get rescued by prince Charming but she didn't reject help when she needed it. As for Ash.the thought of one day give up all hope for him was really tormenting but she didn't except him to come running to Cerulean as fast as he got the chance.

The four Pokémon looked worriedly at Misty, wondering what would come after her silent reaction. She smiled widely and said, "Psyduck, you're right." Misty picked up Psyduck from the spot on the couch he had been sitting on. She put him on her lap and and embraced him.

At first he blushed but got surprised over how comfortable he felt being hugged by her like that. "Maybe I've just saved myself from that devil- machine." He thought gladly.

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Nearly a week had passed and Ash's hopes about Misty taking it easy with his training were blown away with his headache which was caused by the devil-machine. That machine was the first thing he saw in the morning and the last thing he saw before he went to sleep.

Another morning in Cerulean City Gym and Psyduck (Ash) went tiredly downstairs. It wasn't exactly morning, the clock was around 12:00 a:m and this was actually the first time during his stay he had been aloud to sleep to that hour.

He heard voices from the lobby and he watched from behind the wall. Misty was talking to a blue-haired girl who was holding up a PokéBall proudly. They seemed to have known eachother a longer time and let's just say that Misty didn't seem all to excited over the conversation.

"My Psyduck is soooo adorable!!! You know that I was invited to the mayor's daughter's party last week, right? Well, it was a mascarade party and I just hate to hide my face under some corny outfit, so guess what my cute little Psyduck suggested!" the blue-haried girl said happily.

"Gee, I dunno, Miranda. Please tell me." Misty said with a sigh.

"He's just like the smartest Psyduck ever! He said that I could dress out as myself! I mean, isn't he a genius?" Miranda said giggling.

"Wow, that idea must've caused him a stroke." Misty said, shooking her head. Why did her sisters friends hang out at the gym when they weren't there?!

"Hey, I heard that you were going to train your Psyduck. Any luck?" Miranda asked.

"You bet! He has done some serious progress!" Misty said proudly.

"In that case we have to like battle! Let's which Psyduck is the best." Miranda said, knowing that Misty couldn't turn down a battle and even if she did, it wouldn't look good for her reputation as the gymleader of Cerulean.

"I. . . don't know, Miranda." Misty said hesitantly.

"C'mon, you said that. . . " Miranda began when suddenly they heard something break in the hallway.

Misty and Miranda ran into the hallway and got to see Psyduck (Ash) rapidly picking up the pieces of the vase that he had in someway manged to drop.

"So, how about that battle?" Miranda asked and rested her hands on her hips.

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If he hadn't been so darn clumsy he wouldn've surely been able to hide somewhere. What was that vase doing there anyway?!

"Psyduck!" Misty yelled frustrated. Psyduck (Ash) cringed at his master's outburst, "If it's not much to ask for, would you mind to at least try to focus?!" Misty yelled annoyed.

Miranda grinned, "I though that you'd trained your Psyduck."

"Shut up, Miranda! Start battleing!"

Miranda took out a Pokéball and threw it gracefully into the battlefield. Psyduck (Ash) looked worriedly at the Pokéball, which Pokémon would he have to face?? The Pokéball got open and released a. . . Psyduck! Ash gulped. . . his first battle as a Pokémon. What if he messed up big time?

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That's all I've got for now, but I'll be back very soon =). I'm sorry for any misspellings but as I said, it's very early, I'm tired which means I haven't drunk any coffee and I don't wanna go back to sleep.

I'm a very complicated girl, that and I can't find the coffee can. I've searched all over the kitchen. . . * sobs *

Just look at all the babbling. . . ::sigh::. . .review, people! Review and make my day!