A\n: Wow! Over 35 reviews already! I thought my story sucked. Well, it's doing pretty well compared to my other story. Thanx so much for reviewing, I can't thank you guys enough. I'm writing this only because of you guys. I gotta go read your stories too so it would be cool if you could give a signed review so I can go and R&R all you wicked stories. Thanks sooooooooooooo much! I think this chapter is kind of stupid but oh well.

Chapter 3: Madness Mania

"Oh god, what are you doing here?" Ash cried, hoping there was some mistake as he took a quick look at his rival's family.

The man standing to her left was a tall and handsome person. He had brown hair and a radiant smile plastered on his face. He must have been her dad. The lady next to her was also tall and pretty. She had light orange hair that hung down to her shoulders and a warm smile on her face.

"Oh gosh, her parent's look nice. What happened to her?" he thought with a snort.

"Um.I guess you're the "nice" new neighbours, who invited us for dinner," Misty said, gritting her teeth.

Ash was just about to say something when his mother who came from the kitchen to the door interrupted him, thankfully.

"Oh hello!" she exclaimed warmly.

She looked at Ash and frowned, "Aren't you going to let them in?" she asked.

"Oh yeah," Ash said. "Please come in."

"Thank you," Mr Waterflower said kindly as he and his wife entered the Ketchum's house.

"Here let me take your jackets," Ash heard his mom say as she led them into the living room.

Ash was left to "get to know" his new neighbour.

"What are you doing here?" Ash asked narrowing his eyes.

"I'm here with my family. Do you have any problem with that, Ketchum?" Misty replied, fire blazing in her eyes.

"Ash, can you bring your new friend here, it's almost time for dinner." Ash heard his mom call.

Ash almost exploded. His mom thought that this.this devil was his friend.

"Why thank you Ketchum," Misty said sweetly as she entered the house and threw her jacket on him.

"What the heck!!!" Ash screamed.

Misty looked back and laughed. She walked into the living room and saw her parents already seated around the dining table.

"Ash, can you come here for a second?" Mrs. Ketchum asked.

Ash walked to the kitchen. As he passed Misty, he gave her the meanest glare and looked away so her parents wouldn't suspect anything.

"Ash, can you please serve the food to our guests?" Ash's mom asked as she handed him a tray of three plates filled with food. "Sure," Ash said, too busy thinking about what he could do to get back at Misty.

Just then, he spotted the hot sauce standing on the counter. It was practically calling out to him. He looked around to his mom who had turned back around to bring out the rest of the food. Slowly, he advanced to the bottle and carefully picked it up.

"You are so getting it Waterflower." He smirked

Quickly he shook bottle and poured a big amount onto one of the plates. He then went outside to the table and smiled at Misty's parent's who had noticed him come. He took one plate and placed it in front of Mr. Waterflower and another in front of Mrs. Waterflower. He took the last plate off the tray and placed it in front of Misty. He almost had to stuff his fist in his mouth to keep from laughing.

Mrs. Ketchum came to the table with the rest of the food and they all sat down and started eating.

Misty brought the fork up to her mouth but before she ate it, she noticed Ash watching her expectantly. What was he doing?

She shrugged it off and placed the food in her mouth. There was a sudden sting in her mouth and pretty soon her mouth was on fire!

She quickly jumped up and ran to the kitchen. Searching for a glass didn't take long and Misty poured herself a glass of water and gulped it down.

"What the hell is that stupid idiot's problem?" she cursed in her mind.

Mrs. Ketchum and Mrs. Waterflower rushed into the kitchen.

"What's wrong Misty dear?" her mother asked worriedly.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just accidentally choked on the food." Misty lied.

"Oh thank goodness you're okay." Mrs. Ketchum said.

Misty and the two adults made their way back to the table and continued chatting and eating.

Misty glanced at Ash and saw a smug look on his face. She narrowed her eyes.

"I'll get you back so good," she mouthed.

Ash just gave an evil grin and continued eating.

Misty ate her food silently trying to swallow every bite. She felt her eyes water as the hot sauce burned her tongue with every bite. Luckily, her plate had the least food so she finished quickly.

"Misty, is something wrong, you're all red." Ash said innocently.

"Oh nothing is wrong Ash." Misty replied angrily.

She was so pissed of at him. That jerk was making her life miserable. She had to get him back. Get him back real good.

Soon everyone had finished their dinner and was talking.

"I'll just be back, I'm going to bring the dessert." Mrs. Ketchum said as she got up.

"Oh Mrs. Ketchum, I'll bring the desserts. Please, sit down and relax." Misty said.

"Oh no, it's okay." Ash's mom smiled.

"No, I insist." Misty replied.

"Ok, Ash why don't you go help Misty out." Mrs. Ketchum said.

Ash looked from what he was doing and just nodded. If he opened his mouth, he would have screamed like crazy at his mom.

He slowly made his way to the kitchen where Misty already was. His fists were closed and he could feel his nails piercing his skin but he didn't care. Why was that stupid girl so annoying? She was nice around his mom but she was hell around him. And why did he have to help her?

Ash entered the kitchen and saw Misty open the freezer and take out the ice cream. She hadn't noticed Ash enter the kitchen and she was busy humming to herself as she started to scoop out some ice cream for everyone.

"I have to help you with this so just hurry up," Ash said coolly.

Misty turned around and glared at Ash. "Look, just let me do this. If you don't want to help then go away." And with that Misty turned back and continued scooping.

"I would go but I HAVE to help." Ash complained.

That was it. Misty just couldn't stand this person. His mom was so nice so what happened to this retard?

She picked up to bowls and shoved them into Ash's hands. "Fine, take these and I'll bring the rest. Now get out of here." She exclaimed.

"This is my house, so I can be here. You are such an idiot. Why do you even exist?" Ash yelled out.

"Look just go give those." Misty pointed to the bowls.

Ash left the kitchen grumbling, not knowing that he wouldn't exactly be enjoying his ice cream like he usually did.

Misty had put some chocolate syrup on everyone's ice cream but she had something else for Ash. She quickly searched the refrigerator for a bottle of soy sauce.

She slowly sprinkled some in one bowl and waited before she added some more. Finally it resembled chocolate syrup so she placed the bottle carefully back in the fridge. She placed the three remaining bowls on a tray and headed for the living room. She passes the two normal ice cream bowls out and gave Ash his.

She then sat beside her mother and started on her ice cream and showed no signs of doing anything out of the ordinary.

Ash eyed his ice cream suspiciously and looked up to Misty but she acted like nothing happened. He guessed he was just overreacting and started to eat his ice cream.

Wait a minute! What was that awful taste?

Ash face squished into that familiar face of a baby when it didn't like something.

"What's wrong Ash?" his mom asked.

"Oh it's nothing, I just don't feel like having anymore ice cream." Ash squeaked as the horrible taste flooded his mouth. He knew that taste but couldn't remember exactly what it was.

He looked at Misty and saw her smirk at him.

Ash felt his blood boiling and his anger flaring within him as he got up and threw the contents of the bowl into the sink and put the bowl away.

This girl was getting on his nerves and he was getting annoyed.

For the rest of the evening, Ash and Misty threw dirty looks at each other and stayed far apart. Soon the Waterflowers left for home.

"So how did you like our neighbours?" Mrs. Ketchum asked.

"They're nice," Ash replied.

"And that girl. you and her seem to be hitting it off," his mother stated.

"What did you just say? Her and me.mom I think you're watching too many romance movies. We just met." Ash exclaimed, gritting his teeth.

"Oh, I'm just joking. Well it's getting late so it's time for bed mister." And with that, his mom kissed him goodnight and both mother and soon fell asleep.

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".And then I put soy sauce in his ice cream. I had so much more planned but we had to leave. It could have been crazy but I didn't want to leave a bad impression on his mom. His mom is cool, I have no idea what happened to him." Misty concluded. She had been filling her friends in about yesterday night.

"Wow Misty, you guys really hate each other. Almost the whole girl population in this school would love the chance to be near Ash but you can't stand the sight of him." Duplica exclaimed.

"I hate his guts. I just hope that I teach him his lesson soon because then I'll have nothing to do with him." Misty said as she slammed her locker shut.

She and her friends walked to their first class, each one thinking their own thoughts.

"I just realized now but Ash and Misty make a good couple. They are so much like each other, determined, stubborn, mischievous and wild. I think I should tell Lily and Violet and see what they say." Duplica thought.

"Hey.Earth to Duplica, coming back to reality would be nice." Misty exclaimed as she waved her hand in front of her friend's face.

"Huh-oh sorry Misty, did you say something?" Duplica asked.

"No, it's just that you seemed out of it." Misty smiled.

"Oh, I'm fine." Duplica giggled.

"Ok, let's get to class." Misty laughed.

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"So.you're saying that Misty came to your house and all you did was pull one prank on her. Are you insane? You had the perfect chance to cream her, why didn't you?" Brock exclaimed.

"I couldn't because her parents were there and I wanted to give a good impression." Ash said glumly.

"Yeah, sure. Anyways, we figured out a really good prank you could play on her. It's just that you have to do small ones first, ones that won't create too much damage." Brock said.

"Hey, who cares how much it does to her. April Fool's is coming up in a week and I've already got my eyes set on a perfect target. Trust me, she won't know what hit her!" Ash exclaimed.

Brock and Ash reached their lockers and stuffed their books in. They were already late to meet Tracy and Gary so they quickly pulled on their jackets and headed out.

"I just can't help but feel that Ash and Misty go together. They seem perfect for each other. I have a feeling that her friends think this too. I should tell the boys and see what they day." Brock thought.

"Hey Brock, hurry up, we're late." Ash cried.

"Coming!" Brock called back.

Brock's thought wandered back to what he was previously thinking about.

"If what I think is true I think it's up to us to stop this rivalry between them and get them together or let destiny's path take its course."

A\n: So, I hope you guys liked this chapter. Personally I think I better get the pranks going because I'm getting bored. The next chapter is going to be prank mania (not the title, just what it's about). Please R&R because that's what is gonna get me going on the next chapter. Bye for now!