Life: Hi, guys! I'm revived this time for good!

Kelly: Did you see the large amount of new reviews you have?

Life: Huh? What? *sees new reviews and faints*

Kelly: It's like a rerun. Anyway, here's the next chapter of the increasingly insane story.

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Six: Potential Poisoner Served With A Messed-Up Meal

"...So, anyway, the PokéMart in Goldenrod City is really, really big, and I went there and I went up on the roof, and I saw this really cool looking Charizard fly by--it was so big and its wings were all shiny and the flame on its tail was huge--and I thought 'Wow, that thing is so cool!' and ever since Charizard has been my all-time number one very best favorite Pokémon and I just can't get enough of them..."

Maia was dominating the conversation at the table. She had been so for about twenty minutes, and somehow she hadn't taken a breath yet. Everyone was staring at her with half-closed eyes and leaning on various parts of their hands and wrists. All except James, who was still gobbling food.

"...And I think that anyone who's had or has a Charizard is really, really cool because only really smart people can catch a Charizard because they are sooo smart and sooo powerful and that's probably why I like them and I've tried to catch one but it turns out this girl named Liza owned it see it had a big pink bow on its head and it didn't occur to me that that probably meant it already had a trainer 'til she ran out and said 'Stop! Don't catch Charlette! She's mine!' and then I realized and it turns out she has a whole, whole bunch of Charizard and that was so awesome I got to see a lot of them and there was this one that looked really mean but it was just faking and it was really cool looking and if it had been in the wild I woulda tried to catch it but I knew it was Liza's so I didn't but she said she had come to Goldenrod City because she liked to fly her Charizard around to keep them in shape and they just happened to fly to Goldenrod City and I thought it was really awesome because all of her Charizard were really--"

Maia stopped and took a breath.

"--Strong."

She turned to Ash. "So, what were you saying about owning a Charizard?"

Ash jolted to his senses. "Uh--I--oh yeah! I have a Charizard," he said. It was that one comment he'd made that made Maia begin to talk about how much she liked Charizard.

"I like Raichu better," Jenny commented, casually looking down at her plate.

Maia looked over at Jenny. "Weeell, that's your opinion!" she said cheerfully.

Jenny looked at Maia, then she turned to see where Misty was. Misty had switched seats with Gary so she was two chairs away from Jenny now.

"Does anyone want more Kool-Aid?" Delia asked.

Everyone said yes.

Jenny jumped from her chair. "I'll get it for you, Ms. Ketchum," she offered, already headed for the kitchen.

"Thank you, Jenny," Delia said.

Ash watched Jenny go. Jenny pushed through the swinging door, grabbed some glasses, and filled them with Kool-Aid. Just before the door swung closed, Ash saw Jenny sprinkle something into one of the glasses.

"So, Gary, if any of your cheerleaders got, let's say, injured, how would you replace her?" Maia asked.

Gary shrugged. "I guess I'd ask around."

Maia smiled.

Jenny came out with a tray of Kool-Aid-filled glasses. "Here we are!" she said with a little too much cheer. She placed glasses in front of everyone.

"Hope you enjoy, Misty," Jenny said with a mischievous smile as she put Misty's glass in front of her. Misty looked down at the glass in suspicion but said nothing.

Brock still had tears flowing down his face, but he thanked Jenny for his glass of Kool-Aid. "Drinking this Kool-Aid will remind me of what we once had!" he said.

"What?" Maia asked. "A fight?"

Ash watched Jenny. She sat down at her seat and watched Misty with a strange gleam in her eyes. Ash recalled how much she seemed to dislike Misty and realized what it must be.

Jessie grabbed another grilled cheese half and bit into it happily. "Mmm-mm-mm! Wonderful food!"

Misty lifted the glass to her mouth.

Ash gasped. She was about to--!

The next few moments seemed to move in slow motion.

"NOOOOOOO!!" Ash slow-motion cried He slow-motioned himself out of his chair and dived over Jenny, slowly knocking her backward. Her foot hit the table and upset three plates of food as Ash threw his arms forward and knocked Misty's glass out of her hand. The red Kool-Aid splashed all over Maia's hoodie and Gary's sleeve. Maia slowly let out a squeak and accidentally slow-motion threw her glass of Kool-Aid in Gary's lap. Trying to avoid it, Gary's hand knocked into his glass and he splashed his Kool-Aid on James.

There was silence. Then Delia interrupted. She looked angry.

"Ash Ketchum, what is the meaning of this?!" Delia cried. "Why are you making such a mess?!"

"I-I saw Jenny put something in Misty's drink!" Ash defended from the floor. "It had to be poison or something! I was only trying to save her!"

Jenny raised an eyebrow. "Poison? Ash, I was putting extra sugar in my own glass. Why do you think I'd poison Misty?"

Ash blushed, accenting the red Kool-Aid drying on his face. "Sh-sugar?"

"Yeah, sugar," Jenny said. "I was only hoping Misty would choke on her Kool-Aid."

"And you ruined my hard work for extra sugar?" Delia looked positively angry. "This is impossible!"

"Heh heh," Ash said sheepishly. "Sorry Mom."

Delia looked at all the spilled food and drinks. "I suppose we'll have to cut the meal short," she said.

"What parts I had was good," Maia piped up, wiping her face with a napkin.

Jenny was snickering. "Ash ruined the whole lunch because he thought I poisoned you!" she said to Misty. "I may want to kill you, but I'd do it in a better way."

"Boy, that makes me feel safe," Misty muttered.

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Life: I'm back! And I'm almost finished! What did you think? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Kelly: Yes, please enlighten us.

Life: We have only about a couple more chapters after this, so, uhhh, we're almost done! Please read and review! Pleeeease!

Kelly: We'll be right here. It's not like LifeLite has a life. Her pen name is deceiving.

~Life, the girl with...oh, forget it this time