"A Pokemon Gaining Adventure"
by Mistystuffer
Chapter 7


Misty slowly awoke. She found herself in bed and then recalled the events of the previous night; getting beaten by
Delia and Ash assisting her home. At that she smiled and glanced down at Ash on the floor. Togepi awoke at her side
and crawled up, obviously hungry. She pulled herself up out of bed and realized she was wearing yesterday's clothes,
her standard yellow shirt and the whole ensemble. She went to the bathroom to wear some of her new clothes for the
first time. She came out with a blue t-shirt and rather tight jean shorts. Though her shirt was new it wasn't fitting
quite right, it revealed a good six inches of her belly. She scooped up Togepi and headed downstairs to feed it.
She found Delia already in the kitchen cooking up some sausage and scrambled eggs. She got Togepi some food and sat
down. There was a short silent uneasiness between Misty and Delia.

"So Mrs. Ketchum, I never got to congratulate you last night. I guess you beat me," Misty said.

"I'm sorry, dear, last night I just had the sudden urge to enter, for old time's sake," Delia explained, "I've
participated ever since I was a young girl, whenever I would enter the eating contest at the Pallet Town Fair, I
always won."

"It's alright, Mrs. Ketchum. I was just wanting to make Ash proud of me."

"I think Ash was very proud of you anyway. And he was concerned about you a lot also; he was in a lot of worry if
you'd be alright when he helped you home afterwards."

"Really?"

"Yes, he cares for you an awful lot."

She sat a big plate of hot sausage and eggs in front of Misty. Misty picked up her fork and shoved a big helping
of eggs in her mouth.

"Mmm... these are great, Mrs. Ketchum," Misty said, mouth full.

"Thank you, dear."

It was about then Ash and Pikachu showed up. They went over to the table after Ash got some breakfast for them.

"So, Misty, I see you're doing fine today," Ash said.

"Yep."

"So what's the plans for today?" Ash asked.

"No offense, Ash, but ever since we got to Pallet it's been kinda boring. Let's do something really fun today,"
Misty suggested.

"Hey, I know, instead of going to a restaurant, let's go for a picnic! Just you and me!"

"Pikaaa..........," Pikachu moaned, disappointed.

"Oh, and you too, Pikachu," Ash added.

"Chaa!!!" the Pokemon chirped happily.

Delia was more than happy to whip up a big lunch for the kids and their Pokemon. She packed it all in a big brown
basket. After 1:00pm they were on their way. They were planning to eat somewhere out in the hills by Pallet Town.
After a while of walking Misty was tired.

"Ash!...." she whined, "When are we gonna be there?..... I'm starving and my legs are tired."

"Hmm, this looks like a nice shady spot. We'll eat here."

"Finally."

The two and their Pokemon went over by some trees in the shade and set out their picnic stuff.

"This food your mom made looks great!" Misty stated.

She bit into a nice big peanut butter & jelly sandwich.

"Mmm...."

Meanwhile, three pairs of eyes were watching the duo from the skies from a big Meowth hot air balloon.

"There they are; just as we planned," said Jessie, "The twerps brought along Pikachu and Togepi."

"All we need to do now is lure away Pikachu," James added, "Everyone knows Pikachu have an acute sense of smell so
this has to work." (Author's Note: I'm not sure if this is true because I just made it up)

"We dug da hole narrow and extra deep so dat Pikachu can't get out by itself," Meowth said.

Slowly the Meowth balloon drifted out of sight. Back at the picnic, Misty smelled a faint odor in the air.

"Mmm..... smells like, chocolate......," she said, sniffing the air, "Hey Ash, I'll be back in a second."

"Alright, don't get lost now, Misty!" Ash yelled with concern.

"I won't!" she yelled back, hurrying off.

Misty entered an area not too far away from the picnic area. She spotted the source of the delightful smell out
in a plain area.

"A cake?" she said, advancing on the object, "I wonder what this is doing out in the middle of nowhere...."

She noticed it looked new and was nicely wrapped (but not so enough where you couldn't smell it) so she assumed
it would be safe to take, as long as it didn't belong to anyone. Letting her appetite get the best of her, she
walked up to the cake and was about to pick it up...

Ash suddenly heard a scream from behind the trees.

"Ahh!!! Ash!! Help me!!!"

"Misty!!" Ash cried, as he ran to the source of Misty's screams.

Ash ran around the corner to find Misty, not in any major danger, but rather, stuck in a hole. She was really
crammed down into it only her chest and up were outside of it.

"What happened?....." Ash asked, sweatdropping.

"Nevermind that!" Misty yelled angrily, "Just get me out of here!"

The Meowth balloon began hovering down.

"What the? How did we manage to capture a Snorlax in our.... Wait, that's one of the twerps, James," said Jessie.

"So it is," James stated.

"No offense, twerp, but you're pretty big," Jessie said, slightly disgusted.

Misty's face turned a deep crimson color.

"Did you two dig this hole???" Ash yelled, accusingly.

"What's it to ya, twerpy?" Meowth piped in.

"We're very sorry," James began, "We're not interested in your obese girlfriend, all we want is---"

"Pikachu!!" the three shouted simultaneously, pointing at the Pokemon mentioned.

"Pi-ka......," it said, sweatdropping.

"But, I was curious, boy, who are you gonna call to get your tubby twerp friend out of our hole?" Jessie
asked, "Officer Jenny Craig?"

"Hahahaha!!! Dat's hilarious!!!" Meowth cackled.

"Shut up, we need to capture Pikachu while we have the chance," said Jessie.

"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash cried.

"Not again.....," James mumbled.

The Thunderbolt struck the balloon full-force.

"Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!!!" *Ping!*

"I'm glad that's over," Ash said, sighing.

"Pikapi!" Pikachu said, tugging on Ash's pants.

"What? Oh, Misty!"

He hurried to Misty's side; she had gotten even more plugged up in the hole. She seemed to be tightly packed
in, her body was like a rubbery cushion around her and had difficulty moving.

"Ash, help me out of here....," she cried, eyes teary.

Ash wasn't sure what to do. But then he had an idea. He pulled out three Pokeballs.

"Go, Meganium, Heracross, Bulbasaur!!"

The three Pokemon appeared in a flash of light.

"Meganium and Bulbasaur, tie your Vine Whips around Misty but please be careful no to hurt her. Heracross,
use your horn to tear up the ground around her."

"Heracro!!!" the bug answered.

The Pokemon did as they were told, and with the added assistance of Ash, they were able to pull the girl from the
hole. They soon headed back to the picnic site.

"Thanks, Ash, I thought I'd never get out of there. I can't believe I was that stupid."

"It's not your fault, Misty. In fact, you may have prevented Pikachu from getting captured for real!"

"I guess you're right," she said, then smiled and pulled something out from behind her, "And I got this delicious cake!"



After a while Misty laid back in the grass.

"Boy, am I tired."

"Pika....." the Pokemon said, before hopping over to a nice spot and curling up by Togepi.

"You still hungry?" Ash asked, "We have pie."

"Mmm, sounds great."

Ash used a fork to tear out little chunks of pie and fed it to the resting Misty.

"I could just stay like this forever....," she said.

Suddenly, a brief chill swept the air. Though Summer was nearing, some chills of Spring were still around.

"Ash.... It's getting cold. Maybe we should head back."

"Alright."

Ash packed up the stuff and they began their trek back to Ash's house.

Later that afternoon, Ash and Misty finally arrived at home. As usual, they were greeted by Delia and a rather
big dinner. Misty was starving, or so she said. After dinner was over, Misty decided to take a shower because she
got quite dirty after getting stuck in that hole. After getting undressed, Misty awkwardly tried to squeeze into
the shower, with a slight greater difficulty than before. Afterward, she dried and dressed in her pajamas and went
to Ash's room. Her beautiful red hair was flowing down around her shoulders. She got in bed and after a small
amount of time, Ash appeared, finished in the shower himself. Misty was already quite sleepy.

"Ash...," she yawned.

"What, Misty?"

He walked over and sat on the bed.

"Ohh.. I kind of got a stomachache after we had dinner..."

"That's odd for you."

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked, half angered, half tired.

"I'm sorry. Here, I'll make it feel better."

Ash placed his hand on Misty's stomach and slowly rubbed back and forth, giving her a nice belly massage. After a
few minutes of gently kneading her soft skin, he noticed she had dozed off. As usual, he covered her, gave her a
quick peck on the cheek, and laid down in his own bed beside Pikachu. As he went to sleep he wondered what the next
day would bring.

And for quite a while, nothing really happened. The days went by like normal as Ash and Misty did the usual things
they do, sometimes with Tracey and Joy as well. It more than three weeks later when a special day came up,
Misty's birthday, and Ash knew it. Misty hadn't mentioned it at all. That morning Ash entered the kitchen to find
only his mother there.

"Mom, I have a favor to ask."

"What is it, honey?"

"If I could get Misty out of the house for all of today could you bake her a birthday cake?"

"Sure. What kind do you think she would want?"

"Um, it should have lots of chocolate. And try to make it as big as possible. I want her to really enjoy her birthday."

"That's sweet. You really love her don't you?"

"Yeah, well....," Ash trailed off, blushing.

At that moment, Misty entered the room.

"Hi," she said, cheerfully.

"Hey, Mist. What do you say about going to town today for some fun?" Ash suggested.

"Sounds great! Where are we going?"

"Wherever you want."

After having breakfast, the two trainers and their two Pokemon headed off into town while Mrs. Ketchum baked Misty a
fine birthday cake. Ash bought Misty lunch, new clothes, candy, dinner, and whatever else she wished to have. The sun
was nearly setting so Ash decided it was time to go home, already having contacted their friends for the party.
After getting home Ash knocked on the door and slowly opened it.

"Surprise!" yelled Delia, Tracey, and Joy.

"Happy Birthday!!!" Ash said.

Misty gasped, "Wow, you remembered my birthday?," she said, then turned to Ash, "I thought there was something
suspicious about us going out all day."

"I'd never forget such an important day."

The four sat down in the living room while Delia went to the kitchen. She came out with a small tray. She sat it
down revealing four cupcakes, one with a candle in it.

"Eat up!" she said happily.

Misty sweatdropped heavily, "This.... is all? I mean, this is supposed to be the cake."

"Misty, don't be so rude," Ash said, smiling.

"I'm sorry it's just...."

"They're just appetizers."

"Who's ready for the main course?"

Delia rolled out on a cart the birthday cake. It was huge. Over a foot tall and about a foot wide. It was dripping
with alternating vanilla and chocolate frosting. Misty's eyes sparkled heavily anime-style.

"Wow, is that cake for me?" she said, amazed, "That's the most delicious cake I've ever seen in my whole life."

Delia set out the plates. Ash and Tracey each cut out their own slices and ate. Misty, however, wanted more than that.
To start with she cut herself a large chunk that barely stayed within her plate. Joy got one nearly equally as large.
The two very pleased girls began stuffing their faces.

"Ash, your mom called us and asked us to help her out in the kitchen," said Tracey, "She said she couldn't do it
herself but you were out with Misty. And we would have finished sooner if someone wouldn't have kept eating the
frosting... We had to eventually go buy more.

Joy blushed, "I probably wouldn't have eaten it if I hadn't been in charge of putting it on..."

Delia was watching the group of four from the kitchen as she eyed a cupcake she was toying with in her hand.

She sighed, "They're so young and happy... Much like I was at their age... I hope things go better for them than how
my life turned out..."

With that, Delia decided to take a big bite from the cupcake. The sweet taste brought back mixed memories and feelings
from her childhood. After finishing she figured she'd have another.

After twenty or so minutes, Ash and Tracey were watching TV, their girls sitting beside them still eating the great cake.

"These are starting to kill me....," Misty groaned, reaching under her stomach and releasing her suspenders, "Oh,
that's much better..." This is the best birthday ever," she said, snuggling into Ash.

"Well you're the best girl ever so I thought I'd make it equally as good."

"You're so sweet. I'd like some more cake though."

"Sure. Right away."

With a fork, Ash fed Misty bits of it right from the cake itself. With a big smile, Misty snuggled deeper into Ash.

"Who wants ice cream?!" Delia asked.

Misty's eyes shot open.

"This day just keeps getting better doesn't it?" she asked excited.

A gallon was divided up first, Ash and Tracey each took 1/4, leaving Joy the other half. Since it was Misty's birthday,
she got her own personal gallon. She happily slurped it up.

"Mmm, I absolutely love ice cream."

She tipped the container up to her lips to guzzle the ice cream that had already melted. Ash had already finished
and took the container away from Misty.

"You don't need to bother yourself with that. Allow me."

He then began feeding Misty the ice cream with a spoon, while she again just snuggled into Ash, quite content. Perhaps
just from habit, Misty slowly drifted off to sleep after having a full stomach.

"I think Misty has the right idea," Joy said, patting her stomach, "I'm pretty full and tired also. I should be
getting home. Tell Misty again Happy Birthday when she's awake."

"Here, I'll walk you home," Tracey said, "Good party, Ash. See ya."

"Bye!" Joy shouted.

"Bye, guys," Ash told them both.

Ash looked down at the sleeping girl on his side. He very well couldn't carry her to bed. He carefully slipped
out, replacing himself with a pillow and lying her down softly. He removed her suspenders and shoes and placed a
blanket over her. After making a bed for himself nearby, to make sure Misty slept well, he went to sleep.


To be continued........