Pikachu yawned as he rolled around in bed. The sun was not yet up...and here he was, wide awake...so since he didn't feel like going back to sleep, he climbed out of bed and tiptoed over to the back room, being extra careful not to wake Ash.
But, the door to the back room was closed...so Pikachu began to push against it with all his might, until it opened with a creak.
"Azuri?" Ami woke up, startled by the noise. "Azu azu?" she called as she tottled over to the crib's edge and looked down.
"Pi pika Pikachu..." Pikachu assured Ami as he climbed in the crib with her. "Pika pi...pi pika pi pi?" he asked.
"Zu!" Ami cried, clapping her paws excitedly at the prospect of playing in the living room.
"Pika..." Pikachu cautioned as he helped Ami onto the ground and started out the door. "Pika pikachu pika..."
"Azuri?" Ami asked.
"Chu pi Pikapi, Pikachupi, pi Pipika..." Pikachu explained. "...pika PIKA pika pikachu!" He made an angry face to illustrate his point.
"Azu..." Ami sighed as the two others walked past Ash's room again. "Azu azurill ri rill!" she called to the other Pokemon. "Rill azu?"
"Saur!" Bulbasaur led the other Pokemon downstairs...
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"Pika pi!" Pikachu announced as the Pokemon entered the living room. But before he could say any more, he heard a Click clack click clack clack click.... coming from Ash's computer. "Pika?"
"Azuri!" Ami giggled as she tapped away on the keyboard.
RRRIPPP!!!! Grovyle had found a stack of printer paper and had ripped a piece in half, laughing as the two halves fluttered to the floor.
Click click-clack click.... Ami continued to type.
CRASSSHHH!!! Swellow and Bulbasaur sent the forks, spoons and knives tumbling to the kitchen floor.
WAAAAAOOOOHHHH..... Pikachu, meanwhile, had rolled up a piece of paper into a cone shape and was trying to get a note out of it, but was not doing a very good job of it.
Click click-clack click clickety click clack... Ami started to type in a rhythmic pattern...
ZANG! BANG! PANG! Cyndaquil and Totodile had found some pots and pans to bang on....
RRRIPPP!!! Grovyle ripped another piece of paper in half.
CRASHHHH!!!! Swellow kicked over the trash can, spilling its contents on the floor.
The noise began to meld together...
CRASHHHH!!!!
Click click-clack click....
WAAAAAOOOOHHHH.....
Click click-clack click....
RRRIPPP!!!
ZANG! BANG! PANG!
CRASHHHH!!!!
WAAAAAOOOOHHHH.....
RRRIPPP!!!!
"Aru ri, azurill, ri ri rill ri..." Ami sang as she typed away. "Azuri azuri, azurill..."
"Pika pika chu pika..." Pikachu joined in, blowing a note with his makeshift "instrument".
"Cynda quil, cynda cyn, cynda quil..." Cyndaquil sang over his exuberant drumming.
"Toto dile to to..." Totodile chimed in.
"AZU, AZUUUU!" Ami half screamed, half sang as the cacophony of noise continued...
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"Brock..." Misty yawned as she grabbed a pillow to shield her ears from the noise downstairs. "What's all that noise?"
"Sounds like a mixture of keyboard keys, paper ripping, something that sounds kinda like a trumpet, stuff being knocked over, pots and pans getting banged on..." Brock mumbled as he changed positions. "Could be just your imagination..."
"Oh no, I'm hearing something going on in there..." Misty sighed as she glanced at the clock. "It's...FOUR IN THE MORNING????
"What's going on?" Ash raced in the room, curious about why Misty was awake. "Something wrong?"
"Yeah..." Misty grumbled. "I think we should go see why the Pokemon are awake at this hour..."
"Come on..." Brock led the way downstairs, just in time to see the living
room--or rather, what the living room would look like had a tornado gone through it-- and hear Ami sing one last chorus of "AZU, AZU!!!!"
"WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE???" Misty demanded as she studied the warzone that used to be the living room.
"Pika pi..." Pikachu asked sweetly, blowing a few notes on his "instrument"
"Yeah, the paper trumpet's neat, but you really shouldn't be playing it at four AM..." Ash explained as he led Pikachu to the time out area...
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Day 3: Morning
Ami watched intently as Brock set a picnic basket on the table. "Ril?" she asked.
"We're going to go have a picnic in the park today..." Ash explained. "so you need to tell us what you want to bring."
"Rill azu?" Ami begged.
"Pika pi?" Pikachu agreed.
"Yeah, we'll go play on the playground while we're there...but what kind of food do you want to have?" Ash asked.
"Cynda!" Cyndaquil suggested.
"Toto toto!" Totodile added.
"Pipika pika pi!" Pikachu suggested, gesturing to the cookie jar to prove his point.
"Okay..." Brock finished writing down Pikachu's suggestion. "Sandwiches, chips, fruit, and cookies for dessert...how's that?"
"Perfect!" Misty cried. With that, the group scrambled about the kitchen to get ready...
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Brock set down an armful of cookie supplies on the table. "This is what we need to make cookies..." he explained to Ami. "so if you and Pikachu behave yourselves, I'll let you lick the bowl when we're done, okay?"
"Azu!" Ami chirped, watching intently as Brock set a plate of butter in the microwave.
"We're melting the butter so it'll allow the cookies to get nice and firm, not gooey." Brock explained as he got out a bowl and measured out the dry ingredients.
Pikachu, meanwhile, grabbed the vanilla bottle, unscrewed the top, and took a big sniff of the sweet aroma. "Pika pi?" he asked, offering the bottle to Ami.
"Ril!" Ami also took a whiff of the sweet liquid. "Azu!"
"It smells good, doesn't it?" Brock smiled as he added the melted butter and an egg into the bowl. "I'll take this, thank you." With that, a teaspoon of vanilla was added into the mixture.
"Ril azu?" Ami asked, pointing out a cinnamon stick on the platter.
"Pika pi Pipika pikachu!" Pikachu explained. "Chu pika pika!"
"That's right, Pikachu...that's my special secret ingredient." Brock smiled as he ground up some cinnamon and added that in the mixture...
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"Mmm...smells good in here..." Misty smiled as she walked in the kitchen.
"Pipika pi chu!" Pikachu explained as he licked up his share of the leftover batter.
"Ril!" Ami agreed.
"Well, once these are ready, we'll be ready to go!" Brock assured the others.
"Ril ri?" Ami asked, geturing to the oven.
"The cookies are very hot when they come out..." Brock explained as he set the pan on the counter. "If you tried to eat them now, you'd get a big owie in your mouth...and you don't want that, do you? Ami shook her head no...
"Goin' on a picnic, leavin' right away...if it doesn't rain, we'll stay all day!" Misty sang to Ami as she carried her out to the porch, where Swellow was waiting...