Chapter 3
The next morning, Ash was the first one to get up. When he saw that May and Brock were still sleeping he chuckled to himself.
"Pikachu," he whispered, "I guess this time we are the ones who are excited about going to Lilycove, aren't we?"
"Pi-Pika-Pi!"
Pikachu smiled and sensed that Ash was in a better mood. Ash went to go wake up Brock, but when he got to him, Brock was already waking up himself.
Brock yawned, "Ash, what time is it?"
"It's around seven o'clock, shouldn't you start making your traditional morning breakfast for us?" He asked teasingly.
"Yeah, yeah, but I don't feel like doing anything special today because we'll soon be in Lilycove, so I'll just make some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."
He got up and stretched. Brock looked over to May and said to Ash, "Guess she still needs her beauty sleep, huh?"
The two of them started to laugh a little, but hushed when Pikachu came up to her with a pile of grass and put it under her nose. They waited and saw that May began to crinkle her nose. Soon enough, she sneezed and woke up to find a bunch of pulled grass on her face. Brock, Ash, and Pikachu burst out in laughter. May angrily waved off the grass and glared at the three.
"Who did that?" she yelled.
Ash and Brock shook their heads and said, "Not me." She didn't bother to question them further and got up. "I'll be by the stream if anyone needs me." She marched off as the sun began to appear over the trees in the forest. Ash and Brock exchanged one last subtle laugh and they sighed.
"Ash, it looks like you're in a much better mood."
"Yeah, I guess I am."
Ash looked away for a second, and it seemed as if he was going to be sad again, but instead he sighed and smiled. He looked back at Brock and said, "So Mr. Brock, how about we get started on your famous peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."
Brock chuckled and replied, "Yeah, we should." And with that they went to go get started with breakfast.
May came back all washed up and with a big smile on her face.
"So Brock! What are we eating for today?" she asked enthusiastically.
He went over to her and smiled. As he handed her the sandwich he said, "My famous peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!" May took the sandwich and looked glumly at it.
"Oh," she took a bite but after a while she smiled again. Her mouth was full of peanut butter and when she spoke, all of the words sounded like gibberish.
"Dis isso goo!" she said and smiled again. May quickly took another bite and ate the sandwich hungrily. She gulped it down and when her mouth wasn't full of the sticky stuff, she asked for another one. Brock just smiled.
"Sure!" Ash looked at her and laughed to himself. She looked like she was a five year old.
It took them a lot less time to get going that morning. That was probably because they were so close to a new city and they hadn't been around other people beside themselves for a long time. They walked for a while until they spotted another sign up ahead. All four of them ran up to the sign with Ash leading the way. He got there first but when he read the sign his smile turned sullen. When May caught up she looked at Ash and was a bit confused, but she went ahead and read the sign out loud as always.
"Welcome to Lilycove City! – 'Where the land ends and the sea begins'" quote taken from sign in Lilycove City in Pokemon Ruby Version
"The sea…" whispered Ash to himself.
"This city sounds like so much fun!" squealed May. "Come on! What are we waiting for?"
She grabbed Ash with one hand and Brock with the other. She was dragging them for a couple of steps until the two caught up to her and she let go. She did that partially because they caught up to her, but also because she stood in place gaping at all of the shops on the street. May started going to each one asking about this and that. Time was passing by as Ash, Pikachu and Brock were getting fed up with her obsession with shopping. After about an hour and a half, Ash couldn't take it anymore and dragged her from one of the shops. She looked sad as she was brought back into the street, but smiled slightly as Ash touched her arm.
"Ashhh, I wanted to buy thattt," she said in a whiny voice.
"May, there are more important things than shopping, you know, like, oh I don't know, getting our pokemon to the Pokemon Center so they could get a proper rest?"
She frowned and looked back at the shop. Finally she said, "Okay, your right. Let's go."
When they arrived at the center, Ash was the first one to give his pokemon to Nurse Joy. Brock was just standing there drooling and staring at her. May went off somewhere to look at the brochures and maps that the center had of the city.
"Welcome to the Pokemon Center. Would you like to rest your Pokemon?" also taken from Pokemon Ruby Version
"Yes, thank you. I think they would definitely like some rest," said Ash.
"Okay then," said Nurse Joy happily, "What is your name please?"
"My name is Ash Ketchum and I'm from Pallet Town."
"Okay, thank you Ash. Your Pokemon will be rested soon." Ash started to walk away but he had to turn around because he remembered that Brock was still standing at the counter.
"COME ON BROCK!" He tried to pull him away but Brock was resisting.
"OH! Ash! You have a message from someone. Take this and punch the numbers on the phone over there." Nurse Joy pointed to an empty telephone in a corner of the center. He took the sheet of paper and went to go see who sent him a message.
Brock stopped drooling and said, "Nurse Joy do you know that you're the most beautiful person on the whole planet?" He took her hands in his and starred into her eyes. She gave a little smile and said, "Um, that's very nice of you to say, but I have to go take care of the Pokemon." She freed her hands and left him by himself to pout.
In the corner Ash punched in the numbers and tapped his fingers on the desk as he waited for the message to load. He had gotten really bored until he looked back at the screen. His smile widened and he got really happy. It was Misty.
"Hey Ash! Hey Pikachu! Hey Brock!" she said cheerfully.
Ash looked over to see where Brock was and yelled across the room to him, "Hey Brock! Come over here quick! It's Misty!" Brock smiled and jogged slightly to see the message.
"I hope you guys are having a great time in the Hoenn region! A friend of mine told me that there was a city there that had a lot of water pokemon trainers and that there was supposed to be some sort of convention there. I think it was Lilycove City, but anyway, so I decided that I would go take a ship over there! If you guys want, we could meet up and catch up!"
She laughed and then smiled.
"I'll be in Lilycove City in a couple of days so watch out for me! Oh, and Brock? Can you make sure Ash doesn't get in any kind of trouble like he usually does?" Ash's smile turned into a frown and he got mad, but just for a second, because he then started to laugh with Brock and Pikachu. "Well I'll be seeing you soon! Bye!"
The screen went blank and Brock said to Ash, "Boy, it'll sure be nice to see her again!" Ash sighed and smiled, "Yeah, it sure will be." Just then Nurse Joy passed by and Brock went right after her. Ash chuckled to himself. He was just sitting there looking at the blank screen. He sighed again, but then suddenly he jumped because the screen turned back on and there was Misty again.
"Oh, and Ash, if Brock can't stop you, you know I can." Misty smiled and winked at him. Then she waved and the screen went blank again.
Pikachu jumped up on Ash's shoulder.
"Pi-Pikachu!"
"Yeah Pikachu, I'm happy too."
Just then May popped up with a ton of brochures and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why are you and Pikachu so happy?"
"Because we're in Lilycove City of course…" Ash got up and punched his fist in the air triumphantly.
"Okay," she chuckled at his dramatic change in mood, "I'm happy we're here too." As she was walking away she said to herself, "Now where could Brock have gone?"
Ash made sure she was out of sight and he rolled his eyes with a sigh of relief. He wanted to be the one to find Misty first. He hadn't seen her in so long and he really wanted to see her.
"So Pikachu? Where do you think she would be in this city?"
Pikachu looked up at him and shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah, I wouldn't know either… but I know for a fact that she wouldn't be out shopping! No, she'd probably be by the beach with her pokemon. Let's go Pikachu!"
Pikachu perked up his ears and smiled. Ash chuckled and stopped by the front desk to pick up his pokemon. They stepped outside and began to look for her.