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Chapter 37

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"Well, let's see how my pokemon are!" Ash said to the group.

While Professor Oak was busy studying Jirachi, Ash and his friends decided to visit his pokemon.

The group agreed and went to see Ash's pokemon.

The first one they ran into, was Ash's Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur never wanted to evolve once in its life, and it was seen that it had become just as tough, if not tougher than any Venusaur you ever came across.

Bulbasaur, even after several years, was still having problems keeping the pokemon from starting another war. There were several close calls in fact. However, Bulbasaur found ways to resolve everything between the pokemon peacefully. It was hard to tell if Bulbasaur would ever leave the lab and end up enjoying his life.

The group then went up to the forest area of Professor Oak's research area. At that point, Ash pulled out two pokeballs and threw them into the air.

"Meganium, Sceptile, come on out!" Ash called out.

In a white flash Meganium and Sceptile came out of the pokeballs and appeared in front of the gang.

"Hey guys, were back at Oak's lab!" Ash told them.

Immediately, Meganium turned around towards the forest and called out into it. Upon hearing the call, two creatures came out running out of the forest. The first was rather small, green and had a single small leaf on its head. The Chickorita ran up to Meganium and gave her a hug. The second was a small green gecko with a leaf like tail. The Treecko ran up and gave Sceptile a hug.

These two pokemon that were hugging them; were the son and daughter of Sceptile and Meganium. Sceptile and Meganium had been in love with eachother since they first met, which was right after Ash returned from the Houen League. Professor Oak had noticed how close they were to eachother, and gave them a special wedding. It was long after that, that Meganium produced her first, and so far only, two eggs. A few months later, their kids hatched from the eggs. Ash hasn't decided what to do with them, but he has seen just how happy the babies are with their parents, and decides to keep them there for a while.

Ash just looked at the pokemon family in front of him and smiled. Seeing them in such a scene always made him smile.

The group then left the family alone and continued to explore the place. They soon reached a lake in the middle of the field. One could look at it and see the amazing beauty in it. Upon seeing it, Misty called out her pokemon.

"Everyone, come on out and enjoy the water!" Misty shouted.

In a flash of white light, Luvdisc, Gyarados, Starmie, Golduck, Politoed and Corsola appeared and they all ran up and jumped into the water. To everyone's amazement, Golduck was swimming just fine now. As a Psyduck it was never a good swimmer. In fact, it nearly drowned every time it tried to swim. It seemed that once it evolved, it was able to swim without a problem.

"I can't believe it! Golduck is swimming!" Misty said in shock, as she saw Golduck do a backstroke. "Someone pinch me, I must be dreaming!"

Ash pinched her arm, trying his best to be gentle.

"Ouch! Hey!" Misty yelled at him.

"Well, at least you know you're not dreaming." Ash joked.

"Oh that's very immature Mr. Ash Ketchum!"

As Corsola is swimming, Ash's Crocanaw, a blue alligator pokemon, comes up to her. Corsola kindly greets him, and then suddenly, Crocanaw becomes all heart eyed and starts to affectionately rub Corsola. Corsola quickly feels uneasy about the situation and tries to get away, but her efforts prove futile.

Then Ash's Crawdaunt, a red lobster like pokemon with a golden star on his forehead, sees what's going on. Having some sort of crush for the same Corsola, Crawdaunt immediately charges and breaks the two up. Crocanaw takes this as a threat and the two males start to battle it out. Though grateful for what Crawdaunt did, Corsola takes the chance to get away, not being interested in either of them.

As Corsola was swimming away, with her head down, and letting out a sigh of relief, a Squirtle suddenly appears in front of her. This was the same Squirtle that Ash caught so long ago. Ash's Squirtle had some vacation time from his duties with the Squirtle Squad, and decided to spend it with Ash. The two then greet each other and start to play in the water in a more than friendship way.

The two pokemon that were fighting then look over where Corsola is, and when they see how Corsola is acting with Squirtle, they then give shocked looks. They basically have their eyes showing complete shock and their mouths are wide open in disbelief. Heartbroken, the two males sulk, and leave the scene, knowing just who Corsola has chosen over them.

Ash sees this whole scene and is surprised by the situation.

"Now I must be dreaming, cause it seems that Squirtle and Corsola are a couple." He said.

Misty then takes this chance to get revenge and pinches him.

"Ouch! Hey!" He yells at her.

"Well it's obvious you're not dreaming, and I just got you back for pinching me!" Misty said with a proud look.

"Don't you know two wrongs don't make a right?"

"Well it always does for you!" Misty shouted back. Doing that triggered another argument.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"And some people wonder how they ever got along." Brock thought to himself.

The argument was soon over and the day was soon ending, so it was time to return home. They quickly met up with Professor Oak to get Jirachi and tell them they were leaving. However, one of them realized someone was missing.

"Hey, Professor Oak," Brock began. "Where's Tracey? Shouldn't he be helping you at the lab?"

"Oh, yes! Well, he went to Cerulean City yesterday for some help Daisy needed." Professor Oak began. "And I got an interesting message from him."

Professor Oak then took out a small rectangular object. It was black, and had a small print of a pokeball on it, where the middle was sphere shaped and made of pure glass. A small hologram of Tracey appeared from the glass sphere. The hologram started talking.

"Hello Professor Oak." Began the brown haired man. "I won't be back to the lab for a few days because of something that happened. I have just proposed to Daisy and she accepted. We'll be getting married in a few months. Anyways, there's a lot of work to do that I need to help out on. So I'll talk to you about it when I get back. Well, bye! See ya soon!"

The hologram disappeared after playing the message. Ash and Co were very surprised by the news. Jirachi just stood there, wondering what was going on, and who this "Tracey" guy was. Even though he saw the picture, he wanted to know just who it was in general they were talking about. However, he decided not to ask, as it was obvious that Tracey was a friend of theirs.

"Wow! Who would've guessed those two would get together?" Ash asked, a little surprised.

"They were seeing eachother a lot. I guess something developed without me noticing." Misty said.

"Well, this is very good news."

"Yes it is!" Professor Oak began, having a smile that only a proud father could show. Professor Oak was like a second father to Tracey and was happy that he found someone. "I expect him to be back sometime tomorrow night."

"Well, guess we'll head back home! See ya tomorrow, Professor!" Ash said.

"Come on, Jirachi! Let's head back to Ash's house!" Max said.

Jirachi looked down silently. "Well actually Max," Jirachi began, nervousness in his voice. "I want to stay here tonight!"

"What?" Max asked in disbelief. "Why?"

"Well, I really didn't feel comfortable around Ash's mom. You see, I didn't feel right around her, which is why I hid from her when we visited her the first time. I'm sure that she's very nice, and would keep any promise. However, something's telling me not to go back there. I don't know what it is. It's just this weird felling I have. So please, trust me on this Max. I think it would be best if I didn't go."

Max pondered this. It was hard to decide whether or not to have Jirachi stay with Professor Oak, but it was just for one night, so he thought it wouldn't be a bad idea.

"Well, if it's okay with Professor Oak…"

"I'm sure it won't be a problem!"

"It certainly won't be a problem." Professor Oak said. "There's plenty of places for him to spend the night, and it would give me a chance to observe such a creature."

"Well then, I guess I'll see ya tomorrow." Max said.

Jirachi then floated up, wrapped his arms around Max's neck, and squeezed him tightly but gently. "Goodbye, Max! I'll see ya tomorrow."

Max, though a little shocked, accepted the hug, and the two soon parted. The gang started to head back when Ash noticed someone was missing.

"Hey, where's Pikachu?" Ash asked.

Misty spotted Pikachu. "There he is, Ash! Over there!" She said, pointing to his left.

He then saw Pikachu standing there to his left with his back turned to him. Ash then ran up to Pikachu. "Hey buddy, it's time to leave!" Ash said.

However, Pikachu didn't respond. Ash looked at him and saw that he was staring at something with his mouth wide open. Ash looked in the direction Pikachu was looking. Up ahead, he saw another Pikachu, who was sitting in a field of flowers that had every color of the rainbow. The Pikachu that was picking the flowers was different from your everyday Pikachu. Instead of yellow fur, its fur was a more golden color that almost seemed to sparkle in the sunlight. The normal brown stripes that you would see on the back were actually more of a maroon color. Finally, its fur was longer than that of a normal Pikachu. In fact, it had put its fur into a near perfect ponytail.

Professor Oak saw what they were looking at. "Oh, that's one of the many wild Pikachu that come into my place. It's pretty much made itself home here." Professor Oak then saw the situation. "Oh, and she's female."

The group then realized what was going on.

"Oh, how cute! Pikachu's in love!" May squealed.

Pikachu heard what May said, and turned around with an angry face and a blush. "Pikachu!" Pikachu said. By his face, you could tell that he was denying what May said.

Ash decided a more calm approach. "Hey, Pikachu, if you really like that Pikachu over there, then talk to her." He said to Pikachu.

Pikachu didn't move. One could tell that he was shocked that Ash figured it out.

"Go ahead! Don't be shy."

Pikachu then walked over to the female Pikachu and introduced himself. It was obvious Pikachu was nervous, as he had never been in such a situation. After the introduction, the female Pikachu gave Ash's Pikachu a peck on the cheek then started to run away. Pikachu stood there for a second shocked and blushing. He then started chasing after the female Pikachu. It quickly became obvious that they were playing tag after Pikachu used his Agility to catch up and tag the female Pikachu, then started running the other way, with the female Pikachu now giving chase.

"Well, looks like Pikachu will be spending the night here." Ash said. He then turned to Professor Oak. "Professor, do you mind?"

"Not at all! Go ahead and go home, Ash! You can pick up Pikachu tomorrow." The professor said.

"Okay, see ya tomorrow, Professor!"

"Bye kids! Come back and see me again!" He said with a smile.

---End Chapter 37---
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