Note: "(This is translated poketalk . )"

Chu For a Day

Chapter One

Ash opened his eyes slowly as he was finally starting to regain conciousness.

"What happened?" he thought. "The last thing I remember was helping Bill with his machine...and then suddenly being electrocuted. Then everything went black..."

Ash glanced around the room he was in. He was in one of the bedroom's in Bill's lighthouse. That was the first thing he noticed. He also noticed he was lying in a bed, and there was someone else there too. Seeming to be asleep next to him...was himself.

"(What the! What am I...)" Ash started to say, but then noticed that everything he was saying was coming out as if he was Pikachu. He looked down at himself and finally came to the realization that he WAS Pikachu.

"I'm in Pikachu's body! Bill's machine must have activated or something and I switched bodies with Pikachu!" Ash looked over at his, or what was his, body beside him.

"If I switched bodies with Pikachu...then Pikachu must be in my body!" Ash started poking Pikachu rapidly in the side.

"(Wake up!)" he cried out repeatedly. "(Grr...how does Pikachu use Thunderbolt anyway!)" Ash wondered out loud as he continually tried to wake Pikachu up. He had no idea how to do any of Pikachu's attacks because...well...under normal circumstances, he wasn't a pokemon. He flopped back down on the bed, his efforts seeming to be in vain.

Ash bolted for the door, but as soon as he got to it he realized he wouldn't be able to get it opened. He couldn't reach the doorknob anymore.

"I have to find Bill! He can probably reverse this! I can't get out of this room though...there has to be some way out!" Ash took another look around the room, trying to find a way out. He soon noticed a chair sitting in front of a desk and tried pulling it towards the door. He could hardly move it though. Just as he was about to give up hope, he could hear Pikachu in his body starting to wake up.

"Ow..." he muttered. "I just had to use...huh?" Pikachu was startled when he noticed his voice suddenly sounded like Ash's and bolted upright, looking himself over.

"What the! I'm in Ash's body!" Ash ran over and jumped up on the bed, landing in Pikachu's lap.

"A-Ash! Thats you in my body isn't it!"

"(Yes! Bill's machine did this!)"

"Wow...I never thought it'd actually work...this is amazing! I'm a human!" Pikachu jumped out of bed.

"(Glad your excited, Pikachu...now can we please go see Bill so we can get switched back!)" Pikachu turned to him and grinned.

"Whats the rush? I think I'll enjoy being a human, for at least a little while."

"(What!)"

"You see, Ash..." Pikachu stated, taking a seat on the bed again. "As a Pikachu...there's so many things I can't do. For starters...I can't speak your language and no one can fully understand mine. Also, because I'm so short I can't reach things like...say...a doorknob."

Ash looked over at the closed door disdainfully, "(No kidding...)"

"There is one more thing though...you see...although I'm so cute and lovable, what girl would want to date a pokemon?"

"(I don't like where your going with this...)" Pikachu grinned again.

"Why not? I think this can work out to both our benefit! No one has to know we've switched bodies, and we can switch back while everyone's asleep. So while I'm in your body...I'm going to ask May out on a date!"

"(WHAT!)"

"She's the only girl around, and I know she likes you, and you like her. Although knowing you, you probably don't even realize it. I'm sure she'd love to see a...more romantic Ash." Pikachu crossed his arms, still grinning as he said this.

"(I don't like her! Not like that anyway! Besides, why would she want to go out with me! Even if she would agree your just using her!)" Pikachu just rolled his eyes.

"You both like each other, but I doubt either of you would ever admit it. Your too dense to realize she likes you or realize you like her. Your love life...well...lets face it, you don't have one. With my help, though, you will finaly get yourself a girlfriend and I will get to date a human girl! Besides...its not like I plan to do anything to her. A kiss would be nice though... and if she didn't want to, do you think she'll say yes when I ask? Of course, I already know she'll say yes... Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find her..." Pikachu got up and made his way to the door.

"(Hey! Get back here you! There's no way I'm letting you use my body to take May on a date!)" Pikachu ignored Ash and opened the door, stepping out of the room and closing the door behind him.

"(Whaaaa! Great now I'm stuck in here! I have to get out of here and stop him somehow!)" Ash frantically looked around for a way out, but couldn't find anything. He sighed and collapsed against the door.

"Things just aren't going to be the same for me after today I can see it now..." he thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Pikachu didn't have to go far to find May, as she was apparently on her way to see him. Or see Ash anyway. She was completely surprised to see Ash, or who she thought was Ash, already up and walking.

"Ash! Your ok!"

"Well of course I'm ok, May! I've been shocked by Pikachu a million times before, that was nothing!" May rolled her eyes.

"Sure, thats why you were unconcious for the past two days, right?"

"Two days, huh? Well I'm obviously fine now!"

May sweatdropped, "Glad to see being shocked hasn't affected you any..."

"I think it has..." Pikachu replied in a calm and serious voice. "I've come to realize just how much you mean to me May, and how incomplete my life would be without you..."

May blushed slightly, "I...I never knew I was that important to you, Ash..." Pikachu took her hands in his own gently, and this made her blush even more.

"Of course your important to me May... I love you."

"Y-you do!" Tears were starting to well up in May's eyes. She liked Ash, but she had no idea he felt this way about her.

"Yes, I do. I have for some time...but I did not realize it until now. I never knew what these feelings were but now I do... May, will you go out with me?" May stared at him for a moment. She could hardly believe what she was hearing. Suddenly Ash seemed like he was the most romantic guy on Earth, and he was asking her out...

"YES!" She cried out, and everyone in the lighthouse could hear her. She quickly covered her mouth, realizing she just blurted that out.

"I mean...I'd love to go out with you, Ash." She replied sheepishly.

"Alright then, how about tonight?"

"Tonight? Where though? There's not a city for miles..."

"After everyone's gone to bed, we can go outside on the lighthouse balcony and be alone under the stars..."

"Wow, Ash...that sounds so...romantic...I never would have expected to hear something like that from you..."

Piakchu grinned, "Is that a yes then?"

"You bet!"

"Great, I'll see you then. I'm going to go let the others know I'm ok."

"I'll be outside, I think I need some fresh air..." May then gave Pikachu a quick kiss on the cheek and left, heading out of the lighthouse and leaving Pikachu by himself.

"Wonder if I came on a little strong...I think I sounded a bit like Brock there...oh well, it worked out just like I knew it would. Kinda funny though...I expected Ash might try to stop me since he seemed so against it. Funny he didn't fol...oh crap I shut the door on him didn't I!" Pikachu had apparently forgotten that Ash can't open doors since he was in Pikachu's body now and had absentmindedly closed the door on him. He quickly ran back to the room and opened the door. Ash was sitting next to the door, though, and was flung into the side of the bed.

"Uh...heh...sorry about that Ash..." Pikachu said, rubbing the back of his head in embarassment. Ash quickly jumped back to his feet.

"(What did you say to May!)"

"Well...first I told her how hopelessly in love with her...then I asked her on a date, to which she agreed of course. So we're all set for tonight!" Ash was speechless and staring at Pikachu slackjawed. He didn't think he was even in love with her, let alone 'hopelessly' in love with her, and he was almost positive she wouldn't agree to go on a date with him. Or Pikachu pretending to be him.

"I think you and Brock could stand to learn a few things from me! In fact, you better start taking notes, Ash, since tomorrow we'll be switching back and your going to have to pick up where I left off!"

"(What! I'm not dating May! I'm not interested in her! Not like that anyway!)"

"So you keep saying, but deep down I'm more than willing to bet your jealous that I'm taking her on a date first and not you. Besides, would you really want to break her heart?" Ash was taken back by this.

"(I'd never hurt May! Where is she!)" Pikachu shrugged.

"She told me she was going outside...why?"

"(I'm going to find her and tell her exactly what your doing!)" Ash ran out of the room before Pikachu had a chance to say anything. Pikachu just laughed and shook his head.

"He'll figure it out eventually...I can't believe it though. I know he's dense, but even now he doesn't realize he's in love with May? ...Of course he also doesn't seem to realize only I can understand him, and only because I'm a pokemon. Oh well he'll figure it out soon enough. Guess I should go talk to Bill, Brock, and Max now. They've all probably been worried about us... I can't believe we were both out for two days..." Pikachu laughed and went off to find the others.

Meanwhile, Ash had managed to get outside, and was trying to find May. It didn't take him long before he found her sitting under a tree and writing in some book. When he got closer, he realized it was her diary.

"(May!)" he called out to her. She looked up from her diary.

"Oh, hi there Pikachu! I see your fine now too."

"(May! Its me, Ash!)" She looked at him curiously.

"Is something wrong, Pikachu?"

"(I'm not Pikachu, I'm Ash!)" Ash cried out frantically. May still didn't seem to understand.

"If your worried about Ash I think he's in the lighthouse talking to the others..." May gave a deep sigh, as if infatuated. "Ash...I had no idea he could be so romantic...and he asked me out on a date too...I always liked him, and I think I had a crush on him...but now he just seems so perfect its hard to believe he's human..." Ash sweatdropped.

"You have NO idea how right you are..." Ash thought to himself. "I don't even want to know what Pikachu said that has her so madly in love with me now... Wait a minute, did she say she had a crush on me! This day gets worse and worse...if I can't get her to realize I've switched bodies with Pikachu I'll be taking dating advice from him for the rest of my life, but she doesn't seem to understand me! ...Bill! I have to find Bill!"

Without another word to May, Ash ran back into the lighthouse. He found Bill working on the machine that had caused all this trouble for Ash in the first place. He didn't take notice of the machine before, but now that he looked at it, it looked pretty bad. Some parts look like they were replaced, while other parts were busted up or fried. Bill was busy repairing it.

"Great...looks like I can't switch back even if I wanted to now..." He went over to Bill to try to get an idea of how long he might have to wait. Bill noticed Ash approach him.

"Ah, hello there Pikachu. I see you and Ash are doing well in spite of your shock therapy. I can't say the same for the machine though. Many vital parts were damaged by the electricity overload. I've been working to fix it for the past two days, but I think it'll be ready by tomorrow. Once I'm finished I'm hoping you and Ash could test it for me, since you two are very close. Assuming of course your not afraid of it from your previous experience..."

"(Bill, it works. Pikachu and I know first hand believe me...)"

"You seem pretty calm about it. Ash seemed to be a little nervous though."

"Nervous? Of course he'd be nervous...he's only pretending to me, is dating my best friend, or at this point probably my girlfriend since she seems to have gone completely gaga over me now. Not that the thought of her being my girlfriend bothers me, she's just way too head-over-heels for me right now. Wait...what am I thinking! I don't even like her! Not like that, anyway!"

Bill went back to work on his machine. "Perhaps tomorrow he'll feel a little better about the whole thing. Although he does seem to be acting a bit strange...Brock said he caught him eating your food.

"I hope he remembers to brush my teeth...I really don't want to find out what it tastes like." Ash started to walk away then looked back at the machine for a moment, "So I guess I'm stuck like this until tomorrow at least... Just great. There's no way for me to tell May we've switched bodies because no one but Pikachu seems to understand me. I'll just have to try to make the best of a bad situation I guess..."

Ash then started on his way back outside. "I wonder how Pikachu does all those electric attacks anyway..."