A/N: Oh bring us some ficcy pudding…Seasons greetings everybody! Its finally here, my pokemon Christmas fic! To the fic!
Disclaimer: Yada yada yada, you know the drill, I don't own pokemon or any of that, lets get on with it already!
23rd of December.
"Come on, Pikachu, hurry up!"
Ash Ketchum, wannabe pokemon master, was running along the road to Pallet town, his best friend and partner, Pikachu, not far behind, as this year, he and his friends, May, Max and Brock, had decided to spend Christmas with their families. Ash was extra excited, as he had not only not seen his Mom for several months, but he hadn't spent Christmas with her for several years.
"Pika, Pikachu" the little yellow mouse cried, half angrily, half exasperatedly, half happily(Yeah, you read it right).
"Alright! We're here" Ash told Pikachu, as they reached the top of a hill over-looking Pallet, which looked like it was off a Christmas card.
Upon hearing that Pikachu realised that Ash was only going to run faster, so quickly hopped onto his shoulder, just in time before he was proven right.
When Ash reached his own house he and Pikachu gasped at the effort that Ash's Mom had put into the outdoor Christmas decorations. There was a life-size luminous Santa, complete with three elves, his sled, and nine Stantler in front, on the ground, there were several real snowmen, a gigantic fully decorated Christmas tree, taller than the house, and also another complete Santa-sled-Stantler combo on the roof, which caused Ash to frown slightly, as he wondered how his Mom had planned on Santa landing there(yes, Ash still believes in Santa, but then again, he has met him!). Nevertheless, he walked over to his door, knocked, and embraced for a bone-crushing hug. But he wasn't going to get one from whom he expected…
"Hi Mo-Misty!" he cried in shock, as behind the door he saw his red-headed friend answered, cried "Ash!" and brought him into the bone-crushing hug he'd forgotten to continue embracing for after he saw Misty.
"What are you doing here! And when did you get here!" he asked with a smile as she let him go.
"Well, duh, I'm here to spend Christmas, silly!" she told him with a giggle. "But as for when, or even how I got here, I've no idea. I just woke up this morning, and instead of being in my own bed, I was in yours. I mean-" she tried to add quickly, looking flustered and blushing, but Ash cut her off.
"Its Ok, Mist', I get it" he said, laughing, but also blushing slightly himself.
"Pikapi!" Pikachu cried, and jumped into Misty's arms.
"Oh, hey Pikachu!" she said cuddling it. "How've you been?".
"Pikachu, pipipi" it said matter-of-factly.
"Uh, Misty, could I come in please? Only, its kinda cold" Ash asked.
"Oh! Sorry Ash!" she cried, as she moved out of his way.
"Thanks. So where's my Mom?" he asked, looking around.
"She had to go get some last-minute Christmas shopping" she answered, walking to the kitchen. "So I had to make myself some dinner, want some?".
"Wh-what is it?" he asked, scared, as he had had some of Misty's cooking before, and he'd woken up some time later in a hospital bed.
"Well, you know, I thought I really do need to have a healthy, balanced and nutritional dinner, and the first thing that came to mind was-" but she was cut off by Ash, because he could recognise that smell, no matter what flavour or how they were cooked, he would always recognise the smell of-
"Cookies!" he yelled, and hurried after her.
"Uh, yeah. Does that mean you want some?" she asked chuckling, as he sped in after her.
"Well, you know I cant turn down a good cookie!" he said, cramming one into his mouth, but spat it out a few seconds later. "But these are disgusting! Yuck!".
"Oh yeah! Think you could do any better! Huh!" she asked, and Ash immediately recognised a challenge.
"Your on!" he answered, and got to work.
Three seconds later…
Ash was coughing like crazy, as he tried to waft the thick, black smoke away from Misty and himself, whilst she was having her Staru extinguish the flames that were rising rapidly.
"Return, Staru" Misty spluttered, then turning to Ash yelled "Ash! What did you do!".
"I uh-I turned the oven on" he said sheepishly.
"And that caused an explosion!" Misty yelled back, then folding her arms, added: "Well, at least now we know who's the better cook out of us".
"What do you mean!" Ash yelled. "That wasn't fair!".
"Oh yeah!" Misty yelled back.
Pikachu, sensing an argument on its way, decided to stop it before it started. Unfortunately, Mrs. Ketchum and her Mr. Mime chose that moment to walk through the kitchen door. It was another minute before anyone other than Ash was able to stand.
"Hi, Mom" he said, helping his Mom to her feet.
"Oh, hi honey! I thought you weren't going to be here until tomorrow!" she replied.
"So did I, but we got here quicker than thought" Ash said.
"Oh! And hello to you too, Pikachu" she said, as it leapt into her arms, then checking her watch said "Well, its pretty late already, sorry Ash, but as we weren't expecting you 'til the morning, we didn't have a bed made up for you, so you're going to have to sleep on the couch".
"What! What about my room!" he cried.
"Misty's in there" she said, as she and Mr. Mime started to put the shopping away.
"Now, now, Ash, you've gotta be a gentleman!" Misty said, as she left to go up the stairs, laughing, and Ash followed, grumbling, to get a bed cover.
As Misty and Ash were lying down to sleep, they both made a realization, and bolted upright, and said almost the same thing, at the same time.
"Oh no! I haven't got Ash/Misty a present yet!".
A/N: Oh, dear, with only one day left, are Ash and Misty gonna be able to find a present in time?
Sorry, I wanted to make it a one-shot, or at least get it all out on the same day, but not enough time, and a terrible internet connection(don't choose NTL!) meant that I couldn't do it just yet. Ooh, and hasn't it been so romantic so far? But seriously, don't worry, it'll be here soon, and this will be all out before the 25th, and I'd just quickly like to say, no matter what ship you like, visit my brand-spanking shiny new forum! Go to my profile page, and you'll find the link to it there. See you soon, people!