A/N: Sorry for the confusion. I thought I had the real Chapter 8 up. Just a little mistake. Sorry. Here's the Real Chapter 8. I also had lost the original so I had to rewrite it.
Chapter 8: The Truth is Revealed
Previously,
"I hope Mrs. Ketchem knows where he's at." Brock told May and Max as they walked up to the porch of Ash's house.
"Yeah. It's not like Ash to disappear like that." May commented.
"What do you means? He's been like this for the past year!" Max told his sister.
Brock rang the dorrbell and waited a few minutes before the door started to open. As the door opened,
"ASH!"
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!" Brock yelled at him.
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"Hi Brock." Ash said.
"Don't "Hi Brock" me. Answer the question!"
"There you are." A new voice came from behind them.
"Gary?"
"I was watching the Hoenn League and was wondering where you ran off to."
"So you ARE here. Have you figured it out May?"
"Drew?" May asked
"If everybody is done, then I can answer the question." Ash told the group.
"Please do." Brock said.
"Don't tell me you haven't figured it out YET!" Drew said.
"How are we supposed to know?" May asked him.
"You are so dumb!"
"Excuse me. Please wait." Gary said as he dragged Drew away and had a little chat with him.
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After the chat,
"Ok. Continue." Gary told his ex-rival.
"Well. It's a long story."
"Well then, get started." Max said.
"Let's go inside for this. There is someone I want you to meet."
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Inside the house,
"Where's your Mom?" Gary asked.
"She's out."
"Is everything ok." A female voice came from upstairs.
As the owner of the voice came down,
"MISTY?"
"Shhh. She's asleep."
"Who's "she"" May asked.
"You didn't tell them yet?" Misty asked Ash.
"Not yet."
"Well, she should be waking up from her nap anyways. How about I'll tell them about that day and you can show them her?" Misty suggested.
"That sounds fine." Ash replied as he kissed her on the cheek.
"Sit down everyone. You are in for a shock that will rival Pikachu's Thunder attack." Misty informed them.
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Upstairs,
Ash peeked into the bedroom and tiptoed over to the crib. Ashley was just in the process of waking up.
"Hi there Honey. Did Uncle Brock and the others wake you when they came in?" Ash asked his daughter.
Ashley just cooed.
"C'mon." Ash said as he picked her up. "Let's go meet everybody."
"Pika?" (Huh)
Pikachu had also been taking a nap with Togetic.
"Brock, May, Max, Drew, and Gary are downstairs" Ash informed the Pokemon.
"Pikachu?" (Really?)
"WHAT?" a chorus of voices called from downstairs.
THUD
"I wonder who fainted." Ash said to himself.
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Downstairs,
May and Max were just staring at Misty wide-eyed while Drew had an I-knew-it look on his face. Gary, on the other hand, was tending to an unconscious Brock.
"Is everything ok down here?" Ash called from the stairs as he came down carrying Ashley with Pikachu on his shoulder and Togetic flying behind.
"Yeah. Brock took the news of the elopement better than I thought." Misty informed him
Brock then started to stir.
"You ok Brock?" Ash asked the Pewter City Gym leader.
"I just had the weirdest dream. You and Misty had eloped."
"Oh. What a cutie!" May cooed when she noticed the three-month old.
"Is she your sister?" Gary asked.
Ash looked at Misty and they both grinned.
"What? You mean? She's yours?" Brock asked stuttering.
Ash and Misty nodded
THUD
This time, Gary couldn't help Brock, because he went down at the same time.
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"So let me get this straight." Drew said when story time was over. "You two met up when Ash was taking a break; decided to play "Romeo and Juliet" and ended up with a kid?"
"Yes." The couple told him.
"I think I need to lie down." Brock said in a daze.
"You needed to lie down since we first saw you hit on a pretty girl." Misty told him.
"Is this common?" Max asked Ash.
"Oh yeah. Pulling on Brock's ear used to be Misty's job." Ash informed the young boy.
"And she hurt more." Brock mentioned as he massaged his ears.
"You deserved it." Misty said
TBC