Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I do own Andy, Aaron, Marie. There will for a fact be some other characters later on that I own.

( ): Pokemon Translation
Ages:
Ash/Aaron: 13
Misty/Marie: 14
Brock/Andy: 17

Chapter 11: More Bugs

6 o'clock Tuesday morning. Not many people find that time and day interesting. But Ash and Aaron aren't many people. While everyone was still asleep, they each grabbed one Pokemon and left without telling anybody. Except the Pikachus.

"Pikachu. Wake up buddy."

"Pika."(What.)

"I just thought I'd let you know that Aaron and I are going to run an errand."

"Pikachu"(You woke me up for that?)

"If I didn't you would shock me because I didn't."

"Pikachu. Pika"(Good point. Goodnight)

Aaron had a similar conversation with Static. When both Pikachus went back to sleep, the twins snuck out.

0000

"Are you sure sneaking out at 6 am was a good idea?"

"Yes. You know how Misty can be around bugs. When I did the Bug Catching Contest last year, Misty would swing her bag at any bug that went near her not worrying if she hit anybody."

"Wow. And she's gotten better?"

"Yeah. Certain bugs like Butterfree, Ledian, Ledyba she likes; she tolerates Scythers because Tracey has one. But with the, as she puts it, "creepy" kind, stay out of her way."

"How did you find out about this fear?"

"My first catch was a Caterpie." Ash laughed at the memory. "We were walking through the Viridian Forest and she screamed. I caught the Caterpie without a fight. She was still scared of it even in its Pokeball. That's when she told me the three things she hates."

"I figured bugs were one of them. What are the other two?"

"Carrots and Peppers. How about Marie?"

"What about her?"

"What does she hate?"

"Lets see. Ghost, green beans, and squash."

0000

"Welcome to the Bug Catching Contest. You are only allowed one Pokemon and one capture. You have twenty minutes to catch a Bug Pokemon. The winner will get a Sun Stone. Second Place is an Everstone. Third is a Gold Berry. Everybody else who participates will receive a Berry. You are only allowed to use the Park Balls we give you now go out and catch them."

"What are you going for Ash?"

"Normally I would go for the Sun Stone. But I think I'll shoot for the Everstone."

"Second Place? You?"

"Yeah. You know. A present for Pikachu."

"This coming from the person who wanted to keep it quiet?"

"Yes. Besides, I think Pikachu feels that I'm neglecting him. I hate for him to think that. I'm hoping if I give him an Everstone…"

"He won't feel like you've forgotten him. There is another reason."

"Huh?"

"Our Pikachus really need to learn how to keep their voices down."

"What do you mean?"

"I overheard them talking. Pikachu said that he's worried that if he gets to an extremely high level, you might change your mind about evolving him."

"WHAT! When did you hear this?"

"Last night. Static tried to reason, but…"

"If you end up with the Everstone, do you want to trade?"

"Sure. Static has already bounded with the Everstone."

"When did you get one?"

"Last contest."

"Do you want to split up?"

"Sure. We can cover more ground."

0000

"I'M GOING TO KILL THEM!"

"Misty? What's wrong?" Marie asked after being rudely awakened.

"They left us."

"WHAT?"

"Pikachupi. Pikapi pi Pika pikachu pika"(Misty. Ash and Aaron went to go run some errands.)

"Did they say when they'd be back?"

"Pi. Pikachu pika pikachu."(No. But they only left a half and hour ago.)

Misty had woken up to get a drink of water when she found that Ash and Aaron's beds were empty.

"I'm going to go find them."

"What? Misty. It's 6:30 AM. You know: ante meridiem: before noon. It's too early. Go back to bed. I'm sure they'll be back when we wake back up."

"But what if something happens? I looked. They only have one Pokemon with them."

"One Pokemon? Oh I know where they are."

"You do?"

"Tuesday morning, one Pokemon, they're at the Bug Catching Contest."

"BUG CATCHING?"

"That's why they didn't tell us. Your fear of bugs."

"I'm still going to kill them."

0000

"You did it Ash. Second Place."

"Thanks Aaron. You didn't do so bad yourself Mr. First Place."

Ash and Aaron were now at breakfast. While they ate, they admired their prizes.

"I wonder what I'm going to do with my Sun Stone? What did you do with yours?"

"I evolved a wild Sunkern into a Sunflora."

"A wild one?"

"This elderly couple was celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. Each year they have their picture taken with a flock of Sunflora. Last year, Articuno was in the area so the weather was too cold for Sunflora. We found this frozen Sunkern that traveled with us to the spot were the Sunflora gathered. It let us evolve it into Sunflora and then it called it's friends. Sophia and Marcello managed to get their yearly photo."

"Wow."

"Yeah."

"I still say you got lucky."

"Oh. So it's my fault my old Butterfree decided to show up?"

"Nah. I'm just giving you a hard time."

"Look at you though. A Beedrill. That's the Pokemon I won with."

"So what happened to it?"

"One of my friends is an Electabuzz fan. She wants to catch pokemon that are yellow with stripes. So I gave it to her."

"The Electabuzz?"

"Yeah."

"ASH/AARON KETCHEM! WE'RE GOING TO KILL YOU!"

"What time is it?"

"Let's just say we spent two hours comparing Pokemon."

"We are so dead."

"WEREHAVE YOU BEEN! DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED WE WERE!"

"Pikachu"(I told them you were fine)

"Misty. Calm down. We just did the bug catching contest and lost track of time."

"YOU LEFT WITHOUT TELLING ANYBODY!"

"I told Pikachu."

"Pika"(Yeah)

TBC