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Chapter 31: Meet the Sisters and Parents

"Cerulean City." Brock did his announcement.

"Ok. I can do this. They are my sisters. I love them very much and they love me." Misty tried to calm herself.

"You'll do fine Misty." Marie said. "Just remember what I went through."

"Togi Togiprii" (Yeah Mommy)

"You did meet my sisters. Right?"

"Actually, Aaron battled this guy named John." Marie said.

Misty stopped dead in her tracks.

"Misty? You ok?" Ash asked his girlfriend.

"This John," Misty asked Marie, "What did he look like?"

"Hmm. Orangey hair. Tall. Muscular. Misty?"

Misty had taken off to the gym faster than a Rapidash.

"What happened?" Brock asked.

"I have no idea. But we better catch up to those two." Aaron said referring to his brother who was hot on Misty's trail.

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"Dan! Good to see you." A tall, muscular man with orange hair said as his guest came into the gym.

"Same here John. It's been ages."

"Delia. You look well."

"Thank you John. How have you been?"

"Busy."

"Yes. Being the Water Pokemon Master and his wife are not easy tasks." A woman came into the lobby of the gym.

"Beth! It's great to see you!"

"Same here Delia. How have you been?"

"Things have been going crazy."

"I bet. It's been what? 16 years?"

"Yeah. Dan now has a job with Professor Oak."

"Yep. And he gave me a vacation, so I thought I'd visit my old friend from traveling days."

"How did you know I'd be in town?" John Waterflower asked his best friend.

"Lucky guess."

"Since when were you ever lucky?"

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"MISTY! WAIT UP!'

Misty stopped and turned around to find her boyfriend on her trail.

"Ash?"

"Misty… what's….wrong?" Ash panted

"The guy your brother battled was my dad." Misty informed him. "I want to see him again before he goes off again."

"What… does your dad… do?"

"Water Pokemon Master."

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"So let me get this straight Dan." John said in amazement. "After you two got married, you had a pair of twins, had a fight, separated, took one kid each, and didn't tell them, they met, they switched, and now you two are back together?"

"Yep."

"Astounding."

"I know I have heard their names somewhere before." Beth said to herself.

"I think I battled Aaron before in a gym battle, but I have heard Ash's name, I just can't remember where."

"Like. Mom. Dad. Lily, Violet, and I are like going to the mall." A blond girl said as she came into the living room upstairs.

"Ok Daisy. Behave yourself."

"We like will Mom."

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"At least slow down Misty." Ash said as he tried to catch up with her.

"Pikachu" (Slowpoke)

"I don't see you running after her." Ash told his pokemon who was perched on his shoulder.

"Alright Ash. I'll slow down." Misty said giving in when they were in view of the gym.

"Thank you. What made you change your mind?"

"I want you to be there when I tell my father I have a boyfriend. And to warn you, I'm a "Daddy's little girl"."

"Great. On second thought, run as much as you like." Ash said.

"Oh no you don't. You still need to train. Battling my Dad would be excellent training."

"Like it's Misty!"

"Oh no."

Three girls came up to the couple. One was the blond girl, Daisy, the others were a blue haired girl, Violet, and a pink haired girl, Lily.

"Like Hi Little Sis."

"Like what brings you home?"

"Him." Misty said pointing to Ash.

"Hi." Ash said timidly.

"Like are you still following your boyfriend?" Daisy asked her youngest sister.

"Yep." Misty admitted.

"Wait. You're like supposed to be like denying that you would like never go out with him." Lily mentioned.

"Well, a lot can happen in four years."

"So you two are like an item now?" Daisy asked interested.

"Yeah."

"Pay up you two. Like she started dating him before her 16th birthday." Daisy said as she turned to her other sisters

"WHAT? YOU THREE MADE BETS ON US!" Misty screamed at her sisters.

"Oh. Like it's not just us three. There's like a huge bet going on. Like everybody have like bets on you two. Like Nurse Joys, Officer Jennys, various other trainers such as Brock, Tracey, Casey,."

"Oh my goodness." Misty blushed. "Wait. Does Dad know?"

"Like yeah. He's like really interested in meeting Ash."

"Oh great." Ash said sarcastically.

"DAISY! LILY! VIOLET! MY HEART HAS BEEN HEALED NOW THAT I SEE YOU THREE LOVELY VISIONS OF BEAUTY!"

"Like Hi Brock." The three older Waterflowers sighed as they prepared for Brock as he came running with pink hearts in his eyes.

"So what bring you three beauties out of the pool?" he said as he grabbed Daisy's hand.

"I think YOU need a dip in the pool." Someone said as Brock's ear was pulled into the gym.

"Coming Misty?" Ash asked his girlfriend.

"Wow. Like I didn't know Ash like had it in him to like drag Brock away." Lily said.

"Neither did I." Misty added in amazement that her boyfriend can pull ears harder than she could. And she had practice.

"Hold on Ash! We can toss him in the pool together!" Misty said recovering from her shock.

"Wait. For what?" Brock asked in shock

"Does a bet ring a bell." The boyfriend/girlfriend couple told him.

"Uh oh"

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"Oh well John. It doesn't really matter if you don't remember. You'll meet him soon." Delia told her husband's traveling partner.

"You WILL be here right?" Dan asked.

"Oh yeah. I'm not leaving until I see my baby."

"How many kids DO you guys have?" Dan asked.

"Four." Elizabeth and John answered.

"Ok. So one more kid left to see."

"What if your youngest gets here before Ash?" Dan asked not realizing John's youngest was Misty.

"Good question."

SPLASH

"What was THAT?'

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"What ever possessed you to make that bet about us?" Misty asked Brock after a few minutes after he climbed out of the pool.

"Yeah. With Misty around, you should know better." Ash added.

"Sorry. Couldn't resist the urge to make some money. And for your information, I lost the bet."

"Do we want to know?"

"I had you guys down for six months after I met you two."

SPLASH

"Did you really have to push him back in Misty? I think he was almost dry."

"Yes. I'll do whatever it takes to knock some sense into this guy's head."

Just then, Aaron came in dragging Andy the same way Ash dragged Brock. He then tossed Andy into the pool as Marie walked in with a shocked look on her face. Brock would have joined in on the laughing that was provided by Ash and Misty, but he could because Aaron's aim was a little off. Brock was attempting to climb out of the pool when Aaron threw Andy in on top of him. Therefore, knocking Brock in the pool for the third time.

"What happened?" Misty asked as she calmed down.

"Andy and Officer Jenny." Aaron answered. "Marie looked so annoyed I just took over the job."

Flashback

Aaron, Marie, and Andy had lost sight of Brock after he figured he would be seeing Misty's sisters.

"Great. Lost them." Marie sighed

"Oh well. We know the way." Aaron comforted her.

Just then, Officer Jenny appeared.

"OFFICER JENNY!"

"Not again." Aaron and Marie sighed.

"Oh Officer Jenny. Your beauty rivals that as a rose. A brilliant red rose. A rose that is a red as flaming hot flames of a magnificent fire.

"He's really burning up." Marie half-heartedly joked.

"C'mon Andy. Let's get you cooled down." Aaron said as he tugged on Andy's ear.

"Ouch."

"Sorry about Andy." Marie apologized to Officer Jenny as she stared in awe at her boyfriend.

End Flashback

"And Brock?"

"Hitting on my sisters after we found out he was in on a bet about his two best friends." Misty informed Aaron.

"Your throw was probably better than mine."

"Actually, it was Ash."

"Wow bro. I didn't know you had it in you."

"I could say the same thing about you." Ash said as Brock and Andy simultaneously climbed out of the pool soaking wet.

"Cooled down enough." Aaron joked.

"Very funny."

"What is going on down her?" a feminine voice called from the stands.

"MOM!"

"Misty!"

Misty and Elizabeth ran up/down the stairs of the stadium and hugged for a long time.

"I missed you so much Mom."

"I missed you too Honey."

"Is everything ok down here?" a male voice called out.

"DADDY!" Misty ran to her father.

"Daddy?" Brock snickered at his tomboyish friend using what her future daughter would call Ash.

"You just better hope she doesn't hear you or you will be in the pool a fourth time." Ash warned his soaked friend.

Brock inched away from the pool.

"Oh Daddy. I missed you so much." Misty sobbed in her father's embrace.

"Same her Red. Let me look at you." He pulled her away from him and took a good look at his youngest daughter who he hadn't seen in five years.

"You have grown up so much." He sighed at his now teenage daughter.

"Thanks Dad."

"Misty." Her mother came up to the father/daughter couple, "What's this we hear about a bet?"

"Yeah. There is a rumor going around about you and this boy. Care to verify it?"

"I just found out about the bet today. But, I do have a boyfriend." Misty admitted.

"Hey John! Is everything alright?" A new male voice came up causing the Ketchem twins to go in shock.

"Mr. Ketchem?"

"Misty?"

"You know him Misty?"

"Yeah. He's…"

"DAD?"

"Ash? Aaron?"

"What's going on in here?" Delia asked as she came in.

"MOM?"

"Ash? Aaron?"

"Ok. Ok. Let's figure this out calmly and rationally." Beth calmed everyone down. "Shall we go into the lobby?"

"Yeah."

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In the lobby,

"Ok. Now, who wants to start?" Beth asked.

"Ash and Aaron are our children." Delia explained.

"And Ash is my boyfriend." Misty told her parents as she grabbed Ash's hand.

"Ok. That makes more sense." John said.

"Yeah. But I'm still wondering what my parents are doing here." Ash said while looking at his parents.

"Yeah." Aaron agreed.

"You kids must be hungry." Delia said, "Why don't I fix us something to eat."

"Leave it to Delia to think about food at a time like this." John mumbled.

"Professor Oak gave me a few weeks off, and I thought I'd go visit my old traveling partner from my training days."

"How did you know Dad was going to be in town?" Misty asked.

"Lucky guess."

"With you? I doubt it." John teased.

"Hey. Mr. Waterflower," Ash started.

"Please Ash, call me John."

"Ok, John. I was wondering if we could have a Pokemon battle."

"Yeah." Aaron spoke up.

"I don't see why not. One-on-one sound good?"

"You bet."

"You sure it's safe John?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah. The only way how they could steal my title is a six-on-six, all water pokemon match."

"Alright."

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After lunch, the Ketchem twins battled Misty's dad. Now they know where Misty got her knowledge of water pokemon. John Waterflower used a Blastoise (his first) against Aaron and a Gyarados against Ash. Both twins decided to use their Pikachus, because John is an expert. However, when it was Ash's turn to battle,

"C'mon Pikachu. I know you don't like to battle Waterflowers or Gyarados, but if you don't, Misty's dad might not think so highly of us."

"Pi!"(What!)

"If he doesn't think us worthy of his daughter…" Ash slyly told his Pokemon.

"Pikachu pika" (Bring it on Big Mouth) Pikachu stupidly called to the Gyarados. (Luckily, only Ash and Aaron could understand Pikachu)

Thankfully, a few Thunderbolts, a couple of Thundershock, about three Quick Attacks, Agility, and one large heavy-duty Thunder attack, managed to keep Pikachu alive.

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After the battles,

"I'm impressed you two. Those Pikachus of yours are strong."

"Pikachu" (You said it.) the yellow pokemon said as it pumped its little arms into muscles.

"If I didn't know any better," Beth stated, "I'd think Pikachu was showing off."

"I think that too." Ash said as he looked down at his first partner.

"Pika?"(Who me?) (Even had the face)

Ash only shook his head and explained about his first match at Cerulean.

"Ah. So Pikachu automatically saw the attraction between you two and tried hard not to let you two get separated by being both of yours friend." Dan stated.

Ash, Misty, John, Beth, and Pikachu looked at him.

"You are really not helping the situation Dan." John told him.

"Sorry Johnny boy."

"WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT CALLING ME THAT!"

"Now we know where Misty gets her temper." Brock whispered to Ash.

"Is this natural?" Ash asked Beth worriedly.

"Yeah. Ever since I met them, Dan and John would always be at each others throats. It's what keeps the friendship alive."

The kids nodded in agreement

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"So you kids are off to Vermilion City?"

"Yeah. We thought about stopping in Saffron, but we decided it would easier to get to Celedon if we make Saffron our fourth stop instead of third." Brock said.

"That makes sense." Dan said.

"Remember to change your…"

"WE KNOW MOM!" the twins blushed as their mother gave them some last minute instructions.

"Ash. A word." John told Ash.

Ash gulped and looked at Misty. She gave him the good luck symbol that he gave Aaron as they switched.

"Yes sir." Ash said when they were alone.

"I just wanted to tell you that of all the boys in the world, I'm glad Misty chose you."

"Huh?"

"You love her for being her. When she was little, her sisters would try to make her more like them. I just wanted to let you know that Beth and I approve of you and we expect you to take care of Misty."

"I will John. Thanks."

"Now you go win the Indigo League and become a Pokemon Master." John dismissed him

"I will sir." Ash called backed to him as he went back to his friends.

'You bet I will'

TBC

Preview:

"Tell us more about this bet."

"What bet?"

"The one that got you thrown into the Cerulean Gym's pool the first two times."

"Oh. That bet. What about it?"

"Everything." Ash and Misty said in unison with death glares.