I Don't own Pokemon

Chapter 48: Babies

After traveling a month to get back to Pallet Town, are heroes are now on the hill overlooking the small town.

"Finally." Misty sighed

"We're Home!"

"Let's go see Mom."

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At the house a few minutes later,

"Hello?"

"Mom! Dad! We're back!" Ash yelled

Silence

"Something's wrong." Aaron stated.

"Maybe we should look around." Marie suggested.

"Right" Everyone said as they split up.

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"Oh boy. GUYS! I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOUR PARENTS ARE!" Brock said after some thinking and seeing Mimey mopping the kitchen with a worried look.

The other kids came running faster than you can say "Pikachu" into the kitchen to join Brock.

"WHERE?"

"Let's go." Brock simply said.

"Huh? Why won't you tell us?"

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Outside the hospital,

"Why didn't you say so Brock?" Ash said as he ran into the building.

"So that we'd be able to catch up with you two." Brock explained.

"Pikachu." (C'mon slowpokes)

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Inside,

"May I help you?" a receptionist asked the twins.

"Yes." Ash said

"We're looking for Delia Ketchem."

"Are you related?"

"WE'RE HER SONS!" the two nervous boys shouted.

"Ah. First time. Very well. She's in room 567" (A/N: I'm guessing with the floor)

"THANKS" the two boys called to the woman as they ran up the stairs.

"Why aren't we taking the elevator?" Aaron asked his brother as they reached the third floor.

"It's too slow."

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When they got up there,

"HOW DID YOU GUYS GET UP HERE SO FAST!"

"Easy." Brock said

"We took the elevator."

Ash facefaulted as Aaron gave him an I-told-you-so look.

"Have you heard anything?"

"We decided to wait for you two." Andy said

"Thanks."

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"SHE'S NOT HERE!"

"Aren't you two Ash and Aaron Ketchem?" a nurse came by and noticed the identical boys

"Ahhh. Nurse Joy. It's so great to see you." Brock flirted with the nurse.

"I'm sorry. Nurse Joy is my sister's cousin's sister-in-law's third cousin twice removed. I'm Nurse Jackie."

"Must be the black sheep of the family." Marie whispered to Misty who nodded in agreement.

"Togepri." (Hi)

"Anyways. Back to the subject at hand," Aaron said.

"Where's Mom?" Ash finished.

"Calm down. I was just about to call Professor Oak to ask him where you two were. Your mother would be happy to know that you two are safe. She's already in the delivery room."

Ash and Aaron could feel their hearts pounding.

"You kids can wait outside the delivery room on the condition you two don't come running in every time you hear a scream. Ok?"

"Ok."

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After a few hours,

Brock and Andy were talking about becoming gym leaders again while Marie and Misty were reading. Pikachu, Static, and Togepi were watching attentively as the twins were pacing the room. The two trainers had decided that the promise was easier said than done. Everyone of their friends had to hold them back as they heard their mother scream because of a contraction. They finally found some self-control and were trying their hardest to keep occupied.

"Why don't you two plan about the next league?" Marie suggest still reading.

"We were going to stay and help with the baby for a while." Aaron said still pacing.

"And then Aaron's going to participate in the Orange League." Ash told her.

"Then we'll go to Hoenn."

"And then to the Battle Frontier."

"So basically, we already have planned it."

"Wow. I never thought I'd see this day." Misty said while looking up from her Pokemon Weekly Magazine.

"What day?"

"The day when you would actually PLAN."

"Hey!"

Just then, Nurse Jackie came out of the delivery room.

"Is Mom alright?" the twins asked simultaneously.

"Yes. Everyone is fine. Your mother has been moved to the recovery room."

"Can we see her?"

"Yes."

The boys made a break for the door.

"Don't you two even want to know…"

The boys disappeared.

"They'll find out soon enough." Misty told the nurse.

"But we're interested." Marie said.

"Well, I'm not sure if Delia told you or not, but…"

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"Mom?" the boys whispered

"Ash. Aaron. I'm so glad you two are here." A very tired Delia hugged her two now eldest children.

"Hey guys. Glad you can join us." Dan said with a smile as he massaged his hand from Delia's death grip from earlier.

"We just got back into town today." Ash explained.

"So, what happened in Rota?"

Ash and Aaron looked at each other and then at their parents.

"Can we discuss that later?" Ash asked.

"Yeah. What about our new sibling?" Aaron added.

Dan and Delia looked at each other and then at their kids.

"Didn't Jackie tell you?" Dan asked.

Ash and Aaron looked embarrassed.

"Well," Aaron started.

"We kind of left them," Ash said

"Without giving Nurse Jackie a chance to tell us." Aaron finished.

Dan and Delia sighed.

Just then, the doctor and Nurse Jackie came into the room. Each carrying a bundle.

"Ash? Aaron? Jeez. Last time I saw you two, you were the ages of your sisters here." The doctor said a he recognized the twins.

"Uh?" the twins said not knowing which statement to think about first: the fact that this was the same doctor who was there when they were born; the fact that there was more than one sibling; or the fact that the youngest Ketchem's were girls.

"Ah look. They're speechless." The doctor joked as he handed one of the girls to Delia as Jackie handed another one to Dan.

Just then, the doctor's pager went off.

"Oh. I have to go now. It was great seeing you guys again." The doctor said while leaving.

"We have sisters?" Ash said not wanting to think that this was probably a dream.

"Two of them?" Aaron said in the same tone as his brother

"Would you like to hold them?" Delia asked them

The boys just nodded.

Dan handed the one he was holding to Ash while Delia handed the other one to Aaron.

"They're so tiny." Aaron whispered.

"What are their names?" Ash asked

Delia and Dan looked at each other

"Emily and Elizabeth." Delia answered.

"Emily after your great-grandmother on my side and Elizabeth after your great-grandmother on your mother's side." Dan explained

"Which is which?" Aaron asked.

"We haven't gotten that far yet." Dan told him.

"This one looks like an Emily." Ash said.

"And this one looks like an Elizabeth." Aaron added.

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At the nursery,

"Awww."

"Jeez Misty/Marie. How many times are you going to coo like that?" the twin boys asked their girlfriends.

"Every time they do something cute." Misty told them.

"They didn't do anything yet!" Ash told her.

"And we've been looking at them for 10 minutes, so it's not like you are just now seeing them." Aaron added.

"Hey Ash." Brock said

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering, how are you going to keep from mixing up baby Elizabeth and Misty's mom?"

"Easy." Aaron answered for his brother, "I heard Dad referring to baby Elizabeth as "Lizzy"."

"And my Mom prefers "Beth"." Misty told him.

"How about telling Emily and Elizabeth apart?" Brock asked.

"Good question. It's not like they can correct us." Andy added.

"I think Mom said something about color-coding them." Ash answered

"Yeah. And Mom said that we can choose the colors." Aaron said.

"Just no pink please." Misty begged.

"Don't worry. We've already discussed the colors with Mom and Dad. Elizabeth's things will be yellow." Ash told her.

"And Emily's will be green." Aaron finished.

TBC