Here is Chapter 5! Enjoy and thanks for reading! Oh yeah I chose that in this story both Ash and Gary with Misty's and Melody's help will get over personal problems…hope you don't mind hehe I know this took a lot of time but like i said i had this computer problem...i went to my friends house and used a floppy loll well ive written all my updates ages ago so maybe some of the author notes are a little...retarded :P
Chapter 5
Ash and Richie finally woke up at 8:30 A.M. They quickly brushed their teeth, changed up and ate breakfast. They were ready to go but Ash's mother forced them to make their beds making them lose precious time.
"What's the point of making the bed if we're still gonna sleep in it tonight?" Ash asked angry
"I don't know! That's adult stuff" Ritchie replied to Ash's question "Well it's a good thing that we prepare all our stuff yesterday night if we hadn't, we would have lost more time!"
"Yeah, anyway today's Melody taking care of Flash, while I find a place to hide it. Mom's always in my room, cleaning, she's always saying it's a mess well I say it's art!" they laughed heartedly.
"My mom does the same. Can't they make the difference between a mess and a room? Even I can!" they laughed again
"Well we better go before anyone else arrives!" proposed Ash
"Yeah, let's go!" and they quickly left the house
On their way, they met someone unexpected; Gary. He was with an egg.
"Hey Gary watchu doin' alone? Don't tell me Misty dumped you already, I wouldn't be surprised" teased Ash
"You're no one to talk, Ash; hanging with a guy instead is no better?" Gary retorted
"Anyway, you know we're way better, we'll have the best kingdom in no time" cut in Richie
"Oh yeah?"
"You bet! You'd be begging for mercy if you knew!"
"Yeah, you're probably right" said Gary with all the sarcasm in the world
"We'll see if you'll still be that confident when we'll beat the crap out of you! Let's make a battle in 3 days ok?" proposed Ash
"Not interested, sorry"
"What's wrong Gary? You're scared?" Richie said "cough chickencough"
"What do you mean by I'm scared? Fine we'll fight in 3 days happy?"
Ash and Richie looked at each other grinning
"The battle will take place in the soccer field, no turning back right?"
"And the winner takes the Soccer field in his territory, okay?"
"Yeah whatever"
"Hey Gary!" the noise caught their attention
"Nice, a family meeting now" mocked Ash making Richie chuckled
"What's the matter Ash you're jealous? Do you want a hug too?" said Misty hugging Gary who laughed too
"You're laughing? We'll see if you'll still be laughing Wednesday! (The story started a Sunday) anyways we have business to take care of, See you later!" they left
"Wow, Gary its shell is shining! You really took great care of him!" congratulated Misty, mentioning the egg
"Yeah, I spent the night reading my gramps' books about eggs and I discovered that Eggo was on his way to hatch! Look if you put your ear on the shell and listen carefully, you can hear a little noise" he approached Misty's face to the egg "See? That means that he'll hatch, normally in less than a week, soon we'll be able to feel him move! Awesome right?" he added excited "What's the matter Misty? You ain't saying a word, that's pretty odd from you" he grinned
"Cute…"
"Huh?" he frowned confused
"You're totally cute Gary! You nicknamed the egg, Eggo? Nice, wouldn't have thought of that…You know you're pretty nice and funny when you want to, you should open up more instead of always having this cool and arrogant attitude…"
"You think that I'm arrogant?" he grinned
"Can't you be serious for a second" she joked
"I'm just bored of it" he said, surprisingly, seriously all of a sudden
"..."
"My parents want me to be the best in everything, when they're at home, they make me study, train or learn stuff like playing piano or painting. I read at least 1 book per week and I'm not talking about comics here…" he smiled sadly
Misty remembered a picture in a newspaper about Gary winning a prize in a painting competition.
"Did you ever talk to them about it?" she asked
Gary laughed bitterly
"We never talk! The few words we share are good morning, good night and please would you pass me the salt!" he exclaimed enraged "I'm sorry I didn't mean to get mad at you, you did nothing wrong" he apologized
"It's okay, Gary, you were angry"
"I'm sure you think I'm an idiot"
"No I think you're brave"
"Huh?"
"You're taking up all this pressure everyday, I don't know how you do it"
"Thanks, so what about your father, you don't talk much about him"
"He's just some guy paying our bills, almost a complete stranger. What could I say about him?"
"Sorry…"
"It's ok, just stop talking about my family please, I'd really appreciate"
"But we are family now, you said it yourself, and family stick together right?"
"Yeah…"
"Tell me if you need anything"
"Thanks I will"
Ash and Richie arrived at the base only to find out that Melody was already there, holding a vaccum.
"Hey Mel, what are you doing here so early?" asked Ash
"Oh, I was just hum vacuuming the place, it's so dirty"
Both guy sweats dropped.
"But it's supposed to be dirty!" exclaimed Richie "Have you ever seen a man's room clean?"
"Yes, Batman is really clean and so is Superman"
"Yeah but we don't have super speed powers or maids!"
"That's why I woke up early and vacuumed!" replied Melody sticking her tongue out
"But it's not manly! Tell her Ash!"
"Let's just say that…" Ash started but was cut off by Melody
"I can tell Casey! I'm sure she wouldn't share the same opinion" teased Melody
"Look guys, let's just…" tried again Ash
"Is that blackmail? We're too young for this Melody! It's not fair!"
"Well maybe if we…"
"You're no better with your 'I'm a man' attitude, Richie!"
"GUYS CAN'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS BATTLE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE!" yelled Ash exasperate
"No need to yell, honey"
"Yeah, we can hear you pal, Geez"
Ash sighed heavily
"What battle are you talking about?" asked Casey, getting in
"Well we challenged Ash, about 10 minutes ago" replied Richie
"You did?" asked Melody
"That's what I was trying to tell you" Ash sighed again
"You should have said so sooner, dear" said Melody
"But I…"
"No excuses"
"Aw man, you just sounded like my mom" complained Ash
"My daddy says that a wife is a mom but with more options" said Richie
"Options?"
"Yeah! But each time I ask him about it he tells me to go walk the dog"
"Wow, that's strange" commented Casey
"I know! And the worst is that we don't have a dog!"
"And I thought that the weirdest thing we were going to face by the time we're grown ups were girls…"
"Life's unfair, man" Richie patted his best friend's back
"Boys are so stupid" Casey giggled
"Yeah and they say we're weird…" added Melody
"Back to the topic, we're supposed to plan a battle here!"
"I say we need Brock" said Casey "He's the oldest and the best in checkers here"
They all nodded.
"Well we could at least think of a secret weapon!" proposed Richie
"Yeah…what about a pokemon!" exclaimed Ash with shiny eyes
"He is so cute when he does that" Melody murmured to Casey
"Yes that's a great idea! But we don't have pokemon except for…"
"Imite's Ditto!" the other three all exclaimed in unison
"Well I was thinking about my Pichu but I guess this will do…"
"You have a Pichu?" Ash asked Richie
"Yeah the one I got for Christmas! Remember when we went to purchase this cage?"
"Oh yeah, you may have mentioned it once or twice…"
"Then never mind Ditto, let's electrocute them!" exclaimed Melody
"Yeah they'll be shocked when they'll see Pichu" said Ash excited
The other three laughed at the joke
"What are you laughing about?" asked Ash confused
"That was a good one" said Richie still laughing
"What are you talking about?" Ash asked again
"You can stop now, Ash" added Casey, cracking up
"No, seriously I don't get it"
"Enough, sweetheart!" Melody burst out, trying to catch up her breath
Ash, seeing the others laughing without him for apparently no reason, went wait for Brock, alone and sulking.
End of chapter 5
Well that's it c ya in next chapter.