Five days after visiting Spencer Hale on Cinnabar Island, Ash and Misty took a walk through Vermilion City.

'Misty, why does this have to be so difficult? Why can't mum just tell me who my father is?' Ash moaned.

'Well, because she doesn't remember,' Misty said. 'I'm sure she'd tell you if she knew.'

'Why did the writers of Pokemon have to make her a slut?' Ash asked. 'Why couldn't they just give her a husband and make them monogamous?'

'Ash, don't slut shame!' Misty snapped. 'People are free to fuck whoever they want, whether it's casual or in a relationship!'

'I agree. It's just... I wish I knew who my father is!'

'Well, maybe we'll find out,' Misty said, while the two reached the Vermilion City Gym.

And so, ten minutes later, Ash and Misty sat on the couch in the Gym's living room, next to Surge.

'... And that's what Spencer Hale said. He saw you talking to my mother,' Ash said.

'What is your mother's name? And what does she look like? I'm trying to remember,' Surge asked.

'She's a brown-haired woman named Delia Ketchum,' Ash said. Then, he grabbed a photo album out of his backpack and showed Surge a picture Todd Snap took of her.

'Hey, she's hot!' Surge said. 'And I think I remember her!'

'You do? So does that mean you slept with her?' Ash asked.

The Gym Leader frowned. 'Why do you need to know that?'

'Well, I'm trying to find out who my father is. I need to know who she slept with!'

'Pikapi!' Pikachu begged the Gym Leader.

'Oh, I didn't sleep with Delia,' Surge said.

'You didn't?' Misty asked.

'No, of course not! She was drunk!' Surge said. 'I tried to seduce her, but when I noticed that she was too drunk to consent to sex, I left her alone. When I left the party, I think I saw her with a purple-haired man. A pretty boy who came to the party with his red-haired friend and a talking Meowth.'

Upon hearing Surge's explanation, Ash's face turned purple, even more purple than James' hair. 'NO! JAMES IS MY FATHER! PLEASE LET THIS BE A HORRIBLE LIE!'

'Sorry, but that purple-haired guy is the last person I saw her with,' Surge confirmed. 'About that... Half an hour ago, when I took a walk this morning, I think I saw that man, his Meowth and that red-haired woman enter the pub next to this Gym!'

'Thanks, Surge!' Ash said. Then, he got up, grabbed Misty's hand, stormed out of the Gym and went to the pub, without even thanking Surge for the conversation.

When entering the pub, Pikachu pointed at James. 'Pikapi!'

'Hey, it's James!' Misty said.

'Hello, twerps! What are you two doing here?' Jessie asked.

'We're looking for James. We need to ask him something,' Misty explained.

'That's fine, but not until we did our motto!' Meowth teased.

'We don't have time for that! Can we please just ask James one question and leave?' Ash asked.

'I don't know what you want to talk about,' James said. 'But please just let us do our motto. Meowth wrote a special version for you two!'

'Fine...' Misty moaned.

Then, Jessie got up and shouted. 'Prepare for trouble!'

'And make it double,' James said.

'To protect shippers from devastation!'

'To unite all PokeShippers within our nation!'

'To support AAML, Ash And Misty Love!'

'To let twerps look at the stars above!'

'Jessie!'

'James!'

'Team Rocket can see you two are lovestruck!'

'So surrender now, or prepare to fuck!

'Meowth, good luck!'

'What the fuck was that?' Misty asked. 'And what's PokeShipping?'

'Don't you know what that is?' Jessie asked.

Ash stared at the red-haired woman. He had no idea what she and James were talking about.

'Shipping is the belief that two people belong together. There are different shippings. People who want you to be with Serena are AmourShippers,' Jessie explained. 'May and Drew is ContestShipping, James and me is RocketShipping.'

'And you and Misty together, that's PokeShipping. Brock, Tracey, Delia, Violet, Lily, Daisy, Jessie, Meowth and me are all PokeShippers.'

'Ash and me together? That's preposterous!' Misty snapped, while blushing heavily, much to Togetic's and Pikachu's laughter.

'Then why are you blushing, you little lovebird?' Jessie teased.

'We didn't come here to talk about Misty and me hooking up, which we're not going to do,' Ash protested. 'We're here to ask James something.'

'What is it?' James asked. Meanwhile, Pikachu hopped on a table in the pub and started drinking ketchup. He gave another bottle to Togetic, who got drunk on the red power food as well.

'James, I won't beat around the bush. I need to know something.'

'Okay, shoot.'

'Are you my father?' Ash asked. 'Surge told me that he saw you talking to my mother eleven years ago in Pallet Town. Did you sleep with her?'

'James? That's impossible! He's gay!' Meowth protested.

'I am not gay!' James snapped.

'He's gay!' Meowth said. 'And he looks fabulous when he's wearing a pink, frilly dress when we try to steal your Pikachu, twerp! James is a fabulous gay drag queen!'

'I am not!' James said. 'Just because I'm bisexual, doesn't mean I'm gay!'

'Prove it!' Jessie said. The female Team Rocket member has been waiting for ten years for her friend to make a move on her, but it never happened. Was James gay, not interested or just too shy to try anything?

'Prove it? That's fine!' James snapped. He walked up to Jessie, put his hands on her buttocks and stuck his tongue in her mouth for five minutes, without any interruption. Meanwhile, Meowth, Ash and Misty looked away and decided to check on Pikachu and Togetic, who were drunk after drinking two bottles of ketchup.

Ten minues after kissing Jessie, James tapped Ash on the shoulder. 'Hey, twerp! We need to talk.'

'James! Did you fuck my mum?' Ash snapped. 'Tell me, or I'll make Pikachu use Thunderbolt on you!'

'Oh no! Pikachu is too drunk to attack!' James teased. 'However, I'll tell you. But you have to do something for me first!'

'Okay, what is it?' Ash asked.

James moved his head towards Ash's and whispered in his ear. 'Confess your feelings to the twerpette. If you do, I'll tell you what I remember.'

'But I don't have those feelings for Misty!'

'Come on, twerp! Everyone knows you two are gonna get it on someday! Just do yourself a favour, and I'll talk! I finally opened up to Jessie today and fingered her when you and Misty weren't watching. Now it's time for you to open up to your psychotic redhead twerpette!'

Confess to Misty? How would he do that? He wanted to do it later, when he felt ready. Not in a pub full of people, including Team Rocket! However, he didn't have a choice. He walked up to Misty, who was checking on the drunk ketchup addicts.

'Misty, what's up with Pikachu and Togetic?' Ash asked.

'They're drunk. They had too much ketchup!' Misty explained. 'It looked like they were trying to... Well, you know...'

'What do you mean?'

'Sex! Pikachu and Togetic were trying to have sex! S-E-X! In a pub! That's fucking inappropriate! It's fine if they get it on, but not while there are people watching them! So yeah, I'm holding Togetic now, to make sure Pikachu can't stick his thing in her! When we get out of this pub, we'll let them have their fun.'

'Pikachu found love? That's so cute!' Ash said. 'But Misty, I need to tell you something.'