I'm back everyone! After a much needed Spring Break I'm back with a new chapter of Hope is Never Broken! Ugh, geez I'm been posting so many things lately, first it was the Easter fanfic, then the April Fool's Day fanfic, and now it's this new chapter Hope is Never Broken and I still gotta finish the first chapter of the next fanfic in the Perfect together collection so…oh crap I have a lot of work to do ugh! Anyway instead of complaining to you guys about how much stuff I have to do, just go ahead and read this new chapter…while I go type a bit more…

Dislcamier: no ownership to pokemon

Chapter 3: Psychic Surgery pt 1

'Oh Ash there's no way in hell you just asked that,' I think while giving Ash a glare, I knew Ash was stupid sometimes, but was he really that freakin' stupid?

"Nurse Joy you have to give me that Psychic surgery!" Ash says boldly

"Oh…I-I uh…" Nurse Joy stutters, looking at Ash in a rather skeptical manner, "I don't believe I can do that…" then she mutters something I can't quite interpret.

"Nurse Joy don't you understand?" Ash asks his voice rising, "I have to be better in time for the Unova League! I just can't miss it," Ash's words start to wobble a bit.

I sit there my hand still on Ash's back, I know I should probably leave but it's just too awkward right now! I hear Nurse Joy give a sighing sound as she looks down at the floor; it's obvious by the expression on her face that Ash had put her in an uncomfortable position.

"Ash…this a bit much to ask of Nurse Joy," I say, my voice breaking through the weird silence that has settled in the room.

Nurse Joy looks up, she glances at me then Ash, "I would do the Psychic surgery for you honey, i-it just I've heard it leaves a patient in quite a bit of pain afterwards-"

"Pleas Nurse Joy," Ash mutters, lowering his head in respect, "not to be rude but I don't care about how much time it'll take or how much it'll hurt, as long as it gets me ready in time for the Unova League I'd be willing to take the chance,"

I open my mouth to defend Nurse Joy about this weird Psychic surgery, but the second do I notice a tear fall form Ash's eye. Oh why does he have to be such a little kid and cry over this, it's just the Unova League! But…*sigh* I can't help but feel bad for my raven haired friend who worked his ass off training and collecting those gym badges…I look over at Nurse joy she's now staring at Ash.

I can tell she has noticed the tears that are now streaming slowly down Ash's cheeks, he refuses to let us see his face by keeping his head lowered.

I can she also feel bad for Ash, "Um…tell you what, uh give me some time to think about it and…and we'll figure something out for your broken leg Ash," that's all the nurse says before turning and hurrying out the door.

Slowly I get to my feet stand there next to Ash's bed for a few uncomfortable seconds, Ash sniffles and wipe his face, "Ash are you going to be okay?"

Ash slowly looks up at me, he biting his lower lip as he tries, unsuccessfully, to keep his tears running down his face, "M'fine…"

"No you're not," I say giving him a kind smile, "I know when you're feeling okay Ash, and you're defiantly not okay right now,"

Ash gives a weak laugh and sniffles a bit more.

"Hey, don't worry everything will be fine," I sit back down on the edge of his bed and reach over and swipe a tear that had started to make his way down Ash's z marked cheeks, "I'll just go out there and Cilan, Virgil and I will talk to Nurse Joy about this, we'll convince her, I promise,"

Ash looks at me, with those amber eyes of his that are twinkling for tears, "You'll do that for m-me?"

I roll my eyes and laugh, "Oh come on Ash, I've been all over Unova with you and seen you kick those gym leader's ass over and over, you think I'm just going to sit here and let you hit the end of the road like this,"

Ash blushes a bit, "T-Thanks Iris, you're the best,"

I smile, stand up and start for the door, "Well, you don't find a girl like me every day, right?" I say with a playful giggle, I see the blush on Ash's face increases but I don't think too much about it, "I'll be right back!"

"What do you mean you can't do it Nurse Joy?" I ask, the pink haired nurse, Cilan, Virgil and I are standing in the waiting room and had been discussing Ash's request for the Psychic surgery.

"I mean…I-I just don't know if I can or not," Nurse Joy says looking at me.

"But why? Has it not been tried on humans yet?" Cilan asks who was standing beside me.

"Oh no, it's been used on humans lots of times and is perfectly safe…i-it's just…I have never actually done a Psychic surgery on anyone but a Pokémon," Nurse Joy confesses, "and I have no idea how I would be able to do the Psychic surgery on your friend!"

"But…I don't understand," Virgil says putting his finger to his chin, "wouldn't you do the Psychic surgery on Ash the same way you would a Pokémon?"

"Yeah, I mean how hard can it be?" I ask looking up at Nurse Joy

"Very hard!" Nurse Joy says, she seems stressed, "I mean I would love to help Ash heal faster but the Psychic surgery is a lot different for humans than it is for Pokémon,"

"What do you mean, Nurse Joy?" Cilan asks, I was wondering the same thing.

Nurse Joy quickly gives a detailed description of the Psychic surgery and to my surprise it sounds a lot more complicated than I thought it would be. In this Psychic surgery, the patient, whether it be a Pokémon or human, has the move Psychic used on them, but unlike in a battle when the power of the move consumes the whole body the Psychic attack is only used on the area in of the body were the broken bone is located. But not just any old Pokémon can do this job it has to be a Pokémon who can use Psychic extremely well, so it won't hurt the patient and it must be able to control the move so it can keep it put on the certain area of the broken bone and nowhere else. Not only that a Nurse Joy must monitor an X-ray machine to see how the broken bone is moving beneath the patient's skin and has to make sure to tell the Pokémon who's using Psychic where to set the bone. After but the bone is set back into its proper place she calls in her Audino who will then uses Heal Pulse. This then allows the break in the bone to mend back into its original place, but not completely then mending only goes only partial way so that the bone can finish up healing naturally.

"That's how the Psychic surgery goes," Nurse Joy finishes, "it's complicated and takes a bit longer than the other surgery…but I'd have to say that even after the surgery Ash is still going to need quite a bit of bed rest,"

"But I thought …it'll help make Ash's leg heal really fast," I say in slight confusion, all the medical description was starting to give me a headache.

"No, not really fast, but faster if I were to do the normal surgery," the pink haired lady says, "the only reason Pokémon can brush this surgery off with only an ice pack and a three to five days of resting is because Pokémon have a natural ability to heal faster than a human it's in their DNA,"

"So, we understand how complicated it is," Virgil says, "but will you give Ash the surgery?"

"Um well…I-I'm not sure…" Nurse Joy mutters looking down at the floor.

I feel worry build up inside of me, "Nurse Joy please!" I say desperately, "you have to, if Ash can't go to the Unova League, h-he just…he'll be miserable I'm begging you please!"

Cilan gives a nod, "Iris is right, Ash worked really hard and really deserves to go to the Unova League, and if you can do the Physic surgery on a Pokémon I'm positive you can do it on a human,"

"Yes even if it is your first try all of us have confidence that you can do it Nurse Joy!" Virgil adds

I smile, I'm glad the guys are backing me up on this; I turn my attention back to Nurse Joy. She stands there still looking at the floor as she seems to be thinking, "Well…will you do it Nurse Joy?" I ask, "it'll mean a lot to Ash,"

Nurse Joy takes a breath then exhales slowly, "Well… if I'm ever going to learn to use Psychic surgery on a human I at least have to try…so at this point I don't see how I could say no," she says looking at us with a smile.

"Oh, Nurse Joy you're freakin' awesome!" I find myself saying and throw my arms around her into a hug, and then I pull away and rush towards the hallway.

"Hey, Iris we're you going?" Virgil calls after me

I don't answer him, all my thoughts were on tell Ash the good news of convincing Nurse Joy, "Hey, Ash you won't believe it!" I say as I enter the room he was in, "Nurse Joy said she do the Psychic surgery!" I stand there, he isn't responding, "Ash did you hear what I said?" Ash's back is turned towards me, I reach out and touch his shoulder just as I do I hear…was that snoring?

I lean over him to look at his face, only to see that little kid fast asleep, his mouth is slightly open and he's cuddling a portion of the bed sheets close to him. Just like he does with Pikachu when it's bedtime, Ash give a soft snore every so often…I find it nice. At this point I find myself smiling, as I continue to stare at Ash, I never watched Ash sleep before, but I have to say he looks peaceful and…cute in a little kid kind of way, of course. The second I think that thought that weird warm fuzzy feeling bubbling in my stomach and my face seems to heat up, damn why does this keep happening, am I getting sick or something?! I shake my head and pull away from the bed I deiced to leave Ash to his sleep.

"Are you serious, Nurse Joy said she'd do the Psychic surgery for me?" Ash asked in disbelief when I tell him the news after his nap.

"Uh-huh, and I guess who you have to thank?" I ask with a grin

Ash laughs a bit then turns to Pikachu who sits beside him, "Thank buddy, I guess you managed to connive Nurse Joy with your adorable looks right?"

"Ax ax ewe w!" Axew says with a giggle and shakes his head

"Pika pi chu!" Pikachu says then points over at me.

Ash looks up, "What…di-did I miss something?"

"Oh, Ash it wasn't Pikachu," I say laughing, "didn't I say I'd connive Nurse Joy for you?"

Ash's face turns red, "Oh, hehe…right sorry I just thought…" he stops to mess with his fingers, "er…never mind"

"No what is it?" I ask halting my laughter

"Ax axew ew?" Axew also says wondering as well

Ash looks up at me his face still a shade of red he gives a nervous laugh, "Oh, er…uh i-it's nothing important,"

I shake my head, "Ash your such a little kid,"

"Am not!" he protests

I love it when he does that, arguing back just proves how much of a little kid he really is, but Ash being Ash never seems to catch onto that! We both share a laugh, but it only last for a short while when Ash cries out reaches to grip his injured leg.

"Ash you okay?" I wonder, seeing his face twist into the expression of pain

"No, I-I mean…I'm fine," Ash says biting his lip I see his grip tighten over his bandaged leg he give a pain filled grunt, "Ugh...the pain medicine starting to wear off…"

"Pika," Pikachu whimpers obviously feeling concerned for his trainer

"I'll go get Nurse Joy," I say standing.

"No…I'm o-okay…I can power through it," Ash says, he rests his back against the headboard and grits his teeth slightly.

"Ash, I know when someone's in pain," I say placing my hand on my hip and look over at my green dragon Pokémon, "Axew, can you go and get Nurse Joy please?"

"Ax ax axew!" Axew says with a small smile and then jumps down from my shoulder and starts for the door, Pikachu follows knowing how easily Axew could get sidetracked.

"You didn't have to do that you know," Ash mutters

"Oh, well sorry for trying to keep my friend from being in pain," I say teasingly, Ash give a small smile, then it turns into a frown, "Is something the matter?" I ask siting back down into my chair.

Ash removes his grip from his leg, and looks up, "Um no i-it's just that…I don't know how this whole Pyschic surgery is going to go,"

"What do you mean?"

"What if it doesn't work?" Ash asks

"Well Nurse Joy said it would,"

Ash looks up at the ceiling, "I know but, damn it…" he grunts and rubs his leg, " I-I'm just worried about my leg not being ready in time for the Unova League…i-if it's not….I-I don't know w-what'll do…"

I frown, "Ash you shouldn't worry about the Unova League it's still a month and a half away," I grab his hand, "with the Psychic surgery you'll have a lot of time to get better…plus if it makes you feel better I'll help you through it every step of the way, promise!"

Ash looks at me with an almost shocked expression, "Really?"

I smile, "Well, yeah I mean what are friends for right?"

Ash smiles and looks back up at the ceiling his face it still majorly red, I wonder why.

Nurse Joy confirms that she'll start Ash's surgery around nine thirty tomorrow morning before her rush of daily work with dealing with injured or sick Pokémon starts, that being so the nurse suggest Ash going to bed early. It wasn't much of surprise to anyone when Ash started complain about it but Nurse Joy started to get rather upset, a side that you rarely see in any Nurse Joy, and Ash gave in.

"Hey Iris I'm going to have to go back home," Virgil says, as night starts to fall, "I promised Davey I help out with feeding all the Pokémon and washing the planes in the morning, but don't worry Davey and I will be sure to drop by tomorrow,"

"Sure thing, Virgil," Cilan says as the Pokémon Rescue Squad member heads for the door

"Bye, and thanks for your help!" I add as he leaves

Cilan then stretches and yawns, "Well, I think it's about time for us to turn in for the day, don't you think, Iris?"

"Yeah, I guess, but I want to check on how Ash is doing" I say then hand my sleeping Axew to him, "put Axew in my bed for me will you?"

"Sure thing Iris, I'm going to go get ready for bed now," the connoisseur says then walks off towards the room that we had rented for the night with Axew.

"Do you think Ash will be alright after the surgery?" I ask looking over to Pikachu who sat on my right shoulder.

The Pokémon give a thoughtful look, "Pika pi chu chu," Pikachu says with a shrug

I reach the bedroom Nurse Joy had assigned Ash to sleep in, at first I hesitate to go in, if he was asleep I didn't want to disturb him.

"Pi chu?" Pikachu say hopping down from my shoulder and starts to sniff at the crack beneath the door where light could be seen coming out.

I arch an eyebrow, I know it would probably be rude thing to just walk in on someone, but I grab the door hand and turn it, "Ash?" I ask poking my head into the room.

I see Ash sitting up in the bed, with the lamp on, at the sound of my voice my raven haired friend jumps, "Oh…I-Iris you kinda scared me there," he stammers.

"Ash what are you still doing up? Weren't you supposed to be a sleep a while ago?" I wonder entering the room and closing the door softly behind me, "if Nurse Joy sees your awake she's gonna have a huge fit!"

"Er, um yeah" Ash mutters he has something on his lap, I quickly see him trying to cover it up.

"What's that?" I ask coming over to his bed to get a better look

"Huh, o-oh uh i-it's nothing," Ash says sweatdropping, whatever the object is he quickly shoves it under the blankets.

I give a playful smirk, "Oh, it's nothing?" I repeat eyeing the lump in the blankets, "it's looks pretty important to me,"

"Pika pi chu ka," Pikachu mutters cocking his head to the side as he hopes up onto the bed and starts to sniff the lump.

"Pikachu stop it…" Ash says placing his hand on the lump, he turns back to me, "er…uh did you come here for any particular reason Iris?"

I blink, "Oh, I just wanted to wish you sweet dreams and all since you're going under surgery tomorrow,"

"Oh," Ash says, then starts to mess with his fingers, "well um thanks," he looks up at me with his amber colored eyes, his cheeks seem pink.

I sit on the side of his bedm, Ash continues to stare at me and an awkward silence settles between us, I start to feel uncomfortable "Uh, do you need to tell me something, Ash?"

"Huh, oh no I was just thinking…about something-hey!" I look over to see Pikachu wiggling his way underneath the blankets, "Pikachu get out from under there!"

I leap off the bed as Ash throws the covers over his head to nab Pikachu, when he manages to pull Pikachu from under the blankets, I see that the electric mouse has something in his grasp.

"Pikachu put that down! That's mine!" Ash cries dropping the electric mouse and reaching for what looks like a book in Pikachu hand, but Pikachu is a clever little Pokémon and scrambles over towards the end of the bed where Ash can't reach, "Damn it, Pikachu you better give that back!" he say reaching but with his injured leg in the way his finger tips are just out of reach of the Pokémon.

Pikachu blow a raspberry and prances around in a mischievous manner, so much so that he topples backwards off the bed. The book like item slips from the electric type Pokémon's grip and slide across the floor and stops directly in front of my feet. I reach down and pick it up, I hear Ash gasp at this. What sits in my hands are in fact a book, it has a bluish green color. When I pick it up I see that it's a notebook(TG2012: you know those solid colored composition ones) and it looks like it's been through a lot, I can see a rip in the cover and a there's a bit water damage on it, but what's written in the middle of the notebook in bold black sharpie takes in my interest.

"Travels in Unova," I read aloud, "Ash what is this?"

"Nothing! It's nothing!" Ash cries and then quickly grabs it from my hands.

"Hey!" I say, "come on Ash don't be such a little kid," I climb up on the end of the bed where Pikachu had fallen off of. The Pokémon now lay on the floor with swirls in his eyes.

Ash shakes his head, and tries to hide a sheepish smile as his face turn pink, "No Iris this is uh…personal…" he says shoving it back under the sheets.

"Why can't I see it?" I ask inching my way up the bed, and getting closer to him, as I do Ash's ears and cheeks start to glow a bright red color.

"B-Because….er because….uh, yeah just because, Iris that's why!" Ash says placing his hands on top of the lump the notebook forms, "besides it's none of your business," he adds defensively.

I laugh as I come up a bit closer, careful to avoid his leg, "Come on, let me see that notebook!" I once again lunge for it but Ash quickly grabs it and holds it over my head, just out of my reach.

"I said it's none of your freakin' business Iris!" Ash says with a grin, a grin that he gives when he know he's won some sort of argument.

I wasn't going to back down that easy, "Well, I'm just about to make it my business!" that's when I go for Ash's weak spot; I reach out my hands and start to tickle his stomach.

"I-Iris please, ha ha ha, Iris no stop!" Ash says and starts to squirm as he tries to resist laughing, but it's not working.

"Give it up Ash," I say as Ash starts up into full scale laughter, "let me see that notebook!"

"N-No…hahahaha….y-you c-can't!" Ash cries as he struggles to swallow down his laughing, he refuses to lower the blue notebook to where I can reach it.

"Let me see that notebook and I'll stop!" I say.

"Hell no!" Ash yells as he laughs his face red.

"I'll give you one more chance Ketchum!" I say finding myself laughing as I continue to tickle him unmercifully.

"NO!NO!NO!" Ash chokes out

"Then you leave me no choice!" I start to tickle Ash under the arms and his neck.

This makes Ash completely loose it, "IRIS STOP! S-STOP! SSSTOOP!" he yells as tears of laughter start to be squeezed from his eyes, "ST-STOP-P-PLEASE….I-I CA-CAN'T BREATH!FOR THE LOVE OF SHIT STOP TICKLING MMMMMEEEEEE!" at this the notebook Ash holds falls from his hands and onto the floor.

I give a triumph laugh as I reach over the edge of the bed to grab it but my finger only graze it when I feel strong arms wrap around my middle, "Hey!" I look up to see Ash holding onto me tightly.

"Iris no…y-you can't look at that!" Ash says, as he's trying to regain his breath.

"Well, why not-AHHHH!" but that's all I can get out before my weight and gravity pulls both Ash and I onto the floor with a loud thud.

The position were in is awkward. I'm at an angle, half my body is on top of Ash's, my head is resting on his chest and my feet and the rest of my lower body are in the air. There's a bit of silence, my face heats up as I look up at that raven haired little kid, his amber eyes look down at me and his face is bright red.

The burning in my cheeks starts to make that odd fuzzy feeling rise in my stomach again, at this I quickly sit up, "Er, um sorry I didn't mean to fall like that," I say in a hurried manner, Ash says nothing he just continues to look at me his lips pressed together as if to force back a smile, I start to get to my feet, "I should get back to my room, Axew's waiting-OH!" my foot get caught on one of the bed sheets that had fallen from the bed and fall right back on top of Ash.

This time I hear Ash scream, "AH!OWOWOWOWOW! MY LEG, MY LEG! IRIS YOU'RE ON MY LEG GET OFF!"

I gasp and look to see myself sitting on Ash's lower right leg, "OH! Ash I'm so sorry," I say jumping up, "are you okay do you want me to-"

"ALRIGHT, WHAT IN ARCUS IS GOING ON IN HERE?!" I look up to see an angry and tired looking Nurse Joy dressed in her pink pajamas standing in the door way.

"Oh, um Nurse Joy, I just came to say good night to Ash-"I start to stammer

"Well its looks, like you've over did your stay," the nurse says crossing her arms over her chest as she arches an eyebrow at the scene before her.

I quickly try to explain "Well you see I was just-"

But Nurse Joy holds up her hand, "I don't want to hear it, I suggest you go to your room now young lady," she comes over and loops her arms under Ash's to help him up, Ash was clenching his teeth as he tried to hide his pain, "And you mister, where supposed to be asleep a long time ago!" Nurse Joy tells Ash in a scolding tone, despite how light weight Nurse Joy seems she easily help Ash back into his bed.

"Er, um I guess I'll go," I say inching towards the door

Nurse Joy gives a slightly stressed sounding sigh, "Good night Iris," she says forcing a smile before starting to mutter something about how she could never get any sleep.

"Good night Ash," I say looking at him and giving him a small wave, in response he smile a bit and gives one of those head bobs that only guys seem to be able to pull off.

I slip out the door, but just before I close it, I peek back in and steal a glance at that notebook that's still sitting on the floor. I wonder what that thing is…

Will Ash's Pyschic surgery go well? What is this blue notebook and what secrets does it hold? Find out in the next chapter of Hope is Never Broken!

Huh, I expected this chapter to be a bit shorter, but I guess not. Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter if you did I would like to get a review!

Bye:Toadettegirl2012

PS: Just a heads up, if you're wondering when the new Perfect Together fanfic is going to be posted it'll probably won't come out until after Hope is Never Broken is finished or close to being finished… sorry for making you guys wait, but I didn't want to over work myself or anything, but trust me the wait for it will be worth it!

Chapter edited: 7/15/13