Chapter 9

"Baby Ash gets into mischief!"

"I don't care!" Max cried, crossing his arms.

Pikachu stared reluctantly. Brock stood a few feet away from the boy not sure how to approach him.

"Max, you know Ash is a baby, he's not exactly going to show the same kind of openness toward everyone. You saw how he was kicking and pushing Pikachu away when he woke up," Brock said.

"I know that! That's not the point," a discouraged Max yelled before barging out of the room.

"Hmmm," Brock said, exchanging glances with Pikachu.

Max ran into the hallway on the 2nd floor. He continued sulking as he noticed most of the machines had been shut down for the night again. It was already dark on the first floor, which was a bit surprising as the Professor shut down the place earlier than the previous night.

Brock and Pikachu ran up beside Max, trailing behind him in the hallway. Max noticed and turned his head to them hastily.

"What are you guys following me for?" Max snapped.

"We're wondering we're you're going, that's all," Brock replied.

"Pika, pika," Pikachu added.

"I'm going to BED! There's no use staying up out here right now," Max said as he turned around.

"Good. Then maybe you'll see why Ash acted the way he did. I think May and Ash have already gone to sleep for the night," Brock said.

"You don't understand," Max said, putting his hands on the railing, "I know that Ash may like playing with certain people over others. I'm just annoyed that my sister acts like he's hers to keep!"

"She didn't…" Brock tried to say.

"When May was a baby too they used to play together. And it was nice being the older sibling for once, but now that she's grown up again it's like she's taken full control over Ash. She doesn't have to be so greedy, I just want to play with Ash one more time before he's turned back to normal. It's just not fair," Max said as he kicked the railing.

"Max, I talked to your sister after you ran out of the kitchen. She knows how you feel, and I'm willing to bet that she'll let you play with Ash tomorrow. She certainly doesn't want to keep him for herself," Brock sighed.

"Yeah, sure," Max said sarcastically as he walked over to the guest room door. Max turned the doorknob and opened the door slightly, noticing the lights were off.

Max's expression soon changed from upset and frustrated to surprised and bemused as he saw May and Ash sleeping together in the same bed. The light from the hallway lit up the room slightly, but not enough to wake either Ash or May up. Brock and Pikachu entered the room alongside Max as they saw the two sleeping together.

Max looked innocently at May and Ash, who both had content smiles on as they slept. They were in the same positions as before, with May holding Ash's torso under the blanket while they were both facing to the right.

"They…look peaceful together don't they?" Max whispered, hoping to not wake them up.

"They really do. I don't want to disturb them…it would be a shame," Brock whispered back, closing the door gently behind him.

Max wondered if he had been a tad too harsh on his sister. He walked toward his bed on the right side of the room, still admiring the sight. Just the sight of the two sleeping side by side peacefully was enough for him to calm down.

Brock went into the bathroom to start brushing his teeth for the night. He chuckled to himself, "I wonder how Ash is going to remember this when he's older again…that'll be something."

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The next morning Max woke up first. He was wearing his white t-shirt and green shorts. He hopped out of bed and made sure not to accidentally step on Brock who was sleeping in his sleeping bag in the center of the two beds. He glanced back at his sister's bed and saw that their bodies had shifted positions since last night. Ash was now facing toward May, as their foreheads were leaning against one another. May's hand was on Ash's shoulder, and some strands of her hair were resting on top of his head. Their faces were a mere inch apart. Max smiled contently as it looked like they made sure they were still holding onto each other all night. He quickly opened the door to see if the Professor was up.

Max ran down the stairs and darted for the Professor's sleeping quarters. He was eager to discover if the Professor was awake. He knocked gently on the door and waited a few seconds.

There was no answer.

Max knocked again, this time a bit louder than before. After a few seconds passed, again there was no answer.

Max curiously turned the doorknob to see if the door would open. To his surprise, the door was unlocked! He peeked inside only to see the room vacant. He saw the Professor's bed was already messy, so he figured that the Professor had already gotten up. The boy shut the door as he then started wandering around the lab looking for him. The machines in the lab were still off, so he wondered where the Professor could be.

Max's mind last night was completely on his sister and Ash. For some reason, he really liked the fact that his best friend and older sister looked so happy resting together. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he found something about it endearing. Nevertheless, Max wanted to find the Professor quickly to find out if this would indeed be the last day of infant Ash. If the Professor was going to make another batch of his #69 formula, Max wanted to make sure to spend as much time with infant Ash as possible before he was ready to turn him back to normal.

"Where could he be?" Max asked out loud quickly, running around the lab. The boy then turned to the door on the left side of the lab. It was the same small room that the Professor had turned his sister back to normal in. Could the Professor be in there?

Max ran up to the door and put his hand on the handle. He could hear murmuring inside, and Max realized that he was probably inside! He smiled as he turned the doorknob.

He opened the door and gasped, "What the heck!?"

Max saw the Professor tied to a chair with a handkerchief in his mouth. Beside him stood Jessie, James and Meowth who were rummaging through his desk drawers.

"Not you guys again! What are you doing!?" Max shouted.

Jessie, James and Meowth turned to the boy.

"What are you doing up so early, kid?" James asked.

"James, you moron!" Jessie threatened, "I thought you said this plan would work if we got up early in the morning since the twerps would all still be asleep!"

"Well how did I know one of them was going to be an early bird?" James retorted.

Meowth yawned, "We got up so early for nuthin' then! We feline Pokemon need many hours of sleep you know."

The Professor started rocking his chair, trying to say something while the handkerchief covered his mouth.

Max stood bravely in front of the villains. "You guys broke into the lab again!? What are you trying to do this time!?"

"Found it!" Jessie said chuckling. She held up in her hands the Professor's ray gun which turned Ash and May into infants.

"Good work, Jess, let's get the heck out of here now before the rest of them wake up!" James said quickly.

"Give that back!" Max demanded.

"Suuure we will, kiddo. Hey, Jessie, why don't you try that thingamabob out?" Meowth asked.

"You're right, Meowth! What's the point of stealing it without making sure it works first? This turned the other twerps into infants, let's see how it works on this one!" Jessie exclaimed as she aimed the ray gun at Max.

The Professor shook his head nervously while trying to tell Max to run.

Max backed up in fear as Jessie was about to push the button. "Hey…wait a second!" Max yelled.

"Sorry, wait time is over!" Jessie sneered as she pushed the button.

The rays of yellow light began appearing on the dish of the gun as the light slowly began to accumulate together.

"This thing is taking forever to fire!" James bellowed.

"I thought this was instant-infant-i-zation!" Jessie pondered.

"Gah!" Max yelled as he sharply turned and ran out of the room screaming, "WAKE UP! TEAM ROCKET IS HERE!"

"He's getting away!" Meowth yelled.

Jessie, James and Meowth ran outside the small room and into the main area of the lab. Max was frantically running up the stairs to get back up onto the hallway of the second floor.

"GUYS, WAKE UP!" Max cried.

"That thing looks like it's ready, why don't you aim with it?" James asked.

Jessie pointed the ray gun up at Max as he was climbing the stairs. The light had fully accumulated and shot out a beam of light in Max's direction!

Max frantically screamed at the top of his lungs before he ducked to the ground, "WAKE UPPPPP!!!!!"

Inside the guest room, Max's scream woke Brock and Pikachu up. Brock sat up in his sleeping bag, "Pikachu, did you just hear Max screaming?"

Pikachu nodded and jumped off Max's bed. Brock, who was wearing his green T-shirt and brown pants jumped out of his sleeping bag and walked past May and Ash who were still sound asleep. He opened the door and ran out with Pikachu and then shut the door behind him.

Brock stood on the railing on the second floor and ran down the hallway with Pikachu following. "Max!?" Brock yelled.

Max frantically held his hands over his head as the beam of light had struck him!

"Ghhaaa!" Max cried as the light completely engulfed him.

"Bulls eye," Jessie said as she snapped her fingers.

Nice shot," Meowth complimented, "Now we can see if this gun is the real deal."

Team Rocket watched as a blinding light began to engulf the entire room. They started to shield their eyes from the intense brightness.

Brock and Pikachu stopped in their tracks as the light from the other end of the hallway began to shine in their eyes as well. "Oh damnit! I hope this isn't what I think it is!" Brock shouted while shielding his eyes.

"Chu….pikaka!" Pikachu stuggled to say.

The Professor saw Team Rocket gloating while shielding their eyes from the open doorway. His face was furious as he struggled to free himself from the rope that bound him to the chair. He knew he had to get free and get to his Pokeball that was in a lower drawer of his desk. If he could send out his Tyranitar, he would be able to stop Team Rocket from stealing his invention like he did before. The Professor tried moving his hands and body but it was of no use, Team Rocket had tied him down too tightly.

"Aargh…" Brock grunted as he inched his way closer to the source of light.

The light of the room then began to slowly fade. Brock, Pikachu and Team Rocket started to remove their hands from their eyes as the bright light started to disappear. Brock then darted across the hallway to finally see what was going on.

He kept running until he saw something laying right above the stairs, "What the…" he gasped as he stopped in his tracks.

A small chubby infant with jet black hair and tiny glasses was laying face first on the floor. The small boy sat up and raised his head as the glasses fell off his face and onto the ground.

"So it DOES work. Amazing!" James said happily.

Jessie held the gun in her hands and began examining it from all positions, "This is a pretty nifty toy."

"We got what we came for now let's scram before any of those other twerps wake up! The noise probably woke them by now!" Meowth said hastily.

"I DON'T BELIEVE THIS!" Brock shouted as he ran up to an infant Max, who was sitting curiously on the ground.

"PIKAPIKA!" Pikachu shouted as it spotted Team Rocket on the lower level.

"Nice going with all your screaming, James! You woke them up!" Jessie said angrily as she raised a fist at James.

"I didn't wake them up you nutcase! It was the boy screaming that did it," James replied.

A very pissed off Brock picked up infant Max in his hands and ran down the stairs to confront Team Rocket. Pikachu slid down the banister of the stairs following him.

"This time you guys have gone just too far!" Brock screamed at Team Rocket, "Where is the Professor?"

Brock then ran forward while holding a very confused infant Max, and saw the open door of the room the Professor was tied up in. The Professor looked at Brock with relief, and then looked at infant Max with astonishment.

"Professor!" Brock yelled as he ran inside the room.

Brock placed infant Max on the floor as he took the handkerchief out from the Professor's mouth.

"What in the world took you so long to wake up!?" the Professor snapped.

"Well gee, you're real grateful," Brock said sarcastically.

"C'mon, let's get out of here!" James said quickly.

"Not yet," Jessie snickered, "I want to make sure they don't follow us. This is one plan I won't have ruined. This device is too amazing to lose again."

Jessie ran into the doorway and saw Brock trying to pull apart the ropes that tied the Professor. Jessie snickered and raised the ray gun and pointed it at Brock and the Professor.

"What! What are you doing?" Brock replied in horror.

"Just making sure my perfect scheme comes together," Jessie said.

"I think it would be better just to make a run for it now!" James bellowed as he tried to change her mind.

"Yeah let's go!" Meowth added.

"NO!" Jessie replied, "The boy and girl twerp are infants somewhere in the lab. The littliest twerp was just turned into an infant. And now if I get the big one and the old geyser, we'd be scot-free to make a break for it without anyone following us!"

"You're going to turn them all into babies?" James asked.

"Yep. This is the most brilliant idea I've ever had. Now we'll finally get away with a plan for once," Jessie said as she aimed at Brock and the Professor.

Brock raised an eyebrow. Jessie thinks that May is still an infant, she doesn't know that May was already turned back to normal, Brock thought.

"SNAP OUT OF IT, KID!" The Professor shouted, "Go get my Tyranitar and send it after these three, quickly!

"Good idea!" Brock said as he stood up.

"There's a big hole in that plan," James said.

"PIKA PIK!" Pikachu started readying an electric attack while standing in front of infant Max.

James reached into his pocket and pulled out a Pokeball with a large dent in it. "We already have your Tyranitar, we found it in the desk. We were beaten by your Tyranitar last time, but this time we were ready for it!"

"DAMN!" The Professor grinded his teeth, "You took my Pokeball out of my desk while searching for my ray gun!"

"We're out of options…." Brock said quickly, trying to think of a plan.

"PIKA PIKA," Pikachu threatened.

"I wouldn't do that, Pikachu!" Meowth waved his hand, "If you fire an electric attack, Jessie will zap you before you even blink! Gee, I wonder. Wouldn't Pikachu turn back into a Pichu if he were zapped?"

"Pika?" Pikachu said holding back it's electricity.

"Aha! Good going Meowth," Jessie said as she continued to aim at them with the ray gun.

Brock stood there angrily but realized there was little he could do. He thought, I don't even have my Foretress with me, how can I defend Max and the Professor and get us out of this mess? And if she fires at us, we're pretty much screwed.

"Ah what the hey….I might as well zap you guys anyway!" Jessie stated.

"WHAT?!" Brock replied, astonished.

Jessie pressed on the red button on the side of the gun as the light began to accumulate on the sides of the dish again. Jessie sneered as her plan was taking full effect.

The Professor sat there grinning as the light from the gun began to fade instead of firing out.

"Huh?" Brock asked.

Jessie looked down at the gun, "Why….why didn't it work this time?"

"Did you break it?" Meowth asked.

"NO!" Jessie replied.

"That's not it. You lunatics don't realize that the gun needs time to recharge!" The Professor said. grinning, "It wasn't designed to fire blast after blast, it only has enough energy to work once a day!"

"What? You mean this thing only has enough juice to work once a day? Drat!" an enraged Jessie said.

A glimmer of hope appeared in Brock's eye, "Heh, looks like you guys are the ones out of options now."

"Maybe biting off more than we could chew wasn't such a good idea after all, huh?" Jessie said nervously as she looked back at James and Meowth.

"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Brock commanded.

"PIKA!" Pikachu shouted as it released a bolt of energy.

"MOVE IT!" Jessie yelled as she ran out of the doorway and toward the entrance of the lab. James and Meowth quickly followed her to escape Pikachu's attack.

The electric attack had hit the ground but Team Rocket had outrun the attack. Brock ran outside the room with Pikachu and back into the main area of the lab.

He turned back to the Professor before giving chase to Team Rocket, "Stay there and look after Max!" he instructed. Brock and Pikachu then quickly ran to the front doors as Team Rocket ran out of the lab.

The Professor looked down at the ropes that still bound him to the chair, "As if I have any choice in the matter?" he asked himself.

Max looked up at the Professor and started sucking his thumb. The young infant didn't make a sound and just sat there watching everything that was going on.

"Uh…hey there, kiddo! You wouldn't happen to have a knife on you by any chance would'ja?" The Professor asked rhetorically.

The only response from Max that could be heard was the sucking of his thumb.

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"Don't run down the center!" James warned.

"Oh, I almost forgot," Jessie said as she held onto the ray gun with her right hand.

Team Rocket quickly ran slightly to the left as they exited the lab before running straight ahead. As soon as Team Rocket was a few feet ahead standing in the grassy field, they looked at the entrance, waiting for Brock and Pikachu to run outside.

Brock stepped one foot outside the lab and saw Team Rocket a mere ten feet ahead of him. "There they are Pikachu!" he shouted.

Team Rocket grinned as Brock and Pikachu started running straight toward them. Brock noticed the grass he was stepping on seemed a little uneven, but before he knew what was going on he already fell into their trap.

"Pika?" Pikachu asked as it stood next to Brock.

The ground suddenly collapsed below Brock and Pikachu's feet. "AHHH!" Brock yelled as he and Pikachu fell down into a pitfall that Team Rocket had dug outside the lab.

"Yes, it worked!" Meowth shouted in joy.

Jessie and James started dancing jovially over their plan working.

"Ugh…I think I've lost count over the number of times we've fallen for this trap over the years…" Brock groaned, rubbing his side.

"Chu…pika," Pikachu said, lifting it's face up from the dirt.

Team Rocket gazed down at Brock and Pikachu from up above.

"You can never be too careful with a get-away scheme," James grinned, rubbing his hands together.

"Yep, looks like digging that pitfall before we broke into the lab was a brilliant idea after all," Jessie laughed.

Brock stood up as his body was still a little sore after the fall. "Where do you guys think you're going?" Brock demanded at Team Rocket.

"We're flying the coop. You on the other hand will be having a nice time trapped down there for awhile," Meowth winked.

"Let's go," Jessie said, "We've won, all the twerps are out of commission."

"We're not going to try and capture Pikachu?" James asked.

"What for?" Jessie bemused, "We already have the Professor's Tyranitar and his ray gun. The device alone will be enough for the boss to change his attitude toward us. And who needs a puny Pikachu when we have a Tyranitar?"

"Good point," James said as he examined the dented Pokeball.

"Oh well, so long! Haha!" Jessie sneered as the three of them started running into the forest at the edge of the field.

"Damnit!" Brock said as kicked a rock in the pitfall, "Team Rocket got away, and Max is an infant! And without that gun, I don't think we'll have a way to turn Ash or Max back to normal."

Pikachu lowered it's ears as it was worried that it would never see it's trainer fully grown again.

"The Professor is still tied to that chair and we have no way of climbing out of here. If only I had my Foretress with me we may have been able to dig our way out. May better wake up soon, she's the only one who can get us out of this mess!" Brock said, crossing his arms.

~*~*~*

Inside the guest room, May started to wake up as she moved her forehead away from Ash's. The girl sat upright in her bed not knowing the disaster that had happened to her friends and brother. She stretched her arms as she looked passionately at the sleeping infant next to her. "He's so adorable," she thought, "He didn't let go of me the entire night."

She took off the covers and gently got up off the bed without waking Ash up. She looked over at the other bed and noticed that Max, Brock and Pikachu weren't in the room. She figured they must have gotten up early for some reason, and didn't think too much about it otherwise.

A groggy Ash started reaching with his hands to feel if May was still next to him on the bed. The boy's eyes were still closed as his hands reached for the girl but only touched the sheets instead. Ash nervously opened his eyes and started to cry when he realized that May wasn't next to him.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Ash cried.

May turned quickly as she noticed Ash had gotten up. "I'm right here Ash!" May said softly as she sat on the edge of the bed.

Ash looked up at May as he continued to cry while reaching out for her. "Awww…Ash. I told you I wasn't going to leave you," she said as she picked up the boy and held him close to her body. Ash wrapped his hands around May's shoulders as he started to feel safe with the girl holding him again.

May realized that the boy woke up as soon as he noticed that she wasn't leaning against him on the bed. She chuckled as she squeezed her friend in her arms.

"Had a nice sleep?" she asked as Ash looked up at her.

"Y-yea…" Ash whimpered.

"The others must have gotten up already, their beds are empty," May said, getting up from her bed while holding the infant and walked toward the bathroom.

Ash looked around and noticed that they were the only ones in the room. He gripped onto May's yellow T-shirt tightly, wondering where Pikachu and the others were.

May soon realized she was in a bit of a problem. She wanted to go into the bathroom to shower, brush her teeth, and do her morning routine, but she knew that Ash wouldn't let her put him down. There was also nobody else in the room that could watch Ash, and she certainly was uneasy with bringing Ash into the bathroom with her as she did her business.

"Hmmm," May pondered as she cracked open the guest room door and looked out into the hallway of the lab.

The lab was quiet. The machines were off, and there was no sign of Brock or the others. She briefly looked down at the first floor of the lab before going back into the room and shutting the door behind her.

"There doesn't seem to be anyone out there…maybe they're all outside or something?" May pondered as she looked in the bathroom.

She noticed that most of the towels were still dry. She went up to Max's toothbrush and felt the bristles.

"I knew it! My brother didn't brush his teeth or take a shower before running downstairs! Must I do everything for him? If it weren't for me my brother probably wouldn't wash himself for days!" May said, rolling her eyes.

May walked out of the bathroom, carrying Ash in her arms. She placed Ash back down on the bed as she sat next to him.

"Wha?" Ash asked, standing while holding onto May's shoulders for support.

"Ash," she said as she turned to the infant, "I don't know where the others are, but I'm going to have to go into the bathroom for a little while. Can you stay here on the bed and not get yourself into trouble?"

"Wha? Nono!" Ash shook his head nervously, gripping onto May's right shoulder.

"Ash…oh c'mon. I'm going to be riiiiiight there," May said, pointing to the bathroom door.

Ash looked at what she was pointing at. "Listen," May continued, "If you want me to play with you later, I have to leave you here until I'm finished with myself in the bathroom. I won't even be that far away, so there's nothing for you to be scared about."

Ash let go of May's arm and plopped himself down on the bed. He looked a bit frustrated as he wanted to go with May wherever she went.

"Hey I know!" May said as she got up off the bed, "I can get one of my Pokemon to watch you while I'm in the shower!"

May reached into her fanny pack which was on the floor in the middle of the room. She moved her clothes aside as she took out a Pokeball from the pocket.

"Come out, Munchlax!" she said.

Ash watched as the white light formed into a round, glutton Pokemon known as Munchlax. Its fur was dark blue and the Pokemon had a rather absent-minded expression on it's face.

"Alright, Munchlax, I'm putting you in charge of Ash while I'm in the shower. Make sure you play with him and that he doesn't get himself into trouble," she instructed.

"Munch?" Munchlax pointed to infant Ash in a confused manner.

"Oh yeah, that's right," May said as she slapped her forehead, "You didn't know, but Ash was turned into an infant….I was too….but we'll be turning Ash back to normal later today. I just need you to watch him for a few minutes while I'm in the bathroom."

Ash had a devious look on his face as he watched May place Munchlax's Pokeball on Max's bed. The young boy was quickly thinking up a plan to follow May without being watched by her Pokemon.

May picked up her red shirt, her white skirt, her pink bra, and her bandana from the floor. "I'll change into my clothes in the bathroom," May said as she walked to the bathroom door and turned the handle.

Munchlax hopped on the bed next to Ash. Ash looked at Munchlax with intense hatred and contempt.

"OK, Ash? Play with Munchlax until I come out," May winked at the boy as she went inside the bathroom and closed the door behind her. She decided not to lock the door however, just in case she had to run out of the bathroom quickly if Ash got himself into trouble.

Ash blushed as he saw May wink at him. "Heehee," he chuckled.

"Lax…Munchlax!" Munchlax gestured as it held out its hand toward Ash.

Ash looked back at the Pokemon with disgust and fiercely slapped its hand away.

"MUNCH?!" Munchlax said, surprised.

Ash hopped off the bed without thinking and fell to the floor on his hands and knees, the bed was a little higher up than the infant expected. The boy rubbed his legs as he started walking toward Max's bed.

"Munchlax?" Munchlax asked as it hopped off the bed and followed the infant.

Inside the bathroom, May had placed her clothes on top of the hamper near the door. She had just finished urinating, and was now brushing her teeth in the mirror. She started to wonder how well Munchlax and Ash were getting along.

"Gogogogogoogo a-way!" Ash shouted as he tried pushing Munchlax away from him.

"Munchlax, Munch!" Munchlax tried to reassure the infant without being too harsh with him.

Ash's eyebrows raised as he picked up one of May's shoes from the floor and quickly threw it at the Pokemon. Munchlax tried blocking it but the shoe smacked it right in the head.

"Laaaax," Munchlax sighed as it rubbed its head.

"HAH!" Ash said jovially as he picked up May's other shoe and threw it straight at Munchlax's head.

WHACK!

The shoe hit Munchlax square in the face and knocked it over. Ash giggled as Munchlax groaned on the floor.

Ash quickly looked up and remembered that May had placed Munchlax's Pokeball on Max's bed. The boy started pulling on the sheets of Max's bed in order to get the ball to fall off the bed.

Munchlax started growling at the infant as it was getting a bit annoyed with him. "Munchlax!" it shouted as it tried to reprimand Ash.

Ash ignored the Pokemon and successfully grabbed the Pokeball as it fell off the bed. "Hmmmm," Ash pondered as he held the Pokeball in his hands.

May turned on the faucets for the showerhead in the bathtub. She lifted off her yellow T-shirt and placed it on top of her other clothes. She then slid off her shorts and undergarments and placed those aside as well.

She looked naively at her body in the mirror. She knew she had a rather well developed body for her age, as her mother had told her about puberty when she was only eight since that's when she started developing. May was only one full cup size smaller than her mother, as her mother had bought her a full B cup bra when she turned ten years old. She pressed against her chest quickly before smiling at herself in the mirror. She then stepped into the bathtub and closed the curtains behind her.

"MUUUUUUNNNNNCH!" a frustrated Munchlax shouted as it tried to pull its Pokeball out of Ash's hands.

"NOOOOOOOO!" Ash shouted as he pulled back on the ball.

Ash continued pulling on the Pokeball as he picked up May's fanny pack from the floor and started whacking Munchlax over the head with it.

Whack! Whack! Whack!"Munch?" "Munch?" "Munch?"

A frustrated Munchlax kept getting pounded on the head by Ash as the two continued to pull on the ball.

"Gaaagyooo!" Ash shouted.

"LAAAAAAAX!" Munchlax responded as the pounding to its head was too much.

Munchlax let go of the Pokeball as it tumbled backward. Ash laughed as he dropped the fanny pack to the floor and held the Pokeball in his hands.

Ash pointed the Pokeball at Munchlax.

"Munchlax!" Munchlax said nervously waving its arms.

"Heeeheee!" Ash giggled as a red laser came out of the Pokeball and shot at the Pokemon.

The beam then recalled Munchlax back into its Pokeball.

SUCCESS!

Ash grinned with amusement as he successfully got rid of Munchlax. Ash rubbed his right cheek in delight and then tossed the Pokeball aside as he went to look for May.

May was showering in the bathtub as she was standing under the showerhead, letting her hair get wet. She picked up a bar of soap from the side and started rubbing it against her arms. She also squeezed some shampoo out of a container and started rubbing it into her hair.

"One thing I gotta say about the Professor, he knows how to keep a bathroom clean," May said to herself and she rubbed her legs with the bar of soap.

Ash walked up to the closed bathroom door. The boy tried reaching for the doorknob but it was too high up for him to reach. He started whimpering as he tried hard standing on his tippy-toes to reach the doorknob to no avail. Ash quickly got frustrated and dropped himself to the ground.

He then noticed some light coming from underneath the bathroom door. Ash laid down on his stomach with his head turned as he tried to look under the bathroom door. All he could see was the bathtub at the very end, but no May. He sat himself up again as he rubbed his eyes calmly.

Ash was desperate to be reunited with May again. He looked around the room for anything that could help him reach the doorknob.

"Aha!" Ash exclaimed as he looked at his backpack and May's fanny pack.

May finished washing the soap off her body as she placed the bar of soap aside. Most of the shampoo had been washed off her hair as well. She turned the faucet as she let more warm water pulsate on her back. She loved taking warm showers, it was one of the things that helped relax her the most. May smiled contently as she stood there letting the water massage her neck and back.

Ash pulled both his green backpack and May's fanny pack toward the door. The boy thought up a plan quickly. He placed his backpack flat down against the door and then placed May's fanny pack on top of his bag. With the items included in the pocket of May's bag, it would give Ash the boost to reach the doorknob. Ash then took one step on top of May's fanny pack, he stood up slowly as he didn't want to topple over and fall. He then brought his other small chubby leg on top of the fanny pack. Ash now stood with the doorknob just above him which was in arms reach. Ash reached up and attempted to turn the knob.

"I sure hope Munchlax is taking good care of Ash. Why do I get the feeling that when I open the door I'll find the entire room in shambles?" May asked herself as she cracked her neck.

The girl pressed her hands alongside her body as she was just about ready to come out of the shower. She pressed her fingers alongside her breasts while staring at the white marble wall in the bathroom. She leaned her head against the wall as the water from the showerhead came down upon her.

"Heh," Ash chuckled as he turned the doorknob.

To his surprise, the door slightly opened! Ash gently stepped off the bags and quietly pushed the door open. The door creaked open with only the slightest sound. The young infant looked in the bathroom and saw May's silhouette through the shower curtains. With the door opened very gently and the curtains blocking her view, along with the sound of the showerhead that masked over any other sound in the room, not to mention with her relaxed state, May didn't know that Ash was inside the bathroom, standing by the entrance.

Ash smiled as he finally got a chance to be with May again. The boy really wanted nothing more than to be with someone that he trusted the most as an infant. He stepped two feet in the bathroom and stared curiously at the shower curtains that May was standing behind. The boy didn't realize that he was doing anything wrong, as an infant he had no morals of right or wrong, only instinct.

May picked her head up from against the wall and turned off the faucets. The showerhead turned off as the last droplets of water could be heard dripping on the bottom of the tub. The girl stretched out her arms in delight as she was all squeaky-clean and ready to find out where her brother and the others were.

Ash now stood four feet in front of the tub, scratching his head. The sound of the water turning off confused him, as the boy didn't know what May was doing in there. He watched naively as he was a bit perplexed as to what was going on.

May then pulled aside the shower curtains and stepped one foot out of the tub before realizing someone was standing there in front of her.

The girl spotted Ash who was staring at her naked body. Her face turned completely red as she felt her head spinning. The girl was embarrassed and shocked at the same time, so much that she nervously grabbed the shower curtains and pulled them back over her body while nearly falling over in the tub. She was desperately trying to register everything in her mind, as too many emotions were racing through her head at once for her to think properly. The girl nervously moved the curtains a little to the right as she poked her head out and peeked at the infant with a flustered expression.

"Hiiiiiiiiii!" Ash smiled naively and waved.

May's face blew up bashfully…..

"AAAAAAASSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs in embarrassment.