A/N: Hey, sorry about the long wait, but I was busy moving across the U.S. I really hated to move, but something happened to make me have to move in with my mom.

Anyway, I'd lie to than you all for the reviews; keeps me motivated, but you probably already now that.

Now, on with the chapter:)

Chapter Five- Meeting Place

"Okay," Brock said, placing his hands on the table, and looking out at Ash, Misty, and Kenny, who were all standing with their Pokemon, "Everyone clear on the plan?"

A series of yeses and Pokemon names could be heard along with one "no." Confused, Brock looked around to see Ash standing beside Misty, rubbing his head, "Um, can we go over it again?"

All the people and Pokemon fell, anime style, leaving Ash standing there, stupidly.

"Ash," Kenny moaned, as everyone slowly got back to their feet, "We've gone over it five times already!"

"I know," Ash said, smiling his smile, "But it couldn't hurt to go over it again, could it? If we want it to go smoothly, we should all know it perfectly, right?" He asked cockily, putting his hands behind his head, and leaning back, grinning at them.

"We do know it perfectly, Ash," Misty stated calmly, placing a hand on his shoulder, and giving it a slight squeeze, "Now quit worrying."

'Who's worrying?" Ash asked, looking at her with his eyebrows raised, a sly smile on his lips, "I'm just making sure that you don't embarrass me." Misty jerked her hand back and folded it across her chest.

"Like I would be the one embarrassing everybody!" Misty exclaimed, looking at him accusingly, "Who was the one always getting us lost, huh?!"

"That's different," Ash answered confidently, trying to hide that he was actually embarrassed by her comment, "How is getting lost embarrassing?"

"Well, it's embarrassing, knowing that you have no idea where you're going and you have to ask someone for directions!" Misty shouted.

"We never did that!!"

"That's because you wouldn't let us!!"

They were both now about an inch away from each other with Misty on her toes. (Ash is taller than her now, remember?) Neither of them was actually mad though, and they both knew it. They were just trying to see who cracked first.

They stood there for a few moments, just glaring into the other's eyes before they both suddenly burst out laughing. They laughed so hard that their faces turned red and they couldn't laugh anymore.

"Oh, Ash," Misty giggled, wiping a tear out of her eye, "I would never get mad at you, or at least, not that mad, hopefully, I love you too much.

"I love you, too Mist," Ash whispered, looking deeply into her eyes as they leaned in and kissed.

Meanwhile, over at the picnic table, Brock stood tapping his foot impatiently, while next to him, Kenny took notes.

So this is what a young couple is like… He thought as he wrote down "stare into her eyes" and underlining it.

"Hey guys!" Brock called, waving his arms trying to get the kissing couple's attention, "Guys! GUYS!!!"

Ash and Misty broke and looked at him blushing, "Sorry," they mumbled together, "Got a little carried away…"

Brock rolled his eyes at them, "Okay, anyways, let's get everything rounded up and then proceed with-"

"HEY WAIT!!!" Ash suddenly shouted, causing everyone to jump.

"WHAT!?" Brock exclaimed, agitated, getting up from the ground, his heart racing.

"Do we even know where to meet Team rocket?" Ash asked, looking around with raised eyebrows.

"Oh man! I completely forgot about that!!" Brock shouted, smacking himself on the forehead. "Was it on the note?"

Kenny leaned down and picked it up off the ground where Brock had knocked it down when he fell down earlier. He skimmed it again and slowly shook his head, "No…"

"Check on the back," Misty suggested, walking over, taking the note from Kenny, and flipping it over. "Here it is!" She exclaimed, pointing at some scribbled writing on the back of the paper.

"What does it say?" Ash said strolling over and looking over her shoulder, Pikachu perched on his.

"It says 'P.S: Twerps, meet us at the east side of the lake near you're your camp at dawn tomorrow, or you'll never see Dawn again! (ha ha, get it, dawn and Dawn?!)'" Misty looked up, shaking her head. They have no sense of humor what-so-ever."

"Hey Brock," Kenny said, turning toward him, "What side of the lake are we on?"

"I'm not sure…" Brock shrugged, "Let me check my compass," He said, lifting up his enormous backpack and digging through it. A few moments later he pulled a red and white compass out of the one of the side pockets, and held it out in front of him.

"Well," He stated, looking from them to the compass and back again, "According to this, we're about on the north-east side of the lake, so the east side would be…" Brock looked down at the compass again, "That way." he finished, pointing to the side of the lake to the left of him.

"Great!" Ash and Kenny stated, following Brock's finger and staring determinedly ahead.

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Later that night, really, really late, Kenny couldn't sleep. He was sitting on that log by the fire, staring into, lost in thought; to lost in thought to notice that his constant sighing had woken Ash up.

"Hey Kenny," Ash said, sitting up and yawning, causing Kenny to jump, "Shouldn't you be asleep? We have a really early start tomorrow, remember?" He got up, stretching, and strolled over, plopping down on the log beside him.

"Huh?" Kenny mumbled, turning his head to look at him, "Yeah, I guess, but I can't, I'm too nervous about tomorrow."

"Well, you should be," Ash said, misinterpreting what Kenny meant, "I was nervous, too when I tried to tell Misty how I felt." Ash nodded, while Kenny bolted upright, and looked at him as though he was speaking some other language.

"What are you talking about!?" Kenny exclaimed, forgetting to whisper. Ash made a "sshhing" gesture at him.

"Drop the act, Kenny," Ash smirked, as Kenny felt his face grow hot, "Everyone knows you like Dawn, a lot. Well," Ash rubbed the back of his neck, slowly, staring into the fire, "Everyone except Dawn."

Ash looked at Kenny out of the corner of his eye. He was sitting there, shaking his head. Ash frowned, "Kenny, you are telling her tomorrow, aren't you?"

"Well…" Kenny muttered, not really sure how to answer Ash's question. Ash, however, saw him struggling and smirked again.

"Oh, I get it," Ash stated, still smirking at him, "You're just going to try to wait for the right time and place." Kenny nodded and Ash's smirk widened. "That's exactly what I did with Misty. See, a couple of months ago, I started thinking about her more than usual, a lot more, and I wasn't sure why, and then two days ago, we ended up running into each other again in this clearing in the forest."

"We ended up just talking, and talking, like we used to back when we traveled together, and today, I don't know, something just," Ash shrugged, "clicked, and suddenly we knew how the other felt, no real confession needed. We just looked into the other's eyes and knew. I don't know what you would call it, but, as for me," He mumbled, his eyes focusing on Misty's sleeping figure on the other side of the fire, "I call it fate; love. Trust me, Kenny, once you meet that one person you're destined to be with, you're hooked. Night and day, they're all you think about, you know what I mean?"

He looked back over at Kenny, who seemed to be listening intently, taking mental notes, and grinning. Now he knew exactly how he would approach Dawn, and it would be perfect, flawless, just like Ash's little talk…

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Well, what you think? I kno u guys have been waiting awhile, so I tried to make this chapter way longer than my last one, and I think I did…

Anyways, plz let me kno what u think, and I promise I will get started on the next chapter just as soon as I get a few reviews. THX!