Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, but I do own Mike, Peter, Heather, Louise, Ashley, and the baby.

Chapter 8: The Return Of Mike And Peter!

After making Team Rocket leave them alone forever, Ash and Ashley are gonna be visited by two old friends of Ash's.

The doorbell and when Ash opened the door, he saw Mike, who was dressed in a light blue shirt with jeans on, and Peter, who was dressed in a green shirt with jeans, standing just outside the door.

"Mike! Peter! How've you two been?" asked Ash, letting them in.

"I've been fine. A little crazy with my wife, heather, and the two kids, but overall, fine." replied Mike, walking over to a chair and sat in it along with Peter finding his own chair while Ash took the couch.

"Same here, but with only one kid and one on the way. Poor Louise is about to go crazy, but I keep her in check so that I don't have to deal with her." replied Peter as they all laughed at the little joke that he made about his wife, Louise.

Ashley had just come out of the bedroom after doing the clothes up and noticed that they had company.

"Ash, who are your friends?" asked Ashley, sitting next him on his right.

"Ashley, this is Mike and Peter. I met them when I was traveling through the Almia Region when I first became the Were-Pokemon." replied Ash, looking at Ashley.

"Nice to meet you, Mike and Peter. I've heard a lot about you from Ash." said Ashley, shaking both of their hands.

"It's nice to meet you too, Ashley. So what have you been up to since we last saw you, Ash?" asked Mike as they were looking at Ash and Ashley.

"Well, besides being married to Ashley, we're expecting a little one of our own in two months now." replied Ash excitedly.

"I was wondering why you looked so different from the last time we saw you." said Peter, looking at how big Ash was.

"Oh yeah. Now, I remember. While we were training to get rid of the Were-Pokemon, which, of course, we didn't since Ash is still with us even though we thought that we had killed you that one time in Champion City, we read something that said that the one who's the Were-Pokemon will be able to have children, but we never believed it until we saw you just now." said Mike as he remembered reading that little piece of information from ten years ago.

They talked for an hour about what they've been up to since they last saw each other ten years ago before Mike and Peter had to get back to their families.

They said 'Goodbye' to Ash and Ashley before they left.

As soon as they left, Ash and Ashley went into their bedroom and got changed for bed so that they could get a good night's sleep since Steven was coming over tomorrow to check on the baby and see if it's still healthy or not.

(The Next Day)

They had just gotten done eating their lunch when the doorbell rang and Ash answered the door.

Steven walked in and started to set up the equipment in the bedroom while Ash and Ashley walked into the bedroom.

"Just two more months to go. Are you two ready for the baby yet?" asked Steven as Ash was lying down.

"Yeah and we even have the nursery set up too along with everything that's needed for him." replied Ash as Steven poured the gel onto his stomach.

"That's great. Now, let's see how he's doing in there. Well, it looks like he's doing just fine and healthy so that's great news." said Steven, showing them the screen in the case after he cleaned up the gel from Ash's big stomach.

"That's great news, Steven." said Ashley, looking at him while helping Ash up.

"The next time that I'm here will be my last visit before the baby's born and we'll discuss what to do when the baby's on its way and how we will handle the birth. Bye." said Steven, leaving.

"Ok. Bye." said Ash and Ashley in unison.

"I can't believe that it's only two months from now that we'll have the baby out here with us instead of being in here with me." said Ash, putting his right hand on his stomach.

"Same here, Ash. Same here." said Ashley, pulling his shirt off and puled him into their bedroom where she threw his shirt onto the floor and she started to undress while Ash was doing the same thing once he got Ashley's idea.

Just as they had gotten undressed and hopped into bed, Ash gasped as he felt the baby move around in his stomach a lot as he wrapped his arms around his stomach as he felt some pain as the baby was doing that.

"Ash! Are you ok?" asked Ashley, looking at Ash's pained expression.

"Yeah. He's just moving around a lot in here and he's hitting some of the sensitive spots. Could you grab an ice pack for me please?" asked Ash, still feeling the pain.

"Sure. Be right back." replied Ashley, putting some of her clothes back on.

She was back in a minute and handed Ash the ice pack, which he took gratefully and put it on the spot where the baby had kicked him the hardest of all.

"Thanks, Ashley. You're a life saver." said Ash, starting to relax.

"No problem, Ash. You know that I'll be here for you, no matter what happens." said Ashley, kissing him on the lips.

Once the pain was gone and the baby stopped moving around so much, Ashley put the ice pack back in the freezer and they both fell asleep as soon as they laid down in bed, but Ashley had her head on Ash's right shoulder when they did that.

After finding out that the baby's healthy as ever and that it likes to move around in Ash's stomach a lot, Ash and Ashley are gonna be parents really soon or sooner than expected.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 8. Don't know how soon I'll update as winter break is over and I start school tomorrow. :( Oh well. I get out the 12th though because of exams along with the 13th and then, four day weekend. Yay! See ya later!

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