Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, but I do own Ashley, Aaron, Steven, and Kevin.

Chapter 18: It's Time For Tracey And Misty's Baby!

After Daughter had Felicity a month ago, Ash, Ashley, and Aaron will be surprised when they get an urgent call from Tracey early in the morning.

The phone rang around 6 in the morning and Ash got up to get it since he was half-awake half-asleep.

"Hello?" asked Ash as soon as he picked up the receiver for the videophone.

"Ash? It's Tracey. Misty's gone into labor. We're at the Viridian Hospital." said Tracey in a rushed voice.

"Ok. We'll be there in twenty minutes. See ya there." said Ash as they hung up and was fully awake now.

He ran into the bedroom, as best as he could, and woke Ashley up quickly.

"What is it, Ash?" asked Ashley as she put her glasses on and getting out of bed while he got dressed quickly.

"Misty's in labor. They're at the Viridian Hospital. I'll get Aaron." said Ash as he put on a jacket so that no one would notice his stomach.

"Ok. Meet you at the door." said Ashley as she got dressed while Ash got Aaron, who was pretty awake surprisingly enough for being 6 in the morning, dressed quickly.

As soon as they met at the front door, Ashley released Ponyta from its pokeball and they got on it and took off toward Viridian at a fast gallop.

(20 Minutes Later)

They arrived at the hospital and Ash and Aaron ran into the hospital while Ashley returned Ponyta for a nice long rest.

When they got to the front desk, they went straight for the Maternity Ward waiting room where everyone was, even Mrs. Ketchum and Professor Oak.

They took a seat by their Mom, who greeted them and talked with them for a little bit before Tracey came out with news on Misty and the baby.

"Misty's almost ready to give birth. Right now, she's being prepped to give birth naturally. Well, see ya later with the baby in my arms." said Tracey, going back with Misty.

Ashley noticed that Ash wasn't doing any kind of thinking about Misty giving birth naturally at all and she was happy about that.

Both Ash and Ashley were happy about him not having to throw up anymore since the morning sickness passed.

(5 Minutes Later)

Tracey came out of the Maternity Ward with a baby in his arms.

"Everyone, I would like you to meet out new addition to out family, Kevin Sketchit." said Tracey, showing off Kevin.

Everyone went to see Kevin, even Ash, Ashley, and Aaron went to see him.

When they saw him, they almost cried because he looked like a combination of Tracey and Misty with Misty's eyes and Tracey's features and hair color.

Then, they went home after they saw Misty and told her congratulations on having Kevin.

(Back At Ash And Ashley's House)

They had just gotten done putting Aaron to sleep since he woke up so early when Ashley pulled Ash into the bedroom, closing the bedroom door, to talk to him.

"I can't believe that no one noticed that you were pregnant at all with that coat on." said Ashley as he was taking the coat off.

"Yeah. Same here. I wish that there was a way that I didn't have to go and battle tomorrow." said Ash, thinking about tomorrow's battles.

"Maybe there is. I'll have to ask Steven if it's ok though." said Ashley, thinking about her plan.

"Please don't tell me that it involves me." said Ash as she was lying down on the bed.

"Yes it does, Ash." said Ashley, falling asleep.

"Oh no…" said Ash as he left the bedroom.

He put his jacket on the couch and went to grab something to eat since he didn't have morning sickness anymore.

After he got done eating, he heard the doorbell ring and knew that it was Steven.

He opened the door to reveal that it was Steven and let him in.

"Hey, Steven." said Ash as they were standing by the front door.

"Hey, Ash. Sorry I'm a little late. I wanted to make sure that Misty and Kevin were ok and all." said Steven as they were starting to head toward the bedroom, but they stopped in front of the nursery.

"That's ok, Steven. I understand. Come on, Aaron. Let's wake Mommy up from her nap." said Ash as he came out of the nursery with Aaron in his arms and heading into the bedroom.

He put Aaron on the bed and Aaron went walking up the bed and shook Ashley as best as he could with Ash's help a little.

"Mommy! Mommy! It's time to wake up!" said Aaron as he continued to shake Ashley with Ash and it worked.

As soon as her eyes opened and saw Aaron, she sat up and gave Aaron a hug before she noticed Ash and Steven waiting for her.

"Sorry." said Ashley, looking at them with Aaron comfortably on her lap.

"That's ok. You needed your rest after I woke you up so early this morning." said Ash, lying down on the bed as Steven was setting everything up.

"Are you three ready to see how baby number two is?" asked Steven as he poured the gel onto Ash's stomach.

"Yeah." replied the three of them in unison as Steven out the wand on Ash's stomach.

"Ok. Well, it's doing great so far and it's starting to look like Aaron did when he was this size." said Steven, looking at Aaron and noticed that he was blushing big.

"That's good." said Ash as Steven cleaned up his stomach.

"Yes, it is. I'll see you three next month. Bye." said Steven, leaving.

"Bye." said the three of them in unison again.

(Later That Same Day)

While Ashley was putting Aaron down for the night, Ash went into the bedroom to get dressed, but before he even changed out of his normal clothes, he laid down and fell asleep.

When she came in and saw him like that, she put the sheets on him and went to the videophone.

She called Steven and told him all about her idea to battle in Ash's place.

He agreed to the idea and wished her luck with the battles tomorrow.

Then, they hung up and she went to the bedroom and went to bed with her normal clothes on too.

(In The Morning)

Ashley woke up early and got her 'Ash' costume and stuck it in her old backpack and wrote a note for both Ash and Aaron to tell them where she was going.

She quickly grabbed Ash's pokeballs and then, she left on foot because she couldn't ride Ponyta since she already knew that Ash would be proud of her when she won all of the battles.

(Later That Morning)

Ash woke up and noticed that Ashley was gone and so he went to see if she took Aaron with her, but she didn't because he was sleeping soundly in his crib.

Then, he went out to the kitchen and found the note that Ashley left and noticed that his pokeballs were gone too.

The note said: "Ash, have a nice day of relaxation and fun with Aaron. I went to battle in your spot with your pokemon so if you're wondering why pokeballs are gone, I took them. I checked with Steven last night before I went to bed and he said that it was a great idea. I'll be back around dinner so be careful and don't get into trouble you two. Love, Ashley."

Ash was both happy and surprised that Ashley was doing this for him and decided to get Aaron and watch her first match on TV since he knew that they wouldn't make it in time and he didn't feel like going over there anyway.

She won all of her matches and never let up that she was Ashley instead of Ash so everyone was cheering for her.

After Misty had Kevin and Ashley taking Ash's place in the battles since he's pregnant and winning all of them, Ash, Ashley, and Aaron will have a lot of planning to do for what happens next.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 18! Next chapter will be interesting as I will try to have it out on the 5th of February as I will have some news for all of my readers so you better read the next chapter early, not late! I also have a poll on my profile so if you could swing by and vote, I'll give you who wins in my poll. See ya later!

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