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here is chapter 16. Enjoy!!!

A Dream Come True

Misty stared wide eyed at the scene set out before her. So that's why the nurses acted so cheery towards her today! So that's why the staff all looked excited for her this morning! There he is, sitting on the bed, staring back at her with his usual innocent face. Ash Ketchum, he's finally awake!

"Ash?" she squeaked, excited nerves threatened to launch herself towards him

"Hey mist, been awhile hasn't it?" he smiled sheepishly at her.

She could feel her eyes well up in tears as bliss shook here lithe form. With much difficulty, misty shook the tears away and gave in to her desire as her body launched itself to give him a tight embrace.

"Ash, I thought you'd never wake up" Brock entered the hospital room with a cake. When he heard about the news regarding the boy's awakening, he quickly went to the bakery to buy a cake. After all, what better present to give a glutton like ash than a tasty blueberry cheesecake.

"C'mon Brock, you know me better than that. I would never leave you guys behind" ash smiled at the man as the said man took a seat beside the bed. Misty is still bear hugging his chest (she's been like that for almost an hour already).

Brock smirked at this and gave misty a look that said 'I told you so'

Misty just shrugged it off. "Ash, you do realize that this'll extend your slavery for another two weeks right?"

"What?!" the boy whined as he gave misty a look.

"You slept for nearly three weeks ash ketchum, it's only fair!" the girl scolded. It's quite a cute sight, really. A slim, orange haired girl enslaving a lean, well built pokemon master is not something you'd see everyday.

"Excuse me…" a nurse peered through the slightly open door. "…Mister Ketchum?"

"Yeah, that's me. What is it?" the said boy replied with the usual smile on his face. He's quite excited of getting out of this hell hole.

The nurse nodded in acknowledgement "Sir, you are scheduled to stay here, in the hospital, for rehab. It'll take approximately 2 weeks. If you advance quickly, then we'll reduce it to 1 week. This is so that you may regain your strength"

"What? But I'm perfectly fine and fit to go!" ash whined at this.

"Sorry sir, but it's the rules of the hospital: every patient that's fallen into a coma for more than 1 week will have to take rehabs" with that, the nurse bowed and exited the room.

Ash sighed in exasperation. 'Great, another week in this building'

"Hey Brock, how come you didn't flirt with the nurse" misty, now on ash's side, gave the man a perplexed look.

Brock simply smirked at this as he rubbed his chin with his hand "Misty, misty, misty….innocent little misty. Don't you know that there'll be plenty more girls in the sea on the annual boy toy contest?"

"You signed up? Brock, are you sure about this?" Misty gave the man a disapproving look.

"What annual boy toy contest?" Ash spoke before Brock had the chance to reply.

"The annual boy toy contest is a contest held here in this city annually, as the name suggests…." Brock began, standing up from his seat "…It is a contest that's designed to raise funds for the orphanage. It involves volunteer male bachelors that would walk up a stage wearing swim shorts and the girls who bids the highest prize gets to enslave the boy for a day. Some male bachelors are required to join because only a few sign up"

Ash nodded at this and also gave the man a disapproving look "I don't know Brock. This may be a little over the top"

"Don't worry ash. Next time you see me, I'll be with dozens and dozens of girls" with that, the man started drooling over the sheer prospect of getting a girlfriend.

"Alright mister ketchum, here is your rehab schedule" the doctor handed the boy his clipboard. Misty and Brock went out to town to fetch their pokemon.

"Hmm, bench press, 75 kg, 20 counts; sit ups, 80 counts; pull ups, 40 counts; push ups, 45 counts; jogging around the hospital grounds, 10 laps" the boy read it out loud. "Isn't this more for workout than rehab?"

The doctor shook his head as he took back his clipboard "You see mister kerchum, you're body is well built. We need not to reduce your training schedule. Besides, if we start at this level, then the sooner you get to get out of this hospital"

And just like that, the raven haired boy was up the bed and dressing up in the closet "Well what are we waiting for then? Let's start already" with that, he ran to the rehab grounds, doctor not far behind.

"Ash?" Misty stared at the now empty room where her boyfriend once stayed. Her nerves started to tremble at the sheer prospect of him disappearing.

"Calm down misty, I'm sure he just went out for a walk" Brock tried to calm the girl down, seeing as she is now hugging togepi tighter—not a good sign.

"Excuse me miss, have you seen the boy that stayed in this room?" Brock asked to a passing nurse.

"Oh you mean mister ketchum?" the nurse stopped in her tracks to answer the man's inquiry "He's in the rehab grounds right now. He'll be there during this hour everyday now"

Misty was gone as soon as she heard that, heading off to the rehab grounds. Brock followed suit.

Misty breathed a sigh of relief as she saw him lifting the seemingly heavy weights up and down. She took a seat on the bench where she could watch him intently. She knows that he can see her as they are separated only by glass. The nurse said that she can't go in the rehab grounds but she can watch him in the bench.

Brock sat beside her, watching Pikachu and togepi try to go through the glass but to no avail. Suddenly, he could feel heat beside him so he looked to his left only to see misty flaring up. He looked to the direction where misty is looking at only to see ash being surrounded by the girls that is also taking rehab.

The boy is wearing nothing but the hospital clothes. Namely: white rubber shoes, white jogging pants and an obnoxiously thin and tight, white sleeveless shirt making him a bulls eye for hungry ladies. Good thing the doctor shooed them away like they were mosquitoes.

"Shoo, shoo, shoo" the doctor exclaimed as he tried to clear the area where his patient is performing his exercises. "Go grope him at the annual boy toy contest!"

The women buggered off as the doctor commanded, albeit hesitantly.

"Thanks doctor!" ash smiled at the kind practitioner.

"No problem sonny. I've seen worse cases anyway. Now, go do your sit ups"

Ash nodded as he got off the bench. It was then that he saw misty, Brock, Pikachu and togepi behind the glass wall that separated the hospital building from the rehab grounds. He waved at them and watched them wave back before he continued his workout/rehab routine.

"Say, have you signed up for the annual boy toy contest?" the doctor asked suddenly, watching his patient do sit ups.

"No sir. I already have a girl" ash replied, with much difficulty as he crunched his body up and down.

"So your not going to sign up?"

The boy shook his head, concentrating on the workout

The doctor lowered his head "That's too bad. The orphanages here are really in a bad shape. A lot of kids have malnutrition because they don't get fed more often due to the lack of budget"

This time, ash stopped to look at the doctor.

"If it were up to me…" the doctor continued "…I would sign up myself but I'm not a bachelor. Young men like you are the trend for ladies nowadays and men like you make a lot of money in this contest"

"Doctor…" a nurse interrupted their conversation "…you have a patient in the clinic"

"Ah, I see…" the medical practitioner nodded and waved goodbye to his patient "…well, mister ketchum, I'll check up on you later" with that, the doctor disappeared into the hallways.

Ash stared at the exit for a few minutes before he returned to doing his schedules routine.

To be continued.

Guys, You don't think I'm cruel for making you wait long do you?

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Oh yeah, before I forget, I would like you guys to take a vote. Would you like ash to enter the contest or not? The fate of the next chapter rests in your decision!