Chapter 6: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
"Misty, Misty wake up!" A playful childlike voice tried to wake her up early in the morning.
Misty moaned and turned over. "Ash not now I'm sleeping…"
"Aw, come on Misty today is a special day! I woke up this morning, and realized I had the day off for work, and I decided to visit my favorite girlfriend/fiancée/best red head ever today."
"Well couldn't you visit your other girlfriend at seven am in the morning," Misty groaned.
"I would Mist, but the only one I want to see is you," Ash smiled, thankful that her back was turned so she wouldn't see him blush wildly.
Misty smiled. A part of her loved it when he talked sweet, but at the moment she just wanted to sleep. "What's so special that you have to wake me so early in the morning?"
"Misty, it's 8:30am! Besides don't you know what today is? It's the Flower Festival!"
Misty slowly sat up and yawned. "Gosh, you're right it is! I forgot I am actually a part of it this year."
"Really?"
Misty slowly nodded and began to lay back down in bed. She pulled the cover up to her neck and closed her eyes. "I have a battle with a mystery trainer today. Everyone is going to see it, so I figure I use some new pokemon—my Poliwrath and Kingler—and of course Vaporeon as the anchor."
"You're using Poliwrath? Wow I bet that would be awesome!"
"Yes but the match isn't until 2pm, so if you don't mind…"
"But Misty I really came here to give you something."
"What is it," Misty groaned again.
"You would have to open your eyes and see." Ash smirked.
Misty slowly opened her eyes and gasped. "Ash…"
In his hands was a small table with legs that could fold at the hinges, and on the table was a plate full of breakfast food, along with a glass of orange juice to wash it all down.
"Ash, you-you made all this for me?" she was completely shocked, since no one had ever made her breakfast in bed so she never expected it, she always thought that kind of thing happened only in movies.
"Well yeah, and I've been holding it all this time! If you don't mind, it's a bit heavy," he waited for her to sit up and then happily placed the table in her lap.
"Oh Ash you should have told me earlier…"
"I wanted to surprise you! And before you ask yes I made everything myself, I had one of Brock's old recipes, so I cooked everything. I made the eggs sunny side up, I was extra careful not the burn the bacon like I always do—oh but we ran out of link sausage so I fixed up the flat ones. I know you don't care too much for pan sausage but you can eat it with the biscuits I fixed if you want. They have butter on them!"
Misty was still shocked. "I can't believe you did this…you went to all this trouble…"
Ash began to get worried. "You don't like it? I-I'm sorry I thought it would make you happy."
"Well I don't like it…I love it, Ash, just like I love you." She yanked him by the arm to get him closer to her and then kissed him with all the passion she could muster. It was one of the few kisses she actually gave to him instead of the other way around, and she wanted to make it count. Ash was so shocked he didn't even have a chance to pull away, and even his tongue willingly submitted to hers. They were like this for a while until she pulled away, and began to eat like nothing happened.
"Wow…all that for breakfast in bed, huh? I wonder what you would do if I bring you dinner!"
Misty was completely red in the face with embarrassment but managed to whisper, "Well, let's just say when I get done with you, you wouldn't be able to stand for a while…"
Ash, still being as dense as ever, didn't exactly know what that meant, so he made a mental note to ask Brock later on and another note just in case to never make her dinner in bed.
A bit later in the morning Misty finally got dressed and Ash took her downtown to the festival.
"Isn't this great, Misty?" Ash asked. "There's nothing like spending time with you and having fun at the same time!"
Misty laughed. Usually she would take that last comment as an insult but the Flower Festival always made her too happy to be angry. "You're such a kid, Ash."
Ash laughed and wrapped her arm around her. "I say we ride all the roller coasters until we puke!"
"Pika pikachu pi pika!" (No way in hell!) Ash flinched as Pikachu threatened to shock him.
"Let's just ride on a few ok?" Misty laughed.
Meanwhile a young man and woman had watched them as they passed by.
"Is that them?" the man asked.
"Yes, there they are," she answered.
"Aren't you going to say anything?"
"Don't worry, we will see each other soon," she smiled as she held a pokeball in her hands.
Ash couldn't help but blush when she saw Misty in her swim suit. It was a light blue one piece decorated with white polka dots, with a small white flower near her breasts. Ash thought that it was simple but cute, and she looked good in it.
But then again, she looks good in everything…
"Ash!" Misty called out to him.
"Huh?" Ash jumped, hoping she didn't notice him staring at her.
Instead she grabbed his hand, "Come on, let's go play in the water! Pikachu is waiting for us!"
"B-but Misty I didn't bring a swim suit…"
"You got underwear on right?" she smiled.
"M-Misty!" he blushed like crazy, after realizing what she was implying.
"Aw, come on Ashy, show those legs!" She laughed as Ash was far too embarrassed to make a comeback.
Unfortunately for Misty, Ash just dangled his feet in the water as he watched Misty and Pikachu swim by Cerulean Cape for around thirty minutes. Pikachu, noticing how lonely his master looked, swam over to him.
"Hey, Pikachu! Where's Misty? We have to go soon."
Pikachu looked around and then said, "Pika pikachupi pika…"
"What do you mean you don't know where she is?" Ash repeated, but then a second after he said this Misty popped up right in front him.
"Rawr, I got you!" Her arms were outstretched and she gave a menacing look, but just the way she jumped out of the water from seemingly no where nearly scared him to death. He jumped back and landed on his back, being hugged by Misty's wet body.
"Waaa! Misty what the hell! You scared the crap out of me!" he yelled.
"Oh really? I thought masters didn't get scared that easily…" she winked and him and moved in closer.
"Mi-Misty? What are you doing…?!" he began to feel really hot all of a sudden as she looked like she was going to kiss him.
"What do you think…" she had gotten closer and closer to him, blushing as her lips were about to touch his.
"B-but-but—"
"You aren't scared…are you?" she whispered, her breath dancing on Ash's lips. Ash felt his entire body shiver just by this indirect action.
Then, just when she was about to kiss him, she sat up quickly and smiled at him playfully. "What, you didn't actually think I would kiss you did you? In front of all these people?" she began to laugh and stand back up on her feet. "I scared you pretty good didn't I? Come on, my match is coming up." She helped the shocked Ash back to his feet, and then grabbed his hand and began to pull him toward her match location.
Finally Ash regained his normal heart beat. "Hey, I was not scared! You just startled me!"
"Sure I did, but you have to admit, me and Pikachu make a good team!" She grinned as Pikachu laughed on her shoulder.
He sighed, "I swear they're always out to get me…"
A few minutes later Ash and Misty finally got to their destination: a small stage platform that was lifted up a few feet off the ground. It seemed a bit too plain and simple for Misty's tastes, but then she figured it was only a short match so appearances shouldn't be too important. But like all matches, Misty was filled with determination, and she wanted to win. As she stepped up and got to her side, people were already starting to crowd the little area and she began to get a bit nervous.
"Hey, Mist, when you win lets go get some cotton candy," Ash said.
Misty laughed. "Aw Ashy, I wanted ice cream." She pouted playfully. "Fine, let's get both, but for now let me concentrate." She let out a sigh and closed her eyes. She blocked out all the noises around her in efforts to get focused.
Shortly after the referee/announcer stepped forward. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our little Flower challenge for today! Today we have a real treat for you folks; to my left is the one, the only, talented gym leader of Cerulean City, Misty!"
Everyone began to cheer as she smiled and waved to the small crowd.
"Go Misty go!" Ash yelled.
"Pika pika pikachupi!" Pikachu cheered.
"And to my right," the announcer continued, "The dazzling beauty that's face is shrouded in mystery, the vivacious Ayame!" As the crowd cheered for the mystery woman, she walked on stage and appeared to be anything but vivacious. She was tall, but every inch of her was covered in a long dark velvet cloak. Her hood covered her entire face, so she seemed like a female version of the grim reaper. Misty felt a bit naked to see her, although she still had on her wet bathing suit.
Behind the woman was a man, who was also tall, but much easier to see. He had on blue Hawaiian shorts and a white short-sleeved t-shirt with yellow flowers on it. He was also wearing a straw hat to protect from the sun, and although he was also wearing sunglasses, his brown eyes were still visible.
"Huh, that woman must be hot in that thing…" Ash murmured to himself. Pikachu nodded in agreement.
"Alright, and now for the rules," the announcer continued, "This is a 3 on 3 battle with no time limit, and since this isn't a gym battle, both trainers are allowed to make substitutions. When one trainer's, pokemon are no longer able to battle, the battle is over. Now, are both trainers ready?"
"Ready," Misty said. The masked woman just nodded slightly.
"Well then begin!" The ref had thrusted up both of his arms with enthusiasm.
"Let's go, Kingler!" Misty threw her pokeball.
"A Kingler huh?" the woman smiled. "Go, Chinchou!" The tiny pokemon came out with its antennae shining with electricity.
"Kingler use bubblebeam!" Misty yelled.
"Thunder wave Chinchou!"
The bubblebeam came fast, but Chinchou was able to block it with thunder wave perfectly.
"Wow, thunder wave used as a defensive move! That's pretty clever," Ash remarked.
"Chinchou, take down let's go!"
Misty was a bit shocked by how fast Chinchou was, but was able to think quickly. "Dodge it and use crabhammer!"
Kingler was fast too, it jumped in the air and then came back down with one of its pincers glowing as it was coming down.
"Dodge it Chinchou! Use thunder wave!" the woman countered.
Chinchou was able to back up at the last second and used its electricity to paralyze Kingler.
"Oh no!" Misty gasped.
"Thunderbolt now!"
"Try to use water pulse, Kingler!" Misty commanded. Misty thought that Kingler wouldn't be able to do it in time, but a forceful water blast came out of its pincers at the last moment. The clash of water and thunder created an explosion, and both Kingler and Chinchou were invisible. The woman couldn't see her Chinchou to make a command but that didn't stop Misty.
"Crabhammer!"
The woman cried out for her pokemon as she saw it burst through the dust cloud and land hard on the ground. "Chinchou!"
After a moment the ref made his decision, "Chinchou is unable to battle, Kingler wins!"
The crowd began to cheer for the young gym leader's victory.
"Yeah, go Misty go!" Ash yelled.
"Pika pikachupi!"
Misty looked and them and smiled, but then looked back at her opponent. I have to be careful, Kingler is a lot slower now thanks to that thunder wave, so I have to take my time with the next one.
"Crawdaunt go!" Out came a giant crab with a star-shaped mark on its head ready to battle. "Let's end this quick Crawdaunt, crabhammer!"
"Try to keep it back! Use water pulse!" Misty commanded. The water, unfortunately, didn't seem to be doing any effect as Crawdaunt sped forth and struck Kingler on the head with its big pincer.
"Kingler!"
"Kingler is unable to battle, so Crawdaunt wins!"
The crowd once again cheered for the victor.
"Wow, knocked out with one blow," Ash murmured. "Don't let it bother you, Mist, you still got this!"
Misty nodded. "Poliwrath, you're up!" The large tadpole pokemon seemed to burst forth from its pokeball, its large arms flexing as it began to size up its opponent. Misty let go of a breath she didn't realize she had been holding. It wasn't that Poliwrath was undertrained, in fact it was one of Misty's best trained pokemon. However since she had evolved it from another Poliwag she was lucky to capture, she realized it had a bit of a show-off streak. Misty obviously thought that with more training, and even another evolution, that it would be able to not show off so much. Unfortunately, Poliwrath was just short of being disobedient.
Misty laughed inwardly. Yep, I messed around and caught Ash's Charizard.
The woman began to attack first, "Crabhammer, go!"
Misty didn't call an attack, but instead waited until just the right moment, and then said, "Jump and use dynamic punch!"
Poliwrath did just that, and the punch was so powerful that it knocked the heavy Crowdaunt almost into the crowd. The poor pokemon was shocked but still managed to get back into the ring.
Misty blushed, "Uhm, Poli, maybe a little less power next time ok?" Poliwrath nodded reluctantly.
The mystery woman was fazed but still managed to call an attack: "Crowdaunt, try your bubblebeam!"
"You use bubblebeam too, Poliwrath!" Misty countered.
Both attacks hit and ended up canceling each other out with an explosion. I can use Poliwrath's blindness to my advantage! The woman thought.
"Guillotine now!" Crowdaunt charged into the smoke.
She thinks I really can't see huh? I trained battling in mist and smoke I don't need eyes! "Poliwrath, blizzard!" As soon as Misty yelled this the battlefield was covered with ice and the wind pushed Crowdaunt back. Crowdaunt tried to move but ended up slipping. "Dynamic punch!"
"Crowdaunt use crabhammer on the ground!" the woman yelled. The crabhammer had broken up the ice and ground and caused it to rise up like pillars heading right towards Poliwrath.
Misty smiled. "Go Poliwrath, jump on those pillars and use dynamic punch on each one!" Poliwrath did just that, and soon each one was broken up into bits and pieces of rock. "Now use Psychic and throw each one towards Crowdaunt!" Poliwrath was still in the air as it used psychic to hurl all the rocks it could towards its opponent; Crowdaunt was forced to use crabhammer on each one in efforts to stop the barrage of attacks.
Now's my chance…Misty thought. "Poliwrath quick, submission!" she yelled.
Because Crowdaunt was still swatting rocks, it had no time to dodge Poliwrath's strongest move, and was ended up getting tossed around by Poliwrath's body.
"Crowdaunt!" the trainer yelled to get it back up, but Crowdaunt was knocked out cold.
"Crowdaunt is unable to battle, Poliwrath wins!" the referee pointed his hand towards Misty's side. The crowd once again cheered and Ash breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hmm, just one pokemon left…" the young lady thought for a moment, then released her final pokemon.
"A Slowbro, huh? Well then in that case…" Misty returned Poliwrath and sent out Vaporeon.
"Slowbro use your surf attack!" the woman commanded.
Misty smiled as the wall of water came closer to her. "You can't drown a water pokemon! Go Vaporeon!" Vaporeon charged straight into the water and used its ability to become invisible.
The woman smiled. I got her now. "Slowbro, confusion!" Slowbro's eyes started to glow and soon every drop of water was under its control, including Vaporeon. Misty looked on in horror as Vaporeon was being dangled in the air at Slowbro's mercy.
"Let's give it a slam now!" Slowbro used its arms to move Vaporeon's body up in the air, and then used to them to slam it down to the ground. It did this over and over again, and Misty was forced to hear Vaporeon's cries.
"Vaporeon no!"
"Get Vapor out of there Misty!" Ash yelled.
"Pika pika!"
"Vaporeon aim your water gun towards the ground!" Vaporeon finally managed to do this and was able to break free from the confusion. Misty breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is far from over! Slowbro use focus punch!" Slowbro charged forth with incredible speed.
"Water pulse Vapor!" Vaporeon gathered up all the water it could in its mouth and hurled it towards Slowbro but it was ready.
"Confusion again!" Slowbro managed to halt its previous attack and used its arms to control the ball of energy effortlessly, much to the dismay of Vaporeon and Misty. "Mix it with your focus blast and send it right back to them!"
"Ah! Dodge it Vaporeon!" Vaporeon jumped out of the way just in time.
"I think she's in trouble Pikachu," Ash murmured. "If that Slowbro can control Vapor's water, then it also has control of Vapor. She can't use any water moves!"
"Pikachupi…" Pikachu looked worried.
What can I do? How can I stop that flow of water from coming back at me? Wait…that's it! "Vaporeon use water pulse one more time!" Misty yelled.
"Again? What is she thinking?" Ash asked.
"You should know that won't work; Slowbro confusion once more!" Slowbro held it in mid air again and sent it right back to Vaporeon.
Misty smiled. "Use blizzard and then go into iron tail!" A steady stream of ice from Vaporeon's mouth had frozen the water, and then iron tail had broken it up into a thousand pieces that was heading right back towards Slowbro.
"No way! Use confusion to send it back to her!"
"Double team Vaporeon! Then use quick attack!" Misty countered. Vaporeon dodged all the icicles and then all the copies charged straight towards Slowbro.
Slowbro cried out as it was hit, but that didn't stop Misty from calling another move. "Iron tail now!" Vaporeon used its glowing tail over and over again to hit Slowbro and prevent it from recovering.
"Slowbro hang in there!" the woman yelled.
"Use blizzard into iron tail one more time!" Vaporeon did the same as it did before, making sure every speck of ice hit Slowbro at full force. Slowbro crashed to the ground in agony.
"Slowbro, can you stand up?" she was calm, despite her plan falling quickly out of control. Slowbro tried to get up but only managed to get to one knee. Misty held off her final attack, knowing from all her experience in battles that this round was over.
Sure enough, Slowbro fell back down to the ground unable to continue.
"Slowbro is unable to battle, so Vaporeon wins! The winner of this match is Misty!" Everyone cheered once again for the victor, and Ash and Pikachu got up on the stage.
"That was an awesome match, Misty," Ash said, "You really turned that confusion around."
"Thanks Ash," she bent down to pet Vaporeon, "I'm just glad I thought of it in time."
The woman returned her pokemon and slowly walked toward Misty and Ash. "It was an honor to battle you. I see you're still as strong as ever," she said.
"Hey, you were pretty strong too," Misty giggled, "Especially that Slowbro of yours. It's very well trained."
"Well, it's nice to know that I can still keep you on your toes, even after all this time…" she smiled. After seeing their confused looks the woman finally decided to remove her hood, revealing her shiny dark blue hair. "It's nice to see you again little sister."
"Ah! Violet?!" Misty was shocked but somehow not surprised.
"Wow, it really is you Violet! Long time no see!" Ash said.
Violet smiled. "A good disguise, no? I certainly had you both fooled didn't I?"
Misty laughed nervously. "Yeah you did."
"Well, I believe a congratulations is in order," she shook Ash's hand, "Welcome to the family brother-in-law."
"Hey how did you know? And thanks by the way," Ash replied.
"Just because I left didn't mean I didn't care anymore, besides Daisy kept me up to date. Oh by the way, I would like to introduce you to my boyfriend Kai." The man that was behind Violet earlier had came up and shook Misty's hand.
"It's nice to finally meet another Cerulean sister," he smiled. Misty blushed as he kissed her hand. "And a pokemon master," he went to shake Ash's next, "It's definitely an honor to meet you. Violet and I watched your match with Lance, and it was amazing."
It was Ash's turn to blush now, "Ah shucks really? It wasn't that great, but I am pretty amazing!" Misty sighed. She felt Ash's big head growing again.
"Well now that all the introductions are out of the way, how about we eat lunch?" Violet suggested.
"Yes! Food! Let's go Misty!" Misty yelped as her arm was unexpectantly tugged by Ash's hand.
"Waaaaaaa! Ash slow down, idiot!"
A few minutes later the group was sitting down at an outdoor table right by the water. Ash had two hot dogs and French fries, but was fighting with Pikachu over the ketchup, while Misty was explaining to Kai the origin of the Flower Festival.
"The Flower Festival is in celebration of a certain type of flower that Cerulean is known for, the Cerulean blue orchid. You see back in ancient times, this city was once part of a small island that was a bit distant from the shore, so it was hard to reach unless you had a boat. But what separated this island apart from others was that it had trees with a special type of flower that would bloom only at night. They had grown on many trees during the day, and at a certain time during the night, they would bloom and fall off the tree. So by the time morning came, there were flowers surrounding the entire island! From far away the blue flowers had mingled with the color of the ocean and it was like they were a part of the sea. That's how Cerulean got its name, but there aren't many of those flowers left that grow naturally here since many had gotten destroyed over time. But those that are left still bloom, and Cerulean is still as blue as ever!" Misty laughed.
"Wow, so let me guess, tonight is the night they bloom right?" Kai asked.
"That's right. It's really cool to watch them fall off the tree, and some people even say that the flowers themselves have a special power to them. People from all over come to see the flowers fall and even make wishes on them, hoping for prosperity and good luck."
"Now that's a cool tradition. I would love to see them fall."
"I'll take you to see them! There are only around fifty left in the far west side of the city, but the fact that the trees face Mt. Moon is really cool to look at…not to mention completely romantic, right Ash?"
Unfortunately Ash was still fighting over the ketchup with Pikachu and didn't hear a thing. "C'mon Pikachu give it back, you're going to put ketchup on everything!"
"Pika, pika, Pikachu!" Pikachu tried to keep Ash from wrestling it free from his paws, but it was a losing battle. Finally they both crashed to the ground where Ash had accidently landed on Pikachu's tail and received a thundershock for his trouble.
Misty sighed. "Boys…"
"Hey, like pokemon, like trainer right?" Violet said.
Kai laughed, "Are they always like this?"
"Only when people are around," Misty answered. "They like to look like idiots."
Ash managed to shakily get up from the ground and scowled at Misty. "It's not fair! That Pikachu knows how to hold on to a bottle of ketchup!" Pikachu however hopped back on the table like nothing had happened and continued to happily eat his ketchup in victory.
Misty rolled her eyes. "Anyway, so tell us, Violet, how did you two meet anyway?"
"Oh yeah, you guys would love this story!" Violet began, "Well I was on this small little beach in Humilau City—by the way it made me sad that there aren't many beaches in Unova—when I saw these two handsome looking men walking by me while I was trying to get a tan. Anyway so I walked up to them, in my sexy new bathing suit, went to Kai here and I said: 'Hey, is that guy with you available?'"
Ash and Misty began to laugh. "Violet you're awful!" Misty said.
"Violet loves to tell that story," Kai smiled, "But that's not really how it happened. You see I have a little sister and she can be real adventurous. I took her to the beach to meet up with a friend who had caught a Tentacruel and wanted her to see it. So I took her by the water and I told her to wait until I found my friend and came back. Unfortunately while I was gone she went into the water, knowing she wasn't a very good swimmer, and accidently went off into the deep end. She started to panic and go under, and when I heard her cries I tried to run to her, but I was afraid I wasn't going to make it. But then…I saw this beautiful purple-haired maiden that seemed to come from the sky itself. When I saw her dive in the water the first thought that went through my head was actually how fast she was going. Well, she dove in, grabbed my little sister, and came out so quickly I could hardly believe it.
I scolded my sis pretty badly, but then I just smiled and hugged her so tight she could hardly breathe. Then I told the woman thank you and asked for her name. She said her name was Violet and then I pretty much spent the rest of the day trying to repay her for what she had done. Finally she agreed to let me take her out to dinner and we've been together ever since."
"Wow, Violet…you saved his little sister?" Misty said in shock.
"Well of course I'm not that shallow! Have a little faith in me little sister," Violet smiled, seeming the push the incident aside like it was not that big of a deal.
Kai laughed again. "She always says 'it was nothing' but I can't help but thank her for that every day. She really is a great person."
"Oh Kai, stop you're making me blush," Violet giggled.
Misty still couldn't help but be a bit shocked. Wow when I was little she pretty much shoved me in the deep end of the pool and laughed about it. I didn't know she had it in her to save a little girl…but maybe I'm being a bit harsh.
"So Misty, Ash, how did you two guys meet?" Kai asked.
Ash began to blush and scratched his head nervously. "Well…"
"He stole my bike."
"Did you have to go straight to that part first?" Ash moaned.
"Well it's a very important part you know," Misty smiled.
Upon seeing Kai's face Ash elaborated, "Well it was the first day of my pokemon journey and there were a flock of Spearow chasing us, so Pikachu and I went into the river…"
"Where I fished them in and then he took my bike and wrecked it," Misty finished.
"Hey those damn birds were gonna kill me! And besides it was Pikachu's thunderbolt that burnt your bike not me."
Pikachu narrowed his eyes but Misty covered for him. "I can't get mad at Pikachu it's only a pokemon. Besides a pokemon can't buy a bike only a person can, and what better than a trainer who owes me."
"You just love to pick on me don't you," Ash laughed.
"So wait you fished Ash and Pikachu out of a river? With a rod and everything? You must be one strong lady!" Kai said.
Misty blushed as Violet agreed, "Yeah she was always strong. When she was a kid none of the other kids wanted to play with her because she always beat them up."
"Well…they always pissed me off!"
Midway into the evening, Misty and the others finally came back home.
"Hey you guys, guess who I found!" Misty yelled.
Lily and Daisy came into the living room to find Kai and Violet sitting on the couch.
"Violet!" They both jumped excitedly and ran over to hug her.
"Daisy! Lily! I missed you both so much!" Violet said.
"Wow can you believe this! The Sensational Sisters are back together again!" Lily shouted.
"Ah, so you all are Vi's sisters," Kai interrupted, using his nickname for Violet. "I'm Kai and Violet's told me a lot about you two."
"Ohhhh so you're Kai," Lily rushed up to him. "It's very nice to meet you, my name is Lily, and I'm the most beautiful of all the sensational sisters—can't you tell?" She grabbed his hands and looked into his eyes. "So tell me handsome, where are you from?"
"Well, would you look at that," Misty whispered to Ash. "Seems like she's over her little crush on you isn't she?"
Ash nodded. "Darn," he murmured sarcastically.
Poor Kai was blushing far too much to make a comment until Violet came in between them. "So I see you're still a pervert as usual Lily. You haven't changed much."
"I am not a pervert! It's all in good fun really!"
Daisy went up to Kai next and shook his hand. "Hi, my name's Daisy, and I'm the oldest of all of us. If you ever need any help with anything, including controlling my sisters, you just let me know."
"Ha ha very funny Daisy," Violet replied sarcastically. "So, Lily," she continued, "Is hitting on every guy you see all you have been doing?"
"No way! I have you know that I am Misty's wedding planner for your information! And…not only that but I just got accepted into art school!"
This certainly shocked everyone as they all yelled out at the same time: "What?!"
"Yep, it's true!" Lily pulled out a crumple piece of paper from her pocket and flashed it in front of Violet's face. "I just got it this morning! I wanted to surprise you guys but…I'm finally going to achieve my childhood dream! I'm going to the art school in Saffron!"
Violet looked at the letter in disbelief. She read it over and over until Kai finally congratulated her.
"I didn't know you could draw Lily. That's pretty cool," Ash complimented.
"I haven't seen anything you've done in a long time. Are you sure you're still good?" Misty asked.
"Of course I am! They loved my sample drawing I did for them!" Lily placed her hands on her hips confidently. "Besides who wouldn't love anything done by a talented goddess like me?"
Violet, who was still reading the letter again, finally looked up. "You didn't type this did you?"
"C'mon Violet, she might be smart but not that smart," Daisy laughed.
"Hmph. You guys are just jealous. Just you wait, I'll be the best artist in the Kanto region!"
"Fine, well I'm proud of you sis. And what about you, Daisy?" Violet asked as she turned to her, "What have you been up to?"
Daisy flinched a little and nervously scratched her head, "Uhm, well…"
Then without warning, Misty spoke up for her. "She's been a big help around the gym, cooking and cleaning, and she takes me to work at nights too. She's really been good to me."
Violet seemed to smile sweetly. "That's great, Misty. Well then, let's go eat, I got tons of stuff to tell you guys!"
As everyone was going in the kitchen, Daisy held back Misty by her arm. "Misty…thanks. I just kind of froze for a second…"
"It's ok, really," Misty smiled. "Trust me let's just say I know how it feels."
Daisy nodded, but couldn't help but blush a little. Being the oldest, she had to learn to think on her feet and be able to get out of every situation. She couldn't help but wonder…why wasn't she able to speak when Violet had asked her what seemed like a very simple question?
Another chapter down! Hope you all enjoyed it! Now that I'm out of school for the holiday I've had more time to work on this story and I like the way it's going so far. If you guys have any suggestions let me know! I've been reading a lot of other fan fiction so I've managed to think of a few ideas. Anyway let me know how you all liked it!