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Chapter 5: Time off

The end of the week finally came while the group sat in class. From the twelve that started it went down to nine while Miss. Joy was writing on the board: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. "I can't believe it has been a week already, but like all things it must come to an end. Hopefully soon that will be the same with the Poke'mon as well. But these are the three levels that you will be placed into after today. Actually, you probably will all be in Gamma, since it is the lowest level and like anything else you do in life you start from the bottom and work your way up. Now when in Gamma, you will take on lower level Poke'mon and pre-evolve forms, but when in Beta you will take out second evolve forms and higher level Poke'mon, and last but not least in Alpha, you take on third level Poke'mon with extremely high levels. Now can anyone tell me how Team Rocket knows which unit to send out?"

No one answered. "It is simpler than it sounds; the use of satellites is the key. They are usually in nearby areas from this city. Then once we are able to eliminate all of the Poke'mon, mankind can get back to returning this planet back to its original beauty that is now only told to us as a bedtime story."

Just then, the bell rang. "Time flies by way too fast these days. Tomorrow you have the day off before you introduce yourselves to your units, so I recommend you all get in as much relaxation as you can. Now come and get your Rocketdex, to activate it, enter your temporary ID card into the slot and it will become your permanent ID and reveal your rank."

They stood up and each grabbed a red Rocketdex and slipped their ID cards into it. Ash's eyes went wide as he saw his rank. "Guys, I'm in Beta!"

"Strange, I am too," they all replied, showing the screen of their Rocketdex having a picture of themselves, their name's and their rank which said, Beta."

"That's great to hear," Miss. Joy replied, "you have all done very well in my class and in the training that I just knew that you would make it past Gamma. Oh and, Brock. Thanks for helping out my cousin with her cooking."

In a flash, Brock was on one knee and holding her hand in his. "Once again, your praise affects me deeply, please let me take you out on a date."

She nervously smiled until Misty grabbed him by the ear. "How many times have we told you to stop doing that?"

"Well, have fun on your day off. Then I hope to see you take out a lot of Poke'mon."

"We will," they replied, walking out of the class.

"So Misty, do you have anything planned for your day off?" May asked.

Misty shook her head. "Not a thing, what about you?"

"Nope, I wish I could spend time with dad but he is busy all week," she whined.

"If you guys don't have anything planned, you could come over to my house for dinner," Ash replied with his hands behind his head. "My mom wouldn't mind, she always said she loves to have company over for supper. Supposedly it makes the food taste better when you eat with friends."

"Well I have to check up on a few things back at home but I probably could make it by dinner," Brock replied.

"Sure, why not," Max replied with a grin on his face. "I bet your mother probably has a lot of embarrassing stories to tell us."

Ash became nervous. "Ah wait, never mind."

Misty wrapped her arm around his neck. "Ah come on now, Ash. You going to turned down our invitation now. In that case, I will come too."

"And I have to supervise, Max," May replied.

"I don't need anyone to supervise me!"

"Sorry, but mom made me promise against my will."

Misty released her grip. "Well, thanks for the invitation, can't wait to have a home cooked meal."

Ash stopped in his tracks while the rest continued ahead of him, thinking that this might have been a bad idea after all.

Then next day, Ash wore his street clothes as he walked around the shopping center of the city, remembering his friends telling him they wanted to visit their homes before they all have dinner together at his house. Six hours till dooms day. Ash thought, wondering what his mother might do to embarrass him and yet unaware of a teenage girl following him.

Well, we are about to go in the field soon. Maybe I will buy some stuff for my team. Ash thought, looking at one of the open stores.

But as he was looking, the girl appeared by his side gazing at a sea shell converted into a musical devise. "Hey," she said, elbowing Ash in the side, "what do you think about that?"

He looked at the sea shell. "It looks different."

"I think it looks cool," the female teen replied, brushing back a strand of her long brown hair out of her face. "Would you buy it for me?"

A bit shocked, he turned to look at her to see her standing next to him in a white dress with matching white purse. "W-What do you mean?"

She smiled at him. "Ah come on, I'm a bit short on cash at the moment and I was wondering if you could buy that for me. To make up for it my dad owns a restaurant not too far off, you could order anything you want on the menu."

Still a little nervous, she gave him a wink. "Come on, pretty please?"

"S-Sure," he answered, pointing at the item in question and the shop keeper started to wrap it.

She instantly latched onto his arm. "Thank you so much!"

"Four hundred and fifty yen," the shop keeper replied.

Ash paid the man and she took the package, ripping it out and gazing at the instrument. "Eh, my name is, Ash Ketchum."

She put her hand to her head. "I completely forgot I haven't introduced myself yet," then she moved her hand out, "my name is Melody and I am very pleased to have met you, Ash."

He shook her hand in reply. "Nice to meet you too, Melody."

Misty stretched her arms out in the air while she walked down the shopping district. "Not much to do at my house, nothing but painful memories there," she said to herself, "maybe some all-you-can-eat ice-cream will help me get back to normal."

But as she turned the corner she saw Ash talking to Melody, so she quickly hid beind the corner and watched from a distance. Who is that?

Then Melody grabbed onto Ash's arm. "Well come on, I don't go back on my word, and something tells me you have one heck of an appetite right now."

Ash was about to reply, but his grumbling stomach said more than enough. "Well then, let's go eat."

"Is that an offer for a date?" she asked with a wink, causing Ash's face to turn bright red. "I'm just kidding, so let's go."

They wait at the restaurant with Melody sitting on the same side as Ash. "So why we wait, we should get to know each other better. Its not often I met such a cute boy my age at the shopping district."

Ash blushed from that comment. "Well... I was just getting a few things for my team since we are going out to the field tomorrow."

Melody became shocked. "No way, are you a member of, Team Rocket?"

A smug look appeared on Ash's face. "Yup, just joined and I am already in the Beta Unit."

Her eyes shinned. "Wow, that's impressive. Soon you will be off to eliminate the Poke'mon menace."

He nodded. "Yup, it's a dangerous job but someone has to do it."

She grinned. "Oh, I have always been fond of guys that are brave."

Once again, Ash blushed from that comment. "Come on," he rubbed the back of his head, "I don't think I'm that brave."

Then the waitress dropped off a tray with three Volcano Burgers for Ash and a Salad for Melody. "It's nice to see a couple in here every now and then, have a good lunch."

The waitress walked off as Melody commented. "We were just mistaken as a couple; we must look really good together."

Misty wearing a trench coat and sunglass disguise, peering over at the two every minute. Who is she?

The waiter set down a bowl of an ice-cream sundae. "Oh, thank you."

He bowed and walked off. But before she could take a bite of her ice-cream, she noticed Melody say something to Ash which caused him to blush and at that instant, Misty felt a sharp pain in her chest. What is this pain? She thought, placing one hand over her heart.

About forty-five minutes later, Ash finished up with his meal and rubbed his stomach. "That hit the spot."

Melody giggled. "Glad you liked it," she said as the waitress came by.

"Your total comes to thirty-two hundred yen."

"I got this," Melody said, pulling out from her purse three one thousand yen bills, two one hundred yen coins and a five hundred yen coin for a tip.

After the waitress accepted and left, Ash looked at Melody with a confused look on his face. "I thought you said that your father owned this place, and you didn't have that much money."

She smiled back innocently in return. "Oh, is that what I said? Sorry about that, but thanks for the instrument. I hope to see you again, really soon."

She then walked off, leaving Ash really confused.

To Be Continued

For anyone that doesn't remember, Melody is the girl in the Poke'mon 2000 movie and yes I do have something planned with her, so read and review to find out what it is.