Changing Ways: Chapter Five: Old friend:
Misty turned to her other side the next morning to try and hide from the sun. To be honest, she was still tired and hungry, and the rays from the sun didn't contribute to that one bit. Besides, she didn't exactly get a worthy meal last night, so her energy levels were pretty low. As she opened her eyes, she could have sworn that she saw something in front of her. Too tired to really care; she closed her eyes again, until she realized what it was she saw. 'Wait, was that…a Weedle I just saw?' she thought as she opened her eyes again, only to stare right into the face of the said Weedle.
"Weedle," the Weedle exclaimed as it tilted its head to the side and stared at Misty with curious eyes.
Misty on the other hand, was also staring at the little Bug pokemon, but her cheeks were a shade of blue. "B-b-b-buuug!" she yelled at the top of her lungs. "Get away! Get away! GET AWAY!" she shouted as she threw her bag, her spare clothes and her sleeping bag at the poor Weedle, causing it to scurry away into the bushes.
"Misty, what's going on?" Ash asked Misty as he groggily sat up in his sleeping bag.
Pikachu also sat up on Ash's sleeping bag, bearing the same dazed expression on his face, just like his master's.
"There was a Weedle sitting right next to me!" Misty frantically yelled as she pointed into the direction in which the Weedle disappeared in "It probably watched me sleep, and touched me!"
Ash stared at Misty with sleepy eyes. He then shrugged at her and fell back down into his sleeping bag again, fast asleep.
Pikachu copied Ash's antics and curled up into a ball again, also fast asleep.
"Hmph, who needs them," Misty started as she got up and started putting her shoes on. "I'll just go and get breakfast for myself. They can fend for themselves." She said as she picked her bag up and headed into the woods, making sure to mark her surroundings now-and-then to prevent getting lost.
Ash and Pikachu, on the other hand, were still fast asleep on Ash's sleeping bag.
Ash was now out of his sleeping bag, laying horizontally over it. "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt." He ordered as he pointed to an invisible opponent above him.
"Pi - Kaaa – Chuuu," Pikachu exclaimed as he unleashed a light Thunderbolt on the sleeping Ash and then turned onto his back and kicked the air with one of his hind paws.
"Good job, Pikachu. That was super-effective. Victory is guaranteed! "Ash, who was now a light black color, declared as he turned onto his stomach and kicked Pikachu in the face.
Pikachu, in return, grabbed Ash's foot and started attacking it, causing the two of them to start wrestling in their sleep.
Meanwhile, Misty was still walking through the forest, looking for anything that looked edible. She had already gathered a good amount of berries on her trip. "Mmm, more berries!" she excitedly exclaimed as she looked up at a tree in front of her that was packed full of yet another different collection of berries. "These will have to do for breakfast." She happily announced as she started plucking some of the berries and placed it in her bag along with the rest of her berry collection.
A strange, yet familiar noise could be heard echoing from somewhere in the forest.
"Hey, that sounds like water!" Misty said as she heard the sound. She closed her bag and started running towards the sound. As the bushes in front of her started to thin out, she stumbled across a beautiful pond that was hidden by the trees and thick bushes around it.
"Wow," Misty started as she put her bag down and kneeled beside the pond. "This place is beautiful…" she remarked as she looked around her.
The water in the area caused the surroundings of the pond to flourish with plants and bushes.
"It's a bit cold, but it'll have to do." Misty remarked as she dipped her hand in the water to feel its temperature. She stood up and looked around for a make-shift bowl.
Sadly, she didn't find anything, until she looked up into a tree close by.
"Bingo!" she exclaimed as walked towards the said tree. She plucked off a big leaf and walked back to the pond. She then proceeded to gently lower the leaf into the water. "There, that should be enough." She declared as she picked the leaf out of the water, scooping up some water along the way.
She threw her bag over her shoulder, picked the leaf up gently with both hands and started walking back to the camp site.
When she got back to the camp site; she noticed that Ash and Pikachu were still fast asleep, albeit in different positions than before. She silently placed the leaf on the log and then turned to the sleeping forms of Ash and Pikachu. She smiled at the 'cute' little scene as put her bag down. She then opened her bag, took out some berries and packed them in a neat pile next to the leaf that contained the water.
She then stood up and headed for her bag, which was now a bit lighter because of the heavy load of berries that was taken out, picked it up and threw it over her shoulder. She then headed into the forest once again, following her markings towards the pond…
In the meantime, back at the camp site, Pikachu had slowly started stirring in his sleep and opened his eyes a while later. Having had enough sleep, Pikachu looked over at the still-asleep Ash. He then looked around for Misty, but all he found was a bowl-like leaf filled with water and some berries on the log next to them.
"Pikachupi," Pikachu called out to Misty, but sadly, she was nowhere to be found. He then got up onto all fours, stretched out a bit and scurried up towards his master's face.
"Pikapi," Pikachu exclaimed as he gently poked Ash's cheek with his paw, causing his master to slap him away, causing the poor yellow mouse to roll a few yards and land with a thud, and turn to the other side. Now seemingly annoyed, he walked back towards Ash with electricity sparking from his red cheeks.
"Pi – Ka – Chuuu," Pikachu exclaimed as he unleashed a weak Thundershock attack on Ash.
"Whoa!" Ash yelled as he immediately jerked up on his sleeping bag, electricity running through his body. "Pikachu, what did you do that for!?" he yelled at Pikachu as he furiously glared at the yellow mouse.
"Pika, Pikachupi." Pikachu exclaimed as he pointed to Misty's empty sleeping bag.
"Hey, "Ash started as frowned at Misty's empty sleeping bag. "Where's Misty?" he asked as he looked around for her, but there wasn't any sign of her. "Hmmm, I wonder where she went…"
"Pikapi," Pikachu exclaimed as he tugged on Ash's pant leg and pointed.
"Huh," Ash mumbled as he looked down at Pikachu and where he was pointing. His eyes fell on the bowl-like leaf on the log as well as some berries that were neatly stacked in a pile."Hey, what's that?" he wondered out loud as he took a closer look at the items. "I guess these are for us, Pikachu."
"Pika Pika," Pikachu agreed as he jumped onto the log.
Ash handed a few of the berries for Pikachu to nibble on and took the rest for himself as the two of them started eating.
"Well," Ash started as he bit down on another berry. "This isn't pancakes, but it will have to do, right Pikachu?"
"Cha," Pikachu exclaimed while nodding in agreement as he continued nibbling on his second berry.
Ash stood up, a few dozen berries later, and started putting on his shoes. He then rolled up his sleeping bag, put it into his backpack, closed it and threw it onto his shoulders. He then turned his attention to Misty's sleeping bag. He picked it up, rolled it up and then turned to Pikachu.
"Come on buddy; let's go find Misty!" he excitedly declared.
"Pika," Pikachu exclaimed with excitement as the two of them headed into the forest, in search of the third member of their current traveling group.
Ash and Pikachu looked around for a while, but it was to no avail, because Misty was nowhere in sight.
"I wonder where she is, Pikachu." Ash said as he looked at their surroundings. "I hope she's okay…" he added with a worried expression on his face.
"Pika," Pikachu exclaimed as his ears suddenly perked up.
Ash noticed this and turned to face Pikachu. "What's up, buddy?" he asked Pikachu, who looked as if he was intently listening to something.
"Pikachupi," Pikachu exclaimed as he pointed to their left into the bushes.
"Misty?" Ash asked as he perked up at Pikachu's mentioning of his name for Misty. "Where is she, Pikachu?"
"Pika," Pikachu yelled as he darted off into the bushes.
"Hey Pikachu," Ash yelled as he took off after Pikachu. "Slow down will, you!"
Pikachu ran for a while, and then stopped dead in his tracks, causing Ash to suddenly brake and fall flat on his face.
"Hey, what was that for!?" Ash angrily asked as he sat up and rubbed his now-aching face.
"Pikachupi," Pikachu exclaimed as he pointed to the bush in front of them.
Ash nodded in understanding and peeked through the bush. What he saw made him stare with his mouth hanging open…
In front of him and Pikachu, was a pond, which was well hidden between trees and bushes. It was a beautiful sight to behold. But that wasn't what caught Ash's attention. Inside the pool was Misty. The pond varied from flat to deep and Misty sat in the flat side, with her upper body still exposed above the water.
Ash simply stared at her as she splashed herself with water, happily humming.
Misty removed her hair band, causing her hair to fall loose.
Ash's eyes grew wide as he dazily walked out behind the cover of the bushes, into the open.
Misty then stood up in the shallow water, which allowed Ash to see that she wore her red, two-piece bikini.
"I-I-I…M-Mi-Mis…" Ash stuttered as he gawked wide-eyed at Misty's small figure, dropping her sleeping bag on the grass next to him with his cheeks now a bright red color.
The stuttering sounds immediately caught Misty's attention and caused her to jerk her head towards the source of the babbling: Ash. "Ash," she mumbled as her eyes grew wide in realization. "What do you think you're doing!?" she furiously yelled. "Were you spying on me!?"
"N-n-no Misty," Ash nervously stuttered out as he stumbled backwards. "I was just looking for you a-and Pikachu-"he started explaining.
"Look away!" Misty viciously ordered as she stood up out of the water
Ash visibly flinched at Misty's orders. "So-sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"Just keep quiet, Ash Ketchum, and don't look!" Misty furiously ordered as she glared towards Ash, until she noticed Pikachu staring at her with his one ear drooped out of curiosity. "Pikachu, what do you think you're doing!?" she hysterically yelled at the yellow mouse.
Pikachu visibly cringed at Misty's aggression towards him. "Pika Pikachu, Pikachupi-" he started reasoning as he waved his paws defensively in front of him, until he was cut off by a shoe hitting square in the chest, knocking the poor mouse a few feet back.
Pikachu skidded on the ground past Ash, which caused Ash to turn around. He noticed the shoe lying in front of him and then started snickering at Misty's aggression.
"And what's so funny, Ash Ketchum?" Misty rudely asked as she crossed her arms and glared at Ash.
Ash just shook his head at Misty's anger and made his way over to the side of the pond. He bent down, removed his one glove and put that hand in the water. "Wow, the water is not too cold. It's actually kind of nice."
Misty looked at Ash for a while, obviously in thought. "So Ash," she finally said as she slowly made her way over to the boy. "You think the water feels nice?"
Ash nodded absentmindedly and continued swirling his hand in the water, not really paying any attention to Misty.
Pikachu sighed out of relief and sat down against a tree, nibbling on a berry he brought with him from the camp site.
Misty moved ever closer to Ash and gently folded her hands around Ash's hand in the water.
Ash looked up at Misty out of curiousness and saw an evil smirk on her face. Realization then struck him and caused him to visibly gulp.
"In you go, Ashy-boy!" Misty yelled as she forcefully pulled on Ash's hand, causing him to fall face first into the water.
"Hey, what's the big idea!?" Ash yelled as his head resurfaced out of the water.
Misty giggled at first, kept quiet immediately when she saw Ash glaring at her. They looked at each other, before both of them started laughing.
Pikachu exasperatedly sighed at the two humans and shook his head in agitation.
"Whaha; serves you right for spying on me." Misty laughed as she dunked Ash's head back under the water.
Ash's hands thrashed around above the water as Misty held him down. He opened his eyes under the water and saw Misty's legs in front of him. 'Wow, nice bikini…' he thought as a blush started forming on his cheeks. He quickly shook his head to get the picture out of his mind, and then grabbed Misty's ankles and pulled her legs out from underneath her.
Misty opened her eyes underwater and looked straight into Ash, who was sheepishly grinning at her. She playfully slapped him against the side of the head, which forced him to go back up for air.
Ash got back to the surface and coughed a few times as Misty also resurfaced next to him.
"Pikapi, Pikachupi!" Pikachu called the humans as he approached the edge of the pond.
Ash looked over to Misty and both of them nodded at each other in understandment.
"Oh Pikachu," Misty called Pikachu in a sweet voice. "Come here for a sec…" she called as she made her way to the side of the pond where Pikachu was currently watching from.
"Pikachupi," Pikachu asked as he leaned over the side of the pool to Misty.
Ash watched from a distance with a smirk on his face, knowing all-too-well what Misty had planned for Pikachu.
"The water is great, Pikachu." Misty said in her sweet voice. "You should SEE FOR YOURSELF!" she yelled as she grabbed hold of the yellow mouse and fell backwards into the water, taking Pikachu down with her.
Ash laughed as the two resurfaced and Pikachu scurried over to the side of the pond. He also decided to get out and eventually sat down on the grass next to the pond.
"What's wrong, Ash?" Misty asked as she swam over to the side where Ash currently resided.
"Well," Ash started as he looked up at Misty, who was now resting on her arms on the edge of the pond. "My clothes are all wet! My mom's going to kill me!" he complained as he looked himself over.
"Fine Ash," Misty started as she sighed. "We'll wait until your clothes dry up before we hit the road again. I guess the Gym can stay closed for a day, seeing as everyone who has challenged my sisters got a badge for free anyway." She figured.
"Yeah," Ash started as he took his shoes and socks off. "That's kind of weird if you ask me," he continued as he threw his hat next to his shoes followed by his jacket and black t-shirt. As he was starting to unzip his jeans; he noticed Misty staring at him with a blush on her cheeks. "Uhm Misty, would you mind turning around?" he uncomfortably asked.
"Oh right, uhm sure!" Misty hastily exclaimed and then dove into the water, hiding herself from Ash and Pikachu.
"Uhm, okay?" Ash said as he frowned at Misty's behavior. He then proceeded to undress and put on his swimming trunks. He decided to leave his wet clothes on the grass in the sun to dry out. He then turned back to the pond and noticed bubbles on the surface of the water. He smirked for a moment and then slowly got back in the water…
Misty, in the meantime, was starting to get blue in the face. 'Oh man,' she thought as she looked around her.'I hope Ash hurries up. I'm running out of air down here…' she thought until she was snapped out of her thoughts by a pair of arms wrapping around her body and pulling her up towards the surface. Once she got up to the surface; she gasped for air and looked around her in shock, until she stared right into a grinning Ash.
"Hey Misty," he said as he grinned at Misty. "What were you doing down there?" he asked as he pointed down to the water.
"I was hiding from the sight of YOU undressing!" Misty yelled as she pushed Ash's head under the water.
Ash resurfaced out of the water and shook his head. "Oops, sorry about that, Misty…" he said as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head.
"Hmph," Misty huffed as she crossed her arms and turned away.
Ash sighed and moved closer to Misty. He then wrapped his arms around her waist and fell backwards, with Misty in his arms, causing them both to crash into the water.
Pikachu sat on the grass next to Ash's wet clothes and looked on.
Ash and Misty surfaced and started splashing at each other while happily laughing. Misty occasionally dunked Ash and he returned the favor by pulling her legs out from underneath her.
Misty then jumped on Ash and wrapped her legs around his torso, rendering him useless.
Ash stared up at Misty, who was smirking at him. "Uh – Oh…" he muttered before he was sent crashing into the water by Misty from something that looked like a suplex.
Ash re-emerged from the water and spat some of it out of his mouth."Whoa Misty, how'd you do that…" he asked as he stared at her in amazement because of the acrobatic feat.
"By working out, and television, of course." Misty said as she playfully flexed her muscles at Ash.
"Right," Ash sarcastically remarked as he chuckled at Misty's 'muscles', until his stomach emulated a loud growl. "Well, I guess I'm hungry." He said as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Time for lunch!" he excitedly declared with a fist pump.
Misty sighed at Ash's seemingly unsatisfying hunger. "Fine Ash, we'll go look for lunch then." She announced as she pushed Ash's head under the water and started making her way over towards the side to get out of the water.
Ash resurfaced a moment later and spit water out of his mouth as he glared at Misty, who was now sitting on the grass. "Hey, why'd you do that!?" he irritatedly asked as he climbed out of the water and pluffed down on the grass next to her.
"Why wouldn't I have done it?" Misty asked as she stretched her arms over her head as she looked up at the sky. "You're an easy target, Ash." She stated matter-of-factly.
"I am not!" Ash said as he crossed his arms and huffed in agitation.
"Whatever you say, Ash," Misty said as she got up. "Now come on, we've got to find some lunch, since we don't have anything to eat with us." She said as she took her bag and went behind a tree.
"Uh Misty, where are you going?" Ash asked as he looked at the bush Misty was currently behind with a confused expression on his face.
"I'm getting dressed!" Misty yelled as she oaked her head out from behind the bush. "And you'd better stay away!" she warned before her face disappeared behind the bush again.
"Hehe, uh right," Ash nervously chuckled as he quickly moved towards his clothes that were sprawled out over the grass. "Hmm, well my clothes are all dry," he said as he picked the said clothes up and made his way behind a bush.
When Ash and Misty were finished with getting dressed; the three of them headed into the forest in search of some food.
"Hey guys, look over there!" Ash excitedly said as he pointed to a tree. "There's an Oran berry tree!"
The three of them cheered and started hastily making their way over to the Oran berry tree. But, sadly, before they got to the tree; the ground beneath them gave way and they fell, into a hole…
"Uh, what happened?" Ash groggily asked as he rubbed his aching head.
"Whahahaha," Ash, Misty and Pikachu heard a familiar laugh from above as three silhouettes appeared from the sides and looked down at them.
"Prepare for trouble, because we dug a hole." A red-headed female began.
"Yes, and make it double, because it took its toll." A blue-haired man added, but he was bent over, holding his back and it looked as if he was in some pain.
"To protect the world from devastation." The red-headed woman known as Jessie, continued.
"To unite all-"the blue-haired man, James, started, but stopped when he looked down the hole with more intent and then turned to Jessie. "Say Jessie, aren't there three twerps?"
Jessie looked down into the hole as well. "You're right, James. The squinty-eyed twerp is missing." She added upon closer inspection.
"It looks like we've stumbled onto sum lovebiwds guys!" Meowth added his input, causing the Team Rocket trio to snicker.
"Us, lovebirds," Misty started. "Please, I don't waste my time with children…" she said as she turned the other way with an 'hmph'.
"Well, it sure doesn't look that way." Jessie stated matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, considurin' that you followed da twerp all over da place." Meowth added with a smirk.
"I did not!" Misty yelled. "He just owes me a bike, that's all."
"Sure," Jessie said with a smirk.
"Anyway," Meowth interrupted before Misty could say anymore. "Say goodbye ta Pikachu!" he yelled pushed a button on some kind of remote control.
A rubber mechanical hand suddenly appeared and came straight at Ash, Misty and Pikachu. It grabbed Pikachu and started retracting back out of the hole.
"Pikachu, give me back Pikachu!" Ash frantically yelled as he tried to climb up the side of the hole after Pikachu.
Misty, who was the closest to Pikachu, grabbed onto the rubber hand and was pulled out along with the yellow mouse.
"Pikachu, Misty!" Ash yelled after them as he started crawling out of the hole.
"Say James," Jessie said as she noticed Misty coming back up along with Pikachu. "It looks like we have an unwelcome guest."
"You don't say." James said as he peeked down at Pikachu and Misty.
"Meowth, get rid of her." Jessie ordered.
"Gotcha," Meowth said as he turned to Misty with the remote control in his paws. "Say yours prayers, twerp!" he yelled at her as he pushed a button on the remote control, causing the mechanic hand to start swinging around wildly.
"H-Help me, please!" Misty yelled as she held on for dear life. "I'm losing my grip!" she yelled as she started sliding down the hand.
"Pikachupi," Pikachu cried as he tried to squirm loose to help Misty, but it was to no avail.
"Hang on, Misty!" Ash yelled, still trying to get to the top of the hole.
"Help!" Misty yelled as she completely lost her grip and came pummeling down towards the ground.
"Misty!" Ash yelled. He had seen Misty starting to fall just as he got out of the hole and was currently running to get under her, but he soon realized that he wasn't going to get to Misty in time. He stopped running as he helplessly stared as she kept falling.
Misty just closed her eyes shut, waiting to hit the ground.
As Misty was about to hit the ground; she was grabbed out of the air in the nick of time.
Ash stared in shock as the pokemon turned around in the air and started flying towards him. "Can it be, after all this time?" he asked in shock.
"Am I dead yet?" Misty asked as she slowly opened one of her eyes. "I'm flying, so that means, I'm dead!" she yelled as she started to panic and almost fell down the side of her savior. Lying flat on the pokemon's back; Misty looked down into a familiar face. "Pidgeot, is that you?" she uncertainly asked as she slowly sat up.
"Pidgeooo," Pidgeot exclaimed as it smirked at Misty. Yes, it was indeed Pidgeot, the third pokemon that Ash ever owned and caught as a Pidgeotto way back in the beginning of his pokemon journey.
Pidgeot gracefully landed in front of Ash and Misty jumped off.
"Pidgeot, is it really you?" Ash uncertainly asked as he stepped closer to Pidgeot.
Pidgeot nodded and bowed its head for Ash.
"Pidgeot, it's so good to see you again!" Ash happily said as he hugged his loyal pokemon around the neck.
"Pidgeeeo," Pidgeot happily chirped at the attention it was getting.
"Hey look, yous guys, it's the twerp's old Pidgeot." Meowth pointed out.
Jessie nodded and suddenly looked petrified. "You guys, I think we should get out of here…" she whispered to the rest of her team.
The trio nodded and silently started floating away in their balloon, until Wobbuffet emerged out of its pokeball.
"Woooobuffet," Wobbuffet exclaimed nonchalantly, which caught Ash and Misty's attention.
"They've still got Pikachu!" Ash yelled as he started running after Team Rocket's balloon.
"Pidgeeeo," Pidgeot exclaimed as it flew next to Ash, signaling for him to hop on its back.
"You want to help, don't you, Pidgeot?" Ash asked as he jumped on Pidgeot's back.
"Pidgeo," Pidgeot nodded and as soon as Ash was seated; it took off after Team Rocket's balloon.
"Uh-oh," Jessie said as she caught sight of Pidgeot approaching them. "It doesn't look as if this is going to end well for us…" she said as she braced herself.
"Alright Pidgeot, use your Wing Attack to slice that balloon!" Ash ordered from on top of Pidgeot's back.
"Pidgeeeo," Pidgeot obeyed as its wings started glowing white and it charged at Team Rocket's balloon, slicing a hole through it.
The Team Rocket trio, along with Wobbuffet, simultaneously gulped as their balloon started spiraling out of control.
"We were so close!" Jessie yelled trough the air.
"Only to be outdone by a bird!" James added from next to her.
"We are awlways clos', don't ya mowrons ever get tired of complainin'!" Meowth also added.
"Wobbuffet," Wobbuffet nonchalantly exclaimed.
"Looks we're blasting off agaaaaain!" Jessie, James and Meowth simultaneously yelled.
"Wobbu," Wobbuffet added afterwards.
A loud 'ping' could be heard as Team Rocket disappeared into the atmosphere.
"Pika," Pikachu exclaimed as he fell out of the sky towards the ground.
"Hang on, Pikachu!" Misty yelled as she started running around in circles trying to get under Pikachu. "I've got you!" she said as she caught Pikachu out of the air and hugged him tightly against her. "Pikachu, thank goodness you're alright!" she stated, visibly relieved.
"Pikachupi," Pikachu exclaimed as he rubbed his cheek up against Misty's.
"Pikachu," Ash said as Pidgeot landed on the ground next to Misty and Pikachu. He jumped off of Pidgeot's back and ran to them.
"Pikapi," Pikachu exclaimed as he jumped out of Misty's arms into Ash's waiting arms.
"I'm so glad you guys are safe." Ash said as Pikachu climbed up onto his shoulder.
"And we have Pidgeot to thank for that." Misty praised Pidgeot as she gently stroked its feathers, to which Pidgeot happily chirped.
"Well, I don't think we're going to be able to travel today." Ash said as he looked at the sky. "It's almost dark." He pointed out.
"Yeah, I think you're right." Misty said as she stared at the sky. "I guess the Gym will be closed for another day then…" she sighed.
"Well, I guess we better set up camp for the night." Ash said. "And seeing as our bags are still at the pond, I guess we're staying there for the night." He proposed.
"Yeah, that sounds good." Misty agreed.
"Thanks for helping us out, Pidgeot." Ash said as he stroked Pidgeot's feathers. "You're welcome to stay and spend the night with us, if you'd like?" he proposed.
"Pidgeeeo," Pidgeot happily exclaimed as it nodded and turned to Pikachu. "Geeeo," it exclaimed to the yellow mouse, looking as if it was asking Pikachu something.
"Pika Pika," Pikachu nodded and then jumped on Pidgeot's head.
Once Pidgeot was satisfied that Pikachu was comfortable; it took off and soared through the air.
"Well, I guess Pikachu's got a ride." Ash said as he smiled at his two pokemon. "Hey Pidgeot," he yelled at Pidgeot.
"Pidgeo," Pidgeot exclaimed as it looked down at Ash.
"We're heading over to that pond in the forest!" Ash yelled as he cupped his hands around his mouth. "We're going to camp there for the night. Do you know where it is?" he added.
"Pidgeeeo," Pidgeot exclaimed as it nodded in approval and started flying in the pond's direction, followed by Ash and Misty on the ground…
"Phew," Misty started as she pluffed down on the grass next to the pond. "I'm bushed." She stated as she lay back on her elbows.
"Yeah," Ash agreed as he sat down next to her. "And to top it all off, we still don't have anything to eat!" he complained as he held his stomach.
"Yeah, don't remind me." Misty said as she sighed depressively.
"Well, I'm going to go look for some fire wood." Ash announced as he got back up onto his feet. He looked around for any companions, but saw that Pikachu and Pidgeot were happily chatting away underneath a tree. He decided to give them some time to catch up and headed into the bushes.
"Then I'm going to get the campsite ready." Misty announced as she started unrolling her sleeping bag.
"Pikachup, Pika Pikachu." Pikachu exclaimed at Pidgeot.
"Pidgeeeo, Geo." Pidgeot exclaimed as it nodded and the two pokemon took off into the bushes.
"Hey," Misty yelled as she saw the two pokemon disappearing into the woods. "Hmm, I wonder where they're off to…" she wondered out loud, but shrugged it off as two friends catching up and then continued to unroll Ash's sleeping bag.
Ash returned a little while later with his arms full of fire wood, and he dropped the pile onto the ground and started packing the fire. "Hey," he started as he looked around. "Where are Pikachu and Pidgeot?"
"I don't know." Misty said as she looked up at Ash. "They disappeared into the bushes a while ago." She explained.
"Hmm, I wonder where they went…" Ash wondered out loud as he stood back up and took a pokeball of his belt. "Come on out, Cyndaquil!" he yelled as he threw the pokeball into the air.
The pokeball popped open in mid-air and Cyndaquil appeared on the ground in a bright flash of light.
"Cynda," Cyndaquil exclaimed as it looked around.
"Cyndaquil, I need you to light that pile of wood with your Flamethrower." Ash instructed.
"Cynda," Cyndaquil nodded as a flame protruded from its back. "Cyndaquil," it exclaimed as it fired a flame out of its mouth at the wood, lighting it instantly.
"Thanks, Cyndaquil, return." Ash said as he held the pokeball up to Cyndaquil, retracting it back into its pokeball, and he then clipped it back onto his belt. 'I wish I could let you guys out of your pokeballs, but I don't have any pokemon food with me.' Ash thought with a sad smile...
"Pikapi," Pikachu exclaimed as he jumped out of the bushes, heading straight for Ash.
"Huh," Ash asked as he turned around, only to catch Pikachu in the nick of time. "Pikachu, where were you? And where's Pidgeot?" he sternly asked his yellow mouse.
"Pidgeeeo," Pidgeot exclaimed as it swept over the bushes and landed in front of Ash, carrying what appeared to be a leaf.
Upon closer inspection; Ash realized that the leaf was filled with various kinds of berries. "Are these for us?" he asked his two pokemon.
Pikachu and Pidgeot simultaneously nodded in approval.
"So that's where you two went earlier?" Misty asked as she came up from behind Ash.
The two pokemon once again nodded simultaneously.
"Wow, thanks a lot, you guys!" Ash gratefully said as he picked the leaf up and put it next to his bag backpack.
The camp was all set up and Misty, Ash, Pikachu and Pidgeot sat around the fire, eating the berries. After dinner the gang decided to head to bed. Pidgeot found itself a nice branch in a tree to sleep on. Ash and Pikachu got into Ash's sleeping bag with Pikachu lying on top of it. Misty got into her sleeping bag.
"Goodnight Misty, goodnight Pikachu, goodnight Pidgeot." Ash said as he turned around and closed his eyes.
"Goodnight, you guys." Misty said as she also turned around and closed her eyes.
"Pikachu Pikapi, Pikachu Pikachupi, Pikachu Pikachup." Pikachu exclaimed as he curled up and went to sleep.
"Pidgeeeeoo," Pidgeot exclaimed as it made itself comfortable and also went to sleep.
And so everything was quiet for the night as everyone was sound asleep…