Old Friends, New Places
On a note I would like to thank ruggler354 and stars90 for being my first reviewers. Also, as for the paragraph problem in chapter 1, I did something wrong with the page layout on Microsoft Word.
Disclaimer: Still do not own Pokemon!
Chapter 3: A Ferry Tale (not very good at titles)
(With Ash and Dawn upstairs)
Ash finished putting his last shirt away when Dawn walked in.
"Hey did you finish packing yet?" She asked. He looked up and saw her walk in.
"Just finished." He answered plainly. He looked down at the floor.
"What's wrong?" She asked sweetly as she walked over and sat on the bed with him.
"Nothing, just thinking about where we should go next." He answered truthfully.
"I'm sure we'll find some new region to go to." She said with a smile. "Now come on. We need to go downstairs." She said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the room while he grabbed his bag. She couldn't help but blush at the skin to skin contact. She thanked Arceus he couldn't see her. She kept dragging him all the way down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Hello you two. Almost ready to go?" The older bluenette asked. Ash and Dawn nodded.
"How about you say goodbye to Buneary." She said.
"Already took care of it." She said sadly. "Did it while I was packing." She reached in her bag and got out Buneary's pokeball. "Here you go." She said as she handed it to her mother.
Johanna grabbed the ball and put it aside. "Well, it was great having you all here." She stated with a smile. You'd better get going. The trio nodded.
"Thanks for everything!" The trio said. Ash walked out, followed by Brock, then Dawn, who was pulled back into the house by her mother.
"Good luck with him." She said as she gently pushed Dawn back outside and closed the door behind her. Dawn stood there stunned, but realized what her mother had said. She blushed a furious shade of red. She shook it off and caught up with Brock and Ash.
After an hour of walking, they reached the ferry. They showed their tickets and got on.
They went to their room and got comfy. It was only an overnight trip to Kanto. So they didn't unpack a lot.
"Well this place is nice." Ash stated hoping to make conversation.
"Yeah." The other two replied in a bored tone.
"It's only three o'clock, and the ship doesn't arrive until tomorrow morning." Ash informed. "Yet, we haven't done anything except sit around and do nothing." He said.
"There's a pool onboard." Brock stated. "We could always go swimming." Dawn looked up and smiled.
"That's a great idea, Brock!" Dawn exclaimed. "I'll go get ready."
She reached into her bag and ran into the bathroom.
About 5 minutes later she walked out placing her hands on her hips in a pose, facing Ash.
"So... What do you think?" She asked sweetly. She was wearing a yellow and pink two piece. The top was yellow with a couple of pink hearts. The bottom was similar but two pink hearts were holding it together on the sides. It fit her hourglass shape perfectly. Once again Ash's denseness kicked in.
"You look fine." He replied with a smile. She looked down disappointed at his answer. Brock sweatdropped at the teens. He got up from his bed and went into the bathroom to change. Dawn sat on her bed still feeling sad.
After a few minutes, Brock walked out in simple red an yellow trunks.
"I'm gonna go to the pool see, you guys there." He said as he opened the door and it closed it behind him as he left with Pikachu close behind.
"Pika." It cried.
Ash walked into the bathroom and after a few minutes exited in plain blue and red trunks. He looked over and saw Dawn still sitting on her bed.
She still looked sad. So Ash thought he'd see what's wrong. He walked over and sat by her.
"Is something bothering you?" He asked sincerely. She blushed from the fact that they were sitting a few inches from eachother.
"You wouldn't understand." She answered plainly.
"Try me." He replied. She looked up at him, then at the floor.
"Maybe another time." She said softly. She stood up along with Ash. "Come on, Brock's probably waiting for us. He nodded and they walked out closing the door behind them. Ash ran off towards the pool. She walked towards the pool as well.
"Another time." She mumbled to herself as she continued walking towards the pool.
When they got to the pool, they noticed it wasn't very crowded. Just a few girls who Brock was ogling, and an old couple. The girls started staring at Ash.
" Oh my Arceus, he's hot." One with blonde hair said.
"She's right, we should totally go talk to him." A brunette replied. A girl with pink hair spoke up.
"Definitely." She stated as they walked around the pool to him.
"Hi, I'm Karla. These are my friends, Brianna" She said as she pointed to the blonde. "And Morgan." She said as she pointed to the pink haired girl. "What's your name?" The brunette asked while looking at Ash. They looked around 16 or 17. The blonde was wearing a simple red two piece bikini, the brunette was wearing a green bikini, and the pink haired girl was wearing a blue two piece. Hearts formed in Brock's eyes, but once again stopped thinking of the consequences.
"My name is Ash, and this is my partner, Pikachu." He replied with his usual pose.
"Pika!" The Mouse Pokemon cried along with his trainer.
"That's a cool name." Morgan stated.
"So are you with her?" Brianna asked while motioning her head toward Dawn before Dawn or Brock could introduce themselves.
"You mean Dawn?" He asked while looking over to the bluenette. Karla nodded. "Yeah, we've been traveling together for two years now, she's a good friend of mine." He answered with a smile. Brock facepalmed while Dawn turned her head to hide her blush. Soon she turned her head back to face the three girls.
"No. We're not." She replied angrily at the girls while trying to keep down her blush.
"Oh I see what's going on here."
Brianna piped up. "Someone has a cwush." She said in a baby voice. Ash sat there confused while Dawn continued blushing. Brock decided to step back away from the girls.
"How about a Pokemon battle to see who's more worthy of him." Karla suggested. Ash was still completely confused.
"No way!" Dawn replied with a serious look on her face.
"Too late. I already challenged you." She shot back in a rude voice.
"Ugh, fine. But to me, this is just a battle." Dawn stated while trying to keep a blush from replacing her now determined look.
"Fine, your loss." She replied while eyeing Ash from head to toe.
They walked to a nearby battlefield on the ferry. They took their sides ready to battle. Morgan took referee position.
"This will be a one on one battle between Karla and Dawn!" She stated. Ash and Brock sat to the right of Dawn.
"You've got this Dawn!" The teenage trainer yelled from the sidelines. Even if he didn't know what the battle was about. It was still a battle. And his best friend was in it.
'If Ash says I'll win, then I will for him.' The coordinator thought.
Looks like we have a battle between Dawn and Karla. I hope I'm doing a good job with the story and I hope you all like it. :)
Also thanks to Lightningblade49 I would now like to take a couple of Ash's old Pokemon to Unova (not counting Pikachu) or maybe just one, so review to tell me who you think he should take.
