Hello everyone! AHHHHH it's finally over, school (for me anyways) is finally over! HAHAHA I MADE THROUGH THE 8TH GRADE! Yes summer vacation I've been waiting forever for it to come! And it's finally here!

Ages:

Ash: 14

Iris: 14

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon

Chapter 3: *Gasp* a tomboy!

"Man, this place is packed," Ash muttered as they entered the Stration Café.

The whole place seemed to have transformed overnight, the two had come to eat here with Cilan just a day a two before and they were positive that it wasn't decked out in pink and other girly colors last time they came. The large dining room was full of female guest and the Stration gym's fan girls, who were all eating away, talking and laughing and had plates of food piled high on their table.

"Um, c-can I help you, miss?" a waiter rush up towards the two, the guy looked drained, his uniform was a bit wrinkled and he fumbled a bit as he tried to fix his hair in which a few strains had gotten out of place, geez waiting tables that were full of girls was a lot harder than it seemed.

"Uh, yes I'd like a table please," Iris said giving a sympathetic smile to the waiter, seeing that he was having a hard day.

"Of course, miss," he said then looked at Ash "um, will your friend be joining you?"

Iris looked back at the raven haired teen, Ash saw her brown eyes sparkle, "Of course he is…so a table for two please!"

The waiter arched an eyebrow, but he seemed too tired to say much of anything, "Oh, um of course miss, right this way,"

"You ready to eat, Ash?" Iris asked reaching out and wrapping her fingers around his.

Ash felt his face heat up, "Uh, yeah" he laughed nervously, "I'm starved!"

The waiter lead the two to the back of the Startion Café to a booth that had a window overlooking the battle field of the gym out back.

"This is nice, right?" Iris asked sliding into the booth, taking a seat across from Ash.

"Yeah it really is," he peered out the window, "hey look, it's looks like Cilan, Cress and Chilli are allowing battles for all the girls today,"

It was true, at the moment Chilli was using his Pansear against a girl's Semipour, who was covered with bright pink sparkles and a matching sparkly bow on its head. They can see as Pansear was ordered to use Fire Blast, but it was quickly dodged by the Semipour and then counter with a strong Water Pulse. Chilli doesn't seem to call a move and allows Pansear to get hit; the Pokémon topples over from the powerful super affective move. The red head connoisseur seemed to be annoyed, but being that it was Princess Festival Day, the gym leader seemed to be taking it easy and allowing the girl to win.

"Hey, guys" Ash turned his attention from the window to see Cilan standing at their table.

"Whoa, Cilan you look horrible!" Iris said before laughing

"Yeah, these girls are really draining you aren't they?" Ash added with a snicker.

The green haired connoisseur/gym leader/waiter's normally happy expression was now a weary smile his hair was a bit of a mess and there were stains here and there all over his clothes.

"Yup, Cress, Chilli and I have been working all day," Cilan informed, "we've been cooking nonstop and girls kept requesting for battles! Pansage and my other Pokémon had to be taking to the Pokémon Center three times already because of all the battles, but we have to keep these girls happy by letting win…but boy is it tiring!"

"Wow, Princess Festival Day must be running you guys ragged," Ash snickered.

"Yeah…I guess-" the connoisseur stopped short when he noticed that Iris didn't have any bags sitting beside her, unlike Iris, many of the girls sitting and eating had piles and piles of bags, boxes and other packages beside their table, "um…Iris haven't you've been shopping yet today?"

Iris looked up from the menu in her hands before quickly hiding her face behind it, "Um, no not yet…b-but I-I'm p-planning to,"

Cilan arched an eyebrow, "Oh, you are?" the purple haired teen didn't look up from the menu but nodded, he turned to Ash who sweatdropped.

"Yeah…don't worry Cilan, were going…shopping," Ash felt his heart drop into his stomach at the sound of the word, shopping, leaving his mouth, "…r-right I-Iris?"

Iris kept her head hidden but still said, "Yeah, of course Ash,"

"So, alright you two, what would you like to order?" Cilan asked whipping out a notepad and pen

Ash looked at the menu, his stomach rumbled at the list of delicious food on the menu he opened his mouth to place his order but then decided, "Well, um Iris, since it's Princess Festival Day and all, why don't you order first?"

Iris raised her head from the menu her brown eyes seemed to be smiling at the nice gesture, "Um alright," she scanned the list of food the menu had, "wow, everything…it all looks so good…um…" Ash started at the girl as she continued to ponder her decision on what to eat, when suddenly his stomach started to rumble loudly.

Ash felt his face burn bright red, his bit his lip, "Er, sorry," the raven haired boy apologized, but his stomach protested again causing him to become more embarrassed

Iris started to laugh, "Oh, Ash that stomach of yours, does it ever stop thinking about food?" she turned to the green haired connoisseur who still stood patently with his notepad waiting to take Iris's order, "you know what Cilan? Since Ash and I are so hungry at the moment," she closed her menu and handed it to her green haired friend, "I think I'll order everything on the menu!"

Cilan slumped over anime style, "E-Everything? Iris you want everything on the menu?"

Ash's mouth dropped, "Are you serious, Iris, you want everything?!"

The purple haired girl laughed a bit as she lean back in her seat and rested her hands behind her head, "Well why not? I mean it is Princess Festival Day after all, might as well make the most of it right?" then she winked at Ash, "besides you've spent all morning with me and we've had tons of fun so I'm going to treat you to a big lunch! So now it just time for us to sit back and chow down!"

Ash smiled, "Well Cilan you heard Iris, one of everything on the menu please!"

"O-Of course," Cilan said starting to walk off, purple anime lines streaking the back of his head

Ash opened his mouth to thank Iris for being so nice and for ordering so much food and was going to tell her about his past experience with his other female companions on Princess Festival Day when a voice cut in.

"Everything on the menu, eh?" said the voice, it was a bit high pitched, telling Ash it was a female…huh it sounded familiar to the raven haired boy, "looks like someone's being a little miss fatty today,"

Iris blinked and turned her head both ways trying to find the source of the voice, "Um, e-excuses me, but who are you calling a little miss fatty?!"

There was a snickering sound, "I'm over here," with that Iris and Ash turned their attention to the direction of where tons of boxes and packages sat.

Ash swetdropped, "Uh, Iris I think those boxes and stuff might be talking to you-"

"Ugh, no you dumbass!" snapped the voice, "hey, Nick, Mitch move my precious merchandise out of my way, now!"

Ash cringed, that voice…it made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. For a few moment a blond guy and a red head guy moved the packages and boxes all the while the voice bellowing for them not to drop anything, while they mumbled, "Yes Princess Misty,"

At the sound of that Ash felt his heart plummet into his stomach almost making him feel nauseas, 'No, it can't be please, not that red head devil girl!'

But it was as; sitting in the booth across from them was that redhead with her spiky little ponytail that had an elaborate blue hair bow which matched the rest of her sparkly blue and white outfit (TG2012: use your imagination on what Misty's wearing cause I don't give a damn). She was wearing dewdrop shaped earrings and eyeliner that was blueberry blue, but she had way too much on making her look like a raccoon. Her red lipstick made her lips look too red and the bracelets lining her arms made too much noise at her slightest movement.

Ash felt his face pale, "No…n-not-"

"So, it's you who called me fatty!" Iris said with clenched teeth as she glared into red head's teal eyes.

Misty rolled her eyes, "Well, well, well, long time no see, Ash," she said ignoring Iris all together.

Ash could fell Iris's brown eyes narrowing at him, "Ash…y-you know this girl?"

Ash turned from Misty and looked at Iris, "Uh…well yeah her name's Misty…and sometimes I wish I hadn't meet her at all-"

"Aw, don't say that Ashy," Misty said resting her chin on her folded hands, she turned to Iris, "So who's you fatty friend?"

Ash opened his mouth tell say something nasty back to the red head but Iris cut in, "My name's Iris, and I'm not fat, I'm just treating Ash and myself to a nice lunch-"

"Didn't ask. Don't care." Misty interrupted rudely as turned away from Iris which gained her an arched eyebrow from the purple haired girl. Misty looked back at Ash, "So you deiced to spend Princess Festival Day in Unova this year, Ash?" she didn't give time for him answer and continued to talk, "remember when you spent Princess Festival Day with me?"

Ash clenched his fist, the raven haired boy wanted so much to say some nasty things to that red head but he knew better (knowing that if he went too far, or Misty started this whole act thing again, he'd get his ass beat by a bunch of women) and turned in his seat and muttered, "Yeah, I remember,"

Ash could see Iris flash him a confused look, "Ash spent Princess Festival Day with you?"

"Yes, it really fun," Misty sneered glaring at Ash, "bossing guys around, getting anything I want, Princess Festival Day is the holiday for me," Iris said nothing Ash could see Misty was giving a rather bad first impression, "so Violet-"

"It Iris," Ash blurted

"No one asked you, Ash, so shut up," Misty snapped, "Have you been enjoying Princess Festival Day, Violet?"

"M-my name's Iris actually-" the purple haired girl stammered

"Ugh, damn it whatever, have you've been enjoying Princess Festival Day or not?" Misty ordered as she pulled out a tube of lip gloss and smeared it on her lips.

Iris gave a nervous laugh, "Oh, yeah of course we been having fun, uh…right Ash?"

Ash opened his mouth to answer, but Misty cut in again, "We? What do you mean by we?"

Ash didn't know if his eyes were playing tricks on him or not but Iris's cheeks seemed to glow a pink color, "When I m-mean we…I mean Ash and I…" her voice trailed off as Misty gave a spectacle look. Ash could see Iris's hands clench the tablecloth slightly, "Uh…Ash and I've been having fun…y-you know going around, and uh, shopping-"

"Of course, you've been shopping," Misty snorted, her face twisting into a sneer, "especially when you have no shopping bags or anything,"

Iris sweatdropped and looked over to Ash, "Uh…we-well I…I um…" Ash could see Iris's brown eyes pleading for some sort of help, but all he could do was give a sheepish grin and shrug his shoulders, "t-the only reason I don't have any bags is…is uh-"

"Have you been shopping at all today, Violet?" Misty asked, her voice sounding cold and her eyebrow arching.

Iris's hands clenched the tablecloth tighter, "Um…w-well m-my name i-is Iris, Misty, and I…d-don't have any stuff b-because all the shops were full, a-and so…uh I-"

"So what have you two been up to all morning?" Misty abruptly interrupts, her voice louder than before gaining some glances from a few other female costumers who were sitting at their tables nearby.

'Damn that bitch, w-why is she questioning Iris like this?' Ash thought giving Misty a glare, which she ignores, 'what is Misty up to?'

"Hey, did you not hear me?" Misty snaps her gaze turning at Iris.

Iris cuts the gaze and suddenly seems to be interested in the table cloth her hands were clutching, "I-I told you we've been shopping…and stuff…"

Ash felt annoyance bubble up inside of him, 'Why is Iris lying?' he thought, 'why isn't she telling Misty what we really did?'

"So you went shopping?" Misty asked, "and since you don't have any bags or anything…I'm assuming you got that hideous yellow and pink outfit today, right?"

Ash could see Iris's brown eyes widen, but not only from how rude Misty was being but also from what looked like something else. Some emotion that he couldn't pinpoint.

"My…outfit," Iris repeated, a few other females nearby were starting to stare at the scene between Iris and Misty and began to whisper. Iris's eyes narrowed a bit, "nothing's wrong with my outfit-"

Misty got up and came over to their booth, "And I'm guessing you went to the hairdresser and got your hair done in this outrageous ponytail style, right?" she batted Iris's ponytails with her hands.

Ash couldn't take it anymore, he hated how Misty was treating his crush, "Misty stop…bugging Iris," he said knowing that he had to choose his words very carefully, "this is what she always wears and her hair is always in that ponytail hair style,"

At that remark he noticed how Iris snapped her head to look at him her eyes wide. She quickly opened her mouth as if to say something but once again Misty cut in.

"Oh, so this is what you always wear?" Misty inquires her voice rising in volume causing more girls and women to stare, "and your hair always looks like this?"

Iris starts shaking her head, "No…no o-of course not! I…I uh…" Ash could see Iris was starting to grow uncomfortable.

Misty sneered, "Oh, yeah right! Don't give me that BS, your lying!"

Iris laughed nervously as more and more people began looking and staring at what was going on between her and the red head, "No, you see…I-I wear other things I-I just…uh-"

"Lair! This girl is a liar!" Misty said loud enough for the whole café to here.

"Misty stop it!" Ash said, "and stop being such a bit-"

"You better not say that, Ketchum!" Misty snapped, as she shot him a look, Ash cringed it was that look that read 'one more slip up like that and I'm making sure all these women in this building beat your ass to a pulp' look, the raven haired teen clenched his fist in anger.

Misty turned back to Iris, "So…if you don't wear this horrible outfit all the time, what do you wear?" Iris bit her lip, she refused to say anything. "Oh, so you can't tell me?" Iris opened her mouth but Misty continued, "so you bought these cloths and you don't seem to have any cloths on you and you don't have any bags to prove you've been shopping so…"

The area was now silent; everyone was looking, staring waiting for the purple haired ten to say something.

The only thing she was able to say was, "I've been shopping today I swear I have," she said waving her fist in the air, causing the sparkly pink bracelet the random girl gave her to slip off her wrist and clatter nosily to the floor.

Misty stooped down and picks it up, "So you're saying you only went shopping for this?"

Iris sat there, Ash could see her eyes were full of…worry or something that he just couldn't pin point.

"I…I mean, um-" Iris seemed as helpless as a Deerling caught in the headlights of an oncoming car, everyone was staring at her and her face was red with embarrassment.

Misty leaned in close to Iris's face, one hand her on her hip the other holding the sparkly pink bracelet, "So, besides shopping for this bracelet, what else have you done today, Iris?"

Silence.

Iris eyes were locked on the floor.

Everyone still staring and waiting for an answer.

Ash felt his hands ball into fist, he couldn't remember the last time he had been so angry at someone! It was taking every cell in his body to keep himself from cussing Misty out, 'Just stay calm,' he thought,

Misty started snickering, a mean and triumphant grin curled on her lips.

That did it!

"Stop it! Misty just stop it!" Ash shouted leaping to his feet; Misty turned and glared at him her eyes narrow slits, "stop badgering Iris! Who cares what she did today? All Iris is doing is enjoying Princess Festival Day the way she wants-"

"Well than Ash," Misty said her eyes still narrow making her eye shadow seem more horrendous then it originally was, "since you've spent all morning with Violet-" she then stopped as if to remember something, "Oh, I'm sorry I mean, Iris, do you mind telling me what you two have been up to all morning long?"

At this Ash could see Iris's eyes grow wider than usual...the way her pupils seemed to trembling made him feel as if she was trying to tell him something. He turned back to Misty the way she was giving him a blank face made him feel like she had asked him a trick question, but he answered anyway.

"First we went to the basement to of Stration's Mall of Wonders to go see Wonder Launchers 3 then we went to floor eight and played video games, which Iris was really good at," he stopped for a breath and glanced around to see everyone was staring at Iris with odd expressions on their faces.

Ash didn't understand the looks and glanced to his purple haired friend but only to find that she seemed to be trying to mouth something to him…it looked like…was it the word…stop? Stop? Why would Iris want him to stop? Not being able to figure out the answer to his question, Ash continued.

Turning his eyes away from Iris, Ash continued, "Uh, after playing video games we went up to floor ten and raced go karts and even went skateboarding on floor four. That's all Iris wanted to do today, there are you happy now Misty?" at this Ash expected Misty to back off and leave them alone now that she got her answer, but to his surprise a soft uproar of whispers started to arise from the females throughout the café.

"What's the matter with that girl?" whispered one

"Why would a girl want to see Wonder Launchers 3? And skateboarding? Ugh, why would she do that?" said questioned another.

"Well she is an odd looking girl…" said another glaring at Iris's hair and cloths

Ash started to feel confused what was the problem? Why did everything feel so awkward? The raven haired boy looked over at Iris, her brown eyes were as large as plates and her pupils were tiny and they looked directly at him.

"So, Iris, your one of them?" Misty asked straightening up both her hands on her hips and her lips were curled in what looked like a triumphant smile.

Iris slowly turned to face Misty and the rest of the females that were now silent and looking at her. Her brown eyes locked with Misty's icy teal ones for a millisecond before she looked down at the floor, "I don't know what you're talking about," she said quietly, "I'm absolutely normal-"

"No you're not!" Misty cried slapping the pink bracelet down onto the table, making Iris jump a little, "your one of them aren't you?"

Ash didn't understand "S-She's one of what?"

"She's one of those…those tomboys!" the red head cried pointing an accusing finger at the purple haired teenage girl.

The word seemed to shake everyone in the room.

Ash stood there, "A tomboy?" he turn to Iris who's hands were trembling but her eyes were locked on Misty's smirking face.

Slowly Iris stood up, "S-So what…I'm a tomboy…w-what does it matter?"

Misty laughed, "It matters to everything, you tomboy, jackass!"

Ash once again felt anger bubble inside him, but before he could say anything to Misty the other females in the café started too taut and say hateful things to the purple haired girl that was now labeled as a tomboy. So much so that Iris could seem to take it.

"No!" she cried, "no I-I'm normal… I re-really am normal!" but the yelling of the mean and horrid things seemed to break the girl, she start to push her way through the crowd of women who had started to surround their booth, "leave me alone!"

"Wait Iris!" Ash called tried to get through the women but he was easily pushed aside and squashed up against the wall as the mass of females started to crowd around Iris who was trying to head for the front door.

But she didn't get far as Cilan and Cress started in the same direction of the purple haired girl with their arms covered in plates, they were caring the order Iris had placed of one of everything on the menu.

"I-Iris, watch out!" Ash tried to call but with all the girls crowding and shouting his words didn't make through and with a loud crash Iris ran right into the two brothers. Plates of food and glasses full of drinks came crashing down onto Iris.

"Oh no, Iris!" Ash said to himself as he could only witness his purple haired friend crumpled to the ground covered head to toe in food. It was all in her violet hair and stained all over her pink and yellow outfit.

"Look at you," Misty sneered as all around women and girls were laughing at Iris, "that disgusting little tomboy sitting there covered in food like a Grumpig sitting in a puddle of mud, how pitiful!"

Ash could here Iris scream, "YOUR JUST A STUCK UP LITTLE BITCH!"

This caused the red head and a few others to gasp, Misty turned her glare back on and looked as Iris, "What did you say?" she hissed

"YOU HEARD ME YOUR JUST A BITCH WHO CARES ABOUT NOTHING BUT HERSELF!" Iris cried, tears starting to run down her cheeks.

Misty face twisted into a nasty glare, "HOW DARE YOU! YOU…YOU TOMBOY FREAK" she yelled kicking some of the food that littered the floor into Iris's face, "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL ME THAT! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO I AM!? YOU TOMBOY FREAK!"

Ash felt his face redden, once again he tried to push his way through the crowd but only turned up unsuccessful, "IRIS!" he cried as he was pushed back against the wall.

The raven haired boy peered through the crowd only to see everyone laughing at the purple haired girl who could no longer control her tears and let them run freely down her face. With her shoulders and body shaking from the sobs Iris made a run for the door and rushed out, still covered in food and with people, Misty being the loudest, calling nasty names after her and not feeling the least bit sorry for it.

Ash wanted to strangle the red head girl but she had already slipped out the café with a few other girls along with her slaves for the day Jason and Mitch, 'I'll deal with Misty later, I have to go and find Iris,' the raven haired boy thought squeezing his way through the people and out the doors in pursuit of the purple haired beauty.

'I don't get it,' Ash thought as he ran thought the streets, dodging people as he went, 'why did everyone get all…freaked out when they found out Iris was a tomboy? What's wrong with that?' the raven haired boy thought back to when he was traveling with Misty, even though she had claimed to be a tomboy, she didn't act tomboyish at all. Well to not like Iris anyway, not once could he remember Misty running through trees, doing cartwheels, or swinging on vines…well not for fun anyway. To be honest Misty was just as much of a girly girl as May or Dawn, well in his opinion (TG2012:and mine too)

"So what's the big deal with being a tomboy?" Ash said aloud.

What is the big deal about being a tomboy? Find out in the next chapter of A Different Kind of Princess!

There you go guy there's chappy 3! I hoped you guys liked it! And if you're a Misty lover and the stuff above was offensive in any shape, form or fashion…I'm sorry but I chose Misty to be the mean girl in this fanfic and I had to do what I had to do! Anyway stay tune for the next chapter!

BYE:Toadettegirl2012

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PPS: please don't send me any stupid reviews about being to mean to misty….

Chapter edited 9/16/13