Chapter 9

First I want to thank those of you who took the time to review and give me your input throughout this story. Heck thanks to those of you who have been reading and haven't taken the time to review too. I only hope that I'm entertaining each and every one of you. And to those of you have told me(or even thought in your brains) that this story isn't really about Ash since it's concentrated and multiple characters thus far, I can tell you that's because I have over-thought this story and decided to incorporate multiple story lines in order to make the last chapter competitive with Ash's First's final chapter.

On another beautiful day in Pallet Town, Delia, Ash, Brock, Pikachu, and Ms. Mime are enjoying it sitting outside in lawn chairs on the back patio facing the ocean and drinking ice tea. May, Dawn, and Gisele went into town to do some shopping, leaving Mrs. Ketchum to bond with the boys for a change.

"The only thing more beautiful than the ocean…" Ash says "is my poke'mon master trophy!" he looks back at the framed photos on the back of the house showing him holding his trophy.

"Yeah no one is sick of hearing about that." Brock says sarcastically.

"You're just jealous because I have more poke'mon than you!" Ash yells.

"I am not." Brock says "our goals were completely different. Maybe you're jealous because I've fucked more women than you."

Since he doesn't have a hat on, Ash lowers his bangs over his eyes to shield them as a sign of sadness.

"Language, Brock." Delia says "there's a baby present." She touches her tummy.

"Oh right. Sorry, Ash." Brock smiles.

"Speaking of which. I should be having the baby any day now." Delia smiles, and fantasizes about her future son.

Delia sits in a lawn chair wearing sunglasses in the front yard, as her now 18 year old son works in the garden shirtless. He looks like Ash, only with long flowing black locks, and an athletic muscular build.

"I'm done, Mom." He speaks in a deep Ash-like voice "I gardened the hell out of that garden. With a little help from my hoe!" he pulls a garden hoe out from behind his back and poses with it, like it's a samurai sword.

"Good boy, Ash Jr." Delia smiles "don't forget to change your-"

"I changed my underwear 5 times while I was working. But I'm not quite done yet." He walks over and picks up his mom with both arms. "I have one more seed to plant." He winks and Delia giggles.

Delia sighs as she fantasizes about her future son…

Ash wonders what his future son/brother would be like as well "Hmm…"

Ash imagines his future son appearing the exact same way as his mom envisioned standing on a platform in a stadium surrounded by adoring fans cheering. He holds two trophies, shirtless, with a Raichu by his side.

"Congratulations to Ash Ketchum on becoming the first ever two time poke'mon master champion!" the public address announcer says over the speakers.

A fifty year old Misty runs over and wraps her arms around him "Fuck me, Ash Jr. Fuck me!"

"As soon as I'm done fucking this other broad." Bob says, fucking some hot blonde chick. "Now I want to thank my bro-dad for this achievement. This is for you!" he hoists the trophies to the sky.

"That's my boy" Ash says, looking down from the highest floor of the largest tower ever built next to the stadium.

A bunch of kids crowd around Ash Jr. and start singing "na-na-na-na-na-na. na-na-na-na-na. it's all about the evolution of the POKE'MON!"

And some guy with a microphone elevates from beneath the playing field and starts singing "to be a master, twice…poke'mon master-twice! I will be writing a brand new chapter. To be a master. Two-time poke'mon master…I will be striving to be the greatest master…twice!"

Ash snaps out of his fantasy, unsure if he's satisfied or saddened by his own fantasy.

Brock rubs his chin and envisions his own depiction of Ash's future son:

A pre-teen girl with pink hair sits on a large flat rock by the edge of a river fishing, when the line starts to move. "I caught something!" she struggles with the pole, til she finally pulls out Ash's son on to land.

He looked just like Ash and wore blue jeans, and a pair of suspenders with no shirt on beneath, and a straw hat on his head like a scarecrow would wear. In his arms he holds a weak beaten Pikachu.

"Nah it's just a kid. Oh and a poke'mon. Are you okay?" the girl leaps from the rock and asks.

"I reckon I'll be fine little lady." He sounds just like Ash but he spoke with an inbred hick accent.

"Not you!" she slaps him across the face "your poke'mon. How could you let this happen to it? are you retarded or something?"

"Ed-jew-kay-shun ihhs expensive round these parts. That's why I've set off to come a poke'mon master." He says, standing up and turning his hat backwards, despite it being completely round.

"Well don't just stand there and rant. Your Pikachu needs to get to a hospital immediately. There's a care center over there." The girl points. Their attention is drawn to the loud chirping of a large flock of swellows flying their way.

"Ahh!" Ash Jr. screams "they done followed me, I tell you what!" he runs over to a nearby parked yellow motorcycle, and loads Pikachu into the basket.

"Hey what the hell are you doing, dumbass?" the girl screams.

"I'll bring it back one day!" he starts the motor and drives off, struggling to control it "I'm uncoordinated!" he shouts and crashes into a tree, sending Pikachu flying into the balloon of team rocket.

"We finally did it!" Jessie exclaims "we captured Pikachu!"

"To da boss!" Meowth shouts.

Meanwhile Ash Jr. was getting his ass beat by the girl he stole from "You piece of trash!" she yells while hitting him with her mallet.

Brock smiles "That would so happen."

Their attention is brought to two male figures walking on the beach alongside the ocean. "Trespassers!" Ash pulls a plasma ray gun out from underneath his chair "they're toast."

"Ash, stop." Brock puts his hand on the gun "stop being so paranoid and controlling. Be cool like you used to be. I miss the old Ash, ya know?"

Ash sighs "All right." He puts the gun back under his chair. So too does Pikachu, who also grabbed one in the heat of the moment. "but if they attack us I'm gonna jam my fingers into your eyes."

"You better fucking not! That happened to me as a child!" Brock yells, holding his fist above Ash.

"Okay I won't…" Ash sweat drops "I'll just tug on your ear."

"Go ahead it's so numb I've lost all feeling in it." Brock says.

Meanwhile the two male figures walking on the beach are Rick and Todd, who decided to leave their post on the roof. "I hope something interesting happens around here soon or we'll be out of a job." Rick says.

"We still have those maze escape pics." Todd reminds him.

"I know. But we came to get pictures of Ash fooling around. He can't even get a prostitute to have sex with him." Rick comments.

May, Dawn, and Gisele browse the shops in town, looking for things to buy for Mrs. Ketchum and the baby. "I found this shirt." May holds up a tiny shirt that has a picture of a poke'ball and says 'future poke'mon master.'

"Aww" Dawn smiles "this is going to be a great baby shower."

"Should we invite Duplica and make it a double shower?" Gisele asks.

"That's a good idea." Dawn says

"Love-sister hand celebration!" May shouts, and the girls get in a circle and each take someone's hand and go forth with a combination of hand movements that they made up for situations like this one.

Ash stands in his bedroom, looking into a mirror on his wall. He notices that his face has aged slightly from stress over the past year. He sighs and stares into his own eyes. He can't help but think back to moments in his old bedroom at the house he grew up in.

He stands in his room with a determined expression 'Yes! I am Ash. And now that I'm ten I can finally get my poke'mon license!' he thinks.

Six years later…

He's back in his room, now with facial hair sprouting on his face, looking in the mirror "Now that I'm 16, I can finally get my drivers' license."

Two years later…

He stares into his mirror once again "Now that I'm 18, I can finally get my voter's registration card!"

Three years later...

Ash stands in his room, determined again "Now that I'm 21, I can drink alcohol legally."

Ash stares into his reflection, amazed at how fast time has passed him. It seemed like only yesterday he was setting out on his poke'mon journey to achieve a dream that very few ever come close to. And now his life has evolved into something of a disappointment since then. He ached for a new goal to achieve and right the wrong he felt had been bestowed.

Perhaps that day would come soon. Yesterday he made a phone call to Cerulean City to inform Misty that his mother would be giving birth to their son soon. She told him that she would come to town as soon as she could. Maybe then he could try and rekindle their broken relationship and form something more together. After all she confessed to being in love with him 9 months ago.

The first thing he had to do to prepare for her visit, was to pay Gary a visit at the beach. He looks into the mirror and says "Now that I'm 22, I can finally have a beach named after me." He gathers up his stuff and gets ready to leave.

Max and Molly walk into the annual Pallet Carnival after deciding yesterday that they were tired of doing nothing indoors. And instead of getting jobs, here they were getting ready to have fun.

"I used to come to this carnival every year when I was a kid." Molly says, with her arm wrapped around Max's. "and then my parents became too busy."

"I'm gonna make sure you have fun today and bring back those feelings." Max reassures her.

"You're the most caring guy I've ever met, Max. I love you." Molly stops and kisses him on the cheek.

"I love you too." Max kisses Molly on the lips. When their mouths part, they look into each other's eyes and smile.

Ash parks his corvette in the parking lot at Gary's Beach. He steps out of the vehicle with Pikachu, and heads towards the building on the beach that Gary's office was located in next to the life guard tower.

"It's time to make this place my beach, Pikachu." Ash says as he walks through the sand "one of the best ways to impress a girl and get her to sleep with you is to have your name on a public landmark."

"Pikachu pika. Pika pi Pikachu." Pikachu says, following Ash close behind

(Translation: Pikachu Land. Make it happen.)

"Hey you're Ash Ketchum!" a man wearing only swim trunks approaches him.

"What do you want me to sign?" Ash asks with a warm pleasant smile.

"I was fucking my girlfriend when I heard about you and your mom on a television in the background. I was too grossed out to finish, asshole!" the random man punches Ash in the face, knocking him out cold on to the sand.

"Pika pi!" Pikachu comes to Ash's side and tries shaking him.

Another guy in trunks walks up and stands over Ash "You got knocked the fuck out!"

At a factory outside Pallet Town…

A factory worker wearing a name tag reading 'Warner' runs through the building till he reaches his bosses office and storms in through the door "Sir, there are explosives missing from sector 7G!"

"Again?" the boss asks, turning his leather chair around to face his employee.

"It's not the large quantity as last time but it's still a cause for panic." Warner tells his boss.

"Sound the alarms."

"Um, the thing about that is we can't." Warner says.

"Why the hell not?"

"Well after the republicans took office, they reduced the budget and cut spending. One of those areas was the alarm speakers…" Warner explains.

"Fuck those guys!" the boss exclaims.

"Aren't you a republican, sir?" Warner asks.

"Oh, yes. I think they got this one right. We don't need those things" he turns back around in his chair.

"They helped save lives during the hurricane last year." Warner reminds him.

"Just figure out another way to get the message across!" the boss yells, causing Warner to flee the room.

Max and Molly grab some food to eat and then ride the carasel on the backs of a ponyta and rabidash. Afterwards they make their way through the house of mirrors, and then ride the same haunted house ride that Ash went through the day before, ending up with seizures.

A mysterious figure in a black ninja costume observes Max and Molly enjoying themselves, laughing, hugging, and kissing. The ninja approaches a game/prize booth.

"Hey cool costume." The carny compliments him "how would you like to win a Naruto doll? Ten bucks gets you two poke'balls to throw."

The ninja does not respond, and instead climbs over the counter and presses a rag with chloroform to the carny's face, till he collapses.

Ash sits on the beach after having just regained consciousness, thanks to Pikachu's thundershock. He rubs his head "It's been awhile since I've had a hit of that shit. Takes me back…" he starts to think about getting shocked all the time in the old days when he was on his poke'mon journey.

"Pika." Pikachu smiles.

"I'm tired of living in the past, Pikachu. The future starts now." Ash gets up and resumes walking to Gary's headquarters. He knocks on the door and waits. He knocks again after getting no response. Half a minute goes by before Ash's impatience reaches its peak. He turns the knob and opens the door.

Ash and Pikachu walk inside. It appears to be empty. It looks like a family room with a television, a sofa, and some lounge chairs. There are pictures on the wall of Gary and his poke'mon. He examines the photos and then notices another door with an 'office' sign on it.

Ash opens the door and takes one step in before freezing. Gary had a dark haired girl bent over his desk, moaning as he fucked her. "Take it-take it!" Gary shouts as he bangs her.

"Uhh…" Ash sweat drops.

Gary turns his head over his shoulder to see Ash standing there. "Ash…just wait outside the office. I'll…(moan)…be with you in a…(moan)…minute."

"Kay…" Ash closes the door and sits down on the sofa with Pikachu. A few minutes go by until the door re-opens. The woman steps out, now wearing a light red bathing suit. Ash checks her out as she walks to the exit and leaves the building.

"Come on in, Ash!" Gary shouts from his office.

Ash gets up and walks inside to see Gary now sitting behind his desk with his feet crossed over each other on top of the desk. "Hot girl." Ash compliments.

"Have a seat, Ashy boy." Gary tells him.

Ash sits in the chair facing Gary in front of the desk. "Cool office."

"What did you want? I'm a busy man." Gary says.

"Um, remember how you said you'd change the name of the beach if Misty comes to town?" Ash asks.

"Is she here?"

"She's coming. So maybe now you could change it?" Ash smiles and puts his hands together "please?"

Gary rolls his eyes "Your house rests on its own private beach. Why don't you just name that one after you?"

"I tried to but the mayor wouldn't approve it because that beach is named after a little girl who drowned there." Ash explains.

"All right fine I'll re-name the damn beach. But as soon as she's gone I'm changing it back. I have an image to uphold." Gary says "I'll get right on it. Now get out you're scaring away the women."

"Thank you, Gary." Ash shakes his hand and leaves with a satisfactory smile. But as he turned the door knob, his face turned serious after having a thought about something. "Wait…"

"What?" Gary shouts.

"Let's make a deal…" Ash says, pulling out his check book…

Rick and Todd each sit on their own big rock by the beach, watching the waves come in. It was a beautiful stretch of untainted beach. "I used to sit by the beach for hours with Rachel…" Rick says as he stares out into the ocean.

The moment was awkward to Todd, and he didn't want to encourage these sad thoughts. The best he could do was distract him. "Do you want to look at the maze pictures?" he asks.

Rick sighs "Sure."

Todd pulls the pictures out of his pocket, and they look at them together. The photos showcased a collection of mayhem. There were fire balls caused by explosions and destroyed hover bots and injured sythers everywhere.

"I still can't believe that by taking pictures, that the flashes short-circuited the robots, causing them to fall on to the mines, igniting explosions that defeated the sythers." Todd says.

"That was incredible." Rick nods and looks at one of the photographs. He brings the picture close to his face and stares intently at a busted mine in the photo.

"What is it?" Todd asks.

Rick notices the barely visible wording on the mine: Explosion Brand. He remembers during the investigation into his wife's murder that the bomb used to kill her was of the same brand.

"This is the same brand of explosive as the bomb that killed my wife." Rick tell him "they're only manufactured in one factory and that's outside Pallet Town. They're developed for military use only. They can't be purchased by civilians."

"What does this mean?" Todd asks, confused and curious.

"It means that someone illegally hooked Ash up with these mines." Rick realized.

Delia and Ms. Mime sit on the couch watching television. "We now return to Kanto's Got Talent!" the announcer says "let's welcome Sabrina's father to the stage."

He steps on to the stage, waving at the audience. A young boy joins him on the stage too. "I call this talent…magic." He uses his psychic powers to drop the boys pants, and makes him dance with no control over his movements.

The crowd cheers, but the judges aren't impressed, giving one another worried glances. "So…" one of the judges speaks "you like little boys?"

The doorbell rings, prompting Delia to get off the couch and answer the door. She's greeted by a cheerful May, Dawn, Gisele, Joey, and Duplica. Each of the women holds a bag crammed with goodies.

"My goodness. What's going on?" Delia asks.

"We're throwing you a belated baby shower, Mrs. Ketchum." Joey explains.

"Aww what a surprise. Let's get it started then." Delia welcomes the girls inside where they set all their gifts up in the kitchen in front of Brock who watches with dismay.

"What the hell is going on?" Brock asks.

"We're having a baby shower for all the pregnant girls." Dawn responds.

"There's no way in hell I'm sticking around for this. See you people later." Brock walks out of the kitchen to leave the house.

Ash's corvette was parked in the backyard on the beach facing the ocean. He laid on the hood of the car with his hands behind his head and Pikachu lying next to him.

"What should I do, Pikachu?" he asks, starring out to sea.

"Chu?" Pikachu turns his head to Ash.

"Am I wasting my life now?" he asks seriously.

"Pii…"

"I've been thinking…" Ash says, his mind wandering.

"Ash?" a familiar female voice calls "Aaaasshh!"

"Huh?" Ash sits up and turns around. He smiles at the sight of her.

It was Misty. She takes off her shoes and slowly walks barefoot through the beach towards Ash. She looked a lot bigger than the last time he saw her. Her stomach was bulged out.

"Misty…you're so fat." Ash says, gazing at her body.

Misty slaps him across the face "I'm not fat! I'm pregnant!"

Ash rubs his cheek "Oh…ohh…" Ash frowns, extremely disappointed in the news. "How?"

"Sex." Misty simply answered. "what do you mean how?"

"I mean…congratulations…" he says sadly, and rubs the back of his neck.

"Thanks…" Misty rubs the back of her neck too, and places her other hand on her stomach.

This wasn't the situation Ash anticipated. He felt as if a part of his heart was breaking. "It's good to see you." He decided he might as well make the best of things.

"It's good to see you too, Ash. I've missed you." Misty wraps her arms around him.

Ash hesitates, but he finally returns the hug, bringing his arms around Misty. His thoughts were still consumed by the unexpected pregnancy. He never anticipated this scenario.

Eventually after what felt like an eternity, the two separated. "So…pregnant huh?" Ash scratches his head.

"Yeah. 6 months." Misty replies, now feeling awkward about it.

Despite Ash's disappointment, he decides to change the subject "I have a beach named after me now."

"Really? That's no fair. That's always been my dream." Misty crosses her arms.

Ash puts his hands on his hips and grins "I sure do. Do you want to go see it?"

"Yeah I guess. Bastard." She laughs.

Ash opens the passenger door to the corvette and assists Misty into the car and becomes reacquainted with Pikachu.

Gary sits on the sofa at his building on the beach with a brunette woman in a red bikini. "I rarely allow anyone other than important business associates in here." Gary tells her.

"Really? So I'm special?" she asks.

"Oh yeah, baby." Gary winks.

A knock at the door interrupts them. "Damn it!" Gary angrily walks to the door and opens it.

Brock stands there "I need to talk to you." Brock walks inside, past Gary.

"It's not a good time." Gary says "I have company."

"It's about…that night." Brock says.

"Would you excuse us?" Gary asks the woman.

"Um…"

Gary leads Brock into his office and shuts the door. "What is it, Brock? Why is this so damn important?"

"First of all, why did you change the name of the beach?" Brock asks "why that name?"

"Because Ash made me…now back to the point." Gary says, impatiently

"Ever since that night I've, been having these reoccurring dreams. No correction, nightmares." Brock explains "horrible nightmares and you've been in them."

Gary sighs and sits down behind his desk "What kind of nightmares?"

"In my dreams, even when they start out normal, they always lead to you…" Brock pauses "…raping me. And I can't take it anymore."

"I've been having similar dreams." Gary admits.

"Really?" Brock raises an eyebrow.

"I've been having nightmares about…raping you." Gary manages to say.

"You bastard this is your fault!" Brock yells "our dreams must somehow be interconnected. Stop raping me!"

The woman outside the office can hear the conversation on the couch. "What the hell?" she gets up and walks out of the building, disgusted.

At the baby shower all the women were gathered around the television tuning in and out while they chatted and handed out gifts, consisting of clothing, bottles, and other baby related objects.

"Thanks for the condoms…anonymous." Duplica reads the tag and shoots glares at the others.

"Hmm, anonymous. That would make a great name." Delia says, seriously considering it. "Anonymous Ketchum." She whispers to herself.

"Hey isn't that a friend of Ash?" Joey asks, pointing to the television screen. There was a picture of Ritchie in the upper right hand corner.

Delia turns up the volume to hear the broadcaster speak.

"Breaking news. A well-known poke'mon trainer named Ritchie Rogers has just undergone a dramatic transformation. You might say he's…evolved."

"Huh?" the girls listen carefully to the news.

"Ritchie has had a sex change operation, making him a she…he's gone from Ritchie to Bitchie. But seriously his new name is now Roxanne." The broadcaster announces.

"What the hell? What's wrong with him?" Gisele asks.

"Her." Joey corrects.

"Wait till Ash finds out." Delia says.

The drive to the beach was completely silent. Misty's pregnancy was still awkward to Ash. It was the same vice versa. Misty felt ashamed showing up pregnant to Ash's house, but she forced herself to do it anyways.

"So…" Ash decided to break the ice and adjust "what are you gonna name your baby?"

Misty smiles, looking out her window. The question was welcoming and comforting to her. "It's gonna be a girl. I've thought a lot about it. But, I'm going to name her Kasumi."

"That's a pretty name." Ash says.

"Chuu." Pikachu agrees, sitting in the back seat.

"Thanks you guys." Misty smiles.

A short while later they pull up at the beach in front of the sign. "Here we are." Ash turns to look at Misty with a serious expression.

Misty's concentration was completely on the sign. Her lip trembled as she stared at it. A tear strained down her cheek. The beaches' slogan had been removed about being the place where girls in bikinis roam wild.

Flashback

Ash is in Gary's office trying to make out a deal "Please make this a permanent name."

"Ash-"

"Please. It would mean a lot to me." Ash pleads.

"I don't-" Gary is cut off again.

"For a hundred thousand dollars." Ash says, hovering a pen over a blank check.

"That's unnecessary." Gary says.

"Two-hundred thousand dollars." Ash says.

"Okay. Fine." Gary nods.

Ash signs the check and hands it to Gary.

Misty faces Ash with a stunned expression.

"Surprise." Ash smiles.

The sign read 'Misty's Beach.'

"You did this for me?" Misty asks.

Ash nods in silence, and then is embraced in a big hug by Misty. "I thought you'd like it."

"No one has ever done anything like this for me." Misty wipes her tears. "I think I'm gonna go with my original choice."

"Huh?" Ash and Misty separate.

"For the baby. My original choice was Ashley. After you. I want her to have that name." Misty says.

Ash smiles, and they hug again. Pikachu watches them hug with a warm happy feeling encasing him.

Gary cradles a sobbing Brock in his arms on the sofa. "It's not that I have anything against gay people…" Brock cries "I just don't want a guy to rape me."

"I know I know." Gary releases some tears of his own.

Brock wipes his eyes "I think this helped. I think I can dream in peace again, now that I've pushed the demon out."

"It's gonna be okay." Gary tells Brock, and himself. "this was intense."

The two separate from each other. "Don't ever tell anybody about this." Brock says.

"Oh I won't." Gary says "if you ever tell anyone, I'll jam my fingers in your eyes."

"Not cool!" Brock yells "that happened to me as a kid." He and Gary get up and walk to the door.

"I'm glad this is over." Gary shakes Brock's hand.

"I'll see you…later." Brock smiles, and opens the door to leave.

The baby shower continued into the late evening, getting crazier and vivid with baby discussions. The doorbell rings.

"Mimey would you be a dear and get the door?" Delia asks.

"Mime mime." Ms. Mime walks to the door and opens it. Our favorite team rocket trio was standing there. No not Butch, Cassidy, and their latest addition to the team: a talking Skitty. It was Jessie, James, and Meowth standing there with presents in their arms.

"Mime?"

"We're here for the party." Jessie tells Mimey.

"Mime mime." Ms. Mime shrugs her shoulders and leads them into the living room where all the women were.

"Team rocket?" the girls say in unison.

"That's right prepare to receive our gifts." Jessie says.

"Neatly wrapped by this trio of misfits." James follows.

"All I brought was some crackers. Ritz." Meowth holds up a box of Ritz crackers.

"How thoughtful. Please join us." Delia says with a pleasant smile. The trio walks further into the room and takes their seats on a vacant couch.

"Why are we letting these crooked clowns hang with us all the time?" May asks to anyone willing to answer her.

"We're no longer crooked." Jessie says.

"Or clowns." James follows.

"We quit da rocket team and got real jobs." Meowth reveals.

"Doing what?" Dawn asks.

"We work at the new Poke'Mart on route 1." James answers. "I stock shelves, unload the trucks, and do inventory."

"I'm a cashier." Jessie adds.

"And I stand outside being adorable and say cute tings on account of my cuteness and talking ability." Meowth says happily.

"Well congratulations, team rocket, I mean…" Delia says.

"You can call us your friends…if you want." James blushes.

"Congratulations, friends." Delia smiles, followed by the entire room of people.

Max and Molly were having a blast at the carnival riding the rides, walking through the maze and house of mirrors, and now finding their way to the game and prize booths.

The woman that Brock grabbed at the beach and had intercourse with earlier that week was at a game booth as well. Her boyfriend was by her side, in his police uniform, on duty.

The mysterious ninja who took over one of the booths earlier watches Max and Molly closely, as they neared him. "Come win a prize for your girlfriend!" he shouts.

Max and Molly turn around to see him. "Why is he dressed as a ninja?" Max asks quietly.

"I don't know but it makes me want to win something from him even more." Molly says.

"All right let's do it." Max and Molly approach the booth, holding hands.

Ash and Misty laugh after discussing a memory from their poke'mon journey as the car comes within view of the mansion. "My mom is gonna be so happy to see you." Ash says, parking the corvette in front of the house for a change, instead of in the underground parking garage.

"I can't wait to see her either. She's always been like a mother to me." Misty says.

Ash, Misty, and Pikachu get out of the car and walk to the house. Ash unlocks the door and they walk inside. "Mom I'm home!" he shouts.

"I'm in the living room, Ash!" she shouts back.

Ash leads the way into the living room, surprised to see everyone, including team rocket apparently having a party. "What's going on?"

"Baby shower!" the girls reply in unison.

"Is there room for one more?" Ash steps aside to reveal Misty to them. She slowly waves her hand.

The reveal gets a mixture of gasps and greetings directed at her. "Misty what a pleasant surprise." Delia smiles "are you pregnant too?"

"I sure am. It's soo good to see you, Mrs. Ketchum." Misty walks over and gives Delia a big hug.

"It's been awhile." Delia says.

"This room is going to exceed the pregnancy limit if this keeps happening." James says.

"Three isn't that big of a number." Ash replies.

"There's more than three." Delia says.

"Huh?" Ash raises an eyebrow.

"I'm also pregnant." Gisele raises her hand "the ocarina guy." She adds.

"Gross." Ash crosses his arms.

"I've been pollinated too." May chimes in.

"What the?" Ash's jaw drops "what have you girls been doing?" he asks and sighs "never mind. Duh."

"Some of us here still have some self-control." Joey speaks "Dawn, Jessie, and I aren't sluts."

"Shut up, Joey!" the rest of the women yell in unison.

"So Misty, who's the father?" Delia asks.

Misty blushes "Well, um, it's…"

"Oh!" Delia groans and holds her stomach "shoot…"

"Mom what's wrong?" Ash rushes to her and puts an arm around her.

"My water broke." She replies, receiving a collection of gasps from the room.

"Let's get to the hospital." Ash takes his mother's hand nervously to lead her outside to the car. Everybody else follows. "There's a stack of labeled car keys in a bowl next to the fridge. Licensed drivers only. I have more cars in the garage." He says.

This announcement triggers the crowd of people to rush into the kitchen and fight over the keys.

"What do I got to do?" Max asks the ninja who he assumes to be a carny.

The ninja steps aside to reveal several heavy miniature Onix figurines. "Just knock down the Onix." He explains "Ten bucks. Two throws."

"Win me a Delia doll." Molly tells her boyfriend.

"All right." Max lays down a 10 dollar bill on the counter.

The ninja takes the money and stuffs it in his pocket. Then he hands Max a baseball painted like a poke'ball. "You're gonna want to back up a few feet, Molly. To give him some room."

Molly lets go of Max's hand and backs up about five feet to give him some space.

Max takes a deep breath, concentrates, aims, and throws the ball as hard as he can, just narrowly missing the Onix. "Fuck!"

"Don't worry. I think you'll blast it this time. Just hold it for a few seconds and concentrate." The ninja hands him another ball, and steps back against the wall of the booth.

Max takes another deep breath, and fondles the ball in his hand. But he feels something, that makes his eyes widen. The ball didn't feel right. He looked down at his hand, which did not hold a painted baseball, but instead a painted explosive device. Explosion Brand.

Max gulps.

"Boom." The ninja whispers.

To be continued…

The tenth and final concluding chapter is next. Don't wander too far.