"What's wrong?" Cilan panicked, rushing towards his purple haired best friend in a flash.
"Can you help them?" She asked nervously, fiddling with her fingers. "I almost knocked into them, but Ash being the little kid he is tripped up and sent them both flying to the ground!"
"Oh..." Cilan frowned, glancing over the two. "I doubt it was that bad of a fall..."
"Why aren't they waking up then?" Iris questioned, her worried eyes meeting his.
"I'm not sure... Maybe it was just from shock?" He suggested.
"Or maybe Ash is so heavy he knocked them both out." She giggled slightly then frowned. "I still dunno what caused it..."
"Don't worry about it," he said and gave her a comforting smile. "It's nothing serious, anyway."
"Nggh..."
"Ash!" Iris' worried expression changed to a grin, her eyes widened slightly. "C'mon, wake up!"
The boy groaned and snapped one of his eyes open, the other quickly shooting open when he saw Misty lying next to him. "What's going on...?" He mumbled, sitting up and frowning at Iris and Cilan.
"You're okay!"
"Gah!" Ash's eyes widened again as Iris tackled him to the ground in a hug, her arms tightly around his neck. "Iris, what the hell?!"
The dragon trainer smiled sheepishly and unhooked herself from him. "Heh, sorry..."
"Uh... S'okay..." Ash mumbled, glancing at Misty again. "Why's she sleeping...?"
"She's not." Cilan sweat dropped. "Iris knocked you both unconscious."
"By accident," she hissed, an embarrassed blush overtaking her cheeks.
"Really...? Jeez, I can't remember a thing..." Ash sighed laughingly, poking Misty in her side. Immediately, the redhead shot up, glancing around her.
"Ugh what..." She mumbled, rolling her eyes when she saw Ash lying next to her. "What did you do to me?"
"What? Nothing!"
"Then why are we both on the ground?"
"It was Iris!"
"I didn't mean to!"
"Alright already!" Cilan yelped, rubbing the back of his neck. "Come on now."
"Ugh, I have to walk?" Misty grumbled, not bothering to move.
"Everyone is literally like ten seconds away." Iris laughed, waving a hand in the air.
"It's so much work though..." Misty trailed off when Ash crouched in front of her. "Uh... Can you please move your ass...?"
Ash rolled his eyes. "I'm giving you a piggyback you lazy ass."
"Excuse me your ass is in my face!"
"Can we please stop talking about ass'?!"
"Then remove yours from my face!"
"For gods sake!" Iris sighed. "Misty, if you're too lazy to walk just get on my boyfriends back!"
"Boyfriend?!" Ash and Misty cried at the same time, their eyes widening.
Iris blinked. "Uh... Yeah...?"
"Well, this is new to me..." Cilan cleared his throat, forcing a smile to cover his jealousy. "Uh... Congratulations...?"
"Iris is not my girlfriend!" Ash cried again, his eyes still comically large. "Not that there's anything wrong with her, just... Gross!"
"Ash doesn't have the brain to be anyone's boyfriend!" Misty hissed, mostly at Iris.
"He's a kid for sure but he's not that bad!"
"I'm standing right here!" Ash wavered, waterfall tears rolling down his cheeks.
"It's true!" Misty bit, her hands clenching into fists. "You wouldn't know love if it punched you in the face!"
"You do that enough, don't you?" He replied sarcastically, she gritted her teeth.
"Can you please stop being so jealous?!" Iris rolled her eyes, not wanting to get into an argument.
"Jealous? As if!"
"Uh... Is everyone alright...?"
"Gary go away! Wait, Gary...?" Misty groaned again when the spiky haired researcher came into view. "What do you want?"
"I was making sure you're okay, I heard yelling." He shrugged casually, slinging an arm around her.
"Uh... What're you doing...?"
"What...?" He frowned at her.
"Never mind...?" She squeaked uncertainly, looking at the others for help.
"Come on Ash!" Iris said, grabbing the raven haired boys hand.
"I'm staying here!" He whined, glancing jealously at Gary.
"Ugh fine, lets go Cilan." She sighed, grabbing the paler boys hand causing him to blush slightly and dragged him back.
"What do you want, Ketchum?" Gary smirked, Misty shrugged his arm off of her shoulder and glared at him.
"Um wel-"
"I want a piggyback," Misty cut in, Ash fought off a grateful smile.
"I'll give you one, babe," Gary insisted, Misty raised an eyebrow.
"Babe?"
"Well yeah, you're my babe." Gary winked, Misty frowned in return.
"Wait..." Ash muttered, his eyes growing cold. "He's right... I remember before we got knocked out I was jeal- uh, you guys were all in love..."
"Ew, Gary?!" Misty spat her tongue out in disgust.
"Hey!"
"No offence..."
"Well, have fun together...?" Ash mumbled uncertainly, lowering his eyes to the ground.
"Ash I'm not with Gary!" Misty insisted, shaking her head violently. "I'd never break him and Jayme up!"
"Whatever, Misty."
The redheaded girl smacked her hand against her forehead and groaned. "Aston Ket-"
"That's not even my name!"
"Ash!"
"Okay, maybe it is but-"
"Ash, will you just shut up?!"
"Ladies, ladies, there enough Gary for the both of yo-" Gary started, waving his hand in the air but got cut off by Misty.
"GARY, SHUT UP!"
"What the hell is going on here?!"
"Brock!" Ash practically collapsed with relief when he set eyes on the former breaded.
"Iris came back moody because Ash didn't come with her," Brock explained with a confused shrug. "Now what's all this about?"
"Gary said I'm his girlfriend!"
"Because you are."
"No I'm not, Gary!"
"You were his girlfriend earlier..." Brock sweat dropped, scratching his chin. Misty rolled her eyes and sighed.
"I think I would know if I fell for someone like Gary!"
"What do you mean like me?! I'm sexy!" Gary pouted, waterfall tears running down his face.
"Well I like guys like Ash!" Misty declared before sweat dropping. "No, er, what I meant was..."
"You mean you like Ash?!" Gary spluttered, causing the redheads face to grow redder as well as Ash's.
"No...?"
"You do, don't you?" Gary growled, his face turning red. "You're supposed to like me and only me!"
"Well I don't!" Misty sighed, nibbling her lip. "I dunno what's gotten into you Gary, but you don't love me and I don't love you. Never have and never will!"
"That's not true!" Gary defended, his eyebrows knotting together. "I really like you..."
"You like Jayme, not me," Misty said, shifting her eyes from Gary to Ash. "The way I like someone else..."
"Whatever." Gary dropped his arms in defeat, sighing and walking away from the remaining three.
"Well...?" Ash started unsurely, twiddling his thumbs awkwardly.
"Well what?" Misty frowned, not meeting his eyes.
"Um... You don't like Gary, right...?"
"Nope."
"So... Um... You said you liked someone, right...?" Ash smiled nervously, Misty's cheeks began to tint red.
"Yeah, so?" She blushed heavier, rubbing her arm and looking away.
"Who is it then...?"
"You could say we're best friends..."
"Oh." Ash frowned, pouting slightly. "I hope you and Brock are very happy together."
"What?! It's not Brock!"
"Not that I would mind..."
"Brock, why are you still here?!"