I am REALLY sorry I haven't updated this story for a while! *bows head* You see I've been really busy and I started another fic and... GAH! There seriously aren't enough hours in the day!
Ash: Shouldn't this be a lesson to not have two fics on the go?
Kyo: But I couldn't help it! [A/N my nickname is Kyo]
Ash: *sigh* You're so irresponsible!
Kyo: Why are you always picking on me? *sniffle*
Ash: I'm not! Anyway, I don't want another argument. Let's just get the boring bit over with.
Kyo: Which boring bit? My stories aren't boring! Are they? Come to think of it... I didn't get any reviews... *cries hysterically*
Ash: Hey! Don't worry about it! I'm sure they'll review if they like this chapter! And I didn't mean you stories are boring, the boring bit I meant was... *clears throat* Kyo owns NOTHING! Only the seriously messed up ideas that plague her mind
Kyo: *recovered* Hee, hee! I try ^_^ Also contains some shounen-ai so if ya don't like then don't read! Although, there's not much of it in this chapter... And I also made a reference to Passionate Rose in chapter one. For those who don't know, that was my first fic!
Ash: *blushes*
Kyo: Hee, hee... The rating was higher... Ash was very naughty!
Ash: DON'T START THIS AGAIN!
Kyo: Okay, okay! Simmer! Anyways, enough with the past. Here's some more of this fic!
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"Meow!"
"Can you seriously not stop making that noise? It's so annoying!" Ash glared at Drew. Drew glared back.
"If I could -meow- then i would! Use your -nyaa- brain idiot! That is… If you even have one."
"That's it! I don't care how adorable you may look, I'm not gonna fall for you damn cute act!"
Drew just looked at the riled trainer with an exasperated expression. "You actually -mew- think I'm putting this on? Why on earth -mew- would I want to be called cute?"
"Hell if I know," grumbled Ash. Deep down, he knew that Drew couldn't help it. But that didn't stop it being annoying. Not the I'm-gonna-hit-something-really-hard-in-a-moment annoying. But the I'm-starting-to think-things-I-don't-want-to annoying. The sounds the green haired boy had begun to make were irresistible. And the way he looked now was amazing. But nevertheless, Ash refused to take pity on the kitten and instead tried to make it clear that he was not happy with Drew travelling with them.
They hadn't been together for too long. Only a couple of days had passed since the co-ordinators transformation and to be honest, no one knew what they were going to do. How on earth are you supposed to deal with a situation like theirs? The only one who had come up with anything resembling an idea was May. She had suggested that this was like a fairytale, referring to 'The Frog Prince.'
"You have to admit," she had said at the time, "That it's remarkably similar. A human being transformed into an animal. And what turned him back? True loves first kiss!" May went all dreamy as she remembered reading the cute story when she was little.
"It only makes sense that we find Drew's true love and then they will have their first kiss together! Before we know it, he'll be back to normal!"
Everyone just gave her a look that said, "You're mad!"
The brunette just pouted at her friends. "I don't see any of you coming up with any ideas. At least mine makes a bit of sense."
Since then, no one came up with anything as to how to get the young boy back to normal. Despite his new appearance, he was still as cocky as ever. His comebacks were watered down by the meows he made while giving them, but he was technically the same old Drew.
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At the moment May, Brock and Max had gone to the town that was just outside the forest they were in. Drew refused to go into public looking the way he did, and Ash was tasked with staying behind with him. They both protested, saying that Drew was perfectly capable of looking after himself regardless of his appearance, but they wouldn't listen. Ash found himself unable to take anymore of the cute mews Drew was making.
When the co-ordinator let out another meow, Ash got up and stormed deeper into the forest. Drew didn't bother following as he was much happier on his own anyway. He wondered if the others had found anything in the town and hoped they'd come back soon, preferably with the solution to turning him back.
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"Wow! Look at all the restaurants! Oh can we stop here for a bite to eat? Please, please, PLEASE?" The young girl in the bandanna was jumping up and down, dancing around Brock and begging to go in.
Brock just sighed. "May, we're here to see if we can change Drew back. You can eat noodles anytime!"
"But Brooooooock," moaned May, "These noodles look really good! Besides, Drew looks so sweet as a cat, I don't wanna change him back. He's like the cute little pet I never had!"
"He'll kill you if he hears you saying that!" laughed Max. But they all agreed with her, it would be kind of a bummer when Drew went back to normal. He wasn't ugly without the kitty features, in fact quite the opposite. But he had more of a hot and sexy vibe as opposed to his current cute/adorable one.
Still trying to convince the others to let her into the restaurant May proceeded to say, "And what are we seriously going to find in this town? If we go up to someone and say, "Hi! We were just wondering if you knew how to turn a human who has half turned into a cat back into a human? Any ideas?" They'll look at us as if we're insane!"
Brock and Max couldn't really argue against that, and so they gave in. One bowl of noodles couldn't hurt anyway.
Once inside the noodle diner, May skipped up to the bar and ordered for everyone before joining her little brother and her friend on a table they had picked out. They chatted happily, trying to come up with ideas for Drew's problem while they waited for the food, and eventually the waiter came with their orders. He caught all of their attention, there was something about him.
The waiter was tall and slim, but by no means skinny and weak looking. You could see he was well toned, and the outline of his muscles were visible from under his uniform. He had a mop of dark hair that was wild and untamed, and his eyes were all-knowing. They were a deep blue, but they were so dark they were pretty much navy. He looked at the three in front of him and then slipped his hand into his pocket, pulling something out.
"Your order," he said in a velvet voice, placing the bowls of noodles and ramen to the corresponding person. "Also," he said in the most mesmerizing voice, " I think you may need this. If I'm correct, you'll be able to find it. This opens the door." He placed a card on the table, the item he got from his pocket earlier. He left swiftly then and Brock took the card off the table, examining it. It was made of plastic, like a credit card. It was dark black, with the word Magic printed on it in beautiful script and a sparkling silver colour.
"What in the?" Questioned the breeder, but then something surreal happened. The card shimmered and the word Magic disappeared and was replaced with this:
You are in need. I know the answer to your problem.
If you're problem is worth my time, you will be able to find my shop.
Don't look to hard, you'll be naturally drawn to it. All you need to know for now is
that I am located in the forest. Use this card to open the door,
it is the only way you can get in. I do not respond to mere knocks. I await your visit.
After the trio had had a good gawk at the card and it's new contents, there was another shimmering motion and Magic was back, replacing the message.
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After Ash had cooled down a bit, he took in his surroundings. He had gone far in, not thinking to take note of which directions and turns he had taken. Pikachu didn't seem to know where they were either, or which way they had come.
Great. He thought sarcastically. So I'm lost? Why does Max always have to use the PokéNav? This sucks...
He was pulled out of his negative thinking when he suddenly glanced up and saw a small cottage. It looked fairly normal: thatched roof, little flower boxes and a calming aura about it. Of course, the location of the building was odd.
I swear this wasn't there a second ago. There's no way I'd have missed that! What's a place like this doing in the middle of nowhere?
He started walking towards it and made it to the door. "Maybe they'll know the way back to the town, right Pikachu?"
"Pikachu!"
Knocking on the door Ash called, "Hello? I'm sorry to bother you, but I seem to be lost! Is anyone there? Please could you help me?" But there was no reply. He tried opening the door, but it was locked. He briefly considered using Pikachu or another one of his pokémon to knock it down, but decided against it. He didn't think the owner would be too pleased if they came home to find the door in pieces and Ash making himself at home. He studied the door more carefully and found a slit in it. He'd seen something similar to this before. It was like those things you put card keys in when you're at a hotel. Sadly, he had nothing like a card key with him.
Sighing deeply, Ash sat down on the porch. My only option is to wait here until someone comes by. Could be a long wait, but it beats getting even more lost.
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After eating and trying to make sense of the strange card they had received, Brock, May and Max made their way back to Drew. He nodded when he saw them but Max asked him, "Where's Ash?"
Drew just shrugged to this. "No -mew- idea."
"What?" asked Brock. "Where did he go?"
"Like I just said, no idea! He just -mew- stalked -nyaa- off." He pointed in the direction the raven haired boy had gone off in.
"But I have the PokéNav! What are the odds he's lost?" Max bit his lip and Brock took action.
Sighing he said, "Well it looks like we'll have to go and find him. I wish he wasn't always so impulsive."
"He wouldn't be Ash if he wasn't!" grinned May.
And so they all set off to go and find their lost friend.
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Meanwhile, in another part of the region...
"I got it Jessie!" exclaimed James. Jessie looked at her partner, and then looked at the item he held in his hands. After his terrible blunder with the laser, she had given both James and Meowth the silent treatment. However, she decided that she would give the blue haired man a chance to redeem himself and asked for him to get her another device.
"Very good James. You got the right thing this time right?" She questioned.
"He sure did!" Meowth answered her. "I went with him this time so that he wouldn't screw up!"
"It was one mistake," sulked James as he handed the contraption over to Jessie.
This time she had asked for a radar to monitor the twerps actions. This way they wouldn't have to spend most of their time tracking them down, only to be blasted off miles away from them again. She started explaining how it worked to her team.
"It's pretty simple actually. When our target is near they will show up on this screen," she indicated to where she meant, "and it will also make a noise. Lets try it."
She turned the radar on and it went into sporadics.
*BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*
Jessie looked shocked.
"What's going on?" Asked James and Meowth simultaneously.
"This thing says that a twerp is right here!" It was indicating to the place James was stood. Narrowing her eyes, Jessie looked at James to see if it was a twerp in disguise but it was definitely him.
"Maybe it's broken. Why else would it respond to James?" reasoned Meowth. But Jessie looked more closely at the radar in her hands. She looked, and then blushed insanely.
Looking at James she said, "Why James... I had no idea you were..."
"What?" asked the confused man.
"Gay." She said matter-o-factly.
He immediately blushed. "W-what? Where did you get such an idea?"
"I don't know where you learned to read, but this isn't a radar. In fact, it's a gaydar. If there's a gay person then it will indicate who it is. This isn't some toy and the readings are always correct, so you must be gay."
James was just staring. This can't be happening!
"Since I'm your partner I'm hurt you didn't tell me!"
"Yeah," said Meowth, "You could've told me too!"
"I'M NOT GAY!" exclaimed a bright red in the face James.
"It's no big deal," comforted Meowth. Then he started singing, "If you were gay, that's be o-kay!" [A/N I love Avenue Q! lol]
James snapped. He grabbed the gaydar from Jessie and called out cacnea. Before to long, the device's existence had been wiped away.
"Forget you saw anything!" He ordered. He looked so meancing and scary (a first for James) that Jessie and Meowth agreed, fearing that he might actually kill them if they didn't. However, they couldn't forget and they saw James in a whole different light. It wasn't good for the team to have secrets from each other.
The blue haired man walked away, going to cool down. When he was out of sight, the other two members couldn't help but burst out laughing.
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Kyo: End! So I've finished another chapter, I think it went well!
Ash: *huffy* Well you would wouldn't you?
Kyo: Hey, what's with the attitude?
Ash: *angry* Why have you got me being so mean to Drew? I don't wanna be like that!
Kyo: It's just part of this plot-
Ash: What if Drew hates me now? I don't wanna live if that's the case!
Drew: Ash, calm down. I don't hate you.
Ash: *gleefully* DREW! *glomps Drew*
Drew: *blushing* A-Ash... Quit it!
Ash: No! You're mine! *kisses Drew, Drew blushes harder*
Kyo: *watches in awe, having a fan girl moment* Ahem, anyway, please review! If you don't I'll be very sad and might do something stupid
Ash: Yeah, she's no fun when she's depressed so please review
Kyo: I'll even give you cookies if you review! *pulls out freshly made cookies*
Drew: Did you bake those?
Kyo: Yup! You want one?
Drew: No, I'd like to keep on living thanks.
Kyo: What's that supposed to mean?
*enters argument with Drew*
Ash: *sighs* Ignore them, anyway please review. If you do then she'll write chapters where I'm not such a jerk to Drew. I want that too, I hate being mean to him!
James: HOW COULD YOU MAKE ME GAY?
Kyo: O.O Review please! *runs away*
James: *gives chase*