Hi there guys!

I know that this is so late to update. Better late than never right? Anyway, here is the new chapter, I'm glad that I remembered a little bit of what I wrote the last time I wrote out the chapter. I hope you enjoy it and at least giggle a little bit.

Thank you yamiXyugi-setoXjou-4ever, Creative Writer 2000, Saraibp and Chibiterasu for your amazing reviews! Also to those who favored and followed this story please keep it up guys. It's what kept me going when my computer was broken and couldn't thing, more characters are coming in and I did change two people. Those who have already read chapter one: Skim though it or read it again. I don't want you to get confused.

Disclaimer: If I owned Pokemon or Cinderella, I wouldn't be a 21 year old with student loans.

"Talking…"

"Singing..."

Enjoy!

The Sweetest Sound

Satoshi and Takeshi were whispering amongst themselves by the time they reached town. Sakaki and his children had taken a carriage and had made it to town before the two boys, who had to walk. The two teens were very grateful for not being near the three evils for awhile. It gave them time to talk about chores and the funny things Satoshi's step family did. As they made it to the meeting place that Sakaki had mentioned they found the man along with Musashi and Kojiro looking rather impatient and bored.

"Where have you idiots been?" The older man demanded.

Musashi glared at them, "Do you know how long we've been waiting for you slowpokes in the burning hot sun?"

"Like five minutes!" Kojiro exclaimed, "My face is going to melt."

Pikachu and Vulpix were sending the three a look that said: 'Seriously?'

Takeshi sighed, "I am so sorry sir and…you two. We…uh…got lost."

The Pokemon now sent the 'seriously' face toward the spiky haired boy. It took everything in Satoshi not to laugh.

"If you're going to lie at least make it convincing…" Musashi said.

Takeshi replied, "It's true! We were chased by Beedrills so we ran for it. I mean, wouldn't you?"

The three took a second and nodded. Of course they would run, really, who the hell wouldn't?

"By the time we lost them…we realized we didn't know where we were," Satoshi explained, "That's why we were late by five minutes."

Pikachu and Vulpix were sure that the old man and his crazy haired kids weren't going to believe the story that the boys came up with. The Pokemon looked at each other and sighed in despair as they could almost hear trouble a brewing.

Sakaki then said, "I guess that's logical…"

Everyone was shocked at what they heard. The only ones who kept a straight face were Takeshi and Satoshi which made it more convincing. In the end, the man told his…coughhelpcough to get some groceries from the market and after that to either find him and the other two or return home at once. Takeshi was given the spending money and soon they were off to get the groceries. Once the gruesome threesome weren't around the older teen turned to the younger.

"Why don't you go explore the town?" Takeshi said with a smile.

The other cocked his head to one side, "Are you sure?"

"I'm positive, there aren't a lot of groceries we need I'm sure Vulpix and I can handle it," He said briskly, "As long as you keep away from the boutiques and keep close the market place, you shouldn't get caught. Now run along will you?"

Satoshi smiled, "Okay then. We'll meet up at the clock tower okay?"

"That's fine with me!" The older one said.

The ebony haired boy nodded, "Alright. It's a deal then! Let's go exploring Pikachu."

"Pika~!" The yellow rodent exclaimed.

Takeshi smiled brightly as he watched his friend leave. Ever since they were little, he always felt like an older brother to the other boy. Hanako always mentioned how she found that adorable as did all of the other servants. As the teen as his Vulpix turned around they were face to face with a girl. Yes ladies and gentleman, this was the same girl who was singing in the last chapter. She had straight shoulder length brown hair, bright blue eyes and a red bandana. She was also accompanied by a Munchlax, just so you know. One look at her and Takeshi thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

"I saw what you did there," She said, "that was so nice of you to do that."

He smiled, "You think so? Because I so do that all of the time! I'm a nice guy like that. So I'm Takeshi what's your name beautiful?"

"Haruka," She giggled, "It's nice to meet you. Can I accompany you and your Vulpix?"

The teen nodded and then the two were off to get some groceries.

Meanwhile back at the palace, Kasumi was dressed in a plain blue dress and was being followed around by her Psyduck. She took one look at her Pokemon and sighed. She should be happy that Shigeru had given it her for her birthday but, it also annoyed her to no end. Perhaps the guy did it on purpose. When she made it to the stables she found her so called 'friends.' The first one was a boy named Kenji he loved to draw Pokemon and usually had some parchment with which he would draw on. The creature with him was Marill who was posing for the sketch artist. The other person with him was a boy with green hair and green eyes who had a Roselia. His name was Shu and other than the obvious things, no one knew a thing about him. He seemed to appear out of no were but for some reason the servants and the royal family were okay with this.

"Women take a million years, even when they are dressing down," Shu said.

Kenji laughed but one look at Kasumi he stopped and turned his eyes to the ground.

Kasumi sighed, "Is the carriage ready yet?"

"The stable boy said to give it a few minutes," Kenji said.

Shu then said, "Although it's already been a few minutes. I think that stable boy has an attitude."

"He did seem a little rude when we asked him to draw a carriage for us…" The other mused.

Kasumi glared, "The prince, who is the heir to the throne, is missing and all you two are concerned about is that the stable boy was rude. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MINDS?! If we don't find our prince, the king can, and will, punish us perhaps even kill us! Are you not worried?"

By this time, Kenji was hiding behind Shu who shrugged.

"Personally, I'm not worried about the prince. He's as old as you are, for your information. I'm sure that by now he's smart enough not to get himself in a sticky situation. I know the king wants to see him sometime soon but I'm sure he's not having a heart attack like you are right now," The green haired boy replied simply.

Before the girl attacked the boy, Kenji got in between them.

"Guys the carriage is here. The sooner we get on it, the sooner we get to where our prince is," He said with a smile.

Shu shrugged once more before walking toward the carriage. Kasumi was still fuming but nonetheless, she still got into the Rapidash drawn carriage. She had to admit that Kenji did have a point, the sooner they got to Shigeru the faster they returned to the palace. She just hoped that the prince wasn't being reckless.

Satoshi and Pikachu were having fun and enjoying the time they had walking to the market place. Looking to the north, the boy saw the palace which was on a man-made mountain of sorts. It was cool since it was high enough to look over the town.

"I wonder what the palace looks like from the inside," He mused.

Pikachu replied, "Chu~"

They kept staring at it but soon turned around to look at the people around them. There was a mother and son walking toward the market. The little boy had almost fallen behind when the mother picked him up and embraced him. Satoshi could hear the child and mother laughing softly. It reminded him of his mother and just how much he missed her. She was a kind and loving woman, he smiled a bit at some foreign memory.

"The sweetest sound I'll ever hear are still inside my head," He sang softly as he kept walking, "The kindest words I'll ever know are waiting to be said."

The Pokemon looked at him but shrugged it off. His best friend sang often, it was something he got from his parents. Apparently it was also normal for the towns people to see someone sing since they didn't notice or care.

"The most entrancing sight of all is yet for me to see," He took a breath, "And the dearest love in all the world is waiting somewhere for me, is waiting somewhere…somewhere for me."

The teen began to walk toward the center of the market place.

On the southern side of the not too huge market place, was Shigeru. He and his Eevee were also going to the center of the market place for some random unknown reason.

"The sweetest sound I'll ever hear is still inside my head," The Brunette sang, "The kindest words I'll ever know are waiting to be said."

Eevee looked up at his friend as if saying: 'You've got to be kidding me.' The Pokemon wasn't used to the human singing, even though he has a great voice, it wasn't natural to hear.

"The most entrancing sight of all is yet for me to see," He kept singing as he was walking, "And the dearest love in all the world is waiting somewhere for me, is waiting somewhere…somewhere for me."

Soon the two boys made it to the center of the market place. That was when Pikachu and Eevee noticed each other.

"The sweetest sound I'll ever hear…" The boys sang in unison.

Satoshi sang the next part, "…is still inside my head."

It was also in that moment that the Pokemon noticed that the boys were singing the same song. For some reason, the boys didn't seem to notice but on a good note, they were getting closer to each other so something had to happen.

"The kindest words I'll ever know…" The boys passed each other.

Shigeru extended his arms out, "…are waiting to be said."

The two creatures looked at their friends with faces that said: 'Really?' That was when they realized they were going to intersect each other once again. Hopefully this time their singing humans would notice.

"And the dearest love is in all the world…" The two were getting closer to each other again.

Eevee then had a plan and Pikachu somehow knew the other did. The yellow Pokemon hoped that the plan was a decent one.

Shigeru smiled, "…is waiting somewhere for me."

"…Waiting somewhere…" Satoshi sang in a soothing voice.

"…is waiting somewhere…" They crossed each other once more, "Somewhere for me…"

The moment the boys crossed, Eevee jumped from the prince to the other boy. Unfortuately, Satoshi wasn't as graceful as he would want to be so when the fluffy creature jumped, the boy fell down while Pikachu landed on his feet. The rodent took one look at the boy on the ground and sighed while shaking it's head. Shigeru immediately went to the ebony haired boy's side.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he extended his hand.

The other boy nodded, "Yes, the Eevee just surprised me. It's good at tackle…"

The boy took the brunette's hand and smiled at him. Pikachu climbed back onto his friend's shoulder while looking at Eevee who was comfortable in Satoshi's arms.

"Vui," The Pokemon announced as it hoped into its owner's arms.

The prince sent the adorable thing a look, "Eevee. You know better than to jump on people like that. That was rude."

"It's okay," The brown eyed boy said with a smile, "I guess it wanted to meet my Pikachu."

That was when that the green met brown. The prince instantly fell hypnotized by the boy in front of him. He was very easy on the eyes, if you know what I mean, and that was something the brunette liked. The other boy was just taken aback at how handsome the Eevee's owner was. He felt like he could stare at those green eyes for an eternity and still not get enough. That was when he remembered Takeshi for some reason. He didn't want to waste time and possibly get caught so he excused himself. The prince wasn't going to let that happen.

Shigeru followed him, "Do you believe in love at first sight?"

"Who wants to know?" Satoshi asked while walking.

He thought about it, "A handsome stranger that has an Eevee."

"Well this stranger would have to have more than an Eevee in order to get to know me better," The boy said.

He replied, "Oh he intends to, so let me ask you this: May I have your name?"

"Ash," Satoshi replied.

Pikachu rolled its eyes while the boy sent the creature a look. A part of him didn't know why he lied about his name but he decided just to keep up with the rouse.

Shigeru lifted an eyebrow, "I beg your pardon?"

"Um…I like to sit by the fireplace. The cinders fly and my face gets smudged," He explained.

The teen nodded, "Ash. I like it."

"It grows on you I guess," The other said and walked off, "Well goodbye."

The prince caught up to him once again, "Tell me Ash what will get me in your good graces?"

"It all depends. If you were in my good graces, how will you treat me?" He asked.

Shigeru shrugged, "Like a prince I suppose."

Satoshi whirled around and faced him, "No like a person with kindness and respect."

Pikachu had never seen his friend ever speak like this and apparently the same thing with Eevee. The pair kept silent, mostly out of curiosity than anything else.

The brunette nodded, "My apologies then."

"It's alright. I've lead a very sheltered life," the other said as if it was something people said every day.

That was when the prince smiled, "Me too! Every day the same routine…"

"Sometimes you want to run away…" He mused.

"And never come back," The green eyed boy exclaimed.

The two smiled at each other and laughed.

"HEY!"

Satoshi turned around to see Takeshi motioning for him to go over there at the same time Shigeru noticed the carriage pulling up in the market place.

"I have to go!" They said in unison.

Satoshi smiled brightly, "It was nice meeting you."

"I hope to see you again Ash," Shigeru said as he took the boy's hand and kissed it.

The ebony haired boy blushed a bright pink and almost ran toward his friend.

Takeshi lifted an eyebrow, "What was that about?"

The boy shook his head while hiding his face. Takeshi sighed and began to walk to the boutiques. Before following the older teen, he turned around to see the retreating figure of the 'handsome' stranger.

"The most entrancing sight of all is yet for me to see…" He sang once again.

The prince and he both sang in unison, "And the dearest love in all the world is waiting somewhere for me…is waiting somewhere…somewhere for me."

Satoshi turned around, running to catch up to his friend. Shigeru, before entering the carriage, glanced back and saw Ash. With a bright smile, he entered the carriage and soon it was off to the palace all the while wondering just exactly who his Ashy-boy was.

So what did you think? LET ME KNOW!

Before I hear it, in the fic, most of our main cast is like 16-17 (Except for Sakaki, the king etc). If Haruka was older and had never met Takeshi before, I'm sure that he would think she's cute. As to what happened to her toward the end, well, you'll just have to wait and see.

I am working on the next chapter called: 'The Prince Is Giving A Ball'. I'm very close to finishing it so I'll probably have that one for you all sometime next week. Other than that, I don't think I have anything else to say.

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SanguisRubeus