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Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon at all!

ASH'S POV

My mom just picked up Leaf. I was so horrified about the car ride, and I said a short prayer as we left Leaf's house asking Arceus to let me live. I got to sit in the passenger seat, so they couldn't get to me easily. I might sound completely nuts, but they could seriously do World War III in the backseat.

Ten minutes into the car ride, the fighting began.

"Leaf, what do you have in your hand?" asked Gary.

"A bottle of Pepsi to help wake me up. Why?"

"That's sick! How do you drink that stuff?"

"Like this." She shook the bottle in front of his face, unscrewed the cap, and took a long sip.

"That's how I drink soda. Do you have another way?" She had a huge smirk on her face.

"My way of drinking Pepsi is dumping it down the drain."

"Pepsi waster! If you have such a problem with Pepsi, what do you drink that gave you an extra dose of annoying this morning?" she yelled.

"I had a coke."

She made a disgusted face. "Ewww! Coke makes me want to barf!"

"And why is that?"

"One, it tastes like crap. Two, it's got a really bad aftertaste. And three, which is a brand new reason as of now, you drink it."

They kept going back and forth for a whole fifteen minutes.

That's it. I've had enough of both of them.

"Guys."

They completely ignored me.

"Guys," I said a bit louder.

Gary just snatched Leaf's Pepsi and was waving it in the air.

"GUYS!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.

Leaf was leaning over Gary, using his shoulder as support. Gary had a smirk on his face as he held the bottle of soda just out of her reach.

They whipped their heads to look at me, and yelled, "WHAT?" in unison.

"The best soda is root beer. Now will you two shut up?"

They both slid to their side of the backseat and looked out their respective windows. I turned around and sighed at the wonderful silence. I heard Leaf angrily whispering to Gary.

"Gary, give Leaf her soda."

Gary groaned and threw the bottle behind him without taking his eyes of the window. Since he wasn't looking, he hit Leaf in the back of the head with the plastic bottle.

"Owww! What was that for?" she hissed angrily.

"Sorry. It was an accident."

"No, it wasn't! You hit me directly in the back of my head!"

"Yes, it was an accident!"

"No, it wasn't!"

"Yes, it was!"

"No, it wasn't!"

"Yes, it -"

"Both of you be quiet!"

I touched my mouth. I didn't say that. I slowly looked over at my mom. She looked like her head was about to pop off and steam would come out of her ears.

"I've dealt with you two fighting the entire car ride, and it's hard enough trying to drive when it's down-pouring. I do not need you two causing World War III in the backseat!"

Ah-hah! It's good to know I'm not the only one thinking that!

"Yes, Mrs. Ketchum," they mumbled.

We only had another fifteen minutes until we got to school, and Leaf and Gary stayed quiet the entire time, surprisingly. I decided I'd take a really short nap since I was forced to wake up that morning by Pikachu thunder-bolting me. Just as I was about to fall to sleep, I felt somebody poking my shoulder.

I groaned. "What, Leaf?"

"I was just poking you because I was bored," she whispered.

"Go poke Gary. I want to take a nap."

"I can't poke Gary."

"Why not?" I asked, on the edge of screaming again.

Her eyes darted all over the place. "I'm kind of scared to even look at him because your mom really scared me when she yelled," she whispered quietly enough so my mom wouldn't overhear us.

"Calm down and sit. Back. Down," I said as I pushed her forehead with my finger.

"We're here everybody!" my mom exclaimed. She pulled up to the school as we ran in to avoid get soaked through our clothes.

As I got into the hallway, I looked at Gary. "Pinch me."

He looked at me like I was mad. "Why?"

"Just do it." I squeezed my eyes shut and felt two nails dig into my flesh.

"Ouch!" I yelped.

I glared at Leaf who stared at me mischievously. "Where did he go?"

She jabbed her thumb behind her and laughed as I ran down the hallway screaming, "Gary!"

Leaf pinched me, I thought as I ran, which means I'm not dreaming. Yes!

I am Ash Ketchum, the car trip survivor.

I love the ending!

Also, in my reviews, I don't want anyone saying "Coke and Pepsi is such a stupid thing to fight about! You couldn't think of anything better?" A least I updated early for you peoples!

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