Hello, everyone! Where's the next update? Here it is!

Today's topic was suggested by thefierydeath, and then I added in something which was suggested by a guest reviewer, since it seemed to fit. So I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon in any way, shape or size!

Grade Four Day

Grade Four

May (10), Ash (10), Misty (10), Gary (10), Leaf (10), Drew (10), Paul (10), Dawn (9)

"Oh, when is the teacher going to be here?" May said excitedly. "I can't wait much longer!"

"Oh, calm down, June," said Drew, smirking and flipping his hair. "How impatient can you get? You've asked that about ten times in the last few minutes."

"May's not the only one like that," Dawn said. "Everyone wants to get started!"

"It shouldn't be much longer," said Leaf, glancing at the clock. "Class is about to start, so the teacher should be here any time now."

"Hn..." came Paul's voice as he glanced up from the book he was reading for a second to check the time. He went back to his book right after.

"Today's going to be so much fun!" Ash exclaimed. "Man, I can't even sit still!"

"I know, right?" Misty chimed in. "All day we'll be doing nothing but having fun."

"Yeah, it'll be a blast," Gary agreed. "Grade Four Day, here I come!"

As the end of the school year had come around, most of the grades were getting ready to finish off their classes. The teachers for the lower grades wanted their students to have an enjoyable last few days before the summer, so they did what they could to accomplish just that.

Mr. Robertson, one of the grade four teachers, had announced to his students that they were going to have something called a Grade Four Day, a day purely for the enjoyment of the grade fours. After days of waiting, Grade Four Day came, and now the students were all waiting eagerly in their classroom, excited to see what the teacher had in store for them.

"Good morning everyone!" Mr. Robertson said as he entered the room, beaming. "You guys ready to have an absolutely fabulous day?"

"YEAH!" the class chorused.

"Excellent!" Mr. Robertson clapped his hands together. "So we have a certain thing planned for the end of the day, as you all know. So if you guys were thinking of getting straight to the water balloon fight I told you guys about, that won't be until much later. In the meantime, what do you want to start with? We could watch a movie, go to the gym, or go outside–"

"The gym!"

"Movie!"

"Outside!"

Everyone started talking at once, yelling out their choices enthusiastically, trying to sound louder than their classmates.

"Guys! Quiet down, please!" their teacher called out. "Come on, now, there is a much more civilized, calmer way we can decide. A vote! So, if you want to watch a movie, raise your hand."

A bunch of hands went up, and Mr. Robertson counted all of them.

"Okay, that's good. Now, raise your hand if you want to go to the gym."

After counting the number of votes that got, he had them repeat the procedure one last time for who wanted to go outside. Finally, when all were counted, he nodded.

"It looks like there were quite a lot of votes for each choice, but going to the gym got the most votes, so to the gym it is! We can do the other options later today. That aside, time to line up!"

Everyone got into a straight, quiet line (which became not-so-straight and not-so-quiet as they walked) and headed for the gym. Once they got there, their teacher faced them, grinning.

"So, is there anything you guys would like to do? Any game in mind?"

"Basketball!" someone called out. There were shouts of supports and groans of protests in response.

"No, how about dodge ball?" someone else proposed.

"Racing?" Misty suggested.

After many discussions and whining and voting, they all finally decided on playing dodge ball, but different variants of it each round. As expected, Misty conquered all, but Paul caused his team dismay when he purposely let himself get struck out so he could continue reading his book instead.

After over an hour of playing, the teacher decided they should head back to class. Everyone was tired from all that running and throwing, so they decided to do something more relaxing, like watching a movie.

Mr. Robertson passed out snacks like cookies and juice (which he had initially been reserving for lunch) and they all settled down and picked a show. They chose a movie that had just come out on DVD, but Gary wasn't too happy about the decision, because it was one he had already seen. Halfway through, he, in an attempt to spoil it for his friends, nearly gave away the ending, but Leaf stuffed a cookie in his mouth just in time. Ash then asked if he could have her second cookie, which she refused.

Lunchtime came around, and Mr. Robertson suggested that they all go eat outside in the great weather. Everyone agreed in a heartbeat, with perhaps only a few exceptions. Once outside, their teacher laid out a large blanket which he had pulled out of the storeroom, and, along with their lunches and the remainder of the cookies and juice, they settled down to eat.

"Today's so much fun!" May said as she nibbled on a cookie. "I wish it were Grade Four Day every day!"

"I can't be," said Drew. "If it were every day, then what would be the point of going to grade four, since we wouldn't be learning and just playing around instea—"

"I know that, Drew," May interrupted, pouting. "I was just saying it's fun! No need to take it so literally."

Drew shrugged. "Well, usually when you say something, you do mean it literally. So don't blame me for thinking you meant it."

"Hmph!" May indignantly stuffed a cookie in her mouth.

"But you know, I totally agree with May," Ash chimed in. "This has been the best day ever! And just wait until the water balloon fight!"

"I can't believe the teachers decided to prepare a water balloon fight for us," said Dawn. "It's great! And I heard Mr. Robertson might be joining in!"

"Really?" Gary snickered. "I'll make sure to get at least three hits on him! One for making us do all that homework, one for putting me in detention for not doing the homework, and one for thinking I cheated on the test since I got everything right, but never did any homework."

"He only asked you if you cheated once," said Leaf. "He never really insisted you did."

"But he still thinks I did! I can tell! The way he was like, 'Gary? Can I talk to you after class for a moment?'"

"Yeah, but then he said you must be pretty smart and intelligent since you got such a great mark."

"In a suspicious sort of way!"

"Okay, everyone, lunch is over!" Mr. Robertson announced.

Everyone packed up their remaining lunches (if they had any remainders) and started cleaning up. At first, some of the kids asked if they could play outside, but Mr. Robertson pointed out that if they ran around and played tag or something right now, they might be too tired when the time for the water balloon fight would come around. And the water balloon fight involved a lot of running around.

They ended up going inside and playing classroom games like Ghost in the Graveyard (in which everyone had to stay still unless the 'It' person wasn't watching, and whoever is 'It' had to try to catch them move), during which Drew managed to stand still the longest and win, but Paul could have too if he hadn't flipped the page of his book in front of the person who was 'It'.

Finally, the time came. Everyone changed into outdoor clothes that they wouldn't mind getting wet and went outside to have the water balloon battle! They were joined by the other grade four class, which was also having a Grade Four Day as well. The teachers brought multiple buckets, filled with water balloons.

"Okay, everyone, before we begin, I think we'll have to set up a few rules," Mr. Robertson announced. "Firstly, all of these buckets are in this large marked area, see? The safe-zone. You are not allowed to throw water balloons within that area, or at someone who is in that area. You are not allowed to push, rush, run there either, but, actually, no pushing or shoving outside of the safe-zone either. This area is only so that we can easily and safely get the balloons, and please do so gently so as to not break them.

"Second, each person is only allowed three balloons maximum at a time. If you have any more than that, and we catch you, you will have to give up all of your balloons and go back to get new ones.

"Finally, play nice. Don't be rough, don't act as bad sports, no rude language, and if someone is hurt, don't continue dousing them with water balloons. We want to care for everyone, and we want everyone to have fun. Am I clear?"

Everyone nodded their heads.

"Good. Now everyone, go get three balloons, and when the whistle is blown, we can start."

The students all rushed to get ammunition. Of course, it took plenty of reminding from the teachers that they weren't allowed to act rough in the bucket area, but finally, everyone had three. Even Mr. Robertson did, but the other class's teacher, apparently, didn't want to play.

And then the teacher blew the whistle.

Immediately, the whole place was filled with the colours of thrown balloons that exploded every time they hit a target or the ground. It literally looked like it was raining colours! Mr. Robertson found himself soaked fairly quickly, as it appeared Gary wasn't the only one who wanted to make him his target. Crowds returned to get more balloons, and there was some minor rule-breaking in which some people decided to throw water balloons in the area they weren't supposed to, but that was handled quickly.

"Hah! Gotcha!" Gary yelled as he threw his balloon so it smashed into the back of Ash's neck. "In your face, Drew!" Drew's face was his next target. "And... Wait, where's Paul?"

Paul, it appeared, was sitting in the safe-zone, reading the same book he had been all morning.

"Paul!" Gary said angrily, stomping right over. "You're supposed to be out there making sure everyone's soaked, not sitting here reading!"

"I'm almost done," Paul muttered, flipping the page.

"What are you even reading anyways?"

"It's a book on Pokemon strategies," Leaf answered for him as she came to get more balloons. "The one I gave to him his last birthday."

"I don't care! Just hurry up!" Gary whined.

"I'm done," Paul said quietly, putting his book to the side.

"Good," Gary huffed. "I'll be seeing you in the battlefield."

Gary was dripping wet within the next minute.

There was a shriek that filled the sky (but went unnoticed because everyone else was screaming too). It came from Misty, who was glaring at Ash with her teeth bared.

"Ash Ketchum! You are going to pay for that!" she yelled at him.

Ash, who should have been trembling in fear and/or running, was laughing his head off. "That was so hilarious! You didn't even hear me sneak up behind you, and your face when I dropped my balloon down the back of your shirt and it exploded! Priceless!"

"Ash, you are gonna be so sorry you ever thought of your little prank!"

It was at that moment that Ash suddenly realized that Misty was going to make him regret his actions if he didn't start running right away. He sped off as fast as he could to escape an on-coming Misty who was yelling, "Get back here!" as she chased him.

Meanwhile, May was searching for the best target when someone called out her name.

"Hey, May!" When she turned, a balloon was thrown at her and it hit the front of her shirt.

"Dawn," May whined at her blue-haired friend.

"Sorry, May, but I had to throw this at someone," Dawn giggled.

"What about Drew? You could have targeted someone like him."

"Yeah, he'd be—" Dawn suddenly stopped mid-sentence, her eyes shining as an idea occurred to her. "Hey, let's both team up! We could work together to make sure our target gets hit! And we can start with Drew!"

May's eyes sparkled. "Good idea! Let's go fine him!"

The two girls ran off to find their friend in the crowd. They soon found him sneaking up behind a classmate, water balloon in hand. Trying their best not to burst out laughing, Dawn and May slowly approached him from behind and threw their balloons at him.

"Gah!" Drew yelped, turning around as two balloons' worth of water doused his back. "You guys—!" The two only snickered at him, and were about to make their escape when they became the targets of Leaf's balloons.

"Gotcha!" Leaf yelled triumphantly before disappearing amongst a crowd of other students.

The water fight went on for a long time, when suddenly, a group of Wartortle appeared out of nowhere. They weren't noticed by many at first... until they started spraying everyone with water.

There were small screams as some students got drenched unexpectedly, and they all stared in puzzlement at the water Pokemon, which had now lined up in an orderly fashion.

"Mr. Robertson," someone said. "Where did they come from?"

Mr. Robertson laughed. "You'll see!"

At that moment, a man with dark hair wearing all orange appeared. He chuckled when he saw the kids' confused expressions. "Well, hello, everyone!" he said. "I am Captain Aidan, a firefighter!"

"A firefighter?"

"What's a firefighter doing here?"

"Is there a fire?"

Murmurs broke out as the students questioned his presence before their teacher explained.

"Actually, I invited him here," he said. "Captain Aidan is an old friend of mine, and he had the day off, so I thought it would be fun if he and his Wartortle could pay you guys a visit."

"A firefighter?"

"A real firefighter?"

The murmurs transformed into a wave of excitement, and students began interestedly going up to the man and his Pokemon to bombard him with questions.

"Have you ever been in a real fire?"

"How long have you been a firefighter?"

"Is it really dangerous?"

"I want to be a firefighter when I grow up!"

"Okay, okay!" Captain Aidan laughed. "One at a time!"

Finally, school ended, and with it, ended Grade Four Day. Everyone was completely dripping with water by the end from both the water balloons and the Wartortle, but fortunately, the teachers had told then to bring towels. Everyone was laughing and talking about how much fun they had as they went to dry off.

And that's that!

The water balloon fight was actually a separate idea by a guest reviewer, but I decided to put it in as well. I might start combining suggestions more from now on, since there are some suggestions that look like they could be put together, and not to mention there are so many, so it'll be a bit hard to do a chapter for each and every one separately. Anyways...

Thanks for reading!

Bye bye for now! Have a marvelous day, and smile all the way! :)

Reply to pokemon pics: Hi! Thanks for sending that link! Only thing is, when I tried to go on it, it didn't work. Maybe there was a mistake in the URL? I'm a little curious to see what it was, but even if I don't end up seeing it, it's totally fine! :)