Heeeeeey all you wonderful readers!

Long time no see. Time for me to post a chapter (because I finished writing it and not because I actually have a writing schedule ha ha I reaaaally should make a proper writing schedule).

You guys might have also noticed that the original covers for my stories have disappeared. I removed them for personal reasons, but I'm hoping to make new covers once I can.

Also, there are some guest reviews I responded to at the bottom author's note.

I got similar suggestions from Ruefully-yours, Guest, and MerroSky, so I'm combining their topics with one that was suggested a very long ago by both a guest reviewer, and random reviewer. So I hope you all enjoy!

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

That Thing Called 'Siblings'

Grade One

May (6), Leaf (6), Paul (7), Gary (6), Drew (6), Ash (6)

If there was one thing May knew, it was that she wanted another sibling.

Not a younger one like cute little Max, but an older one. Someone who would help her reach the cookie jar, someone who would help her with homework when Mommy and Daddy were busy, someone who could teach her things like she taught Max. Yes, the idea of an older sibling was highly appealing, and May was sure that if she bugged her parents enough, they would get her one. They'd decided to get Max, after all (wherever they'd gotten him from), so how much harder would it be to go to the kids' store and get an older child? It was a reasonable enough proposal, so why did her parents continue to refuse so firmly? Well, she could just as firmly continue insisting.

And then there was Leaf. She also often dreamed of getting a sibling.

She didn't have any particular preference when it came to age, or whether it were a brother or a sister. She supposed Gary's sister, Daisy, was sometimes like an older sister to her, but she wanted someone she could get into mischief with, pull pranks with, compete with. Or someone she could pester who would brush her off, call her annoying, and still back her up no matter how many quarrels they got into. Being an only child had its benefits, but having a sibling… The very thought sent her imagination wild with possibilities.

On the other hand, if there was one thing Paul was sure about, it was that he didn't want any more siblings.

Reggie was (annoying) enough, and at least he was older and could help with things when Paul needed him to. But another older sibling was unneeded, and younger siblings were useless altogether. (Paul knew that because he was a younger sibling, and he couldn't think of any time he'd been useful to Reggie. Although, sometimes, Reggie hinted that he was for whatever reason.)

The topic of siblings came up one weekend when Gary's grandpa, the famous Professor Oak (as Gary didn't fail to remind everyone), decided to take his grandson and his friends to the aquarium. All six of the first-graders were in awe; there were some rooms where the tanks made up the walls, putting the water-Pokemon on full display.

"Look at that one!" May squealed, tapping her hands on one of the tanks. "Look, look! A Vulpix!"

"No," said Gary. "That's called a Buizel."

"Two Buizel," Ash said, eagerly peering into the tank, his palms and face pressed against the glass. "Look, they're playing."

"Kids, please don't tap the glass," Professor Oak said. "The water Pokemon don't like it."

"Yes," Drew said in a dignified manner, pointing to a sign. "It says, 'No tapping on the glass'."

Leaf looked at the sign too. "It also says the Buizel are brother and sister." To be honest, it didn't really say that, but Leaf was perfectly capable of making use of her imagination.

"It must be awesome having a brother or sister," Ash mused. "Look at how much fun they're having."

"Nah, it's no fun," Gary said, moving on to the next tank to look at the Seel and Dewgong. "Daisy keeps bugging me all the time. She always tells me to do that and not that and not that and not that."

"But Daisy's fun," Leaf said. "She's always fun with me."

"Then you can have her."

Leaf stuck her tongue out. "No, I want a sibling that's my very own."

"I think having a sibling is lots of fun," May said. "But I wish I had an older one."

"Older ones are so bossy," Gary said. "I wish I had a younger one."

"But then you'd be the bossy one," Drew pointed out.

Gary grinned. "Exactly."

"He doesn't need a younger sibling," Paul said absentmindedly, his eyes following a Dewgong swimming repeatedly in circles. "He's already bossy enough."

Gary scowled, but then remembrance struck in his eyes. "Hey, you have an older brother, right?"

"Yes."

"And he's annoying too, right?"

"Mm-hm." He was more absorbed in the Dewgong's acrobatics.

"See!" Gary grinned at May and Leaf. "Paul thinks older siblings are annoying too!"

Leaf folded her arms. "I don't believe it. I've seen people with older brothers and sisters, and they have lots of fun."

"Yeah!" May nodded viciously. "You think so too, right Ash?"

"Huh? Yeah, siblings are awesome! I really want younger ones so I can teach them stuff. Like about Pokemon, and battling, and—"

"You don't even have siblings, Ashy-boy," Gary said, rolling his eyes. "How would you know how awesome they are?"

"I used to want siblings," Drew admitted. "Most of you guys had one, so I did too. But not so much anymore. I like being an only child."

"'Cause you like having all the attention," Paul interjected. He didn't seem to be fully paying attention to the conversation, but it was as if it were his reflex to throw in some kind of vexing remark.

"No," Drew protested. "It's just that my cousins came over once for a week and I didn't like being with them very much."

"'Cause no one gave you any attention when they were around," Gary said mischievously.

"No," Drew said. "They just… weren't fun and very loud." He frowned, unable to think of a better reason why he liked being an only child. But he was certain it wasn't because he was an attention-seeker!

"Kids, hurry along," Professor Oak called to them.

"You like a lot of attention too, Gary," Ash pointed out as he followed the professor to the room's exit.

"So what?" Gary said, crossing his arms. "People like being with me, and I like being with them, so it's a good thing."

"People like being with Drew too," Ash said.

"Like who?"

"Like us. Like you."

Drew grinned. Maybe a sibling wouldn't be too bad, he thought. At least, if the sibling were someone like Ash. "Yes," Drew piped up, flipping his hair. "It's okay if I get attention because people like me."

Gary's eyebrows creased, and he, in an attempt to salvage his pride, continued bickering with the other two as they followed Professor Oak.

Not far behind, May and Leaf stood together, irked.

"Don't listen to what Gary said," Leaf told May. "I think older siblings are great."

"Yeah, me too," May declared. "Older siblings are the bestest! Well, little siblings are the bestest too, but I really want an older one."

Leaf sighed. "Yeah, me too. But where are we gonna get—" She paused mid-sentence and looked around. "Wait, where is everyone?"

May looked up too. They were still in front of the Dewgong and Seel tank, but everyone else was nowhere in sight. "They left the room," May said anxiously.

"It's okay," Leaf said. "They couldn't have gone too far, right? We'll just run and catch up."

The two hurried to the exit door, but when they peered around the corner, they couldn't see anyone they recognized.

"Gary's grandpa left us," May said nervously.

"I don't think it was on purpose…"

"But now we're all alone. What do we do?"

They were quiet for a moment. Then, May spoke.

"If we had bigger siblings, they wouldn't leave us."

"Yeah," Leaf said nodding. "They would be very careful."

"And they would take good care of us if we got lost."

"And they would help us find the others."

"And they wouldn't get scared of anything."

"And—"

"Um, hello?"

The two girls turned. A boy they knew was standing behind them, watching them with a raised eyebrow.

"Paul!" May said, a wave of relief flushing over her. "You came back!"

"What?" Paul said, puzzled.

"You came to get us," May said. "We can go back to the others now!"

"… What?"

"You all left us," Leaf said accusingly. "You didn't even check to see if we were following. You and everyone and Professor Oak just left!"

"Everyone left?"

The girls paused and regarded their friend for a moment. He looked bemused by their rambling and the slightest bit irritated that they weren't explaining themselves.

"Wait," Leaf said slowly. "Were you here the whole time?"

"Of course," Paul scoffed. "We were looking at the Dewgong, weren't we?"

"They left you too?" May exclaimed, horrified.

"What, did they all leave?"

"Yes." Leaf nodded. "They all went out the exit and disappeared! We don't know where they are now."

"Oh." Paul huffed, irritated. He stepped out the exit and looked to the left, and then to the right, his eyes focused in contemplation. Then, he started walking to the right.

"Wait," Leaf called out. "Where are you going?"

"To find where the others went," Paul said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"You can't," May said. "Mommy said that if you get lost, staying where you are is the best thing to do."

Paul shrugged. "They're not coming back."

"Didn't Professor Oak say we should look for the people who work here if we need help?" Leaf said, frowning. "I think he said they wear a blue shirt…"

"Do you see anyone with a blue shirt?" Paul gestured to a crowd of people.

"Um, some people, but I don't think they work here…"

"Then?" Paul folded his arms smugly, as if he had just proven a point.

"Then…" Leaf scowled. She hated not having the last word, especially if the one who did followed it up with such a gloating air. It was annoying. She eyed Paul competitively. She was so going get him back for it! Losing such a small argument was hardly any reason to want to get back at someone, but Gary had been on the receiving end of her revenge list enough times. It would be interesting having someone new there for a change, she thought.

"Then I'm going." Paul started to walk again. "You can stay behind if you're too scared," he added, shrugging, "but I don't want to waste my time standing there for so long."

"I'm not scared." In an instant, Leaf hurried up after him. "Come on, May, we're gonna find the others."

"But we're not supposed to…" May trailed off. She looked around and decided she didn't want to be left behind all alone. "Wait up!" Soon, her footsteps had joined her two friends'.

"So," said Leaf, folding her arms and looking at Paul. "Where are they?"

"No clue," Paul said calmly.

"Then where are you taking us?"

"I'm not taking us anywhere. I'm just walking and seeing where they are."

"But –"

"Wow, you're so brave," May said. "We're all alone, and you're not even scared."

"Of course I'm not scared. There is nothing to be scared about."

"I wasn't scared either," Leaf said.

"You looked scared," said Paul.

"No, I didn't!"

"How do you know how you looked?"

"It's my face, and I know how I make my face look."

"Then you made yourself look scared on purpose?"

"No, I did not look scared."

"You did to everyone else."

"You're the only one saying I looked scared."

"And so are you."

"I am not!"

"You said you know how your face looked, and you looked scared, so that means you're saying you knew you looked scared."

"That's not what—!"

"Guys," May interrupted. The other two looked at her, and she pointed into a different room. "Do you think they went in there?"

Paul shrugged. "I don't know."

"We could check," Leaf suggested. She glared at Paul. "I'll go first and show you I'm not scared." With determined eyes, she marched straight into the room. May and Paul stood outside, waiting.

"You know," May said, smiling, "you're kind of like an older brother, Paul."

Paul's attention, which had been directed at something down the hall, snapped towards her. "Huh? What?"

"You're like an older brother, Paul."

"What? No I'm not."

"Yes you are. You didn't get scared, and decided to help us, and you and Leaf fight like brothers and sisters fight. I have a little brother, and I love him very much, but sometimes he's really annoying and I think I don't want him anymore. But not actually. I think that's kind of like you."

Paul wanted to point out that he actually hadn't been helping them – they'd just decided to follow along – but there was a much more crucial issue he needed to take care of first.

"I'm not like your brother," he said seriously. "And if when I fight, you don't want to have me as a brother, that's good. I'm Reggie's brother. Not yours, and not Leaf's."

"But—"

"Did someone say my name?" Leaf's head poked out of the entrance of the room she had gone in.

"May's just saying dumb stuff," Paul explained.

"What kind of dumb stuff?" Leaf asked.

"It's not dumb," May said, folding her arms. "I was saying Paul's sorta like a big brother. Right, Leaf?"

"I'm not."

Leaf looked him up and down. "Sort of." Her mind travelled back to their earlier argument. "But he's a very annoying brother, then."

"Yes," May exclaimed. "Brothers can be very annoying. My brother's annoying sometimes, and before, Paul said his brother is annoying too, so if Paul's annoying, then he really is like a brother."

"I can see your logic," Leaf said nodding pensively. Her face brightened. "Then that means I get to annoy him too!"

"No you don't," Paul said, horrified. "I'm not your brother."

"You are now. Your my and May's brother. You're our Paulie Wally Dolly brother!"

May giggled. "Paulie Wally Dolly?" Paul gave her such a sharp glare she decided maybe it was better if she didn't give him embarrassing nicknames.

"I am not your guys' brother – I'm already someone else's brother," Paul declared, glowering at the two. But somehow, thinking of him as a sibling made his expression less menacing. In fact, while it made May uncomfortable at most, Leaf disregarded it completely.

"Come on, May, Paulie," she said, pointing to the room. "The others aren't in there, but there is something really cool."

"Don't call me 'Paulie'," Paul hissed. Her grin was maddening!

"I wanna see," May said, following Leaf inside. Paul looked down the hall again, huffed, and followed the two in. The three meandered through the crowd to see what Leaf wanted to show them.

Like the previous room they'd been in, the walls were huge tanks here as well. Some brown fish were swimming through the water, but they didn't look very impressive.

Paul looked at one of the signs. "They're just Feebas," he said, still a bit sour. "And they don't look very cool to me."

"Wait for it," Leaf said, pointing at a particular spot.

And there it was: a shimmering Milotic twirled through the water. It was beautiful, captivating. May's eyes widened, her eyes shining. "Wow," she whispering, touching the glass.

"See?" said Leaf. "Didn't I say it was cool?" She looked expectantly at Paul.

Paul folded his arms, feigning disinterest. "I thought you were afraid of Pokemon, May," he said.

May frowned. "I'm not. I just don't like them."

"Then why do you like that one?"

"It's okay when they're in a tank and can't attack me," May said. "Besides, Milotic is the beautifulest."

"Hey, what are you kids doing here all alone?"

The three of them looked up. A tall man in a blue shirt was standing there, frowning at them. "Are you lost? Do you need my help?" He stepped towards them, and May jumped back, gasping.

"It's a stranger!" she shrieked.

"Run!" Leaf yelled.

The three scattered.

"Wait!" the man called, a little pink from the looks he'd gotten when May had accused him of being a stranger.

But May, Leaf, and Paul were definitely not going to wait.

"Leaf, Paul," May sobbed searching for her friends. "Where are you guys?"

"I'm here," Leaf materialized at her side, running alongside her.

"What about Paul?"

Their purple-haired friend appeared at that moment. He grabbed both of their wrists and pulled them out of the room and down the hall. They rounded the corner and stood in a deserted area, huffing and puffing as they caught their breaths.

"That was a close one," Leaf said.

"Paul, you saved us," May cheered.

"Of course he did," Leaf said mischievously. "He's our big brother, remember?"

"I am not," Paul muttered. He looked around. "Where are we now?"

"Um, I don't know," May said, looking at a sign. It had a picture of a Lapras on it. "Do you think the others are around here somewhere?"

"I saw them," Paul said.

"What? When?" Leaf demanded.

"I saw them down the hall when you went into that room," Paul explained. "But then May said that dumb stuff, and when I looked again, they were gone."

"Do you think we should go back, then?" May said nervously.

"Of course not," Leaf said. "There was a stranger there. Come on." She began walking past the sign. "Let's see what place this is."

They came across another sign. May read it out loud. "'Lap-ras Show. Closs-edd'. Closet?"

"Closed," Paul corrected. "There's no one here."

"Look!" Leaf pointed up ahead. There was an enormous pool in front of them, surrounded by hundreds of seats. The lights were dim, but at the far end of the pool was what they could make out to be a Lapras. The Lapras looked at them for a long while before starting to swim over.

"It's not in a tank," May said nervously.

"Yes," Paul said, a glint in his eye. "It's coming over here 'cause we're bothering it, and it's gonna attack you."

May paled. Leaf rolled her eyes.

"Don't worry, May, Paul's just joking," she said.

"Are you sure?" Paul said. "It really looks like it wants to attac—ARRG!"

One second he was standing with his friends, and the next, he was underwater. His head reemerged from the surface, and he glared at Leaf, who smugly crossed her arms.

"What was that for?"

"For scaring May. You deserve it."

"You're so annoying," he said, trying to swim back to the water's edge. Something nudged his side, and May gasped.

"It's the Lapras!" she shrieked.

"Sh, May, you're gonna scare it," Leaf said.

"Yeah," Paul added as the Lapras helped him climb out of the water. "And if you scare it, it's gonna attack." He took his wet jacket off and threw it on Leaf. Leaf scowled as water dripped all over her face and the front of her shirt.

"Lapras?" The Pokemon looked at the three standing on the pool's edge curiously.

"Hi there," Leaf said to the Pokemon, handing the wet jacket to May. "What's your name?"

"Lapras lapras."

Leaf went over to pet it. "Wanna be friends?"

"It's so scary," May said, hiding behind a soaking-wet Paul. Paul rolled his eyes.

"No it's not. It's just a Lapras."

"But you said it could attack."

"All Pokemon can attack. But a lot of the trained ones don't. And this one's a trained one."

"How do you know?"

"Because it's letting Leaf touch it like that."

May looked at Paul, admiring his endless vault of knowledge. "It's still a little scary, though."

"Hey, you three!"

May, Paul and Leaf turned. And there he was: the man from before.

They were trapped.

"The stranger!" May yelled.

"Quick!" Leaf jumped onto Lapras's back and reached out to her friends. "We need to get out of here."

"No, don't do that," the man yelled. But it was too late. Paul joined Leaf aboard Lapras, and, with a little convincing, so did May.

"Onwards," Leaf said, pointing to the other side of the pool. Lapras looked at the man mischievously.

"No, Lapras," the man warned. "Don't you dare—"

But it did dare. It sped away from him and to the other side of the water with the three first-graders.

"This is kind of like May's Expeditions, right?" Leaf said.

May smiled hesitantly and made her figures into a camera. "Yes," she said. "May's Expeditions on Lapras in the ocean!"

"In which we escape a scary stranger guy," Leaf added.

"Hey you kids," the man called. But he was far away now. The three got off on the other side of the pool.

"Look," May said, pointing to a bright red exit sign.

"Thank you, Lapras," Leaf said, petting it for one last time.

"Lap, lapras," the Pokemon hummed.

"Wait," the man yelled yet again. He was making his way around the pool. He was getting closer…

"Let's get out of here," Leaf said, marching out the exit.

"Onwards in May's Expedition!" May cheered.

"Just hurry up," Paul said, rolling his eyes.

Soon, they were in a brand new area. Unlike the Lapras pool, there were people everywhere, and children their age were gathering around small pools of water, poking at the Pokemon that were inside.

"We have reached a new territory," May said into her make-belief camera. "There are lots of people here, and lots of water Pokemon." She looked around nervously. "And they're not in closed tanks…"

"Hey, Leaf," Paul said suddenly. "Where did you put my jacket?"

"I gave it to May," Leaf said. "Why?"

"It had some stuff in the pockets. May, where's my jacket?"

"Your jacket?" May frowned, trying to remember. "I don't know."

"What do you mean, you don't know? Where did you put it?"

"I didn't put it anywhere. I didn't even know I had it."

"It's your own fault, Paul," said Leaf. "You're the one who threw it on me."

"You're the one who pushed me into the water."

"You were scaring May."

"But you—"

"Um, guys?" May said, catching their attention. "Look."

She was pointing to a couple of adults standing together and explaining something about water Pokemon to a group of young children.

Paul raised an eyebrow. "What about them?"

"They're all wearing the same blue shirt. And it looks the same as the shirt the stranger was wearing."

Leaf's eyes widened. "Wait, didn't Professor Oak say we should go to one of the people who works here if we need help? And didn't he say the people who work here wear blue shirts?"

"So… does that mean the man wasn't a scary stranger?" May said.

They stood there, staring at the blue-shirted workers.

"So should we… go back?" May asked.

"No," Paul said, folding his arms. "If he wasn't trying to catch us, why was he chasing us?"

"Maybe 'cause he wanted to help," Leaf reasoned.

"Well, how did he know we needed help? We didn't tell him."

"That's a good point."

"Excuse me."

The three turned around. There was a woman in a blue shirt standing behind them. She smiled.

"Are you three May, Leaf, and Paul?"

May gasped. "How did you know our names?"

The woman laughed. "Welp, I finally found you guys. Follow me. Your friends are really worried about you."

"Wait," Paul said, holding out his arm to prevent Leaf and May from following her. He glared at the woman suspiciously. "How do we know you're not a bad stranger?"

"Yeah," Leaf chimed in. "How do we know?"

"Oh no," May said, paling. "Another stranger."

The woman ran a hand through her hair. "Well, I can tell you the names of your friends. Then you would know that I'm taking you to the right people."

"Okay," Leaf said cautiously. Paul continued glaring at her with distrust.

"Your group leader is Professor Oak, right? And one of your friends, I'm sure, was… Dray? Was it Dray?"

"No, it was Drew," May corrected. "That means you're not taking us to the right people, and that means you're a stranger."

"No, I just forgot." The woman tapped her chin in thought. "How about this: I let you talk to them on my cell phone. If Professor Oak says you can come with me, then you can. Sound good?"

"Um…" May turned to the other two.

"Yes, that sounds good," Leaf said.

"Fine," Paul conceded.

"All right then." The woman pulled out her cell phone and began typing in a number.

"There you guys are," Professor Oak said, hastily walking towards May, Leaf, and Paul, who had just arrived with the woman. "We were looking all over for you three."

"Yeah," Drew said with a serious face, following the elderly man. "Gary said a water Pokemon ate all of you, but I didn't believe him."

"I didn't believe him either," Ash said. He turned to Gary. "You were wrong. They didn't get eaten by a water Pokemon."

"I didn't think they got eaten," Gary said. "I was joking." He eyed Paul up and down. "Why are you all wet?"

"It wasn't a funny joke," Drew said, frowning. "What if they really got eaten?"

"No, we wouldn't have," May said. "Because the Lapras was trained, so it wouldn't have eaten us."

"What Lapras?" Ash said curiously.

"We rode a Lapras," Leaf said excitedly. "And we escaped a stranger, and—"

"Ahem," someone interrupted. There was a man with a towel hanging around his neck standing behind Professor Oak, looking thoroughly irritated.

"It's the stranger," May whispered, her eyes widening.

"Who wasn't actually a stranger," Leaf added.

"That's my jacket," said Paul.

The man rubbed his eyes, holding out the still wet jacket to the boy. Paul took it and looked at him accusingly.

"Why did you steal my jacket?" he demanded.

"I didn't," the man said, sighing. "Your friend dropped it in the water when you were, ah, escaping on Lapras. I jumped in to get it when you guys disappeared." He tugged at the towel around his neck. "But maybe it was good that she dropped it. I looked through the pockets and found Professor Oak's cell number and was able to contact him. Turns out they were already looking for you three. Since I knew the general area you were in, we knew where to look."

"You had Professor Oak's cell number?" Leaf said, looking at Paul. He shrugged.

"My brother wrote down a bunch of stuff for me in case I got lost. He told me I could ask a desk person for the phone if I needed to call Professor Oak."

"Then why didn't you just do that?" Leaf said. "Why did you say we should look for them?"

"I forgot."

"Leaf's right," Professor Oak said, nodding. "You guys shouldn't have gone off searching for us. You should have stayed where you were until I came looking for you."

"That's what I said we should do," May said. "You guys didn't listen to me."

"And you also shouldn't have run off screaming when I tried to help," the man muttered to himself.

"Wow," Ash marvelled. "You guys stayed by yourselves for so long without any grownups?"

"Yes, and we all became siblings!" May exclaimed.

Paul huffed. "No we di—"

"Yeah," Leaf piped up, her eyes glinting. "Ol' Paulie Wally's now our big brother!"

Paul glared at her. "Be quie—"

"Paulie Wally?" Gary repeated, smirking. Paul's attention redirected to him.

"No, I'm not—"

"Paulie Wally!" Gary chanted out loud. "Paul's a Paulie Wally."

Paul stared at him. Gary's grin slowly faded. "Uh oh…"

The next thing he knew, Paul was chasing after him. He fell when he pushed him from behind.

"Kids, don't fight," Professor Oak warned. "Any more fighting, and we're going home."

"Yeah, guys, don't fight," Ash pleaded, standing between them. "Or else we're gonna have to go home. I wanna see more of the aquarium."

"I wasn't fighting," Gary said, scowling as he got up. "I was just making a joke, and Paul got mad. It's not fair! Leaf called him that, and he didn't do anything to her. Why is he only attacking me?"

Paul paused, considering whether it was worth it to continue attacking Gary. In the end, he sighed frustratedly, yanked off Ash's hat, and put it on his own head. And then he walked away.

"Hey, that's my hat," Ash said unhappily, patting his head. "Can I have it back?"

They continued following Professor Oak who, after thanking the workers and making sure Paul got a towel to dry off, led them to the next exhibition. Behind him, Drew was trying to tell Paul how relieved he was that they'd been found, Ash was whining that he wanted his hat back, and Gary was grumbling about his friend's unfairness. May and Leaf walked together, chatting.

"And that's the end of this episode of May's Expeditions," May said, pretending to put away a camera.

"Whew, that was fun," said Leaf. "We even rode Lapras all by ourselves."

"Yeah, and it wasn't even that scary. And… Hey!" May's eyes shone with realization. "We're all like siblings!"

"You mean like Paul's the older brother?" Leaf said.

"Yeah, and you're like the older sister."

"I am?" Leaf grinned. "I like the sound of that."

"And I'm the little sister. And Ash is… the little brother?"

"No." Leaf shook her head. "Ash is older than both of us."

"Then he's the other older brother. The fun one!"

Leaf tapped her chin. "Then what about Drew?"

"Is he another older brother 'cause he's older than us too?"

"No, I think we can pretend he's the younger one. He seems like a younger brother."

"Yeah, you're right. And then what about Gary?"

Leaf giggled. "Gary's the annoying neighbour friend."

The two girls walked on, giggling (and gaining suspicious looks from their friends) as they headed to look at more water Pokemon.

And that is a wrap! How was it? Good? Bad? Meh? Tell me in the reviews. ;)

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

Replies to Guest Reviews:

Guest: I don't know everything about the manga, but I've read some and have a scattered overview of the rest. I'm still interested in the animations you mentioned, so thanks for the links, but unfortunately, I couldn't access them. I think the links don't work if you send them as a review. Maybe put more spaces in the URL before sending it? (I can just get rid of the spaces when I search them up.)

John: I personally don't focus on the romance genre in general, so I don't think I have chapters with romance. As for love, friendship is a kind of love, wouldn't you say? And all my chapters focus on friendship. ;)