Ash yawned as he walked down the stairs after having an hour long rest. It was around 11:30am and he had to get into Goldenrod. He hadn't gotton much sleep though, thinking about what had happened the previous night.

He stepped outside and shivered as a cold wind rushed by him. He wished that Goldenrod wasn't so full of crime, then he could stay inside more often. But no, those stupid thieves kept on stealing, jailed, released and went back to stealing. Their life was a whole rotation.

Ash froze as he walked through the forest, thinking that he'd heard something. He looked behind him, but he couldn't see anything, so he just shrugged and continued on through the forest, thinking it was probably a Rattata or something.

Soon, halfway between the house and Goldenrod City, a pile of huge rocks came into view. He walked around them, studying each one until he found one with a lightning-shaped scratch. He looked around to see if there was anyone around before reached down the huge rock, which was nearly as big as him, a pulled it up with a bit of effort. When the rock was pulled the whole way up, a cave came into view. He climbed in, putting the rock back after him, and looked along the dark walls. It was covered in webs from Ariados, and himself.

He smiled at the sleeping bug Pokémon at the side of the cave, a tiny fire as the only source of light in the cave lay a few feet away. He had trained Ariados pretty well in the past month or so, he had to admit that. The average Ariados height was 3 foot 7, but his was around 4 foot 3 he'd say. Whatever size he was, Ariados was pretty big, and he had amazing strength too. His Spider Web attack was stronger than most others and it's Night Shade was powerful too. Ash was proud of ho much effort Ariados put into his training, even if it meant facing up to Cyndaquil, the fire element having the advantage.

"I'll let him sleep a little longer" Ash thought as he quietly crept over to a large wooden box and knelt down next to it. He pulled it open and looked in. He didn't know how he had managed to make that outfit without bleeding to death from how many times he stabbed himself with the needle, but he had help from his Pokémon, so it came out ok.

The whole outfit was mostly a redish colour, like the red on an Ariados, with bits of black along the front, with a blueish purple pair of gloves and boot-like shoes. There was a blueish purple eye mask with purple shields over were his eyes, like a pair of sunglasses. Pikachu had added a cloak that looked a little like a spiders web, slightly see through, which he thought looked pretty cool.

When he was finished putting on his outfit, he went over to Ariados and woke him up. The two of them headed out of the caves, Ariados helping Ash to push up the rock. As soon as they placed the rock back, a voice spoke up.

"So, your really that bugboy weirdo everyone's talking about? Didn't see that one coming"

Ash's stomach flipped and he turned sharply around to see Ariados growling at none other than Zapdosman. "Zapfreak?"

Zapdosman nearly feel off his hoverdisk when he heard that and straightened up. "The names Zapdosman!" He said angrily.

"Whatever you say Zappyman" Ash said with little care.

Zapdosman growled and sparks flew, around him, blasting forward at Ash and Ariados, but the both of them dodged the attack, jumping to either the left or the right.

"Ariados, Night Shade!" Ash ordered. The spider-like Pokémon narrowed it's eyes and a soft purple glow surrounded him, before a Night Shade shot forward and struck 'Zappyman'.

Zapdosman pulled out a Pokéball. "You want a battle, I'll give you a battle, go Jolteon!" He said, tossing the Pokéball. The electric Pokémon appeared before it's trainer and growled at Ariados. Zapdosman knew he could have used Flareon against a bug type, but Flareon wasn't with him at that moment. He's have to bring it with him next time.

Ariados and Jolteon shot forward and tackled each other, while Zapdosman began a fistfight with Ash. After a few minutes on beating it seemed like Zapdosman was going to lose, but he wouldn't give in, not to Ash. He reached back to his hoverdisk and pulled something out of it that was hidden to blend in with it. He struck it forward and hit Ash in the shoulder with a dagger.

Ash winced in pain, and glared at Zapdosman before twisting and tripping him. Ariados had knocked Jolteon unconscious and jumped over beside Ash, glaring down at Zapdosman, who saw he was defeated, but wouldn't admit to it. Instead, like a coward, he jumped back up onto his hoverdisk. He floated up and returned his Jolteon. "We'll fight another day!" He called as he took off at high speed and out of sight.

Ash groaned and fell to his knees in pain. He pulled out the dagger, which still remained in his arm, and threw it to the ground. He put his hand on the wound to try and ease the pain as best he could.

Ariados frowned and nudged him lightly. [You go back home, you've been shocked enough and you need that fixed up] He said nodding to the cut. [Besides, I can handle it. I'm strong enough]

Ash looked up and smiled. "I have no doubt of that" He thought for a while. "You wouldn't mind?" Ariados shook his head. "Thanks, I did have a pretty rough night last night, and I could do with a rest I guess" He patted the bug Pokémon. "I promise I'll help tomorrow, ok?" Ariados nodded before giving him another nudge. "Alright, if you wanted me gone that mush you could have said" Ash said jokily. He looked down were the cut was a frowned when he saw the hole. Looks like more needle-stabbing was on the way.

[Ash what happened?} Pikachu asked, his voice full of concern, as Ash snuck up to his room and shut the door behind him. Ash 's arm was bleeding a lot, and the cloth he was using to try and stop the blood-flow was completely red.

Ash looked up and saw Pikachu sitting on the bed. "Dagger. Could you do me a favour and get the bandages from downstairs?"

Pikachu twitched his ears but nodded and trotted downstairs, returning with a roll of bandages. Ash took the and, with a little help from Pikachu, began to bandage up his arm.

"Hey Ash, wanna join us?" Misty called to Ash as he walked downstairs a few minutes later, his jacket covering the bandage. "Playing truth or dare doesn't work when you only have two"

Ash looked over at Misty and Brock. He wasn't so sure he wanted to play Truth or Dare, but he had nothing better to do. "Sure, why not" He shrugged and walked over, sitting beside Misty. Pikachu came in and sat on a chair to watch.

Ash spun the bottle, and it landed on Brock. "Truth or Dare Brock?"

"Truth"

"Ok...have you ever actually had a girlfriend?" Ash asked.

Brock frowned. "Well I, um, I mean..." He looked at Misty, who was grinning. He groaned and looked down. "No" He glared up at Ash. "I'll get you for that one"

Ash grinned and shook his head. "Your turn Brock"

The bottle was spun again and again, Misty daring Ash to do an impression of Ashley, Brock asking Ash if he'd ever had a girlfriend. The answer was no, which was great for Misty. Misty asking Brock how many girls that he actually like had he'd kissed, the answer was none. Ash asking Misty if she ever had a crush on anyone, which she said yes to but wouldn't tell who. Finally, it came to Brock again, and it landed on Misty.

"Dare" Misty said, beginning to feel confident in herself.

Brock folded his arms and began to think. "Man, I need to make this a good one. I mean, she made me admit I'd never kissed a girl. Wait a minute...kiss?" Brock looked up and grinned. "Misty, your dare is too give Ash and nice long kiss!" He said, knowing this was the most embarrassing thing that could be said to Misty at this point.

"What?!" Misty yelled, going slightly red. Ash was more shocked than embarrassed at what as just said. Did this mean Misty was going to..."Nah, she won't do it" Ash thought, somewhat sadly.

"What's the matter Misty, ya chicken?" Brock said teasingly.

"I am not a chicken!" Misty protested.

"Chicken! Chicken! Misty's a chicken!" Brock said in a taunting voice.

Ash looked over at Misty, who had her hand clenched in a fist. "Oh, she's gonna take out her mallet" Ash thought grinning.

"I'll show you I'm not a chicken!" Misty said turning and, before Ash could do anything, grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him into a kiss.

Ash tensed up and looked wide-eyed at Misty, who had her eyes shut and a relaxed look on her face. At first, he thought of pulling away, but then felt a warm and comforting feeling rushed through him, and he no longer felt tense, and didn't want to pull away. He relaxed and closed his eyes, returning the kiss to Misty. It was as it he was off in another world.

Brock and Pikachu sat at the side, and were surprised that neither Misty or Ash had tried to pull away yet. "Hey guys, you can stop now" Brock said, but got no response from the two, they just continued the kiss. "Hey, hello?" Brock said waving is hand in front of them, even though their eyes were closed. "Anyone in there?" Still, he got no answer. "Hello?!" He yelled, not liking the fact he was being ignored.

Ash and Misty's eyes shot open at the same time and they both pulled away quickly, looking in the opposite direction to the other, both of them as red as Charmeleon.

Brock grinned and looked from one to the other, but didn't say anything, knowing that it could end with a whack from Misty's mallet.

"I-I think I've had enough playing for now" Misty stuttered, standing up and walking out of the room, up the stairs and into her room.

Brock looked over at, but just when he was about to say something, Ash looked over at him. "Don't you say a word or I'll have to arrange for my fist to meet your face" He stood up and brushed himself off, trying to make himself look calmer and not as embarrassed as he felt. He walked out of the room and up to his room, followed by Pikachu.

He sat down and covered his face with his hands. "I can't believe I did that" He mumbled, but Pikachu made it out.

[You sure it was just you?] Pikachu asked, knowing only too well that it wasn't.

Ash looked up at Pikachu. "Ya, but I kissed her back, and she was only doing it for a dare"

[I wouldn't be so sure about that] Pikachu thought. [Well did she pull away?" Pikachu asked. He decided to take opportunities like this to play matchmaker with Ash and Misty.

Ash was about to answer yes, but then reconsidered it. Misty hadn't pulled away. In fact, she seemed to enjoy it just as much as he had. No, she couldn't have...could she? Ash sighed and smiled. "Maybe.." He thought, now feeling that the chances of Misty liking him had boosted. Maybe some day he would confess his feelings. Maybe someday he'll find a way to tell her. Maybe some day she'll feel the same. "Just maybe..."

Aww, Ash and Misty are such a cute couple. Well whatta ya think? I don't think it was too shabby. As you can see there's gonna be a lot of Ash and Misty kissin'. Please review and slán go foil!
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