Chapter 3 Uninhibited Brock: “Yowza” Brock had just returned from the registration, and wheeled Tracey into the Cerulean gym. Only to see a room full of woman he had crushed on at various times. Everyone went silent as he entered. Brock: “I suppose you’re all here because of the exhibition festivities.” Feeling it would be scandalous to tell Brock what they were really trying to do everyone accepted his explanation. Misty: “We can’t hide anything from you Brock. Heh heh. You don’t mind all these girls being here at once, do you?” Brock: “No!” Daisy: “Well I do. Everyone but Ash get out of my gym.” Brock: “huh” Misty: “Uh, she’s just joking around.” Things became more and more suspicious for Brock as the day continued. To begin, the girls invited themselves to spend the night; yet the Cerulean sisters seemed to be trying to get rid of everyone but Ash. Why Ash? The only one they could get to leave was Jesse, and that’s only because Officer Jenny made the team rocket member nervous. What was Jesse doing there anyway? Next, no one seemed to care that there was a Jigglypuff sleeping on the sofa. At dinner, everyone’s portions were small except for Ash, whose steaks where cut into the shape of hearts, and his vegetables where arranged to spell the word Love. When Ash asked for someone to pass the barbecue sauce, Every girl grabbed the bottle a once and struggled to wrestle it from the others. When Duplica lost her grip, Sabrina ended up spilling the bottles’ contents on Ash. Everyone then rushed to clean up the mess. Brock wasn’t sure because of the pile up, but it looked like Atsuko and May tried to lick the sauce off of him. Ash: “Hey, cut that out.” Strangest of all was Ash’s silence. He looked deep in thought. It was as though he was struggling to make an ethical decision that weighed heavily on his mind (Remember the offers made earlier). Since the girls were all crowding around Ash, Brock couldn’t even get a moment to ask what was going on. Later as everyone cleared out of the dinning room Brock stayed behind to talk with Tracey. Brock: “Hey Tracey, what do you think is going on?” Tracey: “So many Tauros.” Brock: “Every girl here is being unusually nice to Ash.” Tracey: “So many Tauros.” Brock: “Even the girl whose bike he trashed.” Tracey: “So many Tauros.” Brock: “Could Ash have trashed all their bikes? No That’s just stupid.” Tracey: “So many Tauros.” Brock: “I’m going to get to the bottom of this.” Tracey: “So many Tauros.” Brock: “Thanks for listening dude.” Tracey: “So many Tauros” Dr. Ivey: “Hello Brock.” As soon as Brock turned his head toward his former mentor, he felt something prick his left arm. A sudden wave of sleepiness swept over him and he immediately passed out. Nurse Joy removed the syringe of diluted butterfree sleep powder from Brocks shoulder and gave Dr. Ivey a thumbs up. Dr. Ivey: “Alright Duplica, now it’s time for your part.” Duplica took Brocks clothes, and using her trusty disguise kit became a perfect Brock double. She took a few moments to perfect her imitation of Brocks voice and then joined everyone in the living room. Later that evening Duplica (disguised as Brock) suggested that she and Ash should share a room. After all it wouldn’t be appropriate for two men to sleep in the same place as so many women. The other girls tried to protest but couldn’t justify their objections. Tracey was left in the living room since he never sleeps anyway; and yes everyone was creeped out by that. Ivey thought it was the perfect plan (except that it meant enlisting other girl’s aid). Ash and Duplica (disguised as Brock) did indeed share a guestroom. The real Brock was sleeping in a closet, and no one cared about Duplicas disappearance since it meant less competition. Ash is so sweet, Ivey thought. He obviously acted shy and nervous because he is inexperienced with love and didn’t want to take advantage of them, and he thought they were under the effect of Jigglypuffs song. The pokemon researcher believed that her mind was far too intelligent to be manipulated (Ivey has a huge ego by the way), so obviously fourteen girls fell in love with him at the same time because he is so incredibly handsome, kind, and smart (She’s a bit eccentric too). A good foursome should help him get over his silly inhibitions, and he would no doubt see her as the superior lover of the group (there’s that ego again). Nurse Joy had been in relatively few relationships in her life, so she followed Iveys lead assuming the researcher had more experience. Perhaps she is just to easy going. Duplica was all set to double cross Ivey. She was going to lock her out of the room and keep Ash for herself. One Problem, the guestroom door didn’t have a lock on it. So it came to be that three women stood over the bedside of Ash Ketchum. Each was like an animal, ready to pounce on him. However, Pikachu took it upon himself to protect his trainer. The electric rodent stood ready to shock the women, all of whom held their own pokeballs in defensive stances. Suddenly the door to the guestroom opened again. May and Misty entered with some Hot cocoa for Ash and Brock. The two girls had made these refreshments just so they would have an excuse to see Ash again. They got along quite well, despite the jealous tension that is permeating the gym. Pikachu grew even more defensive, but realising she was about to be shocked May reacted immediately. May: “Pikachu, calm down! It’s me!” she said sweetly. “Ash, please don’t let Pikachu shock me.” Ash: “May, it’s not that I want to, but you’re all acting weird.” He said with a nervous trembling voice. Misty: “I’m sorry it seems that way. We all care about you Ash. Were just trying to show you how much we care.” Ivey, Duplica, Nurse Joy, Misty, and May all lowered there heads in sadness. Dr. Ivey: “We just wanted to make you happy.” Ash: “I’m sorry it’s just –“ Duplica: “You hate us all.” Ash: “No, I don’t” May: “Then why don’t you want to be with me.” Misty: “You!” she said, giving May a cold glare. Ash: “I do want to be with you, really.” Nurse Joy: “Prove it!”