Pocket Woman
Part 2


"Hi mom I'm home!!"
Mrs. Ketchum came running at her son at full speed and wrapped him up in the dreaded mothers love hug. "OhASHhoneyImissedyousomuch! Areyouok, howspikachu, haveyoubeenchangingyourunderweareveryday?"
She fired off question after question so fast that Ash couldn't respond. That and he couldn't breathe cause of his mothers death grip.
"Hi mom..." was all he managed to get out.
Brock decided to save his friends life at that point it time. "Hello Mrs. Ketchum. Nice to see you again."
Ash's mom let him go and greeted Brock much to Ash's relief.
"Oh hello Brock how are you." She looked around. "Ash honey where's Pikachu?....ohh who's that dear?"
Ash picked himself just in time to block his mom from moving before things got out of hand. "Well mom....I sort of have something to tell you."
Unfortunately Mrs. Ketchum had already jumped to a massive conclusion upon seeing the now human Pikachu. "oh ASH! Is she your girlfriend? no no she's your wife honey? Did you too elope? She is pretty Ash but you should of told me first......now tell me about my new daughter dear!" Mrs. Ketchum was clearly exited however her excitement turned to confusion as Ash, Pikachu, and Brock all fell down with a loud THUD. "Well now what's wrong honey?"
"MOM! She's not my wife, or my girlfriend.....umm you remember Pikachu right? My first Pokémon?"
"Of course dear....but what does that have to do with your girlfriend here?"
"PIKA!" the redhead commented.
Mrs. Ketchum blinked and looked at the girl. "What did she just say Ash?"
"Well umm ..er... Mom.... this is Pikachu...."
"What?!" Mrs. Ketchum was even more confused now. Ash sighed, took a deep breath and began, with the help of Brock to explain, what had happened over at Prof. Oaks lab. Mrs. Ketchum's facial expression went from confused, to more confused, to understanding, to happiness, to confusion and settled back to confusion.
"So let me get this straight. Pikachu is now this girl who somehow became human because some sort of accident at the lab?"
"Pi pika" Pikachu confirmed with a nod of her head. The four humans had sat on the couch to rest while Ash had explained. Ash was having a hard time explaining because the now human pokémon kept trying to sit on his lap.
"PIKACHU!" Ash protested, his face red. "You're not a pokémon anymore....you can't sit on my lap like you used to.
"Pika" she said confused.
Brock chuckled. "Heh. It seems she's so used to the way you treated her as a pokémon that she doesn't think it matters."
Mrs. Ketchum smiled that knowing smile that all mothers smiled. "Well dear I suppose that if Pikachu stays human I could adopt her to be your sister."
Pikachu didn't seem to like that idea. "PIKACHU! Pikapi pipichu, pika chu chu chu pi, pikachu pi!" she shook her head vigorously.
Ash looked confused. "Uhh what's wrong with that Pikachu?"
The redhead looked at Ash and mega-blushed. She then looked away with a "Pikapi, pika.."  escaping her lips.
Brock and Mrs. Ketchum exchanged a look. Mrs. Ketchum raised an eyebrow while Brock shrugged.
"Well its late dear why don't you all head for bed." Mrs. Ketchum stood up and motioned in that old familiar way for her son to head for bed. She smiled at the question forming on his lips. "Don't worry, with the money you've won from the many tournaments you've won I've been able to add a few things to the house. We have an extra few guest rooms now you Brock and Pikachu will each have one."
Ash smiled at his mom as he turned, and walked off to his old room. Pikachu and Brock followed, choosing rooms as they went. Mrs. Ketchum's gaze lingered on the pokémon now turned human. She smiled a little and then walked off to go to bed herself.
* * *
Ash was sleeping peacefully. He lay on his bed in the old pokémon room filled with toys and other various merchandise. He seemed at peace for a few minutes until he shifted, his face seeming to reflect that something wasn't right. A few moments later he felt a familiar weight on his chest that was accompanied with a soft Pikapi. Ash was just about to fall completely asleep when realization kicked in, that and his mom burst into his room.
"Ash honey I just went into Pikachu's room to check on her and she was--"  Mrs. Ketchum let out a loud scream.  She then gasped for breath... "Ash dear I had no idea you were THAT close with your pokémon!!"
Ash snapped fully awake and looked up to be greeted by a mop of orange-red hair and blue eyes in a night gown. "uhhh..."
"Pika?" the redhead replied.
As slow as Ash was he had gotten better over the years and having a beautiful female sleeping with you tended to do thing to your mind AND body rather quickly. "uhhhhhhhhhhhhh ummmmmmm errrrrr ..............." However reaction time is massively slowed sometimes. "It's not like that MOM!"
By this time Brock had woken up to see what the problems was. He walked into the room to encounter a confused mother, a frantic young man, and a young woman snuggled close to the young man.
"Heh gee Ash you work fast." Brock grinned.
"IT'S NOT LIKE THAT BROCK!!" Ash was attempting to lift Pikachu off of him with out touching anything he shouldn't.
Mrs. Ketchum decided to interfere at that moment. "Pikachu honey you can't sleep with Ash anymore...your too big now.* Mrs. Ketchum tried to pull the human pokémon off her son butt....
"PIKACHU PIKAPI PIKA PIKA PIKACHU!!!!!!!!!* the redhead screamed. She tightened her grip on Ash while trembling violently. It was not that hard to understand...She did NOT want to be separated from Ash.
Brock put a hand on Mrs. Ketchum shoulder and pulled her back a little. "It's OK Mrs. Ketchum. Pikachu is just frightened and we both know that Ash is too much of a gentleman to do anything like that."
Mrs. Ketchum relented and letting out a small sigh she went back off to her room to sleep. Brock turned to follow but not before saying something to his long time friend. "Sleep well bud....oh yeah I want to talk to you tomorrow about Pikachu." His tone was rather odd, one Ash had never heard before.
"Ok.......umm Pikachu!" Ash was still having problems with the snuggling female. Brock laughed.
"Just put your arms around her Ash. All she wants is for you to hold her like you did when she was a pokémon."
Ash looked unsure of himself but oh so slowly he put his hands around Pikachu and she fell asleep instantly in her trainers arms, feeling warm and safe. Ash had a slight blush on his face and it faded into a contented smile as he dropped into the darkness known as sleep.
Brock smiled a little as he headed back to bed.
* * *
The next morning Ash woke up to a very pleasant sensation. As he opened his  eyes he once again greeted to the now familiar orange-red hair.
"Pikapi...."
 
Pikachu slept happily on top of him. She seemed completely content in her current position. Ash watched her for a few moments before he started to move slowly and moved himself from underneath her. Once out of his bed he pulled the covers over the young girl and proceeded to go take a shower and get some food, as well as call the Professor As he left he looked at his now human pokémon and smiled.
 
Pikachu was sitting in the pokémon multi room that Ash had built for all his pokémon. Around her sat Ash's Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charizard, and Pigeot as  well as Brock's Vulpix. Ash's many other pokémon were enjoying their trainers labors.
[Dubbed into English ^_^]
"So your human now huh?" Charizard gave the girl a once over.
"And such a good looking human to boot!" Squirtle added.
Bulbasaur gave a small whistle.
"Stop it you two!" the redhead was clearly embarrassed by the two male pokémon that had goofy grins on their faces.
"So what's it like?" Pigeot asked.
"Well it's.....different...... I can't say I don't like it. Though I keep wondering why Ash's mom went ballistic last night when I slept with him." Pikachu had a confused look on her face.
Vulpix giggled. "That's probably cause she thought you were going to mate with him."
Pikachu blinked for a second not understanding. She then mega-blushed as realization kicked in. "Oh I couldn't oh oh ....hehehehhehehehe" she giggled.
Charizard rolled its eyes and decided to ask the question. "So if Professor Oak figures out how to turn you back....are you going to?"
All 6 pokémon looked at Pikachu as she looked down.
"I..I....I...don't know..." she replied in a small voice.
All 6 pokémon exchanged looks.
[End dubbing ^_^]
* * *
Meanwhile at the humans breakfast Ash, Mrs. Ketchum, and Brock were eating and in the middle of a serious discussion.
"So do you think this one will look good on me dear?? Or perhaps this one?"
"MOM!! I thought we were gonna talk about Pikachu??"
The young man was currently stuffing his face trying not to let Brock steal his food.
"Well Ash that what I wanted to talk to you about." Brock replied. "You see Ash the thing with Pikachu is ....well I wasn't quite sure of it when she refused your mom's offer of adoption.... Her actions after we went to sleep confirmed it."
"Confirmed what?" Ash asked as dense as always.
"Well she's in love with you dear what else do you think?" Mrs. Ketchum told her son.
"Yeah so I love her too. So what's the big deal." Ash said casually.
"I don't think you understand Ash." Brock said in a serious tone. "Not a brother/sister love or a trainer/pokémon love.... I mean that she loves you...like a woman loves a man."
"WHAT?!" Ash choked out, spitting some food out of his mouth.
"Well think about it dear. You've had her for several years, been though so much, and you would give your life for her..... It's not unreasonable to assume that any normal human female would fall for a guy after all that." Mrs. Ketchum smiled that knowing smile again.
"But mom!.....I never thought of her like that..." there was not much conniving in his voice.
"Well dear only time will tell." Mrs. Ketchum looked thoughtful for a second. "You know if she stays human we can't just keep calling her Pikachu. What's her real name dear?"
Ash blinked. "Umm well I don't really know....Pokémon names are very hard to translate straight from their language.... the most I got was that chu was y....or something like that." he shrugged.
"Pikay?" Brock asked confused.
"No no no. That's what chu in her name translates to....I'm not sure about the Pika...."
"Well dear why don't we see if we can find out." Mrs. Ketchum rose to fetch the girl.
 The four humans were seated in the front room. Pikachu was next to Ash trying to snuggle.
"Now Pikachu this is important. We need to figure out your real name ok?" Ash was once again fighting off the redhead's urge to sit on his lap.
She stopped and said her name. "Pikachu."
"Yes I know that......I know chu is y....what's the Pika for?"
The redhead frowned and attempted to translate her name for her trainer.  "Pi..ka...chu.   Pi, pika chu chu pika.  Ka, chu chu pipikachu. "
Ash frowned. "Umm Pi?  Mi?" She nodded.
"Mikay?" Brock asked.
She shook her head. "KA! ka chu! Pi...ka....chu......Pikachu!"
Ash frowned again. "Umm ka??.....si?"
She shook her head again. "KAchu!"
Ash tried again. " ummm err....ka? ka...ka ..ka.....s......t? and the chu is y?" She nodded.
"Mi, st, y...Mist-y...Misty?" Brock asked.
"PIKACHU!" she nodded happily. (insert authors evil laugh again)
"So your name is Misty, right honey?" Mrs. Ketchum said as she took a sip of coffee.
"Pika" Misty nodded.
"Well that helps...I guess... Now if only you could speak human. That would help since Ash wouldn't be the only one to understand you then." Brock commented.
"Yes it would." Ash agreed.
"PikSH..."
Ash and Brock looked at Misty. "What did you just say?" Both boys asked.
Misty blushed a bit and tried to repeat herself.  "Aspi.......PikSH..........A...S..H....A..SH...ASH....ASH? ASH!" Misty cried out.
Ash looked stunned. "No way....how could she?"
Brock chuckled. "Well it's not THAT surprising... Pikachu's are among the most intelligent pokémon. She probably would of gotten it down in a few more years but I guess being human helped her vocal cords a bit."
"ASH!" Misty said. Happy to finally be able to speak like her trainer.
Before Ash could reply the phone rang. RING RING RING! TELEPHONE TELEPHONE! RING RING RING!
"I hate that." Ash muttered as he picked up the Vidphone. "Oh hello Professor Oak! What's the good word?"
"Well Ash it seems its going to take longer then just a few days.....maybe a week. Her DNA is very complex and its hard to tell what changed during her transformation. I should have something to fix her up in about a week. By the way how is she doing?" The Prof. spoke rather quickly as Ash could see he was busy doing something.
"Pikachu? She's fine. So about a week huh?" Oak nodded. "Ok well I'm in no big hurry. I guess we'll stay here for the time being."
Oak nodded and waved a good-bye. As he turned back to his work the vid-link cut off, leaving Ash with his thoughts.
"So...about a week huh?" Brock asked.
Ash nodded. Misty had a worried look on her face as Mrs. Ketchum stood up. "Well then why don't you two help her learn to talk while I go get lunch ready?"
Both boys and the girl nodded.

To Be Continued