Fathomless Favor



By LittLetRiXta



Disclaimer: Don't own Pokemon, we all know I don't and we all know who does, so enough discussion on that matter and onto the good stuff.. (heh, aint that an over-statement..)

Type: AAMRN

Genre: Romance/ Humor? (This chapter won't be really funny. Sort of more on the general/dramatic/suspense side then under the humor category.  I think.)

Author's  Note: Once again…Replies were great…I love them all, and you were all so sweet to write them! Yes, yes…I know…I know…I said I wouldn't take long to get this chapter in, but SATs were dragging me down a bit. BUT, here it is! So, enjoy this chapter and whatever's comes with it!

  Litt-Trix



Fathomless Favor- Chapter Three: Not Exactly My Kind Of Training…


Hey, It's Misty,

You know Journal, I just realized something. I've had you for a whole, what, three days now? And I still haven't named you yet. Okay, I'm perfectly aware of the fact that you are not a cat, or a dog and I can't expect to name you as if you were some kind of pet, but since I'm going to be pouring all of my life's moments into you, I might as well have something better to call you then "Journal." I mean, what if I lost you or something. How would I be able to tell you apart from anyone else's. Tell me Journal, how many Diary bearing people out there write "Dear Journal," Or "Dear Diary," ? My point exactly. So, now the only thing left to do is find you a worthy name. What about… Gary? Ha! Yea right. I'd like to see the look on Ash's face if I told him I'd named the Diary he gave me after his so called "Mortal Enemy". Now let's see…I know! Togepi. That's perfect, because I always told Togepi most of what I needed to let out before I had you. And since I speak to Togepi and she never says anything back, It fits just perfectly, because I tell you things, but you never respond. Well, let's face it. You can't. But, that's not the point. Togepi's the fit, and so Togepi it is. So, anyway, back to the goods.
Anyway, remember that Avery girl I mentioned, Togepi?  Of course you do. Well, She's supposedly coming in three days and the only trouble (besides her all together) is the fact that neither I or Ash have had any experience in the ever so important "relationship business", so, Brock, being the so-called "Love Genius" offered to help us out. Hah, I thought I'd never see the day Ash and I would be asking BROCK for relationship advice…


"Miiiiissssty…. Do we really havta' do this? I feel stupid." Ash whined.

    "Yes, Come on. You asked me to help you, so If were going to make this believable we have to do things right. Now, hurry up and grab my hand." Misty urged as Ash, unwillingly, but very aware of the ten pound, steal plated, mallet in close proximity, grabbed the girl's hand.

    "You know, your pretty bossy for someone who's supposed to be my 'girlfriend'." Ash muttered, but was ignored despite his unflattering comment.

    "Okay Brock, we're locked up. Now what?" Misty asked turning to the "Love Genius" himself.

    "Let's see. Now, walk around a little. Hands still locked!" Brock directed. Honestly, He had no idea what he was teaching the two helpless teens to do, seeing as how he had never been in a relationship before, and couldn't base all actions on previous experiences. But none the less he was having a ball using Ash and Misty as his personal Ken and Barbie.

    "Ouch! You stepped on my foot!"
   
    "You're the one not giving me any room to walk in with those humongo Bear claws you call feet!" Ash yelled back.

    "What?! You think I'm having fun with all of this? You're the one with the PALM SPRINGS! My hand is practically competing in a sweat course here!"

    "Well, well… YOUR STUPID!"

    "Oh, GOOD come back Ketchum! My heart is aching!"

    Brock sighed. This was going to take a lot more work then he thought. And the bigger problem was, he had no idea how to handle things. It was definitely the perfect time to make a call to an old friend.



    "So, let me get this strait, You guys are in town, and Ash's Mom's got a friend who has a daughter who just happens to be staying over at Ash's house at the same time you guys are, and Ash doesn't like this daughter very much because she has some kind of psycho-fanatic crush on Ash, So Ash, being in a desperate dump, took a leap and asked Misty to be his pretend girlfriend to hopefully scare off the Avery girl and forever be in Misty's debt, and Misty, on a long shot agreed, but being the naïve little teens they are, Ash and Misty have no idea how they're going to pull off this scheme because they have absolutely no experience in the couple-y area, and they asked you, and you said you'd help them, but you honestly didn't know how to help them in the first place, so now you're calling me to hopefully save you before Ash and Misty find out you've lied to them and kill you before the day's done? Am I right?"

    "Yea, exactly. You managed to recap everything It took me two hours to explain to you, but all in all, you pretty much got it all down."

    "Okay, good. But first, let me ask you one more thing."

    "What's that?"

    "What made you think I know what to do?"

"Nothing.  I didn't. My first intention was to call the Viridian Joy, but for some reason the number she gave me isn't working." A slight smirk is heard over the phone line. "So, my only other option was to call you. I can't ask Mrs. Ketchum what to do, because Ash made me sign some kind of legal binding stating I was never to mention any of this to his Mother, and the only other number I recognized on the speed dial was Oak's. But I figured the guy's probably too old for this kind of stuff, so I asked him to let me speak to you."

"Okay. So, Now that I'm here, what do you want me to do?"

"Well, I figured the situation's just too interesting to keep to myself. So, hurry up and run over here and we'll figure out what to do from there."



"I can't believe I'm doing this. I absolutely can't believe I am doing this."

"Oh shut up will you? And quit pulling so hard."

"Why do I gotta' brush your hair anyway? It makes no sense. Besides, how is this gonna' convince Avery I'm your boyfriend?" Ash asked holding up the wooden paddle engulfed with red locks.
They were sitting in the living room, Ash on the couch, Misty on the floor beneath him munching on a bowl of cereal. While Pikachu and Togepi sat a little further from them playing a
not-so-friendly game of Yahtzee.

"Just trust me.  I've seen my sister's make their boyfriends brush their hair all the time. It's a simple task."

"Well, if it's so simple, why do I have to practice? I mean, it's brushing hair. I think I can handle that much."
   
"Are you sure about that?" Misty looked up to see one of Ash's rigid spikes loop over in front of him.

Ash crossed his eyes. "Shut up." 

"You know, I'm starting to think you're getting more out of this then you let in."

"I should think  I'd be getting a little more out if this then you give me credit for. I'm putting my dignity aside to PRETEND to be your girlfriend if you haven't already noticed."

"Whatever. For all I know you probably like it." Ash snorted.

"Pah! You wish, paddle boy." Misty scoffed before reaching for the remote beside her and flipping through various morning shows.  "By the way, where'd Brock run off to? I haven't seen him since our first 'lessons'."

Ash stopped his continuous stroking. "Yea, when  I think about it, he's been gone practically the whole morning. Probably still up in my room with that girl I saw come in this morning."

"A girl? What girl?" Misty asked stopping the spoon from entering her mouth in order to turn up and look at Ash.

" I dunno'. I didn't really see her face. I just saw the back of her head as she and Brock entered my room." Ash replied calmly.

"Well, what'd she look like?" Misty asked turning her full attention to the new topic at hand.

"Uh, well, she had really short hair. You know, kind of like yours, but shorter."

"Yea…"

"And, she had shorts and a t-shirt on. You know, the boyish look. Kind of like you."

"WHAT?! I do NOT have a 'boyish look'." Misty protested.

"Whatever. All  I'm saying is she was here. And they're probably still up there in my room."

"Are you sure you weren't just hallucinating? I mean, Brock? With a girl? In your room, at this very moment? That's a little hard to believe."  Misty replied flinging her spoon around in the air.

"Well if it's so hard to believe why don't you go up there and see for yourself?"

"Fine then. I will." 

Letting curiosity get the better of her, Misty got up, and marched up the stairs. (Okay, so she brought her plate to the sink first. I mean, she WAS a guest in Ash's home after all.)  But anyway, she marched up the stairs and tiptoed down the hallway to Ash's room. And just before Misty reached over to turn the doorknob..


"Hey, Misty!"



"Tracy?! B-b-but, you're not a girl."



"Uh, yea. You now noticed that? Hah. Anyway, so I heard you and Ash got some kind of thing going on now, huh?"

"Not exactly!…that idiot.."

"Well, Brock obviously can't help you, and neither can I. So, on the way over I stopped by the Poke mart and I picked up just what ya' need." Tracy turned to Brock whose head suddenly appeared from behind the door frame.

"It's called "The Five Steps to.." Brock takes a moment to flip the page, "…Fool An Un-Loved One Into Thinking You Love Another, Who's Secretly Just A Paid Actor, or Close Relative, or Friend, or Former Fiancé Who's Desperately In Need for A Little 'Pick Me Up' In Order to Get the Un-Loved-One Off the Lovee's Back!"

"Okay… Thanks. I guess."  Misty replied.

    A moment later Ash came into view with Pikachu and Togepi on each shoulder.
    "Hey Trace, what're you doing here?"  Ash asked, while munching on a granola bar. "And where'd that girl go?"

Misty quickly looked toward Ash and made a face that said, "Don't ask."

"Tracy's gonna' help us out with you're little ordeal, Ash." Brock said

And so, the remainder of the day was spent going over the ever sacred "Book Of… The Five steps to.." Well, you get the idea.

"Step One, You and you're partner must first learn how to connect and show a sense of chemistry." Tracy read off.

"But I never took science." Ash blubbered.

"NOT THAT KIND OF CHEMISTRY STUPID!!" Misty roared, just about ready to bring her mallet out of temporary retirement.

    "Oh. Well, what then?"

"Hmm…" A pacing Tracy muttered. "Let me think. First of all. The two of you have rarely been known to get through a whole conversation without once growing into argument. So.."

"What are you getting at?" Misty asked.

"…If you guys want to show some "chemistry", you'll have to last at least a whole two minutes talking to each other like normal people."

"Great. We might as well give up. That's pretty much impossible. And I have a whole two
years worth of memories to prove it." Brock sputtered out in one great huff.

" All you guys have to do is talk about stuff that you both like. Like Pokemon."

"Okay. Lemme' try. Hi, Ash. I like water Pokemon."

"Hi Misty. You suck."

"THAT'S IT!!!!" Misty yelled pulling a crowbar from out of no where and getting ready to
massacre Ash.

"Ash! Come on, quit playing around. We don't have a lot of time." Brock said.

"Can we please just move on." Misty huffed pushing back a strand of hair and crossing her
arms.

"Okay. I guess we could go back to that later. Uh…Step Two. You and your "so-called spouse" must be ready to give the main point in target the necessary information stating the specific place and time you and you're partner began the "pretend relationship."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"It means, Ash, that if Avery asks specific questions like "Where did you guys meet and when?" you and Misty must be prepared to answer without any confusion. Like in a case where the both of you respond with two different answers."

"Oh."

"So Ash, when did you meet?" Tracy asked.

"UHH..  Three years ago.. Or was it four.." Ash muttered.

"Let's just say four." Tracy replied growing slightly irritable.

"Whatever."

"Okay.  Misty where did you meet Ash?" Brock asked.

"I met Ash …" Slight pause. "..  When I fished him out of some river." Misty ended with a
grin.

" Not exactly romantic. But it'll do."

"Okay. Step Three.. You and your partner must be able to show complete comfort in the other's presence, and not be afraid to show signs of affection when in public."

"So, what're we suppose to do?" Said Ash.

"It means you're supposed to touch each other a lot in public. So Ash, grab Misty and start kissn' her!" Brock whipped. "And none of the prissy stuff neither. We wanna' see some action."

"What?! No way!! You're crazy."

"Yea! Ash is right Brock!! That's going too far!"

"Hey. You're the one who asked for my help." Brock said as Tracy just shook his head and smirked. "Brock's right guys. If you guys want to make it believable you gotta' pull on some serious acting skills."

"Ugh! Fine! Just hurry up and make it quick."

"WHAT?! Are you serious?!" Ash yelled half shocked and surprised.

" Well I said so didn't I?! Look, Brock and Tracy are right. If we can't even touch each other in front of her, then she'll never buy it. So just hurry up and do it before I change my mind."

    "Okay.. If you say so." Ash replied. "Close your eyes."
   
    After she did so, Ash did the same. He hesitated a little, but after a moment or so he leaned in closer. So close that the slightest move and he'd fall right smack into her face. He could feel her breath on him. Ash opened one eye and peaked to the side to see Tracy and Brock standing there grinning like idiots, beckoning him to continue. So he closed his eyes, and leaned in just about ready to..





"ASH!!!!"

    "AHHH!!!!" Ash yelled before loosing his balance and falling strait onto Misty, who in turn lost her balance under all of Ash's weight.

    "ASH!! Lunch is ready!!" Mrs. Ketchum yelled calling from inside the kitchen.

    Ash groaned and picked himself up off of Misty. Brock and Tracy were rolling on the ground with laughter by the time he was up on his feet.

    "Okay Mom!…" Ash yelled back.

    "Guess we'll have to try again tomorrow." Misty replied propping up on her elbows.

   
    And so, despite the fact that the lessons were cut short right when Ash and Misty were faced with the toughest test, at least they had a little more help. But If Ash and the gang wanted to get everything right before Avery's big arrival, they'd have to work quickly. There was only one day left!!


To Be  Continued…


Author's Note: Okay,  I know I said I'd try to get this one out sooner, but I had finals, and tons of school work weighing on me. And, to be honest, I did sit myself down in front of my computer to try and think up the third chapter, but nothing came to me. But don't worry! It's here, it's done, and now all I have to worry about is Chapter Four! Ah! Thanks For reading! Oh! And  Ii can't forget about those great reviews! I love you guys! See ya!

            LittleTrix…