Love and Babysitting
Ch. 3: "Ass…Can I caw you Satosi?"
 
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"Ok, so you know where everything is?"  Misty asked Ash.

"Yep."

"And the numbers in case…?"

"Misty, you can go now; you’re going to be late. I’ve got everything under control."  Ash 
said, practically pushing the nervous woman out the door.

"Ok...Bye Ash, bye Aurora!" 

"Bye mommy!" Aurora yelled through a mouth full of cereal, which was almost 
everywhere but in her bowl.

"Bye Misty!" Ash shouted to her as he shut the door behind him.

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"Ok, Aurora, time for your nap!" Ash called out to the wound up three-year-old.

"But I don’t want to!"

"If you take a nap I’ll give you a piece of candy when you wake up." He bribed, though 
she probably didn’t need more sugar.

"OK!" Aurora said excitedly. "Can you wead me a stowy fewst?"

"Sure, what do you want to hear?" He asked.

"Umm…can you tell me one you’ve heawd befoe?"

"Sure. Have you ever heard of Pokemon World?" 

"Yeah! Mommy tode me see used to live der."

Oh no! Ok wait, she didn’t say anything yesterday, so maybe she doesn’t know.

"When did she move away?"

"Umm," Aurora had a very serious look on her face trying to remember. "When see was 
fiteen see said dat see left befoe da Pokemon eague."

Thank God. Ash thought. 

"See used to be da, da…Cowiwean im eader." 

"Oh ok, then lets start off with the Pokemon league…I’ll tell you about a very special 
battle."
 
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Satoshi stood in the ring. He was down to his last Pokemon, but he had only used it once 
in a battle. His opponent’s Rhydon had all ready seriously injured his most faithful 
Pokemon, Pikachu. Holding the ball close to his chest, he looked down at it. ‘Please be 
careful’ he thought. "Go Scyther!"
 
Shigeru stood at the other side smirking. He had this made; he still had two of his 
strongest Pokemon left. Arcanine and Nidoqueen. And to think four of his weakest ones 
took out Satoshi’s five strong ones. ‘Strong…? Pathetic, I’d say. He can’t do anything to 
me. His strongest one is all ready out. This match is mine.’ 
Shigeru kissed his Pokeball, yelling, "You’re going down, loser! Go Nidoqueen!"
 
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"Scyther, quick attack!"

"Nidoqueen, use your horn drill!"

"Scyther, double edge and razor leaf!"

"Nidoqueen, earthquake!"

"Seismic toss!" Satoshi yelled. Amazingly enough Scyther lifted Nidoqueen into the air, 
and as they say,’ the bigger they are, the harder they fall’, Nidoqueen fainted on impact.

"Grr…Nice one Satoshi, but I have the advantage now! Go Arcanine!"

"Crap…Scyther give it your all, I know you can do it!"

"Scyther Sci Scyther (All right, mutt show me what you’ve got!)"

"Arca Arcanine! (You’re dead!)"

"Arcanine, finish it of quickly! Fire spin!"

"Scyther, make a whirlwind." Scyther’s attack canceled out Arcanine’s, but it had taken 
a lot of its energy.

"Tackle It, Arcanine!"

"Scyther, evade!"

Scyther couldn’t move. He’d only known this boy for a short while, but inside Scyther 
knew that he had what it took.

"SCYTHER! (I must beat him!)"

"What!?" Shigeru yelled and Arcanine stopped in its tracks, paralyzed with awe. The 
entire stadium was silent and the announcer was speechless. "Its, its…" Gary stuttered.

"Evolving!" Ash shouted.

"But how!?" Gary yelled angrily before recomposing himself. "Grr…just because it 
evolved without a metal coat means nothing! You’re still going to lose! Arcanine, fire 
spin and fire blast!"

"Uh um…Scizor…Agility and than use solar beam!"

Arcanine launched his fire spin attack, just missing Scizor as both pokemon fired their 
second attacks at the same time, enveloping the entire stadium in black smoke.

(5 min later)

"Pidgeot go!" A boy yelled from the stands. "Blow away the smoke!" The Pidgeot did 
as it was told, clearing the arena. 

The crowd gasped-- Both Pokemon were still standing, but just barely. The tension 
between the two trainers could be felt even from the stands. Both Pokemon started 
wavering, but Arcanine finally collapsed as Shigeru hung his head and called it back.

"Nice job Satoshi…" He said as he sulked his way out of the stadium.

Satoshi didn’t even acknowledge his rival’s disappearance as he ran into the arena to 
hug Scizor. "Thank you my friend…" He said, pulling out a pokeball to call it back. The 
stadium cheered loudly, and after a three hour ceremony, he was named Pokemon 
Master.

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"What happened after dat!?" Aurora asked sleepily.  

"He stayed for a while, and then moved to Japan... But every year, he goes back to defend 
his title."

"Wow…what does he do wit his Pokemon?"

"He gives them to a Professor, and they train themselves while he’s away."

"Wow."

"Goodnight Aurora."

"Night Ass…" 

Ash smiled and quietly walked towards the door.

"Ass?"

"Hmm?"

"Can I caw you Satosi?"

"If you want to." Ash said quietly and smiled as he shut the door.


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Misty walked in to find Ash asleep on the couch. Giggling quietly to herself, she set her 
stuff down and walked over to the sleeping form. She sat down near his head, being 
careful not to move him much. She brushed a piece of his hair away from his face with 
her hand, smiling.  ‘He’s so handsome, I’ve never felt this way about anyone before…I 
know we just met, but I swear I’ve seen him before.  He is so much different than…’

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He had invited me over for dinner, just a friendly thing, he said. They ate dinner, taking a 
little time to stay and talk after. He had just broken up with his girlfriend. He never 
mentioned her name, only showed me pictures. Her hair was red and long, cascading 
over her pale skin. Her blue eyes, almost sapphire in color, shone in stark contrast to her 
light complexion. I had a feeling he only invited me it to make her jealous, but I was 
lonely, and as long as I was with someone it didn’t matter. Weeks went by and my trust in 
him grew, but at the same time, I couldn’t go anywhere without the feeling of being 
watched. But that one night...’


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Misty’s thoughts were interrupted as Ash started to stir. The young man jumped up, 
forgetting where he was, but hit something, rather someone, on his way down.

"Oww…I didn’t think you’d have such a hard head." Misty said from the floor as she 
held her left eye in pain.

"Huh?…Oh!!! Geez, I’m so sorry Misty. I didn’t know you were here, so when I woke 
up, you scared me… I kinda forgot where I was anyway." He rubbed the back of his head 
nervously. "Are you ok?"

"Um yeah, I think so; just a little light-headed is all."  She removed her hand form her eye 
before she stood up, noticing Ash was staring at her.  

"What?"

"Um… I gave you a black eye…"

"What!?"

"Guess my head is a little harder than we both thought."

"Man…" Ash got up and went to the freezer, pulling out an ice pack he had seen in there 
earlier. 

"Here, put this on your eye for about 15 min."  He said as he lightly placed the ice pack 
over her eye.  

Misty flinched slightly at the coldness, noticing how close he had gotten. She reached her 
hand up to hold the ice pack herself, but instead her hand landed on his. She blushed and 
smiled slightly, but didn’t move her hand away. Misty could feel her heart beat faster and 
her breath became heavy. Ash removed the ice pack from her eye after a minute, stroking 
her cheek with his finger. They stared into each other’s eyes as they leaned forward, 
stopping only millimeters apart. As their lips brushed against each other, they were 
interrupted by a shout from outside. 

"MISTY! I forgot my key again!"  

The couple both blushed furiously as they pulled away, Misty getting up to answer the 
door. Noticing she forgot her ice pack, she walked back to Ash to grab it before returning 
to the door. She could hear Duplica yelling for her to hurry up from the other side. Misty 
rolled her eyes, opening the door just enough for her head to poke out of it.  Glaring at 
her roommate, she quietly growled. 

"You know, you have very bad timing."

"What are you talking about?  And what happened to your eye?"

"I’ll tell you after HE leaves."

"He?…ooohhh HE, got it."  Misty let Duplica in, slamming the door behind her. She 
glared at Duplica’s back until she left to the kitchen. The redhead sat down next to Ash 
on the couch, noticing something in the young man’s hand.

"Ash, why did you get more ice?"  Misty asked him.

"Well, when you got up to answer the door, I touched my forehead… and well, it seems 
you’ve got a bit of a hard head as well."  Ash grinned widely as Misty blushed.

"Umm…guys, just out of curiosity, what happened?" As soon as Duplica asked, Ash and 
Misty started to laugh as the woman stared at them strangely. Their laughter died down to 
chuckles a couple of minutes later.

"You’ll have to ask Misty about it, I was asleep."  Misty blushed.

"Well, I came home and saw Ash asleep on the couch, so I walked over to… uh… wake 
him up. I sat down to shake him a little… and I guess I startled him, cuz the next thing I 
knew, I was on the floor with a black eye.”

"So then why did you say…"

"I didn’t say anything to you!" Misty growled.

"Right…"

"Ok, well, I better get going.  See you tomorrow!" Ash said, picking himself up off the 
couch.

"Thanks again."  Misty said.

"No prob."  Ash replied, walking out the door.

Duplica waited a couple of seconds before asking, "Ok, so what really happened?"

"I all ready told you."

"What you told me was only the tip of the iceberg. I want the whole story."

"All right… when I got home, he was asleep…"

"So you thought ‘oh who would know?’"

"Duplica, I’m telling the story here, so shut up."

"Geez, why so edgy?"

"You’ll know when I’m done. Anyway, I needed to wake him up, so I sat down next to 
his head. He looked so cute sleeping there, like a baby. As I moved a piece of his hair out 
of the way, I swore I’d seen him somewhere… but he jumped up before I could pinpoint 
where."

"Man, I love coming home to this, just like a drama or something… But that still doesn’t 
explain why you were mad at me."

"Were mad? I still am."

"Why?"

"Because after we hit heads, Ash went to get ice for me and… well, one thing led to 
another. I felt his lips brush against mine and thought I had died and gone to heaven, but 
then SOMEONE had to go and forget her key!"

"Ohhh, that’s why! Hehe, sorry."  Duplica said sheepishly.

"Whatever…I need to wake up Aurora."


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To be continued~