Disclaimer: See an earlier chapter *hums*

This will be a peace offering to Misty fans… I know I’ve probably offended every single one…

Timeline: 2 weeks later

Chapter 5: Enter the water type! Sailor Vaporeon appears!

Ash, accompanied by Winfield the Umbreon, who she still did not trust, browsed through a selection of Great Balls at the pokemart.

It was a windy day, some dry leaves puffed out along the pavement, and she could see her breath in the air if she concentrated.

“Hi, Ash.” A cheerful voice greeted.

Ashline turned and saw her friend Misty, comparing prices on two different brands of Potion. “Hi, Misty. How have you been?”

“Busy. You have no idea how many little kids want my Cascade Badge.”

“Ouch.” Ashline winced in sympathy, and picked out three great balls before she headed to the cash register.

“So, how far have you gotten with Lance?” Misty wondered.

Ash choked on the water she was drinking. “Misty?”

“What? It’s just a question.”

A permanent blush suffused her face. “Um… well… er…”

“Have you gotten to third base yet?”
“Eep!”
Misty giggled. “I guess yes, from your expression.”

“N-no! We haven’t done anything like that!” Ashline defended. It was true – although they slept in the same bed at times, Lance never touched her, and the most he had done was kiss.

Besides, it was comfy, not meant to be sexual.

Misty raised her eyebrows. “Really?”

Ash blushed. “Yes!” She declared emphatically, bobbing her head up and down, much like a nearly broken jack in the box.

“I see.”

The two chatted for a little bit longer, about various things, before they parted ways, Misty to Cerulean, and Ash to Indigo.

Ash noticed the Winfield was gone only after she had gone home.

“Where did he run off to….”

Meanwhile, Misty was surprised to find an Umbreon on her bed.

“… What?”

“Hello.” Winfield said.

Misty screamed.

Winfield quickly jumped on her face, which shut her up from fright. “I mean you no harm, Sailor Vaporeon.”

“What?”

Winfield cleared his throat. “You are Sailor Vaporeon.”

“Right…” Misty said sarcastically.

“It’s true!” Winfield protested.

“Do you have any solid evidence?”

“Um…”
“If not, then I’ll just pass this off as some bizarre dream and get a bit more sleep.” Misty yawned. “Ugh, only about six hours a night thanks to those annoying junior trainers.”

“Oh…” Winfield said, uncomprehending. “Well! Here you go!”

He did a flip and a blue pen fell into her lap.

Misty blinked at it.

“It’s your special transformation pen!” Winfield said proudly.

“… WHAT?!”

Winfield sighed as Misty picked up the pen, took the cap off, and wrote on a scrap of paper with it. “Cool special effects, but its just a normal pen.”

“No it’s not!” Winfield shouted.

Misty yawned.

“I don’t have time right now. I’m going to take my nap.” She pulled the curtains around her bed closed, yawned, and fell fast asleep while Winfield continued to rant in the background.

Elsewhere…

“Finished!” Garina declared, to the surprise of all those present.

“Wow, that was fast.” Bruno said, tossing his timer out the window. “Guess what?”

“What?”

“You shaved another two minutes off your record.”

“Cool.” Garina said eagerly. “The less time homework takes, the more time I have to spend with my pokemon.”

Ash smiled as she sipped her lemonade. “That’s great!”

“What about you?”

“Ugh… Still trying to learn the imperfect form of the Spanish verb.” Ashline said, slightly depressed.

“At least for that one there are only three irregular verbs.” Lance put in.

“True…”

Ash sighed as she went back to work. At least there were only thirty-five conjugation problems, as opposed to fifty.

A few minutes later, an explosion sounded outside.

Lance shot her a look out of the corner of his eye as he nodded and exited the room.

Ash quickly claimed she had to go to the restroom, and also escaped, dragging Garina with her. The ‘time of month’ was a convenient excuse.

“Moon, Prism, Power!”

“Saturn, Planet Power.”

As the flying bits of color cleared away, leaving them both in their strange and still somewhat scandalous outfits, the two jumped out the bathroom window and ran towards the field.

There, they saw misty, looking shocked, as a blue glow protected her from a beast of lava.

Lance was doing a good job of distracting it, as continued Surf attacks melted it again and again.

“Misty!” Ash yelled. “Are you all right?”

“Get her to transform!” Winfield yelled. “She might die otherwise!”

Only then, did Ashline see the pen in her hand. “Misty! Just do what it says! Trust me on this!”

Misty stared, but nodded. “Mercury Planet Power!”

All of a sudden, flashing blue ribbons clothed her form, and she stepped out in a light blue sailor fuku, with blue lace-up sandals, staryu-shaped earrings, and a blue tiara stone. Her entire fuku was a light vaporeon blue, with the skirt and sailor collar as semi-transparent dark blue. She wore short gloves that barely extended past her wrists, which were also clear blue.

“I call upon the power of Mercury! Mermaid’s Enchantment!” Misty cried, as her tiara glowed, before a million blue musical notes slammed into the lava youma, before exploding in bursts of steam.

“Now!”

“Moon Star Boomerang!” Ashline commanded, as the creature became Moondust.

Misty sat down on the ground with a thump. “I think life just got a lot more complicated.”

“I’ll explain later.” Ashline promised.

End Chapter!
Created 2/12/03

Completed 3/3/03