Ash: 14

Misty: 14

Brock: 17

N. Joy: 19 (They always look so young, don't they?)

A/N: Oh my god. I'm so sorry that it took me this long to update. I've been through a lot lately. I need to take care of my mom and my brother broke his finger. Then I was a bad girl and got grounded from the computer for two weeks- SOB! And then I was stupid enough to start-like-four other fan fics, and then we lost our internet connection...WAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH! I'm such a child!!!

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Misty was hauled off into a private room for ' Essential beauty needs', while Brock started to make some breakfast to help the abnormal Nurse Joy out.

As he started to slice some homemade bread he heard the cry of a pissed Misty.

" Brock!!! I'm SO going to kill you!!!" She yelled before they heard a door slam.

Brock took a large breath of oxygen and turned back to buttering the bread. He took a slide glance at Joy who was watching him with her eyes misted over, like she was in her own world.

" Hey, Nurse Joy.... You okay?" He asked, but got no answer.

" Nurse Joy... Hello? Are you there?" He asked waving an arm in front of her face. Still, she didn't respond.

"... Okay, whatever..." He stated dumbly.

Ash on the other hand was walking around town, Pikachu on his shoulder. He had hardly spoken a word and now his pokemon was getting extremely worried. He started up a conversation with his now more than distant friend.

" Pikapi? Pi ka chu pi? (Ash? Are you okay?)" He said in his native language.

His reply was a mumble from the new and not-improved Ash Ketchem. He sighed dejectedly but almost fell off his shoulder when the teen boy ran to a shop window with a different mischievous smile on his face. Pikachu followed his gaze to find a slogan saying: ' Welcome to Windlesove Ave. At this shop we sell the best bikes in town! Try our different makes on many separate turfs such as mountains, hills, long roads, caverns and much more!!!'

Ash's smile grew larger as he read the sign.

" She wants to leave so badly?" He asked himself, " Well, who am I to stop her?"

As they walked inside Pikachu frowned with both sadness and misguided thoughts. Did this mean what he thought it meant?

Whatever happened between them, it must have been bad. He thought unheartedly.

Misty looked at herself in the mirror. She had to admit, she looked good, not that that would be a sure-fire way to help herself. Her sisters were better at beauty-wear than she thought. She turned to her three siblings who were sitting behind her admiring their work.

" Is this really supposed to bring Ash and me together or did you just happen to enjoy torturing me, you three?" She turned to them, " You're lucky, since Brock dragged you into this, he is going to take the punishment of my mallet... But I just want to know..."

Her sisters started to put make-up on hurriedly. When they were done, they turned and headed for the door.

" Bye sis! See you some other time!" They all shouted.

Misty sighed, " Fine, you don't have to answer..." And with that she followed them in their direction.

As they opened the door Brock stood there holding up a tray filled with breakfast. Misty couldn't help noticing Nurse Joy smiling dreamily behind him.

Her sisters turned there noses at the food, " That stuff is filled with -like- mad calories and sugars! We wouldn't -like- touch it for anything. Well see ya!" And they started to walk off.

Brock turned and ran after them, dumping the tray into Misty's arms. He took them by the hands and stated, " Oh, but your beauty can't be forgotten by my eyes. Please girls, stay with us, for my first failure does not become me!!!" He was looking into their eyes in a way that told Misty that this was her queue. She couldn't help but notice that Nurse Joys face had changed from a delighted smile to an upset scowl.

She rushed forward and took her sisters hands away from Brock, motivating them towards their escape through the front doors. As they left Misty heard them state, " He's weirder than he was last time!" Then they disappeared towards the boat that would take them to Vermillion City.

She turned to Brock who had a crest-fallen expression on his face. She put on a sickly sweet smile and walked towards him. She saw him glance a little at her before she took him by the ear and led him into the room.

" Oh, Brock. You came just in time! I think I owe you something! Come on, we need to be in private!" With that she threw him through the door while he exclaimed, " I'm guessing it's not a date with one of your sisters, is it?"

" No..." She growled and slammed the door shut. For a few minutes there were a large amount of slamming sounds and manly yells-or pleas-for mercy. Nurse Joy left them to it thinking that Brocks behavior allowed him to deserve this treatment.

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" Thank you and come again!" The cashier said to Ash as he left with a receipt. He was going to leave the bike there for a while and come to get it as a surprise for Misty.

Pikachu watched sadly as he saw his friend smiling in a way that clearly stated he had gone through a big ordeal and that this was the only was to relieve him of it. Misty was in for a surprise alright.

I wonder what happened. Pikachu thought to himself. He looked at Ash's side like smile , What a cover-up. Ash and Misty never go this far in an argument. She must have been cruel. But something tells me this was all a mistake and Pikapi has decided not to accept that maybe there is more to this than it seems...

They continued down the road as Ash looked for a local restaurant to eat lunch at. Things were bound to be different from now on, for better or worse... No one, not even Pikachu could tell...

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A/N: Okay that took a while because I'm improvising. But I already have an idea for the last chapter. The next chapter will probably take place a couple weeks from this one. Probably will include memories of how Misty is going to try and win Ash back-if Ash is still there, if you know what I mean...

Please review if you want more- OH, WHAT THE HELL! Even if you don't I'll probably continue this! But please give me comments or complaints. I'd like to know how to make this better. I just like to hear what you think so please give me a real reason to continue. I need some real DIE-HARD fans out there!