"All aboard!" The captain boomed as he loaded up the cruise ship heading towards Kihoto Island. (Fun fact: The town of Kihoto, Japan happens to be the birthplace of Shigeru Miyamoto. He is known for creating the Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and many other huge franchises for Nintendo. I found this out after I posted the last chapter. I was flipping through the channels and found a segment on him, which at that moment was talking about his hometown. Coincidence? You decide.) Dante and Ash grabbed their luggage and started up the bridge up to the ship.


"Good bye Ash! Have fun." Jade yelled to him as he crossed from land to sea. Ash looked back, stopping halfway up the bridge and waved back. Dante however did not notice this and continued his way to the ship. "Bye daddy, come home soon!" Vair shouted as he jumped up and down seeing his daddy leave. Vair tried to get on the bridge to meet his soon-to-be stepfather, but Jade halted him immediately. He desperately wanted to go with Ash, but he knew that since he quit out in the scavenger hunt, he couldn't.


Vair and Jade weren't the only one watching Ash leave in dismay. Staravia, Claire, Akuti, and even Ashley watched as Ash turned back around and walked out of the picture. Ashley had begun to grow over the changing weeks. Even though she has never walked or talked yet, she had now begun to recognize key figures in her life. She now knew who her mother, father, brother, and most of the other people in the group were. She was still having trouble with Staravia and Brock, for one reason or another.


Ash and Dante searched for their room. The trip over to the island was only a measly 2 hours, but the town went all out for the winner and gave him 2 tickets for the trip to and from the island, the hotel room on the island, and scheduled all their eating arrangements, picking up the tab for everything. They even gave Dante a $100 gift card for the island's gift store for souvenirs. Dante and Ash were going to have a wonderful, hassle free vacation away from everyone else.


This was Dante's dream, to be alone with Ash. Jade, Staravia, and now Akuti, he couldn't get any alone time with him. This was his chance, to let Ash know his true feelings. He didn't care what anyone else thought, he just wanted to be with Ash. He couldn't wait to spend the whole weekend with Ash.


They found their room without any distractions and were comfortably seated in a matter of minutes. Ash and Dante both rested on the one, miniature bed the room had. They both relaxed as they watched some TV. "Hey, this is that show Vair was watching the other day, Animals. Let's see what all the hub-ub is about." Ash said as he stopped the TV on the channel. It began as the two watching it, making fun of all the lousy clichés. They also found that the main person's voice sounded like a squeaky 25 year old guy who had been doing the same job forever, not being able to find a replacement close enough to his voice. (Remind you of something?) But then, they got entranced into the show losing track of time.


They had got so enveloped into the show that they hadn't realized that they were docking before the ship captain sent a message over the loudspeaker. "Last call, we will be leaving back to Pallet Town in 5 minutes." With this, Ash and Dante hurriedly turned off the TV and grabbed their luggage as they ran through the mess of hallways and small corridors. They reached the bridge with only seconds to spare as they saw one of the crew members about to lift it back. "HEY! WE'RE STILL HERE!" Ash and Dante yelled as ran up to the dock. The sailor almost dropped the bridge when he heard the two screaming and flaying their arms with luggage still on them up and down. The kind sailor set the bridge back down and allowed them to cross.


After crossing, the two were met with shell necklaces and ceremonial bracelets from the local villagers. "Welcome to Kihoto Island. We are glad to be making your acquaintance and we will be catering to your every whim here on this wonderful isle. I assume you are Dante and Ash, correct." The group's apparent leader spoke. Ash and Dante nodded their heads in agreement. "Ok, follow us to your hotel. Here, let us take your bags." And the group took the bags out of Dante and Ash's outstretched hands and motioned for the two to follow them.


"Hey guys, let's go to that celebration ball the town is throwing. They are taking the 100th anniversary of the town very seriously. So, how about it?" Jade asked as they were all walking back to Delia's house. "Everyone in town will be there and if you want to have fun, it is the perfect thing to do. Com'on now, I'm going so if anyone wants me, you know where to find me." Jade grew angry with the group. They were holding her back from having any fun, and she was tired of always having to take care of her family. Between Ashley, Vair, and even Ash at times. "I'll go with you." Ajay replied. A ball was a great place to spend some time with her. Plus, Ash wasn't around to constrict him. Ash was the one that saved him, his only friend, but now, he grew the respect of everyone around him. He hated seeing Jade with another man, but he couldn't do anything because he was his friend. It pained him to say this, but he would have to give up Jade for his friend, even he had boundaries. Truth is, Ash changed him that night. He went from being a homicidal maniac bent on getting what he wants, to a normal guy who only wants the things that are given to him. And Jade wasn't given to him.


"If you two are going, then we are too!" Espeon yipped as she jumped onto Pikachu. "It's going to be soooo fun." She whispered into his ear. Pikachu didn't know how to respond to this. "Uhhhhhhhh." Pikachu muttered as he almost drooled onto her shoulder. This was his only reaction to something so hot as Espeon. He was still shocked about how he was able to snag Espeon as his girlfriend. "I guess that means we're going?" Brock asked Claire. "Of course we are! You have to some me your dance moves, and you better have some." Claire was now glaring down at Brock, hoping to intimidate him. She wanted to see what she was working with. She had to do all the work when they 'made up', so now she was left in the dark about his moves in both the bed, which in turn led to the knowledge of his moves on the dance floor. "Ok." Brock thought as he said this. How was he going to be able to dance with her when he didn't know any moves. (He thought the more you move your arms, the cooler you look. WRONG!)


The group got ready for the ball in the same fashion as one might suspect. The girls helped each other with all their outfits, makeup, and every other detail that they strived to achieve.


(I don't know much about this so I'm going to the next topic. All I know about it is that they take waaaaaay to much time worrying about the most frivolous things. "Is my hair all right? Does this make me look fat?" How do they suppose we answer that? "Yes, that dress reveals your cankles too much." If any guy were to answer the truth, we would get bitch-slapped so fast we wouldn't even have time to blink. Ok, enough about me whining about girls, I am probably going to get hate-mail from somebody for this so if you are thinking about sending me hate-mail, do it. I would love to see what you have to say on the topic so I can send back a fake-sincere apology. I love writing these little comments. Since there are so many comments here, I'm going to make this a whole separate paragraph. He said "Let there be a new paragraph, and there was a new paragraph, after pressing enter of course. I'm no miracle-man, or am I. I need to get back to the story. How much have I written here? NO, must stop typing, ok, seriously now is the rest of the story.)


The guys however, messed around while they got some semi-formal/casual clothes on. Pikachu, being the awesome, laid back guy that he is, wore a tux t-shirt with Wrangler dark-blue jeans. He loved the jeans because they were almost stuck to his body, showing off his wonderful assets. He looked at himself in the mirror as he strutted his many poses. Everyone else laughed as he got more and more into his moves with each new pose. The laughs slowly began to stop as Pikachu went a little overboard his poses now. "Pikachu, it was funny for the first 3 minutes, but then you kind of took it a little too far." Brock said as he intervened. Pikachu stopped his posing and relaxed on his bed. Ajay got in his best suit just for Jade and tried his best to do something, anything with his long, dangling dreadlocks. Not that there was anything wrong with them, but he just wanted to change it up a bit. The boys got ready in a hurried fashion so they could get to the ball as fast as they could.


When the boys were done, which was only 30 minutes after they started, the girls weren't even done with their hair. The only completed thing was the choice of dresses, and even that was still up for change. (You can see I have a problem with this.) So, the boys went down to the lobby to get a little something to eat. After another hour and a half, the girls were finally ready. (I'm not going into details on the issue. I already have spent too much time on the subject and if you want to hear more about my thoughts on issues, read my other chapters. I think one of these days I'm just going to write about all the stupid, useless issues and my beliefs on them. I am really getting into these comments too much.)


"Ok, we're ready." Jade said as she came down the stairs. The boys were going to make a fuss about the time they took, but they couldn't bring themselves to do it after seeing how they looked now. Whatever they did, it was worth it. "You" "look" "beautiful!" Brock, then Pikachu, and finally Ajay said as they all finished the sentence. "Well, thank you." All three girls said as they twirled around showing the whole picture. The guys than ran up to them, scooped them up, (except for Brock, I think you know why. Actually, Claire had to carry him, which was an extremely funny image. Think about it,) and ran out the door heading up to the ball.


Dante and Ash situated themselves in their hotel room which was pretty big compared to the other one they had a couple of hours ago. (I seem to put them in a lot of hotel rooms. I need to stop writing these comments. Ok, now on only if they are needed, I think.) "Ash, we have to hurry this up because in about a half an hour, we have a luau and then after, a bonfire." Dante explained as he was looking over the list they had received. "I just wanted to relax." Ash replied. "Well, why not try it? If you don't like it, we can always come back here and stay in this nice, cozy room that we have all to ourselves." So, he and Ash got ready for the luau.


Dante did his best to look great. Ash of course had to help him with the bathing. Ash felt very uncomfortable with this as he knew Dante's intensions. Ash scrubbed his coat of fur all over, except for his undercarriage, he let Dante finish that one. Dante even went to such lengths as to cut his massive toenails. He saw Ash and many other humans do this when they got too long, so he did it as well. He again had to ask for Ash's help to clip the things because he couldn't grip the clippers. Almost everything Dante needed had to be done by Ash. Ash was out of it as he helped Dante get ready. He was still depressed about the whole Akuti thing. "Aren't you going to get ready?" Dante asked after he realized Ash was still in his regular clothes. "No, I don't care what I wear, let's just go get this over with." Ash muttered as he opened the door to leave. Dante tried to follow him, reason with him, but he couldn't catch up to him.


"Welcome to Pallet Town's 100th anniversary celebration ball. Let's get this thing started!" The announcer said as the music started playing and the small crowd began to dance. Vair took Ashley on his feet and started dancing with her. She looked up into his eyes and vice versa, a very touching moment for the two siblings. Claire also took Brock up on her feet, swinging him this way and that while they feverishly danced the night away. Brock's head was spinning as Claire flung him all around her body. Ajay and Jade, on the other hand, danced like it was an actual ball. Waltzing around, stride by stride, looking completely serious in their moves. Jade was awestruck that he knew how to dance so well. Ash would never know how to dance anything even close to waltz. She felt like a princess floating around by a rich prince. Ajay even looked the part, with his snazzy tuxedo complete with the tail and all. Pikachu and Espeon were dancing in with the slow songs, and breaking it down when the fast songs came on. They both knew how to throw a move or two when the time came.


"Pikachu, can you help me a sec. I need you to follow me." Espeon said as she nudged him to follow her. Pikachu wanted to keep on dancing, but went with Espeon as she led them out the door. "Where are we going?" Pikachu asked, confused of what she needed. "Well, I just wanted to get out of there. All I want to do is be with you." She explained to him as she rested her head on his shoulders. "Pikachu, I..." She was cut off by loud screams coming all around them.


"Com'on Ash, loosen up." Dante nudged Ash as he tried to cheer him up. All throughout the luau, Ash just sat at the table, barely even touching his food. Now they were at the bonfire, and Ash was still not having any fun. Dante knew this, and kept attempting to get the old Ash back. "Com'on, let's have some fun." Dante said as the limbo contest started up. "I'm not letting you miss out on this one." With that, Dante dragged Ash up to the line. "Dante, I don't want to do this." Ash whined as he crept up to the pole. "You're going to love it." Dante reassured. The closer they got, the more persistent Ash's whines became. Ash was now at the pole, no backing out now. Ash reluctantly bent his back, scooching forward as he went under the pole. After making it across, he felt a surge of happiness as he accomplished the limbo. He had only played this once when he was little and he lost the very first time. He went back into the line, on his own now.


"Good job Ash, I knew you could do it." Dante encouraged him, slapping his back. The line diminished as Ash kept getting lower and lower. Dante cheered from the sidelines because he couldn't really limbo with his figure. Soon, there were only 2 people in the line, Ash and a Hitmonchan. This Hitmonchan was very acrobatic as the two competitors went lower and lower. Finally, Hitmonchan fell after trying to go to the next level. "You Won Ash!" Dante screamed. Ash ran up to him and jumped onto his back, hugging him. He lost himself in the feel of victory. Dante saw his dream again shine in his eyes. Dante grabbed the prize of a certificate for a full month's supply of popins (whatever the Sinnoh treat was) and scurried off to the hotel.


"So lovebirds, why the long face?" A group of Scythers came out of the forest, speaking only in their native tongue. It was a good thing Pikachu was diverse in all pokemon languages. "What do you want? We were just walking back to our house. We don't want trouble." Pikachu calmly told them. "We don't want trooublle. Well too bad, because we want trouble. Give us all your items, now!" The lead Scyther instructed. "Make me." Pikachu shot back. He gently pushed Espeon away from him so he could face the Scythers. "If you insist. Don't let that Espeon get away." He yelled at his group. 2 Scythers went after Espeon while the leader and the other 2 Scythers went after Pikachu.


"Don't you lay a hand on her!" Pikachu yelled. He tried to make his way over to her, but was blocked off. Pikachu went on a frenzy attacking through anger, not reason. He lunged himself with a quick attack at the leader. The Scyther dodged to the left and swiped his claw around to slice through Pikachu's back, leaving a huge cut stretching across his whole back. He winced in pain as he felt the blood trickled down his back. His anger flew into his cheeks as thundersparks flew from them. "CHUUUUUU!" He yelled as thunderbolts flied down onto the ground. The remaining Scythers fled the scene with all but 2 were on the ground. Half of them were fried, paralyzed on the ground while the other half were merely knocked out. "I didn't do this, who did?" Pikachu said, dumbfounded. "I couldn't let you have all the fun." Espeon laughed. "I can handle myself you know. I have been fighting for Ash for years." She went up to Ash and teasingly punched him on the shoulder. "Pikachu, I love you." She told him as she looked deep into his eyes. "I love you too Espeon." He answered as he gobbled her up in his arms in a tight, loving embrace.


She broke the hold and looked into his eyes again. She then turned around and bent down on all fours. "Pikachu, I'm ready." Espeon whispered. Pikachu was awestruck by what was taking place in front of him. "Espeon, what are you doing?" He didn't know what to do. It wasn't like there were classes for this kind of stuff. However, he remembered what his mom taught her when he was little. He intended to keep his promise to her.


"Espeon, I can't do this, at least not until we're married. My mom made me make a commitment to her, before she... passed away. I intend to hold on to that commitment, no matter what. She didn't want me to grow up like she did. My mother's father, my grandfather abandoned the family after he learned about my grandmother's pregnancy. She had to raise my mother all on her own, like Jade was doing when Ash found her. Sooner or later, she couldn't handle the pressure anymore and left my mom at the porch of the local Pokecenter. She was raised by Nurse Joy and after she was all grown-up, had to let her go due to the Pokecenter's policy. She doesn't want that to happen to any child again, even if she knew I wasn't going to abandon the kid. So, until we are married, I am going to remain abstinent." He explained, crying at the thought of his dead mother. "Oh Pikachu, I had no idea. Of course I will wait, I'll do anything for you." She looked depressed as she said this though. She really was ready to take their relationship to the next level.


"Well, if we can't have normal sex, how about oral?" She asked as she started to lick his sheath. "Well, I don't see anything wrong with that." He said as his member slowly began to rise out of its little hiding spot. She then began licking the pink member until it showed its full capability. Fully erect, she began to pump up and down, licking all around the massive manhood. (She would have been taken aback by its size, if it had not been for it being in her mouth.) Pre-cum began to drizzle out of the tip as she swirled its sweet taste in her mouth. Subconsciously, Pikachu lost himself in the joy and when he was near climaxing, he grabbed the back of Espeon's head and thrusted into her. She gasped as she felt his member pulse with anticipation. He shot his white hot seed into her open mouth. It just kept cuming and cuming. He had never unleashed himself before in his life, so it was all saved up, waiting to explode some day. Espeon coughed as she tried swallowing it all up in one swig. (Bad move, good things should be taken in stride.)


Pikachu got back to his senses and stopped immediately, trying to help his struggling girlfriend. She finally swallowed all his delicious juices, licking her lips for every last drop. Pikachu didn't know what to do, was she happy? Mad? Sad? He had no idea. (Boy was he stupid.) She took him and hugged him embracing his warm body. "Do you want me to do you?" Pikachu asked. He didn't know how to do it, but after what she did for him, he would do anything, within reason. "No, I'm too tired. Maybe tomorrow big boy." She said as she began strutting back to the hotel. "Hey! Wait up!" Pikachu yelled running after her.


Ash and Dante arrived at their hotel room, exhausted from a full day of entertainment. Dante's dream didn't exactly go the way he imagined, but he knew it would never happen. He was just happy to be with Ash for right now. He let Ash off his back, setting him on the huge bed, and then he too jumped up on the bed opposite Ash's. "Hey Ash. I never have done this before, but I always wanted to. Can we... jump on the bed?" Ash was expecting another question, but then was relived as he answered Dante's question by jumping onto Dante's bed, accidentally landing on top of him. "Sorry Dante, I got a little excited." Ash said as he lifted himself off Dante. Dante felt himself come out of his sheath. He rushed into the bathroom trying to hide himself from Ash. He loved Ash, but he knew how Ash felt about his feelings. He was too late because Ash saw what popped out of its hole before Dante rushed into the bathroom. The thing was, Ash wasn't turned off by it. Somehow, his feelings for Dante had risen during the vacation. He was the one that got him back into the fun. He thought they could just be friends, but Ash was now having hidden feelings towards Dante. When Dante emerged from the bathroom, with the rabbit back in its burrow, he jumped back onto the bed. They leapt, back and forth from one bed to the other. Laughing and having a good time, they were having a lot of fun. After they were done, tired as hell, they rested in their private beds.


Ash couldn't go to sleep with his head like this. He wanted to stay friends with Dante, and nothing more. But now he was leaning on the line between friendship and 'more than friendship' and he didn't know how to get back to the friendship they had. He turned to see Dante, cuddled up on the bed hogging up all the covers. He slept with his image embedded into his head, unsure of the nature of their friendship.Chapter End Notes:Please review and hoped you enjoy it. I will try to make these as fast as I can, but I hope you understand if I am a little late. Also, I'm no good at titles so bare with me on these