We join our heroes Ash, Brock, May, Max, and Pikachu on their way to visit an old friend in Cerulean City.

''Alright! We made it!'', Ash said excitedly. ''Cerulean gym, it's been since we've been here'', Brock noted. ''Wow! This gym is even bigger than our dad's!'', May said with great surprise. ''Pika, Pikachu'', Pikachu said. ''So how long do we plan on being here?'', Max asked.

''As long as it takes to get Misty to come with us, even if it takes forever!'', Ash said, a blush showing slightly. ''Hmm, gee Ash, you sure perked up a bit just now, could it be l...'', Brock said before having his mouth covered by Ash's hand. ''What do you mean, I just wanted her to come with us'', Ash said blushing even more. ''Pika Pi Chu Pikachupi'', Pikachu said laughing. ''WHAT!?'', Ash yelled before giving Pikachu the evil eye.

It was true, ever since Misty left Ash to take care of the Cerulean city gym, Ash has been feeling... weird. He couldn't quite tell what it was, but he would have butterflies in his stomach and blush whenever he thought of her. ''So shall we go in?'', Brock asked. ''YEAH!''. As they went through the sliding glass doors, little did they know they were being watched by 3 familiar characters in a bush. ''Well they finally entered'', Jessie smirked. ''Hey, isn't that were the other twerp lives?'', Meowth wondered. ''Maybe the main twerp went to see his girlfriend, let's keep watching'', James said.

Inside, Pikachu and Ash lead the group through the main hallway until a girl with red hair walked in front of them, not noticing the group, she turns when familiar a sound appears. ''Pikachupi!'', Pikachu yelled. ''Huh?, Pikachu, what are you d...'', before she could finish, she noticed Ash and his friends. ''Ash, Brock, how are you?'', Misty asked with Pikachu now in her arms. ''We're great, what about you?'', Ash asked excitedly. So the gang all sat down, telling their stories. ''So you took a break from training and came down to see me?'', Misty asked. It seemed she was surprised that they would visit her, especially Ash, at this time. ''Yeah, and you should see how many badges I got'', Ash said, showing 6 badges. ''And don't forget me!'', May also said, showing Misty her 4 ribbons, ( I had them get these to make it seem that they were working along time without a break, so please excuse me if it isn't like the tv show). ''Impressive, so what do you plan on doing here?'', Misty asked. '' How about a picnic, I saw a nice hill not to far from town?'', Max sugested. ''Sure, I have tons of food and a basket, let's go'', Misty said While the gang got ready for their picnic, team Rocket watched.

''I say we grab dem Pokemon now whiles they ain't paying attention!'', Meowth said getting ready to grab their Pokemon. ''Now wait Meowth, they said they were going on a picnic, I say we spy on them and have a picnic at the same time'', Jessie said. ''Right, besides when was the last time we had a break?'', James asked exhausted. ''WHAT! Why would we do that, I already have a plan for Pikachu!'', Meowth yelled protesting. "To bad!'', they said in union.

So Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, May, and Max all found a great spot on the hill that Max noticed earlier and had their picnic. Not to far away, Team Rocket also having a picnic, watched. ''Well I'm stuffed'', Misty said in a full manner. ''What, you ate half a sandwhich!'', Ash explained. ''Well at least I don't go eating every bit of food I see!'', Misty yelled back. ''WHAT! I'll show you!'', Ash yelled. Pretty soon Misty and Ash got into a quarrel. May and Brock both sweatdropped at the sight. ''Your telling me that they did this all the time before?'', May wondered. ''You have no idea'', Brock said back. "Hmm, these two get into fights alot... and easily for that matter, I could make this interesting'', Max said thinking to himself, suddenly, he had an idea.

''Hey guys, I have a game we can play to pass the time!'', Max said. Hearing this, Misty and Ash stopped fighting to hear him. Ash was clutching Misty's ponytail while Misty had her mallot right above Ash's head. ''Alright I'll explain it, but before that, can I use your soda bottle May?'', Max asked pointing to an empty soda bottle that May was holding in her hands. ''Sure'', May said handing the bottle to him. Max then told everyone to get into a circle on the blanket they had brought with them. So they got into a circle. Misty and Ash sat next to each other, Pikachu sat on the other side of Ash, Brock sat on the other side of Misty and May sat on the other side of Pikachu. Max sat facing Ash and Misty, holding the bottle. ''Alright, I call this The Dare Game'', Max said. ''All we do is this, I spin the bottle and whoever it lands on has to do a dare for the whole day'', he explained. ''But first, we must promise to do the dare we are givin, no matter what'', he said. '' Alright, I'm in'', May said. ''Count me in too'', Brock said as well. '' OK'', Ash and Misty said together. ''Pika'', Pikachu finished. ''Alright, then let's begin'', Max said spinning the bottle, the first spin landed in Brock. ''Already, well that was fast, well then bring it on!'', Brock said eagerly. Ash and Misty then looked at each other and smirked. ''Shall we?'', Ash asked. ''Let's'', Misty replied. ''We dare you not to look at any girls for the whole day!'', they said. Suddenly, Brock seemed to go into shambles.

''WHAT! My whole life revolves around women! I can't go without a day of Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny!'', Brock yelled. He then walked away from the group and sobbed with a rain cloud over his head a few feet away. ''Well that worked out well, the next person is...'', Max said spinning the bottle. This time it landed on May. ''Oh O'', May said slightly worried. ''Alright!, I dare you not to go shopping here in Cerulean City!'', Max yelled. She then seemed to copy Brock. ''NO! I was looking forward to shopping here! I planned out a schedule and everything! And this is a great city to shop in!'', May yelled. She then sat next to Brock to sob with him in the same way. ''Well, 2 down and 4 to go'', Max said starting to spin the bottle again. On the third spin, it pointed to Pikachu.

''Hmm, I don't know what dare to do'', Max said. ''I'll take care of this'', Ash said. He then bent over to whisper something in Pikachu's ear. Suddenly, Pikachu fell over, as though as he fainted.''What did you tell Pikachu he had to do?'', Misty asked. ''I'll tell you later'', Ash explained. ''Well, it's just us then'', Max said. ''Let's continue''. He then spun the bottle again and it pointed... at him. ''Alright! I dare you not to do anything Pokemon related!'', Ash yelled. Though Max seemed shocked, he soon regained his composure. ''Well you got me'', Max said putting his hand behind his head and sighing. ''Nuts! They got my weak point, well I guess it's a small price to pay if I can get my plan into action, it all relies on this spin'', Max thought to himself. So Max spun the bottle again. Ash and Misty both hoped that it wouldn't be them. Then the bottle stopped spining, this time though, the bottle pointed in-between Ash and Misty.

''Hmm, well it looks like we'll have to re-spin it again'', Ash said about to re-spin, suddenly, Max spoke up. ''Wait, how about the dare involves both of you, that way, the game is faster'', Max suggested. ''Yes! All they have to do is agree and I'll have them in my grasps! I was sure lucky it pointed there!'', Max thought to himself. Though both Ash and Misty were blushing at the dare, they couldn't let anyone know that they might not be able to go along with this, so they lied. ''Well it's fine by me, I guess it's up to Misty'', Ash said. This caught Misty by surprise. ''What, Ash left this up to me? That's odd, he's dense... ok, really dense, but he should be smart enough to what we could end up doing... or maybe he does'', Misty thought. ''OK, let's do it'', she finally said.

''YES! I got them. Now for my plan to be put into action, this will either be for my amusment, or for their own good'', Max thought to himself ''OK, I dare you two to go on a date tonight!'', Max yelled. Brock and May then broke out of their depression and were in shock. Pikachu also woke up and listened. ''WHAT!'', Brock and May said in unison. ''Pika!'', Pikachu said as well. Once again, Ash and Misty were blushing, this time, they could see, however, they continued with their plan. ''OK'', Ash said. ''Fine by me'', Misty said at the same time as Ash. This caused everyone in the circle and Team Rocket, ( who were simply listening ), fell over in surprisment. ''WHAT! Man I thought they would be in a fight! This isn't going to plan!'', Max thought to himself in sadness. ''Max, me and Misty have been friends for so long that things like this don't realy surprise us, even though this one shocked me alittle'', Ash said. ''Yeah... so what are we supposed to do on this so called date?'', Misty asked Max. Max thought for a moment and came up with a solution. ''OK, you guys find some nice clothes to wear, such as a dress and tuxedo, and go to a fancy restaraunt in town later tonight'', Max said. ''OK though I don't have a dress to wear'', Misty said. ''You live here and you don't even have a dress?'', Max asked. She nodded. ''Now that I think about it, I don't have a tux either'', Ash realized. ''Well then you'll have to go shopping. May can go with Misty , while Brock goes with Ash, I'll take Pikachu and head down to the gym. And you guys better not forget about your dares'', Max said refering to Brock and May.

''OK, let's go!'', May said grabbing Misty's arm and running to town with Misty being dragged behind her. ''Well we better go too Brock'', Ash said. ''See you guys later'', He said waving to Max and Pikachu. So the shopping began, though it wasn't going so well for Misty. ''What's the matter Misty?'', May asked. ''Well I know Ash, and knowing him, he'll make a joke out of this dare and embarass me'', Misty said depressed. ''Oh I get it, you want this,''date'', to go good, I think I know why'', May said snickering. ''What do you mean?'', Misty asked. ''You like Ash don't you, you want your first date to be perfect'', May said snickering more. ''What! No, I just don't want to be embarassed!'', Misty said, a blush appearing. ''Whatever, hey how about this one!?'', May asked pulling out a beautiful dress, Misty looked at it gracefully. ''Yeah this is beautiful! I'm going to go try it on'', Misty said, running into the changing room. As she tried it on, May waited out in the store. As she did, she looked at all of the clothes. She knew that she would lose the dare if she bought them, but she couldn't fight the temptation. She started to panic, looking like she was about to explode.

Meanwhile, Ash and Brock were just a few buildings down up the street, looking at tuxes. ''Well all of the tuxes here are the same, so I guess I should just find one my size'', Ash said, looking around. ''Right, then we'll book into the fanciest restaraunt around!'', Brock said. ''Why the fanciest, I know it has to be good, but wouldn't that cost alot?'', Ash asked. ''Take it from me! You want your first date to be great, espeially with someone you like!'', Brock said pointing at Ash.''Well I guess that makes...Hey! We don't like each other!'', Ash said blushing. Then Ash thought of something. ''Though I think I know the perfect restaraunt!'', Ash said. ''Which one?'', Brock asked. ''I remember Misty telling me a story about her parents when we were traveling together, that should help!'', Ash said. Brock just stood there confused. Meanwhile, Team Rocket was still spying on them!

''Why are we here Jess? The twerps aren't at the gym and we can easily swip dem Pokemon!'', Meowth asked. ''I told you at the picnic spot, we're taking the day off to watch this date!'', Jessie said. ''WHAT!'', Meowth yelled. James and Jessie covered Meowth's mouth, fearing that Ash and Brock would hear them. ''Quiet you! If you yell, you'll ruin our possition!'', James told him. ''Hey Jess, I think we should also book into their restaraunt to watch them'', James said. ''Right, good idea we should dress the part as well'', Jessie said.

After everyone finished shopping, ( including Team Rocket, who stole their clothes without being caught for once ), everyone started to head back to the gym. May and Misty got to the gym first, covered in nothing but bags filled with clothes. They then walked into the giant room where the pool was. They were about to put down their clothes, when suddenly, water bursted out of the pool. They fell back in shock as they saw Max in the pool with Pikachu next to him. Max then noticed all of the bags of clothes. ''Geez Misty, did you buy all of those!?'', Max asked. ''No, only one bag is mine'', Misty said holding up a bag. ''Then that means...MAY! You lost the Dare!'', Max said laughing histeracally. May then noticed that in the pool that he and Pikachu were in, were tons of Water Pokemon, most of them Misty's. Max and Pikachu were on her Dewgong while Goldeen, Corsola, Politoad, Staryu, Starmie, and other Water Pokemon were around them. ''And you should be talking! What are you doing with all of those Water Pokemon!?'', May asked. ''Well... I... err...'', he mumbled. Just then, Three beautiful girls that looked somewhat like Misty appeared. ''Who are you?'', May asked not trying to sound rude. ''Like, were the Sensational Sisters, were world famous!'', Daisy, the blonde girl looked at them in ah as Misty sweatdropped. ''Anyway, like we were going to go swimming with the Pokemon for their Like, excercise, but we were like, held up, so this little guy offered to help'', Daisy continued. ''Aha! So you lost too!'', May yelled. Then Ash and Brock came in the gym and heard yelling, they soon entered the pool area and noticed May and Max yelling at each other. They then found out that they lost their dares.

''Well, well,well, it seems two of you lost already!'', Brock said shaking his head in dismay. ''Yeah right, like you should start! You probably went ga-ga for the first girl you saw today!'', May yelled out. ''Go on Ash, tell us how he lost!'', she continued. ''Actually, he didn't lose yet! Whenever a girl appeared, he would ignore her! We even walked by Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny!'', Ash said proudly. At hearing this, the Sensational Sisters wanted to see if this was true. ''Hi Brock!'', the girls said sweetly. Brock heard them call, but then walked to a corner of the gym and pouted, mumbling to himself. ''Wow! He's serious about this!'', Misty said slightly surprised, everyone agreed. ''That's because I'm a gym leader, I have alot of honor to uphold, not to mention I'm a man of my word!'', Brock said. ''Though this is killing me!'', he continued. ''Well that's two out and four to go, I wonder if anyone else will lose'', Max said. ''Well I hope it isn't Ash and Misty, I would love to see them win!'', May said giggling. The Sensational Sisters then noticed all of the bags that May had. They started talking about this and asked May if they could go through them. She agreed, and all four of them started talking about the clothes they got in great detail. Everyone sweatdropped, but Brock was the first to talk after that.

''Well me and Ash made the reservations for 8:00 tonight. So you have four hours to get ready'', Brock said. ''Right, I'll head down to the Pokemon Center to get ready when the time comes, then I'll head down here to pick Misty up and we'll go to the restaraunt'', Ash said. ''Which restaraunt is it?'', Misty asked. ''It's a surprise'', Ash said. Then Ash left to the Pokemon Center. He said that he was going to tell his mom about the dare, but no one was certain if this was the truth. Misty then went to her room for who knows what, and this left Brock, May, Max, Pikachu, and the Sensational Sisters together. '' Hey I got an idea to see how this date goes!'', Brock said. The Sensational Sisters, ( who had no idea what they were talking about in the first place ), then looked confused. ''What date?'', the girls asked. Brock then filled them in on the information as they planned for the date to come. Team Rocket, ( who were peeking through an open window ), heard the plans and decided to go along with it. Team Rocket left to get ready for the date at the fancy restaraunt.

Eventually, it was time for the,''date''. Ash was already dressed and was looking in a full-body mirror. ''Wow, I even surprise myself! I hope Misty thinks I look good too'', Ash said blushing. ''Pikapi chu Pikachupi'', Pikachu said grinning. ''Well what do you think?'', Ash asked. ''Pika pi Pikachu!'', laughing aloud. ''Ha ha, very funny, the next time I'll ask for your opinion, I'll ignore it!'', Ash said angrily. He then realized that his own comeback made no sense, but realized that Pikachu didn't realize it, so he didn't correct himself. Just then, Ash realized it was time to get Misty. So he and Pikachu set off to the Cerulean gym. When they got there, Ash remembered that he had to get Misty at the back of the gym, Ash figured that he had to because it was closer to the restaraunt, but Brock mentioned something about a surprise. When Ash got to the back door, he knocked on it. It then opened and Misty was there wearing a beautiful dress that reminded Ash of a formal dance dress. The dress was a aqua-marine blue that looked like her eyes. ''Wow, Misty... you look...', Before Ash was finished, Misty, ( expecting an insult ), fired back. She felt that Ash would call her names, so she tried to guess them right of the bat. ''Let me guess, FAT!, UGLY!, LIKE A PSYDUCK!'', Misty yelled, her head getting bigger after each word. Of course, Misty's Psyduck then decided to come out of it's Pokeball at the sound of it's name. ''Psy-Y-Duck!'', Psyduck yelled. Misty, without even looking away from Ash, put him back into his Pokeball. ''No, I was going to say...beautiful'', Ash said blushing. ''What? Really?'', Misty asked surprised and also blushing. ''Yes really... you look beautiful tonight Misty'', Ash said sincerely. ''What, is this really Ash? Something about him seems...different'', Misty thought to herself.

''Well, shall we go then?'', Ash asked. ''OK'', Misty said. As they walked to the restaraunt, Brock told everyone to get ready for the plan. ''Alright, Ive been trying to get these two together for years, I would like to see thm get together tonight, or at least kiss. So girls, ( pointing to Misty's sisters who were dressed up for the fancy restaraunt ), you get to the restaraunt now, the rest of us will follow Ash and Misty, but we have to make sure they don't see us'', Brock said. So everyone got ready, meanwhile, Ash and Misty, ( who were still walking ), were talking. ''So Misty...you surprised by this dare we have to do?'', Ash asked. ''Yeah alittle'', Misty said blushing. Little did they know that Brock, May, Max, and Pikachu were right behind them. ''Good, the're not there yet!'', Brock said. Brock, Max, and Pikachu were all dressed in a tuxedo. Suddenly, May, ( who was in a rose red dress ), appeared looking exhausted. ''Hy guys wait up, do you know how hard it is to run in heels!?'', May asked panting from running. ""SHHH!, they could hear us!'', Brock whspered covering May's mouth. Luckily, they didn't hear. ''You know, when Max told us what we had to do for the dare, you didn't seemed surprised, not even alittle'', Ash said. ''I have to admit, that surprised me alittle too'', he continued. ''Well if I do recall, you agreed to do this too'', Misty said. ''Though, to tell you the truth, I actually saw this coming'', she finished.

''What!? You knew we would do this!?'', Ash said surprised. ''Well I wasn't positive, and I wasn't sure when, but I had a feeling we wouls be doing this sometime... though not for a game'', Misty said blushing. ''Wow, I never took that into consideration, I suppose then...it was a good idea that I didn't repay you for your bike!'', Ash said in a funny manor. ''YOUR STILL GOING TO PAY ME BACK FOR THAT!'', Misty yelled. Ash then started to laugh at this. Misty then followed. They then started to head to a street corner when Misty spoke up again. ''So, where are we going anyway? I'll bet some cheesy burger place!'', Misty said. ''It's right around the block'', Ash said pointing to the corner of the street. Misty then ran to see, Ash right behind her. She then noticed the biulding and stopped dead in her tracks, her mouth open in shock.

"WHAT!?'', Misty said in shock. ''The restaraunt del Pokemon!? This is the most expensive restaraunt in Cerulean!, (A.N- I had difficulty thinking of a restaraunt name so bear with me ), Misty said in shock. ''When I heard the name of the place, I thought it was a kid place, shows how much I know'', Ash said snickering at himself. ''How much did you pay for this!?'', Misty asked, still flabbergasted. ''Never mind that, come on'', Ash said starting to walk in. Misty soon followed. Meanwhile, Brock, Pikachu, May, and Max were watching. "WOAH!''. May and Max said in surprise. ''Pika!'', Pikachu said also shocked, (A.N- get it? Pikachu in SHOCK? Ha ha ha, I kill myself... OK I'll shut up now ). ''Yeah, Ash heard some story about Misty's parents and this restaraunt and we immediatly checked this place out'', Brock said. ""Ash chose this place because it involved her parents!? How romantic!'', May said with big glassy anime eyes. ''Yeah but, how much did you two pay for this?'', Max asked. "Not us two", Brock said. ''Huh?"May and Max asked. ''I didn't help pay for this, Ash payed for the whole thing'', Brock said proudly. ''WHAT!?'', May and Max yelled. ''Come on, I'll tell you later, we can't miss a thing'', Brock said heading for the doors. He then suddenly stopped and hid from the door's view. ''What's wrong?'' May asked. ''They haven't taken their seats yet'', Brock said. Meanwhile inside, as Ash talked to the person at the waiting counter, Misty looked around, with a tear in her eye. Finally, Ash talked to her.

''Come on, our seats are open'', Ash said. ''Why are you crying?'', he asked noticing her tear. Misty then wipped her tear away. ''Nothing, it's just that...this is where my father proposed to my mother'', Misty said sadly. ''I Know, why do you think I chose this place?'', Ash asked. ''What...you chose this place because of...how did you know?'', Misty asked. ''Don't you remember, you told me the story while we were traveling together'', Ash said. ''Now, can you tell me which table your parent's where at?''', Ash asked. ''Yes, the one near the window'', Misty said pointing to a table. ''Well it's a good thing I always listened to your stories, that's our table'', Ash said. Misty was almost in tears as they sat down. At this time, Brock and the others finally managed to get in unnoticed by Ash or Misty.